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FAMOUS HORSES.

 






























F. BUCEKLE.



W. s(COTT.             "NAT. FLATMAN.



V. BUTLER.



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           G. FOEDHAM.               F. ARCHER.


SOME FAMOUS JOCKEYS.



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PORTRAITS, PEDIGREES, PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES.

           DESCRIPTIONS OF RACES,


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        VARIOUS INTERESTING ITEMS



   EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF NEARLY TWO CENTURIES






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                          PREFACE.



                  Hic juvenes discant et ament meinisse seniles.
            (Here the young may learn and the aged love to remember.)

THIS work is intended, not only for those more or less acquainted
with the history of the Turf; but for such of the community as may
desire to know something of the principal equine celebrities which have
figured thereon.
                     And view their place as, in the race,
                     They sweep past like the storm."

   As regards many of the earlier animals, little more than the names
and pedigrees are known; but it is necessary to mention them in order
to make other pedigrees complete.     With a view to avoid repetition
in the body of the work, and to facilitate the tracing of pedigrees,
a comprehensive index is added. Genealogical tables will also be found,
showing the principal descendants, in the male line, of the Darley
Arabian, the Byerley Turk, and the Godolphin Barb, together with a
full pedigree of Eclipse.
   With the idea of making the descriptive notes more interesting
to the modern generation, the quaint and characteristic wording of the
past has, where possible, been preserved.
   To various authorities, and more especially to " The Druid " (the late
Henry Hall Dixon), the author confesses himself very largely indebted
indeed for much interesting matter, otherwise unobtainable. Also to
M1. Emil Adam, the artist, for many of the beautiful portraits of the

 

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later animals taken from reproductions by Messrs. Franz Hanfstaengl;
to the proprietors of the II/h/ra/ed Sportin9 and Dramatic NeyY for
permission to reproduce several pictures by Mr. J. Sturgess; to
iSior/ihW  Skete/Ies and  to Mr. H. R. Sherborn, of Newmarket, for
permission to copy several photographs; and to Mr. Clarence Hailey
for a portrait of Throstle.

                                            THEO. TAUNTON.

 LONDON, October It, 189.5.

 



















                LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.






FRONTISPIECE. Portraits of Some Famous Jockeys, viz : Frank Buckle-Sam Chifney-James
    Robinson - William Scott - " Nat." Flatman-"' Sim.' Templeman - Frank Butler-George
    Fordham-Fred Archer.



The Old Betting Post,          Sorcerer .       .        76
  Kewmarket Heath    ... 1     Chmpion         .     . 78
Race for the Doncaater Cup  4  Penelope .. ...80
The Darley Arabian  ..6  O0'rville.. . .. ..82
Bay Bolton     ..     .. 8     Walton    ..    ... ...  84
Lord Oxford's Bloody-          Mandane..        .   .. 86
  shouldered Arabian  .. 10  Stareley  .. .. 88
Flying Childers...    .  12    Sclim     .. ..          90
Old Partner ..       .. 14     Bubens..        ...       92
Bald Charlotte... ..16  Thunderbolt  ...   94
Godolphin Arabian    .. 18     Whalebone                96.  
Silverlocks    ..     .. 20    Phantom   .. ..       .. 98
Wilson Chestnut Arabian 22  Soothsayer..... ..100,
Dormouse      .          24    Catton..     .          102 I.
Matoh'em.26                    Tramp     ..lo.t0
Jason    ..28                  Partizan..         ...106
Marake   ..           ..30     Doctor Syntax ... ..108
Brilliant...          1 32     Whisker..       .....110o
King Herod     ..        34    Gibside Fairy.-...112
Gimcrack ...   ..        36    Rhoda     ..    ..       114
Eclipse ...   .. .. 38         Blacklock.. ..          116
Sweet William  .. ..40         Raveller  ...            118
Mambrino ...    .     .  42    sultan    ....120
Sweetbriar.. .. .. 44          Arbutus ... ...         122
Protector.. .         ..46     Paragon..      .....    124
Sharkse .       .        48    Theodore .      .....   126
Pot-S-os..      .        50    Wanton, Theo lore, and
Jupiter  ..52                    Mayday.       ..    .. 127
King Fergus              54    Emilins .       .     . 128
Anvil       .I56                Lottery ...         ... 130
Dungannon      ..        58    Cobweb    ..          ... 132
Volunteer... .          60     Middleton....            134
Sir Peter Teazle ., 62  Memnon ...136
Grey Diomed    ...       64    Fleor-de-Li-4         .. 138
Grey Trentham         .-66     Camel .      ..       . 140
Whiskey  ..68                  mulatto   ....142
Gohanna ..70                   Mameauke .. ..        ..141
Hambletonian             72    EMma      -     .      . 146
Ambrosio..               74    Defence         ..... . .148



ICadland  ..    ..
Velocipede..
Sir Hercules
Lucette   .
Albert   ..
Spaniel  ..
The Saddler
Camarine .
Galata   .   . ...
Beiram
Dangerous
Rockingham
Plenipotentiary
Touchstone     ..
Glenco.   .     .
Mundig
Queen of Trumps ...
Bay Middleton
Venison ...
Bee's-wing ..
Irish Birdeateher..
Phosphoruts  
Melbourne      ..
H arkaway...  
Grey Momus     ..
Charles X11L
Hetman Platoff
Little Wonder  ..
Crueifix ..    ..
Vulcan   ..     -
Coronation     ..
Alice Hawthorn..
Attila   ..    ..
Cother'atone   ..
Nutwith ..     ..
Orlando ...     .
The Merry Monarch
Refraction..    .
The Baron..    ..



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Pyrrhus the First..
Chanticleer
Sir Tatton Sykes
Qneen Mary
Cossack
Van Tromp
Surplice.
The Flying Dntchmau
Lady Evelyn
Voltigeur
Teddiqgton
Nerminster
Daniel O'Bonrke
Hobbie Noble
Longbow  ...
Stoekwell
West Australian
Bataplan
Knight of St. George
King Tom..
Wild Dayrell
Marchioness
Fandango
Ellington
Warlock



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List of Jibestrafions.



Blink Bonny
Saunterer
Vedette
Beads    ...
Muajid
Thoruanby
St. Albans
Kettledrum
Caller On
Caractacus
Macsroni
Lord Clifden
Blair Athol
Gladiateur
Lord Lyon
The Hermit
Achievement
Blue Gown
Bosicrucian
Pretender
Kingeraft.
Favonius
Sterling
Cremorne
Doncaster



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George Frederick
Galopin  ...   ...
Caxbaallo
Kisber
Petrarch
Silvio
Isonomy  ...
Wheel of Fortune
Bend Or
Barcaldine
Shotover
St. Blaise
St. Simon
Melton
Ormoude
Merry Hampton
Ayrshire
Donovan
Sainfbin  ...
Common   ..
Orme      . .
Isinglass.
Ladas
Throstle



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             FAMOUS HORSES.



                 The wantmi cseor-er thus with reins uunhouind,
                 Breaks froim his stall, adl ls'ats the tremblihing grriundu;
                 Pampered and prod lihe seeks the wontel tides,
                 And laves in height of 111boo his shilLilig ides;
                 Hi helal. now freed. he tosses to the skies,
                 Hi. minne dishevel d o'er his shoilders flies;
                 He sniffs eouimpanions on the distant plain.
                 And springs exulting to his fields again.
                                                   HOMEB.


                   H    earliest records in connection with the British
                     T  rf are very meagre.  It is stated tbat horsemen
                     in  large nunibers opposed    the landing   of the
                     Romnans, and we learn from the Venerable Bede
                     that in .. 6:I1, in the reign of Edwin the (i reat,
                       the Englishl first began to saddle horses."  The
                     earliest mention of - running " horses in England
                     refers to those sent in the ninth century by Hugh,
           K t      founder of the Royal House of C'apet in France,
                     as a  preseikt to King    Athelstan, whose sister,
                     Ethelswitha, lhe was desirous of marrying.    In the
                     reign of Williani the Conqueror, Roger de Bellesnme,
                     Earl of Shrewsbury, imported some stallions from
        ,FE          Sppain, and we find their produce celebrated after-
                     wards by D)rayton the poet. Fitz-Stephen, a monk
                     of Canterbury, and secretary to the celebrated Archb-
                     l)ishop A'Beckett, in the reign of Henry It., refers
        A          tosome    rough-and-ready   races  at  Smithifield
        aW   r3F   (Smoothl-field), in which - the jockies, inspired with
                     thoughts of applause, and in the hope of victory,
clap spurs to the willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer thjem
with  their cries."  King Jolhn is said to have established a stud at
Eltham, in   Kent, on the identical pastures where some of the most
                                  B

 
Famnois Horses.



celebrated of modern thoroughbreds have spent their earliest days.
Edward II. received a present of two running horses from the King of
Navarre, and also purchased others. Henry VIII. imported horses from
Turkey, Naples, and Spain, and is credited with the initiation of the
Royal Stud at Hampton Court, the first mares to roam those far-
famed paddocks having, it is said, been presented to King Henry by the
Marquis of Mantua, "' a Barb, worth his weight in silver," accompanying
them. Cardinal Wolsey interested himself in the stud, breeding largely
from Eastern sires; and Queen Elizabeth not only kept up the establish-
ment in royal style, but also ran horses on the turf, her stables being at
Greenwich, and her horses trained on Blackheath.    Great numbers of
Barbs, and Spanish horses descended from Barbs, were taken from the
numerous foreign vessels captured during the reign of Elizabeth. A
silver bell was run for at Newmarket in the reign of James the First,
and that monarch gave .500/. to a Mr. Markham       for an Arabian-
probably the first introduced into this country-" a little bay horse of
indifferent shape," and who was beaten in every race he ran. Charles
the First also extended his patronage to the sport. A "South-eastern "
horse called the White Turk was imported into England by Mr. Place,
stiud-groom to Oliver Cromwell, and was purchased by the latter. About
this period races for silver bells were run for at (Iatherley, Croydon,
Chester, and Theobalds. The contest at Chester was called St. George's
race, and the horses had to run five times round the " Roody." The first
races held at Newmarket took place in the year 1640, although the
Round Course was not made until 1666. William Cavendish, afterwards
Luke of Newcastle, writing about 1 65S;, says: " The Turkish horse
stands high, though of unequal shape, being remarkably beautiful,
active, with plenty of power, and excellent wind, but rarely possesses a
gold mouth .   . . .     Th.e Barb possesses a superb and high action,
is an excellent trotter and galloper, and very active when in motion.
Although generally not so strong as other breeds, when well chosen I do
not know a more noble horse, and I have read strange tales of their
courage."  The best Turkish horses were descended from those of Arabia
and Persia; but they greatly exceeded the horses of these countries in
size and power, and were noted also for their extreme docility.  The
Barbs came from Barbary, and more especially from Morocco and Fez
and the interior of Tripoli, and were famed for their beautiful form and
graceful action. The pure Arabians were said to seldom exceed fourteen
hands two inches in height, and were never known in tropical countries
to turn roarers or spring curbs.

 

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   Charles the Second was an enthusiastic supporter of Newmarket,
where the famous " Rowley Mile" still helps to keep his memory green;
and tradition relates that he even occasionally rode his own horses in the
contests of the time. William the Third was interested in the sport,
while Queen Anne was a liberal patroness of racing.  The lDuke of
Cumberland had a very extensive breeding establishment at Cuniberland
Lodge in Windsor Great Park, and here it was that the famous Eclipse,
and scarcely less famous Herod, were bred.
   Amongst the earliest recorded and most important progenitors of the
modern racehorse must be mentioned:
   THE SMALL BAY ARABIAN, imported by King James the First.
   THE HELMSLEY, OR BUCKINGHAM, TURK (sire of Bustler),
the property of the Duke of Buckingham.
   PLACE'S WHITE TURK, the property of Mr. Place, stud-groom to
Oliver Cromwell.
   THE ROYAL MARES, a number of highly-bred foreign mares, which
the Master of the Horse (sent abroad for the purpose by King Charles
the Second), brought into England from Tangiers about 16069.
   DODSWORTH, the property of King Charies the Second, a natural
Barb, though foaled in England about 1670. His dam, a Barb mare,
was brought over to England, and was styled a " Royal Mare."
   THE NATURAL BARB MARE. From this mare have descended,
mainly through Prunella and her daughters Penelope, Pawn, Pope Joan,
and Prudence, very many high-class animals, including the famous line of
Paradigm, Achievement, Lord Lyon, Minting, Ladas, &c.
   BURTON'S BARB MARE. One of the best of the running families
traces back to this mare.
   MR. LAYTON'S VIOLET BARB MARE. Fromthismare have descended
Match'em, Manganese, Thormanby, Macgregor, Kisber, Wenlock,
Apology, Iroquois, &c.
   THE STRADLING (OR LISTER) TURK; most probably an Arabian,
(but denominated a Turk because he was taken from the Turks at the
siege of Buda), was brought into England by the Duke of Berwick in the
reign of King James the Second, and was the sire of Snake, Coneyskins,
and of the Hobby Mare (dam of the famous Brocklesby Betty). From
the Hobby Mare have descended Chanticleer, Solon, Xenophon, Barcaldine,
Sir Visto, Marco, &c.  Eclipse had five crosses of the Lister Turk,
although both the Darley and (Godolphin Arabians were more in the
immediate and direct line.



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               RACE FOR THE DONCASTER CUP (FROX AN OLD PRINT).

   THE DONCASTER CORPORATION in 16(81 voted a sum of five guineas
to encourage the sport on the Town Moor. The Meetings were origi-
nally held in July, but the time of year was altered to September about
the yearI 7O.
   DRAGON, whose pedigree is lost, is first mentioned in 16WS.         In
April, 1 6 I, lie was matched against Crop over the Beacon Course, and
was snbsequently transferred to the Royal Stable.       Tom  d'Urfey, the
Court Poet, thus refers to Dragon in his song composed at Newmarket in
1 6;4 for the amusement of the King.

               For I'll have the brown lay if the uine lbonnet ride,
               And hold a thousand pounds of his side, sir,
               Blit Dragon would seower it, but Dragon grows old;
               He eannot endure it, lie eannot, he wounet now run it
               As lately lie could.
               Age, age, doea injure the speed, sir.'

   THE BYERLEY TURK, Captain Byerley's charger during King
William's wars in Ireland (1689, &c.), proved a most excellent stallion,
though lie did not cover very well-bred mares.      He was sire of Black
Hearty (who was sire of Thnny Black), Basto, Jigg (sire of Old
Partner), Grasshopper, Sprite (" who was allowed to be nearly as good as
Leedes "), &c.

 

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   HUTTON'S GREY BARB was presented to Mr. Hutton by King
William the Third in 1700.
   CHILLABY, a white Barb, the property of King Williani the Third,
was sire of Old Greyhound, and grandsire of Sampson.
   OLD GREYHOUND, a son of Chillaby,-Slugey (a natural Barb mare),
was foaled at Hampton Court. The cover for Greyhound was in Barbary,
after which both sire and dam were brought to England. Greyhound
was sire of Othello, Sampson, Goliath, Favourite, &c.
   THE WHITE D'ARCY, OR SEDBURY, TURK was sire of Old Hautbov,
Grey Royal, &c.
   OLD HAUTBOY, a son of the White d'Arcy Turk,-a Royal M are, was
never trained for racing. He was sire of Grey Hautboy, Wyndham, &c.
   THE D'ARCY YELLOW TURK, was sire of Spanker, Brinmmer, &c.
   THE MARSHALL, OR SELABY, TURK was sire of the Curwen O1d
Spot, who was sire of the dam of Mixbury, from which mare have
descended the famous Agnes family, including Lily Agnes, Ormonde,
Orme, &c., as well as Prince Hampton and others.
   THE CURWEN BAY BARB, a present to Louis the Fourteenth from
Muley Ishmael, King of Morocco, was brought into England by Mr.
Curwen, who procured him, together with the Thoulouse Barb, from
Count Byram (Master of the Horse to Louis), and Count Thoulouse
(Admiral of the Fleet).  The Curwen Bay Barb was sire of Mixbury
and Tantivy, " both very highly reputed galloways, the former of which
was only thirteen hands two inches high, and yet there were not more
than two horses of his day that could beat him under light weights."
He was also sire of Brocklesby, Brocklesby Betty, Creeping Molly, &c.
   THE HONEYWOOD ARABIAN, a pure white stallion, was, sire of the
two True Blues, " the eldest of which was the best plate horse in England
for four or five years, and the younger was in very high forn."
   THE BELGRADE TURK, taken by General Merci at the siege of
Belgrade, from the Pasha of that place, and sent to the Prince de Craon,
who presented him to the Prince of Lorraine (afterwards Emperor), was
subsequently sold to Sir Marmaduke Wyvill.
  THE LEEDES ARABIAN was sire of Leedes, whose dam was by Spanker
out of a Morocco Barb mare. This mare also produced Charming Jenny
(sister to Leedes), whose daughter, Betty Leedes by Careless, was the
dam of the two Childers.
   BUSTLER, by the Helmsley Turk, bred by Mr. Place, was sire of the
"Bustler Mare," from whom descended Marske, Sultan, Newminster, &c.

 



























THE DAULEY AILABIAN.



   THE   DARLEY   ARABIAN, foaled  about Marci, 170)2, was a
hay horse, some fifteen hands high, "descended from the race most
esteemed amongst the Arabs." He was the property of John Brewster
J)arley, Esq., of Aldby Park, near York, whose brother, member of a
hunting club at Aleppo, secured the horse for a very moderate sum, and
sent him to England about the end of 170-5. The 1)arley Arabian was
sire of the celebrated Flying Childers, and his present day descendants,
through Eclipse, far exceed in number those of the (Godolphin Arabian or
Byerley Turk ; a fact difficult to account for, as there is no doubt that the
Byerley Turk, through Herod and Highflyer, held, at the end of the last
century and the beginning of this, a higher place in the esteem of breeders
than did the race of Eclipse; and the Godolphin Arabian, again, was
at one time the most successful of all. Coming to a later date, the
dlececudants of Eclipse, through Whalebone, have gone far ahead of all
the others. Some few years since, the thoroughbred sires of any note in
England compri ed 260 direct descendants of Eclipse, 60 of the Byerley

 

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Turk, and only 36 of the Godolphin Arabian. Of those of Eclipse, no
fewer than 189 sprang from Whalebone, 19 from Whisker, 20 from
Hambletonian, 18 from Lottery, and 11 from Liverpool; while of those
from the Byerley Turk, 42 were descended from Highflyer, 17 from
Woodpecker, and one from Florizel. Equally curious is it that the
American stud shows the same state of affairs, with the Whalebones
there, as with us, absolutely predominant.
    OLD MERLIN, a son of Bustler (by the Helmsley Turk), was bred
by Sir Matthew Pierson, Bart. He was the winner of several important
plates and matches, and was said to have been the best horse of his day.
Merlin won a great match at Newmarket, upon which occasion " the
south-country gentlemen observed to those of the north, that they would
bet them gold whilst gold they had, and then they might sell their
land." Several gentlemen " having entirely ruined their fortunes, a law
was passed by Parliament against the recovery of any bet exceeding
10/." Old Merlin was sire of Woodcock, Castaway, &c.
   THE VINTNER MARE, whose pedigree was never made public,
was considered to be the best bred mare in England of her day. Frtom
her descended Muley Moloch, The Wizard, all the Maid of Masham
family, Peter, Necromancer, Kilwarlin, Bendigo, &c.
   CROFrS BAY BARB, a son of Chillaby,-Queen Anixe's Mooniah Barb
Mlare. From the Moonah Barb Mare have descended, in the female line,
Shuttle, Charles XII., Physician, The Doctor, Longbow, Sweetmeat, &c.
   SNAKE, a son of the Lister Turk, -a dau. of Old Hautboy, was
never trained for racing on account of a tuniourous swelling supposed to
have been caused by some venomous reptile, but he made a considerable
name for himself at the stud.
   MAKELESS, a son of " Sir Thomas Oglethorpe's Arabiami," was
 "greatly esteemed for running, as also for a stallion."  He was the sire
 of the dam of Bay Bolton and Liamprey, and also of the famous black
 mare, the dam of Capt. Hartley's Blind Stallion.
   OLD WYNDHAM, a son of Old Hautboy,-a dau. of Bustler,-a
dau. of Place's White Turk,-a dau. of Dodsworth, was sire of Cinnamon,
Greylegs, MNiss Wyndham, and many other good running horses.
   SPANKER (also known as " The Old Bay Arabian "), a bay son of
the D'Arcy Yellow Turk,-The Old Morocco Mare, by Lord Fairfax's
Morocco Barb,-Old Bald Peg, by an Arabian,-a Barb mare, was
bred by Charles Pelham, Esq.



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BAY DOLTON.



   BAY BOLTON, a brown-bay son of Grey Hautboy,-a black dau. of
Makeless, -a dau. of Brimmer (by Lord D'Arcy's Yellow Turk -a
I)'Arcy Royal Mare),-a dau. of Diamond,-full sister to the dam of
Old Merlin, was bred by Sir Matthew Pierson in 1 705, and sold to the
Duke of Bolton. Bay Bolton won Queen Anne's Gr'old Cup at York, the
" Great Subscription Purse " at Middlehlam, and the " Rich Prize " at
Quainton Meadow; and beat Dragon, AMerlin, and Wyndham in matches.
He was sire of the Bolton Grey Starling; and died at Bolton Hall,
Bedale, about 1 736.
   THE FIRST RACE mentioned by Weatherby was one for a gold cup,
value 5t/., run for on Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings, near the City of York,
by horses six years old, in September, 17(J9.
   THE FIRST DEAD-HEAT ON RECORD occurred at York in the year
1709 also; when for a 10/. Plate-four mile heats-Button and
Milkmaid, "in running the last heat, came in so near together that it
could not be decided by the tryers."
   BASTO, a son of the Byerley Turk,-Bay Peg by the Leedes Arabian,
-a dau. of Spanker,-a dau. of M1r. Leedes' Bald Peg (bred by General
Lord Fairfax),-a mare of the same name by His Lordship's Morocco
Barb, was bred by Sir William  Ramsden, Bart.  Basto won several

 

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matches at Newmarket from    1708-1710; "but the accounts are
deficient for several years in mentioning the sums that lie, as well as
many other horses, ran for at that place.  He beat Squirrel, Billy,
Chance, Tantivy, and Brisk, giving weight in each case; and was looked
upon, when in keeping at Newmarket, to be in very high form for running.
He had an appearance of pride and spirit, which added greatly to his
figure; was remarkably strong, and was allowed to be the most beautiful
horse that had ever appeared in this kingdom."
   THE WOODSTOCK ARABIAN was sire of Flying Whig, and of
Mr. Frampton's Spider and Pontz, "two famous running horses at
Newmarket."
   CASTAWAY was a son of Old Merlin,-Sister to Ruffler by a son of
Brimmer,-the noted running mare, called Dick Burton's mare, whose
pedigree has long been lost.
   THE ALCOCK ARABIAN, " though he covered very few mares,
produced some of the stoutest racers that ever went a four-mile course;
witness Mr. Panton's Old Crab, his son Spectator, and Marc Antony, who,
though little more than a pony, won twenty out of twenty-eight races."
   THE LONSDALE BAY ARABIAN covered very few mares, and those
chiefly Lord Lonsdale's. " Notwithstanding this, however, from him
have descended some very excellent racers." He was sire of Monkey,
Spider, the dani of Miss Ramsden, &c.
   GRASSHOPPER, a son of the Byerley Turk,-a dau. of Lord Bristol's
Hog (by Old Hautboy),-a dau. of Colonel Charteris' Hawker, was sire
of Goldenlocks, the damn of Looby. G1rasshopper was the property of Sir
Roger Alostyn.
   THE COFFIN MARE, a dau. of the Selaby Turk,-a dau. of Air. Place's
White Turk, " was stolen out of the Lord Protector's stud; and, though
strict search was made and a great reward offered for her, no account
could be had, Mr. Place having kept her closely secreted in a cellar till
the death of Cromwell." Hence her name.
   DYER'S DIMPLE, a son of the Leedes Arabian (sire of Leedes),-
Old Sophonisba by Spanker,-a dau. of Dodsworth,-Lord Willoughby's
Barb mare, was bred by Mr. Leedes; and was sire of Sophonisba (1717)
and Dimple.
   WHIESEY, a dau. of the Darley Arabian,-the Young Child Mare by
the Harpur Barb,-the Old Child Mare by Sir Thomas Grestley's Arabian
(called Bay Roan),-Vixen by the Holderness Turk,-the dam of
Dodsworth, was the property of Viscount Tracey.



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LORD OXPORD X BLOODY-SHOULDERED ARABIAN.



   LORD OXFORD'S BLOODY-SHOULDERED ARABIAN, deriving his
name from a bright red mark on the point of his shoulder, was the sire
of several noted racers, foremost amongst which was the Duke
of Bolton's famous chestnut horse, Sweepstakes. He was also sire of
Sir Nathaniel Curzon's Brisk, the winner of several Royal Plates, in
which he beat most of the best horses of his time.
   THE OLD MONTAGU MARE, by Lord D'Arcy's Woodcock (son of
Bustler),-a mare of Lord Montagu's, was the dam of Sedbury. Eclipse,
Voltaire, Weatherbit, Prince Charlie, and Sterling are amongst the
descendants of the Old Montagu Mare.
   CHAUNTER, a bay son of the Acaster Turk,-a dau. of the Leedes
Arabian,-a dau. of Old Spanker, was foaled in 1710. " Chaunter was
one of the most famous horses of his day; but, aspiring, when twelve
years old, to run a six-mile matcb-ten stone each-against Flying
Childers, then seven years old, he suffered defeat."
   OLD ROYAL, a son of the Holderness Turk,-a dau. of Blunderbuss
(son of Bustler),-a D'Arcy Royal Mare, was sire of Bald Charlotte.

 

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   PEPPER, a grey gelding, the property of Queen Anne, ran for the
Royal Gold Cup at York, in 1712; and Mustard, described as a nutmeg-
grey horse, another of Her Majesty's racing stud, ran for the same stake
in 1713. In 1714, " such was the concourse of nobility and gentry that
attended York races that 150 coaches were at one time on the course."
   FOX, a bay son of Clumsey (by Old Hautboy,-Miss D'Arcy's Pet
Mare),-Bay Peg by the Leedes Arabian,-Young Bald Peg by the
Leedes Arabian,-Spanker's dam, was bred by Sir Ralph Ashton in 1714.
   FOX CUB, a bay son of Clumsey,-Charming Jennie by the Leedes
Arabian,-a mare of the same name by an Arabian, was also bred by Sir
Ralph Ashton in 1714.
   TRUE BLUE, a grey son of Honeywood's White Arabian,-a mare
(bred by Mr. Bowes, of (ibside Park) by the Byerley Turk. To the
dam of True Blue the celebrated Melbourne family traces its origin.
Principal Performances. 171.;. Ran against Chaunter for the Ladies'
Plate at York; " but was much out of condition and ran with scoperills
in him." 1716. Won the King's Gold Cup at York. 1719. Won the
King's Plates at Nottingham, Lincoln, and Newmarket.
   BROCKLESBY BETTY, a dark chestnut dau. of the Curwen Bay Barb,
-the Hobby Mare by the Lister Turk, was foaled in 1 711. llrocklesby
Betty won the Gold Cup at York, the " Silver Tea Board " at Lincoln,
two Royal Cups at Newmarket, one at Hambledon, &c. " As a runner
she was considered superior to any of her day, notwithstanding that she
was a brood mare before she was trained."
   ALEPPO, a bay son of the Darley Arabian,-a dau. of Old Hautboy,
was foaled in 1711, and won the Ladies' Plate at York in 1716, together
with several other plates and prizes.
   CONEYSKINS, a grey son of the Lister Turk,-a dau. of Hutton's
(rey Barb, was bred by the Duke of Rutland in 1712. Coneyskins won
the King's (Told Cup at York in 1718 ; also the Royal Cups at
Nottingham, Lincoln, and Newmarket.
   DESDEMONA, a dau. of Old Greyhound,-a dau. of Makeless,-a
dau. of Brimmer,-a dau. of Dicky Pierson,-Mr. Burton's Violet Barb
.Mare (in Lord D)'Arcy's stud), was foaled in 1714; and " was allowed to
be one of the best plate mares of her time in the north, where she won
several prizes, &c."
   BONNY BLACK, a black dau. of Black Hearty,-a dau. of a Persian
stallion, was foaled in 17 15. Bonny Black was the best runner of her time;
and a challenge by her owner to run her four times over the Round Course
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FLYING CHILDERKS.



   FLYING   CHILDERS, a bay son of the Iarley Arabian,-Betty
Ieedes by (ld Careless (soil of Spanker),-sister to Leedes by the Leedes
Arabian,-a dau. of Spanker,-the old Morocco Mare, which mare was
also the danm of Spanker, was bred by Ieonard Childers, Esq., of Carr
House, near lDoncaster, in 17 15, and sold when young to the Duke of
D)evonshire.  Flying C'hilders was a galloway, about fourteen hands and
a half in height ; and was what we call a close-made horse, short-backed
and compact, whose reach lay altogether in his limbs. Eclipse, on the
othier band, was the reverse of this, having great length of waist, and
standing over considerable ground.  If anatomical structure have any-
thing to do with speed ; then, looking at their respective frames, it is
evident that, at weiglit for age over a mile course, Eclipse must have
beaten Childers. Flying Childers in his earlier days was employed to
carry the letter-bag backwards and forwards between the Hall and Don-
caster.  On the road   be beat everything that opposed him ; and,
subseqiuently on the turf, the best that England could bring against bim.
He was never beaten; though it must be added that lie ran on five
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horses in his day seldom ran more than five or six times, there being
scarcely any plates of note, except Royal plates, and very few sweepstakes
or matches made, except at Newmarket, until about the year 1760. In
his race with Almnanzor and Brown Betty over the Round Course at
Newmarket, Flying Childers (9st. 2lb.) was timed by the Dukes of
Devonshire and Rutland to have moved as much as 821- feet in a second
of time, which is at the rate of close upon a mile a minute. Flying
Childers proved a very valuable stallion, though lhe covered but few
mares, besides those of the Duke of 1)evonshire. He died in 1741. The
immense number of Inn signs and portraits still extant all tend to show
the immense popularity of Flying Childers.
   WOODCOCK (brother to Castaway), a bay son of Merlin, Was foaled
in 1713, and won the Royal Plate at York in 1721. " Proserpine and Mr.
Frampton's grey gelding were the favourites before starting, and large
sums were depending between the two; unfortunately, when they had
run about a mile, they both fell; by this accident the riders, Edward
.Jackson and John Pearson, were so much bruised as to be obliged to be
carried off the course in a carriage to Clifton, where Jacks