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two years ; for though the winner was neither a French 

 horse nor any kind of foreigner, yet the precedent thus 

 estabhshed was to be followed by two ' foreigners ' — 

 by the American Foxhall in 1881 and by the French 

 Plaisanterie in 1885. 



It is now full time to pass on to 1877, in which year 

 the French ' cracks ' at home were Count de Juicrne's 

 Jongleur (three years, winner of the French Derby, of 

 the Grande Poule des Produits, and of the Prix Eoyal 

 Oak), M. A. Lupin's La Jonchere (three years, winner 

 of the French Oaks and the Prix Daru, as the old Poule 

 des Prodidts had been renamed in memory of the 

 lamented Count Paul Daru), M. A. Lupin's Fontaine- 

 bleau (three years, winner of the Poule d'Essai), Baron 

 de Eothschild's Stracchino (three years, winner of La 

 Coupe at Paris), CountF. de Lagrange's Saint-Christophe 

 (three years, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris) and 

 Verneuil (three years), M. H. Delamarre's Vesuve (three 

 years, winner of the Prix de Longchamps), M. A. Lupin's 

 Enguerrande (four years, winner of the Prix du Cadran), 

 Baron de Eothschild's Kilt (four years, winner of the 

 Prix Eainbow), M. Fould's Mondaine (four 5^ears, winner 

 of the Prix Gladiateur), and among tlie two-j^ear-olds 

 Count F. de La^ran^e's Phenix and Count de Juicrne's 

 EoscofF and Mantille, winners of the three principal 

 ' Criteriums ' and of the Prix de Deux Ans at Deauville. 



The Grand Prix de Paris (for whicli, of course, 

 Lord Falmouth's Silvio did not run) was a remarkable 

 triumph for the French in one respect ; for out of the 

 seven runners there was but one English representative, 

 K. G. (who might as well have stayed at home), to face 

 the ' natives ; ' and these ' natives ' included Saint- 

 Christophe, Jongleur, Stracchino, and Verneuil, four 

 such horses as the French might well be proud of. 



