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Fern Hill Stakes at Ascot with Mariguan, beating Brown 

 Duchess, winner of the Oaks, by a head. In 1862 he made 

 quite a temporary sensation with Hospodar, who won both the 

 Clearwell and the Criterion, and so gave promise which, how- 

 ever, was not fulfilled. In 1863 he made even a greater, and 

 certainly a more lasting, sensation with Fille de I'Air, who, 

 distinguished as she was at two years of age, was far more dis- 

 tinguished at three. In 1864 he won the Lincolnshire Handi- 

 cap with Benjamin, the Oaks and several other good things 

 with Fille de I'Air, and the Clearwell with Gladiateur ; in 1865 

 he simply swept the board both in England and France with 

 Gladiateur, who won the Derby, for which Count de Lagrange 

 had already made several gallant bids, but in vain, with Dangu 

 and Eoy allien and Hospodar and Jarnicoton. There was then 

 a lull — though the Count won the Woodcote with Le Sarrazin 

 in 1867, and some other races — until, after his stud was trans- 

 ferred to ' Mr. Lombard,' and Mortemer and Trocadero had shed 

 glory on the ' Tricolour ' at Ascot and elsewhere, he returned in 

 1874 to the Turf, and ran horses, whether single-handed or 

 in conjunction with M. Lefevre. In 1875 the Count's colours 

 were ' illustrated ' generally rather than specially, so that he, 

 representing the ' fusion,' stood second on the English list of 

 ' winning owners ; ' but in 1876 he won the Middle Park Plate 

 and the Dewhurst Plate with Chamant, and the One Thousand 

 and half the Oaks with Camelia, as well as other races. In the 

 three next years he won all manner of races, notably the Two 

 Thousand and the St. Leger — with Chamant, Verneuil, Clemen- 

 tine, the unlucky Yellow— Jack-like Insulaire, and the somewhat 

 fortunate Rayon d'Or, with whom the tide may be said to have 

 reached the flood and begun to ebb. Monarque, Gladiateur, 

 Ventre Saint-Gris, Trocadero, Mortemer, Consul, Le Sarrazin, 

 Peut-etre, Nougat, Flageolet, and Rayon d"Or have all at 

 various times found a home, and Monarque has found a grave, 

 at Dangu. These are names that must be remembered as long 

 as the ' sport of kings ' remains in vogue, and as often as they 

 are mentioned they will recall the memory of Count F. de 

 Lagrange. The best horses he had in these last days were 

 Farfadet — and Farfadet was a disappointment — and Archiduc, 

 with whom he won the Criterion at the late Houo-hton Meeting. 



