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plexe (unplaced for the Prince of Wales's Stakes at 

 Ascot and a bad third for the Cesarewitch), Figaro II. 

 (unplaced for the Alexandra Plate at Ascot and for the 

 Cesarewitch, second by a head to Louise Victoria for 

 the Queen's Plate at Newmarket, unplaced for the 

 Cambridgeshire, and beaten — after a dead heat — by 

 Lily Agnes for the Queen's Plate at Lincoln), Nougat 

 (third to Doncaster and Aventuriere for the Ascot Cup, 

 wliich was won, however, in a canter by six lengths ; a 

 bad third to Louise-Victoria and Figaro II. for the 

 Queen's Plate at Newmarket ; unplaced for the Cam- 

 bridgeshire, third to Carnelion and Balfe for a free 

 handicap sweepstakes, and unplaced for the Jockey 

 Club Cup, also won by Carnelion, at the Houghton 

 Meeting), and that is all. So that neither the French 

 in general nor the Lagrange Lefevre ' fusion ' in parti- 

 cular won much distinction in their English campaign ; 

 although, but for his being ' amiss,' Salvator would 

 have been pretty sure of the St. Leger. 



Opportunity may here be taken of remarking that 

 Salvator, so highly was he thought of, was hired for a 

 while to stand at the famous Neasham Hall stud in 

 Ene^land and became the sire of the Duke of Hamilton's 

 Ossian, winner of the St. Leger in 1883. Of course M. 

 Lupin stood facile princeps among French ' winning 

 owners.' 



Howbeit the ' fusion ' was not altogether unsuccess- 

 ful in England, inasmuch as the partners are placed high 

 among the 'winning owners' of 1875, with nearly 

 10,000/. to their credit, a small amount however com- 

 pared with the 21,152/. assigned to Lord Falmouth, who 

 was No. 1. The 'fusion' owed their position chiefly to 

 Allumette (two years ; won the Stanley Stakes of 325/. at 

 Epsom, the Exeter Stakes of 560/. at Newmarket July, 



