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English, and Mr. C. Brewer found some consolation 

 for his Derby defeat in 1880 by the victory of Robert 

 the Devil. The see-saw was not sustained from this 

 point, for Mr. Keene won in 1881 with Foxhall, and 

 Mr. Rymill in 1882 with Bruce — another consolation 

 for defeat at Epsom, where Bruce's jockey lost the 

 race by letting his horse run out at the corner. 



The Due de Castries was successful the next two 

 years with Frontin and Little Duck. Then the race 

 twice running came to England by the aid of Paradox 

 and Minting ; since when no English horse has won 

 the Grand Prix, though two or three have been ex- 

 tremely near it ; and until the judge's decision was 

 given in 1893, it was generally supposed that Ravens- 

 bury had just got up and won by a head if not a neck. 

 English jockeys have usually gone over and ridden 

 the winners till the last few years, when Englishmen 

 resident in France, notably Dodge and T. Lane, have 

 been grood enough. 



The most successful owners of Grand Prix winners 

 in recent years have been Baron Schickler and M. 

 Edmond Blanc, the latter of whom won in 1891 with 

 Clamart, in 1892 with Rueil, in 1895 with Andree, and 

 in 1896 with Arreau. The race has been run thirty-five 

 times ; and has fallen to English horses, if Kisber is to 

 be included, on thirteen occasions. It is well worth 

 winning, the stakes usually amounting to over ^10,000. 

 But it is a hard struggle for three-year-olds over this 

 mile and seven furlongs ; and few of the winners, of 



