244 HOESE-KACIXG IN FRANCE 



of 175/. at Ipswich), Sutler (two years), Talisman (six 

 years), Triomplie (two years, by Consul), Velocite (two 

 years), Verdurette (three years), Wild Darell (two 

 years), and Wild Tommy (four years), of which animals 

 (some sixty or seventy in number) those whose names 

 are printed in italics acquired more or less reputation 

 at one time or another in their own country or in 

 England. 



We now come to the year 1878 : it w^as memorable 

 in the history of French horse-racing for what has been 

 called the ' scission,' which took place at the end of 

 the racinij season, when Messrs. La2:rano;e and Lefevre 

 parted asunder, and in consequence of which, instead 

 of partnership, there was to be rivalry between Count 

 de Lagrange with Dangu in France and Phantom 

 Cottage in England, and M. Lefevre with Chamant in 

 France and Lowther House in England. 



But to begin in the usual way. 



The French 'cracks' at home in 1878 were Count 

 F. de Lagrange's Insulaire (three years, winner of the 

 French Derby), Baron de Eothschild's Brie (three years, 

 winner of the French Oaks), Count F. de Lagrange's 

 Clementine (three years, Avinner of the Poule d'Essai 

 and of the Grande Poule des Produits), M. Fould's Stat- 

 houder (three years, winner of the Prix de Longchamps 

 and of the Prix Daru, formerly Poule des Produits), 

 Count F. de Lagrange's Inval (three years, winner of 

 the Prix Eoyal Oak), Count F. de Lagrange's Saint-Chris- 

 tophe (four years, winner of the Prix du Cadran and 

 of the Prix Eainbow), Count F. de Lagrange's Verneuil 

 (four years, winner of the Prix Gladiateur), Count F. 

 de Lagrange's Balagny (four years, winner of La Coupe 

 at Paris), and among the two-year-olds Baron de 

 Eothschild's Commandant, M. A. Lupin's Mademoiselle 



