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terite ; M. H. Delamarre's Porphyre, La Tracone, Clos 

 Vougeot, Veranda, Verdure, Clotairc, niid Congo ; 

 ' Major Fridolin's' Curieuse, Gaston, Suzanne, Gourbi, 

 Somno, and Gantelet ; Baron A. Schickler's Evohe, 

 Eafale, Malatesta, Deva Daro, and Soteira. Some of 

 these changed hands, either by purchase or by ' claim- 

 ing ' in selhng races, and ran in various owners' names 

 and colours, sometimes French and sometimes English. 

 At the end of the season of 1870, it has been cal- 

 culated by a ' compatriot,' there had been won by 

 French horses in England (before and after the ' emi- 

 gration ') some 300,000 francs (about 12,000/.) in 

 stakes. 



