18 HQRSE-RACING IN FRANCE 



Warkworth (by Filho da Puta), in 1828 ; Zoroaster (by 

 Sorcerer), foaled in 1805. 



What feats were performed in France by the 

 immediate progeny of all these sires there is no saying, 

 as the records of French horse-racing were not regularly 

 kept and published before the days of the French 

 Jockey Club ; but in two or three cases — those of 

 Eowlston (imported by M. de Guiche for the Eoyal Stud 

 of Meudon), Rainbow (imported by M. Eieussec, of the 

 Viroflay stud) and Holbein — the deeds of the progeny 

 remain on record in several instances ; for Volante (by 

 Eowlston) and Corysandre (by Holbein) won the Grand 

 Prix at Paris in 1836 and 1838, and Felix, Franck, 

 and Lydia (all by Eainbow) won between them the 

 Grand Prix at Paris in 1834 and 1837, the Prix du 

 Cadran in 1838, and the Prix du Jockey Club (French 

 Derby) in 1836 and 1837. As for Eainbow (whose 

 memory is kept green by the Prix Eainbow at Paris 

 Spring Meeting), it is related that, when he stood at 

 Viroflay, the French public would flock to see him, 

 and pay a franc for the privilege, as eagerly as the 

 British public used to flock to the Zoological Gardens 

 to gape upon the miraculous Jumbo, the elephant. 



