Horse-racing in France : a history by Black Robert

Author:Black, Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Horse racing
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Published: 1886-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

be remembered, befell M. Lefevre's Versigny at tlie same age (in 1879) and retarded her at her outset in Hfe. Such httle accidents are by no means uncommon : it is on record that the very distinguished Enghsh sire, Snake by name (sire of Mr. Metcalfe's Old Snake mare, that was the dam of Squirt, that was the sire ofMarske, that was the sire of Eclipse), was bitten, or supposed to have been bitten, so badly in early life by some venomous creature (reptile or insect, snake or fly) that he could not be trained.

Of the chief French winners on French soil besides Bo'iard (who, as we have seen, did not 'come off' in the Two Tliousand, and who was a bad second to Kaiser for the Newmarket Derby, his only two English races that year) there ran in England Eevigny (a bad third to Cremorne and Flageolet for the Ascot Cup), Barbillon (unplaced for the Jockey Club Cup at Newmarket Houghton), and Vincent (beaten by his only opponent, Couronne de Fer, for the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Alexandra Park, where he won the Alexandra Stakes of 230/. in July, and unplaced for the Hinchingbrook Stakes and for the Milton Stakes at Huntingdon).

Of the other French horses that ran in England, whether belonging to French or English owners, the principal were (independently of the many that prosecuted the 'jumping business') Mr. Houldsworth's Alaric ; M. C. J. Lefevre's Arrogant, Artilleur, Blan-chette, Borely, Brillant, Clairvoyant, Combat, Eole H., Exile (foaled in England, as the English Prince Charlie in France), Feu d'Amour, Flageolet, Frondeur, Jeanne la Folic, John, La Revanche, Luisette, Maimbville, Manille, Moissonneur, Novateur, Pacha, Planete, Pou-driere, Regane, Peine, Pequisition, Eesistance, Eoquefort, Succes, Tambour, and Tendresse; various other owners,

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