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but that of Eclipse holds an indisputable sway in the classics. In France, the scale 

 has turned, since the death of Monarque, very largely in favor of the Herod blood 

 in point of class, if not in numbers. In 1878, Mortemer, from the Partisan branch of 

 the Herod line, outbred everything there, so that Mr. Pierre Lorillard imported him 

 to this country at a cost of $33,000 and just about got his money back.' Mortemer 

 was the sire of Verneuil (out of Regalia by Stockwell) the only horse to win the 

 Queen's Gold Vase, the Ascot Cup and the Alexandra Plate (3 miles) during tihe 

 same week, but his success in America was not equal to his unquestionable triumphs 

 on his native soil. The most successful stallion in France since 1890 has been Le 

 Sancy, a Herod-line horse whose sire was a very moderate performer in England 

 Atlantic who won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1874; and he was by Thormanby, 

 who won the Derby of 1860 and the Ascot Cup of 1861, his dam being Hurricane by 

 Wild Dayrell. It is blood, that in England, is considered good without being great. 

 But it certainly has shown itself very powerful in France, as has also the blood of 

 Flying Dutchman, whose sons, Dollar and Dutch Skater, left a very deep impression 

 on France. England can now progress no further in breeding to the male line of 

 Eclipse. She must have Herod stallions for outcrosses and she will have to go to 

 France for them, although I believe our own Hanover line superior to anything 

 they have in France. 



