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" foreigners," and no amount of reciprocity will enable 

 us to do that with inferior animals. If we wish to win 

 French races as well as English the right way is to 

 have two studs, as the Duke of Hamilton, as Count de 

 Lagrange, as M, Lefevre, one in France and one in 

 England ; or, good faith, if the exclusion of " foreigners" 

 is not carried, one in France (or " abroad ") alone will 

 do.' 



Well, in April 1877 Lord Falmouth's motion came 

 on, and, very significantly, was adjourned to the 

 Houghton Meeting, but eventually, it appears, was 

 allowed to ' slide.' At any rate, as we all know, nothing 

 has come of it, or of Lord Vivian's amendment, or of 

 Lord Hardwicke's proposal (though L'oquois and Foxhall 

 have carried everything before them since then, and they 

 were ' foreigners '). 



Now, what had happened in the meanwhile, between 

 April and the Houghton Meeting (the end of October), 

 1877 ? Chamant, after winning the Two Thousand, had 

 gone amiss ; and Lord Falmouth, at the conclusion of the 

 Houghton Meeting;, with incredible luck had won the 

 Derby and the St. Leger with Silvio ; the Prendergast 

 as well as the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket, the 

 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Goodwood, and a sweep- 

 stakes of 440/. at Doncaster ; the Eichmond Stakes at 

 Goodwood and the Clearwell and the Criterion at New- 

 market with Jannette, as well as other races ; ten events 

 (including the Great Yorkshire Stakes and the York- 

 shire Oaks) with Lady Golightly, &c. &c. ; and, in fact, 

 stood at the head of ' winning owners ' with the enor- 

 mous sum of 34,378/. in stakes, having the Lagrange- 

 Lefevre ' fusion ' behind him, a ' bad second,' with 

 12,681/. Whether that had anything. to do with the 

 ' sliding ' of his motion and with the ensuing silence 



