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Baden and won die Grand Prix for him on ' Mon- 

 seigneur,' beating 'Adonis' and ' Flibustier,' two 

 German horses belonging to Count Renard. 

 ' Adonis ' had won our Cambridgeshire the year 

 before, and was a great favourite at Baden, My 

 horse was a real good stayer ; he was a little one, 

 about 15.1!^, but very compact. It was the Jubilee 

 year over there, and there was a vast concourse 

 of people at the meeting. The race, over two miles 

 of ground, was worth about ^2,000, and as the 

 Duke's mother, the Princess Mary of Baden, lived 

 there, he was very pleased. 



' Barbillon ' was another good horse that his 

 Grace had in France. He ran second in the Grand 

 Prix de Paris to ' Cremorne,' and afterwards, as a 

 four-year-old, I won the Omnium (F"rench Cesare- 

 witch) and the Prix de Gladiateur, which is over 

 four miles, with 10 st. 6 lb. on his back. This was 

 a clinking good race. Harry Jennings, sen., started 

 three, ' Miss Irvine," ' Don Carlos,' and another ; 

 Count de Lagrange had two, and there were nine 

 runners in all. Old Harry made up his mind, and 

 told the Duke that he would cjet ' Barbillon ' beaten 

 if possible. The ground was very heavy indeed, and 

 when I tell those of my readers who know the course 

 at Longchamps that we started at the stand, and went 



