New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-16
WINNER OF GRAND PRIN.
ST ATaRY'S KIZIL-KOURGAN, AT l. TO
I. WINS HISTORIC CONTEST.

Paris. July 1.-THE Grand Prix de Paris, OF
100000 francs distance about one mile ana
seven furlongs. was won by NJ. f. de St Alary S
chestnut FLY KILL Kourgan. Camille Blanc $
bay colt Retz and Baron Leoninos bay colt
Maximum ran dead heat for second place
while NJ Z. de St. Alary's bay colt Arizona was
fourth
Eleven horses ran. and the race was won by a
,aead There were one and one-half lengths be
tween Retz and Maximum and Arizona K ;
sievier's bay FLY Sceptre Randall up. was never
dangerous and sixth.
American jockeys were not successful in the
contest for the Grand Prix de Paris to-day SIX
had mounts. but not one Of them even secured
place. Americans at Longchamps lost con-
siderable money on the horses ridden by J. Rein
and Henry The former jockey was mounted on
I,ogues which was the third favorite. at odds of
8 TO 1, and which finished last. Through the
day. however, the American riders rode three
winners. five seconds and two thirds.
The racing began at > o'clock in the after
noon. The Prix d'Armenonville was won by
lisette. j. ReiT up; Jabot. ridden by Rgby.
was second while Nivernais, ridden by Milton
Henry. third.
The Prix d'Ispahan, the next race, proved TO
be contest between Exema. ridden by Thorpe.
land Lemioche, Rigby up. The former won.
The Prix de Castries was won by Klephite;
iBrunehaut Reif up, was second. and kaeido-
scope was third
The PriX EaUblanc was won by Mavronero,
ridden by Thorpe: Recaldia, Reiff up was sec
lond, while Beverly. Henry UP. third.
/ The Prix du Due d'Aoste won by
1-amoree: La Lorelei ridden by Henry, sec
pnd, while Mokattan third
! A contest for the Grand PriX was the fourth
s3n the series. a shower came up just before
1t was run and resulted in the opening of num-
cod
when the bell was rung for the start. In the
preliminary canter Sceptre naturally monop-
plized the attention Of the crowd. and the flly's
almost faultless build and easy action gained
great admiration. Counting Sceptre. the other
ten horses and their jockeys were Retz STERN.
Maximum Oane). KILL Kourgan CPratD. Ari-
zona (Thorpe), Olivarez (Natkins). KakimonO
Cdaher). Rob Roy CNcIntyre). Astronome II
sHenry0. Lognes (Reiff), and Bahr YOusouf
E2igby).
The horses got off TO a good start at the first
attempt Arizona made the running. and was
Followed by Kakimono, Losnes and Olivarez
Upon reaching the middle distance RetZ took
third place, and Kizil-Kourgan and Sceptre
were together among the last horses which
turned into the slope. RetZ then drew up lever
with Arizona; Sceptre also made an effort TO
work up, but gained little ground, and. falling
behind was practically out OF the remainder
lof the race The two leading horses turned to-
.gether into the homestretch and then Stern
whipped RetZ ahead 1t looked as though this
ihorse would win easily. and the crowd began 10
cheer. when KILL Kourgan suddenly burst from
the group and tackled Retz- The struggle was
Ia magnificent one. and the crowd watched II
with intense interest. At this moment another
surprise was given by Maximum. who rushed
forward and seemed to be overtaking the TWO
leaders To see these three horses, their heads
almost together, fly past the post. was thrill
ling sight and called forth the cheers OF the
crowd. Kizil-Kourgan won by a short head
The cheering continued although the victory
was not a popular one Retz ana Maximum Jun
ran second. Arizona was fourth. OiVarez NTH
and Sceptre sixth. long distance behlnQ
Olivarez The owner of KILL hourgan NJ
= de St Alarv. was summoned by President
Ioubet and received from him the congratula-
-ffons which are customary on this occasion
rrta betting was as follows: Kizil-Kourgan.
- TO 1: Retz, > to +; Maximum, % to 1;
Eceptre 8 to j.