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notliing of note in England ; in 18G9 he confined his 

 attentions to his own country, as also in 1870, and then 

 he returned, not much like a giant refreshed, to his 

 galloping on English turf, at Epsom, at Ascot, at 

 Worcester (where he won the Worcestershire Stakes 

 Handicap), and elsewhere, but not recalling to mind 

 the young Ouragan ' what had bin upsides with The 

 Earl.' 



The rest that ran in England did not include Long- 

 champs (who at three years of age had beaten the 

 afterwards illustrious sire Hermit, iii 1867, for the 

 Newmarket Derby, with an advantage, however, of a 

 stone in weight, after running unplaced behind Achieve- 

 ment and Hermit for the Doncaster St. Leger), or Suze- 

 rain (who ran but three times — in France — and was 

 then ' horse de combat,' as the English turfite pro- 

 nounces, or used to pronounce, before the days of 

 School Boards), or Jenny, or Gouvernail, or Le Bos- 

 phore, or Auguste ; but Nelusko ran moderately at 

 Newmarket (fourth for the Biennial and third for the 

 Cesarewitch) and at Ascot (second by half a length to 

 Seesaw for the New Biennial) ; Mortemer ran at Ascot 

 (unplaced to King Alfred, &c.,for the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes), at Stockbridge (third to Seesaw and Parson for 

 the Ninth Biennial), at Newmarket (second to Athena 

 and beating Seesaw for the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, 

 and unplaced to Blue Gown, &c., for the Free Handicap 

 at the Houghton Meeting) ; little Consul ran at Lewes 

 (unplaced to Melody, &c., for the Priory Stakes) ; and 

 Mademoiselle de Fhgny ran at Epsom (unplaced to De 

 Vere, &c., for the Two-year-old Stakes, and to Masaniello, 

 De Vere, &c., for the New Two-year-old Stakes). 



The French ' stars ' of 1869 were, in their own 

 country, Consul (three years, winner of the French 



