The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-13 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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PARIS SUMMER MEETING.
The hope expressed twelve months ago that the Great
Paris Prize would another year produce a better show of
English horses has unfortunately not been realised, and a
race, second in value only to the English Derby, with con-
siderable sums for both second and third horses, brought
only one solitary competitor across the Channel. This
result is greatly to be regretted, and every one would
deplore to see fall to the ground the liberal efforts made by
the French Jockey Club to establish a great international
race in the capital of continental Europe. We readily
admit that Gladiateur had proved in England so immeasur-
ably superior to anything of his year that the hope of beat-
ing him on a course three furlongs longer than that of the
Derby was very remote. The case was almost similar last
year, when Blair Athol was alone sent over, from the idea
that no other would have any chance against him at even
weights. The result, however, proved the contrary. Never-
theless it will perhaps eventually be found necessary to
impose some penalty on the French and English Derby
winners, in order to place them more on a par with the
beaten horses. The effect of such a step can be foreseen by
what occurred in 1863. Maccaroni, the English Derby
winner, was not engaged in the Great Paris Prize ; conse-
quently, that horse, which otherwise would have been most
feared, being out of the way, five others came over from
England, and one amcng them proved the winner. Until
the present year the race in question had generally proved
unfortunate to the favourites ; Gladiateur, however, yes-
terday confirmed his previous running by winning his third
great event this year, and so easily that a stone given to
each of the starters would hardly have brought them up to
his level. With these preliminary observations, we pro-
ceed to give an account of the two days' running.
SUNDAY.
The Great Paris Prize, although looked upon as a fore-
gone conclusion, nevertheless engrossed the entire atten-
tion. Little business was done on the races which preceded
that event, and they passed almost unobserved. The at-
tendance was certainly the largest that ever assembled on
any race course on the continent, and long before the hour
for commencing not a place was to be had in any of the
stands, and the whole ground within the rails was one
thick mass of carriages and spectators. The Emperor and
Empress arrived before the third race, and received an en-
thusiastic welcome, the shouts of "Hurrah !" quite drown-
ing the perhaps more numerous but less hearty cries o
" Vive l'Empereur!" and showing how large was the Eng-
lish element in the throng. His Majesty looked remark-
ably well, although greatly browned by travel. The Em-f
press wore a handsome gold brocaded Algerian burnous,
apparently a souvenir of the Emperor's excursion.
So much has been recently written of Gladiateur that we
have little to say of the present race. For the last quarter
of a mile the result was never for a moment in doubt.
Vertugadin followed up his success of the previous day by
coming in second, to the surprise of everyone, and beating
both Gontran and Tourmalet.
Gladiateur is a powerfully built but far from handsome
horse. He is what is called " goose tamped," the backbone
rising to a point behind the saddle and then drooping to
the tail, which greatly detracts from his beauty. He stands
high on his legs, has large shoulders, is deep in the girth,
and is especially remarkable for the immense thickness and
muscular appearance of his legs and forearms.
The work of art given by the Emperor is a silver shield,
the principal group of which represents a hunting party of
the time of Louis XV., the border being filled by animals
and attributes of the chase. The figures are in alto-relievo.
The Prix d'Armenonville of 2,000 fr., for horses 3-yrs-old
and upwards. Entry 50fr. The winner liable to be
claimed for 1,500 fr. Distance 2,400 metres. Seven subs.
M. Jenning's Galimatre, 3 yrs, 1041bs. (A. Watkins) 1
Major Fridolin's Picciola, 3 yrs, 1011bs. (C. Pratt) 2
Mr. Blount's Mile. de Rosay, 4 yrs, 1211bs (Pantal) 3
Betting-3 to 2 agst Galimafre, 4to 1 agst Picciola, sto
1 agst Mlle. de Rosay.

Galimafre led round to the last corner. Picciola then
drew forward and ran to the stands with Galimafre; the
latter then recovered his lead and won easily by two
lengths. The winner was bought by Doslodoff for 3,322 fr.
The Prix de Pavilions of 6,000 fr., for horses 3-yrs-old and
upwards. Entry 200 fr., h ft. The second to receive
half the entries. Penalties and allowances. Distance
3,200 metres. 16 subs.
M. de la Charme's Quaker, 8 yrs, 931bs (Kitchener 1
M. Lunel's Bayard, 4 yrs, 1171bs (j. Watkins) 2
M. Carter's Robert, 3 yrs, 931bs (Williams 3
Count de Lagrange's Soumise, 4 yrs, 1231bs (Grimshaw) 0
Betting-3 to 2 agst Bayard, sto 2 each agst Quaker
and Soumise.

Quaker went forward at starting, and obtained a lead of
about ten lengths, Robert coming next, and Bayard third,
half a dozen lengths behind Robert. Bayard took the
second place on coming down the hill, but Quaker main-
tained his lead to the end, and won easily.
The Prix de Meudon, a handicap of 6,0001 r. Entry 300 fr. ;
200 fr. forfeit, or 100 fr. only if declared. The second to
receive 500 fr. from the entries. Distance, 1,600 metres.
32 subs.
M. Schickler's Clermont, 3 yrs, 981bs. (Mortimer) 1
M. Reiset's Tancrede, 3 yrs, 1051bs (Bartholomew) 2
Count de Lagrange's Le Bearnais, 3 yrs, 1071bs
(Grimshaw) 3
The following horses also ran :—Princet, Lalla Roukh,
Mathilde, Canotiere, and Franroise do Rimini.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Clermont, sto 1 agst each Mathilde
and Le Bearnais, and 6 to 1 agst Canotiere.
After two false starts the lot got well away together,
Mathilde and Lalla Roukh running to the front. The latter
was soon beaten, and went back to the rear, while Cler-
mont with Tancrede went forward and joined Mathilde.
Along the straight Clermont and Tancrede came away and
finished the race between them, the former winning by a
half length, and Le Bearnais coming in a bad third.
THE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS of 100,000 fr., and a work of
art presented by the Emperor, for 3-yr-olds of all coun-
tries. Entry I,ooofr. ; 600 fr. forfeit, or 500 fr. only if
declared. The second to receive 10,000 fr., and the third
5,000 fr. from the entries. Weights, colts 1101 b., fillies
1071 b. Distance, 3,000 metres (one mile and seven fur-
longs). 122 subs.
Count de Lagrange's c. Gladiateur ............ (Grimshaw 1
M. Delamarre's c. Vertugadin .. ..............
M. Lupin's c. Tourmalet
..... (Ilullock 2
(Kitchen 3
The following also rah :—Gontran, Le Mandarin, er
and
Todleben.
Betting-5 to 2on Gladiateur ;4to 1 agst Gontran ;12
to 1 agst Tourmalet ; 15 to 1 agst Todleben ; 30 to 1 agst
Le Mandarin ; 40 to 1 agst Vertugadin.
Tourmalet rushed to the front at starting, and in passing
the stands Todleben, Gontran, and Vertugadin were run-
ning abreastbehind, Count de Lagrange's two horses com-
ing last of all. At the windmill Vertugadin took the second
place, with Todleben third, and Gontran fourth, Tourmalet
still running with a lead of about three lengths. At the
plantation Todleben went to the rear, and on toppling the
hill Vertugadin moved forward and drew nearer to Tour-
malet, and opposite Baron de Rothschild's chateau passed
and took the lead. At that moment, and until when about
to turn on the straight, Vertugadin and Tourmalet were
running about three lengths in advance of Gontran, an in-
terval of two lengths separating the last named from the
three others. Vertugadin now took a decided lead, and Gla-
diateur, moving forward, passed the other horses, and over-
took Vertugadin at the corner. The race was then really
finished, as Gladiateur, full of running, came clean away,
and ran in front up to the judge's chair, winning easily by
about four lengths. Vertugadin finished second, three
lengths before Tourmalet. Gontran fourth, a length be-
hind Tourmalet, Todleben and Le Mandarin coming in
last together. Value of the stakes 143,600 f., with a piece
of plate.

The Prix du Conseil-General of 4,000 f., for horses of all
countries. Entry 150 f. ; 50f. forfeit. The winner liable
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to be claimed for 7,500 f. Distance 2,100 metres. •15
subs.
M. Voisin's Mlle.-Duchesnois, 4 yrs, 1151bs.(J. Watkins)) 1
Count de Lagrange's Yamuna, 4 yrs, 1151bs. (Grimshaw) 2
M. Lupin's Allegretto, 3 yrs, 1001bs.
The following also ran :—Gaulois, St. Jean d'Acre, Silly,
Bigote, Benjamin, and Robert.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Mlle.-Duchesnois.
Won by a good length ; a length and a half between the
second and the third.

Mlle. Isabelle, the Jockey Club bouquetiere, sported her
new costume of the French Derby winner's colours. The
dress consists of a blue body with skirt looped up over a

blue and white striped slip.

Around the bottom of the

latter is a white border on which are embroidered horse-

shoe trimmings. Complete racing accessories of massive

silver are also introduced with great ingenuity. A large

bit serves as an epaulette; the body is studded with but-
tons of the shape of jockeys' caps ; stirrups hang from each
side of the waistband, the clasp of which is a saddle, and
a white feather in the hat is attached with a large horse-
shoe for a buckle.