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DEATH OF SIRE L0UV01S Winner of 2,000 Guineas and Successful Stallion Destroyed Because of Infirmity. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON. England. March 31.— Louvois, the notable racer and sire which was recently destroyed because of an infirmity, stood at the Loughbrown Stud. The Currage, County Kildare. Ireland. He was seventeen years old and was got by Isinglass out of St Louvaine, by Carnage or Wolfs Cry, out of St. Reine, by St. Simon. Louvois, which was bred by and carried the colors of Walter Raphael, was one of the best performers of his day and won the Two Thousand Guineas beating Craganour, Sho-gun, etc. and other races as well. His winnings totaled £ 12,754. He went to the stud in England in 1915 and was then sent over to Ireland to J. J. Mahers stud at Confey, Leixlip, County Dublin. He suffered bran a vascular weakness and Mr. Raphael gave him to Mr. Maher, who passed him on to Mr. Griffin, a leading veterinary surgeon, who carried out successfully an operation on the stallion. The stock of Louvois included St. Louis, which won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1922 and £11.085 in stakes. Warminster, the winner of the Prince of Wales Stakes at Ascot in 1925 and of a £4.000 race in France last year, was another high-class winner by Louvois, as was the useful handicapper, Jar-vie. • Louvois was a successful sire of two-year-olds and were it not for the vascular weakness referred to, there is no doubt he would have been right in the front rank of stallions of his time. There was a persistent demand from many foreign countries for his progeny, including India, Ceylon, Austria, South Africa, United States, France, Canada, Belgium, Italy and Cuba. »
