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ONE OF AUSTRALIAS GREATEST RACERS Grand Flaneur a Hero of long Ago and an TJnoeaten Winner of Nine Races Grand Flaneur must have been a remarkable horse He raced In Australia thirtynine years ago and won nine races in nine starts and 39695 at a time when turf values were low He was never beaten Grand Flaneur was Australianbred Grand Flaneur was a large horse quite sixteen bands high at three years old and being growthy was not trained at two Before arriving at three he was sold to William A Long who owned the Chipping Norton Farm not far from the Warwick Farm race course about thirty miles out of Sydney He won nine straight races without defeat including the Victoria Derby Melbourne Cup and Royal Park Plate two and a half miles all in the short space of eight days In the fall of that year he won both St Legers and wound up his glorious career by winning the Champion nice three miles in a canter But the question had been asked of this peerless colt just once too often for he broke down in the first strong move he got after winning the Champion In appearance he was much after the style of Mr Baldwins Emperor of Norfolk save that he had a better set of legs and not so much daylight under him He got two good performers in Bravo and Patron both winners of the Melbourne Cup and the latter is the only fouryearold in history to win that event with 120 pounds His best son was Merman now in the stud in England and raced with much distinc ¬ tion by Mrs Langtry who still owns him
