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them or knew the method of traiiimg, watching to see 

 in what their own race horses seemed to be deficient, 

 and so on. If Enghsh owners are ready to accept that 

 position, then they do well to ask for reciprocity. 

 Otherwise they seem to have about as much ' recipro- 

 city ' as they need care for. The Frenchmen have 

 opened their own Grand Prix, the most valuable race 

 in the world (bar the fitful and quite recent Eclipse 

 Stakes, &c.\ to all peoples, nations, and languages ; it has 

 been run for twenty-three times, inclusive of this year 

 (run June 6, 1886), and the French have won it only 

 eleven times ; tlie English have w^on it ten times, the 

 Americans once, the Hungarians once. What ever 

 would John Bull say if he were to win his own Derby, 

 Oaks, Leger, Two Thousand, and One Thousand not 

 oftener than once out of twice on an average ? ' Ee- 

 ciprocity ' would be notlnng to express his feelings , he 

 would almost certainly leave off subscribing to those 

 races (which would collapse) and would turn his atten- 

 tion to something that would ' pay better.' The Grand 

 Prix has paid him very well ; he has won it ten times 

 (to the tune of 55,000/.), whilst the French have had 

 out of him one Derby (6,825/.), three ' Oakses ' (5,025/., 

 4,175/., and 4,300/.), two Two Thousands (5,100/. and 

 5,200/.), two One Thousands (3,150/. and 3,100/.), and 

 two St. Legers (5,950/. and 6,525/.), or about 49,350/. 

 in all. The French certainly have won many valuable 

 stakes besides ; but they have paid a multitude of heavy 

 ' subscriptions,' with no ' four sovs. forfeit ' (such as 

 the Grand Prix has), and have ' subscribed ' (with ' fifty 

 sovs. forfeit ' and ' twenty-five sovs. forfeit ') hundreds 

 of times in vain. 



Q. Have you said all you have to say ? You see 

 you are not an owner, a breeder, or a runner of horses, 



