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Of these French ' cracks ' just enumerated, many 

 like Fervacques (winner of the NortJiumberland Plate — 

 as became a son of his sire, Underhand — &c.), ran in 

 England in 1867, but did not make much by their 

 'motion,' though in after years they made a great deal. 

 Still Jeiine Premiere did not liesitate to run for the 

 Cambridgeshire (at odds of forty to one against her), 

 or to oppose (in vain) such horses as Julius and The 

 Palmer in a free handicap sweepstakes at Newmarket 

 Houghton ; Trocadero went for the Two Thousand 

 (unplaced), won two races at Brighton, and ran second 

 for the Newmarket St. Leger (beating Hippia), second 

 for the Newmarket October Handicap, and unplaced 

 (in company with his ' compatriote ' Jeune Premiere) 

 for the Free Handicap Sweepstakes ; Auguste won the 

 Claret Stakes at Newmarket against a single nameless 

 and fameless opponent, and had two other (unsuc- 

 cessful) ' shies ' (including the Alexandra Plate, won by 

 Lecturer, at Ascot) ; Montagnard ran for the Lincoln- 

 shire Handicap (unplaced), for the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes (handicap) at Newmarket (unplaced), and for 

 the Cambridgeshire (unplaced) ; Montgoubert ran 

 (second to The Palmer) for the Ascot Derby and lost it 

 by a head only, for the Gold Cup (unplaced), for the 

 Biennial at Bibury Club Meeting (fourth to Vauban, 

 Ailesbury, and Opoponax), for the Summer Stakes 

 (handicap) at Newmarket July (unplaced to Julius, &c.), 

 for the Cesarewitch (unplaced in company with his 

 ' compatriote ' Etoile Filante), for the Select Stakes at 

 Newmarket Second October (beaten by liis sole op- 

 ponent Friponnier, with the significant comment ' No 

 betting '), and (unplaced) for a handicap plate (won Ijy 

 Saccharometer) at Newmarket Houghton ; Cerf- Volant 

 ' took an easy polish ' from Vauban at Goodwood, and 



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