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from Verulam at Doncaster ; and of the two-year-olds 

 Pompier ran unsuccessfully for the Brocklesby Stakes 

 at Lincoln, for the Ipswicli Nursey Stakes (second to 

 Contempt), for the Eyhall Stakes (second to Speculum) 

 at Stamford, for two Two-year-old Sweepstakes (second 

 to Victorine, and unplaced to Amour Propre) at New- 

 market Second October, and (third and last) for the 

 Blankney Stakes at Lincoln Autumn Meeting ; Le 

 Sarrazin began admirably by winning the Woodcote 

 Stakes at Epsom (beating Specidum, Ptestitution, etc.), 

 was fourth (to Lady Elizabeth, &c.) for the Jidy Stakes, 

 was unplaced (to Athena, &c.) for the Lavant Stakes, 

 was third (to Banditto and Europa) for the Molecomb 

 Stakes, and was unplaced (to Greensleeve, Eosicrucian, 

 e^c.) for the Middle Park Plate (for which he carried 

 extra weight) ; and Mortemer seems to have run but 

 once in England this year (1867), when he was unplaced 

 for the Stockbridge Biennial (won by Europa, witli 

 Seesaw second and Ironmaster third). Some of these 

 horses, liowever, as will appear hereafter, made a very 

 strong mark upon the English Turf in subsequent 

 years ; but it is as sires that they have made the greatest 

 impression in England. Especially notable have been 

 Trocadero (sire of almost innumerable French winners, 

 some of them highly respected in this country), who, 

 four years after his death (in 1881), stood second (in 

 1885) among the French ' winning sires ; ' Vertugadin 

 (sire of Saltarelle, Stathouder, Salteador, and Mondaine, 

 all highly esteemed either by repute or from experience 

 in England) ; Ruy Bias (who, however, did not visit 

 England in person), sire of numerous winners (including 

 Nubienne, who defeated Scapegrace, the only English 

 horse [and perhaps the worst whicli ever ran for that 

 race] among the runners for the Grand Prix of 1870) ; 



