270 THE JOCKEY CLUB 1835- 



was not a member of the Jockey Club, that won the 

 Derby with Sir Bevys in 1879. Though untitled, 

 Monsieur A. Lupin, who has been a member of the 

 French Jockey Club almost from the day that it com- 

 menced existence in 1833, may be conveniently brought 

 in here. He imported Wings (winner of the Oaks in 

 1825) into France in 1837, and from that time for 

 many years continued to import expensive English 

 mares (including Songstress, winner of the Oaks in 

 1852, imported in 1859) ; and it was his distinction 

 to win the first notable French success on an English 

 race-course, when he won the Goodwood Cup with 

 Jouvence (bred in France, but of English sire 

 and dam, Sting and Currency) in 1853, on which 

 occasion the French Jockey Club was illuminated, and 

 the Seine was very nearly set on fire. M. A. Lupin 

 has been very successful in his own country, but not 

 in proportion to his efforts, and he was thought to be 

 especially unfortunate in 1885, when he sacrificed 

 the all but certainty of winning the French Derby 

 with Xaintrailles to the honourable desire of winning 

 the English Derby, for which he was but a bad fourth. 

 But he won * half an Oaks ' with Enguerrande (a dead- 

 heat with the French-bred Camelia) in 1876. 



Among those whose names are found in the batch 

 of members of the Jockey Club from 1835 to the 

 present day, some, as has been said, belong to the 

 general history of the country. Prominent among 

 them are the following : 



