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RECORD PRICE FOR A THOROUGHBRED Edmund Blanc Reported to Have Paid 208000 for The White Knight It is reported from both English and French sources of information that M Kdmond Blanc has bought The White Knight from W R Wyndham for the huge price of 40000 guineas the equiva ¬ lent of 208000 in our money Some years back M Blanc paid 180500 for Flying Fox at public auction which until this later transac ¬ tion was the greatest sum ever paid for a thorough ¬ bred To secure a successor to the dead Flying Fox he has now set a new price record in paying this extraordinary sum for one of tlie greatest stay ¬ ers of modern English turf history For the last two years Edmond Blanc has been breeding his best mares to the American horse Ilermis and eventually some comparison of the merits of tlie progeny of the great horses will naturally be made through the practical test of racing It was a common rumor in England two weeks back that the Hussion govern ¬ ment was negotiating for the purchase of The White Knight and it was probably true but Edmond Blancs greater olTor secured the prize
