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winner of the One Thousand and of the Enghsh Oaks), 

 and Berryer (tliough his experienced owner, Mr. Henry 

 Jennings, may have considered him — not without 

 reason — the best French horse of his year), and Eevigny 

 (winner of tlie French Derby), and Little Agnes (winner 

 of tlie French Oaks), and Faublas (winner of the Prix 

 de Longchamps) to put their best foot foremost. The 

 Grand Prix was curious in one respect — that on its 

 resuscitation it was won by the same gentleman (Mr. 

 Henry Savile) who had won it with The Eanger in its 

 first year of institution. 



Of the French horses already mentioned there ran 

 in England neither Eevigny (though he had run at 

 Newmarket the year before), nor Little Agnes (though 

 belonging to an English duke), nor Nethou, nor Veranda 

 (though she had shared the Lincolnshire Handicap with 

 Vulcan the year before), nor Faublas, nor Barbillon, nor 

 Clotaire, nor Berryer, nor Hydromel, nor Demi-Lune, 

 nor Franc-Tireur, but only Henry, Dutch Skater, Eeine, 

 and Flageolet, who all did worshipfully. 



Henry ran only once, it is true ; but then he won 

 the Ascot Cup against Favonius (a winner of the English 

 Derby) and Hannah (a winner of the English Oaks and 

 St. Leger), with 5 to 2 on Favonius. This was ' boule- 

 versing ' the ' Baron's year ' with a vengeance. 



Dutch Skater won seven races out of eleven, carry- 

 ing off the Great Metropolitan (1,065/.), the Warwick 

 Cup (230/.), the Doncaster Cup (300/.), in which, by the 

 way, he defeated a Fisherman, and taking ' the balance ' 

 in Queen's Plates, like the Fisherman, son of Heron. 



Eeine ran only three times, but 'realised the stakes' 

 (3,150/.) in the One Thousand and (4,175/.) in the Oaks. 

 Her performance for the Queen's Plate won by Favonius 

 at Newmarket, however, was a decided faux pas. 



