THE TURF. 
his debut on the continent in their contests for the 
palm of honour, by the fact of there having been nearly 
twelve thousand pounds betted on the event of the 
Jockey Club plate (won by Lord Henry Seymour's 
Frank) at the Chantilly races in April last. 
The principal breeders of thorough-bred horses in 
France are his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, 
and Lord Henry Seymour, second son to the Marquis of 
Hertford, each of whom has a large breeding-stud at 
about three leagues distant from Parts, and stables for 
training in the Bois de Boulogne, the Hyde Park of 
that metropolis, in the roads and cross-roads of which 
the various horses are galloped and sweated. The 
stables of the duke are hired, but those of Lord Henry 
were built by his lordship at an expense of twelve 
thousand pounds, and are, for their size and conve- 
niences, not excelled in Europe. There is likewise a 
public training-stable in " The Wood," kept by a New- 
market man of the name of Palmer, in whom much 
confidence is placed by the noblemen and gentlemen 
who intrust their horses to his care.* 
It may, perhaps, surprise the majority of our readers 
to hear the extent of the studs we have alluded to ; and 
we have reason to believe that that of Count Duval de 
Beaulieu, the President of the Belgic Jockey Club, 
exceeds them both in number. That of the Duke 
* A full account of the proceedings of the French and Belgic turf will 
be found in Nimrod's " French Tour," in the " New Sporting Magazine " 
for the months of July and September, 1836. 
