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Haras d'Albian, Vienne), the brothers Ephriissi (Maurice 

 and Michel, par nobile fratruni)^ Barons de Rothschild 

 (of the Mean try stud), Alphonse Staub (died in April 

 1885), and his brother-in-law Pierre Donon (both being 

 identified with the Lonray stud and with the victories 

 of Stockholm, Le Destrier, EscogrifFe, &c.), the Count 

 Hocquart de Turtot (died December 1884), the Marquis 

 de Saint-Sauveur (died January 1884), M. Bouy (owner 

 or part owner of Plaisanterie ; he died about May 7, 

 1886) ; and, please sir, I can't recollect any more at 

 present. 



Q. That will be quite enough, I should say, for the 

 time being, unless you have anything further to add. 

 Have you ? 



-4. I should just like to say that though the impor- 

 tations of horseflesh had no doubt a great deal to do 

 with the successes the French have achieved and the 

 progress they have made, yet the real ' father ' of their 

 turf appears to me to have been Mr. Thomas Carter, 

 the trainer, who is said to have trained the celebrated 

 Miss Annette, Franck, Lydia, Vendredi, Poetess, and, 

 in fact, nearly all the best liorses of the day in France 

 for Lord Henry Seymour, after whose retirement he 

 trained for Baron Nathaniel de Eothschild and others 

 (himself included), training such winners as Baron de 

 Eotlischild's Annetta (.vinner of the Prix du Cadran in 

 Mr. Carter's name) and Meudon (winner of the French 

 Derby), Experience (winner of the French Derby for 

 Mr. Carter himself). Celebrity (winner of the French 

 Derby, in 1854, for M. Jacques Pteiset, to whom Mr. 

 Carter had sold him), and so on. But, what is more 

 than all this, he was instrumental in bringing the 

 brothers Jennings, those princes of trainers, into France 

 and to tlie notice of Prince Marc de Beauvau and M. 



