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services of Tom Hurst as trainer-in-cliief). Then I 

 would speak of M. Fasquel (with his stud at Courteuil), 

 M. A. Lupin (with his two studs at Vaucresson and 

 Yiroflay, where he has had so many expensive EngHsh 

 mares, winners of the Oaks or One Thousand, or both, 

 from Wings, imported in 1837, to Songstress, imported in 

 1859, though lie has done better with Currency and Pay- 

 ment, and others, who did not win the great races), 

 and Prince Marc de Beauvau (with his stud at La 

 Morlaye). Then I would show how some of these 

 early breeders and runners threw out branches, as it 

 were, so that from Lord Henry Seymour's stud, 

 which had supplied Prince Marc de Beauvau's and 

 MM. Aumont's with ' material ' (such as Jenny and 

 Poetess, both by Eoyal Oak, not to mention any more), 

 may be said to have branched out the studs and stables 

 associated with the names of Baron Niviere, ' Major 

 Fridolin,' Count F. de Lagrange, and M. C. J. Lefevre. 

 For Prince Marc de Beauvau's establishment at La 

 Morlaye, having become the property of a ' confederacy,' 

 was sold, on the dissolution of that body, to Baron 

 Niviere, with whom Count F. de Lagrange (having pur- 

 chased meanwhile the stud of M. Alexandre Aumont) 

 formed a partnership for a while, and then, on the 

 breaking up of that partnership, Baron Niviere became 

 the associate of 'Major Fridolin' (with the 'haras' 

 which the Baron had formed at Villebon, near Palaiseau), 

 whilst Count F. de Lao^range, after breedinor and racinf^ 

 single-handed for many years, sold most of his horses 

 to M. C. J. Lefevre (who formed a stud at Chamant), 

 then ' fused ' with the proprietor of Chamant, and 

 ultimately separated, leaving Dangu and Chamant in 

 France, Phantom Cottage and Lowther House in Eng- 

 land (at Newmarket) to represent two distinct French 



