Show m FRENCHMEN STILL HILL SWEAR Wt R BY BLANC LA L Bh His tuck Luck Such That ThaL Ills His Country DIeD mm Think Ho Ile Will Yet Win Will The Thc Derby 00 OD SO SOM AS S FAILED TWICE TO M Wild lb so as Annual Income of or Whole Tl Ti to Ht He fl Demotes Ills M Breeding ami and Racing Horses Correspondence l Correspondence Edmond July MY 1 RIS D felled In his hie second attempt p Bi am nr P I to 10 win In the U rby Frenchmen me avo 1 that thit he will yet succeed d in iii capturing the Bh s of ot Turf and an avenging Trafalgar as ae tho t o French owner of ot by b his hl fa rn a I II I II II rr 1 I s MAX AJAY AND ANI illS HIS Ih The T e tam roll roe with lIh which Edmond Mine Aisne recently rt win w II m in the grand prix for tor forthe forthe the h Ume Urn ihie ts is tho the first filet year tint trul this Ihle ton son of ot the famous Flying I Fox hu run end and he has hail already netted his 1111 saner owner i r emus victory In 1865 1855 wiped lp 11 out mil the Iho bit bh tir tr m memory mory of at Waterloo For In hr 11 th Ih the reputation of or accomplishing hitner he undertakes under lakes especially on He the turf and hr tp has set gat his heart on n iMIng th the Derby to 10 his hili long list lIsl of or Merit Hl Bla recent Curren In winning with lh Ajax the for the nov sov time lime h hu has convinced his admirers star itar In is Hill Millin In mho tha ascendant Ho jt noni n l Is his Me good gOM fortune conald con hl that thaI here the ratan In III the street treet by the luck of lit Blanc manc himself Uit Urt La year his hla winnings A on the French FrlIch M In stakes alone to 1240 00 40 f W i urn sum never before equalled by hy a I fM owner of ot race hursen t and fox much more he Iw made through bets hots II ab man but him e Knows Thin Thill a year r to 10 bo n a still morn more fortunate CM cone for tor him Mm on the turf lurr for tor In stakes Makes ho In hu II already pocketed l THEORY Tm OnY WONT DO DONo DOo No o theory of JUck IlIck however will no nc for far it s 1 tithe lithe of ot Dianes Blanes successes On a the It Is la enormous Ji ih allied IT to brains and n Ina i speed M a him no pa 0 far ahead of ot all 1111 ot of W hi turf compatriots Ho No sticks stick at no nohe mosey whet he has ice made up UI his hi mind to rare a rak ray ra k steed nn and 1 hie hl Judg ef t horseflesh Is marvelous Even Kven U t schoolboy a II stable contained far tar nil mater r attractions for tor him than a n I It t was wa a genuine genuino thai him to name hl his hie earliest lM nt Flut lr l lAve He lie a owned a n ot love ove Ince then Ihen for tOI for t t what ls Is to 10 be the tha breeding for tor thor thoI Leases hones In ln the world b but t every ever ont one ot of him steeds steed l ej ha has hal had nn an equally INn place supervises ln In hl his a factions He per conno everything connect t tIJI I J 1 t I H f i 1 t tr tr tr H IH I II Ir I r r r r tw m 4 i b la lat if r t I ill r J f fre f 1 r 1 re rey r f y 1 v dt p 4 41 I f I I or 4 IH IHM I i IH i HIHI hM F I I I f 1 FI 1 EDMOND BLANC ed with the management of at his hl magni magnificent nent stud farm and training quarters Hummer mornings find him up nt nl 4 t and until late hUe in ht tho evenings he bu loB himself with tho details of ot his hh vast net establishment t It Is a labor lubor ot or with him but It IB is hard labor nev nevertheless no lie He plays the tho racing to 10 win and nl adopts the same methods that command I In III any commercial pursuit Though Frenchmen swear by him he ho Is till far from tom being a typical Frenchman i Nothing disturbs his sang sangfroid ern R mold froid Winning or losing he lie h never n cr Ills playa ilia any nil emotion His HIli temperament Is rather lather than Gallic A MIGHTY INCOME I Blanc Is s popularly credited with an Income of at n a 1 year and tho the probability Is la that It Is be over oer rather than under that t figure The story of ot the th origin of at hili hia millions Is III a n familiar one here but It may mar b be less leas generally gen lly known at nt homo homer M father Francis Blanc was the actual founder I of at Monte Curio Carlo as It now exists exist I purchased the Monaco lon which up to that time had be been n badly managed for what wm w a than then thought to tn tobo bo he an excessive exoe price In Ills his hands It 1 t proved an nn Inexhaustible hon bon bonanza anza toned fled loses loies and black loses ha lie h said raid In that celebrated led pun ot of his hb hut Diane Blanc white while always wins And AmI thanks to o the In III favor of at atthe the hank bank Blanc kept on winning to 10 such nn 1111 extent that when he lu died about 25 years ago BO with the clear con cone clen of ot a man who wh had always YS play played ed Cd II a 1 square game hI he left to 10 tobe tobe be divided his two sons nuns Kd Ed Edmond d mond and Camilla Camille MONTE ARIA Amo KINO KING KI O Edmond Illano iliA no though hough Me hI Is III sane nome times limes railed lima tho Monto Carlo King Kling l has never nevar taken nn In active part In the management of ot the tho rl AH All one of or th the largest st stockholders In the syndi syndicate cute cate which now controls It he I Is con content content tent to 10 pocket his hlA share of or the tho hanks banks winnings and all nil his limo to 10 his hili one hobby horar breeding The Tho great groat IrOIl t he tie hail had Inherited train from his hIli shrewd Y father was WI accompanied by b a n I still rarer en ell endowment I the ability to take IRke tare carp of at It u The harpies amens o who i ho had t expected to find Ind him an COli prey pry could 1 make nothing of ot him As Au soon noon as Illano Blanc became ot of otage age liKe he hl got gOI together n racing stable dU dla playing rare judgment In his selections and purchased the folio Cella ello St fit Cloud loud stud farm on the heights of at near Paris Ills HIli requirements noon oon outgrew this thin and he h began buying property on all nil sides The most mo l notable Accession lol to 10 his hili domain was n made by the purchase pur purchase chase ch e from the th exEmpress Eugenie of ot the Immense Immen park ot of Ia fn wile Culle ullo St S Cloud It contained a chateau In which shish royalty had hm b I boon cn en content to sojourn and hero heio heroM M made his hla homo home for tor some years But Dut as n time went on all and cash came clime pouting pouring In III from Monte Carlo and elsewhere fanny suggested a n moro more stately sta lei pile Ille on a n scale somewhat I rom COlli with his hili wealth He lie went wont about the selection of ot n II site I In churns charac characteristic terl tlc A ii grand view being the dominating den he ha had a nf Ij l I r i iW 1 1 S r f W 1 r Jon JJ a I t tm i 1 1 I 1 I f At 4 T r r 1 r ri i t r r ts I Y m i 1 rt rte j I f i iI I I e I 1 j I IlU I t It I I II I H H I H HI r H t HI l f lU EI IO m BLANCas PARIS riCI In the Avenue dc d dpi Champa Champs I number of or lofty lort lowers erected In ht different parts of or his hili posses possessions pos ell alone lon From their hell I summits with hit hl wife witt and fi lends he discussed dl the mo 1110 question ns nil to which afforded the best belt outlook This Tide point quint nt fit length settled M Blanc proceeded to erect his hili chateau And AmI It II really Is a it 1 Built of at massive blocks of or stone atone with every eVer bit of lit woodwork used In time thu structure consisting con of ot well wall seasoned oak ouk It nil alt the Iho solidity 1011 of ot a 1 castellated fortress of or the Ilie middle apes ages and like them will stoutly resist the ravages of ot time for tor centuries The rhe meg mat dining lUning hall halt with Its huge win nIn window dow dory commanding an 1111 uninterrupted view slew of ot the Seine Ielne might well suffice AUmell for tor forthe forthe the banqueting apartment of ot a II king Here M Illano and his hie hl wife wire dispense n II sumptuous hospitality Their town ton re reo residence Is III a 1 grand gran hotel In Inthe Inthe the th Avenue des den Champs hamps divid divided ed er Into Inlo two distinct portions one half for tor living and entertaining and the other for transacting business In connection with lIh his hit racing stables And stud farms Arne SOCIAL LADDER LADDEn HARD HAUD TO CLIMB CJ IMD Hut despite de his ell ri iii i anith and untarnished reputation allon na ns a m I sportsman M lit lilane has hns not been wel welcomed cooed with whit well open arms by the social elect el ct of ot Paris IMI While much muth addicted to gambling themselves they assume a 1 virtuous disapproval of the tho source of ot the millions Nor did his hl marriage In 1830 18 O to n a former actress the frolic frolicsome frolicsome some somo Petite Marrot Marro of at the Palais Is Royal noyal help him any nn In climbing th tM the social ladder He lIe was her second hus hUll husband hand band the tho first she had divorced She brought him hint as 18 a her dowry two to dough daugh daughters tern and a n son on Time TIlo eldest girl married PrinCe Constantino Constantine and the younger nuner Prince Roland Bonaparte M has hila staked SiR ked both princes very vory lib liberally orally He Ire JI has no children of or his hili 11 anti It Is le supposed that his hili stepson who Is III nn an officer In the French cavalry will wilt some same day clay 1111 Inherit the bulk of or his hili estates and the tho Monte Carlo 1110 shares A EVENT Perhaps the mose characteristic event of ot Edmond life lite Is la that which I marked his admission to the Ihl famous Paris aria i Jockey Jocke club This Thill club Is In I controlled con controlled trolled by b a n clique ellque lit of if young racing aristocrats who object abject to tD anyone but their own particular circle of ot friends being admitted to 10 membership Blanc not belonging to this set tt WAS Willi rejected when his name was put up for tor election lIe He promptly set ot to 10 work bought time the house louse In the Hue flue Scribe which which the tho Joc Jockey Jocke Jockey key ke club had always occupied and amt threatened to evict them The fhe exclusive sive eive young aristocrats capitulated to their landlord and M Dt Blanc was admitted ad 1111 admitted M lII Blanc believes S It pays lIlYa to get Ket the best bosl English J bred bled marcs mares are numer numerous Otis ous on his Ills stud farms and tho the most noted of his sires alres hall from tro Albion When In 1800 the tho Duke of ot tel tor died and lili hili racing string was sold gold M lIf Blanc bought for tor his hla stud lit II II the tho fa ta famous famous Flying 1 Fox Tox for tor time the record of ot 1 sportsmen general ly I considered that he had paid for lor the tho horse much more that ho he was really worth but M Blanc knew what he was about as much ns na h hia H hither father did IUd when ho bought the Monaco and nn remarked that he lie Would have no cutty culty cult In III regaining the he money as an soon as os tho thin offspring of ot Flying Fox should show their speed on all the tho tract ThIs Thill Is la time the first year nar that he ho has baun h able to race any nn of ot them nod 1 already they have recouped him dun for far what their Ilm cost winnings alone now amount to 10 tho the colt that lost tho thin Derby hate has 2000 In III stakes to ids his PrOfane and I IA lt i Do De vote have havo hn vo acquitted themselves Adam Iler fler denial and Saint Michael have not 1101 yet et run but hut M experts that they will prove tullY fully n III as worthy of at their great IreI afro as 1111 Ajax I I Continued on page 12 FRENCHMEN STILL SWEAR BY BLANC Continued front from page 11 Il With such a n string of in his stable the tho popular opinion IhM ni nt the toast most t period period of ot his hili turf career Is U yet before him seems fully tully Justified threat Oreal ns III have been belli his hla suc on oil 01 the turf his bis chief chic ambition Is 18 to tile dis distinguish himself by permanently Im Improving improving proving tho thin breed of ut fast tAst horses herMs lIe He Is Ie tho the most nest trusted adviser of ot the French government In III the matter of ot horse hoise I breeding for Cot cavalry mounts amid all has made some pome pecuniary sacrifices s for pa patriotism paI I After Arter for VIII I f which failed to III win wit the Derby In n 1003 1903 he ho sold the horse to the French rench government foi tor hilt that sum lum Quo VI Va VII dl th the Iho winner of ot the Prix that year he sold to Russia for tor and I for tor his cervices to 10 horse breed breeding log ing the czar hen hns made him a n grand alit car of at the Order of ot St LOISY I |