At St. Cloud

At St. Cloud, Epinard, French champion racehorse, was beaten by English-owned Sir Galahad III--by a neck.

Frank O'Neill, "veteran of 20 years of the American, British and French turf," rode Sir Galahad.

Epinard was ridden by Everett Haynes, Bronx jockey, "pale, emaciated and nervous from recent illness," but weighing withal eleven pounds more than O'Neill.

The French press was unanimous in the opinion that O'Neill would have reversed the decision had he been riding Epinard.

The owner of Sir Galahad is Captain Jefferson Davis Cohn, British subject, godson of Jefferson Davis. Said he after the race: "I don't want to be one of those 'I told you so' gentlemen. I told you Sir Galahad would win; there it is."

Said Pierre Wertheimer, owner of Epinard: "I have no complaint to make against Haynes, and would give him the mount tomorrow under similar circumstances. Haynes will ride my horse in England and America this coming Summer."

Next day friends of Epinard proposed a "revenge race" for 500,000 francs. Jefferson Davis Cohn was indignant. Said he: "This is absolute bumptiousness! I think Sir Galahad will not run again for three months. I have had him in training since Jan. 1 and he has had five races during that time. I cannot train such a nervous horse for any longer period of time.

"These people who put up half-million-dollar purses are idiotic. They seem to think horses are like machines. That's not sportsmanship; it's commercialism."

Present at the race was the rotund ex-Shah of Persia./-

"Who is the favorite?" asked he.

"Epinard," was the reply.

"Then I'll bet 40 francs on Sir Galahad!"

/- See footnote on Page 11.