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cliased from Count F. de Lagrange certain others, 

 English and French, notably among the latter Dutch 

 Skater, Verdure, and Eole II., and with their help he 

 did more than respectably. The horses, moreover, he 

 had purchased from the Count included Henry (by 

 Monarque and Miss Ion), a great horse, as well as 

 Eeine (by Monarque and Fille de I'Air), who was to 

 win both the One Thousand and the Oaks the next year. 



It has been calculated that (if flat races and liurdle 

 races, &c., be combined) in 1871 ' more than 220 

 French-bred horses ran in England and won more than 

 180 (out of some 1,200) events, amounting in value to 

 more than 570,000 francs, or 22,800/.,' the Hon's share 

 of which, no doubt, fell to ' Mr. T. Lombard ' — that is, 

 M Lefevre. 



In the English 'classic' races of 1871 (the Two 

 Tliousand, One Thousand, Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger) 

 the 'Frenchmen' were represented by M. H. Delamarre's 

 Clotaire (by Vermont and Lady Clocklo), the Duke of 

 Hamilton's General (a great favourite at one time for 

 both Two Thousand and Derby, by Monarque and 

 Tolla), and Mr. H. Jennings's Eneide (by W. Australian 

 and Tartaric), and of these none made a better show 

 than General, fourth for the St. Leger. But this was no 

 more or less than was to be expected in what was called 

 ' the Baron's year ' — that is, the year in which the ' Eng- 

 lish ' Baron Eothschild won the Derby with Favonius, 

 tlie One Tliousand, Oaks, and Leger with Hannali, and 

 the Cesarewitch with Corisande. 



The ' Frenchmen ' that did best were as follows : — 



1. M. Lefevre's Mortemer (won the Ascot Gold Cup, 

 worth 1,030/. ; second with 9 st. 3 lbs. to Glenlivat, four 

 years, 6 st. 2 lbs., for the Chester Cup; and third to 

 Shannon and Favonius for the Goodwood Cup) ; Henry 



