400 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



There were 84 individual winners by Flying 

 Fox in France. Of these, 56 carried M. Blanc's 

 colours and won stakes amounting to ;^i 52,588. 

 Ajax and Gouvernant were included in Flying 

 Fox*s first " crop." As a three-year-old, Gouver- 

 nant won the French Two Thousand and the Prix 

 du President de la Republique; Ajax won the 

 French Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris. 

 Ajax retired to M. Blanc*s stud as a stallion; 

 Gouvernant was sold to the Austrian Government 

 for ;f 20,000. 



Among the products resulting from Flying 

 Fox's second season at the stud were Jardy, 

 Val d'Or and Adam — all owned and raced by 

 M. Blanc. In the spring of their three-year-old 

 careers they were the victims of a severe epidemic 

 of influenza, Adam being the worst sufferer. 

 Jardy, who had won the Middle Park Plate 

 at Newmarket, was afliicted with the fever when 

 he ran second to Cicero in the Derby at Epsom, 

 beaten three-quarters of a length. Val d'Or 

 won the French Two Thousand and also the 

 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park, beating Cicero, 

 who was giving 3 lb., by half a length. In later 

 years Sais, a daughter of Flying Fox, won the 

 French One Thousand ; Madree, sold to the 

 Sir Rholand stable in Italy, won the Grand Prix 

 Ambroisien of ;^4000 at Milan ; and then, in 

 191 3, came Dagor, winner of the French Two 

 Thousand and Derby. Jardy and Val d'Or 



