ORME AND LA FLECHE 



The name of Baron Maurice Hirsch appears 

 in the Kingsclere list of winning owners for the 

 first time in 1890. He had been ** introduced ** 

 to the stable the previous year by the Prince. 

 The Baron was born at Munich, 1831. His 

 grandfather amassed wealth as a banker and 

 financier, and he himself enlarged the fortune he 

 inherited by undertaking big contracts for the 

 construction of railways in Germany, Belgium, 

 Holland, Russia, and Turkey. He also derived 

 additional wealth through his wife. After the 

 Franco-German war he settled in Paris. In 1887 

 a great sorrow befell him, for his son died that 

 year. The son was a frequent visitor to England 

 and had made many friends here. This led the 

 Baron to come himself. He quickly made a 

 position in society, and entered thoroughly into 

 our sporting ways. In 1891 he won on the 

 Turf stakes amounting to ;^7ooo, and in 1892 

 ;^3 5,000. These sums he divided among various 

 charities. In 1893 his horses won £JS^^' To 

 this amount he added an equal sum and handed 



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