30 HORSE-RACING IN FRANCE 



He at once imported Eoyal Oak (son of Catton and 

 sire of Slane), who, though he had been but a very- 

 moderate performer on the racecourse, became a very 

 king of the stud in France and was the sire of quite a 

 galaxy of French celebrities. 



But it was not by the importation of Royal Oak, or 

 of Ibrahim (winner of the Two Thousand in 1835), or 

 of any other horse, that Lord Henry did so much for 

 horse-breeding and horse-racing in France as to deserve 

 the title of ' the father of fathers of the French Turf;' 

 it was by the importation of men, of Mr. Thomas Carter, 

 the famous trainer, and in his wake or under his wing, 

 as stable assistants, Messrs. Henry and Thomas Jennings, 

 par nobile fratrura^ and afterwards an equally notable 

 pair of trainers ; for though Mr, Carter may have 

 introduced the two great brethren, yet Lord Henry 

 introduced Mr. Carter, and so led to the importation of 

 the twain. 



Lord Henry won the Grand Prix at Paris with 

 Miss Annette (by Reveller) in 1835 and with Franck 

 (by Rainbow) in 1837 ; the Prix du Cadran, at Paris, 

 with Franck in 1838 ; and the Prix du Jockey Club 

 (French Derby) with Franck, Lydia (by Rainbow), Ven- 

 dredi (by Cain), and Poetess (by Royal Oak) in 1836, 

 1837, 1838, and 1841, besides numerous or innumer- 

 able smaller affairs, including all sorts of matches ; his 

 winners, however (such as Miss Annette, purchased 

 from M. Cremieux), do not all — or even most of them — 

 seem to have been bred by him or begotten by sires 

 imported by him, but they were mostly trained by Mr. 

 Carter, to whom they probably owed their success 

 (though Poetess is said to have been trained by R. Boyce). 

 The colours of Lord Henry Seymour, which were orange 

 and black cap, disappeared from the French Turf about 



