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Roussel ; and The Emperor, twice winner of the 

 Ascot Cup, and co-sire, with The Baron and 

 Sting (or, as the greatest authorities declare, the 

 true sire), of the celebrated French horse Mon- 

 arque, sire of the unapproachable Gladiateur. 



Also Heir of Linne, an esteemed sire ; Pyrrhus 

 the First, winner of the Derby ; The Flying Dutch- 

 man, winner of the Derby and St. Leger ; The 

 Cossack, winner of the Derby ; West Australian, 

 winner of the Two Thousand, Derby, and St. 

 Leger, first winner of all these three races, and of 

 what is thence called ' the triple crown,' pace the 

 Pope of Rome ; Silvio, winner of the Derby and 

 St. Leger, sold to the Due de Castries just before 

 Lord Falmouth's sale in 1884 for about ^7,000, 

 it was said ; Plutus, a great sire, by Trumpeter ; 

 Tournament, another great sire, by Touchstone ; 

 Weathergage ; Womersley ; Saucebox, winner of 

 the St. Leger of 1855 ; Nunnykirk, Hernandez, 

 Atlantic, and Peregrine, all winners of the Two 

 Thousand ; Ceylon, winner of the Grand Prix ; 

 the American horse Optimist, imported by the 

 Duke of Hamilton, who is also the Due de 

 Chatelherault ; Blinkhoolie, Elland, Lozenge, 

 V\ilcan, Wingrave, and the very memorable 



