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for the Corporation Stakes at Brighton, where he won 

 the Bevingdean Stakes). That Little Agnes, tliough 

 belonsincf to the EngUsli Duke of Hamilton, should not 

 run in Eno-land is a little curious, but the records seem 

 to imply that she did not. 



About Eevigny there is a sad tale to tell, and it 

 may as well be got over at once. His sire, it will have 

 been observed, was the excellent Orphelin (so called 

 because his dam, the much-esteemed Echelle, died at 

 the very early age of ten in the very year (1859) 

 of his birth). Now Orphelin (sire of Montargis and a lot 

 of ' good uns ') died about 1 869-70, being no older than 

 his dam had been at her death ; and Eevigny, after 

 proving himself a liorse of great merit, died in 1876, 

 being but seven years old. Surely this was ' rough ' on 

 M. P. Aumont, owner of Echelle and breeder and 

 owner of both Orphelin and Eevigny. 



Of course, in consequence of ' les evenements,' the 

 number of French horses that ran in England in 1871, 

 whether for French ' emigrants ' or for English owners, 

 w^as leeion ; and some of them ' illustrated ' the French 

 nation and French horse-breeding most brilhantly. 

 There were Acide Prussique (four years, sold in 

 England), Alaric (four years), Algerie (four years, sold 

 in lEngland), Almenesches (two years), Anacreon (three 

 years), Antalo (three years), Antiochus (three years), 

 Arlesienne (two years, sold in England), Artilleur (two 

 years), Assouan (two years), Ballerine (three years), 

 Banderolle (three years), Barhillon (two years), Bar- 

 billonne (three years, formerly Mi-Voie), Bar-le-Duc 

 (two years), Beaumanoir (three years), Belernia (two 

 years), Belle Princesse (two years), Bellone (four years), 

 Bernac (three j^ears), Bilbao (four yeais), Bivouac (three 

 years). Bloater (hue La Superga, sold in England in 



