Evening star., 1922-04-09
PRESIDENTS
UNLUCKY ON TRIPS
Undismayed by Mishaps of
Predecessors, Mi|Ierand
Leaves for Africa.
By the Associated Press.


PARIS. April s.-President Mile
rand. undismayed by the frequent mis-
haps to French presidents who have
made long trips during their incum-
bency, is taking a 5,000-mile trip into
Africa. More than half of his journey
will be travelled by automobile
through the proteotorate colonies of
Morocco. Algiers and Tunis.
President Millerand owes his cleo
tion to the accident which befell for
, mer President Deschanel when he fell
out of a train window. Premier Poin-
| care, when he was the chief executive
i met with no personal misadventure,
but Austria Hungary took advantage
| of his absence in Russia to present
| the ultimatum to Serbia which pre-
! cipitated the world war.
When former President Loubet left
the Elysee Palace to visit the King of
Italy he embroiled France with the
Vatican.
Former President Carnot, on a VS.
| it to Lyon, fell under the dagger of
! an assassin. The other presidents,
| with the exception of Fallieres and
Mac Mahon. did not travel much. Mac
Mahon during a trip through the
1875 offended the press and incurred
intense unpopularity. and the cleo
tiOnS of that year went heavily
against his party.
President Millerand is disregardine
all these precedents.
Tennis Drawings Criticized.
The draw for next September's Da-
Wis cup matches caused much crjti :
cism by the French sporting papers,
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| first round. The distances that must
| be covered by these teams. experts
declare. will cause defaults of ,prac-
tical1y half the preliminary matches.
A number of humorists wrote face
tious articles about the Hawaiian
| players and about the Philippines
being matched with their old mother
| country. Spain. One Paris music hall
has been featuring a combination
| Hawaiian and Czechoslovakian tennis
, song.
Andre Colbert. captain of the French
Davis cup team. says the draw was
| as good as could have been hoped
! for and thinks several defaults would
/ simplify matters.
Monte Carlo stock Drops.
| Monte Carlo casino stock is
dropping on the stock exchange and
the company is considering passing
or reducing its dividends. 1t is said
i the crOupiers have not raked in bank
notes at the roulette and baccarat
tables fast enough to meet the high
cost Of fast living. The casinos per
centages of profit have remained un-
changed. it is claimed, while every
thing else has gone up. Its dividend,
Ii any is declared. will be only per
cent of the book value of the stocks.
Monte Carlo is not the only resort
to be hard hit. This season also has
been duh at other similar resorts
along the, Riviera.
CoIOred Boy Sensational Jockey.
WINFIELD, a Kentucky colored boy.
has been the sensation of the French
flat racing season, winning nine races
with his fourteen mounts for Leon
Mantacheff, Russian owner. Wink
field was caught in Russia by the
bolsheviki revolution and was res
cued through the efforts of the
Swedish legation after series of
hardships and even imminent starva-
ton.
He has won nearly 100000 francs
since the season opened. and is sec
ond only to Frank O'Neiil, who is
leading with fifteen victories.
American Jockeys continue to hold