Evening star., 1909-06-28
GRAND PR|X HONORS
FOR FRENCH HORSES
Vanderbilt and English Entries
UnpIaced, to Disappointment
of Visiting Americans.

PARIS, June 2s-A rainbow that
smiled in the sky just after the Grand
Prix de Paris had been run and won
probably did little to console the many
thousands of Americans who gathered on
the Iongchamps course yesterday in the
hope u seeing American owner S
horse lead the field through the home
stretch, and instead saw William K. Van
derbilts entries finish unplaced to Baron
Maurice De Rothschild's Verdun, French
horses running first, second and third.
to the exclusion of both the American
and English entries.
OF the nearly 100000 francs bet in the
Paris mutual pool booths on the Grand
Prix, 10000 francs were bet on the Van
derbilt horses Negofol and Oversight
practically all by Americans, while in ad-
dition to this great total a sum large
enough to double the losses in the pools
was lost in bets privately made with
bookmakers. The betting story of the
day was one of hundreds of thousands of
dollars lost by Americans, though one
enthusiastic partisan of the Vanderbilt
stable found himself unexpectedly big
winner, he having endeavored to bet 500
in the pools on the horse numbered One
in the first race and by an error wan
dered into booth where pools were sold
exclusively on the Grand Prix winner
with a big profit,
While showers fell during the after
noon, there We're occasional bursts of
sunshine, the first seen here in ten days.
to gladden. the scene of the great race
and the Partisan holiday, and it was clear
that whatever the experiences of the
tragedy of Friday, when many elaborate
gowns were ruined by rain, they would
not be repeated in whole.
The showers and gloom, however. had
a marked effect on the spectacle at the
Longchamps course, and the Grand PriX
fell short of its best traditions in spite
of dampened attendance estimated at
about 100000 spectators. There was
| small solace for the visitors from Amer
lea and England when the great race of
the day, the most valuable pri:s of the
turf in any country, went to Veradn. with
Rebelle second and Union third. William
the Fourth. the English horse which fin-
ished third to Minoru in the Epson
Derby. being. with the Vanderbilt horses,
unplaced in the field of eleven starters.
When the Grand Prix horses went to
the post the stands and saddlins pad
dock apparently were in the possession
of the American and English visitors,
who came over from England in vast
numbers for the race. Among the not
able Americans who witnessed the race
were Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Mackay. Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Corey. Mr. and Mrs.
John w. Gates. Charles Gates. Princess
de Sagan. Mr. and Mrs j. S. Bache, Miss
Fanny Reid. Grenville Winthrop and
daughter. Princess Jean Ghika. Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish. David Graham Phillips.
who witnessed the Grand Prix for the
first time; Count Boni de Castellane. who
was busy greeting friends. and little
man named Hummel, who sat in the
first row of the stand complacently sur
veying the scene and fought his way up
and down stairs to bet on his choice in
each race. One also encountered Ogden
Bishop, Foxhall keene. A. J. Drexel.
Philip La Montague. Bernard Gimbel OF
Philadelphia, S.. 8. Auchincloss, Benjamin
Guggenheim and the Russian General
Spiridovitch, who visited New York a
year ago. An interesting incident of the
day was furnished when a dirisible bali
loon first cruised above the field, and then
three other balloons passed.