FEOM THE 'TURN OF TIIK TIDE' TO THE ' DECIIEANCE ' 1G7 



Derby), Peripetie (three years, winner of tlie Frencli 

 Oaks), Cerdagne (three years, winner of what i.s now the 

 Grande Poule des Prodiiits), Pandonr (three years, 

 winner of the Prix de Longchamps, now called Prix 

 Hocquart), Le Sarrazin ' redivivus ' (four years, winner 

 of the Prix du Cadran), Trocadero (live years, winner 

 of what is now the Prix Gladiatenr and of what is now 

 called the Prix Eainbow), Clotlio (three years, winner of 

 what is now called the Prix Eoyal Oak), Glaneur (winner 

 of the Grand Prix de Paris), Mortemer (four years, 

 winner of nine races or more out of eighteen on the 

 Continent) ; and among the two-year-olds Florian (by 

 Hospodar), Luisette (by Zouave, son of The Baron), and 

 Sornette (by Light), winners of tlie principal ' Crite- 

 riums,' and also Poquefort (by Hospodar), winner of the 

 Prix de Morny (called Prix de Deux Ans since the 

 ' decheance,' since 1871 that is) at Deauville. 



Of these ' stars ' Consul (who won the Prix de 

 Guiche, the Poule d'Essai, and the Prix de Seine-et- 

 Marne, as well as the French Derby, in 1869) was a 

 small but a remarkably good horse. How he lost the 

 Grand Prix (for which he was a strong favourite) is one 

 of the mysteries of horse-racing (especially when the 

 winner was such a 'rogue' as Glaneur). He became 

 an excellent sire (of Kilt, and of Albion, winners of the 

 French Derby in 1876 and 1881, of Nougat, and of Ar- 

 chiduc, among others), and it was a pity, perhaps, that the 

 French allowed him to be sold out of the country. He 

 was purchased for Russia at Count de Lagrange's death 

 in 1883 (sale in 1884) for 28,000 francs (about 1,120/.), 

 very cheap. 



The year 1869 was remarkable in France for the 

 successes of quite a recent ' turfman,' M. Delatre, who 

 that year stood second amono- French winninfy owners 



