114 HORSE-RACING IN FRANCE 



been expressed, partly the reassurance which had after- 

 wards been acquired. 



In 1861 the Count and the Baron together won in 

 France, it is stated, 118 races and 497,000 francs 

 (about 19,880/.), and in England stood fifth (with 7,440/.) 

 in the list of winning owners, but in 1862 had dropped 

 in France to 78 races and 352,808 francs (something 

 over 14,000/.) and in England to the seventh place 

 (with 6,440/.), whilst M. Eobin (owner of Souvenir, the 

 winner of the French Derby) had come up to 129,000 

 francs (5,160/.), M. P. Aumont to 90,000 francs (3,600/.), 

 and M. Delamarre and Baron Schiclder to about 80,000 

 francs (3,200/.) apiece; so that the alarm which might 

 well Jiave been created by the successes of the ' Big 

 Stable' in 1861 was reasonably modified by its falling- 

 ofF in 1862 and the corresponding improvement made 

 by smaller private owners acting single-handed. 



In 1861 the most notable of the horses ' bred in 

 France ' were Pretendant (four years, winner of the Prix 

 du Cadran), Mon Etoile (four years, winner of the Grand 

 Prix de I'lmperatrice, afterwards called Prix Rainbow), 

 Surprise (four years, winner of the Grand Prix de 

 I'Empereur, afterwards called Prix Gladiateur, and dam 

 of Sornette), Good-bye (three years, winner of the Prix 

 de Longchamps and tlie Poule des Produits), Finlande 

 (tliree years, winner of what is now the Grande Poule 

 des Produits and of the French Oaks), Isabella (three 

 years, winner of the Poule d'Essai), La Diva (three 

 years, winner of the Prix de la Yille de Paris), Gabrielle 

 d'Estrees (three 3^ears, winner of the French Derby), 

 Palestro (three years, whuier of the Grand Prix du 

 Prince Imperial, afterwards called Prix Royal Oak), 

 Compiegne (tliree years, second for the Grand Prix at 

 Baden), and the two-year-olds Partisan (l)y Launcelot), 



