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Finot, Celestin de Pontalba, N. de Eothschild (who won 

 the French Derby with Meudon in 1846), ]3enoit, De 

 GrefTulhe, De Tocquevilie (given over rather to tlie Arab 

 lieresy), and Prat (originally given to the same heresy); 

 and after the accomplishment of the Empire I should 

 put foremost (though some of them were well known — 

 only less well known — before as ' hommes de cheval ') 

 MM. the Duke de FitzJames, the Count G. de Juigne 

 and his ' frequent pardner ' the Prince A. d'Arenberg, 

 Th. Eegis, the Viscount P. de Daru (president of the 

 Societe d'Encouragement, died in 1876), the Count de 

 Berteux (importer of Taffrail, dam of Miss Gladiator, 

 and a wonderfully good customer in the English 

 market, with a ' haras ' at ChefFreville, in Normandy), 

 the Duke de Morny (founder of the Grand Prix de Paris 

 and creator of Deauville), Mr. Mackenzie -Grieves 

 (constructor-general of racecourses to the French 

 nation), the Baron A. Schickler (of the Martinvast stud, 

 importer of The Nabob in 1857), Delatre (of the ' haras ' 

 of Celle-Saint-Cloud, purchased in 1883 by M. E. Blanc, 

 whose Nubienne, winner of the Grand Prix of 1879, 

 was foaled there), the Count A. de Montgomery (who 

 ' belonged to ' La Toucques and Fervacques, the latter 

 being named after his ' haras,' in Normandy), Jacques 

 Eeiset, Baron de Bray (died in August 1885 ; he was 

 proprietor of the famous Montgeroult ' haras,' whence 

 he supplied Count F. de Lagrange with ' produce ' dur- 

 ing several years, such as Nougat, Pardon, Phenix, 

 Laurier, &c.), Desvignes (who died in January 1883, 

 proprietor of the ' haras ' of La Masselhere, near La 

 Fleche), Viscount de Danger (breeder of Plaisanterie), 

 E. de la Charme, Moreau-Chaslons (of the Haras du 

 Bois de Boulogne), Laillier (importer of Woman in Eed, 

 dam of Eevigny and Montargis), Malapert (of the 



