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wood, the Corporation Stakes of 110/. and the Beven- 

 dean Stakes of 130/. at Brighton, and a sweepstakes of 

 600/. at Newmarket Second October, winning five times 

 out of seven attempts) = 1,G40/. 



12. Laird of Holywell (three years ; won the Twen- 

 tieth Triennial of 259/. at Ascot) = 259/. 



13. Tourbillon (three years, another ' Englishman ' 

 with a French name ; won the Fifteenth Sale Stakes of 

 300/. at Newmarket Craven, besides walking over for a 

 sweepstakes of 250/. ; won the Trial Selling Stakes of 

 80/. at the First October and also a handicap sweep- 

 stakes of 140/.) = 770/. 



14. Regal (two years ; won the Strafford Stakes of 

 180/. at Goodwood and [w.o.] the Forlorn Stakes of 

 200/. at Newmarket First October Meeting) = 380/. 



15. La Jeunesse (two years, another of the English 

 lot with French names ; won a selling sweepstakes of 

 70/. at Newmarket First Spring, and was claimed by 

 that excellent judge Mr. Matthew Dawson) = 70/. 



16. Minette (two years, another of the French- 

 named ' Englishers ; ' won a selling sweepstakes of 55/. 

 at Newmarket July Meeting and another of 60/., and 

 another at Goodwood of 130/., after which she left 

 M. Lefevre by sale) = 245/. 



Total 15,247/. 



Total for French horses . . 10,056?. 



Grand total .... 25,303^. 



Of course M. Lefevre had other horses that ran and 

 won occasionally, and their ' scores ' would soon bring 

 this grand total up to the 25,913/. ascribed to him in 

 the records of the day. 



The year 1873, then, was a great year for France, 

 with Boiard and Flageolet (the latter, however, never 



