FLYING FOX 



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At Kingsclere, on Thursday, March 8, 1900, the 

 late Duke of Westminster's horses in training 

 were sold by Messrs. Tattersall under the hammer. 

 Nineteen lots were disposed of and they made the 

 remarkable total of 70,440 guineas. Flying Fox 

 was sold for 37,500 guineas (;^39,375). He was 

 bought by M. Edmond Blanc. This was, at the 

 time, an unheard-of sum for a racehorse, and was 

 stigmatised as ridiculous. Events proved that the 

 son of Orme and Vampire was one of the greatest 

 bargains ever secured at an auction sale. He was 

 sent over to his new owner's stud near Paris, and 

 there he begat winners on the flat, in France alone, 

 of races worth ;^203,369 in the twelve seasons 

 ending July 24, 19 14, when the great war put a 

 stop to racing in the Republic. The following 

 table shows the achievements of the offspring of 

 Flying Fox in France : 



£203,369 



