New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-30
MR.. FRENCH'S NEW RACE HORSES.
sTEEPLECHAsERs TO BE SEEN IN THE PRoDI-
GAL DAUGHTER"

STEEPLECHASEkS III BE- DEN IN HE fhopl-
GAL DAUGHTER
Henry French, the manager OF the Garden Thea
ire the Broadway Theatre and the Grand Opera
House, returned yesterday on the Teutonic from
Europe where he has been for about six weeks.
Mr. French said last night that he had enjoyed his
visit greatly, dividing the time chiefly between Lon
don and Paris, and seeing numerous plays ana
comic operas. but that he cared to buy lie
was much pleased last night with the performance
Of "Girofe-Girona" by the Lillian Russell Opera
Company at the Garden Theatre. which he had not
seen before. He also found that the new American
Theatre Which he is building at Eighth-avc. and
Forty-second-st.. was getting WELL 1t will open
some time between May / and May 10. with "Tle
Prodigal Daughter
Mr. French has engaged Leonard BOyne to play
the leading part In the piece, and lie came with him
on the Teutonic. lie also engaged BALI a dozen
other actors, among them being Eugene Benson.
who Is 10 play the part OF gambler and enjoys the
record Of having lost G250OOO In a year. The
play Is fun OF horses and hounds, and these seem to
be altogether the most important accession TO the
company. Mr.. French has pack OF ten hrst-class
hounds. They belonged 10 TIE Duke OF Beaufort
and Mr.. French tried to buy them Of him. but the
Duke absolutely refused TO sell them and gave them
to him instead
There are nine OF the horses which Mr.. French
has bought. They are genuine seeplechase hores
every one Of them has a record and Mr. French de-
clares that they will have to show what they do
on the stage lie has had little book printed
giving the pedgrees and achievements OF the horses
The leader among them seems TO be Roquefort lie
first ran as fOuryear old In the Grand Military
welter Weight for Age Selling Plate at the House
hold Brigade Meeting at Sandown Park In March
1883. After several defeats he won the Garrison
Stakes at the Hambledon Hunt Meeting on Tichbone
Down, the Hampshire Hunt Stakes at Winchester
an Open Hunters Flat Race at Aldersho'. ana the
Aldershot Cup He won the November inh'ers
Steeplecase at Croydon In the November OF the same
year. and his last performance as fourycar old was
winning Hunters Steeplechase at Kempton PARK IN
December. In February, 1855. lie was sold by auc-
ton at sandown Park for 1,215 suneas The next
time he appeared IN public was In the Lverpooi
Grand National, when he since then he has run
many races and a considerable number Of them.
Gadab0ut Is another OF the horses with a long
record lie has been racing and winning frequently
from March, 1859. up TO the present year CaaiS
has also had many races, and so has bohemian.
Hopsc ,tch won the international Two iear-Old Plate
at Kemp,On Park IN 1884, the Twenty -seventh sale
stakes at Newmarket In 1se3 the Banb'ry Plnte
AT Warwick I'm 1885, ana the City Handicap Hurdle
Race ut Worcester In 1e!O. The records oil TIE
other horses are less conspicuous. but seem 10 be
In general better than those OF the i)rscs usually
seen In the familiar racing melotrama.