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Show SPORT OF KINGS EM EAST Laws Enacted by Hughes and Others Banish Millionaires From New York. Belmont and gould are spending immense "sums Scores of Other Wealthy Turf men Now Go to Europe During Dur-ing Racing Season. I 1 BY EIOHAED DAHLGEEN. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, July 22. August Belmont, I understand, haa about given up hope of a revival of racing In America. In common com-mon with other noted American racing men ho had been hopeful that the New York legislature would lesson tho restrictions restric-tions on race track betting to an extent which would permit the tracks In that sta.te to reopen. This they wore confident would lead to similar action In other states and to a revival of racing all over the country. This hope has vanished, and during his recent visit to England Mr. Belmont made arrangements to strengthen his English racing stable and expressed the opinion that practically all the first-class owners In America would race hereafter almost exrluslvcly in France and on the continent. conti-nent. The bucccss of Frank .1. Gould In France has been remarkable. It Is now a close race between him and W. K. Vanderbllt for premier honors on 'the French vaco tracks. The success of the two Americans will undoubtedly attract other American owners to Franco. 'It was rather a doubtful national victory vic-tory which the athletes of Cambridge and Oxford won the other day over Harvard and Yale. It is true the English universities took the meet by five wins to four, but one of 'the events which went to the credit of tho English, the hammer throw, was won by G.t E. Putnam of Oxford, who Is an American Rhodes scholar from Kansas. Popular French. Course. No race course round Paris Is more popular than that at Malsons-Lafflttc, and It Is remarkably well managed. It belongs to the Soclete Sportive d' Encouragement, Encour-agement, which took over and developed the suburban race courses that used to be owned by Adolphe Denetlcr and M. Porte, the manager of tho long-ago-established betting club in the Rue Mogadon Mo-gadon The present society owns tho race courses at Malsons-Laffltt'e, St. Ouen and Enghlen, and It was by the enterprise and foresight of the late President M. Eugene Adam that Malsons-Laffitte was raised to Its present high position. It was he who founded In 1904 the race endowed en-dowed with over $20,000 prize mney. The object d'art, which alio goes to tho owner of the winner In addition to the specie, Is given by the president of the Republic, Repub-lic, who, as a rule, comes to see the race run, In the year of Its initiation the Prix du President de la Republlquo was won by M. Edmund Blanc with Government, and so farno English horse has managed to get placed. It is open to three-year-olds and upwards of all countrlos which run at welght-for-age without any penalties pen-alties or allowances. It is, therefore, a tworoughly sporting event on classic lines, the object being to demonstrate which is actually tho best horse qf the period. There Is, by way of consolation, a sum of $4000 for the owner of tho second, $2000 for the third and 51000 for the fourth. The distance is about one mile four and a half furlongs. It has been won three times by Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt. with Malntenon. Sea Sick and Oversight; M. Michel Ephrussi won It in 1905 with Flnassuer; M. Calllout was successful In 1907 with Querldo. nftor that horse had carried off the Chester cup; and Baron Maurico de Rothschild supplied the winner win-ner In 1909 when Vedun followed up his Grand Prix victory by annexing this rich stake. When looking through a volume of "Bell's Life" for ISfil.I came upon the report of the sales of blood stock hold at Newmarket bv Messrs. Tattorsall during tho July meeting fifty years ago. There Is an Instructive lesson herein which the croakers can take to heart. The highest price then paid for any lot was 280 guineas, this bolng given bv Lord William Powlott for one of Mr. l'arrcrs "Diss" yearlings, a brown filly by vedette ve-dette out of Firmament's dam by Sleight of Hand. ... . . A yearling colt, brothor to ivlng-at-Arms. by Kingston out of Paradigm, sent up hy Colonel Pearson, was bought In for 550 guineas, and this appears to have been the highest bid at the sale. Five horses, tho property of fair Joseph Hawley, fotched only 382 guInoaB. although al-though fhov Included Strawberry, a mare by the Flying Dutchman out of British Queen by Coronation, with a Ally foul by Beadsman, to whom sho was said to be In foal again. It was at this July meeting that the racing and brecdlnc establishment of tho late Duke of Bedford was disposed or. Wo road: . . . , "Messrs. Tattersall had the conduct or the sale, tho elder partner presiding at tho dispotial of tho horses, whllo Mr. Edmund Tattorsall took the sale of the premises in hand, and tho result was. as Is always the caso when these gentlemen preside, most satisfactory, prices being obtained for the blood stock quite commensurate com-mensurate with their value." Nevertheless, tho highest price realized was 700 guineas for that slashing fine brood main Habona by Blrdcatcher. Mr. Blenklron was the purchaser, and she went to Middle park. Of the late duke's horcca In training, the throo-ynar-old Cowlcv bv RoiMiestor fetched tho highest price. "Sir Joseph Hawley colnp: to ol0 gulncns to secure him. Lord William Powlett gave 500 rcuineas for Paste, a three-vcar-old by Kingston put of Pas-trvcook. Pas-trvcook. The whol.i sale, thirty-six lots, realised almost $10,000. The yearlings a ve raffed 106 guineas apiece, which, we read, "was very satisfactory, and Admiral Rous, who was the duke's advlsur on tljc sublect of mating his mares, was congratulated con-gratulated on his Judgment In his selection selec-tion ut sires. Rhodes Scholars Play Ball. The Rhodes scholars at. Oxford have a line baseball team und are making tho great American frame popular in England. Eng-land. They recently defeated the London team by n score of 1 1 to S in a nappy, well-played gome. The London pitcher blew up In tho fourth Inning, permitting the Oxonian to take in seven runs. Out-wide Out-wide of this Hie game was, remarkably wJl played. Ram Murtl of India astonished a private pri-vate meeting early in the week by hia feats of strength, which Included that of hearing sl stone weighing 3000 pounds on his chest and rolling It off by oxpandlns his lungs. |