The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-16
GRAND PRIX DE PARIS
GREAT RACE RUN AT LONG CHAMPS
YESTERDAY.
ST. ALARYS FILLY WINNER.
AMERICAN JOCKEYS SHOWED UP
POORLY.

Six of Them Had Mounts, but Not
Rode winners i'm other Races.
However - kiSsiI-k Ourgan Took
the Grand Prix After n Splendid
Contest. Winning by "A short Head
President LOubet COngratuIates vi.
de st. AIary.
Paris, June 15.-The Grand Prix de
Paris of 10000 francs, distance about
one mile and seven furlongs, was won
by NJ. F. deSt. Alary's chestnut filly
Kisil-Kourgan. Camille Blanc's colt
Retz and Baron Leonino's colt Maxi
mum ran dead heat for second place,
while M. E. deSt. Alary's colt Arizona,
was fourth
Eleven horses ran and the race was
won by a head. There were one and
one-half lengths between Retz and
Maximum and Arizona. r. S. Siever's
filly Sceptre, Randall up, was never
dangerous, and ran sixth.
American jockeys were not success
full in the contest. Six had mounts. but
not one of them even secured a place
Americans at Long Champs lost con-
siderable money on the horses ridden
by j. Reiff and Henry The former
jockey was mounted on Lognes, which
was third faVorite at odds of to l,
and which finished last. Throughout
the day, however, the Americans rode
three winners, five seconds and two
thirds.
The racing was begun at o'clock
in the afternoon. The Prix d'Armen-
onvi1le was won by Lisette. j. Reif
up; j. ABBOT ridden by Rigby was sec
ond, while Nivernais, ridden by Milton
Henry, was third.
The PriX dIspahan, the next race,
proved to be a contest between Exema
ridden by Thorpe, and Lemioche, Rig
by up. The former won.
The Prix deCastries was won by Kle-
phite. Brunehaut, Reiff up, was sec
ond, and Kallescope was third.
The Prix Vaublanc was won by Nav
romero, ridden by Thorpe; Recaldia,
Reiff up, was second, and Beverly
Henry up, was third
The PriX du Dus' Foste was won by
Lamoree; LaLoreIei, ridden by Henry
was second, while Mokattan was third
The contest for the Grand Prix was
lAAS LOu1 III III IIle SSIlSS
The Grand Prix.
The horses got off to a good start
at the first attempt. Arizona made the
running, and was followed by Kaki-
mono, Lognes and Olivarez. Upon
reaching the middle distance Retz took
third place, and Kisil Kourgan and
Sceptre were together among the last
horses which turned into the slope
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Scepter also made an effort to work
up, but gained little ground, and fall
ing behind was practically out of the
remainder of the race. The two lead
ing horses turned together into the
home stretch, and then Stern whipped
Retz ahead. 1t looked as though this
horse would win easily, and the crowd
began to cheer when Kisil Kourgan
suddenly burst from the crowd and
went after Retz, The struggle was a
magnificent one, and the crowd watch
ed it with intense interest. At this
moment another surprise was given by
Maximum, who rushed forward and
seemed to be overtaking the two lead
ers. To see these three horses. their
heads almost together, fly past the post,
was thrilling, and the struggle called
forth the cheers of the crowd. Kisil-
Kourgon won by a short head. The
cheering continued although the vic
tory was not popular one. Retz and
Maximum ran second: Arizona was
fourth, Olivarez fifth, the sixth a long
distance behind Olivarez
The owner of Kisil Kourgan, NJ f.
deSt. Alary, was summoned by Presi-
dent Loubet and received from him the
congratulations which are customary
upon this occasion.
The betting was as follows: Kisil-
Kourgan, II to 1; Retz, to A. Maxi
mum, % to 1; Scepter, 3 to 1.