New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-26
'GOULD HORSE SECOND
IN PARIS GRAND PR!X
Officials OlSa||oW Jockeys Com.
plant That He Had Been
Crowded at the Ropes.
RACE WON BY FRENCH COLT
No Novelties in Feminine Toi-
lets - Hobble and Harem
Skirts Not in Evidence
at Longchamps.

| Paris, June 2J.-The Grand Prix de
! Paris. the blue ribbon event of the
French turf. was won to-day by Mar
quis de Ganay's black three-year AS
d About. by Macdonald H. Frank j.
| Gould's bay Combourg was second. close
up and Michel Ephrussi's English bred
Matchless a bad third. Yvette, owned
by Mason Carnes New Yorker who re-
sides in Paris ran unplaced.
Every year the President of the re-
! public, accompanied by the members of
the Cabinet. attends the Grand Prix de
Paris, which is the closing event of the
Paris season. Notwithstanding the low
ering clouds and two sharp showers Of
rain, President Fallieres was in attend
ance to-day. Many diplomats and "A
large gathering of society people, as well
as host of Americans who had come
to Longchamps from the coronation,
witnessed the race. which proved spir-
tied struggle between AS d'Atout and
the Gould crack
Both horses were at long odds. the
to |. but in the stretch they had the race
to themselves. Coming home to the wire
the two raced head and head, but Com
bourg was in a bad position against the
ropes. and j. Reiff who had the mount,
was compelled to give way, and was
forced to go to the outside, losing the
race by bare length, Three lengths sepa-
rated the second and third horses. Rein
promptly filed a protest against the win
ner on the ground that the rider of As
d'Atout had forced him to the ropes. but
the stewards refused 10 sustain the OBJ
lection.
The Grand Prix de Paris is three
year-old event at one mile and seven
furlongs The value OF the stake this
year was S1O.2O0. Alcantara II. owned
by Baron de Rothschild. which early in
June won the French Derby, was not
public favorite in the betting. at 10 I'D.
Alcantara, which had captured the
Derby from Frank ]. Gould's Combourg
by six lengths. eased up. looked to nave
splendid chance for another great VIC
tory to-day.
At the start Alcantara came out OF the
field with a swinging stride, close pressed
bv AS d'Atout and Combourg. Thus they
ran into the final straightaway. when
the favorite weakened. falling back into
the ruck AS d'Atout and Combourg
fought il out almost to the wire.
Combourg was heavily backed for a
place by virtually every American at the
track. the horse proving to be worth !
TO | in the money at the Pari-mutuei
Thus all the Americans went back to
Paris in a happy frame Of MIND In nota
BILE contrast To the majority Of French
men who had backed Alcantara III to win
and for a place and who saw the favor
ite drop out of the running well before
the finish
The victory OF AS d'Atout may be con-
sidered as half an American victory. as
the Marauise de Ganay. wife of the win
ming owner is an American by birth.
She was formerly Miss Ridgeway, Of
| Philadelphia.
The display of feminine toilets to-day
in the paddock was brilliant, but was
| hardly considered up to the standard oil
nrevious wears on account of the lack oi
novelties A remarkable feature was
the total disappearance Of the Mobile
and harem skirts.