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of the French Derby and of the Prix Daru), M. 

 Ephrussi's Serpolette II. (three years, wmner of the 

 French Oaks and of the Prix de Longchamps), Count F. 

 de Lagrange's Leon (three years, winner of the Grande 

 Poule des Prodiiits), Count F. de Lagrange's Milan (four 

 years, winner of the Prix du Cadran and of the Prix 

 Eainbow), M. A. Lupin's Promethee (three years, winner 

 of the Poule d'Essai), Baron A. Schickler's (Haras de 

 Martinvast's) Perplexite (three years, winner of the Prix 

 Eoyal Oak), Baron Roger's Pourquoi? (five years, winner 

 of the Prix Gladiateur), M. Staub's (Haras de Lonray's) 

 Le Destrier (four years, winner of La Coupe at Paris), 

 and among the two-year-olds Mr. H. Jennings's Py- 

 thagore II., M. Ephrussi's Fleur de Mai, M. H. Dela- 

 marre's Vigilant, and Mr, H. Jennings's Favorite, winners 

 of the three principal ' Criteriums ' and of the Prix de 

 Deux Ans at Deauville. And to these may be added 

 M. C. J. Lefevre's (Haras de Chamant's) Comte Alfred, 

 winner of the Prix de la Salamandre at Chantilly, 

 though after all his promise he turned out a ' grand 

 deception,' having developed a temper and taken — 

 at three years of age — to kicking his stable to 

 pieces. 



The Grand Prix de Paris of 1881 was a bad busi- 

 ness both for Gallia and for Albion, for the descendants 

 of Vercingetorix and for the children of Brut. An 

 American, Mr. James E. Keene, gave both Frenchmen 

 and Englishmen ' pepper ' and ' mustard ' with Foxhall; 

 and though the Haras de Chamant ran second with 

 Tristan, this son of Hermit and Thrift was bred in 

 England and not in France. Albion, winner of the 

 French Derby, was only a moderate third. Of the 

 English horses, bred in England and owned by English- 

 men, there were but two — Scobell and Fiddler — out of 



