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ofF.' But Lion, like Bay Middleton and many other 

 ' brilliant cripples,' was always very ' queer ' about the 

 legs and consequently difficult to train and to keep ' in 

 form.' 



Close up with Lion in the aforesaid Prix de I'Em- 

 pereur was Vermeille (ex-Merveille), a daughter of The 

 Baron and Fair Helen. She had been trained in Eng- 

 land up to the date of the French Derby (for which 

 she made a fair show behind Lion) ; but, though her 

 racing career was not dishonourable, her honours were 

 won at the stud, where she became the dam of M. Henri 

 Delamarre's Vermont (who was ' one too many ' for 

 Blair Athol), Vertugadin, Verite, and Verdure. 



In England the French breed of horses was repre- 

 sented in 1856 by none or next to none but Baroncino, 

 a 'resident,' and Pen d'Espoir and Monarque, 'invaders; 

 the first ran once (for the Craven Stakes at Epsom 

 Summer Meeting), but did not get a place, and the same 

 fate overtook Pen d'Espoir in the Goodwood Stakes 

 (when there were twenty-live runners, eight horses fell, 

 and four jockeys were seriously injured), but Monarque 

 ran third both for the Stewards' Cup and the Goodwood 

 Cup. Of course it was discovered that he must have 

 won if the orders given to his jockey had been more 

 'judgmatical,' but his compatriot very impartially ob- 

 serves, ' There certainly are untoward chances on the 

 Turf, but somehow Monarque never encountered them 

 in France ; yet he had made three trips to England 

 with the same want of success/ 



His day nevertheless was coming, and with a 

 change of owners he was to have a change of luck. 



About the middle of October 1856 a rumour went 

 abroad that M. Alexandre Aumont, who had performed 

 such wonderG of breeding and racing in France, who 



