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feverish moisture which with weak and timid animals betray 

 their apprehension of the coming contest. His neat, intelligent 

 head was raised with an expression of confidence and defiance, 

 and he walked on to the course as calm and resolute as an 

 ancient gladiator.' 



That something was expected of Monarque at the 

 stud may be inferred from the fact that he was soon 

 advertised, at a fee of 500 francs (about 20/.), in the 

 English Calendar, being probably the first horse ' bred 

 in France ' that had yet arrived at such distinction ; 

 and his produce soon justified his pretensions. In 1860 

 were born to him Hospodar (who won the Clearwell 

 Stakes and Criterion Stakes in 1862, and was first 

 favourite for the Two Thousand and equal second 

 favourite for the English Derby in 1863), Fornarina, 

 Infante, Le Marechal, and Villafranca (all winners in 

 England as well as in France) ; in 1861 Beatrix and 

 Gedeon (winners in England as well as in France) 

 among others ; in 1862 there was born to him 

 Gladiateur, beyond whom it is not necessary to go, 

 for he was a phenomenon, an Eclipse, a Bay Middleton, 

 a horse that marks an era, though he may have been 

 foaled in a comparatively ' bad year.' But it may just 

 be added that Monarque was also the sire of Young 

 Monarque, Auguste, Longchamps, Le Sarrazin, and 

 Boulogne (winners of the Prix du Cadran and other 

 notable events), Trocadero and Henry (winners of great 

 things in England as well as in France), Patricien and 

 Consul (winners of the French Derby), Le Mandarin 

 (a good horse, but suffering — as Nunnykirk suffered 

 from being in ' the same year ' with The Flying Dutch- 

 man — from being of the same age as Gladiateur), Don 

 Carlos (a fine stayer, winner of the Prix Gladiateur in 

 1871), and others too numerous to specify. It may 



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