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CAST0FFS THAT DEVELOPED INTO STARS. The winning of the Orami Steeplechase at AateaU in Paris by Blagueur II., with bis stable companion Cheshire Cat second, is a striking instance of insight in buying. Edniond Yeil-Picard bought Blagueur II. as training companion to Pinion, and when the letters sneeessfnl career was over h wished to get rid of Blag.se ar II.. but found no one willing to give the modest price of 81,900. His brother, Arthur Veil-Picard, was struck by the possibilities of the horse and bought hint at this figure and he has since s .11 over S 120.000 with him. Cheshire Cat is a phenomenon, blind in one eye. crooked-legged and looking as if he could not stand up. Arthur Carter bought him for ,400, and when a veterinary ad- rtoed him to get rid of the horse as soon as possible. after put him 111 a 01 selling race, which he lost, and then sold him for to Wallace Davis. After winning several flat races the American traiiiT sold him to Arthur Yeil-Picard. who put him to the hurdle- under Davis training, and since that time he has scarcely been beaten except by his stable com panion. Pdaguetir II.
