16 HORSE-RACING IN FRANCE 



another era was to commence for French horse-racing 

 and horse-breeding. The French Jockey Ckib was to 

 spring np in 1833 and France was to have a new in- 

 stitution. 



It may be well to conclude this chapter with a list 

 of the principal English thoroughbred sires introduced 

 into France from the date of the Great Eevolution to 

 the foundation of the French Jockey Club. They were 

 Abron (by Whisker), in 1828 ; Ad Libitum (by 

 Whiskey), in 1817 ; Aldford (by Pavilion), in 1822 ; 

 Alfred (by Filho da Puta), in 1828 ; Atom (by Phan- 

 tom), foaled in 1818 (but the exact date of introduction 

 is not always recorded) ; Barelegs (by Tramp), in 1828 ; 

 Belmont (by Thunderbolt), in 1831 ; Ben Nevis (by 

 Paynator), foaled in 1808 ; Bijou (by Orville), in 1818 ; 

 Borysthenes (by Smolensko), in 1830 ; Brigand (by 

 X Y Z), in 1826 ; Camerton (by Hambletoman), in 

 1818 ; Captain Candid (by Cerberus), in 1825 ; Carbon 

 (by Waxy), in 1828; Charon (by Woful), in 1828; 

 Cinder (by Woful), foaled in 1820 ; Claude (by Hap- 

 hazard), foaled in 1819 ; Clayton (by Overton), in 1815 ; 

 Coriolanus (by Gohanna), in 1818 ; Diamond (by High- 

 flyer), in 1818 (died in 18] 9, aged twenty-seven); 

 D.1.0 (by Whitworth), in 1818; Doge of Venice (by 

 Sir Oliver), in 1825 ; Dominechino (by Vandyke, junior), 

 foaled in 1818 ; Eastham (by Sir Ohver), in 1825 ; 

 Easton (by Stamford), foaled in 1805 ; Egremont (by 

 Skiddaw), in 1819 ; Electrometer (by Thunderbolt), in 

 1828 ; Young Emilius (by Emilius, dam Sal), in 1832 (the 

 other Young Emilius, dam Cobweb, was not imported 

 till 1834) ; Enamel (by Phantom), in 1831 ; Farmer (by 

 Pericles), foaled in 1819 ; Felix (by Comus), in 1826 ; 

 Fulford (by Orville), in 1820 ; Young Gohanna (by 

 Gohanna), in 1820 ; Hamlet (by Hambletonian), in 



