JOHNA.SEAVERNS j PORTRAITS OF Celebrated Racehorses OF Till-: FAST AND PRESENT CENTURIES IN STRICTLY CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, COMMENCING IN 1702 AND ENDING IN 1870 TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PEDIGREES AND PERFORMANCES RECORDED IN FULL THOMAS HENRY TAUNTON, M.A. In the pages of this work the reader will occasionally meet with " a horse of great power, immense girth of loin, high shoulder, broad hoof, ami such a head ! the ear, the frontal, the nostril ! — You seldom see a human physiognomy half so intelligent, half so expressive of that high spirit and sweet generous temper, which, when united, constitute the ideal of thorough-breeding, whether in horse or man. The Racer is a noble animal j but it is his misfortune that the better his breeding, the worse his company." What zvil, he do with it? Y,y Lord Lytton. IN FOUR VOLUMES VOL. IV. FROM 1S42 TO 1S70. LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON St. Bunstiin's liouse I 1 : 1 er Lane, Fleet Street, E.C, 188S L 111 righti reserved] PREFACE TO VOL. IV. IN entering on the last stage of this great work, which has taken him nearly twenty years to compile, the Author feels that he cannot conclude it in a form more acceptable to subscribers than by quoting the following graphic remarks with which Henry Hall Dixon ("The Druid ") has wound up his masterly review of those three grand sources of blood from which the most numerous and distinguished of our thoroughbreds claim descent, namely, the Byerley Turk, and the Darley and Godolphin Arabians. Furthermore, they supply the Author with an opportunity of acknowledging how largely he is indebted to " The Druid " for much of the Turf lore and brief historical notices that are scattered throughout these volumes. In his work, entitled "Silk and Scarlet," published in i860, "The Druid" writes thus: " And so the tide of luck and fashion in thorough- breds has ebbed and flowed for many a long year. The yearlings by Waxy, Whalebone, Tramp, Reveller, Emilius, Doctor Syntax, Sultan, and Velocipede, have all held sway in their turn ; and then the stars of Touchstone, Venison, Birdcatcher, Orlando, and Melbourne arose, and shone with a steadier light. It was not, however, till two-year old racing began to come in earnest, at Lord George's beck, that breeders looked to public, and not to private, sales, and gradually, in self-defence, forced their yearlings to two-year old estate by their second autumn. Men of the old school might well fancy it a dream, as they strolled down to the Salutation, and saw Hunting Horn or Touchwood brought out to the hammer. The dispersion of the Hampton Court Stud, in 1837, gave a slight fillip to prices ; but still three hundred guineas continued to be thought a capital bidding clencher ; and it was only when the rivalry of Messrs. Crawfurd, Merry, and Padwick had made the 'yellow Jack' so prevalent, that every breeder, big and little, considered that he had a A 2 iv Preface. special mission to rear a thousand-guinea yearling." And now, "we would fain, too, follow the fortunes of that coach-and-four which rattled over the stones each Friday, before Doncaster, from ' The Corner? along the Great North Road, with Richard Tattersall, Charles Matthews, Young, the tragedian, and three or four of those bookmakers, as its merry freight ; and be content, even, with reporting their ' table-talk ' on Mame- luke, Velocipede, Rowton, or Priam, when they reached the half-way hostel at Alconbury Hill. Alas! 'Doncaster in four hours' has sup- planted this pleasant old custom. It has gone for ever with four-mile races and Portland Plates, where Lord Bathurst's pigtail and the Duke of Grafton's umbrella have gone before it ; the Kents no longer saddle some two-and-twenty, for the Duke and Lord George, on a Ham Stakes afternoon ; and boy-handicaps, and ' milk fever ' are the characteristics of an altered time. Still, with all its faults and failings, the Arab will weary of his mare, and the Kaffir of his lance, before an Englishman becomes indifferent to the cry of ' A true and correct card of the running horses, gentlemen, sportsmen — names, weights, and colours of the riders.' National instinct makes him love to be within ear-shot of that cry, at least once or twice in a summer ; and none other can lure a hundred and fifty thousand, with one heart and one pulse, to Epsom Downs and Doncaster Moor. Twelve years have gone by since John Davis became its Tyrtaeus in the Ring. He spoke proudly then of— " ' The sport, which Grafton loves, Which Spencer, Portland, Albemarle approves ; Which kings have fostered — and a country's pride, l'rotest who may, will never cast aside — ' And who is there to gainsay him ? " CONTENTS. First Alarm . Pyrrhus the Mendicant . Sir Tatton Sykes The Hero . Chanticleer . Collingwood Queen Mary Cossack Miami Van Tromp . I'eep-o'-Day-Boy Surplice Cymba The Flying Dutchr Lady Evelyn Mounseer Voltigeur Rhedycina . Russboiough Tcddington . Iris Newminster . Nancy Prime Minister Daniel O'Rourke Songstress . Ptockwell Hobbie-Noble Longbow 6 9 I 2 '5 •9 24 28 3° 34 38 4- 46 49 52 58 61 64 69 7i 74 78 Si 84 88 9i 94 96 100 103 Joe-Miller . West-Australian Catherine Hayes Rataplan Jouvence Dagobcrt Andover Mincemeat , Virago . Knight of St. Geoi The Princess Wild Dayrell Marchioness Fandango . Saucebox Ellington Mincepie Warlock Fisherman . Blink Bonny Impe'rieuse . Saunterer Gemma-di-Verg) Underhand . Chevalier-d'Indus Beadsman Governess Musjid Summerside Gamester ge trie 107 : 10 14 17 21 24 127 '3° 32 36 '39 [41 '45 '47 '51 '55 iS8 161 '65 [70 !74 '77 [S2 '85 ,89 192 196 '99 202 *°5 vi Contents. Trumpeter ..... PAGE Ely 281 Thormanby . 210 Gladiateur . 286 Butterfly 216 Regalia 291 Rupee 219 Lord Lyon . 294 Nutbourne . 222 Repulse 299 Sweetsauce . 224 Tormentor . 3°3 Kettledrum . 227 Vespasian . 308 Brown Duchess . 231 The Hermit 3M Diophantus 23s Hippia 320 Caller- Ou . 238 Achievement 324 Asteroid 243 Vauban 329 Big Ben 243 Julius 334 Caractacus . 2S1 Blue Gown 338 Feu-de-Joie 254 Formosa 345 The Marquis 257 The Earl 35° Tim-Whiffler 260 Pretender . 355 Macaroni . 264 Pero Gomez 359 Queen Bertha 267 Brigantine . 364 Lord Clifden 270 Kingcraft 368 Blair Athol 274 Gamos 373 Fille-de-1'Air • 277 Hawthornden 376 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispieces — Vol. IV. Portraits of Mr. John Clark (the Judge at Newmarket), and of George Stubbs, R.A., with print of Lord March's famous Carriage-Match at Newmarket. tnpltmari)*'. 1842 1843 1843 1S43 1843 1843 '843 1843 1844 , 84 I [S44 1S44 1S4S 1S45 V Alarm u l'yrrhus the First * Mendicant 1/ Sir Tatton Sykes * The Hero . Chanticleer fr Col :ing wood * Queen Mary *-Cossack {Portrait of Sim Te 1 Miami *• Van Tromp f Peep-o'-Day-Boy v Surplice Is Cymba " The Flying Dutchman C. Marlow) u . Lady Evelyn 'f Mounseer u Voltigeur {Portrait of Job A/arson, *" with Doncastei Cup Race) < -1847 " Rhedycina 1847 * Rusbborough . . . . .1847 i Teddington ..... 1848 * Iris 1S48 i^Newminster {Newminster's St. Leger Pace) ? 1848 ''Nancy 1S48 . Prime Minister ..... 1848 how they squared A. Day) tr [Poi trait of 1846 1S46 1S46 v Daniel O'Rourke {Portrait of Fran Butler) f Songstress Stockwell Jf Hobbie-Noble (Thafs him) ". t. Longbow . t Joe-Miller ►'West-Australian "Catherine Hayes * Rataplan . ' Jouvence . I >agobert . I/Andover {Portrait of ^ Mincemeat A'irago ' Knight of St. George 'The Princess I Wild Dayrell . ^Marchioness •Fandango . ' Saucebox . ^Ellington (Po/ trait of vMincepie . , 'Warlock . *- Fisherman . • Bliuk Bonny {Portrait of J. Chariton) iTmperieuse P. Aldcroff) 4+fUuJZL Lord Clifden . 1S60 ■/Underhand • 1854 •'Blair Athol . 1S61 ^ Chevalier-d'Industrie . • 1854 / Fille-de-1'Air . 1861 / Beadsman . • ■ ■ 1855 "Ely . 1861 *- Governess . • • • 1855 'Gladiateur . . 1862 , Musjid . 1856 "'Regalia .... . 1S62 S Summerside . 1856 i> Lord Lyon . . 1863 "Gamester . . . . 1856 • Repulse .... . 1863 * Trumpeter . . 1S56 ' Tormentor .... . 1S63 ■' Thormanby • 1857 '-Vespasian .... • 1863 / Butterfly . • 1857 ^Hermit {Portrait of John Daley) . 1864 Rupee • 1857 ■ 'Hippia .... . 1S64 ' Nutbourne • 1857 'Achievement . 1864 * Sweetsauce • 1857 Vauban .... . 1864 ' Kettledrum {Portrait of E 'atp/i Buttock) ^1858 '" Julius . ... . 1864 ; Brown Duchess . . 1858 'Blue Gown • 1865 r Diophantus . 1858 t Formosa .... • 1865 * Caller-Ou . . 1858 "-The Earl .... . iS6S . Asteroid . 1858 Pretender . . . 1866 Big Ben . . 1S58 . ' Pero Gomez . . . . . 1S66 t Caractacus. ■ • • 1859 fBrigantine .... . 1866 /^Feu-de-Joie • • • 1S59 •'Kingcraft . . . • . 1867 y The Marquis • 1859 •'Gamos .... . 1867 i Tim-Whifrlrr . • • 1859 Hawthornden . . 1867 k Macaroni {Portrait of T. Chatoner) *■ . i860 MR. JOHN CLARK. THE Daily Telegraph, in its issue of May 24th, 1882, observes that " thirty years ago Mr. John Francis Clark — the respected judge upon whose verdict the thousands assembled to-day, at Epsom, will in a few hours ' suspended wait' — took his seat for the first time in the box to pronounce what horse had won the Derby. Before him his father and grandfather had occupied the same place. " Previously to 1770 the office of judge was always filled by one of the Stewards at each recurrent meeting ; but, in that year, angry recriminations took place at Burford Races, Oxfordshire, respecting the honesty of a de- cision arrived at in a race, and it was then resolved that the functions of the office should be discharged by a paid professional. Mr. John Hilton was accordingly selected, and, from 1 770 to 1806, he was as popular in the Chair as Arthur Onslow had been in that of the House of Commons. In 1822 the grandfather of Mr. J. F. Clark, having awarded the Derby to the Duke of York's Moses, resigned in favour of his son, who, in 1828, was unable to decide whether victory belonged to the Duke of Rutland's Cadland, or the Hon. E. Petre's colt, The Colonel. Among those assembled on the course, few will have more reason than Mr. J. F. Clark to contrast the race of to-day — the thirty-first Derby which he will have contemplated from the same spot — with that of 1852, in which he gave the victory to Mr. J. Bowes' Daniel O'Rourke — a victory achieved under circumstances some- what similar to those accompanying that of Sir Bevys. There will be many still left to recall that the rains descended, the winds came and beat upon the course, as Mr. Bowes' chestnut pony, or rather the accomplished jockey on his back, baffled the impetuous rush of little Hiett, on Barbarian, whom the boy, at that moment far gone in pulmonary consumption, [To/ace Portrait.] MR. JOHN HILTON. bestrode, carrying two or three stone of dead weight." This was the first Derby decided by Mr. John Clark, and Mr. Rudston- Read, the com- missioner of Mr. Scott's powerful stable, was wont to relate that, not many hours before the race came off, William Davies, the Leviathan Bookmaker, laid two bets of thirty thousand to one thousand, and two of twenty-five thousand to one thousand against Daniel O'Rourke." MR. JOHN HILTON. MR. JOHN HILTON was appointed to the office of Judge in 1770, and which he retained till 1806, "a period," as the Daily Telegraph observes, " when the game of racing was played ' with all the advantages,' or, ia other words, when jostling, unfair riding, and combats on horseback between the jockeys, with their whips, were of constant occurrence. According. to his cotemporaries, John Hilton, whose portrait gives him the semblance of a Quaker, was a wag of the first order, and as fond of mixed society as the more exalted functionary who presided in St. Stephen's Hall, at Westminster, and was in the habit of seeking relaxation from the cares of office in the kitchen of a public-house called the Jew's Harp, not far from what is now the top of Portland Place, where, seated in the chimney-corner, he enjoyed the low jokes of the landlord's humblest customers." f/rr/yr - 't«J4j ( '.',/./* 4.. 7 GEORGE STUBBS, R.A. MR. JAMES CHRISTIE-WHYTE, in his " History of the British Turf," observes: " In the Sporting obituary of this year (1808) we find the name of Mr. Geo. Stubbs, the celebrated painter of horses," but omits to state when he was born. This eminent artist was the son of a respectable currier and leather-cutter in Liverpool, and was intended to follow his father's business. From his childhood he evinced that taste for the profession in which, in after life, he gained so high a rank. When a boy, he would frequently steal from his father's warehouse to the stable, in order to delineate a favourite horse. One of his earliest efforts was the model of a horse, which he presented to the " Society for the encouragement of Arts," in his native town, and for which he was awarded the gold medal, with a highly complimentary letter. The fame of the young artist becoming known, Earl Grosvenor, with other noblemen and gentlemen, subscribed a sum of money sufficient to enable him to complete his studies in Italy, where he obtained several prize medals. The origin of his three celebrated pictures, in enamel, is thus related by one of his biographers. " Having remained in Italy the time necessary for his improvement, Mr. Stubbs embarked for England, and, during his passage, he became acquainted with a gentleman, a native of Africa, whoss tastes and pursuits were similar to his own. This gentleman had been to Rome, and was returning to his family. He was well educated, and spoke the English language with accuracy. He was thus a delightful companion to Stubbs, who often expressed how much it would add to his gratification if he could but see the Lion in his wild state. His friend gave him an invitation to visit his paternal mansion. [Tojact Portrait.] GEORGE ST U BBS, R.A. The offer was gladly accepted, and Stubbs landed with his friend at the fortress of Ceuta, on the coast of Africa, and opposite to Gibraltar. They had not been on shore many days before a circumstance occurred most favourable to the wishes of our painter. The town, in which his friend resided, was surrounded by a lofty wall and a moat nearly level with the wall and on which a capacious platform extended, where the inhabitants enjoyed the refreshing breeze after sunset. It happened that one evening, while Stubbs and his friend were viewing the lovely scenery from this elevation, a lion was observed, at some distance, directing his way towards a white Barbary horse, which was grazing about 200 yards from the moat. Here, then, was the opportunity Mr. Stubbs had so long wished for. The moon was brilliantly clear, and the atmosphere serene. The lion did not make towards the horse by a regular approach, but by several curvatures, drawing nearer and nearer towards the devoted animal, till, under the shelter of a rocky projection, he came suddenly upon his prey. The terrified Barb foresaw his doom the moment he beheld his enemy, and threw himself into an attitude highly interesting to the artist. The noble creature for a moment appeared to be fascinated, and the lion finding him now in his power, sprang upon the back of the defenceless horse, and tore out his bowels with his terrible claws." On his return to England Mr. Stubbs met with great patronage ; to him no less than Sartorius we are indebted for the portraits of the most celebrated horses of that period, and which continue to this day to retain their places in the galleries of our nobility and gentry. " The Druid " says : " Mr. Stubbs commenced painting his series of racehorses in the year 1 768, with Lord Grosvenor's Mambrino,* of the lofty style, the forefather of some of the best American trotters. According to his portraits of Orville and Selim, they must have been perfect giraffes." * Mambrino could scarcely have been the first of the series, seeing that he was only foaled in 1768. s § j SS \ £S THE EARL OF MARCH'S FAMOUS CHAISE-MATCH AT NEWMARKET. ON the 29th of August, 1750, was decided that very remarkable chaise-match made by the Earl of March (afterwards Duke of Queensberry), with Lord Eglinton, Count Theobald Taafe, and Mr. Andrew Sprowle, for one thousand guineas. The conditions of the wager were as follow ; viz. a carriage, with four running wheels, drawn by four horses, and with a person either in or upon it, to complete nineteen miles within the hour. This famous match was performed on Newmarket Heath, the distance being accomplished in fifty-three minutes and twenty-seven seconds, as appeared by three stop-watches, held by as many umpires, and which, on comparison, did not vary one second at the conclusion of the match. The machine (with one of Lord March's postillions fixed thereon), weighed about twenty-four stone. The horses, three of which had won King's Plates, were all trained for racing, and therefore as fit as a fiddle for the task. The two leaders, including saddles and harness, carried about 8st each, the wheelers about 7st. " Tawney " (a brown horse, by Old Crab) was the near-leader, and ridden by Wm. Everett, Mr. Thomas Panton's groom, whose special duty it was to regulate the speed. The off-leader, named " Roderick Random," a grey horse purchased by Lord March in 1750, was ridden by one of his Lordship's stable-boys. The near-wheeler, " Chance," was a chestnut horse, got by the Duke of Bolton's Chance (son of Flying Childers, and formerly belonging to the Duke of Hamilton), and the off- wheeler, " Little Dan," -were also ridden by stable-boys. All the horses had small bolsters to preserve their shoulders from coming into contact with each other. (Mr. James Christie Whyte, in his " History of the British Turf," describing this match, makes a strange blunder, for he says, page 473, " the three boys had bolsters to preserve their shoulders" CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. which is simply absurd). A groom, dressed in crimson velvet, rode in front of the carriage to clear the way. The postillion, who was also a boy, seated on the end of the carriage, wore a white satin jacket, a black velvet cap, and red silk stockings. Mr. Everett, and the three boys who rode the horses, wore blue satin waistcoats, buckskin breeches, and white silk stockings, with /black velvet caps. The traces of the machine, by an ingenious contrivance, were made to run into boxes with springs, in order that, in case any of the horses should hang back, the traces might not get under their legs. A rope went from the further end of the carriage to the pole, and was brought back from beneath it, in order to keep the pole quite steady. By the side of each wheel there was a tin case, containing oil, which constantly dropped on the axle-tree, to prevent its taking fire from the powerful friction to which it would be subjected. The postillion was placed on the carriage only to fulfil the conditions. The team started about seven o'clock in the morning, near the six-mile house, and ran between the Warren and the Rubbing-houses, came through at the ditch called the " running gap," then turned to the right, and went three times round a corded piece of ground, four miles in extent, and then back again to the place whence they started. The horses ran away the first four miles, with their riders, covering that distance in nine minutes. The odds were now 2 to i against Lord March. A vast crowd had assembled to witness the match, and enormous sums were staked on the issue. Mr. George Tanting, and a groom of Lord March's, were the only persons permitted to ride with the carriage; and their mission was to render assistance in the event of an accident. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES ALARM. ALARM was a bay colt, foaled in 1842, the property of Captain Delme, who sold him, after winning the Champagne Stakes at Bibury, in 1844, to C. C. Greville, Esq. He was got by Venison, out of Southdown, by Defence, out of Feltona, by X. Y. Z. (son of Haphazard), out of Janetta (foaled in 1803), by Beningbrough, out of a mare by Drone (son of Herod), out of Contessina, by Young Marske, out of Tuberose, by Herod, out of Grey Starling, by the Bolton Grey Starling, out of Coughing Polly, by Bartlett's Childers, Sec. Alarm's Performances. 1 844. At Bibury Club (Stockbridge Course), June 19th (ridden by Sam Mann), won the Champagne Stakes, of 30 sovs. each, h. ft., with £50 added by the Club, fifteen subscribers, for two years old, colts 8st iolbs, fillies Sst ;lbs, beating Mr. John Day's b. c. Winchester, by Wintonian VOL. IV. H CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (John Day, Jun.), second, Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. Lady Wildair (winner, this year, of the Chesterfield Stakes, at Newmarket, July), by Hornsea (Nat Flatman), third, Mr. John Day's ch. c. Nutbourne, by Elis, and Mr. Etwall's ch. f. JEgis, by Defence, not being placed ; 7 to 4 on John Day's two. Won by a length. Alarm was now sold to Mr. Greville. 1845- At Epsom (ridden by Nat Flatman), was not placed in the Derby, having broken away at the starting-post, thrown his rider, jumped the rails, was remounted and ran the course through, though much injured. For further details, see The Merry Monarch (Vol. III.). At Newmarket (Second October), 8st gibs, A. F. Match for 500 sovs., h. ft., received ,£250 from Mr. Gully's b. c. Old England (who ran third to The Merry Monarch in the Derby of this year), by Mulatto. At Newmarket (Houghton), 7st ajbs (Nat), won the Cambridgeshire Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and only 5 if declared, &c, with 100 added by Newmarket and its neighbourhood, 121 subscribers, of whom forty- three paid 5 sovs., beating Mr. Webber's b. f. Event (not placed in the Oaks, won by Refraction), by Toss-up (a son of Velocipede), three years, 6st 2lbs (Irvine), second, Lord Warwick's b. h. Yardley (winner, this year, of the Bentinck Testimonial, at Liverpool, and the Gold Cup at Newton), by Sir Isaac, five years old, 8st (George Whitehouse), third ; also, not placed, Mr. Meiklam's br. h. Trueboy (winner, this year, of the Gold Cup at Richmond, and always running forward in the best of company), by Tomboy, five years, 8st 5lbs (Templeman), ch. c. The Baron, three years, 7st 81bs (Bumby), Mr. Irwin's b. c. Ould Ireland (winner of a Free Handicap at Chester), by Young Blacklock, three years, 7st (Pigott), Mr. Moore's (really the Marquis of Waterforcl's), b. c. Wolf-Dog, by Freney (son of Roller), three years, 7st 2lbs (Jas. Chappie), and twenty others, not placed ; 3 to 1 against Ould Ireland, 4 to 1 against The Baron, 9 to 1 against Alarm, 10 to 1 against Wolf-Dog, 17 to 1 against Yardley, and 50 to 1 against Event. They got away to a very good start, at the first attempt. The horses in general lay well together, as far as the Red Stand, after passing which, Event went to the front, followed by Lord Exeter's bl. f. Jet (winner, this year, of the Oatlands, ALARM. at Newmarket, Second October), by Velocipede, three years, 4st ojbs (J. Sharpe), Alarm and Yardley, in good positions, lying next, well up. At the Duke's Stand, Event shot out with a lead of several lengths, Alarm and Yardley going on in pursuit. About a distance from home, Alarm deprived Mr. Webber's filly of the lead, and went in an easy winner by a couple of lengths, the same distance dividing second and third. The pace was good throughout. Val. of stakes .£1419. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 7lbs, D. M. Match for 500 sovs., h. ft., received 250 sovs. from Lord Glasgow's colt by Bay Middleton, 8st lib, both rising four years old. S. mg., for horses rising four years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2 lbs, D. I. (Nat), won the Claret Stakes, of 200 sovs. each, p. p., six subscribers (net value ,£1000), beating Mr. Irwin's b. c. Ould Ireland (F. Bell); only these two ran. Ould Ireland made the running, at a strong but steady pace, to the turn of the lands ; half-way between the Duke's Stand and the finish, Alarm went up, obtained the lead a few strides from the chair, and won a good race by half a length. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st ;lbs, A. F. Match for 500 sovs., received 130 sovs. com- promise from Mr. O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney, three years, 6st ;lbs. At Ascot, June 7th, Sst 5lbs, two miles and a half (Nat), won the Emperor of Russia's Plate, of 500 sovs. (in lieu of the Cup), with a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. p. p., twenty-three subscribers (^460), beating Lord Lonsdale's br. c. Jericho (winner 'of the Port Stakes, at New- market Craven), by Jerry, four years, Sst slbs (Bartholomew) second, Wolf-Dog, four years, Sst 5lbs (Frank Butler), third ; also, not placed, Orlando, five years, 9st (J. Robinson), who fell lame, The Baron, four years, Sst 5lbs (George Edwards), and seven others ; 3 to 1 against Alarm, 9 to 2 against Wolf-Dog (winner, this year, of the Stand Cup and Queen's Plate, at Chester, the Gold Cup at Warwick, the Queen's Plate at Newmarket, and ran second for the Goodwood Cup), 1 1 to 2 against Jericho, 7 to 1 against Orlando, and 8 to 1 against The Baron, &c. Just before starting Orlando threw his rider, and broke his bridle (see Orlando, Vol. III.). At Goodwood, Sst 9lbs (Nat) three miles, won the Orange Prize, of 300 sovs. (the gift of the King of the Nether- B 2 4 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. lands), with added sweepstakes of ^4So, beating Jericho, 8st oJbs (Bartholomew), second, Wolf-Dog, 8st odbs (G. Whitehouse), third, and four others ; 6 to 5 against Alarm, 2 to 1 against Jericho, and 6 to 1 against Wolf- Dog, who took the lead and kept it till near the distance-post, when the favourite came up and soon defeated him, Je/icho being a little in advance of Alarm, who challenged fifty yards from home, and, after an exciting race, won by a head. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st 8lbs (Nat), match for 300 sovs., beat Sir J. Hawley's b. h. The Bishop of Romford's Cob, by Jereed (son of Sultan), six years, 8st 2lbs (F. Butler), by a length ; 5 to 2 on Alarm, who made the whole of the running at a very strong pace, and was never headed. At New- market (Second October), 8st 7lbs each, T. Y. C. Match for 500 sovs. (Nat Flatman), beat the Duke of Bedford's b. h. Oakley, by Taurus, aged (ridden by James Robinson), after which he joined his Grace's Stud, having won for him several matches and stakes. In 1845, Oakley won six races, and was beaten twice, once by Miss Elis, and once by Wolf- Dog. At Newmarket (Houghton), c.st 4lbs (Nat), was not placed in the Cambridgeshire, of 25 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and only 5 if declared, &c, with 100 added, 141 subscribers, of whom 73 paid 5 sovs., won by Mr. Nunn's bl. c. Prior of St. Margaret's, by Touchstone, three years, 6st ^lbs (Alfred Day), beating Lord E. Russell's br. c. Sting (winner, this year, of the Newmarket St. Leger (First October), by Slane, three years, 8st (Job Marson), by half a length, Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. Lady Wildair, by Hornsea, four years, Sst (Whitehouse), third, Mr. Meiklam's bl. h. Lightning, by Sheet Anchor, five years, gst 4lbs, and eighteen others, not being placed. Alarm carried the highest weight, giving a ///// year to so -nod a horse as Lightning, both effectually being handicapped out of the race. S. mg., Sst each, B. C. (Nat), match for 1000 sovs., beat Mr. I. Mytton's (late Mr. G. Osbaldeston's) ch. m. Sorella (winner of the 1000 Guineas, the Great Produce Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., twenty-eight subscribers, at Ascot, and the Park Hill Stakes, at Doncaster, all in 1844), by The Saddler ; 6 to 1 on Alarm. Sorella (ridden by Whitehouse), made the running as far as the Duke's Stand, where Alarm went up to, and speedily passed her, winning in the easiest fashion, and full of running, by five lengths. ALARM. 5 1847. At Newmarket Craven, Sst ;lbs, match for 500 sovs., received 100 sovs. (compromise) .from the Duke of Bedford's br. c. Paragone, by Touchstone, four years, yst odbs, and 200 sovs. from Mr. I. Mytton's (afterwards Mr. Theobald's) ch. h. The Baron (sire of Stockwell and Rataplan). Alarm's wind-up was not a successful one, as, in a match for 1000 sovs., carrying 8st 7lbs, over the T. Y. C, and ridden by Nat Flatman, he was beaten, five lengths, by Mr. O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney, four years, 7st /lbs (ridden by Cartwright), and was now trans- ferred to the Stud. CELEB R A TED RA CE HORSES. PYRRHUS THE FIRST. PYRRHUSTHE FIRST was a chestnut colt, foaled in 1843, the property of Mr. J. Gully, who disposed of him, at the close of 1847, to Mr. T. H. Pedley, the owner of Cossack. He was got by Epirus (son of Langar), out of Fortress, by Defence, out of Jewess, by Moses, out of Calendulae, by Camerton (son of Hambletonian), out of Snowdrop, by Highland Fling (son of Spadille), out of Daisy, by Buzzard, out of Tulip, by Damper (son of Spectator), out of a mare by Eclipse, out of Rarity, by Match'em, out of Snapdragon, by Old Snap, her dam, by Regulus, out of a mare by Bartlett's Childers, &c. Performances of Pvrrhus The First. 1846. At Newmarket (First Spring), for three years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs, D.M. (Sam Day), won the Newmarket Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., twenty subscribers (val. ,£650), beating Colonel Anson's b. c. Iago (winner, this year, of the Column Stakes, at Newmarket, the rich Welcome Stakes, at Ascot, the Racing Stakes, at Goodwood, ^"iioo at Doncaster, and the Grand Duke Michael, at Newmarket), by Don John (F. Butler), Lord Exeter's br. c. St. Demetri, by Colwick (S. Mann), third, Lord George Bentinck's b. c. Marquis of Conyngham, by Slane (Nat), and four others ; 6 to 5 on Iago, and 3 to 1 against Pyrrhus. At the end of the first quarter of a mile, Iago took the lead, at a strong pace, followed by the Marquis, St. Demetri, and Pyrrhus, all being very close together. In this order they entered the cords, where the Marquis was beaten. Half- way up, Pyrrhus challenged Iago, and after a magnificent race, in which both Sam Day and Frank Butler exhibited a grand display of horseman- ship, won by a bare half-length. At Epsom (ridden by Sam Day), won PYRRHUS THE FIRST. 7 the Derby of ^"4890, beating Mr. Wm. Scott's b. c. Sir Tatton Sykes, by Melbourne (W. Scott), second, General Shubrick's br. c. Brocarclo, by Touchstone (f. Holmes), third ■ also, Lord E. Russell's b. c. Sting (winner, this year, of the Newmarket St. Leger), by Slane (H. Bell), b. c. Iago (F. Butler), Mr. A. Johnstone's ch. c. Grimston (winner, this year, of the Goodwood Cup), by Verulam (son of Lottery), Mr. O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney (son of Muley), Mr. Mciklam's br. c. Fancy Boy (winner, this year, of the Dee Stakes, at Chester, and Gold Cups at Kelso and Northallerton), by Tomboy, and eighteen others ; 5 to 1 against Fancy Boy, 8 to 1 against Pyrrhus, 10 to 1 against Lord Maidstone's bay colt Tom Tullock, by Hetman Platoff, 16 to 1 against Sir Tatton Sykes, and 25 to 1 against Brocarclo. Sir Tatton Sykes lost fully sixty yards at starting, owing to his rider having staid behind to vent his in- dignation against the starter, for which the stewards fined him £$. Sir Tatton was very backward in the early part of the race, but just before the distance was reached, Wm. Scott brought him up, by dint of very hard riding and severe punishment, and instantly assumed the lead, but the sacrifice he made to secure it was too great, though he kept it to the Stand, and he was eventually defeated by a neck. It was always said that Sir Tatton was never the same horse afterwards, either in temper or courage. 1847. At Newmarket Craven, Sst 7lbs each (A. Day), match for 500 sovs., was beaten by The Traverser (Job Marson) ; 2 to 1 on Pyrrhus, who made all the running, at a splitting pace, to half-way up the cords, where The Traverser closed with him, and after a keen encounter, won by half a neck. At Newmarket (Houghton), Sst 2lbs, match for 200 sovs., paid 50 sovs. (compromise) to the Duke of Bedford's b. f. Bridle, by The Saddler, three years, 7st 2lbs, and was now sold to Mr. Pedley. 1S48. At Chester, Sst iolbs (F. Butler), ran second in the Cheshire Stakes, won by Mr. Meiklam's br. m. Inheritress, by The Saddler, aged, Sst cjlbs (Templeman), beating three others. At Bibury, 1 ist6lbs (Mr. J. Bayly), won the Cup Stakes, of ^175, beating Mr. H. Flvves' b. f. Antagonist, by 8 CEL EBRA TED RA CE HORSES. Venison, four years, iost I2lbs (ridden by her owner), b. h. Aristotle, by Physician, nine years, list iolbs (Mr. G. Osbaldeston), third, and Mr. Pedley's br. c. Foreclosure, by Sheet Anchor, four years, iost islbs ; 6 to i on Pyrrhus. At Goodwood, Sst i2lbs (A. Day), won ^"205, beating the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Red Hart * by Venison, four years, Sst 7lbs (Nat), by a head, Lord Clifden's b. c. Tiresome, by Bay Middleton, two years, 5st 4lbs, and one other ; 6 to 4 on Pyrrhus. At Brighton, 9st ;lbs (A. Day), heats two miles, won the Queen's Plate, again beating Red Hart, 9st (Nat), in both heats. At Lewes, iost, heats two miles (A. Day), won the Queen's Plate, beating Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Miami (Oaks Winner, in 1847), by Venison, four years, 9st 6lbs, in both heats. At Egham, 9st 1 1 lbs (A. Day), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Obaldes- ton's ch. c. Fugleman, by The Saddler, three years, 7st 5lbs ; 2 to 1 on Pyrrhus. At Canterbury, iost, heats two miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. E. R. Clark's b. f. Alpheia, by Alpheus (son of Sultan), three years, Sst 4lbs, after a dead heat, Miami, 9st 6lbs, being third. Pyrrhus won the two last heats, which were closely contested, very cleverly ; and now, with his honours full upon him, retired to the Stud, where he immortalized his name in having; begotten that wonderful mare, Virago. * Red Hart was sadly out of form the whole of this year; but in 1847, he won ^400 at Newmarkef First Spring, the Welcome Stakes of ,£720, at Ascot, ^425 at Bibury, ^850 at Stockbridge, the Gratwicke of ^2300, and sweep of ^150 at Goodwood, the Grand Duke Michael of ,£800, and the Royal Stakes of ^860, at Newmarket. MES'DICANT MENDICANT. MENDICANT was a bay filly,- foaled in 1843, the property of Mr. John Gully. She was got by Touchstone, out of Lady Moore Carew, by Tramp, out of Kite, by Bustard (son of Castrel), out of Olympia, by Sir Oliver, out of Scotilla, by Anvil, out of Scota, by Eclipse, out of Harmony, by Herod, out of Rutilia, by Blank, her dam, by Regulus, out of a mare by Soreheels (son of Basto), her dam, by Makeless, oat of the Hon. Christopher D'Arcy's Royal Mare. Mi ndicant's Performances. 1845. At Goodwood, for two years old, colts 8st ;lbs, fillies Sst 3lbs (ridden by J. Howlett), ran second in the Lavant Stakes, of .£930, won by Mr. Forth's b. c. Sting (winner, also, this year, of the Molecomb, at Gocdwood), the Clearwell (then Lord E. Russell's), at Newmarket Second October, and the Criterion, at Newmarket Houghton. Sting was purchased by the French Government, and disputed wi.h the Emperor, the sireship of the famous French horse, Monarque. H. Bell rode Sting, winning by a length, and beating Lord Geo. Bentinck's b. f. Cherokee (winner of the Althorp Park Stakes), by Redshank, third, Mr. G. Payne's b. c. Colling- wood, by Sheet Anchor, and Mr. J. Day's b. c. Cambaules, by Camel, out of Pocahontas ; 6 to 4 each against Sting and Cherokee, 4 to 1 against Collingwood, and 5 to 1 against Mendicant. 1S46. At Newmarket (First Spring), for three years old fillies only, Sst ;lbs each, D.M. (Ditch-mile, 7 furlongs and 128 yards), ridden by Sam Day, won the 1000 Guineas, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., twenty-six subscribers CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (val. ,£1600), beating Mr. J. Bowes' br. f. Mowerina (dam of West Australian), by Touchstone (Frank Butler), second, Lord Orford's b. f. Prussic Acid, by Voltaire (Sly), third ; also, the Duke of Bedford's ch. f. Taurina, by Taurus (Jas. Robinson), Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Ennui (dam of Saunterer), by Bay Middleton (Nat), Mr. G. Osbaldeston'sch. f. Giselle, by Stockport (C. Marlow), and Mr. Wreford's b. f. Wilderness, by Sultan, Junior. Even on Mendicant, 5 to 1 against Mowerina, and 6 to 1 against Prussic Acid, who jumped off with the lead, followed by Giselle, Mowerina and Mendicant. At the new ground, Mowerina went to the front, Mendicant taking second place, close at Mowerina's heels. Entering the cords, Mr. Gully's filly challenged Mowerina, whom she defeated, after a very fine race, in which Sam Day's excellent jockeyship was most con- spicuous, by half a length. Prussic Acid was beaten five lengths from the leaders. At Epsom, 8st 7lbs each (Sam Day), won the Oaks, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., 140 subscribers (val. ^"3850), beating Mr. Wyatt's b. f. Laundry Maid, by Wintonian (son of Camel), ridden by F. Bell, second, Lord Glasgow's b. f. Conspiracy (winner, this year, of ^"1050 in matches, at Newmarket), by Retriever (son of Smolensko), John Holmes, third ; also, Mowerina (F. Butler), Mr. Bowes' ch. f. Ukraine, by Hetman Platoff (Templeman), Sir C. Monck's br. f. Vanish (winner of the Two Year Old Stakes, of ^"900, at Doncaster, in 1845), by Velocipede (Cart- wright), Mr. Drinkald's b. f. Ohio, by Montreal (G. Whitehouse), Mr. Elwes' b. f. Camelia, by Camel (Wakefield), Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Princess Alice (winner, in 1845, of the Two Year Old Stakes, of ,£1200, at Goodwood, ,£400 at Chester, the Champagne at Doncaster, and the Prendergast at Newmarket ; and, this year, the Nassau Stakes at Good- wood), by Bay Middleton (W. Abdale), Mr. Matthews' b. f. Chamois (winner, this year, of the first Great Metropolitan Stakes, at Epsom), by Venison (J. Mann), Mr. Johnstone's ch. f. Fair Helen, by Pantaloon (Job Marson), Prussic Acid, and twelve others ; 9 to 4 against Mendicant, 9 to 2 against Vanish*, 8 to 1 against Mowerina, 12 to 1 each against Princess Alice and Laundry Maid, and 35 to 1 against Conspiracy. Soon after starting, Ohio took the lead and kept it to Tattenham Corner, taking her field a very merry dance. Before rounding the turn, she was passed by Laundry Maid, in whose immediate wake came I//:'.\7VC./.\7'. Conspiracy, third, Mendicant, fourth, Mr. Preston's ch. f. Osprey, by- Irish Birdcatcher (Marlow), fifth, and Mowerina, sixth, all well up. About 500 yards from home, Sam Day sent Mendicant to the front, followed by Laundry Maid, Conspiracy, Osprey, and Mowerina. This order continued to the end, Mendicant winning very easily by a couple of lengths, the same distance dividing second and third. At Liverpool, 7st (A. Day), was not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Meiklam's bl. h. Lightning (Vide The Baron). At Newmarket (Second October), 8st 1 libs, R.M., paid 100 sovs. (compromise), to Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, 8st, match for 300 sovs. 1847- At Newmarket Craven, 8st 7lbs (F. Butler), match for 300 sovs., beat Conspiracy, 8st (Nat); 7 to 4 on Mendicant ; won by a neck. Pace very* good from start to finish. At Chester, 8st (F. Butler), ran second for the Cup, won by St. Lawrence (which see, Vol. III.). S. mg., 8st (F. Butler), won the Cheshire Stakes, of ^565, beating Mr. Meiklam's br. h. Godfrey, by Inheritor (son of Lottery), six years, 8st 6lbs (Templeman), by four lengths, Mr. Mostyn's br. f. Sagacity, by Theon, three years, 5st oJbs, third. Vanish, 7st, Sweetmeat, five years, 8st iolbs, and two others ; 2 to 1 on Mendicant, who was now sold to Sir Joseph Havvley for 2500 gs. At Ascot, 8st 2lbs (J. Marson), not placed for the Emperor of Russia's Plate, won by Mr. John Day's ch. c. The Hero (Vide Sir Tatton Sykes). Mendicant was now taken out of training, having paid a compromise of 80 gs. in a match for 500 gs., with the Duke of Bedford's b. f. Bridle, by The Saddler. Mendicant proved an invaluable brood mare to Sir Joseph, seeing that she was the dam of Beadsman, who won the Derby, and begat Sir Joseph's famous trio, Blue Gown, Rosicrucian, and Greensleeve, to say nothinsr of The Palmer and Pero Gomez. CELEBRA TED RACEHORSES. SIR TATTON SYKES. SIR TATTON SYKES was a bay colt, bred by Sir Tatton Sykes, in 1843, and first named Tibthorpe. Sir Tatton sold him to William Scott, the jockey, who re-named him, after his breeder, Sir Tatton Sykes. He was got by Melbourne, out of a mare by Margrave, out of Patty Primrose (bred by Earl Fitzwilliam in 1830), by Confederate (son of Comus), out of Sybil (bred by the Earl in 1822), by Interpreter, out of Galatea (bred by his Lordship in i8i6),by Amadis (son of Don Quixote), out of Paulina (bred by the Earl in 1804), by Sir Peter, out of Pewet, by Tandem, out of Termagant, by Tantrum, out of Cantatrice, by Sampson, out of a mare by Regulus, out of the dam of Old Marske, &c. Sir Tatton's Performances. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts, 8st 7lbs each (ridden by his owner), won the 2000 Guineas, beating Lord Maidstone's b. c. Tom Tullock, by Hetman Platoff (F. Butler), second, Lord Exeter's b. c. St. Demetri, by Colwick (Sam Mann), third ; also, Lord Albemarle's b. c. Radulphus, by The Saddler, Lord G. Bentinck's Green Pea, by Bay Middleton, and Mr. Geo. Osbaldeston's br. c. King Charles, by Royal Oak (owner); 13 to 8 on Tom Tullock, 5 to 1 against Sir Tatton and Green Pea. Radulphus led off at a rattling pace, with Sir Tatton and Green Pea close at his heels, to the new ground, where King Charles, overpowering his rider, rushed to the front. At the bushes, Tom Tullock deprived him of the lead, closely followed down the hill by Sir Tatton and Demetri, King Charles having altogether collapsed. Half-way up the hill, St. Demetri was beaten, and the other two ran a fine race home, Sir Tatton winning by a length. At Epsom (owner), ran second in the Derby, won by SIR TATTON SYKES. 13 Pyrrhus the First (which see). At Newcastle, 8st 7lbs each, was un- placed in the North Derby, won by Lord Eglinton's b. c. Dolo (winner, this year, of the Northumberland Plate), by St. Martin (son of Action), ridden by Job Marson, beating Fancy Boy and two others ; 7 to 4 on Sir Tatton, 5 to 2 against Fancy Boy, and 3 to r against Dolo. At York, for three years old, Sst 7lbs (owner), won the Knavesmire Stakes, of ^"280, beating Mr. Lane Fox's br. c. Wrestler, by Gladiator, 8st 7lbs (|. Hullock), by 100 yards. At Doncastcr, Sst 7lbs each (owner), won the Great St. Lcger, of ^2925, beating Col. Anson's b. c. Iago (winner, this year, of the Column Stakes, at Newmarket, the Welcome Stakes, at Ascot, .£350 at Liverpool, the Racing Stakes at Goodwood, £\ 100 at Don- caster, and the Grand Duke Michael, at Newmarket), by Don John (F. Butler), second, and Brocardo, third, b. c. the Free Lance, by Jereed, b. c. Poynton (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes, at York), by Touchstone, Fancy Boy by Tomboy, Grimston by Verulam, Tom Tul- lock, Sting, The Traverser, and two others ; 3 to 1 each against Sir Tatton and Brocardo, 1 1 to 2 against Sting, 7 to 1 each against Fancy Boy and The Traverser, and 10 to 1 against Iago. Tom Tullock took a three lengths' lead, followed by Sir Tatton and Brocardo. In this order they ran to the Red House turn, when Tom Tullock retired, leaving Sir Tatton with a two lengths' lead. At the distance Iago headed Brocardo (J. Holmes), all the rest being beaten off. About 100 yards from home, Iago made his effort to reach Sir Tatton, who shook him off with ease, winning by a length. At Newmarket (First October), ridden by Frank Butler, Iago defeated Sir Tatton in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes (Wm. Scott). Four ran ; 2 to 1 on Sir Tatton, and 5 to 2 against Iago. 1847. At Newmarket Craven, for four years old, Sst /lbs each (owner), was beaten in the Port Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, &c, eleven subscribers, by Lord E. Russell's b. c. Sting, by Slane, and on whom 5 to 1 was laid. Sir Tatton made the running, at his utmost speed, to the cords, where Sting passed him, winning by eight lengths. Sir Tatton was now sold to Captain Kennedy ; and at Ascot (W. Wakefield), was unplaced for i4 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. the Emperor's Plate, won by Mr. John Day's ch. c. the Hero (which see). At York (August), 8st 7lbs each, match for 500 sovs., beat Mr. O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurncy, by three lengths. Ran once more, without success. 1848. At Ascot, 8st 1 3lbs (F. Butler), was not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup, won by Sir R. Pigott's b. c. Conyngham (winner, in 1847, of the 2000 Guineas), bySlane, four years, 8st 51b (J. Robinson). Twenty ran, among them being the Cur (winner, this year, of the Cesarewitch), by Bran, Chanticleer, Collingwood and Brocardo ; 12 to 1 against the winner. Sir Tatton ran once more, and quitted the turf. THE HERO. THE HERO. THE HERO was a chestnut colt, bred by Mr. John Day, of Dane- bury, in 1843, and sold at the close of 1848, to Mr. J. Powney. He was got by Chesterfield (own brother to Crucifix), out of Grace Darling (bred by Mr. Isaac Sadler in 1832), by Defence, out of a mare by Don Cossack, out of Mistake (bred by Sir Ferdinando Poole in 1796), by Waxy, out of Woodcot, by Mentor (a son of Justice by Herod), out of Macaria, by Herod, out of Titania (bred by Mr. Latham in 1760), by Shakspeare, out of the dam of his horse Snap (called Latham's Snap), by Old Cade, out of Sister to Match'em'sdam (bred by Mr. J. Crofts in 1732), by Old Partner, &c. The Hero was quiet when in front of his field, but very impatient when behind. He always ran best when big, and not over trained. At three years old, he was rather a shellycolt ; but afterwards thickened amazingly. On wet, heavy ground, he could not move at all. As a sire, his stock was unexceptionally small. Rogerthorpe was the best of them. The Hero's Performances. 1845. At Epsom, for two years old, colts 8st 6lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (J. Day, Jun.), ran second in the Woodcote Stakes, of ,£180, won by Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Cherokee (winner of the Fernhill, of ,£200, at Ascot), by Redshank (Nat), beating Mr. T. Dawson's b. c. Lord Harry, by Recovery (T. Lye), third, and seven others. At Ascot, 4st 4lbs, ran third in the Trial Stakes, won by Mr. A. W. Hill's br. c. The Libel (winner, this year, of the St. Leger at Chester), by Pantaloon, three years, 7st 7lbs 16 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (Arthur), beating Lord Chesterfield's ch. h. Knight-of-the-Whistle, aged, ost 3lbs, third, and five others. The Knight was the favourite. At Newmarket (Second October), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st slbs (Sam Day), won 50 sovs., beating Mr. George Payne's b. f. Repeal (Nat), by Emilius, and Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Terrier, by Bay Middleton (W. Abdale), these two running a dead heat for second. Eight ran. Won by a length. 1846. At Goodwood, 5st 7lbs (Donaldson) ran second for the Goodwood Stakes (net val. .£1320, the second receiving _£ioo), won by Mr. O'Brien's br. c. Jonathan Wild, by Stockport, three years, 4st 7lbs, by a neck, Mr. Parr's ch. c. Dulcet, by Dulcimer (son of Muley), four years, 6st iolbs, third, and eighteen others. Hero the favourite. At Salisbury, 7st 6lbs (A. Day), won a handicap of ^145, beating Mr. Jones' gr. f. Miss Shirley in a canter, three years, 5st, and Sir J. Mill's br. f. Giantess (winner, -this year, of the Hampshire Stakes), by Leviathan (son of Filho-da-Puta), four years, 8st gibs; also, w.o. for the Cup. At York (August), 6st 8lbs (A. Day), won the Dundas Stakes, of .£145, beating Mr. Meiklam's br. h. Lightning (winner, this year, of the Liverpool Cup), by Sheet Anchor, five years, Sst albs (Templeman), easily, and two ot'hers ; 6 to 5 on Hero. S. mg., 7st olbs (A. Day), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Meiklam's, br. m. Inheritress (winner, this year, of Queen's Plates at Liverpool and Lan- caster, the Wolverhampton Stakes, and Gold Cup at Ayr, &c), by The Saddler, six years, ost 7lbs (Templeman), by a neck, and two others ; also, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), won the County Cup (^235), beating Mr. Wormald's ch. c. Quadruped, by Velocipede, three years, 6st nibs (Abdale), by a neck, and eight others. At Epsom, won the Queen's Plate, and at War- wick, w. o. for the same. At Lichfield, won the Queen's Plate, beating two others, and the same at Leicester. At Doncaster, won the Queen's Plate, making all the running, by three lengths ; also, 7st (A. Day), won the Cup, beating Lord Strathmore's br. c. Brocardo, by Touchstone, three years, 7st, Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. Bravissimo (winner of the Ascot Derby), by Velocipede, three years. 7st, and three others. Brocardo the favourite. THE IlliRO. 17 1847. At Ascot, 9st /lbs, two miles (A. Day), won the Queen's Vase, beating the Duke of Bedford's br. f. Bridle, by The Saddler, three years, 6st i2lbs (R. Pettit), by a head, Lord Lonsdale's br. h. Jericho, by Jerry, five years, 9st 1 libs, third, and five others; 2 to 1 against Bridle (winner, this year of ,£2330 at Newmarket), 3 to 1 against Jericho, and 9 to 2 against Hero ; also, Sst 5IL1S (A. Day), won the Emperor of Russia's Plate, beat- ing Lord Waterford's br. h. Wolf-Dog (winner, this year, of the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, &c), by Freney, five years, 9st (F. Butler), by a length, Jericho, 9st (Bartholomew), third ; also, Lord E. Russell's br. c. Sting (winner of the Port Stakes at Newmarket), by Slane, four years, Sst 5lbs (Nat), br. f. Mendicant, four years, Sst 2lbs (J. Marson), Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Poynton, by Touchstone, 8st 5lbs, and Sir Tatton Sykes, Sst 5lbs ; 6 to 4 each against Hero and Mendicant, 7 to 1 against Sting, and 12 to 1 against Wolf-Dog and Poynton (winner of the Great York- shire Stakes in 1846). Hero, as usual, jumped off with the lead, at great speed, the rest toiling after him in vain. They thundered along, as hard as they could go, down the Swinley Hill, sweeping round the lime-kiln at the same terrific pace. At the last turn, all were dead beat, except Wolf- Dog, who raced with The Hero for a time, but nearing home, the gallant little chestnut put on a strong spurt, and won easily. At Win- chester, 9st lib (A. Day), heats two miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Elwes' br. c. Bourton, by Stockport, four years, 9st lib (S. Mann), and Captain Delme's ch. c. Silver Eel, by Elis, three years, 7st 5lbs, in both heats easily. At Goodwood, gst 6lbs (J. Day, Jun.), won the Cup (val. ^690), beating Lord Eglinton's b. c. Eryx (winner, this year, of the Northumberland Plate), by St. Martin, three years, 7st 4lbs (J. Prince) the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Halo, by Mus, 7st 4lbs (Nat), third, Wolf- Dog, 9st 1 libs (F. Butler), Sting, 9st 4lbs (Marson), and four others; 5 to 4 on Hero, 4 to 1 against Wolf-Dog, and 6 to 1 against Eryx. Hero took the lead, and held it to within a quarter of a mile from home, where Eryx headed him. The two ran together, neck and neck, when Hero re- passed Eryx, one hundred yards from home, and won by a length in superb style. At Egham, w. o. for the Queen's Plate ; and also for the same VOL. IV. C iS CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. at Warwick, where, 8st iolbs (A. Day), he likewise won the Cup, of ^240, beating Wolf-Dog, 8st 13ms (W. Boyce), by three lengths, and one other. At Doncaster, w. o. for the Queen's Plate ; but, at 9st 5lbs (A. Day), was beaten for the Cup, by Mr. Bouverie's br. c. War Eagle, by Lanercost, three years, 7st 7lbs (S. Mann). At starting, Hero took a lead of two lengths, and held it to the distance, where War Eagle went up to him, had him dead beaten at the Stand, and went in an easy winner by three lengths. At Lichfield, 9st 6lbs (A. Day), heats two miles, won the Queen's Plate, in a canter ; and the same at Leicester. 1848. At Ascot, 9st (A. Day), won the Emperor's Purse, of 500 sovs. (in lieu of the Cup), with sweep of 300 sovs., beating Mr. Green's b. c. Flat-catcher, by Touchstone, three years, 6st I2lbs, the Duke of Bedford's br. c. Saddle, by The Saddler, four years, 8st 5lbs, and Mr. Pedley's br. c. Foreclosure, four years, 8st 5lbs, last. At Salisbury, lost, three miles (A. Day), won the Queen's Plate ; and at Goodwood, w. o. for the Craven Stakes. At Weymouth, won the Queen's Plate, by 500 yards, and was now sold by Mr. John Day to Mr. Powney. 1849. At Northampton, lost 4lbs, two miles, was unplaced for the Queen's Plate, won by Mr. Hesseltine's bl. f. Quiver, by Velocipede, three years, 6st iolbs (Fenn). Eight ran ; 7 -to 4 against Quiver, and 2 to 1 against The Hero. At Winchester, iost 2lbs (A. Day), won the Queen's Plate. At Salisbury, iost 3lbs, three miles (A. Day), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Harrison's br. f. Hippona, by Sheet Anchor, four years, 9st 6lbs, by twenty lengths. At Goodwood, iost (A. Day), not placed for the Cup, won by Lord Derby's br. f. Canezou, by Melbourne, four years, 8st nibs (F. Butler), beating Chanticleer, six years, iost (J. Mar- son), by a length, Sir G. Heathcote's br. c. Black Eagle, by Voltaire, three years, 7st 4lbs, and four others. At York, 9st 4lbs (A. Day), won the Great Ebor Handicap, of .£1100, beating Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Fernhill, by Ascot (son of Reveller), four years, 8st, by a neck, and twelve others. He ran once more, without success, and retired to the Stud. CHANTICLEER. u, CHANTICLEER. CHANTICLEER was a grey colt, bred in Ireland, in 1843, bY Mr- St. George, and sold, in 1847, to Mr. James Merry. He was got by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Whim (a grey mare, bred by Colonel Westenra in 1832), by Urone (son of Master Robert), out of Kiss (bred by the Earl of Rossmore in 1827), by Waxy Pope, out of a mare by Champion (son of PotSo's), out of Brown Fanny, by Maximin, &c. &c. " Chanticleer" (says " The Druid "), " was a horse of strong constitu- tion, but very bad temper, in fact a perfectly mad horse, when I'Anson first got hold of him. He was, however, at all times very savage; and so furious was he, on one occasion, that they were obliged to get the stable lad out of his box through the window. Sometimes he would roar like a bull ; and, when at Hambleton, Harry Stebbings said he would rather be off the Moor when Chanticleer was on it." Chanticleer's Performances. [845. At the Curragh (Ireland), for two years old, 8st 4lbs, ran third in a sweepstakes of 300 sovs., won by Lord Howth's b. f. Mermaid, by Ishmael (son of Sultan), 8st, beating ch. f. Osprey, by Irish Birdcatcher, and eleven others. At the Curragh, in October, 8st 4lbs, for two years old, ran second in the Paget Stakes, won by Mr. Kennedy's b. c. Burgundy, by Ishmael, Sst lib, beating Mr. Preston's ch.c. Harkover, by Harkaway, 7st 1 3lbs, third, and two others. 1 S46. At the Curragh (April), Sst 2lbs, was unplaced in the Madrid Stakes (Handicap), of 25 sovs. each, won by Mr. White's br. c. Plover, by Irish c 2 CEL EBRA TED RA CE HORSES. Birdcatcher, jst iolbs, beating Burgundy, 8st nibs, second, Mr. O'Neill's ch. c. Caurouch (winner of the Cesarewitch in 1847), by Irish Birdcatcher, 7st 7lbs, third, and eight others ; all rising three years old. In June, 7st 7lbs, won ,£160, beating Mr. Disney's b. c. Rhadamanthus, by Freney (son »f Roller, by Quiz), 7st lib, Star of Erin, by Ishmael, five years, 8st 7lbs, third, and two others. S. mg., 7st i3lbs, won ^180, beating Mr. Courtenay's b. c. Bantam, by Euclid, three years, 7st qlbs, Mr. Digby's ch. c. Woodpecker, by Turcoman, 8st 2lbs, third, Mr. Preston's ch. f. Osprey, by Irish Birdcatcher, 8st /lbs, and one other ; all three years old. At the Curragh (September), for three years old, 8st 5lbs each, two miles, ran second for the Queen's Plate, won by Burgundy, beating Caurouch and three others. In October, 7st adbs, three miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating Captain Hamilton's b. m. Fairy Queen, by Sir Hercules, aged, 9st lib, Mr. H. Osborne's ch. f. Red Vixen, by Hark- away, three years, 7st 6lbs, and seven others. S. mg., 8st 5lbs, ran second in the Kirwan Stakes (Handicap), of 50 sovs. each, &c, won by Bantam, three years, 7st 8lbs, beating br. c. Plover (now Mr. Watts'), three years, 8st 2lbs, and Mr. Irwin's ch. c. The Connaught Ranger, by Harkaway, four years, 8st I2lbs, fourth and last. S. mg., 9st 2lbs, ran third for a purse of 100 gs., won by Mr. Watts' br. c. Mogador, by Verulam, two years, 6st 5IDS, beating Mr. Irwin's ch. c. Horn of Chase, by Harkaway, two years, 6st 5lbs, second, and Colonel Westenra's br. c. Joc-o'-Scot, by Hetman Platoff, two years, 6st 5lbs, fourth, and four others. ■ . . 1847. At the Curragh (April), 8st (jibs (ridden by Wynne), two miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating b. c. Burgundy (now Mr. Whaley's), four years, 8st albs, Mr. White's ch. c. Rat-trap, by Ratcatcher (son of Langar, by Selim), four years, 8st odbs, third, Mr. Watts' b. c. General Tom Thumb, by Ishmael, four years, 8st c)lbs, and four others. In June, 8st olbs (Wynne), ran third in the Kirwan Handicap, of 50 sovs. each, won by Joc-o'-Scot, three years, 7st 4lbs fFoley), beating Bantam, four years, 8st 2lbs (Doyle), second, Caurouch, 8st 2lbs, and two others. Even on Chanticleer, and 3 to 1 against Bantam. As a rule, betting CHANTICLEER. quotations on Irish races arc rarely recorded. S. mg., 8st 7lbs (Wynne), two miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Mangan's ch. c. Farnham, by Harkaway, three years, 7st, Colonel Westenra's ch. f. Venom, by Ratcatcher, three years, 6st cjlbs, third, and four others. Next day, 8st I3lbs (Wynne, who w.is styled the " Irish Sam Chifney"), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Ferguson's ch. h. Fin away, by Freney, aged, 9st nibs (Murphy), Farnham, ;st albs, third. S. mg., 8st -8lbs, four miles (Wynne), won the Queen's Plate, beating Rat-trap, four years, 8st Slbs, second, Fireaway, ast i2lbs, bl. f. Wren, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 6st 5lbs, and one other. Chanticleer was now sold to Mr. Merry, and brought over to England by Mr. Wm. I 'Anson. At Liverpool (July), 8st 4lbs (Wynne), ran fourth for the Cup, won by Mr. Meiklam's br. m. Inheritress, aged, 8st 3lbs (Templeman), beating Mr. Johnstone's ch. m. Rowena, by Recovery, six years, ?st Slbs (Cart- wright), second, Sir W. Stanley's b. m. Pic-Nic, by Glaucus, five years, 7st 6lbs (Nat), third, and thirteen others. Wynne was brought over specially to ride Chanticleer; 5 to 1 against Pic-Nic, and to to 1 against Inheritress. At Paisley, 8st 4.1bs (H. Robinson), won the Glasgow Cup, beating b. h. Tom Tough, by Young Priam, aged, 8st oJbs. S. mg., 8st 2lbs (H. Robinson), won the Silver Bells, with 50 sovs. added, again beating Tom Tough, 9st. At Doncaster, 8st 5lbs, ran third in the Fitzwilliam Stakes, won by Mr. E. L. Mostyn's br. f. Wilderness, by Sultan Junior, four years, 8sc slbs (Nat), beating Lord Glasgow's b. f. Conspiracy, by Retriever, four years, 8st 5lbs, second (J. Holmes), and Sir C. Monck's b. f. Gaiety, by Touchstone, three years, 7st 5lbs, last ; 6 to 5 on Chanticleer (ridden by Bumby), and 2 to 1 against Wilderness — a head only dividing the first three. 1848. At Ascot, 8st 7lbs (F. Butler), ran third in the Ascot Stakes, won by the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Vampyre (who won the same Stakes in 1849), by Mus (son of Bizarre), four years, 6st 5lbs (Kitchener), beating Lord Chesterfield's ch. m. Wildair, by Hornsea, six years, Sst 4lbs (Nat), by a neck, and twenty others. At Manchester, 11st 6lbs (Mr. Osbaldes- ton), won the Welter Cup, beating Sir J. Gerard's bl. h. Blackie, in a CELEB RA TED RACEHORSES. canter. S. mg., 8st i2lbs (Bumby), won the Castle Irwell Stakes, beating Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Spaniard, by Don John, three years, 6st 4.1bs, easily ; 4 to i on Chanticleer. At Newcastle, 8st 8lbs (Bumby), won the Northumberland Plate, of £970, beating Mr. Lane Fox's br. c. Executor (winner, this year, of the Liverpool July Cup), by Voltaire, four years, 6st Slbs (G. Abdale), second, Mr. Murphy's ch. c. Dough, by Tearaway (son of Voltaire), three years, 5st 2lbs (Doyle), third, Mr. Gray's bl. f. Reality, by Accident, three years, 4st 4lbs, Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Glen Sadclel (^winner, this year, of the Great Metropo- litan at Epsom), by St. Martin, three years, 5st 8lbs, and six others. S. mg., w. o. for the Cup. At Goodwood, 9st 2lbs (C. Marlow), won the Goodwood Stakes, of .£1120, beating Lord Eglinton's br. m. Plaudit, by Tomboy, six years, 7st 3lbs (J. Prince), Mr. Shelley's br. c. Remem- brance, by Colwick, three years, 5st 2lbs, third, Mr. Courtenay's b. h. Bantam, five years, 7St I2lbs, and twelve others. S. mg., 9st adbs (J. Marson), not placed for the Cup, won by Van Tromp (which see). At Stirling, 9st slbs (H. Robertson), won the Cup, beating Mr. Wauchope's br. f. Cybele, by Inheritor, three years, 5st slbs, and two others. At Ayr, 8st 2lbs (H. Robertson), won the Cup, beating Glen Saddel, 7st slbs, easily. At Doncaster, 8st i2lbs (Nat), won the Cup, beating Captain (afterwards Admiral), Harcourt's br. f. Ellerdale (winner, this year, of the Cup at Stamford, the Queen's Plate at Lincoln, and the Cup at Richmond), by Lanercost, four years, Sst 2lbs (J. Marson), and Lord Eglinton's br. c. Van Tromp, by Lanercost, four years, 9st 3lbs (C. Mar- low), third, and last ; 7 to 4 on Van Tromp, 3 to 1 against Chanticleer, and 5 to 1 against Ellerdale. At Edinburgh, won both Queen's Plates. At Newmarket (Houghton), 9st 1 ilbs, was not placed in the Cambridgeshire, of .£1560, won by Colonel Peel's ch. f. Dacia, by Gladiator, three years, 5st 9lbs ; twenty-four ran. At Ascot, ran second for the Emperor of Russia's Plate, won by Van Tromp (which see). At Newcastle, 9st 3lbs, won the Cup. At Good- wood lost (S. Rogers), ran second for the Cup, won by Lord Stanley's br. f. Canezou (winner, this year, of the Newmarket Handicap, of .£725, CHANTICLEER. 23 the Queen's Plate and ^270 at York, and the Cup and .£450 at Don- caster), by Melbourne. Eight ran ; 13 to 8 on Canezou, ridden by Frank Butler. At Warwick, ost I2lbs (J. Marson), ran second for the Cup, won by Lord Exeter's b. c. Glenalvon (winner, this year, of the Gold Vase, at Ascot, and Queen's Plates at Goodwood and Warwick), by Coronation, three years, 6st iolbs (J. Mann), Eagle's Plume, by Laner- cost, four years, Sst, third. At Lichfield, iost 3lbs, heats two miles, won the Queen's Plate ; and, having ran four times more without success, quitted the Turf. Chanticleer was a whitish-grey horse, standing, as nearly as possible, sixteen hands high. He had a somewhat coarse, sour head, a straight, strong neck, powerful shoulders, good large arms, and great depth of girth. He had immense ribs, and was rather roach-backed, indicating enormous strength. He was a little straight in his quarters, which drooped to- wards the tail. He had good thighs and hocks, was a trifle upright on his pasterns, with not very large bone. His great point was depth of girth, which measured, in October, 1848, five feet, seven inches and three-quarters round. He was a very free goer, a capital stayer, possessed fine speed and unbounded courage. He started thirty-two times, won nineteen races, amounting to ,£4485. His dam. Whim, was a grey mare, bred by Colonel Westenra, in 1832, figured for three or four seasons on the Irish Turf, but with no very great success, having a knack of running up rather than of running first. At the end of her racing career, she was purchased by Mr. St. George, and placed in his Stud, in 1838. 24 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. COLLINGWOOD. COLLINGWOOD was a bay colt, foaled in 1843, the property of George Payne, Esq., and was got by Sheet Anchor, out of Kalmia, by Magistrate (son of Camillus), out of Zephyrina, by Middlethorpe (son of Shuttle), out of Pagoda, by Sir Peter, out of Rupee, by Coriander, out of Matron, by Florizel, out of Maiden (sister to Pumpkin), by Match'em, out of Mr. J. Pratt's Old Mare, by Squirt, &c. Colli ngwood's Performances. 1845- At Ascot, 8st 7lbs each, match for 200 sovs., beat Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Subscription, by Hornsea (Nat), by six lengths. At Goodwood, 8st 7lbs (Nat), not placed in the Lavant Stakes, won by Mr. Forth's (after- ward Lord E. Russell's) b. c. Sting, by Slane, 8st 7lbs (H. Bell), beating br. f. Mendicant (J. Howlett), by a length ; five ran. S. mg., in a sweep of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., three subscribers, received the forfeits (300 sovs.). At Newmarket (First October), 5st i3lbs (W. Abdale), match for 200 sovs., beat the Duke of Bedford's br. c. Prologue, by Camel, three years, 8st 1 3lbs (H. Bell), by ahead ; 2 to 1 on Collingwood. After the first hundred yards, Prologue took a decided lead, at a very strong pace, followed closely by Collingwood, who nearly pulled little Abdale out of the saddle. Half-way up the cords Abdale gave Colling- wood a free head, when a desperate encounter ensued, the little jockey winning, just on the post, by a short head. S. mg., 5st I3lbs (W. Abdale), match for 200 sovs., beat the Duke of Bedford's br. c. Captain Phoebus, by Jerry, three years, Sst i3lbs (H. Bell) ; 6 to 4 on the Captain. Collingwood made the running, at high-pressure speed, was never headed, and though hotly pursued won a fine race by half a length. At New- market (Second October), Sst 7lbs (Nat), not placed in the Clearwell COLLINGWOOD. Stakes, of /~66o, won by Lord E. Russell's b. c. Sting (H. Bell), beating Lord Geo. Bentinck's b. f. Princess Alice, by Bay Middleton (winner, this year, of ,£400 at Chester, ^1200 at Goodwood, the Champagne at Doncaster, and the Prendergast Stakes at Newmarket), 8st 4.1bs (W. Abdale), easily, by two lengths. At Newmarket (Houghton), 8st 7lbs (Nat), match for 100 sovs., beat Lord Geo. Bentinck's b. f. Astern, by Sheet Anchor, ;st iolbs (W. Abdale), both two years old. A very slow- run race to the cords, where Collingwood assumed the lead, was never headed, and won in a canter. S. mg., received 75 sovs. (compromise) from Lord Glasgow's colt by Retriever. 1846. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 7lbs (Nat), ran second in a handicap sweep of 100 sovs. each, won by Lord Lonsdale's bay colt by Bay Mid- dleton, 8st 3lbs (Bartholomew) ; four ran, all three years old. At New- market (First Spring), 8st 8lbs (Nat), ran second in a handicap sweep of 20 sovs. each, won by the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Peasant, by Voltaire, three years, 8st 1 lb (Bartholomew), beating Mr. Stanley's ch. c. Leaconfield, by Hampton (son of Sultan), 8st 8lbs (J. Robinson), third and last, all three years old ; 5 to 4 against Leaconfield, 6 to 4 against Collingwood, and 3 to 1 against Peasant, who made the running, followed by Collingwood, Leaconfield lying off till they reached the Ab. M. bottom, where all the three closed, and a most exciting finish ended, in favour of Peasant, by a neck, Collingwood defeating Leaconfield by a head. At Goodwood, 8st oJbs (Nat), won the Cowdray Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, beating Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Jollity, by Bay Middleton, the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Vampyre, by Mus, third, and two others. Collingwood was now claimed under the conditions of the race, by Mr. P. Rolt, for ^150. At Egham, 9st iolbs (ridden by his new owner), won the Amateur Stakes, beating Mr. Ricardo's br. m. The Widow (winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1847), by Abbas Mirza (son of Camel), aged,. 1 1st i2lbs (owner), and Count Batthyany's br. c. Master Stepney, by Muley-Moloch, three years, gst iolbs. (owner). At Newmarket (Second October), 7st 2lbs (R. Pettit), won a handicap, of ^235, beating Lord Lonsdale's br. c. Joy, by Bay Middleton, three years, 7st odbs, and ten others. S. mg., Sst 3lbs 26 . CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (F. Butler), match for 200 sovs., was beaten by Lord Glasgow's br. f. Conspiracy, by Retriever (son of Smolensko) three years, 8st(J. Holmes) ; 7 to 2 on Conspiracy. F. Butler took the lead, at a rattling pace, and, in the Ab. M. bottom, Holmes rushed Conspiracy to Collingwood's head, obtained the lead, and won a fine race very cleverly by half a length. Collingwood ran in six other races, this year, without success. 1847. At Ascot, 7st i2lbs (E. Edwards), not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup, of ,£660, won by Count Batthyany's br. g. Tragical, by Emilius, four years, 6st I2lbs (W. Abdale), beating bl. f. Wintonia, by Camel, three years, 5st 1 3lbs, by a neck, b. f. Prussic Acid, by Voltaire, third, and twenty-one others. At Goodwood, 7st albs (R. Pettit), ran second for the Stewards' Cup, of ^485, won by Mr. Rolt's ch. g. the Cur (winner, this year, of the Stewards' Cup, at Goodwood ; and the Cesarewitch and Brighton Stakes, in 1S48), by Bran, five years, 7st iilbs (G. Whitehouse), by a short head, beating twenty-two others. Mr. Rolt declared to win with Collingwood, and lodged a complaint against Whitehouse for not riding to orders ; but Whitehouse stating that he did not know whether it was Collingwood or Campanile (ridden by Sam Mann) that he was running in with (the colours being so much alike), the Stewards accepted this explanation, and dis- missed the complaint. S. mg., 6st 11 lbs (J. Prince), won the Chesterfield Cup, of ^"510, beating Mr. Irwin's ch. h. Patriot, by Irish Birdcatcher, six years, 8st 4lbs, Sir T. Stanley's b. m. Pic-Nic, by Glaucus, five years, 7st olbs, and twelve others ; 2 to 1 against Pic-Nic, and 4 to 1 against Colling- wood. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st i2lbs, ran third in the Cambridgeshire, of ^1880, won by The Widow (which see, Vol. III.). 1848. At Chester, qst 1 lb (Nat), won the Grosvenor Stakes ; and also, 8st i2lbs, the Stand Cup, beaming Spaniard, by Don John, three years 6st (W Abdale), and two others. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st I2lbs (Nat), won 50 sovs. S. mg., Sst I2lbs (J. Robinson), won the Oatlands Handicap, beating Mr. John Shelley's br. c. Watchdog, by Ratcatcher, four years, 6st 4lbs, and one other. Ran once more, without success. COLLINGWOOD. 27 1849- At Northampton, won the Trial Stakes, and a handicap sweep of ^"168. At Croxton Park, i2st i2lbs (owner), won the Orange Cup (the gift of the King of Holland), beating Lord Clifden's b. h. Wanota, by Simoon (son of-Camel), five years i2st lib, and six others. At Newmarket (First Spring), gst 4-lbs (J. Robinson), won a sweep of 20 sovs. each ; and also, 8st I2lbs (Nat), a sweep of 20 sovs. each. At Ascot, 9st 3lbs (Nat), won the Trial Stakes ; and also, 9st 7lbs (F. Butler), won the Royal Hunt Cup, of ^530, beating Mr. B. Charlton's ch. f. Kiss-away, by Hark- away, three years, 5st I2lhs (Dockeray), in a canter, and nineteen others. S. mg., 9st 3lbs, ran fourth and last for the Emperor of Russia's Plate, won by Van Tromp (which see). At Newmarket (July), won 50 sovs., and, at Brighton, w. o. for the Cup. At Newmarket (First October), 9st jibs (Nat), match for 200 sovs., beat the Duke of Bedford's ch. f. Treacherous, by Harkaway, three years, 5st 7lbs (G. Mann) ; also (Second October), 8st i2lbs (Nat), won 50 sovs., beating bl. c. The Moor, by Sir Hercules, four years, Sst jibs, and three others; and also, 9st 2lbs, re- ceived 100 sovs. (forfeit), from Lord Clifden's b. c. Surplice, by Touch- stone, four years, Sst. Ran six times more, without success. 1850. At Northampton, won the Trial Stakes. At Newmarket Craven, 8st iolbs (Nat), match for 200 sovs., beat Captain Harvey's br. c. Strongbow, by Touchstone, four years, 7st 2lbs ; even betting. S. mg., 9st2lbs (Nat), won 50 sovs., beating Lord Clifden's b. c. Honeycomb, four years, Sst 7lbs and two others. At Bath, 9st 3lbs (Nat), won the Trial Stakes, beating ch.f. Miss Lark-away, by Harkaway, three years, 6st 1 1 lbs, and br.c. Strong- bow (winner, in 185 1, of the Liverpool July Cup), four years. 8st 7lbs. At Chester, won the .Grosvenor Stakes. At Epsom, 9st iolbs (Nat), won the Craven Stakes, beating seven others. At Newmarket (July), 9st 5lbs (Nat), won 50 sovs. At York, won the Dundas Stakes, and, having run thrice more, without success, quitted the Turf. Collingwood was a very cheap bargain for Mr. Rolt. He ran in no less than seventy races, winning a large proportion of them : he was a worthy descendant of Tramp, and possessed the great staying powers of that illustrious line in a high decree. 28 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. QUEEN MARY. QUEEN MARY was a bay filly, foaled in 1843, tne property of W. R. Ramsay, Esq. ; and subsequently of Mr. Wm. I'Anson, of Malton, near York, in whose possession she died. She was got by Gladiator, out of a mare by Plenipotentiary, out of Myrrha, by Whalebone, out of Gift, by Young Gohanna, out of Sister to Grazier, by Sir Peter, out of Sister to Aimator, by Trumpator, out of a mare by Herod, out of a daughter of Old Snap, her dam, by Lord Gower's bay stallion (son of the Godolphin Arabian), out of a mare by Flying Childers, &c. " The Druid " thus writes of Gladiator, the sire of Queen Mary: " He was a very blood-like, dark chestnut horse, but rather delicate, and requiring the greatest care in his training. The two brothers, John and William Scott, bought him between them, when a yearling, for ^"ioo, and sold him to the Earl of Wilton for ,£200, with a contingency of half the Derby and St. Leger in the event of his winning either or both. With Bay Middleton out of the way, he would have won the first, and did not run again. His price, however, rose (after being second in the Derby) to ^800, and finally increased to ^2000, at which price he was sold, and sent to France." For Sweet- meat's sake alone he was worth every penny of the money ; but he also left behind him Queen Mary, the dam of Blink Bonny, and grand-dam ot Caller-ou, &c. Queen Mary's Performances. 1845- At Chester, for two years old, colts 8st 5lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs, was not placed in a sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, seventeen subscribers (,£400), won by Lord G. Bentinck's br. f. Princess Alice, by Bay Middleton (G. Whitehouse), beating Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. Curiosity, by Hetman QUEEN MARY. Platoff, Mr. O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney, and six others ; 2 to i against Princess Alice, and 4 to 1 against Curiosity. This was the only time Queen Mary ever started. The year 1S80 was unusually fatal to trainers of racehorses. It commenced, in January, with die death of Thomas Parr, of Benham, near Wantage;, Berks; and on the iSthof February, brought an end to the long and honourable career of Thomas Dawson, at Middleham ; and, in July, Newmarket lost the most popular of its residents in the person of Joseph Dawson, whose death, later on, was followed by that of Carter, the doyen of French trainers, who imparted to Thomas Jennings the very difficult art of preparing racehorses for their engagements. On the 10th of January, 1881, Mr. Wm. I' Anson, who was in his seventy-first year, breathed his last at his residence, near Malton, where the greater portion of his long and industrious life had been spent. In his quiet way the breeder and owner of Blink Bonny, Blair Athol, and Caller-ou, was as. much a representative man as Thomas or Joseph Dawson, who, like I'Anson, had passed many of their early years at the little town of Gullane, near Edinburgh. With the single exception, perhaps, of Robert Robson, who brought Waxy to the post for the Derby in 1793, and who expired in 1838, with ,£60,000 to his credit, no other trainers ever died richer than Joseph Dawson and Wm. I'Anson. Success upon the Turf often comes through a single animal, and I'Anson dated the commencement of his good fortune from his lucky purchase of Queen Mary. He bought her for a few pounds just as he was about to remove to Malton from Gullane (where he had long been the trainer of Mr. Ramsay's horses) ; and, in her, he became the lucky possessor of a gold-mine. No other dam, not even excepting Persepolis, Mandane, Banter, Barbelle, Pocahontas, Paradigm, Laura (dam of Fraulein and Petrarch), or Queen Bertha (dam of Spin- away and Wheel of Fortune), ever wrote her name through her own produce and that of her descendants, more deeply upon the annals of the Turf • than did the mother of Haricot, Braxey, Bonnie Scotland, Blink Bonny, Broomielaw and Blinkhoolie. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. COSSACK. COSSACK was a chestnut colt, bred by R. C. Elwes, Esq., of Billing, Northamptonshire, in 1844, and sold to Mr. John Day, when two years old, for ,£2000, with a contingency of /iooo more, if he won the Derby. Mr. J. Day afterwards sold him, for the same sum, and on the same conditions, to T. H. Pedley, Esq. He was got by Hetman Platoff, out of Joannina, by Priam, out of Joanna, by Sultan, out of Filagree, by Soothsayer, out of Web, by Waxy, out of Penelope, by Trumpator, out of Prunella, by Highflyer, &c. Cossack stood just fifteen hands and two inches high. He had a neat, blood-like head, a very clean neck, shoulders well drawn back, a round body, with very large ribs, a good back, and muscular quarters a little drooping towards the tail. He had not very large bones ; but his legs were sound and clean, and his feet very good. Cossack's Performances. 1846. At Newmarket (July), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st slbs, ran third in the July Stakes, won by Miami (which see). 1847. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts 8st /lbs, fillies 8st slbs (Temple- man), won the Newmarket Stakes, of ^625, beating Mr. Bouverie's br. c. War Eagle (winner of the Doncaster Cup, this year), by Lanercost (J. Marson), second, Mr. Geo. Payne's b. c. Spider, by Venison (S. Mann), third, b. c. Oregon, by Slane, and two others ; 6 to 5 against Cossack, and 5 to 4 against War Eagle, the latter of whom jumped off with the lead, at a slashing pace, with Cossack close at his heels. At the COSSACK. 31 cords Cossack got to War Eagle's head, running neck and neck with him to the Stand, where he passed him, winning by half a length. Mr. George Payne always quoted this race as the fastest he ever saw. " The Druid " says, " It was in fact like two races, as the pair came right away by them- selves, leaving a cloud of dust behind them." At Epsom (Templeman), won the Derby, of ^5250, beating War Eagle (W. Boyce), second, Van Tromp (J. Marson), third ; also, Sir R. Pigott's b. c. Conyngham (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Slane, the Duke of Richmond's fine br. c. Red Hart (who stood sixteen-two), by Venison, and his b. c. Halo, by Mus (H. Bell), Mr. Mostyn's br. c. Planet, and his b. c. Gabbler, both by Bay Middleton, and twenty-two others; 5 to 2 against Conyngham, 5 to 1 against Cossack, 7 to 1 against Van Tromp, and 20 to 1 against War Eagle. Gabbler (ridden by Kitchener) showed the way, followed by Cossack, Conyngham and War Eagle. After a few strides, Cossack went in front, materially increasing the pace. At Tattenham Corner War Eagle was second, and Conyngham third, who was headed by Van Tromp on crossing the road. Cossack was never caught, and won by a length, four lengths dividing second and third. Very early in the race Mr. Irwin's b. c. Oxonian, by Wintonian (ridden by Sly), struck with great force into Van Tromp's heels, which caused him to swerve consider- ably, or he would have given the winner some trouble. At Ascot, ;st 4lbs, w. o. for the Swinley Stakes. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Templeman), ran second in the St. Leger, won by Van Tromp (which see). At Newmarket (Second October), 8st 6lbs (Alfred Day), not placed in the Cesarewitch, of ^1595, won by Mr. Disney's ch. c. Caurouch (bred in Ireland), by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, 7st (W. Abdale), beating Mr. Parr's ch. f. Giselle, by Stockport, four years, 6st I2lbs (F. Butler), second, Mr. Greville's ch. f. Geraldine, by The Saddler, four years, 5st i2lbs, third, War Eagle, 8st 1 lb, and twenty-five others. 1848. At Goodwood, for four years old, 8st each (Templeman), in a sweep- stakes of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., twenty-six subscribers (^3600), was beaten by Van Tromp, by one hundred yards. S. mg., ost 3lbs 32 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (Templeman), not placed for the Cup, won by Van Tromp (C. Marlow), 9st 3lbs. 1849. At Chester, 9st lib (F. Butler), ran' second for the Cup (val. ,£2455), won by Mr. Stebbings' b. c. Malton, by Sheet Anchor, four years, 6st iolbs (Fenn), beating Mr. Gregory's br. c. Loup-garou, by Lanercost, three years, 4st iolbs (Hiett), third, Chanticleer, Lady Wildair and twenty-two others ; 5 to 1 against Lady Wildair, 9 to 1 against Cossack, and 12 to 1 against Chanticleer. At Ascot, 9st 7lbs (Templemsn), for the Queen's Vase, won by Lord Exeter's b. c. Glenalvon, by Coronation, three years, 7st 3lbs (Pettit), Cossack ran a dead heat for second place with Lord Derby's br. f. Canezou, by Melbourne, four years, 8st i3lbs (Butler), won by a short head; 5 to 4 against Canezou, 6 to 4 against Cossack, and 10 to 1 against Glenalvon. S. mg., gst (Templeman), ran third for the Cup, won by Van Tromp, 9st (Marlow). 1850. At Chester, 9st 2lbs (Templeman), not placed for the Cup (val. ,£2345), won by Major Pitt's br. c. Mounseer, by St. Francis, four years, 6st 9lbs (Dockeray), beating Mr. Isaac Day's b. h. Cockermouth, by Lanercost, five years, 6st iolbs, second; also, Mr. J. Merry's b. f. Miss Ann (dam of Scottish Chief), by the Little-known (brother to Little Wonder), Lord Howth's ch. h. Peep-o'-day-Boy (winner of the Chester Cup in 1848), by Harkaway, br. m. Ellerdale, by Lanercost (winner o the Great Yorkshire Stakes in 1847), an<^ twenty others. At Goodwood, 9st 2lbs (Templeman), ran third for the Cup, won by Canezou, five years, gst 7lbs (F. Butler), beating Mr. C. Greville's br. c. Cariboo, by Venison, three years, 7st 4lbs (J. Charlton), and five others. At Warwick, 8st 81bs (Templeman), was not placed in the Leamington Stakes, of ,£955, won by Mr. Meeson's br. f. Doubt, by Gladiator, four years, 6st 4lbs (W. Sharpe), beating Mr. Drinkald's ch. c. Juggler, by Sleight of Hand, four years, 6st 3lbs (A. Pavis), second, Mr Osbaldeston's ch. h. Fugleman, by The Saddler, five years, 6st 9lbs (J. Charlton), third, b. f. Miss Ann, and nine others. Ran once more, this year, without success. COSSACK'. 33 1851. At Goodwood, 8st iolbs (A. Day), ran second for the Cup, won by Mr. Martinson's b. f. Nancy, by Pompey (son of Emilius), three years, ;st (J. Charlton), beating also Lord Lurgan's b. c. Cnaeus-, by Pompey, three years, 6st iolbs, third, and seven others; won by a head. At Brighton, 8st I3lbs (A. Day), ran second in the Brighton Stakes, won by Lord Waterford's ch. h. Lord George, by Economist, six years, 6st i3lbs (Charlton). Fourteen ran. Value of stakes, .£960. Ran twice more, this year, without success. 1852. At Newcastle, 8st 2lbs, ran third for the Northumberland Plate, won by Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Stilton (winner, this year, of the Great Metro- politan, at Epsom, by Cotherstone, three years, 6st, beating Colsterdale and six others. This was Cossack's last race. " The Druid '' observes, of Cossack, that he was a delightful horse to ride, never pulling, and always as ready as a shot, when he was wanted. A strong pace was his delight, and he could make it for himself; and, except when War Eagle headed him (for a moment only), coming down the hill, he led in the Derby from the warren to the winning post." And, of War Eagle, he says that " he pitched in his slow paces; but that, for a mile, he was immensely fast, and that, for the Doncaster Cup, he followed The Hero just like clock-work, and came the moment Sam Mann touched him with the spur." War Eagle stood fully sixteen hands and one inch high. CEL EBRA TED RA CE HORSES. MIAMI. MIAMI was a b. f., bred by Mr. Isaac Sadler, of Stockbridge, in i §44, and sold to Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart. She was got by Venison, out of Diversion (bred by Mr. Sadler in 1838), by Defence, out of Folly (bred by Mr. Sadler in 1830), by Middleton (son of Phantom), out of Little Folly, by Highland Fling (son of Spadille), out of Harriet, by Volunteer, out of a mare by Highflyer, her dam, by Herod, out of Miss- Middleton, by Regulus, out of Camilla, by a son of Bay Bolton, her dam, by Bartlett's Childers, out of a mare by Honywood's White Arabian, out of the dam (bred by Mr. Bowes, of Gibside) of the Two True Blues, by the Byerley Turk. Miami was really a bay roan filly, standing fifteen hands and one inch high, possessing a very handsome blood-like head and neck, good shoulders, great depth in the girth, rather a long back, good quarters, very muscular thighs, and capital legs and feet. She was slight in the bone, and trained very light. Taken altogether, she was a wiry, game little filly. She had no white whatever, save a st,ar in the forehead, and a few grey hairs just on the top of the tail. Miami's Performances. 1846. At Newmarket, for two years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (Sly), won the July Stakes, of ^"850, beating Colonel Peel's br. f. Vert- Vert, by Venison (Nat), by a length, Cossack (A. Day), third, Colonel Anson's b. c. Don Caesar, by Don John (F. Butler), Lord Exeter's ch. c. Tanais, by Hetman-Platoff (S. Mann), and his b. f. Cosachia, by He'tman- Platoff and three others ; 7 to 4 on Cossack, who made the running to MIAMI. 35 the top of the hill, where Miami assumed the lead, taking her field along at rare speed, followed by Cossack, second, Vert-Vert, third, Don Caesar, fourth, and Tanais next, all close up with the leader. At the half- distance, Vert- Vert passed Cossack, and made a great effort to collar Miami ; but Sir Joseph's game filly stalled off the challenge, holding her own to the end, and winning by a good length. Cossack was beaten by a neck for second place, an'd Don Caesar was a good fourth. The pace throughout was very fast. A neck only divided second and third. S. mg., colts Sst 7lbs, fillies 8st 4.1bs (F. Butler), Miami, carrying 8st 1 3lbs, ojbs extra, ran second for the Chesterfield Stakes, of ^560, won by Lord Eglinton's b. f. Nerissa, by Launcelot (Job Marson), beating Lord Lons- dale's b. c. Ibrahim Pacha, by Camel, third, bl. c. Doctor Goodall, by The Provost, ch. f. Lady Lurewell, by Hornsea, Vert- Vert, and Cosachia ; 9 to 4 against Ibrahim, and 5 to 1 each against Miami and Vert- Vert. Vert-Vert (J. Chappie) took the lead, closely followed by Nerissa and Ibrahim Pacha, Miami being next, two lengths behind. In this order they ran to the rise of the hill, where Nerissa went in front, Miami taking second place. At the distance, Miami got to Nerissa's head ; but the extra weight began now to tell, and a very fine race home ended in Nerissa's favour by a very short neck. Vert- Vert was fourth ; all the rest beaten off. Vert- Vert carried 4.1bs extra. 1847- At Newmarket, Craven, Sst (J. Marson), in a sweep of 50 sovs. each, six subscribers, p. p. (^250), Miami was beaten by the Duke of Rich- mond's b. c. Halo, by Mus, 8st ylbs (Nat), who set off at score, was never caught, and won by a length ; even betting. At Epsom (Templeman) won the Oaks, of ,£4125, beating Mr. Payne's b. f. Clementina (winner of the 1000 Guineas), by Venison (Nat), Captain Harcourt's br. f. Eller- dale (Marson), third, b. f. Cosachia (W. Abdale), fourth, also Sir C. Monck's b. f. Gaiety, by Touchstone (F. Butler), Mr. Mostyn's br. f. Slander, by Pantaloon, Mr. Brook's br. f. Luminous, by Lanercost, Mr. Crockford's b. f. Kite, by Buzzard, Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. Lady Lurewell, Lord Strathmore's b. f. Sultana, by Hetman-Platoff, Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Vanity, by Camel, Mr. Clifton's br. f. Brown Bess, by D 2 36 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Camel, b. f. Lady Lift, by Sir Hercules, b. f. Alsatia, by Lanercost, and nine others; 7 to 4 against Clementina, 11 to 2 against Slander, 9 to 1 against Miami, 10 to 1 against Ellerdale, and 14 to 1 against Alsatia. Miami took the lead, followed by Cosachia, Luminous (Cartwright) and Ellerdale, Clementina and Slander (Bartholomew) going on next. At the, top of the hill, Cosachia and Ellerdale passed Miami, the former carrying on the run- ning till they had made the turn, when Miami regained the lead, which she kept to the end. After crossing the road, Ellerdale and Clementina passed Cosachia, and at the half-distance, Clementina headed Ellerdale, but could not reach Miami. A good length separated each of the first four, Gaiety was fifth, and Slander sixth. At Ascot, for three years old, 8st 81bs (Marson), ran third in the Welcome Stakes, of ^620, won by the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Red Hart, 8st 7lbs (Nat), beating Mr. Mostyn's br. f. The Swallow, by Lanercost, 8st 2lbs (J. Holmes), by a length, and four others ; 6 to 4 against Miami, 5 to 2 against The Swallow, and 6 to 1 against Red Hart. S. mg., 9st (Marson), in the Coronation Stakes, of ^700, was beaten, half a length, by Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 8st 7lbs (W. Abdale): only two ran ; 2 to 1 on Miami. At Stock- bridge, 8st 3lbs (F. Butler), was not placed in a sweep of ^850 won by Red Hart, 8st 9lbs (Nat), beating Mr. Mostyn's b. c. Crozier, by Lanercost, 8st 6lbs (H. Bell), by five lengths, Mr. Griffiths' b. f. Lady Lift, 8st 6lbs, and b. f. Sultana; 7 to 4 on Red Hart. At Newmarket (First October), 8st 4lbs (Marson), was third and last in the St. Leger Stakes, won by Mr. Pedley's b. c. Foreclosure, by Sheet Anchor, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), beating br. c. Ziska, by Clearwell, 8st 7lbs, by a neck. Miami led, at a good pace, to the Duke's Stand, where she turned rusty and flatly refused to go on. S. mg., 8st 7lbs, received 100 sovs. (compromise) from Lord Eglinton's Nerissa, 8st 3lbs, match for 300 sovs. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst 7lbs (Marson), match for 200 sovs, beat Lord Glasgow's b. f. by The Provost, three years, 7st 1 1 lbs (Nat) ; 6 to 4 on Miami. Lord Glasgow's filly made the running to the half-distance, when Miami closed with her, and won, after an exciting finish, by a head. 1848. At Goodwood, 7st 4lbs (S. Mann), not placed for the Chesterfield Cup, MIAMI. 37 won by Mr. Drinkalcl's b. h. The Marquis of Conyngham, by Slane, five years, ;st 3lbs, beating twelve others. At Brighton, 7st 5lbs (S. Mann), won .£130, beating Lord Clifden's br. f. Sagacity, by Theon, four years, 7st I2lbs (Nat), by a length, and five others. At Lewes, 9st 6lbs (S. Mann), for the Queen's Plate was beaten by Mr. H. Hill's ch. h. Pyrrhus I. (Derby winner in 1846), five years, iost (A. Day). At Canterbury, ost 6lbs (Sly), for the Queen's Plate was again beaten by Pyrrhus 1. iost (A. Day). Her last race. 38 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. VAN TROMP. VAN TROMP was a brown colt, bred by H. Vansittart, Esq., in 1844, and sold to the Earl of Eglinton. He was got by Lanercost, out of Barbelle (bred by Mr.. Vansittart in 1836), by Sandbeck (son of Catton), out of Darioletta (bred by Mr. Vansittart in 1822), by Amadis (son of Don Quixote), out of Selima (bred by Mr. Vansittart in 18 10), by Selim, out of a mare (bred by Lord Grosvenorin 1794), by PotSo's, out of Editha (foaled 1781J, by Herod, out of Elfrida (bred by Jenison Shafto, Esq., in 1768), by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea, by Regulus, "her dam, by Bartlett's Childers, out of a mare by Honywood's Arabian, her dam, by the Byerley Turk, which was also the dam of the Two True Blues. It was a long time before the Emperor Nicholas of Russia could make up his mind to purchase Van Tromp, which Mr. Kirby, of York, had offered to the Czar's agent, Colonel Schreider, for 2000 gs. The Emperor had seen Van Tromp's portrait, and did not like his neck ; but, the Colonel assuring him that he had now a very fine crest, the bargain was concluded, and Van Tromp sent to Russia, where he became a great favourite with the Czar. Van Tromp's Performances. At Liverpool, for two years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 4lbs (Marson), won the Mersey Stakes, of ^425, beating Lord Caledon's b. c. Wanota, by Simoom (Marlow), second, Mr. Merry's b. f. The Maid of Motherwell, by Lanercost, Lord Stanley's b. f. Meeane, by Touchstone, and five others. At Goodwood, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (Marson), won the I'.IN TROMP. 39 Lavant Stakes, of .£850, beating Mr. Payne's Clementina (Nat) by a head, also, Lord Geo. Bentinck's b. f. Archness, by Bay Middleton, his b. c. Vice-Consul, by Plenipo, and six others ; 6 to 4 each against The Van and Clementina. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (Marson), won the Champagne Stakes, of .£1075, beating Mr. Mostyn's br. c. Planet, by Bay Middleton (Nat), second, Mr. W. Scott's ch. c. Christopher, by Hampton (owner), third, br. f. Ellerdale (T. Lye), fourth, and three others ; even on Planet. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st 7lbs, match for 500 sovs., received 50SOVS. compromise from the Duke of Bedford's b. c. Eothen, by Erymus, 7st 7lbs, both two years old. 1847. At Epsom (Marson) ran third in the Derby, won by Cossack (which see). At Newcastle, for three years old, 8st /lbs each (Marson), won the North Derby, of ^445, beating Lord Zetland's b. c. Helias, by Laner- cost, Mr. Taylor's br. c. George Hudson, by Colwick, third, and ch. c. Christopher (now Mr. S. Conway's), last. S. mg., 8st 7lbs each (Marson), won the Gateshead Stakes, of ^350, beating Mr. J. Scott's b. c. Tim Whiffler, by Voltaire (P. Butler), by four lengths. Van Tromp made all the running, was never approached, and won in a canter, hard held. At Liverpool (July), 8st 8lbs (Marson), won the St. Leger Stakes, oi £iooo, beating Mr. Mostyn's hr. f. The Swallow, by Lanercost, Sst 6lbs, 3lbs extra for winning the Dee Stakes at Chester (J. Holmes), very easily, and Mr. Lane-Fox's br. c. Executor (winner of the Liverpool July Cup in 1848), by Voltaire, last. At Goodwood, 8st 7lbs each (Marson), ran second in the Racing Stakes, of ,£1150, won by Planet (F. Butler), Red Hart, by Venison (Nat), being third and last. At starting, Red Hart led by two lengths, Van Tromp being next, with Planet close at his heels. They ran thus to the distance, where Van Tromp took the lead, Planet being second. At the stand, Planet challenged, and, through Frank Butler's fine jockeyship, just won by half a length, Red Hart a bad third. At Doncaster (Marson), won the Great St. Leger of ^3275, beating Cossack (Templeman), second, Lord Eglinton's b. c. Eryx (winner, this year, of the Northumberland Plate), third (Marlow), also br. c. Planet, Mr. 4o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Lane-Fox's br. c. Philosopher, by Voltaire (F. Butler.), Mr. Meeson's b. c. Jovial, by Jereed (son of Sultan), br. f. The Swallow, and Mr. Pedley's b. c. Foreclosure, by Sheet Anchor, out of Mortgage ; 5 to 4 on Cossack, 4 to 1 against The Van, 1 1 to 2 against. Foreclosure, 7 to 1 against Planet, and 12 to 1 against Eryx, by St. Martin (son of Actseon). Cossack took a clean lead at starting, followed by Van Tromp, Jovial (Whitehouse), and Eryx. At the hill, Eryx passed Jovial, and, shortly after, headed Van Tromp, Jovial being fourth. At the mile-post, Foreclosure passed Jovial ; and, in making the last turn, Marson took The Van into the second place. At the distance, he went up to Cossack's head, ran with him for fifty yards, and then took the lead, increased it as he went, and won very easily by a couple of lengths. Eryx was ten lengths in the rear of Cossack, Jovial four lengths from Eryx. Mr. Pedley had declared to win with Foreclosure (A. Day). S. mg., w. o. for the Gascoigne Stakes (^150). 1848. At Goodwood, 8st 7lbs each (Marlow), won a sweep of 300 sovs., half forfeit, twenty-six subscribers (val. ^3600), beating Cossack (Temple- man) by upwards of one hundred yards ; 7 to 4 on The Van. At Good- wood, qst 3lbs (Marlow), won the Cup, of .£570, beating Baron de Maltzahn's ch. c. Armin, by Sir Hercules, three years, 6st 4lbs (Geo. Dockeray), by a length, Lord Glasgow's b. m. Miss Sarah (winner of the Great Yorkshire Stakes in 1845), by Gladiator, six years, 8st i2lbs (Nat), a bad third, also (not placed), Lord Clifden's br. h. Footstool, by The Saddler, five years, o,st (jibs (Robinson), Mr. Merry's gr. h. Chanticleer, five years, ost gibs (Marson), ch. f. Maid of Masham, by Don John, three years, 6st 6lbs (J. Prince), Cossack, Qst 3IDS, and two others; 6 to 4 on The Van, 9 to 2 against Chanticleer, 12 to 1 against Miss Sarah, and 20 to 1 against Cossack, gst 3lbs (Templeman). Miss Sarah was a bad third. At Doncaster, 9st 3lbs- (Marlow), ran third and last for the Cup, won by Chanticleer, five years, 8st i2lbs (Nat), beating Captain (after- wards Admiral) Harcourt's br. f. Ellerdale, four years, 8st 2lbs (Marson), easily by two lengths ; 7 to 4 on The Van, 3 to 1 against Chanticleer, and 5 to 1 against Ellerdale. VAN 'FROM P. 41 1849. At Ascot, 9«t (Chas. Marlow), two and a half miles, won the Emperor of Russia's Plate,* of 500 sovs., with sweep of 260 sovs., beating Chanti- cleer, 9st 3lbs (Nat), by half a length, ch. c. Cossack, five years, 9st (Templeman), third, and Mr. Rolt's b. h. Collingwood, by Sheet Anchor, six years, 9St 3lbs (F. Butler), last. A length between second and third, and a head between third and fourth ; 5 to 4 on Chanticleer, 2 to 1 against The Van, 6 to 1 against Cossack, and 10 to 1 against Colling- wood. The general remark on the course, after the race was over, was that Van Tromp won it in magnificent style, and like a thoroughly good racehorse. This was The Van's last appearance on the Turf. He was subsequently sold to Mr. Kirby, and, as before stated, sent to Russia. The Druid, in " Scott and Sebright," observes of Van Tromp that he " was an exceedingly idle horse, and not at all deficient in speed. The St. Leger day was his best, and he had won his race a mile from home, Never did horse win an Ascot Cup in such unflinching style as Van Tromp ; but if Nat (on Chanticleer) had waited to the stand, instead of trying to take up the running soon after the last turn, Marlow never would have got a pull, and Van never could have answered so gamely to the whip as he did. Single-handed, Chanticleer ought always to have got the last run, and beaten him ; but there was hardly 3lbs between them either way." * This gift of the Emperor Nicholas was not continued by his successor, Alexander, it having been withdrawn at the outbreak of the Crimean War, and never renewed. 42 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. PEEP-O'-DAY-BOY. PEEP-O'-DAY-BOY was a chestnut colt, bred in Ireland by J. O'Reilly, Esq., in 1844, and sold to Lord Howth, at the Curragh Meeting, in 1847. He was got by Harkaway, out of Rosetta, by Roller, out of sister to Recruit, by Whalebone, out of a mare by Teddy-the- Grinder, her dam, by Gohanna, out of Catherine (sister to Colibri), by Woodpecker, out of Camilla, by Trentham, out of Coquette, by the Compton-Barb, out of sister to Regulus, by the Godolphin Arabian. Peep-o'- Day- Boy's Performances. 1847- At the Curragh (Ireland), April 21st, 6st 81bs (Foley), won 75 sovs., beating Lord Waterford's ch. f. by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, 7st, and four others. S. mg., 7st lib (Foley) not placed for the Queen's Plate, won by Mr. Whaley's b. c. Burgundy, by Ishmael, four years, 9St 4lbs (Keegan) beating Mr. White's ch. c. Farnham, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, ;st 1 lb (Magee), second, Mr. Watts's b. c. Mogador, by Verulam (son of Lottery) three years, 7st lib (Wynne), third, also Colonel Westenra's br. c. Joc-o'-Sot (winner at the Curragh, in June, of the rich Kirwan Stakes), by Hetman Platoff, three years, 7st lib, and seven others. At the Curragh (June),8st iolbs (Foley), ran second in a sweep of 200 sovs., won by Mr. J. Barrington's ch. c. The Bright Star, by Irish Birdcatcher, 8st iolbs (Conlan), beating Mr. Whaley's b. f. Calcavella, by Irish Bird- catcher, 8st iolbs, and Mr. Preston's b. c. 'The Irish King, by Conjuror (son of Camel), 8st 4lbs, all three years old. Peep-o'-Day-Boy was now sold to Lord Howth for 320 guineas. S. mg. (June), 7st 8lbs (Foley), won £170, beating Mr. Smith Barry's br. h. PEEP-O'-DA Y-DO Y. 43 Sir Arthur, by Arthur (son of the Cole Arabian), five years, 8st 5lbs, and nine others. 1848. Lord Hovvth now sent Peep-o'-Day-Boy over to England, and, at Croxton Park, lost 1 3lbs (ridden by Mr. H. Moore), ran second in the Granby Handicap, of .£480, won by Mr. Blake's ch. c. Ballinafad (bred in Ireland, and winner this year of the Spring Cup, at Liverpool, and the Great Warwickshire Stakes), by Harkaway, four years, 1 ist (Captain White), beating Lord Stanley's ch. c. Bowstring, by Amarath, out of Miss Bowe, four years, list, and five others ; 6 to 4 against Peep-o'-Day-Boy, 5 to 2 against Ballinafad, and .4 to 1 against Bowstring. At Chester, 7st 'Alfred Day), won the Cup of ^2280, beating Mr. Bouverie's br. c. War Eagle (winner, in 1847, of the Doncaster Cup), by Lanercost, four years, 8st 6lbs (J. Marson), second, Sir R. Bulkeley's br. c. Montpensier, by Picaroon (son of Voltaire) four years, 6st I2lbs (Longstaff), third, also Mr. Meiklam's br. m. Inheritress (winner, in 1845, of the Northumberland Plate, in 1847, of the Liverpool July Cup, and, this year, of the Cheshire Stakes, the Cup at Shrewsbury, the Nottingham and Chesterfield Handi- caps, the Lothian, Caledonian, and Richmond Handicaps, the Cup at Wolverhampton, and two Queen's Plates), by The Saddler, aged, 8st 6lbs (Cartwright), Lord Strathmore's (late Lord Howth's) ch. h. Rat-trap (a very successful runner in Ireland), by Ratcatcher, five years, 8st 4lbs, Mr. Meiklam's bl. h. Lightning (winner of the Liverpool July Cup in 1846), by Sheet Anchor, aged, 8st 2lbs, Sir R. Pigott's b. c. Conyngham (winner, in 1847, of the 2000 Guineas), by Slane, four years, 8st, Mr. Skerratt's br. h. Intrepid (winner of the Chester Cup in 1845), D>' Accident (son of Camel), aged, 6st i2lbs, Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Glen Saddel (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan Stakes, at Epsom), three years, 5st, ch. colt, Ballinafad, four years, 6st nibs, Lord Chester- field's br. f. Mrs. Taft (winner of the Cesarewitch in 1 85 1 ), by Don John, three years, 5st 4lbs, and twenty-three others ; 7 to 1 against Peep-o'- Day-Boy, 8 to 1 against War Eagle, 10 to 1 each against Glen Saddel and Lightning, and 16 to 1 against Inheritress. At Manchester, 7st 8lbs (A. Day), ran second for the Cup, of ^"975, won by Mr. B. Green's b. c. 44 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Swiss Boy, by Lanercost, three years, 5st 5lbs (W. Basham) ; four ran ; 3 to I on Peep-o'-Day-Boy, and 5 to 1 against Swiss Boy (winner, this year, of the Gold Cup at Newton). 1849. At Epsom (Spring), 8st 7lbs (A. Day), ran second in the Great Metro- politan Stakes, of ^1640, won by Sir Joseph Hawley's b. c. Fernhill (winner, also, this year, of the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, of ,£1225), by Ascot (son of Reveller), four years, 6st i^lbs (Pearl), beating Mr. Gordon's b. c. Do-the-Boys (late Borneo), by Cotherstone, three years, 5st (Hiett), third, Mr. Griffiths' ch. c. Hagley, by Sir Hercules, four years, 6st 4lbs (W. Sharp), fourth, also (not placed) Mr. Osbaldeston's ch. c. Fugle- man, by The Saddler, four years, 6st 1 3lbs, Mr. B. Green's b. c. Flatcatcher (winner, in 184S, of the 2000 Guineas, the Dee Stakes, at Chester, and the St. Ledger Stakes, at Liverpool, and, this year, of the Port Stakes, at Newmarket, and Queen's Plates, at Chester and Shrewsbury), by Touch- stone, four years, 8st, and ten others ; betting, 5 to 2 against Peep-o'- Day-Boy, 5 to 1 against Fernhill, 7 to 1 against Flatcatcher, and 10 to 1 against Do-the-Boys. Won by a neck. 1850. At Chester, ost (A: Day), not placed for the Cup, won by Major Pitt's b. c. Mounseer (which see). At Ascot, o,st (A. Day), ran last for the Emperor of Russia's Plate, won by the Flying Dutchman.* 1851. At Northampton, 8st i3lbs (A. Day), ran third in the Trial Stakes, won by Mr. Rogers' b. g. King Charming (winner also, at this meeting, of the Delapre and the Cup Stakes), by Orlando, three years, 6st (Hammond), beating Major Martyn's b. c. The Swede, by Charles XII., 8st (Wm. Abdale), four years old, by a length, and two others ; 5 to 4 on Peep-o'-Day-Boy, 5 to 1 against The Swede, and 10 to 1 against King Charming. S. mg., iost 4lbs, two miles (A. Day), won tht; * After this race Lord Howth sold Peep-o'-Day-Boy to Mr. J. Arnold; and a.t the close of his racing career, he was advertised to cover at Duddinghill Farm, Willesden, Middlesex. PEEP-a -DAY-BOY. 45 Queen's Plate, beating Lord Wm. Powlett's (late Mr. G. H. Johnstone's) bl. m. Priestess (winner, in 1850, of the Great Northamptonshire Stakes of .£1260, of the Cup, at Warwick, and of Queen's Plates, at Edinburgh, York, and Leicester), by The Doctor (son by Dr. Syntax), five years, Qst i2lbs (Sam Rogers), easily by two lengths ; 5 to 4 on Peep-o'-Day- Boy ; this being his last race. " The Druid,'' in an article entitled " The Foreign Market," page 154 of his work, " Silk and Scarlet," says Colonel Schreider's next purchases were much less happy in his Sovereign's eyes. " Andover, for whom he gave 2000 gs. to SirTatton Sykes, had most certainly light back-ribs, as many of that tribe (the Bay Middletons) have ; but still he was to our mind the nicest mover, and the best type of a Derby horse we ever saw by the old Jersey Bay. We remember lingering, on a Goodwood Cup day, that we might see Him steal along once more with Alfred Day, in a walk over. However, his wide ears, his inclination to turn out his toes, and his roaring were fatal to him. Peep-o'-Day-Boy chiefly was disliked by the Emperor from his somewhat light forelegs, and the high price which had been paid for him. According to the Russian account, 600 gs. was the first sum asked for him, when the Colonel went to look at him at Neasdon-. He would not, however, on that occasion give an answer, though the horse just suited to his mind ; and when, shortly afterwards, he sent to say that he would take him, the price was raised to 1200 gs., and after another demur, to 1600 gs., at which price the Colonel at length closed the bargain,' and sent in fury to fetch him away." Colonel Schreider was the Emperor Nicholas's accredited agent in England for the purchase of thoroughbred stock, assisted, in his judg- ment, by Mr. Kirby, of York. 46 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. SURPLICE. SURPLICE was a bay colt, foaled in 1845, tKe property of Lord Geo. Bentinck, who sold him, when two years old, to the Hon. E. L. Mostyn, from whom he was subsequently purchased by Lord Clifden, in 1847. He was got by Touchstone, out of Crucifix, by Priam, out of Octaviana, by Octavian (a son of Stripling, by Phcenomenon), out of a mare by Shuttle, out of Zara (bred by Mr. Garforth in 1801), by Delpini (son of Highflyer), out of Flora, by King Fergi*s, out of Atalanta (bred by Mr. Coates, of Castle Leavington, near Yarm, Yorks, in 1769), by Match'em, out of Lass of the Mill, by Oroonoko (son of Crab), out of sister to Lass of the Mill, by old Traveller, out of Miss Makeless, by Young Greyhound. Surplice was foaled very early, on the 24th of January, 1845 ; and Lord George took some heavy Derby bets about him, at Goodwood, in that same year, the year in which he carried off both the Goodwood Stakes and Cup with Miss Elis. At the end of the following year, Lord George took his measure, and found him to be fifteen hands, and rather leggy. About this time he met with two accidents. The first snowstorm he was out in terrified him so much that he .dashed at a stone wall, and performed a most complete somersault into an adjoining garden. That did him no harm ; but, when he was being lunged, he made a slip, and lay with his fore and hind feet in so perilous a position as to indicate some injury to his back. Luck again favoured him, as he soon jumped up unhurt. Lord George bitterly regretted having parted with a Derby and St. Leger Surplice's Performances. 1847. At Goodwood (now Mr. Mostyn's), for two years old, 8st iolbs (Nat), SURPLICE. -17 won the Ham Stakes (,£2250), beating Mr. T. Dawson's br. c. Liston, by The Doctor, Sst 4.1bs (Templeman), second, Mr. J. Day's b. f. Anglia, by Venison, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), third, Lord Chesterfield's b. f. Distaffina, by Don John, Sst 4lbs, fourth, Colonel Anson's br. f. Contessa, by Colwick, Sst ylbs, and Lord Eglinton's b. f. Astrcea, by Touchstone ; 7 to 4 on Surplice, who took the lead, and kept it, winning easily by two lengths. S. mg., colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 3lbs (Nat), won a Produce Stakes,- of 300 sovs. each, p. p., eight subscribers (val. £2 100), beating Mr. Dixon's br. f- Hope, by Touchstone (A. Day), by three lengths, Lord Glasgow's b. c. Clerk of the Council, by Don John (J. Holmes), third, and b. c. Load- stone (also Mr. Mostyn's), by Touchstone, last ; 3 to 1 on Surplice. At Doncaster, Sst 7lbs (Nat), won the Municipal Stakes of ^"rooo, beating Sir R. Bulkeley's b. f. Miss Orbell, by Jereed, Sst 4lbs (Templeman), in a canter, by two lengths. Any odds on Surplice ; only two ran. 1848. ' At Epsom (Templeman), won the Derby, of ^5550, beating Mr. Bowes's b. c. Spring Jack, by Hetman Platoff (F. Butler), by a neck, Mr. B. Green's bl. c. Shylock, by Simoom (S. Mann), third, Mr. Payne's b. c. Glendower, by Slane (Nat), fourth, also' Lord Eglinton's b. c. Eagle's Plume, by Lanercost, Major Pitt's b. c. Fern, by Venison, Sir J. Mill's b. c. Deer-stalker, by Venison, Mr. J. Day's b. c. Nil Desperandum, by Venison, ch. c. Fugleman, by The Saddler, b. c. Loadstone, and seven others ; even on Surplice, 4 to 1 against Glendower and Nil Desperandum, 14 to 1 against Shylock and Spring Jack. At Goodwood Sst iolbs (Robin- son), ran second in the Gratwicke Produce Stakes, of ^"2300, won by Dis- taffina, 8st 2lbs (Nat), by a length, the Duke of Richmond's b. f. Hornpipe, by Sheet Anchor, Sst 5IDS, third, and Mr. Bowes's ch. f. Wiasma, by Het- man Platoff, 7st I3lbs, last ; 5 to 2 on Surplice, and 3 to 1 against Wiasma. S. mg., ost 2lbs (Robinson), ran third and last in the Racing Stakes, of £'foo, won by Glendower, Sst I3lbs (Nat), beating Colonel Anson's b. c. Corsican, by Venison, Sst 7lbs (F. Butler), by a length ; 13 to S on Surplice, and 5 to 2 against Glendower. At Doncaster, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 2lbs (Nat), won the Great St. Leger, of ^"3075, beating Lord Stanley's br. f. Canezou (winner of the 1000 Guineas), by Melbourne (F. Butler), by a neck, Mr. B. 48 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Green's b. c. Flatcatcher (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Touchstone (Robinson), third, also his b. c. Assault, by Touchstone, the Duke of Bed- ford's b. c. Justice to Ireland, by Irish Birdcatcher, Mr. Parr's b. c. Sponge, by Ascot (a son of Reveller), Lord Stanley's gr. c. Cannibal, by Cain (started to make the running for Canezou), b. c. Escape, by Lanercost, and b. c. Besborough by Quid (son of Tramp). These comprised the field; 7 to 4 against Canezou, 9 to 4 against Surplice, and 7 to 2 against Flatcatcher ; beaten three lengths from Canezou. S. mg., w. o. for the North of Eng- land Produce Stakes (forfeits ^750). At Newmarket (First October), 8st 7lbs each (Robinson), won the "Grand Duke Michael," of ^"i 100, beating Flatcatcher (Nat) by a length; 1 1 to 4 on Surplice. At New- market (Second October), 8st 5lbs (Robinson), not placed in the Cesare- witch, won by The Cur, six years, Sst 3lbs. 1849. At Goodwood, 9st (Robinson), not placed for the Chesterfield Cup, won by Mr. Nicoll's ch. c. Woolwich, by Chatham, three years, 6st, beating Mr. Payne's b. c. Crucible, by Touchstone, three years, 5st 7lbs (Charlton), second, Collingwood, 6 years, 9st Slbs,. and seven others ; 6 to 4 on Sur- plice. At Newmarket (Second October), w. o. for forfeits in a sweep of 1000 sovs. each, 400 sovs. forfeit, three subscribers (val. _£8oo). At Newmarket (Ho.), paid 100 sovs. forfeit to Mr. Rolt's b. h. Colling- wood. 1850. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs (Pearl), match for 300 sovs., was beaten by the Duke of Bedford's b. f. St. Rosalia, by St. Francis, four years, ^st 5lbs, and now retired to the stud. ^RmmMfe . tow 5o CEL EBRA TED R A CE HORSES. and the Danebury stable ; but it was as the trusted commissioner of Lord George Bentinck that the name of Harry Hill will live longest in racing lore. He died full of years, wealthy, and highly respected for his honest conduct in every transaction in which he was engaged. Cymba's Performances. 1848. At Epsom (ridden by Sim' Templeman), won the Oaks, of ^42°°. beating Mr. Quin's b. f. Attraction, by Touchstone (J. Robinson), second, Mr. Foljambe's ch. f. Queen of the May, by Sir Hercules (Bumby), third ; also, Mr. Bowes' ch. f.Wiasma, by Hetman Platoff (F. Butler), Mr. Dixon's b. f. Do-it-again, by Venison (A. Day), and his br. f. Hope, by Touchstone (Wm. Day), Mr. Pedley's br. f. Lady Mary, by Lanercost, Col. Peel's bl. f. Iodine, by Ion (Nat), Mr. Conway's ch. f. Lady Elizabeth, by Sleight- of-Hand (Whitehouse), Lord Exeter's ch. f. Gardenia (winner, this year, of the Queen's Vase, at Ascot), by Beiram, Mr. Cookson's ch. f. Cam- phine, by The Provost (H. Bell), Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Vexation (second to Lord Stanley's Canezou in the 1000 Guineas), by Touchstone (J. Marson), Mr. Bouverie's br.-f. Prairie Bird (third in the 1000 Guineas), by Gladiator (W. Boyce), and thirteen others. Betting, at starting, 5 to 2 against Do-it- again (winner of the Weston Stakes at Bath), 7 to 2 against Wiasma, 6 to 1 against Iodine (winner, in 1847- of the July Stakes at Newmarket), 7 to 1 against Cymba, 8 to 1 against Queen of the May (winner of the Filly Stakes at York), and 20 to 1 against Prairie Bird. At Ascot, 7st Slbs (i4lbs extra), ridden by Alfred Day, ran fourth and last for the Queen's Vase, won by Gardenia, 6st Slbs (J. Sharpe), beating Lord Clifden's br.h. Footstool, five years, ost 7lbs (Robinson), second, br. f. Ellerdale, by Lanercost, four years, 8st gibs (Marson), third ; 7 to 4 each against Cymba and Ellerdale, 3 to 1 against Footstool, and 6 to 1 against Gardenia. Cymba was now sold to Sir J. B. Mill, Bart. 1849. At Epsom, 8st 4lbs (A. Day), not placed for the Grand Stand Plate, of ^"510, won by Lord Exeter's ch. c. Swordplayer, by Gladiator, four years, CYMBA. 51 ~st albs (Nat), beating Colonel Anson'sb. c. Backbiter (winner, in 1S50, of the Great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom), by Gladiator, four years, jrst 6lbs, and five others. At Ascot, ;st 9lbs (A. Day), not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup of ^730, won by Collingwood (which see). At Newmarket (Second October), 7st 4.1bs, in a Handicap Plate of 100 soys., was beaten by Lord Clifden's b. h. Wanota, by Simoom, and did not start again. She beat a field of good fillies in the Oaks (some better than herself), but did not sustain her character in her subsequent running. ' 5 2 CELEB R A TED RA CEHORSES^ THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. T HE FLYING DUTCHMAN was a brown colt, bred by H .Vansittart,Esq.,in 1846, and sold to the Earl of Eglinton. He was got by Bay Middleton, out of Barbelle, by Sandbeck (son of Catton), out of Darioletta, by Amadis, out of Selima, by Selim, out of a mare by Potgo's out of Editha, by Herod, out of Elfrida, by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea, by Regulus, her dam, by Bartlett's Childers, out of a mare by Honywood's White Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues, by the Byerley Turk, bred by John Bowes, Esq., of Gibside Park, Durham. The Flying Dutchman was foaled on the 27th of February, 1846. "Old Barbelle, his dam," observes "The Druid," " had been sold, some years after the Dutchman's birth, for 40 sovs., at auction, and sent to Ashgill with a filly foal by Pottinger, at her foot. The two were soon separated ; and for a while, indulged in a succession of -responsive bewailings. The mare old and ragged, was placed in a cart stable; and, with her light neck and drooping quarters, looked more like a worn-out hack than a blood brood mare that had produced three yearlings which fetched IOoo gs. a-piece, one of them credited with a Derby and St. Leger and Ascot Cup, and another with a St. Leger, and the Ascot and Goodwood Cups " The Dutchman's feet could never get him well through dirt, in which Master Henry (Orville's game and plucky son) actually revelled. Before The Dutchman was sent to France, he was leased to the Raw- cliffe Stud Company ; but got nothing of high class, except Ignoramus and Fly-by-Niaht. At the Goodwood Meeting, of 1858, Mr. Phillips offered ^4600 for him ; but ^5000, and nothing less, was the response. He was eventually sold for ^4000, and sent to France. Marlow was perfectly delighted when he first mounted The Dutchman, and followed Van Tromp up the gallop ; and, on returning with him, remarked to the Trainer, Fobert, that he "had never been on such an one. i mare bv p, out of >fa mare The ,eger and oodwood li dirt, in revelled, he Raw- inoramus ■. Phillips response. i an one. ,1 I '- • If •III • • • 77//: FLYING DUTCHMAN. 53 before." His stride was enormous ; and, at the end of his two year old season, the Turf savans declared that the magnificent son of Hay Middleton had never been extended. Marlow considered that The Dutch- man stayed better as he grew older ; the fact, however, being that his speed was so tremendous that no horse could get him out. The Dutchman's Performances. 1 848. At Newmarket, for two years old, colts 8st /lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (Marlow), won the July Stakes, of ^11 10, beating Colonel Peel's br. f Quinine, by Ion (Nat), second, Mr. Gully's b. c. The Jester, by Touchstone (A. Day), third, Lord Exeter's b. c. Turban, by Scutari (son of Sultan), Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Touchy, by Venison, and three others ; 7 to 4 on The Dutchman. S. mg., 8st /lbs each (Marlow), won a sweep of 400 sovs., beating Colonel Peel's br. c. Cracow, by Plenipo (Nat), in a canter, and Lord Chesterfield's br. c. Chicot, by Pantaloon (F. Butler), last. At Liverpool, for two years old, 8st 7lbs (Marlow), won a sweep of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., ten subscribers (val ,£1400), beating Lord Stanley's br. f. Escalade, by Touchstone, 8st 4'.bs (F. Butler), in a canter, Lord Glasgow's br. f. by Lanercost (Holmes), and one other; 7 to 2 on The Dutchman. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (Marlow), won the Champagne Stakes, of ^825, beating Lord Zetland's b. f. Ellen Middleton (the dam of Wild Dayrell), by Bay Middleton (Nat), very easily, Mr. B. Green's b. f. Cigarette, by Melbourne, third, Colonel Anson's b. f. Raillery, by Pantaloon, and Mr. Bell's br. f. Imperatrix, by Velocipede; 3 to 1 on The Dutchman. S. mg., 8st /lbs each (Marlow), won the Two Year Old Stakes, of ^560, beating Mr. B. Green's br. colt Garrick, by Lanercost (Winteringham), by four lengths, Mr. Bell's ch. c. V'elox, by Velocipede, third, and Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Raby (winner, in 1849, of the Cambridgeshire), by The Doctor (son of Dr. Syntax), last ; 6 to 1 on The Dutchman. 1849. At Epsom (Marlow), won the Derby, of ^6425, beating Mr. Godwin's 54 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. br. c. Hotspur, by Sir Hercules (George Whitehouse), by a short neck. Colonel Peel's b. c. Tadmor (sire of Seclusion, the dam of Hermit), by Ion (Nat), third, Lord Clifden's b. c. Honeycomb, by Bay Middleton (Robin- son), fourth ; also, Sir Charles Monck's br. c. Vanguard, by Touchstone, Mr. Bowes' ch. c. The Knout, by Hetman Platoff, Lord Eglinton's b. c. Elthiron (winner of the first City and Suburban, in 1851), by Pantaloon, Mr. A. Nicholl's bl. c. Nunny-Kirk (brother to Newminster, and winner of the 2000 Guineas), Lord Exeter's b. c. Glenalvon (winner, this year, of the Queen's Vase, at Ascot), by Coronation, Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Vatican, by Venison, Mr. Pedley's b. c. Old Dan Tucker (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), by Picaroon, Mr. Gratwicke's br. c- Landgrave (winner, in 1850, of the Cambridgeshire), by Sir Hercules, Mr. F. Nicholl's ch. c. Woolwich (winner, in 1851, of the Ascot Cup), by Chatham, and thirteen others; 2 to 1 each against The Dutchman and Tadmor, 6 to 1 against Nunny-Kirk, 20 to 1 against Vatican, and 50 to 1 against Hotspur. There had been a deal of heavy rain for three days preceding the Derby, and the going was very bad. Twenty-six horses faced the starter ; and, after three attempts, they were all despatched on their journey. Marlow lay in the middle of his horses up to the Milepost, and soon discovered that he could beat everything in the race. At the Furzes The Dutchman had a good length's lead, but appeared anything but comfortable in struggling through the mire. Rounding Tattenham Corner, Hotspur came up most unexpectedly on the right, and looked so like a winner that, for the instant, Marlow could not imagine what it could be. The Dutchman seemed altogether muddled and confused in the deep and holding ground, and perfectly inactive in comparison with his two year old movement. Hotspur, on the contrary, went over the dirt like a swallow, and showed no signs of coming back till within three strides of home, when Marlow, who had a length to make up, struck The Dutchman twice (the only time he ever touched him), and the last stride gave him the " short neck " victory. Whitehouse always maintained that he had won ; and the only response Marlow ever made to this bold assertion was, " You won at the wrong place, George ; you didn't win at Judge Clarke." At Liverpool, w. o. for a Produce Stakes, of £joo, and also for the Bickerstaffe, of ,£150. At Doncaster (Marlow), won the Great THE FL ) 'ING DUTCHM. IN. 55 St. Leger, of /3330, beating Nunny-Kirk (A. Day), by two lengths, Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Vatican (J. Marson), third, Honeycomb (Robinson), fourth, Herbert, by Venison, Westow, by Melbourne, Saucy Dick and Thringaft, both by 1 Ietman Platoff, Old Dan Tucker, and Elthiron ; 9 to 4 on The Dutchman, 15 to 1 against Nunny-Kirk (whom "The Druid" describes as a horse " with slack loins, a sweet head, and sweeter action "), the same against Vatican, and 16 to 1 against Old Dan Tucker. S. mg., w. o. for the Foal Stakes, of ^"400. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst /lbs, D. M., match for 1000 sovs., h. ft., received .£500, forfeit, from Lord Clifden's Honeycomb, Sst 4lbs. At Newmarket (Houghton), osi (Marlow), won the Belvoir Stakes, of2oo'sovs. each, h. ft., six subscribers (6oo), beating Vatican (Templcman), by eight lengths. 1850. At Ascot, Sst 5lbs (Marlow), won the Emperor of Russia's Plate (in lieu of the Cup), with sweep (val. .£760), beating Lord Lonsdale's bl. h. Jericho, by Jerry, aged, ost 3lbs (Sam Rogers), by eight lengths, Lord Stanley's br. m. Canezou (winner of the 1000 Guineas, in 1848, the Good- wood and Doncaster Cups, in 1849, and the Goodwood Cup, in 1850), by Melbourne, five years, Sst iilbs (F. Butler), third, Lord Exeter's b. c. Little Jack, by Slane, three years, 6st iolbs, fourth, and Lord Howth's ch. h. Peep-o' -Day-Boy. by Harkaway, six years, 9st 3lbs ; 7 to 4 on The Dutchman, 2 to 1 against Canezou, and 20 to 1 against Jericho : three lengths between second and third. At Goodwood, for four years old, Sst 7lbs each, three miles and five furlongs (Marlow), won a sweep of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., twelve subscribers (val. ,£1505), beating Vatican (Templeman), by ten lengths. At Doncaster, Sst I2lbs (Marlow), for the Cup, was beaten, half a length, by Lord Zetland's br. c. Voltigeur, three years, 7st 7lbs (Nat) ; 5 to 1 on The Dutchman. Referring to this race, in an obituary notice of poor Charles Marlow, who died in poverty and obscurity in the Devizes workhouse, at the close of October, 18S2, the Daily Tclcgrapli thus writes: "In the Doncaster Cup, of 1850, The Dutchman, aged four years, and with Sst i2lbs in the saddle, encountered, single handed, another winner of the Derby and St. Leger, in Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, aged three years, and carrying seven stone, seven 56 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. pounds. On the preceding Wednesday, Voltigeur had been unable to win the St. Leger until he had first run a dead-heat with Russborough ; and everything pointed to an easy victory (on Friday), for Lord Eglington. The eager layers of odds, at the rate of six to one, on the four year old, were unaware that, for the first time in his life, The Dutchman had refused his food, and was unusually irritable when brought out to exercise. With more ostentation than sagacity, Fobert (his Lordship's trainer), gave the horse on Thursday the most tremendous gallop that perhaps was ever taken over the Doncaster Cup Course,. a gallop of which 'The Druid ' never ceased to speak. When the eventful momtnt approached The Dutchman, contrary to his wont, was unusually fidgety at the start- ing post ; and Fobert, as he held his horse's rein, gave Marlow strict orders to wait upon the three year old until they had got round the Red House corner, and were within six furlongs of home. ' Unfortunately the Jockey was in the condition, depicted by Burns, of one ' o'er all the ills of life victorious.' He had, however, enough self-balance left to know that he was bestriding a great horse ; and, utterly regardless of Fobert's orders, he exclaimed, as the flag fell, ' I'll show them what I have got under me to-day.' There are many still living, who have been familiar with horse- races for fifty years, and who have not yet forgotten the pace at which The Dutchman made the running as he passed the Stand for the first time. Round the turn they flew, and up the hill, The Dutchman still leading, until the Red House was near. Beautifully ridden by Nat, Voltigeur followed a couple of lengths behind his leader, until a little below the distance, when the three year old closed with his hitherto invincible rival. Then, to his amazement, The Dutchman's jockey, sobered by the intensity of his excitement, discovered that there was no steel left in the wonderful animal beneath him. . To this hour, the spectacle presented by Lord Eglinton as, pale with emotion, he leant against the wall of the Jockey Club Stand, has not faded from the memory of those who sympatheti- cally looked on. Once again the two mighty antagonists were to meet ; and, before retiring finally from the Turf, The Dutchman retrieved the laurels torn temporarily from his brow. That his rider, honest as the day, but drunken and improvident, should have died in a workhouse is a sad end to a brilliant career." THE FLYING DUTCH A IAN. 5 7 1S51. At York (Spring), May 13th, Sst S^lbs (Marlow), match for 1000 sovs., two miles, beat Voltigeur, four years, Sst (Nat), by a length. The betting on this great match, at evens, was enormous, the Tykes putting down their money so freely as to imply the greatest confidence in their champion to inflict a second defeat on the renowned Dutchman, whose supporters (and they were legion), were equally assured of his ability to win. The race was most closely and resolutely contested throughout ; but, in no part of it, was the issue ever for a moment in doubt. The Dutchman now quitted the Turf, in the imperishable records of which his name will always occupy a prominent position. 5 3 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. LADY EVELYN. L ADY EVELYN was a brown filly, bred by the Earl of Chesterfield, / in 1846, and got by Don John, out of Industry, by Priam, out of Arachne, by Filho-da-Puta, out of Treasure, by Camillus, out of a mare by Hyacinthus, out of Flora, by King Fergus, out of Atalanta, by Match'em. For remainder of pedigree, see Surplice. Lady Evelyn was so named after one of Lord Chesterfield's daughters, but not till she had won the Oaks. She was a mealy-brown mare, standing fifteen hands one inch and a half high. She had a small blood-like head, a somewhat full and strong neck, with beautiful sloping shoulders. She pos- ' sessed great depth of girth, a good back, fine arms and thighs, with powerful quarters, and good sound wearing legs and feet. Lady Evelyn was, in short, a very handsome model of a racehorse, low and lengthy, without an atom of coarseness anywhere. She was, moreover, a mare of boundless spirit, and great courage, always ran most kindly, always in the greatest stakes and the very best of company. Lady Evelyn's Performances. 1849. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 4lbs (Nat), ran second in the Riddles- worth, of /800, won by the Duke of Bedford's ch. c Sobraon, by Harkaway, 8st 4lbs (F. Butler), beating Colonel Peel's bl. c. Indus, by Ion, 8st 7lbs (S. Rogers), last ; 5 to 4 on Lady Evelyn. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st ;lbs each (F. Butler), was not placed in the 1000 Guineas, won by Mr. Clark's b. f. Flea, by Coronation (A. Day), beat- ing Mr. Greville's b. f. Clarissa, by Pantaloon (Nat), by a head, the Duke of Bedford's b. f. St. Rosalia, by St. Francis (J. Chappie), third, LADY EVELYN. 50 and six others; 6 to 5 against Rosalia, anil 3 to 1 against Clarissa and Lady Evelyn: winner not quoted. At Epsom (E. Butler), won the Oaks, of ,£4525, beating Mr. B. Green's b. f. Lady Superior, by Melbourne (J. Robinson), by a length, Mr. Wreford's b. f. Woodlark, by Venison (A. Day), third, Lord Strathmore's b. f. Eva, by Harkaway (J. Marson), fourth; also, Mr. George Payne's ch. f. Glauca, by Cotherstone, b. f. Escalade, by Touchstone, Lord Exeter's ch. f. Grace, by Beiram, the Duke of Richmond's b. f. Highland Fling, by Venison, b. f. Clarissa, and six others ; 3 to 1 against Lady Evelyn and Glauca, 4 to- r against Clarissa, and 10 to 1 against Woodlark. At Ascot, 9St — ;lbs extra — (Nat), for three years old, fillies only, 8st /lbs each, won the Coronation Stakes, of ,£1050, beating ch. f. Grace (Bartholomew), by two lengths, and Mr. H. Neville's b. f. Letitia, by Sir Hercules (J. Robinson), last ; 5 to 2 on Lady Evelyn. At York, Lady Evelyn was entered for the Yorkshire Oaks, for three years old, fillies only, 8st /lbs each (won by Lord Zetland's b. f. Ellen Middleton), but the Stewards having decided that Lady Evelyn should carry ost 4lbs (11 lbs extra), Lord Chesterfield withdrew her. At Doncaster, for three years old, fillies only, 8st 7II3S each (Nat), won the Park Hill Stakes, of .£750, beating Ellen Middleton (J. Robinson), in a canter, and Mr. Watts' ch. f. Baroness, by Verulam, third and last (F. Butler). At Newmarket (Second October), 7st 7lbs (Nat), ran third in the Cesarewitch, of ^"1525, won by Lord Derby's br. f. Legerdemain (who slipped a foal by Ion the day after this race), by Pantaloon, three years, 5st /lbs (Hiett), beating Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Raby (winner this year of the Cambridgeshire), by The Doctor, three years, 5st ylbs (Arnold), St. Rosalia, 6st 3lbs, third, Vatican, 6st 13U3S, Glen Saddel, four years, 6st 8lbs, and twenty-three others. Vatican, the favourite. Also, received two forfeits of 100 sovs. each. 1850. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 4lbs (Nat), ran second in the Port Stakes, won by Mr. Hill's b. c. Osterley, by Bay Middleton, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), by a neck ; four ran. At Epsom, Sst 6lbs, not placed for the Stand Plate, won by Escape, by Lanercost, five years, ^st lib ; seven ran. Lady Evelyn was now sold to the Earl of Wilton. 6o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1 8 5 1 . At Newton, yst slbs, ran second for the Cup, won by b. f. Abbess of Jerveaux, by Gladiator, four years, 6st. At Newmarket (Houghton), 8st ;lbs (Nat), won 50 sovs., beating six others. 1852. At Chester, 7st Slbs (Nat), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Farrance's b. c. Joe Miller (which see). At Lichfield, 9st nibs (Nat), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Parr's b. c. Weathergage (winner of this year's Cesarewitch, by Weatherbit, three years, Sst 2lbs, in a canter, and three others. At Warwick, 7st i3lbs (Nat), won the Leamington Stakes, of £790, beating Mr. Payne's ch. f., Hirsuta, by Cotherstone, ' three years, 5s! slbs, and seven others. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst 6lbs (F. Butler), ran second in the Cesarewitch, won by Weathergage, 6st nibs (J. Wells), by a neck; twenty-three ran. At Newmarket (Houghton), Sst Slbs (Nat), ran third in the Cambridgeshire, won by Lord Bruce's br. c. Knight of the Shire, by Sir Hercules. '853- At Manchester, Sst 4lbs (Nat), ran second for the Cup, of ^870, won by Mr. T. Dawson's ch. h. Chief Justice, by The Hydra, six years, 7st lolbs (T. Lye), beating Mr. W. I'Anson's br. m. Haricot (dam of Caller-Ou), third, and thirteen others. Lady Evelyn ran in six other races this year, without success, and was put to the Stud. . • I f • If 62 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. three years 5st 3lbs (Hiett), beating Lord Clifden's b. c. St. Antonio, by St. Francis, four years, 5st iolbs (G. Dockeray), second, Mr. Jaques' dark-chestnut colt Chantrey by Touchstone, three years, 6st lib (J. Charlton), third, b. c. Borneo, three years, 6st 7lbs (J. Robinson), and seven others ; 6 to 4 against Borneo, 3 to 1 against St. Antonio, and 10 to 1 against the winner. At Salisbury, ost 7lbs, heats two miles, for the City Bowl and Sweep, was beaten by Mr. I. Sadler's roan filly Antelope, by Venison, four years, iost i2lbs (Donaldson); five ran. Mounseer won the first heat, and closely contested the last two. At Epsom (Autumn), 5st 3lbs (G. Mann), ran third in the Great Handicap, of ^775, won by Mr. Charlton's ch. f. Kiss-away, by Harkaway, three years, 6st (George Dockeray), beating Mr. Wrather's ch. f. Maid of Masham, by Don John, four years, 7st iolbs, by a head, and eight others. At Newmarket (Houghton), 6st lib (Rodney), won a Handicap Plate, of 50 sovs., beating Mr. Douglas' b. c. Sir Gilbert; by Lanercost, three years, 5st i2lbs (Robert Sherwood), second, the Duke of Richmond's b. f. Helter-Skelter, by Venison, four years, }st iolbs (Nat), third, Mr. B. Green's b. c. Flat- catcher (winner, in 1848, of the 2000 Guineas), by Touchstone, four years, 8st 7lbs, and eight others. Even on Mounseer, very freely laid. 1850. At Northampton, 6st i3lbs (Rodney), not placed in the Northampton Stakes, of ^"1260, won by Mr. Dawson's bl. f. Priestess, by The Doctor, four years, 6st iolbs (Arnold), beating Chantrey, four years, 6st 1 3lbs, second, Osterley, four years, 7st, third, and fifteen others ; 7 to 2 against Osterley, 6 to 1 against Mounseer, 8 to 1 against Chantrey, and 40 to 1 against Priestess. At Epsom (Spring), 6st iolbs (J. Charlton), ran second in the Great Metropolitan, of .£784, won by Colonel Anson's b. h. Backbiter, by Gladiator, or Don John, five years, 7st 3lbs (Dockeray), by a short neck, beating Mr. Gratwicke's b. f. Cheerful, by Sir Hercules, four years, 6st (Collins), third, and twelve others ; 2 to 1 against Cheerful, and 1 2 to 1 each against Mounseer and Backbiter. At Chester, 6st olbs (Dockeray), won the Cup, of ^"2345, beating Mr. Isaac Day's b. h. Cockermouth, by Lanercost, five years, 6st iolbs (Crouch), second, Mr. MO UN SEER. Pedley's ch. h. Cossack, six years, ost 2lbs (Templeman), third, ch. h. Peep-o'-day-Boy (winner of this Cup in 1848), by Harkaway, six years, ost, br. m. Ellerdale, six years, 8st 3lbs, ch. h. Woolwich, four years, 7st 3lbs, Osterley, four years, /St, Chantrey, four years, 6st iolbs, Mr. Merry's b. f. Miss Ann (dam of Scottish Chief), four years, 7st, Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Roland, by The Saddler, four years, 5st bibs (Arnold), and fifteen others ; 5 to 1 against Roland, 6 to 1 against Peep-o'-day-Boy, 9 to 1 against Osterley, 10 to 1 against Miss Ann, 16 to 1 against Mounseer, and $$ to 1 against Cockermouth. At Salisbury, 8st 3lbs (Sly), won the County Cup, of ^140, beating the Duke of Richmond's b. h. Vampyre (winner of the Ascot Stakes in 1848 and 1849), by Mus (a son of Bizarre, by Orville), six years, 8st 5lbs (Kitchener), by a neck. S. mg. (July 19th), w. o. for the Queen's Plate, and died on the 23rd of the following month. 6 4 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. VOLTIGEUR. VOLTIGEUR was a brown colt, bred by Mr. Stephenson, and sold to the Earl of" Zetland. He was got by Voltaire, out of Martha Lynn, by Mulatto (son of Catton), out of Leda (own sister to Fanny Davies), by Filho-da-Puta, out of Treasure, by Camillus, out of a mare by Hyacinthus, out of Flora, by King Fergus, out of Atalanta, by Match'em, out of Lass-of-the-Mill, by Oroonoko (son of Old Crab), out of Sister to Lass-of-the-Mill, by Old Traveller, out of Miss Makeless (bred by Mr. Holme, of Cumberland, in 1737). by Young Greyhound, out of a mare by Mr. Croft's Old Partner, out of Miss Doe's Dam, by Woodcock (a son of Old Merlin. In his work, entitled " Scott and Sebright," "The Druid " writes thus of Voltigeur : " Although the mares were pretty good, and bred well, the Voltaire colts did not rank very high, when Martha Lynn threw Barnton and Voltigeur to him. They were generally heavy-necked, and heavy- fleshed ; and it was these peculiarities which caused Lord Zetland and others to dislike Voltigeur when Robert Hill marked him, as a yearling, at Doncaster, and begged his Lordship to have a look at him. When the colt came up before Mr. Tattersall, the ' take him away ' soon boomed forth, as not a soul would bid a hundred for him, and he was sent back to his breeder, Mr. Stephenson. However, urged by Robert Hill, Lord Zetland consented to allow the colt to be brought to Aske, on loan to Mr. Williamson.* In his trial with Castanette, his victory was so hollow that, in doubt of its correctness, they were tried again on the following day,' with the same result. A fortnight afterwards he was tried a third time, with Ellen Middleton (put in to make a pace), Castanette, and * Mr. Williamson, second son of Sir Hedwoi th Williamson, was brother-in-law to Lord Zetland. uii • • VOLTIGEUR. 65 Cantab, and he positively came in alone. Lord Zetland who, on this occa- sion, was present, now determined to give the /, 1500 asked for him, with a .{,500 contingency on each oi the great events, and the luck of the spots now began." Voltigeur' s Performances. 1849. At Richmond, for two years old, 8st 7lbs (Bumby), won the Bright Stakes, beating Mr. Dawson's b. c. Mark Tapley, by The Hydra (son of Sir Hercules), 8st 5lbs, and two others. 1850. At Epsom (ridden by Job Marson), won the Derby, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., 205 subscribers (val. .£5425), beating Mr. H. Hill's ch. c. Pitsford (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Epirus (A. Day), by a length, Lord Airlie's br. c. Clincher, by Turcoman (son of Selim), third (F. Butler), Mr. Gratwicke's bl. c. The Nigger, by Robert de Gorham (Nat), fourth ; also, ch. c. Mildew, by Slane, b. c. Royal Hart, and br. colt Cariboo, both by Venison, br. c. Charley, by Charles XII., Mr. Meiklam's b. c. The Italian, by Touchstone, b. c. Bolingbroke, by John O'Gaunt (who really was fourth), and thirteen others. Betting, at starting, 14 to 1 ao-ainst Clincher, 9 to 2 against Mildew, 5 to 1 against Bolingbroke, 12 to 1 against Pitsford (who also won the Great Yorkshire Stakes), and 16 to r against Voltigeur. At Doncaster (J. Marson), won the Great St. Leger, of ,£2000, after a dead-heat with Mr. Mangan's Russborough, by Tear- away (son of Voltaire), ridden by J. Robinson, by two lengths; Boling- broke was third, three lengths from the dead-heaters. Captain Archdall's br. c. Windischgratz (winner, this year, of the Liverpool July Cup, and the Goodwood Stakes), by Jeremy Diddler (son of Jerry), b. c. the Bee- Hunter, by Gladiator, ch. c. Pitsford, The Italian, and two others also ran ; 13 to 8 on Voltigeur, and 5 to 2 against Pitsford. S. mg., w. o. for the Scarborough Stakes ; and 7st 7lbs (ridden by Nat Fhtman), won the Cup, beating The Flying Dutchman, 8st I2lbs (C. Marlow), by half a length (which sec.) VOL. IV. F CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1851. At York (Spring), Sst 2lbs (Nat), two miles, match for 1000 sovs., was beaten by The Flying Dutchman, rising five years, Sst 8|lbs (C. Marlow), by a length ; even betting. S. mg., Sst lolbs (J. Marson), for the York and Ainsty Cup, was beaten by Mr. Martinson's famous bay filly, Nancy, by Pompey, three years, 6st slbs (which see.) 1852. At York (Spring), Sst i3lbs (Marson), won The Flying Dutchman's Handicap, of £440, beating Mr. FAnson's br. m. Haricot, by Mango, five years, 6st Slbs, and nine others. At Ascot, 9st (Marson), ran fifth for the Cup, won by Joe Miller (which see.) Voltigeur ran twice more, this year, at York August Meeting, without success, and retired to the Stud. POETRY OF THE DAY. Race for the Doncaster Cup between Voltigeur and the Flying Dutchman. The Turf's " Own Regulars " seem uncommon blithe and gay ; And Yorkshire men are nocking into Doncaster to-day : On the tongues of all, from Cardmen to the Son of Royal Cue ph, Is heard " who beats The Dutchman must be Beelzebub himself. So thought the hosts at Ascot, as past the chair he flew Some ten lengths first, and well-nigh burst the heart of Canezou ; I ord Zetland, and Job Marson too, the maxim dared to doubt, The colt at Aske his power can task, and put his pride to rout. " Hold ! " quoth Lord Eglinton, " ye Yorkshire sceptics, know The Flying Dutchman ne'er shall strike the Tartan to a foe ; For two full seasons not one steed his prowess dared to stem, _ And your Voltigeur he'll vanquish, as he did the whole of them. Then, thus outspake Lord Zetland,-" Old time and fate, I trow, Are weaving Leger-garlands for my Derby-Winner's brow : That o'er, fling down the gauntlet, and I will take it up ; ^ Old England against Scotland ! and the prize shall be Ihe Uip. * Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. sovs., was , Nancy, utcnmaa s y Mango, ran tilth Ice more, d to the I i VOLTIGEUR. 67 The second bell is ringing ; by the rails the crowd come crushing; Up the Grand Stand stairs the Bulls and Bears by myriads are rushing : " Four to one upon The Dutchman ! " is heard amid the hum Of scores of voices that proclaim the welcome words, "They come i " First, Fobert leads the favourite; while, close upon his rear, Stalks lanky Jack ; while James, the black, acts as a pioneer : 'Mid air the dusky digits of that sporting exile float ; A cut-away enfolds his form, a Tartan tie his throat. On Bobby Hill and Voltigeur, as guard of honour, waits The stalwart Richmond farrier, who fitted on his plates ; To tempt him, though the puissant Kings of Europe should combine, He wouldn't prick his champion for a Californian mine. Nat puts him in a canter ! why, e'en a child could know him : For see ! how workman-like he tucks his hinder legs behind him : A cracker from the distance The Flying Dutchman shoots, ( ih ing the crowd a sample of the Ascot seven-league boots. But there were three who, pointedly, his winning chance deride; Says Billy Oates, " I can't say why, but I do not like his stride; " "This time of year, fresh young-uns here, for Cup-luck know no bounds, John Day declares, while Popham swears, he " can't give nintteen pounds. Now Marlow finds, to his dismay, his temper's not too sweet ; As if there reigns, throughout his veins, the prescience of defeat — ■ Like Kirby's " Lazy Lanercost," the young-un coolly lags, Nor cares to budge an inch till—" Down go both the Flags." " Hats off! hats off!" The Dutchman leads, and isn't he just flying ! While Voltigeur pulls double, and six lengths off is lying : Why, all the way from 'Merica 'tis well-nigh worth the trip, Without a penny on the race : " Zounds ! " there goes Flatman's whip.* Their rapid movement o'er the flat does many a keen eye follow; The crack leads still, and skims the hill as blithely as a swallow — "Ten to one upon The Dutchman — Volti will never catch him, He certainly will distance him ! what horse on earth can match him ?" They're whizzing o'er the T. Y. C, and either scorns to flinch ; They've passed the Champagne starting-post, neither gaining an inch, " The Dutchman ! in a canter ! Nat can't get up ! — but, wait ; Nat's bringing up the young-un ; they're past the Intack-gate ! " * It was said that Nat lost his whip as he passed the Stand. F 2 6S CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. "Nai's catching him : the young-un wins ! " now falls on Marlow's ear, The Blacklock stride, he dared deride, is thundering in his rear : The weight now tells ; he's reached his girths ! he wins, the crack is done They've passed the chair ! for young Voltaire up goes the welcome i. The ring stands pale ; forth speeds the tale, which sundry doubts inspire, From east to west, from north to south, it travels o'er the wire ; From Richmond unto Middleham this message quickly passed — "Your conqueror of conquerors has bowed his head at last." " Ye backers of Aske's Voltigeur, boast not too much his strength ! Though The Flying Dutchman lost the race, 'twas but by half a length : Doubt as ye will, his heart is still as strong as Spanish steel, And o'er Knavesmire 'gainst that verdict he will enter an appeal." : 7o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Powney's br. f. Kathleen, by Lanercost (A. Day), by a length, b. f. Countess (S. Mann), third ; also, not placed, Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Tiff, by Slane (Templeman), Lord Orford's ch. f. by Slane (winner of the iooo Guineas), out of Exotic (S. Rogers), Mr. Greville's b. f. Estafette, by Slane, Mr. Eddi- son's br. f. Eliza Middleton, by Bay Middleton, Lord Eglinton's b. f. Probity, by Bay Middleton (Marlow), Lord Exeter's br. f. Clelia, and his ch. f. Cora, both by The Provost, Mr. Rolt's b. f. Gillyflower, by Venison, and four others ; 3 to i against Eliza Middleton, 1 1 to 2 against Probity,. 6 to 1 each against Tiff (second in the 1000 Guineas) and Rhedycina, and 8 to 1 against Lord Orford's filly. At Goodwood, 8st (Crouch), not placed for the Stewards' Cup, of 500 sovs., won by Count Hahn's b. c. Turnus, by Taurus (son of Phantom), four years, 6st iolbs (J. Charlton), beating Mr. Mare's br. f. The White Lady, by Touchstone, four years, 7st 2lbs (Nash), by three lengths, the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Ploughboy, by Bay Middleton, four years, 7st 3lbs (Kitchener), third, Mr. Jaques' ch. c. Mildew, by Slane, three years, 8st 5II0S (A. Day) ; also, (not placed) Lord Clifden's b. h. Loadstone, by Touchstone, five years, 8st iolbs (R. Sly), and his Lordship's br. c. Honeycomb, by Bay Middleton, four years, 8st (J. Mar- son), Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Humphrey, by Cotherstone, three years, 6st 3lbs (Hiett), Mr. Carew's br. c. Q£dipus (winner, this year, of the Brighton Cup), by Voltaire, and sixteen others ; 3 to 1 against Turnus, 10 to 1 against Humphrey, and 15 to 1 against Rhedycina and CEdipus. At Doncaster, 6st 1 ilbs (F. Butler), ran second in a sweep of 70 sovs., won by Mr. H. Halford'sb. f. Harriott, by Gladiator, three years, 6st nibs (Whitehouse), by three lengths, beating also Mr. Pedley's b. f. La Fiancee, by Ithuriel, three years, 6st nibs, and three others. At Newmarket (First October), 8st 7lbs, colts and fillies, 8st 3lbs (W. Boyce), ran third and last for a £$0 purse, won by Mr. Stephenson's b. c. by Dromedary (a son of Camel), by a length (F. Butler), beating Mr. Greville's b. c. Cariboo, by Venison, (Nat) ; 6 to 1 on Cariboo. At Newmarket (Second October), 7st 4lbs (Geo. Dockeray), was not placed in a handicap sweepstakes of ^200, won by Eliza Middleton, three years, 7st 1 lb (W. Sharpe), beating b. c. Ploughboy, four years, 8st 2lbs (Nat), by a neck, Lord Exeter's b. f. Visite, by The Provost, three years, 6st lib, third, and eight others. Rhedycina's last race. I ■ 1 I 1 i . 72 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. three years, 6st i3lbs, and Mr. M'Cormack's ch. c. Louis Philippe, by May- boy (son of Roller). Russborough was now sold to Mr. Mangan, and sent over to England where, at Doncaster (J. Robinson), he ran a dead- heat for the St. Leger with Voltigeur (which see). At Newmarket (Second October), 7st nibs (6lbs extra), (G.Whitehouse), not placed in the Cesare- witch, of ^1340, won by Mr. George Payne's ch. f. Glauca, by Cother- stone, four years, 7st 7lbs (James Chappie), beating Sir Richard Pigott's ch. c. Essedarius, by Gladiator, four years, 8st 5lbs (A. Day), by a neck, Mr. Gratwick's bl. h. Landgrave (winner, this year, of the Triennial, of ,£1018, at Newmarket, and the Cambridgeshire, of ,£1690), by Sir Hercules, four years, 7st 2lbs (S. Mann), third ; also, Colonel Anson's br. h. Backbiter (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan, at Epsom, and the Goodwood Stakes, in 1851), by Gladiator, five years, 7st 7lbs (Nat), Lord Stanley's b. f. Legerdemain (winner of the Cesarewitch in 1849), by Pantaloon, four years, 7st 4lbs, Lord Clifden's br. h. Wanota (winner, this year, of the Ascot Stakes), by Simoom (son of Camel), six years, 8st 1 lb, b. c. Bolingbroke (winner of the Don Stakes at Doncaster), by John o' Gaunt, three years, 7st iolbs, and fifteen others; 2 to 1 against Land- grave, 5 to 2 against Backbiter, 25 to 1 against Russborough, 66 to 1 aoainst Glauca, and 9 to 1 against Essedarius. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st iolbs (6lbs extra), (Nat), not placed in the Cambridgeshire, won by Land- grave, four years, 6st 1 3lbs (James Chappie), beating the Duke of Bedford's br. c. Bordeaux (winner, this year, of the Coffee-Room and the Champion Stakes at Newmarket), by Cotherstone, three years, 6st 5lbs (Collins), by a head, Mr. H. Combe's br. c. Trouncer, by The Nob, six years, Sst (S. Rogers), third, Mr. Wrather's ch. m. Maid of Masham (winner of the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^"1605, at York, in 1848), by Don John, five years, Sst 4lbs, and eighteen others not placed. Land- grave started first favourite. 1 85 1. At Chester, Sst 6lbs (Nat), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. • Martinson's br. f. Nancy (which see). At Liverpool (July), Sst 7lbs (C. Marlow), not placed for the Cup (value ^1025), won by Lord Clifden's br. h. Strongbow, by Touchstone, five years, 7st 2lbs (E. Sharp), beating RUSSBOROUGH. 73 Mr. Cotgreave's br. f. Abbess of Jcrveaux, by Gladiator, four years, 6st ;ll>s (Wells), by a length, Captain Archdall's b. c. Windischgriitz (winner of the Cup in 1850), by Jeremy Diddler (son of Jerry), four years, /st lolbs (J. Sharp), third, and six others. 1852. At Chester, 8st ;lbs (E. Keegan), not placed for the Cup, won by Joe Miller (which see). S. mg., 8st iolbs (Keegan), not placed for the Grand Stand Cu\>, won by Mr. J. Osborne's b. f. Lady Agnes, by Irish Bird- catcher, three years, 5st iolbs (Carroll) ; nine ran. At Bath, 8st 7lbs (Keegan), not placed in the Somersetshire Stakes, of ^645, won by Mr. J. Dawson's ch. h. Chief Justice, by The Hydra, five years, 8st 3lbs (T. Lye), beating ten others. At the Curragh, ost 3lbs, two miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Pelopidas, by Irish Bird- catcher, three years, 6st "lbs, and three others. S. mg., ost 1 3lbs (L. Keegan), won another Queen's Plate, beating Pelopidas, 7st lib, second, Lord Waterford's ch. c. The Marquis, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, ost 4lbs, third, Mr. Nolan's bl. c. Dauphin, by Tearaway, four years, 9st 4lbs, and four others ; won by a neck. Russborough ran four times more in England this year, without success. 1853- (Now the property of Mr. J. Dawson), at Croxton Park, i2st oJbs, not placed in the Granby Handicap, won by Mr. Hunter's ch. c. Orpheus, by Orlando. At Edinburgh, 9st cjbs, two miles, won the Queen's Plate (M. Noble), beating Mr. Redfern's br. h. Testator, by Inheritor, 9st 9lbs, second, and two others. At Ascot, 8st 1 lb, not placed in the Ascot Stakes (-£755)' won by I-orcl Palmerston's b. c. Buckthorn, by Venison, four years, Sst 5lbs (A. Day), beating Colonel Anson's b. c. King Pepin, by Orlando, four years, 6st Slbs (Aldcroft), Lord Wilton's br. m. Lady Evelyn, and eight others, not placed. Russborough ran in seven other races during the year, without success, and was taken out of training. 74 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. TEDDINGTON. TEDDINGTON was a ch. c. foaled in 1848, the property of Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart. He was got by Orlando, out of Miss Twickenham, by Rockingham, out of Electress, by Election, out of a mare by Stamford, out of Miss Judy, by Alfred (son of Match'em), out of Manilla, by Goldfinder, her dam, by Old England, out of a mare by Lord Cullen's Arabian, out of Miss Cade, by Old Cade, out of Miss Makeless, by Young Greyhound, &c, &c. ''The Druid'' observes that, "Sir J. Hawley purchased Teddington, together with his dam, from a blacksmith at Stamford, for .£250, with a contingency of ^1000, if he won the Derby. He was a little clubby with one foot ; and though, by constant paring and attention, it was got nearly right, there was always a marked difference in the size of his plates. Teddington's two-year old season was not a promising one ; and, unlike most short horses, he never began well. He was a short horse, but very high on the legs, the only form in which a short horse proves a clipper." Crutch was another of this sort. In the great Derby trial, on Middle-down, Teddington gave 6lbs to Vatican, 2ilbs to The Ban (winner, in 1851, of the Great Metropolitan and the Doncaster Cup), and 2st to Gladiole, by Gladiator, who forced the running at her best pace, but was caught, half a mile from home, by Vatican and Teddington, the latter winning so easily that Alec Taylor knew, through Vatican, that he had a second Dutchman. Uphill Teddington was very great, having such superb hind action. His giving Little Harry 2st 5lbs, and beating him for the Warwick Cup, was a very- great feat. After his last Ascot Cup race, when he gave odbs to such a horse as Stock well, one of his back sinews gave way; but still he lived, under the crushing weight of 9St 7lbs, almost into the bottom in the Cesarewitch of that year. ; TEDDINGTON. 75 Teddington's Performances. 1850. At Newmarket (Second Spring), for two years old. colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 4lbs (Templeman), ran unplaced in a sweep of ,£230, won by Lord Clifden's br. f. Coticula, by Touchstone (Pearl), beating Mr. Payne's ch. f. Citadel, by Epirus (Nat), by a head, Lord J. Scott's b. f. Miserrima (J. Chappie), third, and eleven others ; 7 to 4 against Citadel, 4 to 1 against Teddington, and 10 to 1 against Coticula. At Epsom, colts 8st 6lbs (Templeman), ran third in the Woodcote Stakes, won by Mr. J. Clark's bay colt Marlborough Buck, by Venison (G. Whitehouse), beat- the Duke of Richmond's b. c. Buckhound, by the Ugly Buck (Kitchener), second, and ten others. At Newmarket (July), colts Sst /lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Templeman), won the Chesterfield Stakes, of .£920, beating Mr. Greville's ch. c, Ariosto, by Orlando (Nat), by a neck, Lord Henry Lennox's roan Tilly, Turtle, by Venison (Kitchener), third, Miserrima, and five others ; 7 to 4 against Ariosto, and 2 to 1 against Teddington. At Goodwood, 8st iolbs (Templeman), ran third and last in the Eglinton Stakes, won by Lord Exeter's b. f. Phlegra, by Phlegon, Sst odbs (Norman), beating Buckhound, Sst 7lbs (Nat), second. S. mg., Sst 1 2lbs (Templeman), won the Molecomb Stakes, of ^350, beating Lord Eglinton's b. c. Hippolytus, by Emilius, Sst /lbs (Marlow), by a head. Only these two ran ; 3 to 1 on Hippolytus. 1 85 1. At Newmarket Craven, Sst I2lbs (J. Marson), won a sweep of ,£700, beating Lord Exeter's ch. c. Midas, by Beiram, 9st 2lbs (Norman) ; 8 to i on Teddington. At Epsom (J. Marson), won the Derby, of ,£5300, beating Marlborough Buck (Geo. Whitehouse), by two lengths, Mr. Wilkinson's br. c. Neasham (winner, this year, of the Northumberland Plate), by Hetman Platoff (J. Holmes), third, Lord Enfield's br. c. Hernandez (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Pantaloon (S. Mann), fourth ; also, Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. The Ban, by Don John, Mr. Nicoll's b. c. Newminster, Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Mountain Deer, both by Touch- stone, Mr. Morris' ch. c. Hungerford (winner of the Great Yorkshire 76 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Handicaps in 1852 and 1853, and Doncaster Cup in 1853), by Jonn o' Gaunt, Mr. Sexton's bl. c. The Black Doctor (winner, in 1852, of the Manchester Cup), by The Doctor (son of Dr. Syntax), Mr. Halford's b. c. The Prime Minister, by Melbourne, Ariosto, Hippolytus, Midas, Buck- hound, and nineteen others ; 3 to 1 against Teddington, 7 to 2 against Marlborough Buck, 7 to 1 each against Hernandez and Prime Minister, and 15 to 1 against Neasham. About a week before the Derby the skin of Teddington's off foreleg festered, and the leg itself filled all round. On the morning of the Derby he would only pick the split peas out of the corn ; but still his heart was all right. In reference to the race, Job Marson said, " I had only to spur him once to get him out, near the turn ; and he then came with such a vengeance as almost to run over Ariosto." At Doncaster, w. o. for the Don Stakes, Prime Minister withdrawing his stake by consent. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st 7lbs each, A. F., 8st 7lbs each (J. Marson), match for 1000 sovs., beat Mountain Deer (J. Robinson), by half a length : 5 to 2 on Teddington. 1852. At Northampton (March 24th), Sst 1 3lbs (Marson), ran unplaced in the Northamptonshire Stakes, of ^1015, won by Lord Clifden's br. c. Poodle, by Ion, three years, 4st 5lbs, beating nine others. At Newmarket Craven, gst (F. Butler), ran third in the Newmarket Handicap of ^780, won by Sir R. Pigott's ch. c. Father Thames, by Foig-a-Ballagh, three years, 5st odbs (A. Cowley), beating the Duke of Richmond's b. m. Officious, by Pantaloon, five years, 7st 8lbs, by a head, and thirteen others. At Goodwood, Qst 3lbs (Butler), ran third for the Cup, won by Mr. Morris' b. c. Kingston, three years, 7st 6lbs (Nat), beating Mr. H. Padwick'sb. c. Little Harry, by Epirus, three years, 6st i3lbs (Cowley), by a length, Newminster, Hobbie Noble, and six others. S. mg., w. o. for 200 sovs. At Warwick, 9st (Nat), won the Cup (val. ^280), beating Little Harry, 6st iolbs (Cowley), by a head, and two others. At Doncaster, Sst i2lbs (Marson), won the Cup, beating Kingston, 7st 7lbs (Nat), by a neck, ch. c. Hungerford, four years, Sst 5lbs (Basham), third; also (not placed) Mr. Martinson's br. f. Nancy, four years, 8st oJbs, Newminster, and three others ; 5 to 4 on Kingston. TEDDINGTON. 1853- At Ascot, 9St (Marson), won the Emperor of Russia's Plate, of 500 sovs., with a sweep of ,£420, beating Lord Exeter's ch. c. Stockwell, four years, Sst 5IDS, by a head (Norman), Captain Lane's ch. c. Ninny- hammer, three years, 6st iolbs (Wells), third, Lord Wilton's br. m. Lad)' Evelyn, six years, 9st, Kingston, four years, Sst 5lbs, and one other; 5 to 4 against Stockwell, 3 to 1 against Kingston, and 4 to 1 against Tedding- ton. At Newmarket (Second October), ost 7lbs (Marson), was not placed in the Cesarewitch, won by b. c. Haco, by Old England, three years, 5st ndbs, beating bl. c. The Nabob, by The Nob, four years, 8st, by a head, and thirty others. S. mg., iost each, B. C, for The Whip and 2co sovs. each, was beaten, six lengths, by Kingston (Basham), Weather- gage also ran. This was Teddington's last race. 78 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. IRIS. IRIS was a chestnut filly, bred by the Earl of Derby in 1848, and was got by Ithuriel (son of Touchstone), out of Miss Bowe, by Catton, out of a mare by Orville, out of Miss Grimstone, by Weasel (son of Herod), out of a mare by Ancaster (son of Blank), her dam, by the Damascus Arabian, out of a mare by Sampson, out of a daughter of Oroonoko, out of Sophia (sister to Mirza), by the Godolphin Arabian, &c, &c. When Iris won the Oaks, Lord Derby observed that it was " the happiest day of his life." Probably, when his grand horse, Toxophilite (for grand he unquestionably was, despite his would-be detractors), was beaten by Beadsman in the Derby, it was just the reverse. In the first case, the victory was rather a surprise — in the second, the defeat was not only a very great surprise, but a grievous disappointment as well, inas- much as Toxophilite's pretensions were greater than those of any other horse in the race. Iris' Performances. 1851. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 4.1bs (Nat), won £17$, beating Lord Clifden's br. f. Corticula, by Touchstone, 8st 7lbs (Robinson), in a canter, by four lengths; 5 to 1 on Iris. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st 7lbs each (F. Butler), ran third for the 1000 Guineas, won by Sir J. Hawley's br. f. Aphrodite (winner of the Champagne at Doncaster, last year, and, this year, of the Park Hill Stakes, and the Doncaster Stakes, and was II . • • • If • f • ff I IRIS. 79 second to Newminster in the Great St. Leger), by Bay Middleton, beating Mr. Gratwicke's br. f. Anspach (winner, this year, of the Nassau Stakes, at Goodwood), by Robert de Gorham, second, and three others ; 6 to 5 on Aphrodite, 2 to i against Iris, and 8 to i against Anspach. At Epsom (F. Butler), won the Oaks, of ^3320, beating Lord John Scott's 1). f. Miserrima, by Pantaloon (G. Whitehouse), second, Mr. Gratwicke's b. f. Hesse Homburg (winner, this year, of the Newmarket Handicap, of .£765)) by Robert de Gorham (Nat), third, Mr. Ford's ch. f. Payment (dam of Dollar, and winner, this year, of the Column Stakes, of ^775, at Newmarket), by Slane (Bartholomew), fourth ; also (not placed), Mr. Hayter's b. f. Terpsichore (winner, this year, of the Somersetshire Stakes, of .£755, at Bath), by Epirus, Sir J. Hawley's bl. f. Breba, by Touchstone, Mr. G. Payne's ch. f. Catalpa (winner, in 1850, of the Bretby Stakes, of ^650, at Newmarket), by Epirus, br. f. Anspach, and seven others ; betting, at starting, 6 to 4 against Breba, 4 to 1 against Iris, 6 to 1 against Hesse Homburg, 7 to 1 against Payment, and 15 to 1 against Miserrima ; won by a length. At Liverpool (July), w. o. for a Produce Stakes, of ^400, and received 100 sovs. (forfeit), from Lord Glasgow's roan filly, by Lanercost. At Goodwood, 8st 2lbs (J. Marson), ran fourth in the Gratwicke Stakes, of ,£1750, won by Lord Enfield's br. c. Hernandez (winner of the Riddlesworth, the 2000 Guineas, the Triennial, &c, in all ,£4536), by Pantaloon, 8st 7lbs (Nat), beating Mr. Greville's br. f. Barce- lona (winner of the Coronation Stakes, of ^700, at Ascot), by Don John, 8st slbs (F. Butler), by six lengths, Lord Exeter's b. f. Phlegra (winner, in 1850, of the Ham Stakes, of ^"2100, the Eglinton Stakes, of .£330, and the Nursery Stakes, of ,£450, all at Goodwood), by Phlegon, 7st i3lbs (Norman), third, Catalpa, Sst 5lbs, fifth, and Miserrima, 8st 5lbs, last. At York, 9st 3lbs (F. Butler), ran second in the Yorkshire Oaks, won by Mr. Jaques' br. f. Vivandiere, by Voltaire (A. Day), Sst, by a head, Mr. Padwick's ch. f. Prestige (winner, in 1850, of the rich Granby Stakes, at Newmarket), by Epirus, 8st 7lbs, third ; nine ran. At Doncaster, in the Foal Stakes, divided the forfeits (^'200), with Hernandez. At New- market (Second October), Sst 4lbs (Butler), won ,£320, beating Hesse Homburg, Sst 2lbs (Nat). She ran twice more this year, without success. So CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1852. At York, was not placed for the Cup, won by Vatican. At Man- chester, 7st I2lbs (Nat), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Greville's b. c. Frantic, by Alarm, three years, 6st 8lbs, beating eighteen others. Iris ran four times more, unsuccessfully, and was now added to his Lord- ship's Stud. fc i! ; 82 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Confessor, by Cowl, 8st iolbs (Marson), fourth, and one other; 6 to 4 on Newminster. At Doncaster (Templeman), won the Great St. Leger, of .£2700, beating Sir J. Hawley's br. f. Aphrodite, by Bay Middleton (J. Marson), by two good lengths, Sir R. Bulkeley's ch. c. Hookem-Snivey, by Epirus (J. Holmes), third, Mr. Oliver's bl. c. Sir Rowland Trenchard, by Ithuriel, fourth, Mr. Waller's ch. c. Ephesus, by Epirus, b. f. Phlegra, b. c. Cnceus, b. f. Miserrima, br. c. The Calculator, br. c. Hernandez, Sir J. Hawley's ch. c." The Ban, and seven others, not being placed. Betting, at starting, 6 to 4 against Hernandez, 2 to 1 against Aphrodite, 5 to 1 against The Ban, and 12 to 1 each against Newminster and Ephesus. At Newmarket (Houghton), 8st (Templeman), not placed in the Cam- bridgeshire, of ,£1730, won by Mr. E. Phillips' b. f. Truth, by The Libel, three years, 5st 13 lbs (John Wells), beating Mr. Greville's ch. c. Ariosto, by Orlando, three years, 7st 2lbs (J. Chappie), by two lengths. Mr. H. Padwick's ch. c. Grecian (winner of the July Stakes, at New- market, in 1850, after a dead-heat with Aphrodite), by Epirus, three years, 8st 6lbs (A. Day), Hernandez, 7st olbs, Prime Minister, 7st c>lbs, Neasham (winnerof the Northumberland Plate, in 185 1), 7st 6lbs, Hungerford, 6st3lbs, bl. f. Breba, three years, 6st 2lbs, and twenty-four others ; 7 to 2 against Breba, 5 to 1 against Newminster, and 15 to 1 against Prime Minister. 1852. At Goodwood, 8st 7lbs (Templeman), won a sweep of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., eleven subscribers (val. ^1650), beating Lord Clifden's b. c. Harpsichord, by Touchstone (F. Butler), by two lengths, Lord Exeter's b. c. Phlegethon, by Phlegon (Marlow), third, and one other ; 3 to 1 on Newminster. S. mg., 9st 3lbs (A. Day), was not placed for the Cup, of ^57o, won by Mr. Morris' b. c. Kingston, three years, 7st 4lbs (Nat), beating Mr. Padwick's br. c. Little Harry, by Epirus, three years, 6st 1 3lbs (A. Cowley), second, Teddington, four years, ost 3lbs (Butler), third, Hobbie Noble, three years, 7st 4lbs (Knott), fourth, Hernandez, Stilton, three years, 7st 4lbs, and three others ; 7 to 4 against Stilton (winner, this year, of the Northumberland Plate), 5 to 1 against Little Harry, 6 to 1 each against Kingston and Hobbie Noble, 10 to 1 against Teddington, and 12 to r against Newminster. At Doncaster, 8st i2lbs v* /I ' NEWMINSTER. 83 (Templeman), was not placed for the Cup, won by Teddington, 8st [2lbs (Marson), beating Kingston, pst ;lbs (Nat), by a neck, ch. c. Hunger- ford (winner of this Cup in 1853, and the Great Yorkshire Handicap in 1852 and 1853), by John o' Gaunt, four years 8st slbs (Robinson), third, and four others. 1853. At Chester, 8st 81bs (Templeman), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Palmer's ch. h. Goldfinder, by Foig-a-Ballagh, five years, 7st 6lbs (T. Aldcroft), heating Mr. Knowles's b. c. Talfourd, by Ion, three years, 5st 6lbs (Ashmall), by a head, and twenty-four others. At York (August)' 8st 9lbs (Templeman), was not placed in the Great Ebor Handicap, won by Mr. Magenis' b. c. Pantomime, by Lanercost, three years, 5St Slbs (Oliver, Jun.), beating Mr. Drinkald's black colt Nabob (winner of the Chesterfield Cup this year), by the Nob (son of Glaucus), four years, ;st 1 lb (J. Charlton), by a neck, Mr. Greville's b. f. Adine (winner of the Great Ebor Handicap, in 1852, and the Goodwood Stakes in 1853), by Slane, and nine others. Adine the favourite. 1854- At Chester, 8st 2lbs (Templeman), not placed for the Cup (val. £2505), won by Captain Lane's ch. c. Epaminondas, by Epirus, three years, 4st iolbs (George Fordham), beating Mr. Morris' ch. c. Indian Warrior, by Napier (son of Gladiator), five years, ?st 6lbs, (Basham), by a length, who beat Lord Derby's b. c. Acrobat, by Ithuriel, three years, 5st iolbs (Garvey), by the like distance, for second place ; twenty-four ran. This was Newminster's last appearance on the Turf, which he now quitted to establish at the Stud a reputation scarcely inferior to that of his sire Touchstone, and which he transmitted in a marked degree to his son Hermit, who has done so much to maintain the charter of the famous Eaton-Brown. 84 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. NANCY. NANCY was a bay filly, bred by Mr. Baxter, in 1848, and sold to Mr. T. Lister, who disposed of her to Mr. Martinson, in June, 1 85 1. She was got by Pompey (son of Emilius), out of Hawise (bred by Mr. John Scott in 1841), by Jereed, out of Sister to. Hornsea, by Veloci- pede, out of a mare b,y Cerberus (son of Gohanna), out of Miss Cranfield, by Sir Peter, out of Sister to Sir Sydney, by Pegasus (son of Eclipse), her dam, by Paymaster (son of Blank), out of Pomona, by Herod, out of Caroline, by Old Snap, out of a mare by Regulus, her dam, by Hip (son of Flying Childers), &c. " The Pompey line of Emilius," says " The Druid," " has so far stopped short with Nancy, as, latterly, he had scarcely any blood mares. Nancy fed well and did well all through 1851, but she received what was virtually her finishing-stroke in the Autumn of that year, as she took a gallop on Knavesmire. Going round the Middlethorpe turn, she slipped on a spot where the cattle had trodden down the grass, and sprained her off-- hind leg so seriously that she never stood a good preparation again. Her great power was from her thighs to her hocks ; but, on her visit to Eglinton Park, to run for Lord Glasgow's Plate, of 300 sovs., she nearly lost the use of her limbs by being thirteen hours in her railway box. Her great peculiarity was the remarkably graceful droop of her quarters, in which Saunterer a good deal resembled her. Nancy was very difficult to train, and fur- nished another proof that, when mares can once be got into form, they are more effective than horses ; but that, while the latter often get back their form, mares, when they have once lost it, rarely ever do." Nancy's Performances. 1850. At Doncaster, 6st ;lbs (J. Wells), ran third in the Eglinton Stakes NANCY. 85 won by Mr. J. Osborne's bl. c. The Black Doctor, two years, 6st 3lbs (J. Osborne), beating Lord Enfield's 1>. c. the Bee-1 [unter, by Gladiator, three years, Sst I2lbs (Nat), by a neck, Mr. Dawson's br. c. Mark Tapley (winner, this year, of the Great Ebor 1 fandicap), by The I Ivdra, three years, Sst I2lbs, and five others. S. mg., Sst 3 1 1 j s (Marson), ran third for a Purse of 100 sovs., won by Mr. Jaques' b. c. Entre-nous, by Emilius, Sst, beating Mr. J. Scott's b. f. Louie, by Voltaire, ;st albs, by a neck, and five others, all two years old. At Northallerton, 7st 1 3II3S (F. Marson), won the Two Year Old Stakes, beating Mr. Osborne's b. f. Emily Ann (afterwards sold to Lord Strathmore, and renamed Sunrise), by Emilius, in a canter, and five others. Nancy was now sold to Mr. Lister. 1 85 1. At Lincoln, 6st lolbs (Harrison), won ^,130, beating Mr. Robinson's b. h. Post-tempore, by Stockport (son of Langar), five years, Sst I2lbs, in a canter (Bumbv), and ten others. At Doncaster, c.st slbs (F. Marson), won ^85, beating eight others. At Warwick, 7st, in the Trial Stakes, was beaten by Mark Tapley, four years, 8st cdbs ; ten ran. At Chester, 4st i2ll)s (Kendall), won the Cup, of/^2iSo, beating The Black Doctor (winner, in 1852, of the Manchester Cup), three years, 5st 4.1bs (Richards), second, Mr. Gratwicke's b. f. Hesse Homburg (winner, this year, of the Newmarket Handicap, and, in 1852, of the Brighton Stakes), by Robert de Gorham, three years, 5st 6lbs, third, ch. c. Russborough, four years, Sst 6lbs, and twenty-four others ; 8 to 1 against The Black Doctor (now Mr. Saxon's), 10 to 1 each against Russborough and Hesse Homburg, and 12 to 1 against Nancy. At York Spring, 6st 5lbs(J. Osborne), for the York Cup, beat Yoltigeur, Sst jolbs (J. Marson), by a length. At Beverley, Sst cdbs (F. Marson), won ^55, and was now sold to Mr. Martinson. At New- castle, Sst jibs (F. Marson), won the North Derby, of ^250, beating Mr. Wentworth's ch. c. Azeth, by Ithuriel, Sst 7II3S (J. Marson), by a head, and one other. S. mg., 6st lib (Wells), won a Free Handicap, of /155, beating br. m. Maid of Team Valley, by Velocipede, five years, ;st 81bs, by six lengths, and five others ; 6 to 4 on Nancy. At Goodwood, ;st (J. Charlton), won the Cup and sweep of ,£530, beating ch. h. Cossack, aged, Sst tolbs (A. Day), by a head, Lord Lurgan's b. c. Cnceus, 86 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. by Pompey, three years, 6st iolbs (Arnold), Mr. Gratwicke's bl. h. Land- grave (winner of the Cambridgeshire, in 1850), by Sir Hercules, five years, 8st 1 ilbs (F. Butler), fourth, Mr. Greville's br. c. Cariboo (winner, this year, of the Queen's Vase, at Ascot), by Venison, four years, 9st lib (Nat), and five others ; 2 to 1 against Nancy, 9 to 4 against Cariboo, and 9 to 2 against Cossack. At York (August), 6st 1 3lbs (Charlton), won the Great Ebor Handicap, of ,£930, beating Mr. Wrather's ch. m. Maid of Masham, by Don John, six years, 8st I3lbs (G. Abdale), Mr. Morris' ch. c. Hunger- ford, by John o' Gaunt, three years, 5st lib, a very bad third, and five others ; 6 to 5 on Nancy. S. mg., 8st 2lbs (F. Marson), won the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^1520, beating Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. The Ban (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan, at Epsom, and the Cup at Doncaster), by Don John, by three lengths, 8st 7lbs (J. Marson), Mr. Clarke's b. c. The Marlborough Buck, by Venison, 8st jibs, and six others ; 7 to 4 on Nancy. At the Eglinton Club (Ayr), for three years old; colts 8st 7lbs. fillies 8st 4lbs (F. Marson), won a sweep of ^"640, beating Lord Eglinton's b. c. Hippolitus, by Emilius (Marlow), second, Mr. Watts' ch. c. The Marquis, by Irish Birdcatcher, third, and The Black Doctor last ; 4 to 1 on Nancy. At Richmond, 7st 2lbs (T. Lye), two miles, won the Queen's Plate, by twenty lengths. 1852. At Chester, 9st 1 lb (F. Marson), not placed for the Cup, won by Joe Miller (which see). At York, 8st, was unplaced in the Ebor Handicap, won by Mr. Greville's b. f. Adine, by Slane. At Doncaster, 8st 9lbs, was unplaced for the Cup, won by Teddington. She ran twice more, this year, without success. In 1853, she ran only once (unsuccessfully, at Chester), in a handicap sweep of ^420. 1854.- At Goodwood, 7st 9lbs, was unplaced in the Goodwood Stakes, of ^"800, won by Lord Bruce's ch. f. Bribery (dam of St. Albans, Savernake, &c), by The Libel, three years, 5st nibs (Cliff), beating Adine, Rataplan, Ireland's-Eye (winner, in 1855, of the City and Subur- iVANCY. 87 ban), by Harkaway, Jouvence, and ten others. S. mg\, 8st lib, ran, un- placed, for the Chesterfield Cup, won by Sir J. Hawley's hi. c. Cat's-paw, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, ;st 4lbs, heating Knight of St. George (winner of the St. Leger), three years, ;st 3II3S, by a head, ch. f. Bribery, 7st 6lbs, and twenty others. Nancy ran twice more, this year, without success. 1855- In running for the Chester Cup, this good and game mare broke her leg, and was destroyed. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. PRIME MINISTER. PRIME MINISTER was a brown colt, foaled in 1848, the property of Mr. Halford. He was got by Melbourne, out of Pantalonade, by Pantaloon (son of Castrel), out of Festival, by Camel, out of Michaelmas, by Thunderbolt (son of Sorceror), out of Plover, by Sir Peter, out of a mare by Boudrow (son of Eclipse), out of Escape's dam, by Squirrel, out of Sister to Babraham, by Babraham (son of the Godolphin Arabian1), her dam, by Golden Ball (son of Old Partner), out of Bushy Molly, by the Hampton Court Childers (son of Flying Childers), out of Lord Halifax's Bushy Molly, by Mr. Litton's Chestnut Arabian, out of a mare by King William's White Barb, Chillaby (sire of Old Greyhound), out of a mare by the Byerley Turk. Prime Minister's Performances. 1850. At Warwick, for two years old, 8st 7lbs (Marlow), won a handicap sweep of .£210, beating Mr. G. Payne's ch. f. Catalpa, by Epirus, 8st (jibs (Nat), and five others. At Newmarket (Second Ootober). colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (Marlow), won the Clearwell Stakes, of ^620, beating Mr. Padwick's br. f. Confidence, by Emilius (F. Butler), by two lengths, Lord Exeter's b. f. Turtle, by Venison, third (J. Robinson), Sir J. Hawley's bl. f. Breba, by Touchstone, and four others ; 6 to 4 against Prime Minister, and 2 to 1 against Confidence. 1851. At Epsom, not placed in the Derby, won by Teddington. At Ascot, ;st 3lbs (W. Sharp), ran third for the Queen's Vase, won by Mr. Greville's • iff PRIME MINISTER. 89 b. c. Cariboo, by Venison, four years, c;st albs (Nat), beating Lord Exeter's b. c. Little Jack, by Slanc, tour years, ost (Robinson), by a neck, Breba (who fell in the race), 6st Slbs, and three others. At Manchester, 8st a.lbs (Marlow), won .£230, beating Mr. Evans' ch. c. Ringleader, by Foig-a-Ballagh, 8st 7lbs (Denman), Mr. Meiklarh's br. c. Constellation, by Lanercost, 8st 7lbs, and two others ; 7 to 4 on Prime Minister. At Wolverhampton, w. o. for 80 sovs. At York, 8st iolbs (G. Whitehouse), ran second for the County Plate, won by Mr. Wrather's ch. m. Maid of Masham, six years, 9st 3lbs(G. Abdale), by a head ; three ran. At Derby, Sst 4,lbs (Marlow), won ^"180. At Newmarket (Houghton), 7st 9lbs, not placed in the Cambridgeshire, of .£1730, won by Mr. E. Phillips' b. f. Truth, by The Libel, three years, 5st I3lbs (Wells). S. mg., 8st /lbs, ran third in a handicap sweep of 100 sovs., won by Truth, 7st I2lbs (Wells) ; five ran. 1852. At Northampton, Sst iolbs (Whitehouse), ran second for Earl Spencer's Plate (a handicap), won by Mr. Fowler's ch. h. Forester, by Alpheus (son of Sultan), six years, 7st iilbs (W. Sharpe), beating Mr. Payne's b. f. Freedom (who died the same year), by Cotherstone, 6st 3lbs (J. Wells) ; Freedom fell in the race, or she would have won; seventeen ran ; 7 to 2 against Freedom, 6 to 1 against Forester, and 10 to 1 against Prime Minister. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 7lbs each (W. Sharpe), won the Port Stakes, of .£250, beating Mr. Powney's ch. c. Lamartine, by Epirus (A. Day), by a head, and Lord Exeter's ch. c. Midas, by Beiram, third and last. At Newton, Sst 4-lbs (Marlow), won 60 sovs., beating b. f. Truth, by The Libel, Sst 2 lbs (R. James), in a canter, and four others. At Ludlow, won 70 sovs. At Worcester, 7st I3lbs (W. Sharpe), ran second in the County Stakes (handicap), of ^"430, won by b. g. Melford, by Melbourne, aged, 6st 4lbs (Preece), beating eleven others. At York, 9st 4lbs (Marlow), ran second for the County Plate, won by Mr. J. Merry's b. c. Lambton, by The Cure, two years, 6st I2lbs (J. Osborne), beating Mr. Padwick's * ch. filly, Vaultress, by Irish Birdcatcher, two years, 6st gibs, third, Forester, six years, 9st 3lbs, * This gentleman raced under the name of Howard. go CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. fourth, and Voltigeur, five years, 9st 6lbs, last. At Doncaster, Sst 8lbs (Marlow), not placed for a handicap plate, of /190, won by b. f. Truth, four years, Sst 8lbs (Templeman), beating nine others. Prime Minister ran twice more, this year, without success, and was now sold to Mr. George Mather. 1853. At Epsom (Spring), 8st 2lbs (Marlow), ran unplaced in the City and Suburban, of ^960, won by Mr. Oliver's ch. colt. Ethelbert, by Foig-a- Ballagh, three years, 5st islbs (Wells), after a dead-heat with M. Rogers' b. f. Pancake, by Vol-au-vent, four years, sst albs (S. Steggles), beating Mons. Lupin's b. f. Jouvence (bred in France), by Sting (son of Slane), three years, 4st 1 2lbs, third, and twenty-one others. Second heat won by a head. 1854. At Northampton, Sst tolbs (Marlow), was not placed for Earl Spencer's Plate, of ^785, won by Lord Lonsdale's b. c. Welham, by Cowl, three years', 6st 61bs (S. Steggles), beating Mr. J . Shelley's ch. h. Kohinoor, by The Libel, five years, Sst 11 lbs (Kendall), second, and twenty-five others. At Epsom (Spring), Sst 3lbs, ran unplaced in the City and Suburban, of £1106, won by Virago (which see). At Ascot, Sst ialbs (Marlow), was not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup, of £700, won by Mr. Way's b. c. Brocket, by Melbourne, four years, Sst 4lbs (A. Day), beating Mr. Harrison's ch. h. King of Trumps, by Velocipede, five years, gst (Cartwright), second, b. f. Catherine Hayes, four years, Sst 7lbs, third, Baron Rothschild's b. f. Mentmore Lass, by Melbourne, and seventeen others. At Newmarket (Houghton), was unplaced in the Cambridge- shire, of £ 1 445, won by Scherz (a bay colt, bred in Germany, and got by The Provost, a son of The Saddler), beating seventeen others. Prime Minister ran once in 1855, without success, at Warwick, and retired to the Stud. He was sire of Captain Machell's Knight of the Garter. "The Druid " observes that " Melbourne's blood hit best for speed, when he got his stock rather short. Prime Minister, for instance, was a Flyer in the days when an offer of ,£5000 would not tempt Mr. Halford . to resign his hopes at ' The Isthmian Games.' " T) , ■ 92 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Richmond's b. f. Red Hind, by Venison, 8st 1 1 lbs (Nat), beating Lord Exeter's bl. c. Ambrose, by Touchstone, 8st 7lbs (Robinson), second, Lord Bruce's b. c. Knight of the Shire, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), third, ch. c. Stockwell, Sst 7lbs (Marlow), fourth, and one other ; 7 to 4 against Daniel and Red Hind, and 5 to 1 against Stockwell. 1852. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 4.1bs (F. Butler), was unplaced in the 2000 Guineas, won by Stockwell. At Epsom (F. Butler), won the Derby, of ^5050, beating Mr. Bradshaw's b. c. Bar- barian, by Simoom (Hiett), by half a length, Mr. Dorrien's bl. c. Chief Baron Nicholson, by The Baron (Kitchener), third, Mr. J. Merry's b. c. Hobbie Noble (W. Sharpe), fourth ; also, the Duke of Richmond's br. c Homebrewed, by Chatham, Colonel Anson's b. c. King Pepin, by Orlando, Mr. Padwick's b. c. Little Harry, by Epirus, Lord Ribblesdale's bl. c. Nabob, by The Nob, br. c. Harbinger, by Touchstone, Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Womersley, by Irish Birdcatcher, ch. c. Stockwell, ch. c. Augur, bl. c. Ambrose, b. c. Joe Miller, b. c. Kingston, and twelve others, a goodly field of horses. Betting, at starting, 7 to 2 against Little Harry (who had been highly tried), 4 to 1 against Hobbie Noble (who had been drugged, and made safe), 1 1 to 1 against the Duke of Richmond's Harbinger (winner of the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood, in 1852), 12 to 1 against Kingston, 16 to 1 against Stockwell, and 25 to 1 against Daniel O'Rourke. The course was very heavy going. At Ascot, for three years old, Sst 7lbs (Butler), won the St. James's Palace Stakes, of £\oo, beating Lord Orford's br, c. Alcoran (who also ran in the Derby), by Theon ; 2 to 1 on Daniel. At York (August), Sst i3lbs (Butler), ran second in the Ebor St Leger, of ^525, won by Mr. Greville's b. c. Frantic, by Alarm, Sst 7lbs (Nat), by three lengths; 5 to 2 on Daniel. At Doncaster (F. Butler), ran third in the St. Leger, won by Stockwell (which see). At Newmarket (First October), Sst 7lbs each (Butler), ran third in the Triennial, of £ 576 10s., won by Hobbie Noble (Marlow). At Goodwood, for four years old, colts Sst ylbs, fillies Sst 3lbs (Butler), s, of >./ ' DANIEL O'ROURA'/:. 93 ran third in the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, of ^674, won by Lord Clifden's br. c. Poodle (winner of the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, in 1852, and the Great Metropolitan, at Epsom, in 1857), DV Ion (A. Day), beating Harbinger (Nat), by two lengths, and Hobbie Noble (W. Day), fourth and last. S. mg., 8st 6lbs (Butler), was unplaced for the Chester- field Cup, of ^585, won by Mr. Drinkald's bl. c. Nabob, four years, ;st 3lbs (T. Aldcroft), beating Mr. Padwick's bl. c. Cat's-paw, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 6st 2lbs (Wells), by a head, the Duke of Richmond's br. c. Pharos, by Touchstone, three years, 7st 6lbs (Nat), third, Mons. Lupin's b. f. Jouvence, bred in France, and winner, this year, of the Goodwood Cup, by Sting, three years, 6st 11 lbs, and seven others; 5 to 2 against Cat's-paw, and 6 to 1 against Nabob; nothing else backed. This was Daniel's last race. " Queen Mab (Daniel's great-great-granddam) was," says " The Druid," "the youngest of the ten chestnuts which the 'Tartar Mare' threw to Eclipse, five colts and five fillies, all chestnuts, and all bred by Mr. O' Kelly." Queen Mab was trained both at Epsom and Newmarket, but she never started. She stood about fourteen hands and three inches high, and was both thick and lengthy, with a white mane and tail, and wide drooping ears. The Tartar Mare was bred by the Duke of Bolton, about the year 1 75 1 ; after whose death she became the property successively of Mr. Peter Hammond, the Rev. Mr. Lascelles, and his friend, who bred several foals from her by very common stallions. When turned twenty years of age, she was sold for 5 gs., and was subsequently purchased by Mr. O'Kelly for 100 gs., who, it is asserted, cleared more than ^"30,000 by the sale of her produce ; Queen Mab being the last, foaled when her dam was thirty-four years old. Daniel O'Rourke, after a long sojourn in the green pastures, at Sledmere, was sold to the Austrian Government for 800 gs., and shipped to Vienna. 94 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. SONGSTRESS. SONGSTRESS was a bay filly, bred by Mr. John Scott (the famous Malton Trainer), in 1849. She was got by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Cyprian (bred by Mr. Scott in 1833), by Partisan, out of Frailty, by Filho- da-Puta, out of Agatha, by Or-ville, out of a daughter of Star (son of Highflyer), out of a mare by Young Marske, out of Emma, by Telemachus (son of Herod), out of A-la-Greque, by Regulus, her dam, by Allworthy (son of Old Crab), out of Dairy Maid, by Bloody Buttocks, out of Bay Brocklesby, by Old Partner, out of Brocklesby Betty, by the Curwen Bay Barb. Songstress' Performances. 1851. At Catterick, for two years old, colts Sst /lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (Simpson), won ^120, beating Lord Zetland's br. f. Lady Bird, by Irish Birdcatcher (J. Marson), by a neck, Mr. Meiklam's b. f. Evadne, by Fancy Boy, and two others. At Ascot, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Templeman), ran second in the Triennial, of £520, won by the Duke of Richmond's br. f. Red Hind, by Venison (Kitchener), by a length, beating Mr. Payne's br. f. Moulton Lass, by Theon (Nat), third, and four others. 1S52. At Epsom (F. Butler), won the Oaks, of ^2395, beating Mr. Parker's bl. f. Bird-on-the-wing, by Irish Birdcatcher (S. Rogers), second, Sir C. Monck's br. f. Gossamer, by Irish Birdcatcher (J. Marson), third, Mr. Sarjent's b. f. Kate (winner of the 1000 Guineas), by Auckland (A. Day), fourth; also, br. f. Red Hind (Nat), Lord Westminster's br. f. Plot, by s l • • • I • f SONGSTRESS. 95 Pantaloon, Mr. Merry's b. f. Sally, by Ithuriel, Mr. Payne's b. f. Glenluce, by Slane, Mr. Clark's ch. f. Lady-in-Waiting (second to Kate in the iooo Guineas), by the Emperor, and four others; 2 to 1 against Songstress, 6 to 1 against Red Hind, 8 to 1 against Gossamer, and 15 to 1 against Bird-on-the-wing. At Ascot, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies 8st 4-lbs (Butler), won the Triennial, <»f ^510, beating Harbinger (Nat), by a length, Red Hind, and another ; even on Songstress, and 2 to 1 against Harbinger. At Don- caster, ran fifth in the St. Leger, won by Stockwell (which sec). At Ascot, for four years old, Sst ^.lbs (Butler), ran fourth in the Triennial, of ^400, won by Lord Exeter's ch. c. Ilex, by Beiram, beating Mr. Megson's (late Mr. T. Parr's) b. c. Weathergage (winner, in 1852, of the Cesare- witch), by Weatherbit, Sst ;lbs (Marlow), by half a length, Harbinger, Sst 7lbs (Nat), third, Joe Miller, Sst ;lbs (Goater), fifth, and Major Martyn's b. c. Convulsion, by Alarm, Sst /lbs, last ; 5 to 4 against Weathergage, 2 to 1 against Songstress, 5 to 1 against Harbinger, and 6 to 1 against Ilex. At Newmarket (Second October), 7st iolbs (J. Chappie), not placed in the Cesarewitch, of ^1690, won by Mr. Williams' b. c. Haco, by Old England (son of Mulatto), three years, 5st I2lbs (Palmer), beating Mr. Drinkald's (late Lord Ribblesdale's) bl. c. Nabob, by The Nob, four years, Sst (A. Day), by a head, Mr. Padwick's (late Colonel Anson's) b. c. King Pepin, by Orlando, four years, 6st 8lbs (Wells), third, Joe Miller, ;st gibs, Mountain Deer, Sst 7lbs, Teddington, 9st /lbs, Muscovite (winner of the Cesarewitch, in 1854), four years, 7st iolbs, Catherine Hayes, three years, 7st, and twenty-two others; 5 to 1 against Songstress, 8 to 1 against King Pepin, 12 to 1 against Teddington, 15 to 1 against Joe Miller, and 50 to 1 against Haco. At Kelso, Sst 1 ilbs (Templeman), ran third in the Roxburgh Handicap, of ^465, won by Mr. Henderson's ch. h. Lough Bawn, by Magpie, five years, 7st jibs (Geo. Oates), beating Mr. Chilton's b. c. Audubon, by Irish Birdcatcher. three years, 7st 6lbs, second, and four others ; 3 to 1 against Songstress, 4 to 1 against Audubon, and 5 to 1 against Lough Bawn. Ran once more, in the Cale- donian Handicap, of ^"280, won by Mr. Redfern's br. h. Testator, by Inheritor (son of Lottery), and was put to the Stud. 96 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. STOCKWELL. S TOCKWELL was a chestnut colt, bred by Mr. Theobald, in 1849; and sold by him to the Marquis of Exeter. He was got by The Baron, out of Pocahontas by Glencoe, out of Marpessa by Muley, out of Clare by Marmion (son of Whiskey), out of Harpalice by Gohanna, out of Amazon by Driver (a son of Trentham), out of Fractious by Mercury, out of a mare by Woodpecker, out of Everlasting by Eclipse, out of Hyaena by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea by Regulus, her dam, by Bartlett's Childers, out of a mare by Honywood's White Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues. " Stockwell," says " The Druid," " was the fifth foal of his dam, Pocahon- tas, and a very fine colt he was ; but he was considered by his breeder, and many other good judges, to be on too large a scale. John Lowry, how- ever' (Mr. Theobald's Stud groom), admired him greatly, and induced Lord Exeter to look at him, who, though of opinion that he was too big, eventually bought him for 180 sovs., with a contingency of ^500 more if he won the Derby." Lord Exeter secured the colt just in time, as Mr. Theobald died (aged 85), within a month after it reached Burleigh. Stockwell was rather a plain-looking horse, very much shoulder-tied, and by no means a good goer. After having thrown Stockwell, in 1849, his dam, Pocahontas, passed into the possession of Captain Thelluson, for whom she produced Rataplan, in 1850, and King Tom, in 1851. The Stud Book may be searched in vain for any other brood mare which, in three successive years, produced such a trio of colts as Stockwell, Rataplan, and King Tom. As regards Stockwell's sons and daughters, Blair Athol of the former, and Achievement of the latter, were unquestionably the best ; but neither ever had their staying powers fairly tested. There was, however, more quality about The Marquis and St. Albans, than in any • I I # I STOCKWELL. 97 others of Stockwell's get, and the latter had a deal of dash and go in his action. Belladrum was, perhaps, the best-looking of them all, and he too, had fine sweeping action. Stockwell's foals showed great quality and finish ; but neither his nor Rataplan's had quite the bone or size that would be looked for from two such massive sires, while many of Rataplan's stock had his peculiar short drop on the quarter. Of the two brothers, Stockwell was always the more resolute. Stockwell's Performances, 185 1. At Newmarket (Second October), for two years old, Sst /lbs each (Marlow), ran second in the Prendergast Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., twenty-eight subscribers (,£750), won by Mr. Gratwicke's ch. c. Maidstone, by Chatham (son of The Colonel), (Nat), by a head, beating Lord Exeter's bl. c. Ambrose, by Touchstone (F. Butler), third, and Sir R. Pigott's b. c. Filius, by Venison (J. Robinson), last. At Newmarket (Houghton), 8st 7lbs (Marlow), ran fourth in the Criterion, won by the Duke of Rich- mond's b. f. Red Hind, by Venison, Sst iilbs (Nat), beating Ambrose, Sst 7lbs (Robinson), by a length, Lord Bruce's br. c. Knight of the Shire (winner of the Cambridgeshire, in 1852), by Sir Hercules, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), third, Daniel O'Rourke, Sst 7lbs (Butler), fifth, and Sir J. Hawley's bl. f. Bilberry, by Touchstone, Sst Albs (Marson), last ; 7 to 4 each against Red Hind and Daniel O'Rourke, 5 to 1 against Stockwell, and 10 to 1 against any other. 1S52. . At Newmarket Craven, 8st 4.1bs (Norman), ran second in a handicap sweep of 100 sovs. each, h.-ft., won by Lord Orford's br. c. Alcoran, by Theon, Sst 7lbs (F. Butler), by a neck, beating Mr. Payne's b. f. Glenluce, by Slane, 8st 4lbs (Nat), third and last ; all rising three years old. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst 7lbs each (Norman), won the 2000 Guineas, beating the Duke of Richmond's br. c. Homebrewed, by Chatham, easily by a length (Nat), b. c. Filius (A. Day), third ; also (not placed), Daniel VOL. IV. H 98 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. O'Rourke, Ambrose, Maidstone, and three others ; 5 to 2 against Home- brewed, 3 to 1 each against Daniel O'Rourke and Filius, 6 to 1 against Maidstone, and 10 to 1 against Stockwell. S. mg., 8st 7lbs each (Norman), won the Newmarket Stakes, of ^625, beating Maidstone (now the Duke of Bedford's), by a head (F. Butler), Sir R. Pigott's ch. c. Father Thames (winner, this year, of the Newmarket Handicap), by Foig-a-Ballagh, third, and three others ; 9 to 4 on Stockwell. At Epsom (Norman), was un- placed in the Derby, won by Daniel O'Rourke. At Goodwood, 8st 7lbs (Norman), won a sweepstakes of 400 sovs., beating the Duke of Rich- mond's br. c. Harbinger, by Touchstone, Sst 4lbs (Nat), by half a length. Betting even. S. mg., w. o. for a sweep of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., four subscribers (val. of forfeits £tfo). S. mg., Sst i2lbs (Norman), won the Racing Stakes (Handicap), of ^600, beating Maidstone, Sst iolbs (F. Butler), in a canter, by two lengths, Father Thames, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), third, Jnd Lord Eglinton's bl. c. Lucio, by Foig-a-Ballagh, last. At York, Sst 7lbs (Norman), won the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of .£1590, beating Lord Derby's b. c. Longbow, by Ithuriel, Sst 7lbs (F. Butler), by a length, ch. c. Ilex (also Lord Exeter's), by Beiram, Sst 7lbs, the Hon. S. Hawke's b. c. Womersley, by Irish Birdcatcher, Maidstone, and eight ' others ; 5 to 4 on Stockwell. At Doncaster (Norman), won the Great St. Leger, of ^2775, beating Harbinger (Nat), by ten lengths, Daniel O'Rourke (F. Butler), two lengths from Harbinger, third, Mr. Pedley's br. f. Trousseau, by Gameboy, fourth, b. f. Songstress (winner of the Oaks), fifth, and ch. c. Alfred the Great, who did not pass the post ; 7 to 4 against Stockwell, 2 to 1 against Daniel, 3 to 1 against Songstress, and 7 to 1 against Harbinger. S. mg., w. o. for the Foal Stakes, of ^250. At Newmarket (First October), Sst 7lbs each (Norman), won the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of /Soo, beating Mr. Greville's b. c. Muscovite (winner, in 1854. of the Cesarewitch). by Hetman Platoff, in a canter, by three lengths ; Filius, by Venison, third, and Ilex, by Beiram, last. S. mg., ost, for three vears old (Norman), won the Newmarket St. Leger, of /350, beating Mr. Greville's b. c. Frantic, by Alarm, Sst 7lbs (Nat), easily, by two lengths, and Ilex, Sst 7lbs (Marlow), last ; also, Sst 7lbs, received 50 sovs. forfeit from Lord Ribblesdale's bl. c. Nabob, Sst 3lbs. both being three years old. STOCKWELL. 99 1853- At Ascot, Sst 5lbs (Norman), ran second for the Emperor's Plate, won by Teddington, five years, 9st (Job Marson), by a head, beating Kingston, Lady Evelyn, and two others ; 5 to 4 against Stock well, 3 to 1 against Kingston, and 4 to 1 against Teddington. Stockwell now went very much amiss, and had to pay three forfeits for engagements he was unable to fulfil. 1854. At Newmarket (Second October), for The Whip, and 200 sovs. each, lost each, B. C, beat Mr. Morris' bay horse Kingston (who broke down in running), by thirty lengths. This was Stockwell's last race. The best racehorse the world ever saw, and the most successful sire of modern days, died within the same week — West Australian on Monday, the 2nd, and Stockwell on Thursday, the 5th of May, 1870— the former in France, and the latter at Hooton Hall, Cheshire, in the possession of Richard Christopher Naylor, Esq. Stockwell's covering fee, at one time, was 200 gs. Both The West and Stockwell were sold at Doncaster, by Mr. Tattersall, the former being purchased for the French Government, for /4OCO, and the latter by Mr. R. C. Naylor for ^"4500. 11 2 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. HOBBIE-NOBLE. HOBBIE-NOBLE was a bay colt, foaled in 1849, bred by and the property of Lord John Scott. He was got by Pantaloon, out of Phryne, by Touchstone, out of Decoy, by Filho-da-Puta, out of Finesse, by Peruvian (son of Sir Peter), out of Violante, by John Bull, out of Sister to Skyscraper, by Highflyer, out of Everlasting, by Eclipse, out of Hyaena, by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea, by Regulus, out of a mare by Bartlett's Childers, her dam, by Honywood's White Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues. " Independently of his blood and high descent," writes "The Druid," " Lord John had always a special regard for Hobbie- Noble, by reason of his hermit-like habits. No one ever saw him in the company of other horses ; but he would come readily to a whistle, after the manner of a dog. His Lordship would often take his friends out after dinner, and whistle for him to come to the garden gate to be inspected. The habit seemed to foreshadow, for ' the proud young Porter,' that a ^6500 cheque (the amount paid for him by Mr. James Merry), was in store for him." Hobbie.-Noble was, in all his points, so extremely handsome, and to the eye so very beautiful, that Her Majesty sent for him a second time to the front of the Royal Stand, at Ascot. It is beyond all doubt that Hobbie- Noble was drugged on the eve of the Derby, and that was "how they squared him." He was admittedly the best three year old of his | year. Hobbie-Noble's Performances. 1851. At Ascot, for two years old, colts 8st /lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (Whitehouse), won the New Stakes, of ^550, beating Mr. Drinkald's gr. c. Grey Tommy, I HOBBIE-XOIUJi. b) Sleight of Hand (Rodney), second, Colonel Peel's b. c. Kingston, by Venison (Nat), third ; also, Lord Palmerston's br. c. Buckthorn (winner, in 1853, of the Ascot Stakes), by Venison, and seven others; 6 to 5 on Hobbie-Noble, 5 to 2 against Kingston, and 8 to 1 against Grey Tommy. At Newmarket (July), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5II0S (Whitehouse), won the July Stakes, of ^780, beating Lord Eglington's b. c. Clavcrhouse, by Irish Birdcatcher (C. Marlow), by two lengths, Colonel Peel's b. c. Live- mere, by Slane (Nat), third, Colonel Anson's br. c. Bull's-eye, by Don John (F. Butler), fourth, and one other. 1 lobbie was now sold to Mr. J. Merry for ^"6500. 185: At Epsom (W. Sharpe), ran fourth in the Derby, won by Daniel O'Rourke. At Ascot, w. o. for the Albany Stakes, and, 6st iolbs, ran third for the Emperor's Plate, won by Joe Miller (which see). At Goodwood, jst albs, ran fourth for the Cup, won by Kingston, beating Little Harry, by Epirus, second, Teddington, third, Newminsler, and six others. At Doncaster, 8st /lbs each (Marlow), won the Don Stakes, beating the Duke of Richmond's br. c. Harbinger, by Touchstone (Nat) ; 6 to 4 on Hobbie- Noble. At Newmarket (First October), colts Sst 7lbs, fillies 8st 4.1bs (Marlow), wen the Triennial, of ^"576 \os., beating Mr. Greville's b. f. Adine (winner, this year, of the Great Ebor Handicap, and, in 1853, of the Goodwood Stakes), by Slane, in a canter, by three lengths (Nat), Daniel O'Rourke, third, and three others; 5 to 4 on Hobbie-Noble. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st nibs (Pettit), ran second in the Cambridge- shire, of ,£1805, won by Lord Bruce's b. c. Knight of the Shire, three years, 6st 2lbs, beating Lady Evelyn, third ; also, Mr. Denham's ch. f. Babette, by Foig-a-Ballagh, three years, 5st 6lbs (Ashmall), fourth, and twenty-seven others; 4 to 1 against Babette, 6 to 1 against Knight of the Shire, and 8 to 1 against Hobbie-Noble. At Epsom (November), Sst 3lbs (Marlow), not placed in the Autumn Handicap, /340, won by Mr. Copeland's ch. m. Candlewick, by The Prime-Warden (son of Cadland), five years, 6st I2lbs (J. Wells) ; seven ran ; 5 to 2 against Hobbie, and 6 to 1 against Candlewick. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1853- At Epsom (Spring), 8st 7lbs (W. Day), was not placed in the Trial Stakes, won by Mr. Padwick's b. c. Lascelles, by Touchstone, three years, 6st 1 albs (Wells), beating eight others. At Ascot, 8st iolbs (Marlow), not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup (val. ^690), won by Lord H. G. Lennox's b. c. The Friar, by Cowl, three years, 5st iolbs (Garvey), beating Lord Clifden's b. c. Pelion, by Ion, three years, jst 8lbs (Nat), second, Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. Corybantes, by Scamander (son of Priam), three years, 6st slbs (Ashmall), third, Little Harry, four years, 8st 2lbs, Father Thames, four years, 7st 4.1bs, King of Trumps, four years, 8st 2lbs, and twenty-three others ; 6 to 1 each against The Friar and Pelion, 8 to 1 against King of Trumps, and 100 to 6 against Hobbie-Noble. At Good- wood, for four years old, Sst 7lbs each (W. Day), ran fourth and last in the Bentinck- Memorial Stakes, of ,£690, won by Lord Clifden's br. c. Poodle (winner of the Great Northampton Stakes, in 1852, and, in 1857, of the Newmarket Handicap, carrying 9st 2lbs, and the Great Metro- politan at Epsom, Sst, by Ion (A. Day), beating Harbinger (Nat), by two lengths, Daniel O'Rourke (Butler), third. Hobbie-Noble ran once more, without success, and quitted the Turf. Hobbie-Noble was trained by Saunders, at Hednesford, and was, for a long time, first favourite for the Derby ; but, within a few days of the race, had to give place to Little Harry, who had been very highly tried by the Days. The Derby of 1852 was, perhaps, the wettest and most sensational on record. The course was fetlock deep, and the issue left in the greatest uncertainty up to the very finish. Daniel O'Rourke, who perfectly revelled in the mud, under the masterly pilotage of Frank .Butler, snatched the race from Hobbie-Noble, when it seemed to be quite at his mercy, and in the final, helter skelter, rush for places, Barbarian (who started at 100 to 1), and Chief Baron Nicholson got before him. After having been squared for the Derby, Hobbie-Noble never regained his early form. • « f • • • I • I • f "* I f I 4 M m - io4 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Lord Exeter's ch. c. Lens, by St, Martin (son of Actseon), 8st 4.1bs each. S. mo-., for two years old, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies 8st 4lbs (F. Butler), ran second in the Triennial, of ^612, won by the Duke of Richmond's b. f. Red Hind, by Venison (Kitchener), by two lengths; nine ran; 6 to 4 against Red Hind, and 7 to 4 against Longbow. 1852. At Northampton, Sst 8lbs (F. Butler), won the Whittlebury Stakes, of ^490, beating Mr. Halford's b. c. Peppermint, by Sweetmeat, three years, gst (W. Sharpe), by three lengths, br. f. Postulant, by Cowl, two years, 6st lib, third, and nine others. At York (Spring), gst (Butler), won the Eglinton Stakes, beating Mr J. Osborne's br. f. Lady Agnes, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, Sst 11 lbs (J. Osborne), in a canter, and also his b. c. Lambton, by The Cure, two years, 6st 1 ilbs (Wells) ; 4 to 1 on Lono-bow. At Goodwood, Sst 7lbs (Templeman), won the Gratwicke Stakes, of /1250, beating Sir. R. Pigott's ch. c. Father Thames (winner, this year, of the Newmarket Handicap), by Foig-a-Ballagh, Sst 4lbs (A. Day), by a head, Lord Ribblesdale's bl. c. Nabob, Sst iolbs (S. Rogers), third, General Anson's br. c. King Pepin, by Orlando, Red Hind, and two others ; 7 to 4 against Father Thames, and 3 to 1 each against Longbow and Kino- Pepin. S. mg., Sst 7lbs each (F. Butler), in the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, won by Harbinger, Longbow ran on the wrong side of the post, at starting, and was left behind. Nabob was second. At York (August), coits Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 2lbs (Butler), ran second in the Great Yorkshire Stakes,, of ^1590, won by Stockwell (Norman), by a short lenoth; thirteen ran. At Doncaster, Sst I2lbs (Butler), ran second in the* Eglinton Stakes, of ^355. won bY Lord Clifden's br. c. Pelion, by Ion, two years. 6st iolbs (Charlton), beating also Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Stilton (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan and the North- umberland Plate), by Cotherstone, three years, Sst I2lbs, third, and six others; won by a head. S. mg., received 100 sovs. (forfeit) from Lord Glasgow's b. f. Incognita, by Poynton. S. mg., Sst 7lbs (Butler), won the Doncaster Stakes, of /S20, beating Mr. Duncombe's ch. c. Alfred the Great, by Orlando, three years, Sst 7lbs (Marson), by two lengths ; - to 1 on Longbow. At Newmarket (Second October) for three years LONGBOW. IO- old, colts 8st /lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Butler), won the Royal Stakes, of /2040, heating- Lord Clifden's br. c. Poodle, by Ion (Nat), second, Mr. G. Payne's b. f. Glenluce, by Slane (J. Chappie), third, and Lord Exeter's ch. c. Ilex, by Beiram (Norman), last ; 2 to 1 on Longbow. 1853. At Northampton, 8st (Nat), won /"140, beating Captain Lane's ch. c. Conmore, by Malcolm, four years, 8st (G. Sharpe), second, and three others. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Nat), won a purse of6osovs., beating Mr. Morris' b. c. Kingston, four years, Sst iolbs (Basham), by a length, and one other; 5 to 4 on Longbow. At Epsom, Sst Slbs (A. Day), ran unplaced in the City and Suburban, of £960, won by Mr. Oliver's ch. c. Ethelbert, by Foig-a-Ballagh, three years, 5st i3lbs (Wells), after a dead- heat with Mr. J. Rogers' b. f. Pancake, by Vol-au-Vent (son of Voltaire), four years, 5st 2lbs (S. Steggles) ; twenty-four ran; 2 to 1 against Ethelbert, 7 to 2 against Longbow, 5 to 1 against Pancake, and 10 to 1 against Mons. Lupin's br. f. Jouvence (bred in France), by Sting, three years, 4st 12 lbs (ridden by T. Sherwood). At Manchester, for all ages, Sst 7lbs (Sim Templeman), won the Meiklam Handicap, beating Mr. Meiklam's bl. c. The Hatchet, by Poynton (son of Touchstone), three years, 6st 4lbs (Waddington), and seven others ; 7 to 4 on Longbow. S. mg., Sst 7lbs (Templeman), won the Union Cup (handicap), of ^520 beating Mr. Harrison's ch. c. King of Trumps, by Velocipede (Cart- wright), four years, Sst, by two lengths, Lord Chesterfield's bay colt, by The Emperor, three years, 6st, third, and nine others; 9 to 4 against King of Trumps. 7 to 2 against Longbow, and 10 to 1 against any other. At Liverpool, Sst 2lbs (Templeman), won £90. S. mg., Sst i2lbs (F. Butler), ran third in a handicap plate, of 200 sovs., with sweep of ^115, won by Mr. Waller's bay filly Octavia, by Orlando, four years, 6st Slbs (Crouch), beating Mr. Saxon's br. f. Calot, by Touchstone, four years, 7st (Clement), second, ch. h. Hungerford (now Baron Roths- child's), by John o'Gaunt, five years, Sst 6lbs, Mr. Dawson's (late Mr. Mangan's) ch. h. Russborough, by Tearaway, six years, 8st 4lbs, and seven others ; 6 to 4 against Longbow, and 7 to 1 against Octavia. At Goodwood, ost 4lbs (F. Butler), won the Stewards' Cup (handicap), of 106 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. £570, beating black colt Nabob (now Mr. Drinkald's), four years, yst i3lbs (T. Aldcroft), by three lengths, General Anson's b. f. Nerva, by Charles XII., three years, 6st ;lbs (Wells), third; also, Lord Bruce's br. c. Knight of the Shire (winner, in 1852, of the Cambridgeshire), by Sir Hercules, four years, 8st (Nat), Lord Clifden's br. c. Pelion, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), Octavia, four years, ;st albs, and twenty-three others. Betting, at starting, 4 to 1 against Pelion, 5 to 1 against Longbow, 8 to 1 against Nabob, and 10 to 1 against Octavia. It was difficult to handicap Longbow out of any race. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st 7lbs, received 100 sovs. (forfeit) from Lord Exeter's Stockwell, 8st i2lbs; but, 8st ;lbs (F. Butler), in a match for 400 sovs., A. F. (across the Flat— one mile, two furlongs and seventy-three yards), was beaten by Lord Glasgow's black colt, Caracara, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, 7st -lbs (I. Wells) ; 7 to 1 on Longbow, this being his last appearance. on the Turf. . ill CELEB RA TED RA CE HORSES. ran two dead-heats, after which Mr. Dorrien and Colonel Peel divided the stakes. Six ran ; 5 to 4 on Kingston. In the second heat Alfred Day rode Chief Baron Nicholson, and Nat rode Kingston as before. Colonel Peel wished to run off the third heat, and offered 6 to 4 on Kingston ; but Mr. Dorrien declined the proposal. At Goodwood, ;st 3lbs (H. Goater), ran second in the Nursery Stakes, of ^460, won by Mr. Greville's br. c. Frantic, by Alarm, ~st iolbs (Nat), beating the Duke of Richmond's b. f. Plumstead, by Chatham, 6st 1 libs, third, and nine others, all two years old. At Egham, 8st 4lbs (A. Day), ran third and last in the King John Stakes, won by Mr. Gratwicke's b. f. Flirt, by Hetman Platoff, 8st 6lbs (Kit- chener), beating Mr. Greville's b. f. Greengage, by Alarm, 8st 3lbs (Geo. Dockeray), second. He ran once more, at Winchester, without success. 1852. At Epsom (Spring), 5st 6lbs (H. Goater), ran second in the Great Metropolitan, of ,£1600, won by Mr. Meiklam's b. c. Stilton, by Cother- stone, three* years, 4st nibs (Carroll), by a length, beating the Duke of Richmond's b. m. Officious, by Pantaloon, five years, 7st 3lbs (J. Charlton), third, and eighteen others, among whom was Mr. Merry's b. f. Miss Ann (dam of Scottish Chief, and the winner, in 1851, of the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood), by the Little Known. Miss Ann, on this occasion, knocked over Joe-Miller in the race and extinguished his chance. At Chester, 4st iolbs (}as. Goater), won the Cup. of ,£2870, beating Stilton (winner, this year, of the Northumberland Plate), three years, 5st 8lbs (Aldcroft), by a length, Lord Clifden's br. c. Poodle, by Ion, three years, 5st 3lbs, third, Mr. Spencer's black filly Benita, by The Baron, three years, 4st (Geo. Fordham), fourth ; also, br. f. Nancy, by Pompey, four years, qst lib, ch. c. Hungerford, four years, 6st iolbs, and thirty-eight others; 7 to 2 against Stilton, 8 to 1 against Joe-Miller, 14 to 1 against Nancy, and 20 to 1 against Benita. Joe-Miller jumped off with the lead, and headed from start to finish. Stilton, who got off badly, went in pursuit, but could not succeed in overhauling Mr. Farrance's colt. At Epsom, was unplaced in the Derby, won by Daniel O'Rourke. At Ascot, 6st iolbs (G. Mann), won the Emperor of Russia's Plate and Sweep (val. ^"960), beating Mr. Saxon's black colt, The Black Doctor (winner, this year of JOE-MILLER. 109 the Manchester Cup), four years, 8st 5lbs (Abrahams), by two lengths, Hobbie-Noble, three years, 6st iolbs (Charlton), third, Little Harry, three years, 6st iolbs, fourth, Voltigeur, five years, 9St, fifth, and four others ; 7 to 4 against Voltigeur, and 6 to 1 against Joe-Miller. At Stockbridge, 8st 7lbs each (H. Goater), in the Triennial, was beaten, three lengths, by Kingston (Nat) : four ran ; 6 to 4 on Joe. At Weymouth, 8st 2lbs (H. Goater), won the Queen's Plate, beating three others. At Newmarket (Second October), ~st iolbs, was unplaced in the Cesarewitch, of ^1385, won by Mr. Parr's b. c. Weathergage, by Weatherbit, three years, 6st 1 ilbs (J. Wells), beating Lord Wilton's b. m. Lady Evelyn, six years, 8st 6lbs (F. Butler), second, Knight of the Shire, three years, 5st 81bs, third, and twenty others. 1853. At Salisbury, 9st 2lbs each (H. Goater), for the Queen's Plate, was beaten by Weathergage (C. Marlow) ; 6 to 4 on Joe. At Weymouth, w. o. for the Queen's Plate. At Newmarket (Second October), not placed for a purse of 100 sovs., won by Rataplan. Joe ran in five other races, this year, without success. 1854- At Manchester, 7st 7lbs, was unplaced for the Cup, won by Rataplan, four years, 9st 3lbs (his best performance). At Ascot, 9st, not placed in the Trial Stakes ; and, at Newmarket (Second October), 7st 7lbs, was unplaced in the Cesarewitch, of ^1245, won by Muscovite. i355- At Salisbury, Sst 1 lb (H. Goater), won the Wiltshire Plate, beating three others. S. mg., ran third for the Queen's Plate, won by Mr. Hill's br. c. Kingstown (bred in Ireland), by Tearaway. At Chester, was not placed for the Cup (val. ^2575), won by Mr. Padwick's b. c. Scythian, by Orlando. Joe-Miller ran eight times more, without success, and quitted the Turf, a good game little horse, ruined by his violent temper. no CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. WEST-AUSTRALIAN. WEST-AUSTRALIAN was a bay colt, bred by John Bowes, Esq., of Streatlam Castle, Durham, in 1850, and was got by Melbourne, out of Mowerina (bred by Mr. Bowes in 1843), by Touchstone, out of Emma (dam of Mundig and Cotherstone), by Whisker, out of Gibside Fairy, by Hermes, out of Vicissitude, by Pipator, out of Beatrice, by Sir Peter, out of Pyrrha, by Match'em, out of Duchess, by Whitenose (son of the Godolphin Arabian, out of Miss Slamerkin, by Young True Blue (son of Honywood's White Arabian), her dam, by Lord Oxford's dun Arabian, out of Lord D'Arcy's black-legged Royal Mare. West- Australian was proclaimed by many to have been the best race- horse, up to his lime, of this century. This, after all, is mere matter of opinion; for nobody can say, with anything approaching a certainty, what would be the result could Bay Middleton, his son, the Flying Dutchman, and West- Australian be brought together, at even weights, to run over the Derby course. It must be borne in mind that Kingston never could have stretched the necks of Bay Middleton or The Dutchman, as he did that of West Australian, for the Ascot Cup, in 1854. The West (as he was fondly termed by Frank Butler), was sold by Mr. Bowes to Lord Londesborough, in 1854, for 5000 gs. He won for his Lordship, in that year, the Ascot Cup ; and, in the following season, he was sent to the Stud, his stock first appearing in 1858, when Adelaide, Summerside, Joskin, Ticket of Leave, and three others, were credited to his account In 1S59, his best son, " The Wizard," made his ddbut on the Turf. West- Australian covered at Kirkby, at 30 gs., till he was sold, for 4000 gs., and sent to France. :s, Esq Ibourne, :, out of Gibside rd's dun est race- ratter of lty, what jtchman, run over er could i he did ;t (as he to Lord i, in that t to the merside. account West- ffi -' . WEST-AUSTRALIAN. m The West's Performances. 1852. At Newmarket (Houghton), for two years old, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (F. Butler), ran second in the Criterion, won by Mr. G. Payne's b. c. Speed-the- Plough, by Cotherstone (Nat), beating Lord Exeter's b. c. Filbert, by Nutwith (Norman), third, the Duke of Bedford's ch. c. Sittingbourne, by Chatham, Sst 1 3lbs, being 6lbs extra for winning the Prendergast (S. Rogers), Mr. W. Bosville's b. c. Ionic, by Ion, and two others. Even on Sittingbourne (who also won the Convivial Stakes, of ^"1210, at York), and 5 to 2 against The West. Won by half a length, a neck between second and third. S. mg., for two years old, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (F Butler), won the Glasgow Stakes, of ^700, beating Filbert (Norman) by two lengths, Speed-the-Plough (Nat), third, and General Anson's ch. c. by Don John (S. Rogers) last. Even on the West. IS53- At Newmarket (First Spring), colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Butler), won the 2000 Guineas (net value, ^"3300), beating Sittingbourne (R. Pettit) by half a length, Lord Glasgow's b. c. Barbatus, by Bay Middleton (Nat), third, Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Orinoco, by Orlando (J. Marson), fourth, b. c. Filbert, and two others ; 6 to 4 on The West, 7 to 2 against Orinoco (second to Vindex in the Champagne at Doncaster, and winner of the Clearwell in 1S52), 7 to 1 against Barbatus, 8 to 1 against Filbert, and 15 to 1 against Sittingbourne, odds not warranted by his two year old running. At Epsom (Butler), won the Derby, of ^"5400, beating Sittingbourne (S. Rogers) by a neck, Mr. Powney's b. c. Cineas, by Touchstone (Bumby), third, ch. colt Rataplan (Wells) fourth ; also, Baron Rothschild's b. c. Orestes, by Orlando, Lord Derby's br. c. Umbriel (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), by Touchstone, Captain Lane's ch. c. Ninnyhammer (winner of the Ascot Derby, and who died shortly afterwards), by Orlando, the Duke of Richmond's br. c. Pharos (winner of the Ham Stakes and Bentinck Memorial at Goodwood, CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. : in 1852), by Touchstone, Mr. Knowles' b. c. Talfourd (winner, this yea of the Newmarket Handicap), by Ion, Mr. Oliver's ch. c. Ethelben (winner, this year, of the City and Suburban), by Foig-a-Ballagh, Mr. Way's br. c. Brocket (winner, in 1854, of the Royal Hunt Cup, at Ascot), by Melbourne, b. c. Barbatus, br. c. Filbert, b. c. Orinoco, b. c. Mr. Sykes (winner, in 1S55, of the Cesarewitch), by Sir Tatton Sykes, and twelve others ; 6 to 4 against The West, 7 to 1 against Orestes, and 8 to 1 against Sittingbourne. At Doncaster (Butler), won the St. Leger, of ^"2175, beating Lord John Scott's b. c. The Reiver (own brother to Hobbie-Noble), by Pantaloon (C. Marlow), ch. c. Rataplan (J. Wells) third, Mr. W. I'Anson's bay colt, Balrownie (winner, this year, of the Doncaster Stakes); by Annandale (Templeman), fourth ; also, Lord Exeter's ch. c. Cobnut, by Nutwith, the Duke of Bedford's b. c. Feversham, by Chatham, ch. c. Sittingbourne (winner, this year, of the Gratwicke, of ^1550, at Goodwood), b. c. Cineas, and two others ; 6 to 4 against The West, 5 to 2 against Sittingbourne (at last his claims were recognized), ridden by Sam Rogers, and 7 to 1 each against The Reiver and Rataplan. S. mg., w. o. for a sweep of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., thirteen subscribers (net value _£iooo, Lord Exeter's b. c. Filbert withdrawing his 200 sovs. by consent). At Newmarket (First October), w. o. for the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of ^850, Lord Exeter's ch. c. Cobnut receiving 300 sovs. thereout, not to start. 1854. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st 7ibs (A. F.), match for 500 sovs., h. ft., received 250 sovs. from Lord Glasgow's Barbatus, 7st I3ibs. The West was now sold to Lord Londesborough, and, at Ascot, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), won the Triennial, of ^470, beating Lord Eglinton's br. c. Vanderdecken, by Bay Middleton (afterwards sold to Mr. Magenis), 8st 7lbs (Marlow), and Filbert, 8st 7lbs (Nat), last ; 5 to 1 on The West. S. mg., 8st 5lbs (A. Day), won the Cup, of ^540, beating Mr. Morris's b. h. Kingston, five years, 9st (J. Marson), by a head, Mr. Parr's ch. c. Rataplan, 8st 5lbs, third, Cobnut, Talfourd, Nabob, and Orestes, not being placed. This was considered the fastest-run race, for the Cup, on record ; and it was won with great difficulty. At Goodwood, 8st /lbs WEST AUSTRALIAN T T 3 each (A. DayX won a sweepstakes of .,/ ,:oo, beating Cobnut, by twenty lengths, and Hazelnut (both by Nutwith) by two hundred yards This was The \\ est's last appearance on the Turf. At the Stud he was about on a par with Teddington, perhaps a shade better. VOL. IV. ! , 4 CELEBRA TED RA CE HORSES. c CATHERINE HAYES. ATHERINE HAYES was a bay filly, foaled in 1850, the property of Mr Wauchope. She was got by Lanercost, out of Constance by Partisan out of Ouadrille by Selim, out of Canary Bird by Whiskey or Sorcerer, out of Canary by Coriander (son of PotSo's), out of Miss Green by Highflyer, out of Harriet by Match'em, out of Flora by Regulus, her dam, by Bartlett's Childers, out of a daughter of Bay Bolton, out of a mare by the Belgrade Turk. " Catherine Hayes," writes "The Druid," " who shares with Ellerdale the honour of being the best daughter of Lanercost, was always a great favourite with Matthew Dawson. She required drawing light, and was a very sweet-tempered mare. She was wide in the hips, and her hocks were very close together. Her action was easy, graceful, and sweeping ; . and no horse ever crept so beautifully up the Epsom Hill. Her victory in the ' Nursery Cup," at Goodwood, when judged by the subsequent achievements of many of the horses behind her, was a very remarkable performance, as she won very easily under the top weight of Sst 7lbs, giving Rataplan nibs, Ethelbert i3lbs, and Pantomime (winner of the Great Ebor Handicap, in 1853) I3»»; while, to Dagobert, she conceded 2lbs. Mat Dawson was wont to declare that he had never tried a two year old so highly. After winning the Oaks, she caught cold across the loins, which greatly affected her spine and crippled her action. She was never the same mare afterwards, though she did give Mayfair half a stone and a beating in the Coronation Stakes." Catherine Hayes' Performances. 1852. At Warwick, 8st 4lbs, for two years old (G. Whitehouse), won /135, \ V CATHERINE HAYES. 115 beating Ethelbert, Sst "lbs, and five others. At Salisbury, 8st 7lbs (Whitehouse), won ,£170, beating Michaelmas Maid, by Bay Middleton, 8st 3lbs, Mr. H. Hill's b. c. Ireland's, Eye (winner, in 1855, °'f tne City and Suburban), by Harkaway, Sst 7lbs, and four others. At Good- wood, for two years old, Sst 7lbs (G. Whitehouse), won the Nursery Cup (handicap), of 300 sovs. (the gift of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, jewellers), with a sweepstakes of .£470, beating Lord Eglinton's ch. filly Elspeth, by Irish Birdcatcher, "st (jibs (G. Oates), Mr. Vickers' ch. filly Psaltery, by Ithuriel, 6st iolbs (A. Cowley), third, b. c. Dagobcrt, 8st 5lbs, b. c. Pantomime, 7st 6lbs, Ethelbert, ;st 6lbs, Rataplan, ;st Slbs, Ireland's Eye, 7st 3lbs, and sixteen others. At Brighton, w. o. for 130 sovs. 1853. At Epsom (C. Marlow), won the Oaks, of ,£3800, beating Lord Exeter's ch. f. Dove by Woodpigeon (son of Velocipede), by two lengths (S. Rogers), second, Lord Glasgow's b. f. by Don John (Pettit), third, Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Nicotine, by Ion (A. Day), fourth, Baron Rothschild's br. f. Lady Louisa by Touchstone, and his b. f. Mentmore Lass (winner of the 1000 Guineas, and ridden by J. Charlton), by Melbourne, General Anson's ch. f. Lady Margaret by Ithuriel (F. Butler), Mr. H. Padwick's b. f. Mistletoe, by Melbourne (Templeman), Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Hybla, by Bay Middleton (J. Marson), Mr. Parker's ch. f. England's Beauty, by Irish Birdcatcher, and seven others ; 5 to 4 against Catherine Hayes, 2 to 1 against Mistletoe, 6 to 1 against Mentmore Lass, and 30 to 1 against Dove. Catherine Hayes was now sold to Lord John Scott. At Ascot, 9st (Marlow), won the Coronation Stakes, of ^Soo, beating General Anson's br. f. Mayfair, by Bay Middleton, Sst jibs (F. Butler), by a head, and Lord Exeter's ch. f. Kohinoor (who also ran in the Oaks), by Slane, Sst 7lbs (Norman), last. At Goodwood, Sst 2lbs (Templeman), ran second in a handicap sweep- stakes of 300 sovs., won by Lord Exeter's ch. c. Cobnut, three years, 8st 7lbs, beating Sir C. Monck's br. c. Vindex (winner, in 1852, of the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster), by Touchstone, three years, 8st 7lbs, third, and Filbert last. At Brighton, Sst i3ibs (Templeman), for the Biennial, was beaten in a canter by Sittingbourne, Sst 7lbs, Talfourd, 1 2 , 1 6 CELEBRA TED RA CE HORSES. Sst 7lbs, Dove, Sst 4-lbs, and Filbert also ran. She ran once more, in the Cesarewitch, won by Haco. 1854. At Ascot, 8st 7lbs (S. Rogers), ran unplaced for the Royal Hunt Cup, of .£700, won by Mr. Way's b. c. Brocket, by Melbourne, four years, 8st 4lbs (A. Day), beating Mr. Harrison's ch. h. King of Trumps, by Velocipede, five years, ost (Cartwright), by a head ; also (not placed), Mr. Merry's ch. f. Exact by Irish Birdcatcher, Mr. Drinkald's Grey Tommy, Mentmore Lass, Prime Minister, and fourteen others. At Goodwood, 7st i2lbs (Nat), was not placed for the Stewards' Cup, of ^"670, won by Lord Wilton's br. c. Pumicestone, by Cotherstone, three years' 6st (Ashma.ll), beating Mr. Saxon's ch. c. Kennyside Hero, by St. Leon (son of D'Egville), three years, 5st gibs (Foster), by. a head, The Reiver, Brocket, and thirty others. S. mg., Sst albs (Whitehouse), won £260, beating Mr. Mare's b. c. Pharold, by Alarm, Sst 7lbs (S. Rogers) ; only these two ran. Catherine Hayes was now put to the Stud: and was the dam of Mr. Merry's brilliant, but unfortunate, colt, Belladrum, by Stockwell. . ■ • • I I i iS CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. died in July), three years, 6st iolbs (Charlton), by a head, and three others ; 7 to 2 on Rataplan. At Doncaster (Wells), ran third in the St. Leger, won by West Australian. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st 1 olbs (Wells), won a handicap Plate of ^ 1 00, beating br. c. Poodle, by Ion, four years, yst 6lbs (Charlton), second, Joe Miller, four years, 8st, and ten others ; 3 to 1 against Poodle, 7 to 1 against Rataplan, and 8 to 1 against Joe Miller. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st iolbs (Wells), ran un- placed in the Cambridgeshire, won by b. c. Little David, by Slane, three years, 5st iolbs, with 33 to 1 against him. Rataplan was now purchased from Captain Thellusson by Mr. Thomas Parr. 1854. At Nottingham, won ,£55, and, at Epsom (Spring), 60 sovs. At Chester, 8st I2lbs (Nat), won ^130. At Edinburgh, 8st 7lbs (Temple- man), won the Lothian Handicap, of .£213, beating six others. At Bath, 8st iolbs (Nat), won the Somerset Stakes, of ^860, beating Mr. Shep- pard's ch. c. Aribbas, by Pyrrhus the First, three years, 5st albs (Carrol), second, Lord Clifden's br. h. Poodle, five years, 7st, third, and eleven others ; 7 to 2 against Aribbas (winner, this year, of the Cumberland Plate, at Carlisle), and 5 to 1 against Rataplan. S. mg., est slbs (Nat), won the Cup (val. £330), beating b. c. Jephson, by The Cure (son of Physician), three. years, 5st 1 3lbs, by eight lengths, and three others. At Epsom (May), 8st 7lbs (Nat), for the Cup, was beaten by a head, by Mr. Morris's b. h. Kingston, five years, ost (Basham), Hungerford, The Reiver, and two others also ran ; 5 to 2 on Rataplan. At Manchester, ost 3lbs (Nat), won the Cup, of 1000 sovs., beating Sir Jas. Boswell's b. f. La Belle, by Malcolm, four years, 6st 2lbs (Bates), in a canter, Mr. H. Padwick's b. c. Balrownie, by Annandale, four years, 8st 2lbs (Temple- man), third, Joe Miller, five years, 7st 7lbs (H. Goater), fourth ; also, Mons. Lupin's bay filly Jouvence (winner, in 1853, of the French Derby and Oaks), four years, 7st 1 lb, Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Seducer (winner, in 1855, of the Liverpool July Cup), by Melbourne, three years, 5st iolbs, and three others. This was considered to be Rataplan's best performance on the Turf. Betting, at starting, 2 to 1 against Balrownie, 4 to 1 against Joe Miller, and 5 to 1 against Rataplan. At Ascot, 8st slbs (Nat), ran RATAPLAN. u9 third for the Cup, won by West Australian (now Lord Londesborough's), four years, 8st 5lbs (which see), won by a short head. At Doncastcr, 9st 3lbs (Nat), won ^135, and, at Pontefract (C. Marlow), won the Trial Stakes ; Rataplan also won, this year, Queen's Plates at Newmarket (First Spring), Northampton, Chester, Edinburgh, Ascot, Plymouth, Win- chester, Bedford, and Weymouth. He ran in nine other races, without success. 1855- At Bath, iost 4lbs (J. Prince), won the Cup, of ,£250, beating three others. At Epsom, 9St (Prince), won the Cup, of ^"185, beating Nabob and two others. At Carlisle, won the Cumberland Plate, of .£275, beating a field of eight. At Liverpool, won £170. and, at Brighton, iost (J. Prince), won the- Cup (val. ^170), at Plymouth, iost oJbs, won ,£98. At Egham, 9st 7lbs, ran second for the Queen's Plate, won by b. c. Winkfield (winner, in 1856, of the Ascot Cup), by Alarm, four years, 9St, by a length. At Warwick, 9st 1 lb, won the Cup, of ^160, beating Lord Clifden's ch. f. Homily, by Surplice, three years, 6st iolbs, and one other. At Doncaster, 9st 2lbs, ran second in the Great Yorkshire Handicap, of ^"1060, won by Mr. J. Merry's b. c. Wild Huntsman, by Harkaway, four years, 7st, by a neck : sixteen ran ; iotoi against Rataplan, and 12 to 1 against Wild Huntsman. S. mg. (at Doncaster), 9st lib (Abraham Cowley), won the Cup, beating Admiral Harcourt's br. f. Ellermire, by Chanticleer, three years, 6st 11 lbs, by six lengths, Lord Derby's b. cv Acrobat (winner, in 1854, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), by Ithuriel, four years, 8st 5H3S, third, Wild Dayrell, and two others. Rataplan also won this year, Queen's Plates at Shrewsbury, Carlisle, Newcastle, Liver- pool, Nottingham, Chelmsford, Canterbury, Goodwood, Plymouth, War- wick, Doncaster, and Lichfield, running thirty-three times, fourteen of them without success. " Bar Lanercostand Springy Jack," says "The Druid," " there never was a more lazy colt foaled than Rataplan. He would lie down at full length whilst they plaited his mane ; and, after feeding, would go to sleep with unerring regularity." Springy Jack was a son of Hetman Platoff, whose courage and pluck CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. he inherited. "Springy Jack," observes "The Druid," "was a nice smart goer, but heavy-fleshed as a bull, and willing to eat up to his weight. As soon as he had emptied his manger, he would sleep for two or three hours; and, with such an increasing top, no training could keep his legs in order." ' • \l ■ I f f CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (son of Venison), three years, 6st 13IDS, Mr. Wilkins' b. f. Peggy (sister to the famous Nancy), by Pompey, three years, 6st 9lbs, Mr. Merry's ch. f. Exact, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 7st 3lbs, b. c. Dagobert, three years, 7st 2lbs, and three others ; 7 to 4 against Muscovite, 4 to 1 against Peggy, 10 to 1 against Jouvence, and 12 to 1 each against Kingston, Ambrose, and Rattle. S. mg., 6st nibs (7lbs extra), not placed for the Chesterfield Cup, of ^"585, won by Mr. Drinkald's bl. c. Nabob, four years, 7st 3lbs (Ashmall), beating bl. c. Cat's Paw, three years, 6st 2lbs (Wells), by a head, br. c. Pharos, by Touchstone, three years, 7st 6lbs (Nat), third, Daniel O'Rourke, and seven others ; 5 to 2 against Cat's Paw, 5 to 1 against Jouvence, and 6 to 1 against Nabob. At Brighton, 7st, ran fourth in the Brighton Stakes, of /420, won by br. c. Pantomime, by Lanercost, three years, 5st islbs, beating b. f. Adine, four years, 8st iolbs (Nat), second, Poodle, four years, 7st 8lbs, third, and five others. At Egham, 7st 4lbs (T. Sherwood), won the Surrey Stakes, of ^"185, beating-Mr. Mundy's br. f. Tobolski, by Sirikol, three years, 6st 4lbs, in a canter, and b. c. Convulsion, by Alarm, four years, 7st. S. mg., yst 7lbs, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Greville's b. c. Frantic, by Alarm, four years, ost (Nat), by three lengths. At Epsom (November), 7st 5lbs, ran third in the Autumn Handicap, of ^360, won by Mr. W. Smith's b. c. Little David (winner, this year, of the Cambridgeshire), by Slane, three years, 6st 7lbs (Geo. Fordham), beating ch. m. Candlewick, six years, 7st (T. Cliff), second, Little Harry, Neasham, and five others. 1854. At Epsom (Spring), 7st 6lbs, not placed in the Great Metropolitan, of ^1660, won by Virago. At Manchester, 7st lib, not placed for the Cup and sweep, of 1000 sovs., won by Rataplan, four years, 9st 3lbs (Nat). At Goodwood, 6st I3lbs, not placed in the Goodwood Stakes, of .£800, won by Lord Bruce' s (afterwards Marquis of Ailesbury), ch. f. Bribery, dam of St. Albans, Savernake, &c), by The Libel, three years, 5st nibs (T. Cliff), beating Mr. Harrison's br. c. Heapy, by Melbourne, four years, 6st 6lbs (J. Wells), second, Adine, 8st 1 lb (Nat), third, b. m. Nancy, six years, 7st gibs, and ten others. S. mg., 7st 4lbs, not placed for the JOUVENCE. 123 Chesterfield Cup, of ^,615, won by Sir J. Hawley's bl. c. Cat's Paw, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, 7st 4.1bs, beating Mr. Morris' b. c. Knight of St. George (winner of this year's St. Leger, and bred in Ireland), by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, /St 3lbs (Basham), by a short head, Little David, Nancy, and eighteen others. At Brighton, /St lolbs, ran second for the Grand Stand Plate, of ^225, won by ch. f. Bribery, 8st slbs (Nat), by half a length ; four ran. Jouvence ran once more, at Warwick, ridden by S. Steggles, without success, her last race in England. She was ridden in all her races, save the last, at Warwick, by T. Sherwood. Jouvence won the French Derby and Oaks, and ran a good mare in good company, both there and in England. i24 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. DAGOBERT. DAGO BERT was a brown colt, bred by the Duke of Richmond, in 1850, and was got by Ion, out of a mare by Langar, out of Sister to Cobweb, by Phantom, out of Filagree (bred by the Earl of Jersey in 1815), by Soothsayer (son of Sorcerer), out of Web (bred by the Duke of Grafton in 1808), by Waxy, out of Penelope (bred by his Grace in 1798), by Trumpator (son of Conductor, by Match'em), out of Prunella (bred by the Duke in 1788), by Highflyer, out of Promise (bred by his Grace in 1768), by Old Snap, out of Julia (bred by Thomas Panton, Esq., the owner of Old Crab, in 1756), by Blank out of Spectator's dam by Ok' Partner, out of Bonny Lass by Bay Bolton, &c. Dagobert's Performances. 1852. At Epsom, for two year old colts Sst 6lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (Marson), ran fourth in the Woodcote, of ^375. won bY Mr- Oldaker's b. c. Orestes (sold to the Baron) by Orlando (Templeman), beating Mr. Osbaldeston's b. f. Sylphine by Touchstone (Hiett), second, the Duke of Bedford's b. c. Gossip by Chatham (F. Butler), third, Rataplan, Ethelbert, Speed-the- Plough, and six others, not placed ; 6 to 4 against Dagobert, 4 to 1 against Speed-the-Plough, and 5 to 1 each against Orestes and Sylphine. At Newmarket (July), colts Sst ;lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Bartholomew), won the Chesterfield Stakes, of £700, beating Mr. Payne's br. c. War-whoop by Lanercost (Nat), by a length, Mr. Wauchope's b. f. Bridget by Venison (Whitehouse), third, Lord Exeter's br. f. Phrygia, by Phlegon (Norman), fourth; also his b.f. Vest by Cotherstone, General Anson's ch. f. Rumor by Don John, and bl. f. Creole by Sirikol (son of Sheet Anchor) ; e uii in i;tj>| i(h , Esq,, til ■ rt,4to m'sdi . * \\ I .•,-• :..■ • • DAGOBERT. , Bndget. A, Goodwood. „o, placed in the Nursery Cup, won by Catherine 'S53- At Goodwood. S,t (Charlton), not placed in a sweep of ,0 sovs each r^W Tt'S Ch' f;,VaU'treSS "" "*" Birdcitcher, three year : 7st nibs (Wells), beat,„g Mr. Magenis' ch. c. Maidstone by Chatham HnLlT, SVh\°- M— ), byaneek, Lord ExeLs Tt Hazelnut, by Nutwth, three years, 8s. (Norman), and five others- yaultress the favounte. S. mg., ;s, albs (Ashmall). no, placed for the Cup won by Jouvence. A, Newmarket (Ho.). ,s, ;,bs (Nat), not placed R MP M ,0 S°V" CaCh' W°" by CaPtai" La"« br. h Guy Mannerinl !c Ta ' T"' h?-uearS' SSt S'bS (S- R°^- ■»** Sir R. P^ I . , , Ifn "' Kl"Cr' b>' S'ane' three >'-"• ^ 7lbs (Wells) by a ngth Lord Exeter's b. f. Mountain Flower by 1,'hurL. f u/years 8s jibs (Norman . third ; also. Sir 1 Hawlev's h . „ u n ■ , Orlando,, three years ,„ 7,bs (cL^Id tto^H rs^Z ^ 'S54. (Now the property of Mr. Bearup.) At Newmarket (July) for all ages^s, .albs (Palmer), won a ^5o Plate, beating Mr. Turned ch h Le bourne, by Ep.rus, six years. ;s, Mr. French's (late Sir J. Haw ey's) b. Hybla y Bay Midd.eton, four years, 6s, talbs. third ; also Coun Bathjmysch.c.O.xus by Sirikol, three years, 6s« 6lbs, Lord Exe^ br. I. Margaretta by Phlegon, three years, 6s, 61bs. Mr. Cooper' bf buy Ann by Foig-a-Ballagh, ,„o years, 5st 9lbs, and three others 5,o c„„dv"St L;ih0m"e: * t0 " aKainst D»g»ber., who was claimed, by the Kid ,0 Mr. Edwards. A, Nottingham. 7st, ran second in the Castle Handicap won by Mr. Barber's b. 0 Domino by Cowl, three ye 6 T, T,mg 'r- MUnr°e'S b' l Kati"ka b>' D°" J°b„, three yea ' 6 ,h,r and las, 5 to 4 on Domino. S. mg.. ;s, 8,bs, won the Grand Stand Stakes, of /6S. beatmg Mr. Messon's b. h. View-Halloo by Tally- 126 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. ^ged^sTrlbrM^Gibbs' br. f. Jenny Wren by Robert de Gorham (son of Sir Hercules), three years, 6st lib, third, and two others ; 3 to 1 on Da-obert Won in a canter. At Wolverhampton, 7st nibs (J. Wad- dington), ran second in a Free Handicap, of £130, won by Mr. Saxon's ch c Kennyside Hero by St. Leon, three years, 6st i2lbs (Clement), by a- neck, beating five others; 5 to 4 against the wmner and 4 toi against Da^obert. At York, 6st 2lbs (Waddington), not placed in the Dundas Stakes, won by Mr. Gill's b. h. Bourgeois by A British Yeoman, four years, 6st 4lbs (owner), beating Mr. Harrison's ch. c, King of Trumps by Velocipede, five years, 8st 9lbs (Cartwright), by a neck Mr Mfiners be Grape Shot by Alarm, four years, 7st 9lbs (Ashmall), third, and five others S mg. 7st 2lbs, not placed in the Consolation Scramble of ^155, won by Mr. Morris' b. f. Comfort by Irish Birdcatcher, three years 6st 5lbs (Munday), beating Mr. T. Smith's bl. g. Sir Roland Trenchard by Ithuriel, six years, 7st 6lbs (Wells), "in a canter, by three lengths, Bourgeois, 8st 2lbs (j. Marson), third ; also, Sir C. Monck sbr. { Vignette by St. Bennett (son of Catton). and eight others. This was Dagoberts last race. i^^^H^MMMMi ' • I f I I I •lilt • f f f • f • • I i2S CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. ico sovs., with sweep of ,£35, beating Mr. Greville's ch. c. Quince (winner of the Goodwood Stakes in 1855), by Slane, Sst zdbs (Nat), by a head, the Duke of Richmond's b. c. by Van Tromp, Sst 4U5S (Charlton), a head from Quince, and two others ; 5 to 4 against Andover, 3 to 1 each against Quince, and Mr. Spence's b. f. Trump Queen, by Poynton (son of Touchstone), who ran fourth. 1854. At Epsom, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 2lbs (A. Day), won the Derby, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., 217 subscribers (net val. /5950), beating Baron Rothschild's b. c. King Tom, by Harkaway (J. Charlton), by a length, Mr. Gully's b. c. Hermit (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Bay Middleton (Wells), third, Mr. Copperthwait's b. c. The Early Bird, by Irish Bird- catcher (Aldcroft), fourth ; also, not placed, Lord Derby's b. c. Dervish, by Cowl, Lord Zetland's ch. c. Hospodar, by Hetman Platoff, Mr. Cooper's b. c. Autocrat, by Bay Middleton, and his ch. c. Woodcote, by Cotherstone, Lord Lonsdale's b. c. Welham, by Cowl, Mr. Cookson's b. c. The First Lord, by Melbourne, The Baron's br. c. Middlesex, by Melbourne, Mr. Clarkson's b. c. Neville, by Napier, Mr. Morris' b. c. Knight of St. George, by Irish Birdcatcher, Mr. Merry's b. c. Wild Huntsman (winner of the Great Yorkshire Handicap in 1855), hY Harkaway, Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Champagne (winner of the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in 1853), by Touchstone, Mr. Knowles' ch. c. Marsyas by Orlando, Mr. Newland's b. c. Bracken, by Venison, Mr. Walker's b. c. WTinkfield (winner of the Ascot Cup in 1856), by Alarm, br. c. Alembic, and eight others ; 5 to 2 against Dervish, 7 to 2 against Andover, 8 to 1 against King Tom 10 to 1 against Wild Huntsman, 14 to 1 each against Hermit and Hospodar, and 20 to 1 against Marsyas. At Stockbridge, 9st 3lbs (A. Day), won the Triennial, of .£515. beating Lord Zetland's b. c Ivan by Van Tromp, Sst 7lbs (J. Marson), by a length, Mr. Sargent's b. c. The Queen's Own, by Robert de Gorham, Sst iolbs (Thick), third, and Mr. Williams' bl. f. Loquacious by Robert de Gorham, Sst slbs (Wm. Day), last ; 7 to 2 on . Andover. At Goodwood, w. o. for /125. At Brighton 7st 6lbs (Wells), won the Champagne Stakes, of £305, beating Mr. Williams' ch. f. rish Bit;] . Coope xlcnte, 1855), i ainst W id 20 to I I 1 ■ • • • I f f i I I lllf • • I AN DOVER. 129 Mouser by Trap, three years, 7s t 3lbs (J. Goater), by a length, easily, and Mr. Saxon's (late Lord Exeter's) br. c. Hazelnut by Nutwith, four years, 8st 7lbs, last ; any odds on Andover. At Doncaster, 9st slbs (A. Day), ran fourth in the Eglinton Stakes, of .£345, won by Mr. Baker's br. c. The Chicken (afterwards named Vengeance and winner of the Csesarewitch in iS56)by Chanticleer, two years, 6st iolbs (Wells), beating Dervish, 8st I2lbs (Templeman), by two lengths, Mr. J. J. Henderson's b. c. Rylstone, by Touchstone, two years, 6st 3lbs (T. Cliff), third ; also (not placed), Mr. J. Osborne's gr. c. Yorkshire Grey, two years, 6st iolbs, and Captain Harcourt's br. f. Ellermire, two years, 6st 7lbs, both by Chanticleer, Mr. Read's br. f. The Mosquito, by Launcelot, two years, 6st 7lbs, and three others ; 5 to 4 on Andover, 4 to 1 against The Chicken, and 6 to 1 against The Mosquito. S. mg., for three years old, Sst 7lbs each (A. Day), won the Don Stakes, of ,£175, beating Hospodar (J. Marson), by a neck ; 5 to 2 on Andover. This was Andover's last appearance on the Turf. VOL. IV CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. MINCEMEAT. M INCEMEAT was a brown filly, bred by Captain Cookson, in 18 = Otisina (sister to Lanercost), by Liverpool, out of Otis, by Bustard (son of Buzzard), out of a mare by Election, out of Sister to Skysweeper, by Highflyer, her dam, by Eclipse, out of Rosebud, by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea, by Regulus, out of a mare by Bartlett's Childers, her dam, by Mr. Honywood's White Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues. Mr. Honywood's White Arabian was first the property of Sir John Williams, Bart., who sold him to Mr. Turner, of Suffolk, from whom he was purchased by Mr. Honywood. He was the sire of the two True Blues, both grey horses, and both bred by Mr. Honywood. The elder of the two, foaled in 1710, was the best plate horse in England of his time. He won the King's Gold Cup, at York, in 17 16, beating Sir William Strickland's b. h. Chaunter (also foaled in 1710), by the Acaster Turk, i2st each, four mile heats, and three others. Mincemeat's Performances. 1853. At Goodwood, ran second in the Molecomb Stakes, won by Andover. At Newmarket (First October), colts Sst ;lbs, fillies Sst 3lbs, in the Rut- land Stakes, of .£250, won by Lord Exeter's ch. f. Delia, by Nutwith (Nat), Mincemeat (ridden by Sam Rogers) ran a dead-heat, for second place, with Count Batthyany's b. c. Campstool, by Footstool (Abdale) : four ran; even on Mincemeat, and 5 to 2 against Delia. At New- market (Second October), Sst lib (J. Charlton), won the Bedford Stakes, pf ,£350, beating Mr. G. Payne's b. c. Spinaway (winner, this year, of the i MINCEMEAT. 131 Chesterfield Stakes, at Newmarket), by Orlando, 8st Illbs (Nat), by two lengths, Lord Exeter's b. c. Phaeton, by Phlegon, 8st 7lbs (Marlow), third, and Mr. Mare's b. f. Switch, by Ratan, 8st 4.1bs (S. Rogers), last ; even on Switch, 2 to 1 against Spinaway, and 4 to 1 against Phaeton. The winner not quoted. 1S54. At Epsoih (J. Charlton), won the Oaks, of ^4125, beating Eord Derby's b. f. Meteora (second to Virago in the 1000 Guineas), by Melbourne, out of Cyprian, by Partisan (C. Marlow), by two lengths, Lord Bruce's ch. f. Bribery (dam of St. Albans, Savernake, &c), by The Libel (Nat), third. Mr. Gregory's ch. f. Lady Bird, by Irish Birdcatcher(T. Aldcroft), fourth ; also, Lord Derby's b. f. Sortie, by Melbourne, Mr. Padwick's b. f. Dian 1, by Venison, Mr. Batson's b. f. Malmsey, by Harkaway, Mr. A. Nicholl's black filly, Honeysuckle (sister to Newminster), Mr. Payne's Strutaway, by Bay Middleton, and three others; 6 to 4 on Meteora, 4 to 1 against Bribery, and 10 to 1 against Mincemeat, who was now sold to Baron Rothschild. At Goodwood, 7st olbs (Charlton), was unplaced for the Chesterfield Cup Handicap (val. ^615), won by Sir J. Hawley's bl. c. Cat's-paw, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, 7st 4lbs (Ashmall), beating Knight of St. George, three years, 7st 3lbs (Basham), by a head, Captain Christie's b. c. Defiance (winner of the Great Northampton Stakes in 1S53), by Old England, four years, Sst 8lbs (Marlow), Mr. Smith's b. c. Little David (winner, in 1853, of the Cambridgeshire), by Slane, four years, Sst 7lbs, Mr. Dennett's ch. c. Rattle, by The Fallow Buck, four years, Sst, Mons. Lupin's b. f. Jouvence, four years, 7st 4lbs, Mr. Martin- son's b. m. Nancy, six years, Sst lib, Mr. J. Merry's b. c. Lambton, four years, Sst, Bribery, three years, 7st 6lbs (Nat), and thirteen others ; 8 to I against Mincemeat, and 10 to 1 against Cat's-paw. At Warwick, 7st 3lbs (Charlton), ran fourth and last for the Cup (val. ^240), won by Virago, three years, yst 3lbs (Wells), beating b. h. Kingston, five years, 9st Slbs (Basham), by six lengths, ch. c. Cobnut, four years, Sst /lbs (Clement), third ; 5 to 1 on Virago. Mincemeat was now put to the Stud. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. VIRAGO. VIRAGO was a ch. f. bred by Mr. Stephenson (the breeder of Voltigeur), in 1851, and became the property of Mr. Henry Pad- wick. She was got by Pyrrhus the First, out of Virginia by Rowton, out of Pucelle (bred by the Duke of Grafton in 182 1), by Muley, out of Medora by Selim, out of a mare by Sir Harry (son of Sir Peter), her dam, by Volunteer, out of a daughter of Herod, out of Golden Grove, by Blank, out of Spinster (the Widdrington Mare), by Old Partner, out of a mare by Bloody Buttocks, her dam, by Old Greyhound, out of a mare by Makeless, out of a daughter of Brimmer, &c, &c. Old Partner, Bloody Buttocks (a grey horse), and Old Greyhound were all of them stallions in the Stud of John Crofts, Esq., of Barforth, Yorkshire. Virago was advertized for sale, as a yearling, at Doncaster, in 1852. John Day, acting on behalf of Mr. Padwick, slipped down and tried to buy her privately, before the sale, but Mr. Stephenson insisted on her going to the hammer. John Scott took a great fancy for her, and bid up to 340 gs., when Mr. Padwick added ten, and secured her. She was tried as a two- year old, with Little Harry (then four years old), receiving only 7lbs. Wm. Day rode Virago, and was so pleased with her that he offered .£2000 for her on the ground, which offer was increased to -£3000 when they got into the house ; but Mr. Padwick would not sell. After the Doncaster Meeting, in 1S54, she turned roarer, and was so changed that the little St. Hubert (a son of Surplice), beat her at something under weight for age in a spin at home. Virago's Performances. 1853- At Newmarket (First October), 8st ylbs each, match for 300 sovs.; h. ft., paid 150 sovs. to Lord Clifden's ch. f. Ossa, by John o' Gaunt. At ! I f I I I • f VIRAGO. 133 Shrewsbury, 8st 5lbs (Wells), not placed in the Astley House Stakes, won by Mr. Chilton's ch. c. Middlesborough, by Ratan, ;st 8lbs (J. Osborne), beating Mr. Barton's bl. f. The Gem (dam of Regalia), by Touchstone, ;st 4lbs (Charlton), by a neck, Mr. Hutchinson's br. f. Jujube, by Sweet- meat, "st 4II3S, and six others. 1854. At Epsom (Spring), 6st 4lbs (Wells), won the City and Suburban, of £1 100, beating Mr. Powney's ch. c. Marc Anthony, by The Hero, three years, 5st 1 lb (Salter), by three lengths, Mr. Way's b. c. Brocket, by Melbourne, four years, 7st 1 ilbs (Harrison), who ran a dead-heat for third place with Mr. Knapton's ch. c. Merry Monk, by Merry Andrew, three years, 5st 1 3lbs (Ashmall) ; also (not placed), b. c. Orestes, four years, 8st 6lbs, br. h. The Prime Minister, six years, 8st 3lbs, b. m. Adine, five years, 8st 4lbs (Nat), Mons. Lupin's br. f. Lysisca (bred in France), by Sting, three years, 5st 7lbs, and fifteen others ; 7 to 4 against Virago, 4 to 1 against Marc Anthony, and 7 to 1 against The Baron's Orestes. S. mg., 6st (Wells), won the Great Metropolitan, of ^1660, beating Mr. Greville's b. h. Muscovite (the winner 'of this year's Caesare- witch), five years, 7st 7lbs (Nat), by a length, Mr. Parr's b. c. Jonathan Martin, by Mr. Martin, three years, 4st 7lbs (Geo. Fordham), third ; also b. f. Jouvence, four years, 7st 6lbs, ch. c. Ariosto, six years, Sst 4lbs, ch. f. Exact, four years, 7st4lbs, b. c. Haco, four years, 7st 3lbs, The Black Doctor, six years, 7st, and eleven others ; 10 to 3 against Virago, and 5 to 1 each against Muscovite and Jonathan Martin. At York (Spring), 6st 6lbs (Wells), won the Great Northern Handicap, of ^2180, beating Mr. Henderson's ch. h. Lough Bawn, by Magpie, six years, 7st 2lbs (G. Oates), in a canter, b. c. Balrownie, four years, Sst 2lbs (Templeman), third, Mr. Parr's b. c. Defiance, by Old England, four years, 7st 6lbs, b. h. Kingston, five years, Sst i2lbs (Basham), Sir C. Monck's br. c. Vindex, by Touchstone, four years, 7st 7lbs, Lord Chesterfield's b. f. Typee, by Touchstone, four years, )st 2lbs, Mr. Surtee's b. h. Colsterdale (sire of Lec- turer), by Lanercost, six years, 6st i2lbs, b. c. Lord Fauconberg, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, 6st i3lbs, Merry Monk, three years, 5st i2lbs, and seven others; 6 to 4 on Virago, 100 to 8 each against Kingston, Defiance, 1 34 CELEBRA TED RA CE HORSES. and Vindex, and 16 to i against Typee. S. mg., 6st 4.1bs (Wells), won the Flying Dutchman's Handicap, of ^555, beating Lord Zetland's b. c. Ivan, by Van Tromp, three years, 5st iolbs (Carroll), by a length, Lord Eglinton's b. c. Vanderdecken, by Bay Middleton, four years, ;st (Ashmall), third, four lengths from Ivan, Mr. Moseley's ch. h. Alonzo, by Alpheus, aged, 7st 7lbs (J. Charlton), fourth ; also, b. c. Talfourd, four years, 7st 7lbs, Mr. Newland's ch. f. El Dorado, by Harkaway, three years, 6st 3lbs, and three others ; 4 to 1 on Virago. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst 7lbs each (Wells), won the 1000 Guineas (val. -£2150), of ioosovs. each, h. ft., forty-four subscribers, beating Lord Derby's b. f. Meteora, by Melbourne (Templeman), by a length, and Mr. A. Nichols bl. f. Honeysuckle, by Touchstone (Nat), third and last; 3 to 1 on Virago, and 7 to 2 against Meteora. At Goodwood, 7st 3lbs (Wells), won the Cup and Sweep, of ^"510, beating Mr. Morris' ch. h. Indian Warrior, by Napier (son of Gladiator), five years, Sst 7lbs (Nat), by fifteen lengths, and Mons. Lupin's b. f. Valeria (bred in France), by Sting, three years, 5St cjlbs (T. Cliff), third and last; 6 to 1 on Virago. S. mg., Sst i3lbs (Wells), won the Nassau Stakes, of ,£750, beating Honeysuckle, 8st /lbs (A. Day), by two lengths, Lord Eglinton's b. f. Bianca, Sst 7lbs (Marlow), third, and Lord Exeter's b. f. Delia, by Nutwith, 8st 7lbs (Norman), last ; any odds on Virago. At York (August), for three years old, fillies only, 8st nibs (Wells), won the Yorkshire Oaks, of ^535, beating Mr. Jones' b. f. Adelaide, by Melbourne, Sst (Charlton), in a canter, and Mr. J. Osborne's b. f. Lady Lambton, by Sleight of Hand, Sst 7lbs (J. Osborne), third and last. S. mg., 8st 7lbs (Wells), not placed for the County Plate and Sweep, of .£390, won by Captain Harcourt's br. f. Ellermire (winner the day before of the Chesterfield Handicap), by Chanticleer, three years, 6st 9lbs (Aldcroft), beating »ch. h. King of Trumps, by Velocipede, five years, 9st 6lbs (Cartwright), by a head, Captain Lane's ch. h. Ephesus (winner in 1852 of the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot), by Epirus, six years, 9st 61bs, third, ch. c. Hospodar, three years, Sst iolbs, fourth, br. f. Vanessa, by Van Tromp, two years, 6st 9lbs, Kingston, five years, 9st 6lbs, Vindex, four years, 9St 4lbs, and Orestes, four years, 9st 4lbs ; 2 to 1 on Virago, 6 to 1 against Orestes, and 10 to 1 against any other. At Warwick, 7st 3IDS (Wells), won the Cup, of .£330, beating Kingston, VIRAGO. 135 pst 8lbs (Basham), by six lengths, Mr. Barber's ch. c. Cobnut, by Nut- with, four years, 8st 7lbs (Clement), third, and Mincemeat, three years, ;st 3IIJS (Charlton), last; 5 to 1 on Virago. At Doncaster, ;st 4lbs (Wells), won the Cup, of 300 sovs., beating Kingston, ast 5IIJS (Basham), easily. I.855. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 4lbs (Wells), won the Port Stakes, of ^450, for four years old, beating Lord Derby's b. c. Acrobat (winner of the Great Yorkshire Stakes in 1854), by Ithuriel (son of Touchstone), 8st ;lbs (Templeman), by ten lengths ; 5 to 2 on Virago. At Ascot, 9St /lbs (Wells), ran fourth for the Royal Hunt Cup, of ^570, won by Lord Clifden's b. f. Chalice, by Orlando, three years, 6st 5II3S (Fordham), beating Lord Wilton's b. c. Orson, by Orlando, four years, 6st gibs (Ashmall), by a head, Mr. Hill's b. h. Ireland's Eye (winner, this year, of the City and Suburban), by Harkaway, five years, ;st 13IL1S (A. Day), third; also Nabob, Hospodar, Typee, Mr. Merry's ch. c. Swindler (Brother to Little Harry), by Epirus, three years, 6st 5lbs (J. Goater), and seventeen others; 5 to 1 against Swindler, 6 to 1 against Orson, and 100 to 8 against Chalice. S. mg., Sst i lb (Wells), ran third for the Cup, won by Lord Zetland's b. c. Fandango, by Barnton (brother to Voltigeur), three years, 6st iolbs (Ashmall), beating Rataplan, five years, 9st (J. Prince), by half a length, and three others ; 9 to 4 against Rataplan, and 5 to 2 each against Fandango and Virago. At Goodwood, 9st /lbs (Wells), not placed in the Craven Stakes, won by Mr. Drinkald's gr. h. Brother to Grey Tommy, by Sleight of Hand. Seven ran. Virago's last race. 1 3 6 CEL EBRA TED RA CE HORSES. KNIGHT OF ST. GEORGE. KNIGHT OF ST. GEORGE was a bay colt, bred in Ireland by Mr. Disney, in 185 1, and sold to Mr. St. George, after his defeat in the Waterford Stakes, in 1853, wno disposed of him at the close of that year to Mr. B. Morris, the owner of Kingston. He was got by Irish Birdcatcher, out of a mare by Hetman Platoff, out of Waterwitch (bred in Ireland by Mr. Flood, in 1833), by Sir Hercules, out of Mary Anne by Waxy Pope, out of Witch by Sorcerer, out of Sophia (bred by Mr. Tattersall, in 1794), by Highflyer, out of Catherine by Young Marske, out of Gentle Kitty (bred by Mr. Hutton in 1 7 74), by Silvio (son of Old Cade), out of a mare by Dorimond (son of Dormouse, by the Godolphin Arabian), out of Portia by Regulus, her dam, by Mr. I. Hutton's Spot, her dam, by Fox Cub, out of a mare by Bay Bolton, &c. Knight of St. George was just fifteen hands high when he won the St. Leger ; but he grew into a fine horse afterwards, and left a most beautiful and enlarged likeness of himself in his son, Knight of St. Patrick. There never was a more difficult horse to ride than Knight of St. George, and for this reason only Mr. Disney made up his mind to dispose of him. At the termination of his first season in Ireland, he was sold to Mr. Morris the owner of Kingston, Indian Warrior, &c. In his races the Knight was a most un- certain runner, though his capabilities were unquestionable. He required a deal of humouring to induce him to show what he could do, whip and spur being unavailing. When he was brought to Hambleton, in November, 1853, he was savage and intractable. Basham took him in hand for the winter, and gradually by gentle treatment brought him more under control. In the St. Leger, Basham rode him with consummate tact and judgment. His Derby trial, with Kingston and Eulogist, was highly satisfactory, and he won it in fine racing style ; but in another essay with Kingston, he cut his boot clean off, penetrating the flesh, and was thus baulked of his chance for the Derby. Jt'lli'-'' i||llbu»- jj • • • m m m ■ • - KNIGHT OF ST. GEORGE. 137 Knight of St. George's Performances. 1853- At the Curragh, September Sth, Sst 4lbs, for two years old, was not placed for the Railway Stakes, of ^620, won by Mr. Whaley's b. f. Ariadne, by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 3lbs (Wynne), beating Mr. Watts' b. f. Stone- chatter, by Magpie, Sst 3lbs, second, and five others ; 6 to 4 on Knight of St. George, and 3 to 1 against Ariadne. S. mg., for two years old, 8st 2lbs, ran second in the Waterford Stakes, of £\~o, won by Mr. Copper- thwaite's b. c. The Early Bird, by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst iolbs (Magee), beating Stonecutter, Sst, third, and three others; won by a neck. No betting recorded, and it is the exception in Irish races when it is given. Knight of St. George was now sold to Mr. St. George ; and at the Curragh, October 18th, Sst 4lbs (Murphy), won the National Produce Stakes (^505), beating. Mr. Disney's br. c. Gamekeeper by Tearaway, Sst 4lbs, by two lengths, Mr. Geo. Price's ch. c. Tom by Irish Bird- catcher, Sst 1 ilbs, third, Mr. H. Hill's ch. c. Doctor O'Toole by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 4lbs, fourth, and three others ; 2 to 1 against Tom, 5 to 2 against Doctor O'Toole, and 4 to 1 against St. George. S. mg., in run- ning for the Paget Stakes, won by ch. g. Rinaldo, by Tearaway, St. George bolted out of the course, and was disposed of to Mr. B. Morris. 1854. At Epsom, not placed in the Derby, won by Andover. At Newcastle on Tyne, 6st (C. Barker), won a Handicap Plate (val. ^340), beating Mr. Harrison's b. h. Revolver by Melbourne, five years, 7st (Ashmall), by two lengths, Sir C. Monck's br. c. Vindex (winner of the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in 1S52), by Touchstone, four years, ;st 9lbs (Charlton), third, Mr. Murland's br. m. Ammonia by The Ugly Buck, five years, 6st iolbs (Wells), fourth, and ten others ; 3 to 1 against The Knight, and 6 to 1 against Vindex. At Worcester, 6st 1 lb (C. Barker), won the County Stakes (^542), beating Mr. Rowdon's br. h. Little David, by Young Priam, five years, 6st 2lbs (Ouinton), by two lengths, Mr. Shepherd's ch. c. Aribbas (winner, this year, of the Cumberland Plate), by Pyrrhus the First, three years, 6st 5lbs (Ashmall), third, b. g. Sleeping Partner (a very 138 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. successful runner), by Venison (Wells), fourth, br. f. Catherine Hayes, four years, 7st 4.1bs, and eleven others ; The Knight the favourite. At Liverpool, 6st iolbs (Wells), ran second in the Croxteth Stakes, won by Baron Rothschild's b. c. Orestes (Charlton), four years, 8st 2lbs, by a neck, br. c. Domino, by Cowl, three years, 6st iolbs, third, and Lord Glasgow's b. f. Coalition, by Don John, four years, 8st, last ; 6 to 4 each against Orestes and St. George. S. mg., /St 4.1bs (Wells), ran fourth in the Bentinck Handicap, won by Mr. Shepherd's ch. c. Aribbas, beating Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Gamelad by Gameboy, three years, 6st, by half a length, and br. f. Annie Sutherland by Assault (son of Touchstone), four years, 7st, third. Aribbas, three years, 6st /(.lbs (Ashmall), was first favourite. At Goodwood, 7st 3IIDS (Basham), ran second for the Chesterfield Cup, won by Cat's-paw. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Basham), won the Great St. Leger (^3850), beating Lord Zetland's b. c. Ivan by Van Tromp (Ashmall), by a head, Mr. Peck's b. c. Arthur Wellesley by Melbourne (J. Prince), Mr. Pedley's b. c. Scythian (winner of the Chester Cup in 1S55), by Orlando (Wells), fourth ; also (not placed), b. c. Boiardo by Orlando, b. c. Dervish, b. c. Acrobat, by Ithuriel (all three Lord Derby's, the last-named winning the Great Yorkshire Stakes at York), ch. c. Doctor O'Toole, br. f. Palmeria by Foig-a-Ballagh, br. c. The Trapper by Ion, b. c. Baalbec by Ion, br. c. Middlesex by Melbourne, b. c. Autocrat, ch. c. Aribbas, and four others ; 6 to 4 against Boiardo, 5 to 1 against The Trapper, 7 to 1 against Acrobat, and 1 1 to 1 against Knight of St. George. At Newmarket (October 2nd), 7st 7lbs (Basham), won a ^50 purse, beating Mr. Barber's Domino, three years, 7st 7lbs, and Mr. Greville's Adine (winner of the Ebor Handicap, 1852). St. George's last race. • I • t i4o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. a sweep of 150 sovs., beating Mr. R. C. Naylor's b. f. Biondella, by The Flying Dutchman, 8st 7lbs each (Challoner), by a head, and Baron Neviere's b. f. Baliverne (bred in France), by Womersley (Fordham) ; 13 to 8 on Biondella, and 4 to 1 each against the other two. At Goodwood, 8st 7lbs (Edwards), won the Nassau Stakes, of ^500, beating Mr. T. Valentine's (Lord Falmouth's) b. f. O.E.D. by Kingston, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft),by alength, and Lord Coventry's br. f. Sappho by Kingston, 8st 7lbs (Adams). At Brighton, 8st i3lbs (Edwards), she won the Biennial, of ^330, beating Mr. Wyon'sb. c. Michel Grove by Rattle, 8st 7lbs (Fordham), Mr. Hodgman's b. c. Otho by King Tom, 8st 7lbs (Custance), and br. f. Pellucid by Pelion, 8st 7lbs (Goater) ; 6 to 4 on Bertha, who also ran second for the 1000 Guineas, at Newmarket (First Spring), to Mr. T. Valentine's b. f. Hurricane, by Wild Dayrell. In 1863 she won the Londesborough Cup, at York, and ^"175 at Manchester. ■ * I I » I • • • I t ■ ii I • iff i f f f 142 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. H. Lennox sent them both up for sale at Tattersall's, and Mr. Popham bought them both back for 350 guineas. So, as Lord George Bentinck parted too hastily with Surplice, and Colonel Peel with Kingston, in like manner did Lord Lennox get rid of a Derby winner. Wild Dayrell was found dead in his box on Sunday, the 27th of November, 1870 ; and he left to Buccaneer and The Rake (whose paternity, however, was questioned) the honour of perpetuating a strain of blood which, if not the stoutest, was at any rate a valuable variety, which we could ill afford to lose. Most of Wild Dayrell's stock could race ; and several two year olds at one time promised to make him a sire of very high fashion, but the transition from two to three years old was fatal to this expectation. Buccaneer unfortunately was transported to Hungary before his fame as a sire could be tested ; but this was sufficiently established before his son Kisber (the Mineral Colt) won the Derby in 1S76. The Rake, Wild Oats, and some others have gone utterly to the bad. A mouse-brown colt, with a handsome head and rather high on the legs, might safely be set down as a Wild Dayrell, and several of his stock, notably Wild Charley, showed a deal of quality. The Rake, however, was altogether quite of another mould, and partook more of the character of the Birdcatcher family. Wild Dayrell's Performances. 1854. At Newmarket (First October), for two years old colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (Marlow), won a sweep of ,£250, beating the Duke of Bedford's ch. f. Para, by Paragon (son of Touchstone), who ran a dead-heat for second place with Lord Exeter's b. c. Hazel, by Nutwith : only three ran ; won by two lengths. i855- At Epsom (R. Sherwood), won the Derby, of ,£4775, beating Mr. H- Hill's br. c. Kingstown by Tearaway (son of Voltaire), by two lengths (A. Day), Mr. J. Merry's b. c. Lord of the Isles (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Touchstone (Aldcroft), third, a head only from Kingstown, Mr. Adkins' b. c. Flatterer by Hetman Platoff (Bartholomew), a bad WILD DAYRELL. 143 fourth ; also Mr. Henderson's b. c. Rylstone by Touchstone (G. Oates), Mr. Norton's b. c. Courtenay by Flatcatcher (J. Prince), Lord Anglesey's ch. c. Strood by Chatham (Goater), Mr. Garrett's b. c. Little Brownie, by Flatcatcher (J. Marson), Mr. W. Smith's b. f. The Cave Adullam, by Bay Middleton, Lord Eglinton's br. c. Dick Hatteraick by Van Tromp (Chas. Marlow), and his b. c. Coraibus, by Slane, and Mr. J. Osborne's gr. c. Lord Alfred by Chanticleer (J. Osborne). These comprised the field. Even against Wild Dayrell, 7 to 4 against Lord of the Isles, and 1 2 to 1 each against Kingstown and Dick Hatteraick, and 20 to 1 against Flatterer. At York, Sst 1 3lbs (Bartholomew), won the Ebor St. Leger, of 25 sovs. each, twenty-eight subscribers (val. ^650), beating Mr. Elwes' b. c. Oulston by Melbourne, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), in a canter, by two lengths ; only these two ran ; 6 to 4 on Oulston, who won this year the Biennial at Bath, the Queen's Vase at Ascot, the Steward's Cup at Stockbridge, and the Drawing-room Stakes at Goodwood. At Don- caster, ;st ;lbs (Wells), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Thellusson's ch. h. Rataplan, five years, 9st 1 lb (A. Cowley), beating br. f. Ellermire, three years, 6st iilbs (Bates), in a canter, by six lengths, Lord Derby's b. c. Acrobat, four years, Sst 5lbs (Bartholomew), third, Mr. Padwick's b. h. Little Harry (winner of the Goodwood Stakes in 1854) by Epirus, six years, ost 5lbs (A. Day), fourth, and Indian Warrior, six years, QSt 5 lbs (Basham), not placed. In running, Wild Dayrell broke down, and now retired to the Stud. Wild Dayrell stood fully sixteen hands high, with length, strength and symmetry to match. Wild Dayrell was sent to the post, for the Derby, in the finest con- dition possible, and his appearance was grand in the extreme. The Daily Telegraph, in its issue of March 13th, 1886, thus refers to Wild Dayrell. "At first sight he seemed light below the knee; but on measuring his forelegs they were found to be full of bone. He died at Littlecote Park in November, 1S70. In the morning of the day on which he died, Thomas Hodgson, who had succeeded Rickaby as Stud groom at Littlecote, entered Wild Dayrell's box, and found him perfectly well. He had emptied his manger to the last oat, and nothing indicated his approaching dissolution. When, however, Hodgson visited him again in the middle of the day, the great horse lay dead in his box. It was the 144 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. opinion of the vet. at Hungerford, that apoplexy was the cause of his death." Wild Dayrell was the sire of Buccaneer (who was sold to the Austrian Government, every effort to get him back having been made in vain), of The Rake, of Avalanche, Horror, Hurricane, Wild Oats, Wild Agnes, and Wild Moor ; also of Guy Dayrell and Bold Dayrell, and several other winners. Had he not, like Lord Clifden, died prematurely, his fame as a sire would doubtless have equalled, or nearly so, that of Touchstone, Newminster, and Stockwell. From his son, Buccaneer, the English Turf received Formosa (winner of the One Thousand, half of the Two Thousand, the Oaks, and St. Leger, of Brigantine (winner of the Oaks and Ascot Cup), of Paul Jones (winner of the Chester Cup and second in the St. Leger), of See Saw (who won the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot, and the Cambridgeshire), and, finally, of Kisber who won the Dewhurst Plate and the Derby. • . ' • iff! i46 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. third, Lord John Scott's b. f. Clotilde (third in the iooo Guineas), by Touch- stone (Wells), fourth ; also, Lord Glasgow's b. f. by Pyrrhus the First, Mr. Clarkson's br. f. Amy, by Galaor, Lord Clifden's b. f. Chalice (winner, this year, of the Riddlesworth at Newmarket Craven, of the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot, and the Royal Stakes, of ;£ 15 20, at Newmarket Second October), by Orlando (A. Day), b. f. The Cave Adullam by Bay Middleton (Collins), Mr. Morris' br. f. The Sole Star by Planet (Basham), and Mr. William Palmer's* ch. f. Nettle by Sweetmeat (C. Marlow) ; 2 to 1 against Nettle, 3 to 1 against Blooming Heather, 5 to 1 against Capucine, 7 to 1 each against Clotilde and Amy, and 12 to 1 each against Marchioness and Chalice ; Amy was a bad fifth. In the race, Nettle (who, as a two year old, won the Gimcrack Stakes at York) bolted and fell over the chains, Marlow's leg being broken in the fall. At Doncaster (Temple- man), was not placed in the Great St. Leger, won by Saucebox. 1856. At Malton, )st slbs, was not placed in a Handicap Sweep, won by Mr. Colpitt's gr. f. Maid of Derwent, beating Ellermire, V index, and eight others. At Liverpool (July), 6st iolbs, was not placed for the Cup, of /910, won by Mr. Barber's ch. c. Pretty Boy, by Idle Boy (son of Harkaway), three years, 5st iolbs (Fordham), beating Lady Tatton, four years, 6st 8lbs (Chaloner), second, and five others. At Lincoln, jst iolbs, ran second in a handicap of .£240, won by Captain Skipworth's br. f. Elastic, by The Ugly Buck, four years, ;st Slbs. Four ran ; won by a neck. At Doncaster, 6st 8lbs, was not placed in the Great Yorkshire Handicap, of ^855, won by Lord Chesterfield's b. m. Typee, by Touch- stone, six years, 8st I2lbs (Nat), beating Pantomime, by Lanercost, six years, 6st Slbs (J. Snowden), by a neck, Lady Tatton, four years, Sst 4lbs, and eleven others ; 4 to 1 against Pantomime, and 1 2 to 1 each against Typee and Lady Tatton ; Mr. J. Osborne's gr. c. Yorkshire Grey, by Chanticleer, four years, yst 3ibs, was third, Lady Tatton fourth. Marchioness ran once at Malton, without success, and was put to the Stud. * This was the Mr. Palmer who poisoned Mr. Cook, at Rugeley, and was executed for it, I 1 msmmmsm 1 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 6st iolbs (Ashmall), won the Easby Stakes (,£85), beating Lord Alfred, 6st I2lbs, by six lengths, Amy, 6st 8lbs, third, b. f. Dame Judith, by Van Tromp, and b. c. Jack Sheppard by Iago, 6st i2lbs; even on Fandango. S. mg. Sst iolbs (Marson), ran second in the Wright Stakes, won by Captain (afterwards Admiral) Harcourt's br. f. Dame Judith, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), by a length, Lord Alfred, Sst iolbs, third ; five ran; even on the winner. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst iolbs, not placed in a Nursery Stakes, won by Mr. John Osborne's Lady Tatton, 7st 6lbs (J. Osborne), beating fourteen others. iS55- At Epsom (Spring), 6st i2lbs (J. Steggles), won the Great Metropolitan Stakes, of £ 1 260, beating Lord Eglinton's b. c. Corsebus by Slane, three years, 6st (Dunn), by. half a length, Lord Howth's ch. c. Doctor O'Toole by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, ;st Slbs (Wells), third ; also (not placed), ch. c. Epaminondas by Epirus, four years, Sst lib, b. c. Winkfield by Alarm, four years, jsX iolbs, b. f. Mishap by Alarm, four years, 7st lib, br. c. Paletot by Touchstone, three years, 5st 11 lbs, br. f. Matilda by Iago, three years, 4st gibs, and nine others ; 4 to 1 against Fandango, 8 to 1 against Doctor O'Toole, and 100 to 8 against Corsebus, who, on cantering up the course, overpowered his jockey and ran into the paddock, round which he galloped three times, and when at the post, repeated the same freak. At York (Spring), 6st 6lbs, ran second in the Great Northern Handicap (.£1460), won by Mr. Clarkson's b. c. Neville by Napier (son| of Gladiator), four years, 6st nibs, beating Sir C. Monck's br. c. Vandal by Van Tromp, three years, 4st iolbs, third, Saucebox three years, 5st 4lbs, ch. c. Marsyas, by Orlando, four years, 7St slbs, and twelve others; won by a length. Vandal was first favourite. S. mg., 6st 7lbs, not placed in the Flying Dutchman's Handicap (^610) won by Neville,! 7 st Slbs (Aldcroft), beating eight others ; 2 to 1 against Fandango, and 3 to 1 against Neville. At Ascot, 6st iolbs (Ashmall), won the Cup (.£420), beating ch. h. Rataplan, five years, 9st (J. Prince), by half a length, ch. f. Virago, four years, Sst 2lbs, third, b. c. The Wild Huntsman by Harkaway, four years, Sst slbs, br. c. The Chicken (Vengeance afterwards), three years, 6st iolbs, and ch. h. Hungerford, aged, 9st 3lbs, FANDANGO. 140 last. At York (August), colts Sst plbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (J. Marson). ran second in the Great Yorkshire Stakes (^1500), won by Rifleman, by a neck (Nat), beating Lady Tatton (Osborne), third, and Saucebox fourth ; eight ran ; 5 to 4 on Fandango, and 4 to 1 against Rifleman. At Doncaster, w. o. for forfeits (^30). S. mg., Sst 7lbs each, in the Don Stakes, was beaten by Rifleman, The Chicken third. At Richmond, 7st 7lbs (Ashmall), won £226, beating ch. f. Fanny Fern, by Slane, and seven others. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst (Marson), won ,£350, beating Lord Clifden's b. f. Chalice by Orlando, 6st i2lbs (Crouch), both three years old. 1S56. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 7lbs each, won the Port Stakes, beating Mr. Pedley's b. c. Saraband by Cotherstone, by two lengths. At York (Spring), Sst 5lbs, ran second in the Great Northern Handicap (.£1090), won by Mr. Parker's br. f. One Act by Annandale, three years, 5st 4lbs (Fordham), by a neck ; twelve ran. At Newmarket (First Spring), w. o. for ,£250, and also for .£25. At York (August), vv. o. for ^150, and also, Sst ialbs (Marson), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Barber's ch. c. Pretty Boy (winner, this year, of the Liverpool and Manchester Cups and the Goodwood Stakes) by Idle Boy (son of Harkaway), three years, ;st /lbs, by a length (Fordham), b. m. Typee (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Handicap, at Doncaster) by Touchstone, third, Stork fourth, and Fisherman last : Pretty Boy the favourite. At Doncaster, 8st I2lbs (Marson), won the Cup, beating Lord Clifden's ch. f. Melissa by Orlando, three years, 6st nibs (Nat), by a head, b. c. Artillery, three years, 7st 3lbs, third, b. c. Rogerthorpe (winner of the Goodwood Cup this year) by The Hero, three years, 7st 7lbs, fourth, Warlock, 7st 7lbs, Lord Alfred, Sst slbs, and two others ; 6 to 4 against Melissa, and 9 to 4 each against Fandango and Warlock. At Newmarket (First October), 8st 7lbs each, B. C, for 200 sovs. each and the Cup (Job Marson), beat Lord Clifden's ch. f. Homily by Surplice (A. Day) very easily; 6 to 1 on Fandango, both four years old. S. mg., Sst Slbs, D. I. (Marson), won a ^50 purse, beating Mr. Walker's b. h. Winkfield (winner, this year, of the Ascot Cup) by Alarm, five years, Sst 1 3lbs (J. Mann), by twelve lengths, in a canter. At Richmond, w. o. for the Cup Stakes, and 150 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. retired to the Stud, having done good service for his owner, Lord Zetland, and proved himself a thoroughly good and honest horse upon the Turf. "The Druid," in discoursing on the blood of Blacklock, through its four perpetuators — Buzzard, Brutandorf, Voltaire, and Velocipede — remarks that, " no blood in the Stud-Book is better winded or runs better when full of flesh. Their aptitude for a distance displays itself in a very muscular neck, without which very few horses ever yet stayed ; and they have also great depth from the withers to the shoulder points, and an immense roundness of rib in making the curve from the spine." Voltigeur and Fandango had all these characteristics. Barnton, the sire of Fandango, was, like Melbourne, a coarse-headed, lengthy, rough style of horse. He was deep in the rib, and rather narrow ; whereas Voltigeur had more of the Blacklock roundness of rib. " Fandango's action," adds " The Druid," " was very sweeping and workmanlike ; and we never saw him look and steal along quite so well as when he ran second to One Act, at 52lbs, for the Great Northern Handicap." (From " Silk and Scarlet.") « 1 I ■ I ; il 1 52 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. box ran a dead-heat, for second place, with b. f. Lamb's-wool, by Joe- Lovel, 8st 7lbs (H. Goater) : six ran ; won by a head. At Winchester, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), ran second in a sweep of ,£280, won by Mr. Greville's br. c. Glenfiddick, by Red Hart, out of Refraction, 8st 7lbs (Nat), by a neck, beating br. f. Lady Alicia, 8st 7lbs (Thick), third, and four others. At Reading, 6st adbs (Salter), ran second in the Abbey Stakes, won by Lord J. Scott's b. f. Morgan- La- Faye, by Cowl, 6st 6lbs (Wells) ; five ran. S. mg., 8st 7lbs (A. Day), ran third in the Reading Stakes, won by Clotilde, 8 st 3lbs (Templeman), beating Mr. Powell's b. f. Plausible by Springy Jack, Sst 3lbs (Wells), in a canter, and three others. At Egham, 8st 4.1bs (A. Day), won the King John Stakes, of ^"225, beating b. f. by Epirus, Sst 3lbs (J. Goater), second, by a length, and four others ; also, 7st 3lbs (Salter), won the Magna Charta Stakes, beating two others. At Marlborough, ?st 3lbs (Salter), won ^90, beating three others. At Pontefract, Sst 5lbs, not placed in a sweep of ^120, won by Fandango, 8st (J. Marson), beating seven others. 1855- (Now Mr. Parr's.) At Epsom (Spring), 6st I2lbs, ran third and last in the Trial Stakes, won by Baron Willamwitz's b. c. Scherz (winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1854), by The Provost, four years, 8st 7lbs, beating Lord Zetland's ch. c. Hospodar, four years Sst 7lbs, by a head. At Northampton, 6st ojbs (Clement), ran second in the Cup Stakes, won by Mr. Knowles' b. h. Talfourd (winner, in 1853, of the Newmarket Handicap), by Ion, five years, 9st 1 lb, by a head ; five ran. At Lincoln (Spring), 5st 12 lbs (Fordham), won ^ioo, beating Mr. Ewbank's ch. f. Nell Gwynne by I ago, three years, 5st 7lbs, and two others. At York (Spring), 5st 4.1bs (Fordham), not placed in the Great Northern Handicap, of ^1460, won by Mr. Clarkson's b. c. Neville, by Napier, four years, 6st 1 ilbs (Aldcroft), beating Fandango three years, 6st 6lbs (Steggles), by a length, and fourteen others. At Manchester, 5st iolbs (Fordham), won the Cup, of ,£725, beating b. h. St. Andrew by Lanercost, five years. 7st (Ashmall), easily, and four others. At Ascot, 7st 2lbs (Clement), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Edward Parr's br. c. by Venison, three years, 7st 2lbs, by fifteen lengths ; but, for the Queen's Vase, 7st 3lbs, SAUCEBOX. 153 ran third to Oulston, three years, ?st 3IIJS (Wells), Rataplan, five years 9st 7lbs, being second ; six ran. At Liverpool (July), 7st jrlbs (Nat), for the Queen's Plate, was beaten, by a head, by Rataplan, ost 6lbs. At Lancaster, 7st 7lbs each, won the Queen's Plate, beating ch. f. Fanny Fern, by Slane, both three years old, also, 6st 12 lbs, won the Cup ; beating Fanny Fern, 5st 5lbs, and two others. At Airdrie, 8st (Clement), won the Cup, beating five others. At Wolverhampton, w. o. for the Cleveland Cup of ^320. At York, 6st 2lbs, not placed in the Great Ebor Handicap, of ^SSo, won by Sir C. Monck's br. c. Vandal by Van Tromp three years, 5st, beating Little Harry, six years, 8st 2lbs, by a neck, and eight others. S. mg., Sst 7lbs each, ran fourth in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^1500, won by Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Rifleman, by Touch- stone (Nat), beating Fandango (winner of the Doncaster Cup in 1856), by a neck (J. Marson), and five others. At Derby, 6st 1 ilbs (Clement), won a Handicap Plate and sweep, of ^300, beating Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Gamelad, by Gameboy, four years, 7st 6lbs, and four others ; also, /St 1 ilbs (Wells), won the Chatsworth Stakes, of ,£145, beating Gamelad, 7st 6lbs, by a neck, and four others. At Doncaster (J. Wells), won the Great St." Leger, of 25 sovs. each, 177 subscribers (net val. ^2710), beating Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Rifleman (Nat), by a length, b. f. Lady Tatton, by Sir Tatton Sykes (J. Osborne), third, br. c. Rotherham by Touchstone (J. Marson), fourth; also (not placed), Mr. Elwes' b. c. Oulston, br. f. Alice by Pompey, b. c. Grseculus Escuriens by Epirus, b. f. Marchioness (Oaks winner), br. f. Blooming Heather by Melbourne, and two others. Betting, at starting, even on Rifleman (unquestionably the best horse in the race), 4 to 1 against Oulston, 8 to 1 against Rotherham, 100 to 6 against Marchioness, and 40 to 1 against Saucebox. ' Mr. Parr won a large sum on the event. S. mg., 9st 3lbs (Wells), won the Doncaster Stakes, of^noo, beating Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Tatton, Sst 3lbs (I. O.), by a length, br. c. Vandal by Van Tromp, Sst 7lbs, third, and three others ; 2 to 1 against Lady Tatton, and 4 to 1 against Saucebox, who ran in fifteen other races without success. 1856. At Salisbury, 9st 2lbs, three miles (Wells), won the Queen's Plate, 154 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. beating Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Smack, by John o' Gaunt, three years, 6st 7lbs, and six others. At Northampton, 9st 2lbs (Wells), won the Queen's Plate, beating br. c. Idmon by Gameboy, three years, 6st iolbs, and seven others. At Newmarket Craven, ast 8lbs, B. C. (Wells), won the Queen's Plate, beating three others. At Chester, 9st (Wells), won the Eaton Stakes (,£90), beating br. c. Stork, by Gabbler, three years, 7st 6lbs, and br. c. Alfred, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 7st 3lbs, in a canter. At Shrewsbury, 9st 2lbs, three miles (Wells), won the Queen's Plate, beating b. h. Ugly Mug by Collingwood, three years, 7st 2lbs, in a canter, by ten lengths. At Abingdon, iost 9lbs (owner), won the Hunt Stakes, two miles, beating ch. f. Parga, by Epirus, three years, 9st 5lbs, in a canter. He ran eight times more, without success, among them, in the Grosvenor Stakes at Chester, second to Heir-of-Linne, by Galaor, second to him again for the Queen's Plate at Manchester, second to Typee for the Epsom Cup ; and, at Ascot, second to Winkfield for the Cup, and second to Middleton (both by Alarm), for the Queen's Plate, and did not run again. ' I i56 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. the Yorkshire Oaks the day before), by Launcelot, three years, Sst iolbs (Bartholomew), beating the Duke of Bedford's ch. f. Para, by Paragone, three years, 8st iolbs (Pettit), by two lengths, Captain Christie's b. c. Lawn, by Accident (son of Camel), two years, 7st (Ashmall), these two running a dead-heat for second place, Lord Chesterfield's b. f. Fayaway, by Orlando (Nat), and two others not placed. Mosquito the favourite. S. mg., for two years old, Sst 7lbs each (Aldcroft), won the Sapling Stakes, of ,£200, beating Mr. Wentworth's br. c. Gildert, by Irish Bird- catcher (J. Marson), by a neck; betting even. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (Aldcroft), won the Champagne Stakes, of ^900, beating Mr. Bryan's br. c. Bird-in-hand, by Irish Birdcatcher (J. Marson), by a length, Mr. E. R. Clark's br. c. Vandermulen (winner, in 1858, of the Lincoln Handicap), by Van Tromp (Charlton), third, Mr. Padwick's ch. f. Over-reach, by Irish Birdcatcher (Wells), fourth, Mr. Morris' b. c. Artillery (winner, this year, of the Criterion at Newmarket), by Touch- stone (Basham), fifth, Sir J. Hawley's br. f. Mary Copp, by The Dutch- man), sixth, and Mr. Fawcett's b. c. Danube, by Bay Middleton, last ; 5 to 4 against Mary Copp (a dau. of Blue Bonnet, and winner of the Ham Stakes, and Great North and South Biennial at Goodwood), 7 to 4 against Artillery, 7 to 1 against Bird-in-hand, and 10 to 1 against Elling- ton. Half a length between second and third. 1856. At York (Spring), Sst iolbs (Aldcroft), for three years old, ran second in the Biennial, won by Mr. T. Parr's b. c. Fisherman by Heron, 8st4lbs (Wells), by a head, beating Mr. Gratwicke's b. c. Viscount by Chatham, Sst 4lbs, third and last ; 2 to 1 on Ellington. At Chester, Sst 7lbs each, ran second in the Dee Stakes, of £740, won by Bird-in-hand (now Mr. Cookson's), by a neck (Bartholomew), b. c. Viscount (Ashmall), third, and Mr. H. Hill's ch. c. Stanhope, by The Hero (A. Day), fourth ; 6 to 4 on Ellington, and 100 to 15 against the winner. At Epsom (Aldcroft), won the Derby, of ^"5725, beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Yellow Jack, by Irish Birdcatcher (Wells), by a length, Lord J. Scott's b. c. Cannobie, by Mel- bourne (R. Sherwood), third, Lord Derby's b. c. Fazzoletto (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by Orlando (Nat), fourth ; also (not placed), Mr. Ill ELLINGTON. 157 Bowes' br. c. Fly-by-Night, by The Dutchman, Mr. Halford's br. c. Leam- ington (winner of the Chester Cups in 1857 and 1859), by Foig-a-Ballagh, Mr. H. Hill's b. c. Rogerthorpe (winner, this year, of the Goodwood Cup), by The Hero, br. c. Bird-in-hand, br. c. Artillery, ch. c. Pretty Boy (winner of the Manchester and Liverpool Cups in 1S56), by Idle Boy (son of Harkaway), br. c. Vandermulen, b. c. Coroner, by Loup-garou, and twelve others ; 5 to 2 against Fazzoletto (who also won the Great York- shire Stakes, 6 to 1 against Yellow Jack, and 20 to 1 against Ellington. At Doncaster (Aldcroft), not placed in the St. Leger, of .£3200, won by Mr. A. Nichol's b. c. Warlock, by Irish Birdcatcher (Nat), beating Mr. ['Anson's b. c. Bonnie Scotland, by Iago, out of Queen Mary (Wells), who with br. c. Artillery (Basham), ran a dead heat for second place, Rogerthorpe (A. Day), fourth, and four others ; 13 to 8 on Ellington, and 12 to 1 against Warlock. S. mg., for the Don Stakes, was beaten by Artillery (same riders) ; also ran fourth in the Doncaster Stakes, won by Bonnie Scotland (Wells), Manganese, second, and br. c. Aleppo, by Alarm, third ; six ran. Ellington ran once more, at Kelso, without success, and retired to the Stud. The publishers are indebted to the proprietors of Baily's Magazine tor the portrait of Mr. T. Aldcroft. i58 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. MINCEPIE. MINCEPIE was a ch. f. foaled in 1853, tne property of Mr. Henry Hill. She was got by Sweetmeat, out of Foinnualla, by Irish Bird catcher, out of Brandy Bet, by Canteen, out of Bigottini (first called Beggar Girl), by Thunderbolt, out of Tramp's dam, by Gohanna, out of Fraxinella (bred by Lord Egremont in 1793), by Trentham (son of Sweepstakes, by Lord Gower's stallion), out of a mare by Woodpecker, out of Everlasting, by Eclipse, out of Hyaena, by Old Snap, &c, &c. Mincepie's Performances. i855- At Stockbridge, for two years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 4lbs (A. Day), won the Mottisfont Stakes, of ^405, beating Lord Bruce's b. f. Intimida- tion, by Orlando (Bartholomew), by three lengths, Mr. Parker's br. f. One Act (winner of the Chester Cup in 1856), by Annandale, third, Mr. Padwick's ch. f. Pyrrha, by Pyrrhus the First (Wells), fourth, Mr. Sargent's b. c. Rip Van Winkle, by The Flying Dutchman, fifth, and two others ; 2 to 1 on Mincepie, and 4 to 1 against Pyrrha. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st each (A. Day), in a Post Match of 500 sovs. each, beat the Marquis of Waterford's ch. c. Cheerful Horn, by Harkaway (Nat), by ten lengths. 1856. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st 7lbs each (A. Day), ran second in the 1000 Guineas (val. ^1950), won by Mr. H. Brook's ch. f. Manganese, by Irish Birdcatcher (J. Osborne), by half a length, beating Mr. Padwick's b. f. Queen's Head, by Bay Middleton (Wells), third (ten lengths behind II (A.Day}, \l tll'Vt • 1 Iff MINCE PIE. 159 Mincepie), Intimidation (Nat), fourth, and Sir J. Hawley's br. f. Mary Copp, last ; 5 to 4 on Mincepie, and 2 to 1 against Manganese. No others quoted. At Epsom (A. Day), won the Oaks, of ^3475, beating Lord Clifden's ch. f. Melissa, by Orlando (Sly), by a neck, Mr. Bowes' b. f. Victoria (winner of the Coronation Stakes, at Ascot, the Triennial at Stockbridge, the Yorkshire Oaks at York, and the Royal Stakes, of ^■530, at Newmarket), by Melbourne (Bartholomew), third, Mr. Stone's ch. f. Fair Geraldine, by Footstool (Ashmall), fourth, Mr. Padwick's br. f. Mermaid, by Melbourne (Wells), Mr. Cookson's b. f. Secret, by Mel- bourne, Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. Shot (the dam of Mr. Merry's ch. c. Marksman, second in Hermit's Derby of 1867), by Irish Birdcatcher, The Baron's b. f. Comedy, by Melbourne, br. f. Tyne, by Iago, and b. f. Shadow, by Flatcatcher ; 5 to 2 against Mincepie, 7 to 2 against Mermaid (who won a small Stake at Egham as a two year old, and ran four times this year without scoring one victory), 7 to 1 against Victoria, 8 to 1 against Tyne, and 20 to 1 against Melissa. At Stockbridge, 8st 1 ilbs (A. Day), not placed in the Stockbridge Derby, of ,£1125, won by Mr. Padwick's b. c. Coroner, by Loup-garou (a son of Lanercost), 8st iolbs (Wells), beating Mr. Barber's ch. c. Pretty Boy (winner, this year, of the Liverpool and Manchester Cups), by Idle Boy, 8st iolbs (Forster), by a head, and seven others; 5 to 4 on Mincepie, and 7 to 1 against Coroner. At Goodwood, 9st 2lbs (A. Day), won the Nassau Stakes, of £750, beating Captain White's br. f. Tyne, 8st 7lbs (Nat), by a length, Mary Copp (now Mr. Walker's), 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), third, Lord J. Scott's br. f. Katharine Logie, by The Flying Dutchman, Sst 7lbs (Basham), b. f. Blue Mantle, by Surplice, and two others ; Mr. Bowes' Victoria, Sst 7lbs (Wells), was fourth ; Mincepie was the favourite. At Doncaster, Sst i2lbs (A. Day), ran second in the Park Hill Stakes, of £625, for fillies only, won by Melissa, Sst /lbs (J. Marson), by a length, Mary Copp, by The Dutchman, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), being third and last ; 7 to 4 on Melissa. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst slbs (A. Day), ran second in a Free Handicap, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., eight subscribers (val. ^550), won by Mr. T. Parr's br. c. Fisherman, three years, Sst (Wells), beating Artillery, three years, Sst 4lbs (Aldcroft), a bad third, and br. c. Vandermulen, 7st I2lbs, last. Won by half a length. Even on Fisherman, 4 to 1 against i6o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Artillery, and 10 to i against Mincepie. Mr. E. Parr's br. c. Stork, by Gabbler, 8st, was fourth. All three years old. At Chester, 7st 1 3lbs, not placed for the Cup, of .£2595, won by Mr. Higgins' br. c. Leamington (who also won the Chester Cup in 1859), by Foig-a-Ballagh, four years, 6st 9lbs (D. Hughes), beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Drumour (winner of the July Stakes in 1856), by Weatherbit, three years, 6st 3lbs (G. Fordham). by a neck, Lord Ribbles- dale's b. c. Dulcamara, by Flatcatcher, three years, 5st 2lbs (Adams), third, Pretty Boy, four years, Sst 6lbs, Gemma-di-Vergy, three years, 6st 1 ilbs, and twenty-eight others. At Epsom, Sst 2lbs (Geo. Mann), ran fifth and last for the Cup, won by Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Sir Colin, by Robert de Gorham (son of Sir Hercules), three years, 7st (Bray), beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Chevalier d' Industrie, by Orlando, three years, 6st 1 ilbs (Fordham), by two lengths, Pretty Boy, four years, Sst 7lbs, third, and Mr. Merry's gr. c. Riseber, by Chanticleer, three years, 7st, fourth. Mincepie ran once more, at Goodwood, without success, and was put to the Stud. \ > 1 62 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Templeman), ran unplaced in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, of ^"360, won by Mr. B. Morris's b. c. Artillery (winner, this year, of the Criterion Stakes, at Newmarket), by Touchstone (Basham), beating Mr. Harland's b. f. Mirage, by The Flying Dutchman (J. Osborne), second, Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Porto Rico (winner, this year, of the Clearwell and Prendergast Stakes at Newmarket), by Orlando, 8st oJbs (Bartholomew), third, and four others ; 6 to 4 on Artillery. At Doncaster, 8st /lbs (Templeman), won ^"200, beating Mr. Walker's br. f. Announcement, by Annandale, 8st /dbs (Aldcroft), Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Alfred, by Irish Birdcatcher, 8st ^Ibs (J. Osborne), and Mr. Capel's br. f. Duet, by Jericho, 8st 4.1bs, last. Even on Warlock. 1856. At Newcastle, 8st 7lbs (Templeman), in running for the North Derby, won by Artillery, Warlock bolted out of the course. Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. Shot (the dam of Mr. Merry's ch. c. Marksman, second to Hermit in the Derby of 1867) was second; five ran. S. mg., in running for the Northumberland Plate, won by Lord Zetland's br. f. Zeta, by Van Tromp, Warlock fell, and was out of the race; nine ran. At Carlisle, 5st iilbs (Geo. Fordham), ran second for the Cumberland Plate (Handicap), of ^"285, won by Mr. T. Parr's br. c. Fisherman, three years, 7st 7lbs (Ouinton), beating Sir James Boswell's ch. c. Freddy, by Pyrrhus the First, four years, 6st 7lbs, third, Mr. J. Osborne's br. f. Elastic, by The Ugly Buck, four years, 6st 7lbs, fourth, and four others. At the end of the first round, Fordham, by mistake, pulled Warlock up, and he had to be set going again. As it was, he was only beaten by two lengths. 5 to 2 each against Fisherman and Warlock, the last being in most demand. At York, 5st Slbs (Withington), won the Great Ebor Handicap of ^"695, beating Mr. Knowles's bl. c. Merlin, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 5st 6lbs (Plumb), by a length, Mr. B. Morris's br. h. Gamekeeper (bred in Ireland), by Irish Birdcatcher, five years, 7st .dbs (D. Hughes), third, Sir C. Monck's br. h. Vindex, by Touchstone, six years, 8st 2lbs, and four others. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies Sst 2lbs (Nat), won the Great St. Leger, of ^"3200, beating Mr. I'Anson's b. c. Bonnie Scotland (winner, at this meeting, of the Doncaster Stakes, of ,£970), by Iago (J. Wells), who ran WARLOCK'. 16- a dead heat, for second place, with Artillery (Basham), Mr. IT. Hill's ch. c. Rogerthorpe (winner, this year, of the Goodwood Cup), l»y The Hero (A. Pay), fourth, Mr. J. Bowes's b. f. Victoria (winner, this year, of the Coronation Stakes, of £\oco, at Ascot ; of /4S0 at Stockbridge, /330 at York, and ,£520 at Newmarket), by Melbourne (J. Marson), br. c. Elling- ton (Derby winner), ridden by Tom Aldcroft, and three others. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the dead-heaters and Rogerthorpe. Betting, at starting, 13 to 8 on Ellington, 9 to 1 against Bonnie Scotland, and 12 to 1 each against Warlock, Artillery, and Rogerthorpe. S. mg., ;st ;lbs (Nat), was unplaced for the Cup, won by Fandango (which see). Betting, 9 to 4 against Fandango, and 9 to 2 against Warlock. 1857. At Chester, 8st ;lbs (Wells), not placed for the Cup (val. .£2595), won by Mr. Higgins's br. c. Leamington, by Foig-a-Ballagh, four years, 6st 9lbs, beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Drumour (winner, in 1 856, of the July Stakes at Newmarket), by a neck, and thirty-five others. At Ascot, 8st 5lbs (Nat), was unplaced for the Cup, won by Lord Zetland's br. c. Skirmisher, three years, 6st lolbs (Charlton), beating Gemma-di-Vergy, Saunterer, and eight others. At York (August), 8st I2lbs each, two miles (Nat), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Parr's br. c. Fisherman (J. Wells), by a neck, both four years old ; 3 to 1 on Fisherman. At Doncaster, 8st 2lbs (Nat), won the Great Ebor Handicap, of ^825, beating Sir R. Bulkeley's br. f. Tasmania, by Melbourne, three years, 6st iolbs, Lord Clifden'sch. f. Melissa, four years, 7st 4lbs, third, b. c. Tame Deer, by Venison, four years, 6st I2lbs, b. f. Relapse, by The Cure, three years, 5st i2lbs, br. h. Poodle, by Ion, aged, 8st 4lbs, and five others ; 5 to 2 against Relapse, 6 to 1 against Tasmania, 7 to 1 against Melissa, and 9 to 1 against Warlock. S. mg., 8st i2lbs (Nat), ran third for the Cup, won by Vedette At Lincoln, 9st 4lbs, two miles (Nat), won the Queen's Plate, beating Admiral Harcourt's b. c. Wardermarske, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, Sst 2lbs (Aldcroft), and Mr. J. Shelley's b. c. Gunboat, by Sir Hercules, three years, Sst 2lbs, third and last ; 5 to 2 on Warlock. Ran once more this year, in the Great Ebor Handicap, at York, fourth 1 64 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. to El-Hakin, by The Cure, Tasmania being second, and Pole-star third. 1S58. At York (Spring), 8st iolbs (Nat), ran fourth for the Great Northern Handicap, of ^940, won by Tunstall Maid, by Touchstone, three years, 5st 8lbs (T. Chaloner) ; thirteen ran. At Ascot, 9st (A. Day), ran fourth for the Cup, won by Fisherman, five years, 9st. This was Warlock's last race. ' 1 66 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. beating Tilly (Basham), Sst 9lbs, by a head ; even on Tilly. At Worces- ter, Sst /lbs (G. Whitehouse), ran second in a sweep of .£120, won by Stork, Sst 7lbs (Quinton), by a neck; six ran. At Liverpool (July), 7st 4.1bs (T. Cliff), ran third in the Stanley Stakes, won by Admiral Harcourt's br. f. Ellermire, by Chanticleer, three years, 9st 3lbs (AJdcroft), beating Mr. Dawson's ch. c. Gaudy, by Pyrrhus the First, two years, yst 4lbs (Bates), second, and three others. At Yarmouth, Sst (now Mr. Parr's), ran second in a sweep of ^200, won by Captain Lane's br. f. Persia, by Rochester (son of Rockingham), two years, 7st 1 ilbs ; and at Abingdon, Sst, ran third in a sweep of .£170, won by Mr. Elwes' ch. f. The British Remedy, by Orlando, two years, ~st 11 lbs. 1S56. At Lincoln (Spring), 7st, ran second in the Trial Stakes, won by Tame Deer, by Venison, three years, 6st 1 1 lbs. At Nottingham, won £70; and at Warwick, 7st each (Quinton), won ^120, beating Stork; four ran. At Northampton, won the Trial Stakes, beating Tame Deer. At Epsom (Spring), 5st iolbs (Carroll), ran second in the City and Suburban ^980), won by Mr. Ridley's br. c. Hospitality, by Malcolm, three years, 6st 2lbs (R. Bullock), by a length ; twenty-five ran. At York (Spring), Sst iolbs (Wells), won the St. Leger Stakes, beating Mr. R. Wilson's ch. c. Heir of Linne, by Galaor, Sst I2lbs, easily (Oates), and b. c. Clarendon, by Iago, Sst 4lbs. S. mg., Sst /ilbs (Wells), won the Biennial, of .£360, beating br. c. Ellington, Sst iolbs, by a head, and one other, At Chester, Sst slbs (Wells), won the Chesterfield Stakes, of ^"325, beating Mr. Barber's br. c. Prince of Orange, by Van Tromp, three years, 6st iolbs (G. Fordham), in a canter, ch. f. Melissa, 7st, third, and ten others, all three years old. S. mg., won ^"60, beating four others. At Manchester, Sst i2lbs each, won £&o, beating Hospitality, and one other. At Bath, 7st 9lbs (Wells), won the Cup, beating three others. At Ascot, 7st 3lbs (Quinton), won the Queen's Vase, beating Mr. Hart's br. c. Aleppo, by Alarm, three years, 7st 3lbs (Salter), easily ; and five others. At Carlisle, 7st 7lbs (Quinton), won the Cumberland Plate (.£285), beat- ing Warlock, three years, 5st 1 ilbs (Fordham), by a head, and six others. At Liverpool, w. o. for the Croxteth Stakes. S. mg., 9st 5lbs (Wells), FISHERMAN. 167 won ,£165, beating Mr. Jackson's b. f. Remedy, by The Cure, two years, jrst 7lbs, and Lord John Scott's br. f. Katherine Logie, by The Dutchman, three years, Sst i2lbs. At Stamford, Sst 7lbs (Wells), won ^75, beating Melissa, three years, Sst 6lbs (A. Day). At Goodwood, /st 7lbs (Aldcroft), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. H. Hill's b. c. Rogerthorpe, by The Hero, three years, 7st 2lbs, beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Yellow Jack, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 7st iolbs, second, Monsieur Aumont's b. c. Monarque (bred in France), by The Emperor, four years, Sst ill), and six others. At York (August), won £j$. At Plymouth, won the Queen's Vase. At Weymouth, Sst 2lbs, won the Queen's Plate, beating Rogerthorpe, Sst 4lbs. At Doncaster, w. o. for 60 sovs. At Newmarket (Second October), won ^50, beating ten others. At New- market (Ho.), Sst (Wells), won a Free handicap, of ,£550, beating Mincepie, Sst 5lbs (A. Day), by half a length, Mr. Morris's b. c. Artillery, Sst 4lbs (Aldcroft), third, Stork, Sst, and Mr. Clark's b. c. Yandermulin (winner of the Lincoln Handicap in 185S), by Van Tromp, 7st i2lbs (J. Quinton), all three years old. Fisherman ran in eight more races without success. 1S57. At Liverpool (Spring), won £60. At Warwick, Sst gibs (Wells), won £100, beating Geinma-di-Vergy, three years, 7st (Fordham), second, and three others. At Chester, ast 2lbs (Wells), won the Queen's Plate, beat- ing Mr. Smithers' ch. c. Sirius, by Meteor, four years, ast 2lbs, in a canter (J. Osborne). At Stockbridge, Sst gibs (Wells), two miles, won the Stewards' Plate, of £310, beating Mr. Snewing's b. m. Pole-star, five years, Sst Slbs, and one other. At Liverpool, Sst 2lbs (Wells); won the Croxteth Stakes, of ^120 (now Mr. Starky's), beating Mr. Barber's ch. c. Lord Nelson, by Collingwood, three years, 6st iolbs. At Goodwood Qst lib, ran third for the Cup, won by Monarque, five years, Sst olbs (now Count Lagrange's) ; thirteen ran. In August, Sst i2lbs (Wells), won the Wolverhampton Stakes, of £400, beating Mr. Saxon's b. f. Queen Bess, by Alarm, three years, 5st, and four others. At Wolverhampton (August), won the Cleveland Cup (^150). At York, Sst I2lbs (Wells), for the Queen's Plate was beaten by a neck, by Warlock (Nat), Sst i2lbs. At Abingdon, ost 7lbs (Wells), won the Berkshire Handicap, of ^255, beating 1 63 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. ch. h. Vulcan, by Velox, five years, 7st 4.1bs, and four others. At Egham, 9st 5lbs (Wells), won the Queen's Plate beating b. h. Winkfield, six years, lost, in a canter, br. c. Leamington (sire of Iroquois), four years, 9st 5lbs, and two others ; 6 to 4 on Fisherman. At Hereford, 9st lib (Wells), won the Royal Plate of 300 sovs., and Sweep of ,£180, beating br. c. Cotswold, by Newcourt, four years, 8st lib, Melissa, 8st 6lbs, and one other. At Warwick, 8st 7lbs (Wells), won the Cup. At Bedford, for the Queen's Plate, beat Black Tommy. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst 7lbs, B. C. (Wells), won a Sweep of ,£220, beating Skirmisher, three years, 7st (T. Chaloner), by a length ; 7 to 4 on Skirmisher. At Kelso, won the Stewards' Cup. At 'Newmarket (October), Mr. Starky challenged for The Whip, which was resigned to him. In addition to the above, Fisherman won this year, Queen's Plates at Salisbury, Northampton, Winchester, Liverpool, Warwick, Lichfield, and Weymouth, and ran in nine other races without success. 185S. At Northampton, w. o. for the Trial Stakes. At Newmarket (April), Sst i3lbs (Hall), won 50 sovs., beating four others; also, 9st 8lbs (Hall), won ;£ioo, beating brother to Bird on the Wing, five years, Sst 6lbs. At Chester, 9st lib (G. Hall), won .£130, beating Saunterer, four years, Sst 7lbs, by a head, and one other : 13 to 8 on Saunterer ; also, 9st 3lbs (Hall), won the Stewards' Cup, of .£590, beating Sir C. Monck's br. f. Hepatica, by Voltigeur, three years, 6st iolbs, Saunterer, Sst 6lbs (Wells), and three others. At Epsom, 9st (Hall), won the Cup, beating Saunterer, Sst 7lbs (Wells), and two others. At Ascot, 9st (Wells), won the Cup, of £s7°> beating Mr. Padwick's br. c. Arsenal, four years, Sst 5lbs (G. Fordham), Gildermire, three years, 6st 7lbs, Warlock, 9st, and three others. At Liverpool, w. o. for the Croxteth Stakes. In August, 9st 2lbs (S. Rogers), won the Wolverhampton Stakes, of ^355, beating three others. At York, 9st 4lbs (S. Rogers), won the Queen's Plate, beating Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Ignoramus (the best son of The Dutchman), four years, 8st I2lbs (J. Osborne). At Derby, iost 2lbs (S. Rogers), won ^140 handicap, beating Mr. Evans' b. c. Misty Morn, by Weathergage, three years, 5st 7lbs (Bottom), by a head, and six others. At Warwick, 9st 8lbs (S. Rogers), won the Cup, beating Lord Clifden's b. h. FISHERMAN. 169 Loyalty, by Loadstone, three years, 6st 7lbs, by two hundred yards. He also won in addition Queen's Plates at Newmarket, Chester, Manchester, Ascot, Ipswich, Liverpool, Nottingham, Egham, Lichfield, and ran eleven times more without success. 1S59. At Northampton (now Mr. Higgins'), not placed in the Trial Stakes, won by Mr. Shelley's br. c. Lifeboat (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan, of .£1250), by Sir Hercules, four years, Sstglbs ; also, iost, ran second for the Queen's Plate, won by Lifeboat, 9st 2lbs. At Epsom, 9st (Wells), won the Cup, beating The Baron's b. c. North Lincoln, three years, 7st (Custance), easily, and one other. At Ascot, 9st 3lbs, won the Cup, beating Saunterer, five years, 9St (J. Osborne), second, and five others; also, iost 2lbs, won the Queen's Plate, beating Newcastle, three years, 7st 2lbs (G. Fordham), and two others. At Goodwood, iost 4lbs not placed for the Bentinck Memorial Plate, of ,£1243 (handicap), won by Mr. Ten Broeck's ch. c. Starke (bred in America), by Wagner, four years, 8st ; fifteen ran. At York, 9st 7lbs (Wells), ran second for the Queen's Plate, won by Lord Stamford's ch. c. Newcastle, by Newminster, three years, 7st ylbs (Fordham), by a length; seven ran. At Lincoln, 9st nibs (Cresswell), for the Queen's Plate, was beaten by a head, after a desperate struggle, by Newcastle, 8st 2lbs (Fordham) ; 5 to 4 on Fisherman, who now retired to the stud, having ran four times more this year without success. Modern race-goers knew little or nothing of Tom Parr, as he was familiarly called, who died in obscurity and poverty, paralyzed with old age, within a mile of the little town of Wantage, Berkshire, in January, 1880. But Tom Parr was, nevertheless, in his day, a great power on the Turf. He began his career in 1843, with Young Lochinvar, by Tipple Cider (a son of Defence), and which he purchased from Mr. Treen, but he made a poor show until 1852, when he bought Weathergage for 60 gs. At this point his luck turned, and the Benham horses (including Gaspard, a ch. c, by Daniel O'Rourke, and Lupellus, by Loup-garou), achieved as great a name as those of Danebury and Russley. But mis- fortunes again dogged his footsteps, until at length the once famous " Puce and white," so often to the fore in many of the great races, died completely away. 170 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. BLINK BONNY. BLINK BONNY was a b. f., foaled in 1854, bred by, and the pro- perty of, Mr, William I'Anson, of Malton. She was got by Mel- bourne, out of Queen Mary (bred by Mr. W. R. Ramsay in 1843), by Gladiator, out of a mare by Plenipotentiary, out of My rrha, by Whalebone, out of Gift (bred by Lord Egremont in 18 18), by Young Gohanna, out of sister to Grazier, by Sir Peter, out of sister to Aimator (bred by Lord Clermont in 1788), by Trumpator, her dam, by Herod, out of a mare by Old Snap, her dam, by Lord Gower's bay stallion (son of the Godolphin Arabian), out of a dau. of the Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers, &c. Blink Bonny was really a yellow-bay mare, her colour inclining, in parts, to a dull tint. She stood fifteen hands two and a half inches high, having a clean, blood-like head, tapering rather towards the nose. She had also a slightly white fore-fetlock joint. The white blaze in her face greatly resembled that of West Australian. Her neck was strong and muscular, but somewhat lengthy, her nostrils wide, and her ears rather wide apart. She had great depth of shoulder and girth, was very good through the knees, and well ribbed up. Her quarters, rising on the rump, and drooping towards the tail, which was a thin switch, and' which she carried close to her, tended to give her a somewhat mean appearance. She had good thighs, hocks, arms, and knees, but she was not by any means a lengthy animal. Blink Bonny did very well till the autumn of 1856, when the harassing dentition fever, which was always peculiarly severe with the Melbourne stock, set in, and she sank, as Blooming Heather had done before her, to a perfect skeleton. She was the first of the family I'Anson had ever trained as a two year old, and she had a strange propensity of leaning to the off side, as if she were shrinking from some unseen fury on the near side. On her journey up to Epsom for the Derby, she seemed to have improved both in vigour and confidence, and when she galloped on the Tuesday with Strathnaver, on the Epsom Downs, she drew right II • I • BLINK BONNY. 171 aw ,iv from him with her head clown, and going in her best two-year-old form, setting hack her ears, and flinging up her tail, as if she meant ven- geance. In the race I'Anson saw her off in the ruck, hard held by Charlton, but although he swept the thirty horses, backwards and forwards, with his glasses, he could never find Charlton's yellow cap again till they were close at home. Mr. \Y. Scott, Sir Lydston Newman's stud groom, took a great liking to Blink Bonny, and advised Lord Londes- porough to buy her, the price being ,£3000, conditional on her being trained by Mr. I'Anson. Mis lordship not conceding this point, the bargain was off. At the Northallerton meeting, in October, 1856, Mr- I'Anson refused 5000 gs. for her, offered by Mr. John Jackson, the owner of Saunterer. (From "The Druid.") Blink Bonny's Performances. 1S56. At York (Spring), for two years old, Sst 3lbs (Rob. I'Anson), ran third in the Gelland Stakes, won by Mr. John Jackson's ch. c. Magnifier, by The Magnet (son of Camel), Sst 5 lbs (Aldcroft), after a dead heat with Captain Christie's b. f. Nougat, by Sweetmeat, Sst lib (Wells), beating b. f. Madame Clicquot, by Burgundy, Sst 5lbs, fourth, bl. c. Saunterer, Sst albs, fifth, and five others. At Chester, Sst 3U5S, for two years old (R. I'Anson), ran third in the Mostyn Stakes, won by Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Lambourn, by Loup-garou, Sst 7lbs (Wells), beating Mr. Copperthwaite's b. c. Sprig of Shillelah, by Simoom, Sst 7lbs (Aldcroft), Saunterer, Sst i2lbs, and six others. At Manchester, Sst 4.1bs (R. I'Anson), won the Sapling Stakes of .£375, beating Mr. Forbes's br. f. Double Glo'ster, by Melbourne, Sst odbs (Quinton), Saunterer, Sst iolbs (J. Osborne), third, and three others. At Beverley, Sst iolbs (Robert I'Anson), won the Bishop Burton Stakes, of .£220, beating twelve others. At Newcastle, Sst 6lbs (I'Anson), won the Tyro Stakes, of ^255, beating Sir C. Monck's br. f. Vanity (winner of the Chester Cup in 1858), by Touchstone, Sst zilbs (J. Charl- ton), easily, Mr. R. Chilton's br. c. Norton, by Voltigeur, Sst 7lbs, and four others. At Liverpool (July), Sst 4lbs (R. I'Anson), won the Great Lancashire Stakes, of .£470, beating Mr. Merry's b. f. Cara Fatima, by 172 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Melbourne, 8st 4lbs (Ashmall), by three lengths, Mr. J. Osborne' b. c. Glede Hawk, by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 4.1bs, and Mr. C. Peck's b. f. Miss Nightingale, by Venison, 7st i2lbs, last; 5 to 2 on Blink Bonny. At Goodwood, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (I'Anson), won the Bentinck Memorial, of ,£300, beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Chevalier d'lndustrie (Wells), second, Lord Portsmouth's ch. f. Ayacanora, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Pocohontas(A. Day), third, and Mr. R. Clark's b. c. South Western, by Sir Tatton Sykes (G. Dockeray), last ; 6 to 4 on Blink Bonny. At York (August), Sst 4lbs (I'Anson), ran third in the Convivial Stakes, of ^728, won by Lord J. Scott's b. f. Lady Hawthorn, by Windhound, out of Alice Hawthorn, 7st i3lbs (Kendall), beating Mr. J. Osborne's ch. f. Augury, by Irish Birdcatcher (J. Osborne), Sst 2lbs, by a neck, and four others ; 7 to 4 on Blink Bonny. S. nig., Sst 2lbs (Robertson), won the Gimcrack Stakes, of ^305, beating Lord Zetland's br. c. Skirmisher, by Voltigeur, Sst 7lbs (J. Marson), by two lengths, Norton, Sst 7lbs (Bear, park), third, Augury, Sst 5lbs, fourth, and three others ; 6 to 5 on Blink Bonny. At Doncaster, Sst 7lbs each (I'Anson), won the Filly Stakes, of ^260, beating Mr. Wentworth's ch. f. Beatrice, by Irish Birdcatcher, by eight lengths (Nat), and Captain Christie's ch. f. Equity, by Sweetmeat (Wells), last; 8 to 1 on Blink Bonny. S. mg., Sst nibs (I'Anson), won a Sweep of ,£290, beating Mr. Mellish's b. c. Adamas (winner of the City and Suburban in 1S57), by Touchstone, Sst 7lbs (Wells), by a length, br. c. Skirmisher, Sst 7lbs (Marson), third, br. c. Gemma-di-Vergy, Sst 1 ilbs, fourth, br. c. Loyola, by Surplice, and one other. 1S57. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst 7lbs each (R. I'Anson), not placed in the 1000 Guineas (value .£1950), won by Mr. John Scott's b. f. Imperieuse, by Orlando (Nat), beating Sir R. W. Bulkeley's br. f. Tasmania (winner, this year, of the Yorkshire Oaks), by Melbourne (Bumby), by half a length, Ayacanora (A. Day), third, and four others ; 5 to 4 on Blink Bonny, 4 to 1 against Ayacanora, and 100 to 8 against Imperieuse. Tasmania (who also won the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in 1856) was not mentioned. At Epsom (J. Charlton), won the Derby, of ^"5650, beating Mr. Drinkald's bl. c. Black Tommy, by Womersley (H. Covey), BLINK BONNY. 173 by a neck, Colonel Mellish's b. c. Adamas (Wells), a head only from Black Tommy, and Mr. Harrison's b. c. Strathnaver, by Flatcatcher (Bumby), a neck only from Adamas, fourth, also (not placed) Mr. J. S. Douglas's b. c. Tournament (winner, this year, of the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood), by Touchstone, br. c. Skirmisher (winner, this year, of the Great Northern Handicap, of ^"1065, at York, the Cup and Sweep, of £790, at Ascot, and the Uoncaster Stakes, of ^870), Mr. W. S. Craw- furd's br. c. Zuyder Zee, by Orlando, Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Gaberlunzie, by Don John, The Baron's ch. c. Sydney (winner of the Ascot Derby), by Surplice, Mr. Merry's b. c. Special License (winner of the Liverpool Autumn Cups in 1857 and 1858), by Cossack, b. f. Lady Hawthorn, ch. c. Chevalier d' Industrie, bl. c. Saunterer, ch. c. Lambourn, and sixteen others ; 4 to 1 against Tournament, 100 to 15 against Skirmisher, 8 to 1 against Saunterer, 12 to 1 against Adamas, and 20 to 1 against Blink Bonny. Mr. I 'Anson's orders to Charlton were, "Not to hurry Blink Benny, and to win as near at the post as he could " — orders faithfully carried out. S. mg., 8st 7lbs each (Charlton), won the Oaks, of ,£3425, beating Mr. Jackson's bl. f. Sneeze, by Raby (Aldcroft), by eight lengths Lord J. Scott's ch. f. Mcestissima, by Pyrrhus the First (Ashworth), third, Imperieuse (Nat), fourth, Lord Clifden's b. f. Eugenie (winner, this year, of the Great Warwick Handicap), by Surplice, fifth, Augury, and seven others; 5 to 4 on Blink Bonny, 3 to 1 against Imperieuse, 10 to 1 against Sneeze, and 12 to 1 against Mcestissima. At Ascot, w. o. for ,£125. At Liverpool, 9st (Charlton), won the Lancashire Oaks, of ^200, beating Augury, 8st iolbs, in a canter, and two others. At Goodwood, 3st 3lbs (Charlton), won the Bentinck Memorial, of .£296, beating Chevalier d' Industrie, Sst 7lbs(Fordham),by twenty lengths. At Doncaster (Charlton), ran a bad fourth in the St. Leger, won by Imperieuse, beating Mr. Barber's b. c. Commotion, by Alarm (Aldcroft), by two lengths, Tournament (Fordham), third, Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Ignoramus, by The Dutchman, fifth, Adamas, sixth, and five others ; 5 to 4 against Blink Bonny, and 100 to 6 against Imperieuse (Nat). S. mg., Sst 12 lbs (Charlton), won the Park Hill Stakes, of ,£500, beating Mcestissima, 8st 7lbs, by six lengths, and Mr. Payne's ch. f. Orianda, by Cossack. This was Blink Bonny's last race. 174 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. IMPERIEUSE. IMPERIEUSE was a bay filly, bred at the Hampton Court Paddocks, in 1854, the property of Mr. Newland. She was got by Orlando, out of Eulogy, by Euclid, out of Martha Lynn, by Mulatto, out of Leda, by Filho-da-Puta, out of Treasure, by Cansillus, out of a mare by Hyacinthus, out of Flora, by King Fergus, out of Atalanta (bred by Mr. Coates in 1769), by Matchem, out of Lass of the Mill by Oroonoko, out of sister to Clark's Lass of the Mill, by Old Traveller, &c, &c. Imperieuse was a rich bay filly, standing fifteen hands and three inches high. She had a plain head, with large ears, but a very expressive eye, a blood-like neck, and extremely good shoulders. She had great depth of girth, and was particularly thick through, a long back, wide hips, and quarters a little drooping, and was immensely powerful about her stifles, thighs, and gaskins. She had, also, very good hocks and knees ; and, though not very large in the bone, was wiry and sound. Altogether, she was a handsome, blood-like filly ; and nothing could have looked better than she did on the St. Leger day. Her's was the fourteenth St. Leger John Scott had won, but the first with one of his own horses. Imperieuse's Perform an ( is. 1856. At Stamford, for two years old, colts Sst /lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Bartholomew), won a sweep of ^275, beating Mr. J. Day's br. c. Bannockburn, by Annandale (Wells), by a length, and three others. S. mg.. Sst albs (Bartholomew), won ^"125, beating Mr. W. Day's gr. c. Greyling, by Womersley, Sst 7lbs, b. c. Adamas (winner, in 1857, of the City and Suburban Handicap), by Touchstone, Sst ylbs, third, and ■ ■ « I IMPERIEUSE. 175 bne other. At Goodwood, for two years old, Sst 6lbs (Bartholomew), won the Lavant Stakes, of /'410, beating Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Lambourn, Sst lull's (Aldcroft), by a head, Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's b. c. Church Langton, by Surplice, Sst ;lbs, third, br. f. Nougat, by Sweetmeat (the favourite), Sst ;dbs, fourth, and two others. S. mg., Sst nibs (A. Day), ran third in the Molecomb Stakes, of .£425, won by Lambourn, Sst lalbs (Aldcroft), beating Mr. Crawfurd's br. c. Lord of the Hills, (brother to Lord of the Isles), by Touchstone, second, by half a length, and Baron Rothschild's ch. c. The Western Power, by Surplice, Sst ;lbs, fourth and last. At Doncaster, Sst slbs (Nat), for two years old, ran fourth in the Champagne Stakes, of ^"Soo, won by Sir R. Bulkeley's br. f. Tasmania, by Melbourne, Sst slbs (J. Holmes), beating Lambourn, Sst 7lbs (Kendall), by a neck, Sir C. Monck's br. f. Vanity (winner of the Chester Cup, in 1S5S), by Touchstone, Sst slbs (J. Charlton), third, and four others. This was a very fine close, and interesting race from the distance, there being at the finish a head only between second and third, and half a neck between third and fourth. Mr. Newland now sold Imperieuse to Mr. John Scott, the famous Malton trainer. At Newmarket (Houghton), Sst 5H0S (A. Day), ran unplaced in the Nursery Stakes, of ,£350, won by Mr. J. Osborne's b. c. Mongrel, by The Cure, 7st iolbs (Bearpark), beating Mr. Gilby's b. f. Ella, by Pontifex, 6st ^lbs;. fourteen ran, the other twelve being completely beaten off. 1857. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst 7lbs each (Nat), won the 1000 Guineas, beating Tasmania by half a length (Bumby), ch. f. Ayacanora (A. Day), third, Lord Glasgow's b. f. by Miss Whip, fourth, also Lord Exeter's b. f. Beechnut, by Nutwith, Mr. I'Anson's b. f. Blink Bonny, Lord Anglesey's b. f. Tricolor, by Touchstone, and ch. f. Arta, by Pyrrhus the First. At Epsom (Nat), ran fourth in the Oaks, won by Blink Bonny (which see). At Newcastle, 5st 1 libs (T. Chaloner), won a Free handicap of ^165, beating Colonel Thompson's b. f. Minnie, by Weatherbit, three years, 4st i^lbs, second, Mr. Brook's ch. f. Manganese, by Irish Birdcatcher, four years, )st iolbs, and seven others. At York (August), ost lib, not placed in the Eglinton Stakes, won by Admiral 1 76 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Harcourt's b. f. Tunstall Maid, by Touchstone, two years, 6st 3IDS (Bullock), beating Sir C. Monck's br. f. Hepatica, by Voltigeur, two years, 6st nibs (Bray), by a neck, and five others. S. mg., Sst 3lbs (Nat), not placed in the Consolation Scramble, won by Sir Wm. Booth's ch. f. Beatrice, by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, yst, beating twelve others. At Doncaster (Nat), won the Great *St. Leger, of .£3675, beating Mr. Barber's b. c. Commotion (winner of the Woodcote Stakes, at Epsom, in 1856), by Alarm, by two lengths, Mr. Douglas's b. c. Tournament (winner of the Brighton Cup, in 1S60), by Touchstone, third, Blink Bonny (Charlton), fourth, Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Ignoramus, by The Dutchman, fifth, b. c. Adamas (winner, this year, of the City and Suburban), by Touchstone, sixth, and five others. Her last race. This St. Leger was considered so safe a thing for Blink Bonny, that her numerous supporters made some very severe comments on her running, and did not scruple to insinuate unfair play on the part of her owner. Mr. 1'Anson's defence, however, of Blink Bonny's running was thoroughly straightforward and honest, and admitted to be so by the public. The statement about the winner was not so easy to solve. John Scott declared that he had not backed his filly for a shilling, though it was well known, many days before the Doncaster Meeting, that hundreds in Yorkshire had heaped their money on her. Whence came the inspiration ? She wins the 1000 Guineas, is beaten twenty lengths in the Oaks, runs unplaced in a Consolation Scramble, at York, and is then backed, and heavily too, for the St. Leger, and wins it. And yet we are asked to believe that Mr. John Scott did not back her for a shilling ! ■ I'll 178 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. such a horse, he was placed under Matt Dawson's care, and was known in racing circles as " Matt's Black." In his new colours (yellow jacket, and black cap) he won the Goodwood Cup, a victory generally believed to have occasioned the suicide of a nobleman, who had laid heavily against him, on account of his supposed want of stamina, and who disregarded Mr. Merry's assurance that, in this respect, he was wholly mistaken. Ennui, Saunterer's dam, was bred by Lord George Bentinck in 1843, and was a very fair racer. Eventually she became the property of Mr. Jaques, and was the dam of Dear-Me and Alas ! by Melbourne, of Bravery by Gameboy, and of Saunterer, and was then sold to Lord Londesborough for 95 gs. Ennui won the great Four Year Old Stake at Goodwood, in 1847. Saunterer's Performances. 1856. At Doncaster (Spring), 8st iolbs (J. Osborne), won the Hopeful Stakes, of ^370, beating Mr. Jackson's ch. c. Magnifier by Magnet, 8st 7lbs, by a head, Mr. Cunningham's bl. c. Marmion by Springy Jack, third. Adamas, 8st 7lbs, and fourteen others. S. mg., w. o. for £jo. At Thirsk, 8st iilbs (Osborne), won ^130, beating three others. At Croxton Park, won £$5- At York (Spring), 8st ajbs (Osborne), ran fifth in the Zetland Stakes, won by Magnifier, 8st 5lbs (Aldcroft), beating br. f. Nougat, 8st lib (Wells), second, Blink Bonny, third, and six others; even on Saunterer. At Chester, 8st i2lbs (Osborne), not placed in the Mostyn Stakes, won by Mr. E. Parr's ch. c. Lambourn, 8st 7lbs, beating Sprig of Shillelah, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), by a head, Blink Bonny, Sst 3lbs, third, and six others. At Manchester, 8st iolbs, ran third in the Sapling Stakes, won by Blink Bonny, Sst 3lbs. S. mg., 8st 81bs (Osborne), ran second in a sweep of ,£300, won by Lambourn, Sst Slbs (Wells), beating Mr. Pedley's ch. c. Comquot, by Sweetmeat, 8st slbs, Magnifier, Sst 5lbs, and four others. At Newton, 8st 12 lbs (Osborne), ran second in the Golborne Park Stakes, won by Mr. Thellusson's b. f. Madame Clicquot by Burgundy, Sst 7lbs (Aldcroft) ; five ran. S. mg., 8st i2lbs, in the Lyne Park Stakes, was beaten by the same filly, Sst ajbs. At Ripon, Sst i2lbs SAUNTERER. 179 (Osborne), won .£130, beating Mr. G. Foster's b. c. Underhand (the winner of the Northumberland Plate, in 1857-8 and 9) by The Cure, 8st iolbs (G. Oates), by a head, b. c. Skirmisher, Sst dibs, third, Mr. Bennett's b. c. Peto by Poynton, Sst iolbs, and six others. At York (August), Sst ojbs (Osborne), ran second in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, of ^"370, won by Earl Fitzwilliam's b. c. Ignoramus, by The Flying Dutchman, Sst 7lbs (J. Marson), beating Sprig of Shillelah, Sst 7lbs, third, br. f. Vanity, Sst .dbs, and eight others; 6 to 4 against Ignoramus, 6 to 1 each against Sprig of Shillelah and Vanity, and 10 to r against Saunterer. At Doncaster, 6st I2lbs, for all ages (G. Thomas), ran third for the Port- land Plate, of ^650, won by Mr. Hind's b. c. Lance by Launcelot, three years, 7st 11 lbs, beating Mr. Jackson's gr. c. Lord Alfred by Chanticleer, four years, Sst 6lbs, ch. f. Manganese, three years, Sst 3lbs, Ellermire, four years, Sst 6lbs, and twenty-five others. Any odds against Saunterer, who carried a stone more than the nine other two year olds who ran. At Pontefract, 6st (Chaloner), won ^45. At Chester, ost (Osborne), won ^"205, beating b. c. Adamas, Sst 7lbs- (Wells), by a neck, Peto, and four others. Af Richmond, 6st i2lbs (Gill), won the Eresby Stakes, beating Mr. Baker's Capuchin, by Cowl, two years, 6st 5lbs. 1857- At Epsom (now Mr. Jackson's), was not placed in the Derby, won by Blink Bonny. At Ascot, 6st iolbs, each (Bray), ran third for the Cup, won by Skirmisher (J. Charlton), beating br. c. Gemma-di-Vergy (D. Hughes), by a length, Mr. Snewing's b. m. Pole-Star (winner, this year, of the Cups at Shrewsbury and Stamford, and Queen's Plates at Lewres, Ipswich, and Canterbury), by Foig-a-Ballagh, five years, 8st 1 libs, fourth, Chevalier-d'Industrie, and seven others, a head only between second and third ; 4 to 1 against Skirmisher, 7 to 1 against Gemma, and 15 to 1 against Saunterer. At Newcastle, ost 2lbs (Osborne), won ^"So, beating Mr. Gray's br. f. Meta by Flatcatcher, two years, 6st gibs, in a canter, and four others ; also w. o. for the Gateshead Stakes. At Liver- pool, 7st (Chaloner), won a Handicap Sweep and Plate, of ^375, beating Mr. Merry's b. c. Honour Bright, by Touchstone, three years, 6st (Plumb), in a canter, Mr. T. Dawson's b. c. Commoner, by Elvas (a son of Whale- x 2 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. bone), three years, 5st i2lbs (R. Bullock), third, Admiral Harcourt's b. m. Ellermire by Chanticleer, five years, 8st 4lbs, and two others; n to 8 on Saunterer. S. mg., 7st I2lbs (Charlton), won a sweep of ^350, beating Mr. T. Parr's b. c. York, by Slane, two years, 5st lib, very easily (A. Saddler) ; 3 to 1 on Saunterer. S. mg., 7st i2lbs (Charlton), won the Licensed Victuallers' Plate (^305), beating Mr. Barber's ch. c. Lord Nelson, by Collingwood, three years, 6st 6lbs, by four lengths, Mr. J. Osborne's ch. c. De-Ginkel, by De-Ruyter, four years, 6st 4.1bs, third, and six others. At York, for three years old, 8st 7lbs each, ran third in the Great Yorkshire Stakes (^980), won by Lord Zetland's br. c. Vedette, Skirmisher being second, b. c. Strathnaver fourth, and Sydney last. At Doncaster, 8st i2lbs (Osborne), won the Eglinton Stakes (^335), beating br. f. Gildermire, by The Flying Dutchman, two years, 7st 2lbs, by a length, b. f. Princess Royal (winner of the Gimcrack Stakes at York), by Slane, two years, yst 2lbs, third, br. c. Tournament, and six others. S. mg., Sst 7lbs each, ran third in the Doncaster Stakes, won by Skirmisher, beating br. c. Wardermarske, by three lengths, b. c. Zuyder Zee, fourth, and Mr. J. Osborne's ch. f. Augury, by Birdcatcher, Sst 3lbs, last. At Chester (October), w. o. for the Mostyn Stakes. S. mg., 7st 3lbs (J. Charlton), won the Chester Handicap (^365), beating Captain Christie's b. f. Kestrel, by Tearaway, four years, 7st, by five lengths, b. h. Claret, by Touchstone, five years, 7st iolbs, br. c. Polmoodie by Mel- bourne, four years, 7st 7lbs, gr. f. Maid of Derwent, four years, 7st, and five others. This race will be, for all time, remembered for the* electric rush with which Saunterer came through his horses at the half distance, and won hands down. At Newmarket (Second October), 7st 7lbs each, all three years old, won a ^50 Plate, beating Gunboat, by Sir Hercules, and three others. S. mg., match for 200 sovs., received 100 sovs. forfeit from Mr. Ten Brack's ch. c. Babylon, by Belshazzar. S. mg., 7st 7lbs, match for 250 sovs., was beaten by ch. f. Heroine, by Neasham, two years, 6st. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st 7lbs, match for 300 sovs, (Osborne), beat Mr. Robinson's b. c. Anton, three years, Sst ; 6 to 4 on Anton. S. mg., 8st I2lbs, ran third in the Cambridgeshire, won by Mr. Parr's ch. c. Odd- Trick, by Sleight of Hand, beating Lord J. Scott's ch. f. Mcestissima, by Pyrrhus the First, who beat Saunterer by a neck ; thirty-two ran. SAUNTERER. 1858. At Newmarket (now Mr. Merry's), 9st 3lbs, won a ^50 Plate, beating eight others, in a canter. At Epsom, 8st 7lbs each, in the Craven Stakes, got a hard heating by Zuyder Zee ; twelve ran. At Goodwood, gst (Osborne), won the Cup and Sweep (.£740), beating Mr. T. Parr's br. h. Fisherman by Heron, five years, iost, by a length, br. c. Schiedam, by The Flying Dutchman, third, b. c. Ventre St. Oris by Gladiator, and four others. At Brighton, Sst 7lbs (Wells), won ,£225, beating Tourna- ment and one other. S. mg., w. o. for the Cup. At Doncaster, 9st 3lbs (Wells), won the Fitzwilliam Stakes, beating b. c. Knight of Kars, b. c. Ignoramus, third, and seven others. At Newmarket (October), Mr. Merry challenged for The Whip, with Saunterer, and obtained it. In eight other races Saunterer ran, without success, and now retired to the Stud. l82 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. GEMMA-DI-VERGY. GEMMA-DI-VERGY was a br. c. foaled in 1854, the property of Mr. Bond, by whom, in 1856, he was sold to Mr. T. Walker for 225 gs. He was got by Sir Hercules, out of Snowdrop by Heron, out of Fairy by Filho-da-Puta, out of Britannia by Orville, out of a mare by Coriander (son of PotSo's), out of Sister to Fanny by Weasel, out of a mare by Turk (son of Regulus), her dam, by Locust (son of Old Crab), out of Sister to Drudge by Old Crab, out of a mare by the Duke of Rutland's Black Barb, &c. Gemma- di-Vergy's Performances. 1856. At Ascot (now Mr. Bond's, who bred him), 7st (Fordham), won the Fernhill Stakes, of ^130, beating Mr. Payne's ch. f. Perfume by Cother- stone, 6st nibs, by a head, and three others. At Worcester (now Mr. Walker's), 8st ;dbs (A. Cowley), won a sweep of ^140, beating Mr. Wilkins' b. c. Oakball by Melbourne, 8st 7lbs (T. Cliff), by a neck, b. f. Barbarity by Simoom, 8st 4'lbs, and three others. At Nottingham, w. o. for .£75. At Chelmsford, ost (Bartholomew), won ^"100, beating Mr. Mannington's ch. f. Maid of Athens by Grecian, Sst lib (Fordham), by a neck, and Perfume, Sst 4lbs (Nat). At Marlborough, Sst (Bray), won ,£120, beating br. f. Ear-drop by Conyngham, three years, Sst 1 ilbs, and three others. At Reading, 8st ;dbs (Kendall), won ^"185, beating Mr. Drinkald's bl. c. Black Tommy (second in Blink Bonny's Derby) by Womersley, 8st 2lbs (Covey), by three lengths, and six others, S. mg„ Sst 7lbs (Kendall), won the Reading Stakes, of .£170, beating br. f. Zaidee, by Red Hart, Sst 6lbs (Fordham), by a head, and three others. At Abingdon, 9St 2lbs (Kendall), won ^100, beating Mr. Gulliver's b. f. GEMMA-DI-VERGY. 18' Barbarity, 8st 4lbs (Yates), by a head, and six others. At Warwick, 9st (Kendall), won ,{,130, beating Mr. T. Parr's br. c. M. D. by The Cure, 8st 2lbs (Wells), by a length, and br. f. Desdemona by Iago (son of Don John). S. mg., won the Avon Stakes of £ho. At Derby, 9st 1 11 » ( Kendall), won ^95,. beating Mr. Rich's ch. c. Odd-Trick (winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1857. then Mr. T. Parr's), 8st iolbs (Aldcroft), in a er, and Oakball last. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst 7lbs each ( Kendall), won .£50, beating six others. At Warwick, Sst 9lbs (Kendall), won a Nursery Handicap for two years old, of .£345, beating Mr. Dawson's br. c. Little Cob by Sweetmeat, 6st 5lbs (Chaloner), by a head, Lord Ribblesdale's b. c. Companion by Womersley, 6st, third ; also, Lord Anglesey's b. c. Cedric by Touchstone, 6st i3lbs, b. c. Fright by Alarm, and seven others. Gemma ran in five other races, this year, without success. 1S5/. At Warwick (Spring), 7st (Fordham), ran second in the Trial Stakes, won by Mr. Parr's br. c. Fisherman, four years, 8st 9lbs (Wells), by a length ; 5 to 4 against Gemma, and 2 to 1 against Fisherman ; five ran. At Northampton, Sst 1 3lbs (Kendall), won the Whittlebury Stakes, of .£310, beating Mr. Verrall's br. c. Volatore by Voltigeur, two years, 6st 8lbs (Fordham), and five others. S. mg., 9st 1 lb (Kendall), won the Racing Stakes, of ,£180,' beating Lord Ribblesdale's b. c. St. Giles (winner, this year, of the Great Northampton Stakes of ^1095, anu- the Shrewsbury Handicap of ^588), by Womersley, 9St 1 lb (Hibberd), by half a length, Mr. Parr's ch. c. Sir Colin, by Robert de Gorham, 8st 5lbs (Wells), third, and four others ; 1 1 to 10 against Gemma and 6 to 4 against St. Giles; all three years old. At Newmarket Craven, Sst iolbs each (Kendall), won a sweep of ,£150, beating Mr. Barber's ch. c. Lord Nelson by Collingwood (Nat), by a neck ; 3 to 1 on Gemma. S. mg., Sst i3lbs (Kendall), for three years old, won a sweep of ^175, again beating Lord Nelson, Sst 13IIJS (Nat), by a neck, as before, and the Duke of Bedford's 1). f. Cruzada by Cowl, Sst 6lbs (S. Rogers). At Chester, 6st i2lbs (R. Bulloch), won ,£130, beating Mr. Padwick's ch. c. Drumour by Weather- bit, three years, jst 3lbs (winner of the July Stakes at Newmarket in 1856), ridden by Fordham, by a head, Fisherman, Sst 7lbs (Wells), third, CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Mr. Merry's b. c. Honour Bright by Touchstone, three years, 6st I2lbs, fourth, Vandermulen (winner of the Lincoln Handicap in 1858), four years, 8st /lbs, fifth, and ch. f. Melissa, four years, 8st cjlbs, last ; 5 to 4 on Gemma. S. mg., 6st nibs (Bullock), not placed for the Cup, won by Leamington, beating Drumour (the property of Mr- Henry Padwick), 6st 3lbs, by a neck, and thirty-two others. S. mg., 7st gibs, won £70 (D. Hughes), beating Fisherman, four years, Qst~2lbs (Wells), by a head ; 7 to 4 on Gemma. At Ascot, 6st iolbs (Hughes), ran second for the Cup, won by Lord Zetland's br. c. Skirmisher by Voltigeur, three years, 6st iolbs (Charlton), by a length, beating Mr. Jackson's bl. c. Saunterer by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 7st iolbs (Bray), third, a head only behind Gemma ; twelve ran, among them being Pretty Boy, Winkfield, Leaming- ton, Chevalier-d' Industrie, Warlock, and Rogerthorpe ; 4 to 1 against Skirmisher, and 7 to 1 against Gemma. At Goodwood, 7st olbs (Aldcroft), not placed for the Cup, won by Count Lagrange's b. h. Monarque by The Emperor, five years, 8st oJbs (Ashmall), beating Mr. Merry's gr. c. Riseber, by Chanticleer, three years, 7st 2lbs (Bray), by a head, Fisherman, o,st lib (Wells) third, and ten others. Gemma first favourite ; 1 1 to 2 against Riseber, and 100 to 7 against Monarque. Gemma ran once more, this year, without success, and four times in 1858, without adding to his former triumphs, but also without lowering his reputation, and retired to the Stud. ■ ■ - n it thn l • ' « l • » 1 86 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. two years old, 8st iolbs (Aldcroft), ran second in a sweep of ^"120, won by Saunterer, 8st I2lbs (J. Osborne), beating Skirmisher (winner, in 1857, of the Ascot Cup), third, and eight others ; won by a head. At Chester (October), 7st 81bs (G. Fordham), won the Mostyn Stakes, of ,£140, beating Mr. Dawson's b. f. Red White and Blue by Malcolm, /st 5lbs (R. Bullock), in a canter, and two others. S. mg., 6st 8lbs (Bullock), ran fourth in the Wynnstay Handicap, for which Mr Merry's b. c. Honour Bright by Touchstone, ran a dead-heat with Mr. Barber's b. f. Miss Harkaway by Sir Tatton Sykes, and the stakes (/180), were divided. 185/. At York (Spring), 5st 1 2lbs, ran unplaced in the Great Northern Handicap, of ^"1065, won by Skirmisher, 5st I3lbs (T. Chaloner), beating Mr. Lewis' br.- h. Pantomime (winner, this year, of the Cumberland Plate), by Lanercost, aged, 7st 5lbs (Jas. Snowden), by a length, and ten others. At Manchester (June), 7st iolbs (Geo. Oates), won the Cup and Sweep, of ^"555, beating Mr. Dawson's b. f. Janet by Raby, three years, 7st Slbs (Bates), by a length, Mr. Barber's b. c. Commotion (sire of Disturbance, winner, in 1873, °f tne Liverpool Grand National), by Alarm, three years, 8st 2lbs (Nat), and seven others. At Newcastle, 6st lib (Plumb), won the Northumberland Plate, of ^"600, beating Skirmisher, 6st iolbs (J. Charlton), by a head, Mr. Robinson's br. c. El-Hakim by The Cure, three years, 5st, third, and four others ; even on Skirmisher. At York (August), 6st iolbs, not placed in the Great Ebor Handicap, of ^665, won by El- Hakim, 5st 4.1bs, beating Sir R. Bulkeley's br. f. Tasmania by Melbourne, three years, 6st 5lbs (Withington), br. m. Pole Star, by Foig-a-Ballagh, five years, 8st iolbs, third, Warlock, 7st I2lbs, fourth, and four others ; 6 to 5 against Warlock, and 8 to 1 against Underhand. No others quoted. At Liverpool (November), 6st iolbs, not placed for the Autumn Cup, won by Mr. Merry's b. c. Special License (winner, also, of the Cup in 1858), by Cossack, three years, 5st 7lbs, beating Lord De Mauley's br. c. Cotswold, by Newcourt (son of Sir Hercules), four years, 6st 7lbs, by two lengths, El-Hakim, 6st iolbs, and fifteen others; 7 to 4 against Underhand, and 8 to 1 against Special License, UNDERHAND. 1858. At Doncaster (Spring), 8st jibs (Basham), not placed in the Spring Handicap, of ^"505, won by Mr. Barnard's b. c. Wrestler, by Orlando, three years, ost 7lbs (Swift), beating eight others. At York (Spring), 7st olbs (Basham), not placed in the Great Northern Handicap, of ,£950, won by Mr. Thompson's b. f. Tunstall Maid (winner, also, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), by Touchstone, three years, 5St Slbs (T. Chaloner). At Manchester (June), 8st 9lbs, not placed for the Cup, won by br. c. Heme, by Buckthorn, three years, 6st iolbs (R. Bullock), beating eleven others. At Newcastle, 8st (Basham), won the North- umberland Plate, of ^665, beating Mr. Mills' b. c. Pensioner (winner, this year, of the Ascot Stakes), by Woolwich, three years, 6st lib, who ran a dead-heat, for second place, with Mr. Barber's b. c. Hamlet, by Turnus, four years, 6st 3IIJS, Mr. Read's b. c. Satinstone, by Touchstone, three years, 5st 1 1 lbs, being fourth : fourteen ran; 9 to 2 against Pensioner, 5 to 1 against Satinstone, and 6 to 1 against Underhand. At York (August), Sst 3lbs (Basham), not placed in the Great Ebor Handicap, of -£/55- won Dy Lord Zetland's br. c. Vedette (winner of the Great Yorkshire Stakes in 1857, and the Doncaster Cups in 1857 and 1858), by Yoltigeur, four years, 8st 7lbs (J. Osborne), beating Tunstall Maid, three years, 6st (Chaloner), by a length, and ten others. At Newmarket (Houghton), 8st (Nat), ran third in the Cambridgeshire, of ,£1870, won by Mr. (afterwards Sir Richard) Sutton's b. f. Eurydice, by Orlando, three years, 5st /lbs (Britton), beating Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Beacon, by Flatcatcher, three years, 4st Slbs, by a length, ch. c. Zouave (sire of the famous Steeplechaser, The Lamb), by The Baron, fourth, and thirty-two others ; 3 to 1 against Zouave, and 40 to 1 each against Eurydice and Underhand. At Liverpool (November), Sst 6lbs (Nat), ran third for the Autumn Cup, of ^665, won by Special License, four years, 7st iolbs; fourteen ran. 1859. At Chester, 7st i2lbs (Aldcroft), was not placed for the Cup, of ^"2645, won by Mr. Higgins' br. h. Leamington (winner of the Chester Cup and Goodwood Stakes in 1857), by Folg-a-Ballagh, six years, Sst 2lbs CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. (Wells), beating br. c. Heme, four years, 6st 4lbs (Tom Chaloner), by two lengths, and thirty others. S. mg., 8st 3lbs (Aldcroft), ran second for the Stewards' Cup, of ,£605, won by Tunstall Maid, four years, 6st i3lbs (Bullock), by half a length ; eleven ran. At Newcastle, 8st I2lbs (Aldcroft), won the Northumberland Plate, of ^540, beating Mr. J. Shelly's br. c. Lifeboat (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan, at Epsom), by Sir Hercules, four years, 8st ojbs (Luke Snowden), by a neck, br. f. Hepatica, by Voltigeur, four years, 8st lib, and nine others; 3 to 1 against Hepatica, and 100 to 8 against Underhand. At York (August), 9st ilb (Aldcroft), won the Great Ebor Handicap, of ^560, beating Mr. Chilton's b. f. Archduchess, by Cossack, three years, 5st I2lbs (Jas. Grimshaw), by a length, Mr. Ten Broeck's ch. c. Starke (bred in America, and winner, this year, of the Goodwood Stakes, and in i860 of the Goodwood Cup), by Wagner, four years, 8st 8lbs, third, and ten others ; 7 to 2 against Starke, and 8 to 1 against Underhand. At Perth, 8st 1 ilbs (Aldcroft), three miles, won the Caledonian Cup, in the commonest of canters, and, also, the Queen's Plate, of 100 gs. i860. At Carlisle, w. o. for the Queen's Plate. At Liverpool, ost olbs (Aldcroft), won the Queen's Plate easily ; four ran. At Edinburgh, 9St aJbs (Aldcroft), won the Queen's Plate, but was unsuccessful in ten other races this year, though he ran second to First Lord in the North- umberland Plate. 1 861. At Chester, 8st 81bs (Aldcroft), won a Handicap Plate, of 100 sovs., beating thirteen others ; and at Edinburgh, lost 2lbs, won the Cup. He ran three times more, without success, and retire*d to the Stud. ' 3 -~ ', *,*,.,. S 5 - ■ ■ an . i I < 9 f f ■••••■ • • • • • f f f • i • • 190 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. two years, 6st 4lbs (Cresswell), second, Mr. Gully's ch. c. Hurdle by Nutwith, two years, 6st ;st, third, and four others. At Newmarket (July), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 4lbs (Wells), in the Chesterfield Stakes, of ^"670, he ran a dead-heat with Lord Glasgow's unnamed ro. c. by Hernandez (Aldcroft) ; but, in the deciding heat, was beaten by a head, Mr. May's ch. f. Cantrip by Windhound (son of Pantaloon), being third ; eight ran ; 6 to 4 on the Chevalier ; and after the dead -heat, 2 to 1 on him. At Goodwood, colts 8st 7ms, fillies 8st 4lbs (Wells), ran -second in the Bentinck Memorial, of ^296, won by Mr. I'Anson's b. f. Blink Bonny, by Melbourne (Robert I'Anson), beating Lord Portsmouth's ch. f. Ayacanora by Irish Birdcatcher, third, and one other. Won by three-quarters of a length, four lengths between second and third. At Doncaster, 6st iolbs not placed in the Eglinton Stakes, of ^415, won by Mr. Douglas' b. c. Tournament by Touchstone, two years, 6st iolbs (Fordham), beating Mr. Harrison's b. c. Strathnaver by Flatcatcher,. two years, 6st 3lbs (Withington), second, Gemma-di-Vergy, two years, 6st iolbs (Bates), third, and five others ; 6 to 4 against Gemma-di-Vergy, 5 to 2 against the winner and 6 to 1 against The Chevalier. At Newmarket (First October), colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Wells), ran third, in the Triennial, of ,£390, won by Lord J. Scott's ch. f. Mcestissima by Pyrrhus the First (Kendall), beating Ayacanora (A. Day), by a neck, and seven others, a dead-heat between second and third ; 6 to 4 against Mrestissima, and 5 to 1 against The Chevalier. 1857. At Epsom (Goater), was not placed in the Derby, won by Blink Bonny. S. mg., 6st 1 ilbs (Fordham), ran second for the Cup, won by Mr. Parr's ch. c. Sir Colin. At Ascot, Sst 7lbs (J. Goater), ran third, in the Ascot Derby, of ^450, won by The Baron's ch. c. Sydney by Surplice, 8st 7lbs (D. Hughes), beating Lord Exeter's br. c. Turbit by Woodpigeon, 8st 7lbs (Fordham), second, and one other. S. mg., 6st iolbs (Fordham), not placed for the Cup, won by Lord Zetland's br. c. Skirmisher by Voltigeur, three years, 6st iolbs (Charlton), beating Gemma-di-Vergy, three years, 6st iolbs, by a length (Hughes), Mr. Jackson's bl. c. Saunterer, three years, 6st iolbs (Bray), third, and eight others. At Goodwood, Sst iolbs (Fordham), won the Gratwicke Stakes, of^iooo, beating Mr. W. Stirling CHEVALIER-D" INDUSTRIE. 191 Crawfurd's 1>. c. Xuyd.r Zee (winner, this year, of the Houghton Handicap at Newmarket), by Orlando, Sst iolbs (G. Oates), by four lengths, ch. f. Moestissima, Sst slbs (Kendall), third, Lord Glasgow's unnamed colt by The Dutchman, Sst /lbs (Aldcroft), fourth, and Sir J. B. Mill's b. f. Bar-One by Orlando, 8st 2lbs (A. Day), last; 6104 against The Chevalier, 5 to 2 against Zuyder Zee, and 6 to 1 against Moestissima, all three years old. S. mg., Sst /lbs (Fordham), in the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, of .£296, was beaten, twenty lengths, by Mr. I'Anson's b. f. Blink Bonny, by Melbourne, out of Queen Mary, three years, Sst 3II3S (Charlton) : only these two ran ; 6 to 1 on Blink Bonny. At Brighton, w. o. for the Cup. At Hereford, 7st ylbs (Fordham), ran third for the Royal Plate, of 300 sovs., won by br. c. Fisherman (now Captain Starky's), four years, gst lib (Wells), beating Lord De Mauley's br. c. Cotswold by Newcourt (son of Sir Hercules), four years, 8st 1 lb (Wakefield), by a neck, and Lord Clifton's ch. f. Melissa by Surplice, four years, Sst 6lbs, last ; 7 to 2 on Fisherman. This was the Chevalier's last race. At the sale of Mr. Greville's yearlings, in 1S55, Chevalier- d' Industrie was knocked down to Mr. Padwick (who ran his horses under the name of Howard), for 255 gs. Old John Day was just then retiring from public ; and the big chestnut colt was trained by Mr. Goater at Findon. Mr. E. Corbet, who painted Chevalier-d' Industrie, said that he was. one of the finest horses ever put upon canvas. 1 9 2 CELEBRA TED RA CE HORSES. BEADSMAN. BEADSMAN was abr. c. foaled in 1855, bred by, and the property of, Sir Joseph Havvley, Bart. He was got by Weatherbit, out of Mendicant, by Touchstone, out of Lady Moore Carew (bred by Mr. I Allanson in 1830), by Tramp, out of Kite (bred by Lord Stamford in 1 821), by Bustard (son of Castrel), out of Olympia (bred by Lord Stam- j ford in 18 15), by Sir Oliver, out of Scotilla (bred by his Lordship in 1795), i by Anvil, out of Scota (bred by Mr. O' Kelly in 1783), by Eclipse, out of i Harmony (bred by the Duke of Ancaster in 1775), by Herod, out of Rutilia (bred by his Grace in 1769), by Blank, out of a mare, bred by Mr. Scrope in 1751, by Regulus, her dam, by Soreheels (son of Basto), out of a mare, by Makeless (son of the Oglethorpe Arabian), out of the Hon. Christopher d'Arcy's Royal Mare. " It is more than probable that the grand blood of Weatherbit would, like that' of Defence and other noted sires, have lapsed into oblivion, had it not been for Beadsman. It is true that we still have Brown Bread and Mandrake among us, but it is to Beadsman alone that the honour of elevating the Sheet Anchor line into importance is due ; stoutness of heart and well-proved staying powers are the chief characteristics of that line. Beadsman, after his Derby victory, did not aspire to Cup honours, generally held to be necessary to stamp the renown of Blue Ribbon winners ; and his Turf career was too short to enable a correct judgment to be formed of his merits as a racehorse. Beadsman was not entered for the St. Leger, and it does seem strange that the names of Teddington, Beadsman, Musjid, and Blue Gown should all have been omitted from the Doncaster entries ; and that fate should also have denied to Sir Joseph the glory of the double event with Pero Gomez, which Wells, to his dying day, always asserted he had fairly won — an opinion shared by many who saw that Derby run for. Beadsman was the fifth foal of his • • • ft I • • # i BEADSMAN. 193 dam, Mendicant, for whom Sir Joseph gave 2500 gs. after she ran second to St. Lawrence for the Chester Cup in 1847, and with the Emperor's Plate at Ascot in prospective, for which, however, she ran unplaced to John Pay's ch.c. The Hero. Mendicant, though disappointing her new owner on the Turf, was nevertheless a 'mare of the highest class as a racer, and full of that symmetry, quality, and action which make up the beau-ideal of an Oaks winner. Her first foal, by Don John, died young, and Friar Tuck by O.ld England, Supplicant by Cowl, and Gaberlunzie by Don John, were poor when compared with the result of her union with Weathcrbit. Beadsman settled down to stud life, in i860, at Leyburne Grange, but failed in securing public support, though four of Sir Joseph's best mares were put to him. The year 1863 saw his list slightly enlarged ; but it was in his 1864 season that he begat Blue Gown, Green Sleeve, and Rosicrucian, beyond doubt the mightiest two year old hand ever held by any racing man. But, in the year which witnessed the debut of this glorious trio, their sire was condemned to exile, and placed under the care of Smallwood at Middlethorpe, near York, soliciting in vain a ten guinea fee from the northern breeders. Before this, however, he had begotten The Palmer, and subsequently Pero Gomez, but the grand performance of the glorious trio soon rescued Beadsman from his obscurity, to resume again his position as Grand Master at Leyburne, where he placed both Fitzroland and Asteroid in the shade. Thence- forward he rose high in public estimation. The foreigners early set their hearts on the possession of Blue Gown, whom they secured for 5000 gs. ; but he returned to England in 1876, being leased for a term to the Cobham Stud Company, and died on his passage to New York, in 1880." (From The Sporting and Dramatic News.) Beadsman's Performances. 1857- At Goodwood, for two years old, 8st 7lbs (Alfred Day), not placed in the Ham Stakes, of £ 1000, won by Lord John Scott's (afterwards Mr. Merry's) br. f. Blanche of Middlebie, by Melbourne, 8st 7lbs (Kendall), VOL. IV. O 194 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. beating Mr. Gratwicke's b. f. Maid of Kent, by Chatham, 8st 7lbs (Ashmall), by a length, and three others ; 6 to 4 on the winner. S. mg., 8st 4-lbs (A. Day), ran third in a handicap sweep, of 200 sovs. each, won by Lord Derby's b. c. Toxophilite by Longbow, 8st i2lbs (Nat), beating Sir J. B. Mill's b. c. by Bay Middleton, out of Cymba, 8st 7lbs(S. Rogers), by a length, second, Mr. W. Stirling-Crawfurd's b. c. East Langton (winner of the Somerset Stakes at Bath in 1858), by Jericho, 8st 4.1bs, fourth, and ch. c. Sermon by Surplice, 8st 7lbs, last ; 2 to 1 against the Cymba colt and Sermon, and 7 to 2 against Toxophilite. 1858. At Newmarket Craven, 8st /dbs (Wells), won a sweep of ,£650, beating Mr. J. Bowes' gr. c. Star of the East by Chanticleer, 8st 4.1bs (Nat), by a neck, East Langton, 8st 4.1bs (Ashmall), third, and the Cymba Colt last ; 6 to 4 against the Cymba Colt, and 7 to 2 each against Beadsman and East Langton. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st 7lbs each (Wells), won a sweep, of ,£250, beating Mr. Neville's b. c. by Collingwood (S. Rogers), by two lengths, and Lord Derby's ch. c. Streamer by Longbow, last ; 2 to 1 on Beadsman. S. mg., 8st 7lbs each (Wells), in the Newmarket Stakes, of ^350, ran a dead-heat with Mr. Padwick's j b. c. Eclipse * by Orlando, beating Count Batthyany's ch. c. The Farmer's | Son (winner of the Great Eastern Handicap this year, then called the "Eastern Counties" Handicap), by Weatherbit (Nat), third, and ch. c. Gourd by Nutwith (J. Mann), last ; even on Eclipse, and 6 to 4 against Beadsman. Stakes were divided. At Epsom (J. Wells), won the Derby, of ^5425, beating Toxophilite (Nat), by a length, Mr. Harrison's b. c. The Hadji by Foig-a-Ballagh (T. Aldcroft), third, b. c. Eclipse (Ford- | ham), fourth ; also (not placed), Sir. J. Hawley's ch. c. Fitzroland (winner of the 2000 Guineas) by Orlando, Mr. Robinson's b. c. Pelissier by The Cure, Captain White's br. c. Jordan by Jericho, Mr. Murland's br. c. Longrange by Longbow, Mr. Higgins' b. c. Harry Stanley by Flat- catcher, Mr. Saxon's ch. c. The Ancient Briton (winner, in 1859, of the Liverpool July Cup) by Cotherstone, Lord Glasgow's bl. c. Brother to Bird on the Wing by Irish Birdcatcher, Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Kelpie by *' Afterwards sent to America. BEADSMAN. 195 Weathcrbit, Lord Ribblesdale's br. c. The Happy Land (second to Fitzroland in the 2000 Guineas), by Jericho, Mr. Gratwicke's bl. c. Ethiopian by Robert de Gorhatn, b. c. East Langton, and eight others : ico to 30 against Toxophilite, 6 to 1 against Eclipse, 8 to 1 against Ethiopian, 10 to 1 against Beadsman, and 12 to 1 each against Fitz- roland and The Ancient Briton. At Stockbridge, 9st (Wells), won ^320, beating a ch. c. by Pyrrhus the First, 8st iolbs, easily, and Star of the East, a bad third, last. At Newmarket (First October), match for 300 sovs., received 25 sovs. (compromise) from The Happy Land. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst /lbs each, A.M., match for 500 sovs., paid 200 sovs. forfeit, to Mr. Ten-Broeck's b. m. Prioress (winner of the Csesarewitch, in 1857, and bred in America) by Sovereign (a son of Emilius, out of Fleur de Lis, and imported into the United States). Beadsman had before this been taken out of training, and transferred to the Stud ; and consequently, in 1S59- At Newmarket Craven, in a match for 500 sovs., h. ft., Sir J. Hawley paid 250 sovs. forfeit, to Lord Glasgow's bl. c. Brother to Bird on the Wing. " Beadsman was a very dark brown horse ; and the Derby polish, put upon his coat by Manning, is a thing to be remembered by all who saw him in the paddock on that eventful day. Beadsman stood exactly fifteen hands three inches high, was rather light and leggy, and somewhat wanting in bone. His head was large, plain, and lean, with full, promi- nent eyes, and was well set on to an elegantly-arched neck, so seldom associated with the character of a genuine stayer. His shoulders were upright, and a trifle loaded, but he had a good depth through the heart, and atoned for a rather light barrel and ribs by a very muscular back, with just a little too much length behind the saddle, made still more palpable by his drooping quarters. His thighs and arms were muscular, and his legs perfectly clean and sound. Nothing could possibly be finer than the style in which Beadsman swept past the Stand, at Epsom, to the astonishment both of Lord Derby and Flatman, who believed that the beating which Toxophilite gave him at Goodwood, the year before, when conceding him 8lbs, could not on this occasion, at even weights, be possibly reversed. Sir Joseph won ^80,000 on this Derby.'' (The Druid). r 96 CELEB R A TED RA CE HORSES. GOVERNESS. GOVERNESS was a ch. f. foaled in 1855, the property of Mr Grat- wicke. She was got by Chatham (son of The Colonel), out of a mare by Laurel (son of Blacklock), out of Flight by Velocipede, out of Miss Wilkes by Octavian, her dam, by Remembrancer (son of Pipator), out of Mary by Young Marske, out of Gentle Kitty by Silvio (son of Old Cade), out of a mare by Dorimond (son of Dormouse), out of Portia, by Regulus, her dam, bv Mr. Hutton's gr. h. Spot (son of Hartley's Blind Horse) out of a mare by Bay Bolton, her dam, by Fox-Cub, out of a mare by Coneyskins (son of the Lister Turk), &c, &c. Governess' Performances. i857- At Newmarket (First October), for two years old, 8st 5lbs (Ashmall), won the Hopeful Stakes, of 40 sovs. each, h. ft., 25 subscribers (^630), beating Sir Lydstone Newman's br. f. Botany by Melbourne, Sst 5lbs (Aldcroft), by a neck, Mr. Holland's (afterwards Mr. Higgins') b. c. Harry Stanley by Flatcatcher, Sst 7lbs (S. Rogers), third ; also, Mr. Padwick's b. f. Chutney by Slane, Baron Rothschild's ch. f. Venetia by Harkaway, each Sst 5lbs, Lord Exeter's b. f. Allspice by Nutwith, Sst 5lbs, Captain White's br. f. July by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 5lbs, Lord Londesborough's b. c. York by Slane, Sst iolbs, and three others; 7 to 4 against Governess, 6 to 1 against Venetia, and S to 1 against Botany. 1S5S. At Newmarket (First Spring) for three years old fillies, Sst 7lbs each (Ashmall), won the 1000 Guineas, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., 36 subscribers • ■ I h ■ff • f • • • I f • • • I GOVERNESS. 197 (val. .£2050, the second filly receiving back her stake), beating Sir Charles Monck's br. f. Hepatica (winner of two rich stakes at Ascot, the Park Hill Stakes, at Doncaster, and ^"350 at Newmarket, all this year), by Yoltigeur (Nat), by a head, Mr. Padwick's ch. f. Perfection, by Irish Birdcatchcr (J. Goater), third ; also, Lord Clifden's b. f. Hydromel by Surplice, and his bl. f. Chanoinesse by Surplice, Mr. Padwick's b. f. Queenstown by Annandale, Mr. Parker's ch. f. Martha by Orlando, and br. f. Botany ; 9 to 4 against Hepatica, 3 to 1 against Perfection, 6 to 1 against Governess, 8 to 1 against Botany, and 10 to 1 each against Hydromel and Chanoinesse'. At Epsom, 8st 7lbs each (Ashmall), won the Oaks, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., 152 subscribers (val. .£3975, the second filly receiving 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner paying 100 sovs. for expenses of police, &c), beating Admiral Harcourt's br. f. Gildermire (winner, this year, of the North of England Biennial at York), by The Flying Dutchman (Aldcroft), after a dead-heat, Mr. Jackson's b. f. Tunstall Maid (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes at York) by Touchstone (Charlton), third, Mr. Eastwood's -Proud Preston Peg by Touchstone, Lord Derby's b. f. Target by Joe Lovell, Mr. James Merry's b. f. Sunbeam (winner of the Doncaster St. Leger, the Coronation Stakes at Ascot, and the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood) by Chanticleer, Lord Londesborough's b. f. Rose-de- Florence by The Dutchman, Lord Portsmouth's b. f. My Niece by Cowl, Mr. Saxon's b. f. Princess Royal by Slane, Lord Chesterfield's b. f. La-fille-du-Regiment by Orlando, Chanoinesse, Botany, and Perfection (Fordham) ; 9 to 4 against Gildermire, 7 to 2 against Sunbeam, 4 to 1 against Governess, and 9 to 1 against Tunstall Maid : deciding heat, 6 to 5 on Gildermire, who was beaten by three parts of a length. At Goodwood, 9st 2lbs (Wells), ran third in the Nassau Stakes, of 50 sovs. each (p. p.), thirteen subscribers (val. .£550), won by Mr. J. Bowes' br. f. Go-ahead, by Melbourne (Ashmall), Sst 7lbs, beating La-fille-du-Regiment, Sst jibs (Nat), by a head, and br. f. July, Sst 7lbs (S. Rogers), last; 2 to 1 on Governess, half a length between second and third. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Norman), not placed for the St. Leger, of .£3325, won by Mr. Merry's Sunbeam (Snowden), beating Mr. T. Dawson's b. c. The Hadji by Foig-a-Ballagh (Aldcroft), by half a length, b. f. Blanche of CELEB RA TED RA CEHORSES. Middlebie (also Mr. Merry's), third, a neck only from the second, Toxophilite, fourth ; also, Lord Clifden's b. c. Knight of Kars by Nutwith Mr. A. Nichol's br. f. Volta by Voltigeur, East Langton, Brother to Bird on the Wing, Eclipse, Gildermire, Kelpie, the Baron's b. c. Mentmore by Melbourne, Count Batthyany's br. c. The Courier by Foig-a-Ballagh, br. c. Longrange by Longbow, ch. c. The Farmer's Son, and two others ; 2 to i against Toxophilite, 7 to 1 against The Hadji, 8 to 1 against East Langton, 12 to 1 against Longrange, and 15 to 1 each against Sunbeam, the Knight of Kars, and Blanche of Middlebie, 14 to 1 against Governess, who was now put to the Stud. 2oo CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Spring, of the Two Year Old Stakes at Epsom, and the Criterion, at Newmarket (Houghton), by Pylades, 8st i2lbs, 5 pounds extra (Ashmall), beating Mr. Leppingwell's ch. f. Rosabel by Newminster (J. Goater), by two lengths ; also, Lord Clifden's b. c. Chanoine by Surplice, Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's ch. f. Helia by Phlegon, Mr. C. E. Johnstone's b. c. Marionette by Touchstone, Mr. Merry's b. c. Lord of the Manor by Touchstone, b. c. Sharper by Flatcatcher, and b. c. Mazzini by West Australian ; 5 to 4 against North Lincoln, 4 to 1 against Marionette, 6 to 1 against Musjid, and 10 to 1 against Rosabel. At Stockbridge, 8st iolbs (Wells), won the Mottisfont Stakes, of ^"470, beating Mr. J. Shelby's ch. c. Sir Hercules by Sir Hercules, 8st iolbs (Kendall), by a length, Mr. Barratt's ch. c. Electric by The Fallow Buck, 8st iolbs (Goater), third ; also, Mr. Osbaldeston's br. c. St. Clarence by West Australian, Lord Ribblesdale's b. f. Allegra (who fell, and severely injured Bray, her rider), by Touchstone, b. c. Action by Newminster, and three others ; 6 to 4 against Musjid, 6 to 1 against Electric, and 100 to 15 each against Sir Hercules and Actaeon. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st 7lbs (Wells), match for 500 sovs., was beaten by a neck by Lord Glasgow's ch. c. Blacksmith, by The Confessor (son of Cowl), three years, 8st (Aldcroft) ; 6 to 5 on Blacksmith, 1859. At Newmarket Craven, 8st i2lbs (Wells), match for 400 sovs., beat Lord Glasgow's b, f. by Orlando, three years, 7st 1 2lbs (Aldcroft), by ten lengths, Musjid (on whom 4 to 1 was laid), giving her a stone. At Epsom, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Wells), won the Derby, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., 246 subscribers (net val. ^6750), beating br. c. Marionette (Rogers), by half a length, Mr. H. Hill's ch. c. Trumpeter by Orlando (A. Day), third, a neck only from the second, Mr. Wm. Day's br. c. The Promised Land (winner, this year, of the 2000 Guineas and Good- wood Cup), by Jericho, fourth, a neck from the third ; also, Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Volcano by Orlando, Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. Gallus by Chanticleer, Captain Grey's br. c. Glenbuck (winner, this year, of the City and Suburban), by the Flying Dutchman, Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Gaspard (winner, this year, of the Wolverhampton Stakes), by Daniel MUSJID. 20 1 O'Rourke, Mr. A. Worsley's (afterwards Lord Stamford's) ch. c. Newcastle (winner'of the Doncaster Cup this year)( by Newminster, Mr. C. Peck's br. c. Napoleon (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), by Voltigeur, Mr. Towneley's b. c. Gladiolus by Kingston, Sir C. Monck's br. c. Gamester (winner of the Doncaster St. Leger), by Cossack, Mr. J. Osborne's b. c. Red Eagle (winner, this year, of the Cambridgeshire), by Irish Birdcatcher, ch. c. Sir Hercules, and fifteen others ; 9 to 4 against Musjid, 7 to 2 against Promised Land, 4 to 1 against Trumpeter, 15 to 1 against Newcastle, 22 to 1 against Marionette and Glenbuck, 33 -to 1 against Gamester, and 1000 to 8 against Napoleon. Musjid was now taken out of training, Sir Joseph electing to pay forfeit in two engagements, one at Newmarket (Second October), 8st iolbs each, two miles, match for -£2000, ^500 forfeit, with Promised Land, the other at Newmarket (Ho.), 9st, A. F., with Mr. F. Robinson's b. f. Ariadne by Newminster, three years, 8st 4lbs, match for 500 sovs., .£200 forfeit. 202 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. SUMMERSIDE. SUMMERSIDE was a br. f. bred by Admiral Harcourt, in 1856, and was got by West Australian, out of Ellerdale (bred by the Admiral in 1844), by Lanercost, out of a mare by Tomboy, -out of Tesane by Whisker, out of Lady of the Tees by Octavian, her dam, by Sancho, out of Miss Furey by Trumpator, out of a mare by Marc Anthony. (For remainder see Ellington). Summerside stood just fifteen hands and two inches high. She had rather a Melbourne frontispiece, with a star in the forehead, a good blood-like neck, capital shoulders, and a rare back and loins. Her quarters were strong and muscular ; and she was altogether one of those low, lengthy fillies that the ring so generally dread. Ellerdale, her dam, was an excellent mare, a good third for the Oaks, and a very stout runner up to six years old. The Admiral sold the whole of his thoroughbred stock, with the sole exception of Ellerdale, to Lord Londesborough, in 1858, including Summerside and Eller, the former being the best of West Australian's produce. Summerside' s Performances. 1858. At York (August), for two years old, ;st 13IDS (Aldcroft), was not placed in the Convivial Stakes, of .£439, won by Mr. Robinson's b. c. Cavendish, by Voltigeur, Sst 3lbs (T. French), beating Mr. Merry's gr. c. Rainbow by Chanticleer, Sst 81bs (Wells), by a head, Mr. Alexander's b. c. King-at-arms by Kingston, 8st 3lbs (Cotton), third, and five others ; 9 to 4 against Rainbow (who won the Bentinck Memorial at Goodwood this year), 7 to 2 against Cavendish, and 7 to 1 against Summerside. At Doncaster, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 5lbs 'Iff SUMMERSIDE. 203 (Hates), not placed in the Champagne Stakes, of £975, won by Sir C. Monck's br. f. Prelude .'by Touchstone (Osborne), beating Cavendish (Rogers), by a length, Mr. Greville's b. c. Merryman (winner, this year, of the Woodcote at Epsom), by Hobbie-Noble (Nat), third, a short head only from second, and six others; 5 to 4 against Merryman, 4 to 1 against Cavendish, and 10 to 1 against Prelude (third to Mayonaise in the 1000 Guineas). S. mg., Sst 4lbs (Bates), won a sweep of ^280, beating Colonel Smythe's ch. c. Uralian by Cossack, Sst 7lbs (Ashmall), by a neck, Mr. W. Goater's b. f. Flitch by Chatham, Sst 4lbs (Fordham), third, Mr. Copeland's br. f. The Woman in Black by Surplice, Sst 8lbs (Rogers), fourth, Sir C. Monck's br. c. Gamester by Cossack, Sst iilbs (Ewart), fifth, br. c. Glenbuck 8st 7lbs (Basham), sixth, and b. c. Quicksilver, by The Cure, last ; 3 to 1 against Gamester, 4 to 1 against Flitch, 6 to'i against Uralian, and 10 to 1 against Summerside. IS59. (Now Lord Londesborough's). At Chester, Sst 2lbs (Wells), not placed in the Dee Stakes, of ^530, won by Mr. F. Robinson's b. c. Actaeon by Newminster, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), beating Mr. Devon's ch. c. Independence by Harkaway, 8st 7lbs (Fordham), by half a length ; also, Mr. Harland's b. f. Maid-of-the-Mist by The Dutchman, 8st 2lbs (Chaloner), Mr. Hunt's br. c. Aston by Teddington, 8st 7lbs (Creswell), gr. c. Rainbow, 8st 7lbs (Osborne), and Mr. Marland's b. c. Benbow, by Bolingbroke, Sst 7lbs (Ashmall) ; 2 to 1 against Rainbow, 9 to 4 against Summerside, and 5 to 1 against Action. Summerside fell just before reaching the distance-chair, and Maid-of-the-Mist, Aston, Rainbow, and Benbow, tumbled over one another ; Chaloner, Osborne, and Cresswell, escaped without any serious injury, but Ashmall was terribly shaken, WVUs very seriously hurt, and the highly-promising colt, Rainbow, was killed on the spot. At Epsom (Fordham), won the Oaks, of ^"4425, beating Mr. J. Clark's b. f. Scent, by Windhound (J. Mann), by a length, Mr. Lowe's b. f. Wild Rose (winner of the Royal Stand Plate, at Ascot, the Great Handicap at Lewes) and Queen's Plates at Egham, Weymouth, Doncaster, and Bedford, all within this year), by Surplice (Snowden), third, a head only from Scent, Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's b. f. 204 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Mayonaise (winner of the iooo Guineas), by Teddington (Wells), fourth ; also (not placed), ch. f. Rosabel, and b. f. Ariadne (second in the iooo Guineas), both by Newminster, Mr. J. Osborne's b. f. Little Agnes (winner of the Great Produce Stakes, of ^490, at Manchester), by The Cure, Mr. Merry's b. f. Meg Merrilies (winner of the Autumn Cup, of ^750, at Liverpool this year), by Chanticleer, gr. f. Eller (also Lord Londesborough's), by Chanticleer, Mr. W. Day's b. f. Schism (winner of the Somersetshire Stakes, of 880 sovs., at Bath, of the Queen's Vase at Ascot, and the Great Handicap, of .£750, at Newmarket Houghton), by Surplice, br. f. Allegra by Touchstone, Prelude, and three others ; 6 to 4 on Mayonaise, 4 to 1 against Summerside, 6 to 1 against Ariadne, and 100 to 6 against Wild Rose. At Doncaster (Wells), ran fourth in the St. Leger, won by Gamester (Aldcroft), beating br. c. Defender (J. Snowden), second, The Baron's ch. c. Magnum, by Surplice, third, The Promised Land (winner of the 2000 Guineas), fifth, and six others; 5 to 4 on Promised Land (winner, also, this year, of the Goodwood. Cup), 7 to 2 against Summerside, and 20 to 1 against Gamester. S". mg., 8st I2lbs (Wells), ran third in the Park Hill Stakes, of ^500, won by Lord Zetland's br. f. Oui-vive (sister to Vedette), 8st 7lbs (Osborne), beating Lord Ailesbury's br. f. Cantine (winner of the City and Suburban in 1861), by Orlando, 8st 7lbs (Nat), by a length, and Prelude fourth and last. Summerside was now sold to R. C. Naylor, Esq., of Hooton, Cheshire. i860. Summerside ran five times for her new owner, winning only once, viz., a ^50 Plate, at Newmarket Ho., 8st 6lbs (Sharpe), beating Mr. Crawfurd's b. f. Tight-fit by Teddington, four years, 7st 3lbs, Mr. Hodgman's b. c. Furious by Orlando, three years, 6st jibs, third, Mr. Savile's br. c. Parmesan (winner of the Great Metropolitan, in 1861, sire of Cremorne, Favonius, &c), fourth, and sixteen others, and was now put to the Stud. II I I f ' i ( I I • f I • I I ao6 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Summerside), by Chanticleer, Sst 7lbs (Wells), after a dead-heat with Mr. Robinson's br. c. Cavendish by Voltigeur, 8st iolbs (S. Rogers), and five others, all two years old. At Stockton, Sst 7lbs (L. Snowden), won the Juvenile Handicap, beating twelve others. Ran once more, without success, at Doncaster. 1859. At Epsom, not placed in the Derby, won by Musjid (which see). At Ascot, Sst 7lbs (Ashmall), won the Ascot Derby, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., eleven subscribers, beating. Baron Rothschild's ch. c. Magnum by Surplice, 8st 7lbs (Wells), by a head, and Mr. A. Nichol's br. c. Phantom, Sst 7lbs, third and last ; even on Phantom, and 7 to 4. against Gamester. At New- castle, Sst 7lbs, ran second in the North Derby, of ,£290, won by Mr. Johnson's b. c, Willie-Wright by Burgundy, Sst 7lbs, beating four others; 6 to 4 on Gamester ; won by a short head. At York (August), Sst 7lbs (Aldcroft), for three years old, ran second in the North of England Biennial Handicap of ^326, won by Lord Zetland's br. f Volatile, by Voltigeur, 7st i2lbs (T. Chaloner), by a neck, Willie-Wright, 8st 7lbs, being a bad third. Eight ran ; Gamester the favourite. S. mg., Sst y\bs (Aldcroft), won the Ebor St. Leger, of .£300, beating Lord Lincoln's ch. c. Indifference by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 7lbs (Fordham), by a length, and two others. S. mg., Sst 7lbs (Aldcroft), ran second in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^810, won by Mr. C. Peck's br. c. Napoleon by Voltigeur, Sst 7lbs, by a head ; nine ran ; 5 to 4 against Gamester, and 6 to 1 against Napoleon. At Doncaster (Aldcroft), won the Great St. Leger, of ^4050, beating Mr. Saxon's br. c. Defender by Melbourne (L. Snowden), by a length, The Baron's ch. c. Magnum (J. Osborne), third, Lord Londesborough's br. f. Summerside (Wells), fourth, Mr. W. Day's br. c. The Promised Land (winner, this year, of the 2000 Guineas and the Goodwood Cup), by Jericho (son of Jerry), fifth ; also, Sir H. Des Vceux's ch. c. Comforter (winner, in i860, of the City and Suburban), by Stockwell, br. c. Aston by Teddington, ch. c. Uralian by The Cossack, br. c. Napoleon, and three others ; 5 to 4 on The Promised Land, 7 to 2 against Summerside (winner of the Oaks), ioto 1 against Defender, and 20 to 1 against Gamester. At Newmarket (First October), for three years old, D. I. (Ditch-jn, two miles and 105 yards), 9st, GAMESTER. . 207 (Aldcroft), won the Newmarket St Leger, of ,£400, 'beating Mr. J. Shellej 's ch. c. Sir Hercules by Sir Hercules, 8st 7lbs (L. Snowden), by three lengths ; only these two ran. i860. At Newmarket Craven, Sst oJbs (Aldcroft), not placed in the New- market Handicap, of .£1255, won by Mr. Mundy's br. c. Confectioner, by Sweetmeat, three years, 5st nibs (H. Grimshaw), beating Captain Little's br. c. Man-at-Arms by Kingston, three years, 5st 13II3S (T. French), by four lengths, and nineteen others ; 6 to 1 against Man-at- Arms, 8 to 1 against Confectioner, and 10 to 1 against Gamester. S. mg., w. o. for the Port Stakes, of .£200. At- Ascot, Sst olbs (Aldcroft), not placed tor the Cup, won by Rupee. This was Gamester's' last appearance on the Turf. 2o8 • CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. TRUMPETER. TRUMPETER was a ch. c. foaled in 1856, the property of Mr. Henry Hill. He was got by Orlando, out of Cavatina by Red- shank (son of Sandbeck by Catton), out of Oxygen by Emilius, out of Whizgig by Rubens, out of Penelope by Trumpator, out of Prunella by Highflyer, out of Promise by Snap, out of Julia by Blank, &c, &c. Marionette and Trumpeter, though in the same stable, were never tried together, as two year olds, but they were so, collaterally with Pinsticker (a ch. f. by Harkaway), which showed Trumpeter to be the better of the two, by fully iolbs. Just before the Derby, however, they were tried together, when John Day thought still that Trumpeter was the better colt by iolbs. Trumpeter's leg, much injured at Bath, gave way altogether in the Derby; and he was forthwith taken out of training; Mr. Hill purchased him, when a yearling, for 220 gs. Trumpeter's Performances. 185TB.- At Bath, 8st iolbs (A. Day), was not placed in the Biennial, of £590, won by Mr. Thomas Parr's b. c. Merryman by Hobbie-Noble, Sst iolbs (Bates), beating Mr. Capel'sb. c. by Cotherstone, 8st 7lbs (J. Marson), by a neck, Captain Starky's ch. c. Stockham by Weatherbit, 8st iolbs (E. Forster), third, the Duke of Beaufort's b. c. The Elk by Brocket, Sst 7lbs, Mr. Osbaldeston's ch. f. Villaret by West Australian, out of Mountain Sylph, Sst 4.1bs, Lord Ailesbury's b. f. Cantine (winner of the Great Eastern Handicap, in i860, and the City and Suburban in 1 861) by Orlando, Sst 4lbs (Nat), b. f. Bouquet -by Bay Middleton, Sst 4lbs (Wells), and five others ; 3 to 1 against Trumpeter, and 6 to 1 each against I . ■ • • ■ i TRUMPETER. 209 Merryman, Cantine, and Bouquet. At starting Cantine bolted, and was not in the race. .859. At Newmarket Craven, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 3IIJS (A. Day), won the Newmarket Biennial, of ^"755, beating Mr. Saxon's br. c. Defender by VVindhound (J. Snowden), by two lengths, b. c. Merryman (now Mr. Greville's) third (Nat) ; also, Sir R. Bulkelcy's gr. c. Knuckleduster by Chanticleer, and his b. c. Oceanus by The Dutchman, Lord Derby's gr. c. Birdbolt by Chanticleer, Mr. Merry's gr. c Rainbow by Chanticleer, Sir C. Rushout's ch. f. Cynthia by Harkaway, Lord Zetland's br. f. Volatile by Voltigeur, Mr. (afterwards Sir Richard) Sutton's ch. c. Commodore by Collingwood, br. c. St. Clarence, and three others ; 9 to 4 against Merryman, 4 to 1 against Rainbow, and 6 to 1 against Trumpeter. At Bath, Sst idbs (A. Day), for three years old, won the Biennial, of ^"580, beating Mr. Capel's b. c. Highwayman by Cotherstone, 8st ;lbs (Osborne), by three lengths, Mr. Clark's ch. f. Scent by Windhound, Sst 7lbs (Fordham), third, Mr. J. Shelley's ch. c. Sir Hercules, Sst 7lbs, fourth (Aldcroft), Mr. Charles Wyndham's br. c. Cynricus by Ambrose (son of Touchstone), Sst tolbs (S. Rogers), and three others; even on Trumpeter, who pulled up very lame. At Epsom (A. Day), ran third in the Derby, won by Musjid. Trumpeter now retired to the Stud, where he begat ch. c. Abergeldie, b. c. Kcenig, b. c. Plutus (sent to France, and the sire of the famous Flageolet), b. c. Trombone, b. c. Salpinctes (winner of the Csesarewitch in 1865), b. c. the Duke of Beaufort, ch. c. Fugleman, b. c. Distin, ch. c. St. Leger, b. c. Queen's Messenger, ch. c. Temple Bar, ch. f. Dulcimer, ch. f. Merry Harp, ch. f. Viola, b. f. Salliet, ch. f. Lute, ch. f. Europa, ch. f. Casse-Tete (winner of the Grand National in 1872), ch. f. Dulcet, b. f. Dentelle, b. f. the renowned Lady Elizabeth, ch. f. Bignonia, ch. f. Bugle March, ch. f. Trompete, b. f. Queen's Own, b. f. Mystery, ch. f. Lady Alice, all of them winners, besides a host of others of later date. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. THORMANBY. THORMANBY was a ch. c. foaled in 1857, the property of James Merry, Esq. He was got by Windhound (son of Pantaloon), out of Alice Hawthorn (bred by Mr. J. Plummer in 183S), by Muley-Moloch (son of Muley), out of Rebecca by Lottery, out of a mare by Cervantes, out of Anticipation by Beningbrough, out of Expectation by Herod, out of a mare by Lord Portmore's Skim, her dam by Janus (son of the Godolphin Arabian), out of Spinster (bred by Mr. Panton in 1743), by Old Crab, out of Spinster (the Widdrington Mare), by Old Partner, out of Bay Bloody Buttocks (bred by Mr. J. Crofts in 1729), by Bloody Buttocks, from a dau. of Mr. Crofts' Old Greyhound, &c, &c. " Thormanby was a pale chestnut, but he got slightly darker after he went to the Stud. He never could be styled a handsome horse, with that exceedingly plain head, and general want of substance. His near hind-heel was white to above the fetlock, and he had a peculiar blaze on his head. His neck was straight and strong, and there was a very unusual width between his ears. His shoulders were not very grand, and an uphill course suited him best. For this reason Goodwood did not suit him, but his level, strongly-knit back, and powerfully-arched loins, sent him up the Ascot incline like a steam engine. His quarters were drooping, a peculiarity inherited by most of his stock, his arms and thighs were fairly muscular, and his cannon-bones short. He had not much bone, and was slightly inclined to be leggy. In fact he was a type of one of those wiry, light-fleshed, greyhound style of horses, whose abilities so often belie their looks. As a stallion he first sought patronage in the north, and though his first batch of yearlings came fine and grand, they turned out slow, heavy animals. But when, in 1869, he could boast of half a dozen such clippers as Sun- shine, Hester, Camel, Normanby, Barford, and Atlantis, and stood at the * I # f TH0RMAN/1Y. 211 head of winning stallions, an extra stimulus was given to breeders to secure his services." (From the Sporting and Dramatic A\ zvs.) Thormanby was so entirely wanting in all those characteristics of his first reputed sire, Melbourne, that he has by universal consent been acknow- ledged to be the son of Windhound. Like most of Mr. Merry's two year olds, he had to undergo a very strong preparation for his engage- ments. Thormanby' s Performances. 1S59. At Northampton, 8st /lbs (Plumb), won .£190, beating Lord Palmer- ston's b. c, Mainstone by King Tom, Sst 4-lbs (A. Day), by a head, and Lord Stamford's b. c. Alchymist by Touchstone, Sst 7lbs, who threw his rider, Bartholomew. At York (Spring), Sst iolbs (Plumb), won the Biennial, of ,£170, beating Mr. T. Parr's gr. c. Rattlebone, by the notorious Cruiser, Sst 9lbs (Withington), by two lengths, Mr. Eastwood's ch. f. Butterfly, Sst 4.1bs (G. Oates), third, and two others; even on Thormanby. At Epsom (Spring), colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Plumb), ran third in the Two Year Old Stakes, won by Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Lupellus by Loup-garou (Withington), beating Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Madame Eglantine by Cowl (Wells), by half a length, and nine others; 9 to 4 against Thormanby, 3 to 1 against Madame Eglantine, and 4 to x against Lupellus. At Chester, Sst I2lbs (Osborne), won the Mostyn Stakes, of ,£265, beating Mr. Drummond's ch. c. Oxford (sire of Sterling), by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 7lbs (Wells), by a neck, Rattlebone, Sst 7lbs (W. Boyce), third, ch. c. Madrid (also Mr. Merry's), by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst ~lbs (T. French), fourth, and five others ; 6 to 4 against Thormanby, and 3 to 1 against Oxford. At Ascot, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies Sst 3lbs (Osborne), won the Biennial of ,£475, beating br. f. Rupee, by three lengths (J. Goater), Lupellus third, and eight others. S. mg., Sst i2lbs (Osborne), ran second in the New Stakes, of ,£490, won by Rupee, by a neck ; twenty ran. At Goodwood, Sst iolbs (Osborne), won the Lavant Stakes, of .£270, beating ch. c. Apollo by Pyrrhus the First, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), by four lengths, and Mr. H. Savile's b. f. Roesia by Yoltigeur, i' 2 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 8st 3lbs. S. mg., 8st I2lbs (T. French), ran third in the Findon Stakes (-£520), won by Melbourne. At York (August), 8st Slbs (Plumb), ran third in the Convivial Stakes, won by Mr. I'Anson's b. c. Cramond, by Andover, 8st 3II3S (Luke Snowden), beating The Baron's ch. c. Restes by Orestes, Sst 5lbs (Wells), by a neck, and ten others; 6 to 4 against Thormanby, and 10 to 1 against Cramond. S. mg., 7st (Custance), won the Eglinton Stakes, of ^"305, beating Mr. J. Shelley's ch. c. Sir Hercules by Sir Hercules, three years, 9st (Snowden), by two lengths, Mr. Scott's b. f. Prologue by Stockwell, two years, 6st 3lbs, and three others. S. mg.>, Sst 7lbs (A. Day), won the Gimcrack Stakes, of ^"395, beating Lord Zetland's b. c. Vanquisher by Voltigeur, Sst lolbs (Osborne), by a length, Lord Annesley's ch. c. Sweetsauce (winner of the Goodwood Cup, in 1S60), by Sweetmeat, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), third, and four others. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst iolbs (Osborne), ran third in the Clearwell, won by Mr. Robinson's (Sir Robert Peel's) br. f. Aurora by Newminster, Sst 3lbs (A. Day), beating Mr. Greville's b. f. Contadina by Newminster, Sst Slbs (Fordham), by a neck, and seven others. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Osborne), won the Prendergast, of ,£675, beating Contadina, Sst Slbs (Fordham), by a length, The Baron's ch. c. King of Diamonds by King Tom, 9st sib? (Wells), third, and four others. Thormanby the Favourite. At New- market (Ho.), Sst 1 3lbs (Fordham), won the Criterion, of ,£920, beating Thunderbolt, Sst iolbs (R. Cotton), by a length, Aurora, Sst nibs (S. Rogers), third, Vanquisher, Sst iolbs (Osborne), fourth, and four others; even on Thunderbolt, 5 to 2 against Thormanby, and 8 to 1 against Van- quisher. 1S60. At Epsom (distanced won the Derby, of ^"6050, beating Mr. A. Nichol's br. c. The Wizard (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by West Australian (A. French), by two lengths, Captain Christie's br. c. Horror (winner, this year, of the Queen's Vase, at Ascot), by Wild Dayrell (T. Chaloner), third, Count Lagrange's ch. c. Dangu by Fitz-gladiator (J. Ouinton), fourth ; also, ch. c. Nutbourne, b. c. The Rap, Lord Strathmore's ch. c. Leprochaun by Daniel O'Rourke, ch. c. Restes, Lord Derby's br. c. Cape Flyaway by The Dutchman, Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. c. Umpire (bred in America), by Lecomte, Mr. Jaques' ch. c. High Treason by Mildew, THORMANBY. 213 Captain Little's br. c. Man-at-Arms by Kingston, b. c. Buccaneer, Lord Glasgow's b. c. Tom Bowline (the last of Miss Bowe's foals), by The Dutchman, Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. Loiterer by Stockwell, Sir C. Monck's ch. f. Vesta (dam of Vespasian), Mr. Copperthwaite's br. c. The Rising Sun (winner, this year, of the Great Ebor Handicap), by Bandy, Mr. Gibbs' ch. c. Wallace (winner, this year, of the Goodwood Stakes, and the Great Yorkshire Handicap, in 1 861), by Malcolm, Lord Palmerston's b. c. Mainstone, b. c. Cramond, and ten others ; 3 to 1 against The Wizard, 4 to 1 against Thormanby, 6 to 1 against Umpire, 7 to 1 against Nut- bourne, and 100 to 6 against Buccaneer. Restes was fifth, Umpire sixth, and Buccaneer seventh. At Doncaster (Custance), not placed in the St. Leger, of ^"4075, won by Lord Ailesbury's ch. c. St. Albans by Stockwell (winner also, this year, of the Metropolitan, at Epsom, and the Cup, at Chester), (Snowden), beating High Treason (R. Bullock), by two lengths, The Wizard (Aldcroft), third, Lord Zetland's br. c. Sabreur (Osborne), fourth, Sweetsauce, Umpire, King of Diamonds, Wallace, Buccaneer, Cra- mond, The Rap, and three others ; 9 to 4 against Thormanby, 7 to 2 against Sabreur, 4 to 1 against The Wizard, and 8 to 1 against St. Albans. S. mg., 7st 7lbs (Fordham), ran second for the Cup, won by Sabreur, 7st (Chaloner), beating Vanquisher, 7st (H. Grimshaw), third, High Treason, 7st 3II3S (Bullock), fourth, and three others. Won easily by three lengths ; 3 to 1 against Sabreur (considered by many to have been, next to Vedette, Voltigeur's best son), 9 to 2 against High Treason, and 8 to 1 against Thormanby. At Newmarket (First October), 9st (Wells), ran second in the Grand Duke Michael, of ^800, won by The Wizard, 9st (Fordham), beating Thunderbolt, 8st 7lbs (Sharp), third, High Treason, last, and two others. Won by two lengths. High Treason the favourite. At New- market (Second October), 9st lib (Wells), ran second in a sweep of 500 sovs. each, 200 forfeit, five subscribers (val. ,£1400), won by Tom Bow- line (Aldcroft), 8st iolbs, by a head, beating the Duke of Bedford's br. c. Montenegro, by Melbourne, a bad third, and last ; 5 to 4 on Tom Bowline. 1S61. At Newmarket Craven, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies Sst 2lbs, D. I. (Custance), won the Claret Stakes, of ^1100, beating Umpire (Fordham), by thirty 214 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. lengths, and Thunderbolt, who was pulled up before reaching the distance. At Newmarket (First Spring), w. o. for a sweep of 50 sovs. each, p. p., seven subscribers (val. .£300) ; and also w. o. for ^"100. At Ascot, 8st 7lbs (distance), won the Cup, beating Mr. Cartwright's b. f. Fairwater, by Loup-garou, three years, 6st i3lbs (J. Grimshaw), second, Mr. H. Savile's br. c. Parmesan (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan), by Sweetmeat, four years, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), third, St. Albans, 8st ;lbs, fourth, Count Lagrange's ch. c. Royallieu, by Fitz-gladiator, three years, 7st 2lbs, Lord Stamford's br. f. Dulcibella (winner of the Ca;sarewitch in i860), by Voltigeur, four years, 8st 4lbs, and Lord Ailesbury's ch. f. Plumper by Rataplan, four years, 8st albs ; even on Thormanby, 5 to 2 against St Albans (who broke down 200 yards from home), 5 to 1 against Parmesan, and 15 to 1 against Fairwater. In the early part of the race, the running was made by Dulcibella (A. Day), and St. Albans (L. Snow- den), but on entering the straight, the race clearly lay between Thormanby and Fairwater, the former winning very easily by two lengths. At Good- wood, 9st iolbs (Custance), not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Ten- Broeck's ch. h. Starke (bred in America), by Wagner, six years, 8st iolbs (Fordham), beating The Wizard, four years, 9st (Osborne), by a head, Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. c. Optimist (bred in America), by Lexington, four years, 8st, third, Doefoot, Wallace, Lady Clifden, and two others ; 9 to 4 against Thormanby, 5 to 2 against The Wizard, and 8 to 1 against Starke. Thormanby was fourth. Wallace led off, followed by Starke, Royallieu, The Wizard, Doefoot, Lady Clifden, and Thormanby in the order named. At the distance, The Wizard took the lead, followed by Starke, Optimist and Thormanby. Fifty yards from home, Starke got up to The Wizard, and won a fine race by a head. Thormanby's last race. " Thormanby forms a pleasant link for Matthew Dawson, between his old and new service. He thought old Alice, Thormanby's dam, a very hopeless subject ; but the spring brought her renewed strength, and she did not turn from Windhound, as she had done three weeks before from Melbourne, who got no foal at all that season." (" The Druid.") Thormanby's Race for the St. Leger. This was a magnificent race, and a better horse than St. Albans never THORMANBY. 215 won it, though he also carried off the Chester Cup and the Great Metropolitan at Epsom in the same year. The Great Yorkshire meteor, Sabreur (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes and the Doncastcr Cup), ridden by J. Osborne, took the lead at a pace which, if it could be maintained, would have distanced all his competitors ; but after a quarter of a mile had been covered, Sweetsauce (who, this year, won both the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, and the Goodwood Cup), now ridden by John Charlton, passed Sabreur, who, however, again put on the steam, and regained his position. Away this pair came, rounding the Red House with a clear lead, followed by the American colt Umpire (Fordham), The Wizard (Aldcroft), and Lord Ailesbury's ch. c. St. Albans (Luke Snowden). Crossing the road, Umpire collared Sabreur, who here held out signals of distress, and shortly after gave place to The Wizard, who led the flying squadron at a tremendous pace, and going himself so strongly that it looked a thousand to one on him. Here, however, Luke Snowden, seeing that every other horse in the race was beaten, gave St. Albans his head, who, coming with a mighty rush, that electrified the bystanders, and followed by High Treason (R. Bullock), won by a couple of lengths. The Wizard (a neck from High Treason), being third, Sabreur fourth, and Thormanby fifth, whose defeat was greeted by a perfect yell of frenzy in the enclosure. 216 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. BUTTERFLY BUTTERFLY was a ch. f. bred by Mr. Sharpe, in 1857, and sold to Mr. Eastwood, who disposed of her to Colonel Towneley. She was got by Turnus (son of Taurus, by Phantom), out of Catherine (bred by Lord Chesterfield in 1845), by Don John, out of Arachne, by Filho-da- Puta, out of Treasure, by Camillus (son of Hambletonian), out of a mare by Hyacinthus, out of Flora, by King Fergus, out of Atalanta, by Match'em, &c, &c. Butterfly's Performances. 1859. At York (Spring), for two years old, 8st 3lbs (G. Oates), ran third in the Biennial, of .£180, won by Mr. Merry's ch. c. • Thormanby, 8st iolbs (Plumb), beating Mr. T Parr's gr. c. Rattlebone, by Cruiser (son of Venison), by two lengths (Withington), ch. f. Lady Trespass by Irish Birdcatcher, and one other. At Catterick Bridge, for two years old, Sst 3lbs (Oates), won the Oran Stakes, of £220, beating Mr. Jaques' ch. c. High Treason (winner, this year, of the Chesterfield at Newmarket, the Prince of Wales' Stakes, at York, and the Glasgow Stakes, at Doncaster), by Mildew (son of Slane), Sst 7lbs (Osborne), by a neck, Mr. John Scott's br. c. Whirlwind, by Weatherbit, Sst 7lbs, third, Mr. V Anson's b. f. Bab-at-the-Bowster, by Annandale, Sst 3lbs, and four others; 5 to 2 against High Treason, and 4 to 1 against Butterfly. At Doncaster (Spring), Sst 81bs (Oates), ran second in the Hopeful Stakes, °f ^390, won by Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Lupellus by Loup-garou, Sst i2lbs (Fordham), Mr. Gill's b. c. Tom by Barnton, Sst 7lbs, third ; twelve ran, Lupellus the favourite. At Beverley, Sst 8lbs (Oates), ran second in the Bishop Burton Stakes, of ,£255, won by Mr. Ingham's ch. c. Predictor, by neley. $J ut of a user tsor: issl twelve ol :ottd ^: BUTTERFLY. 217 Augur, 8st 4-lbs (J. Snowden), beating br. c. The Drone, by The Dutchman, 8st 7lbs; third, Lady Trespass, Sst, and five others, won by a neck ; 6 to 4 against Butterfly, and 5 to 2 against Predictor. At Manchester, 6st c)lbs (J. Snowden), won the Wilton Stakes, of ,£99, beating Mr. Copeland's ch. f. Lady Grosvenor by Sweetmeat, two years, 6st 6lbs (Little), by a length, and four others. At Newton, 6st iolbs (J. Snowden), won the St. Helen's Purse, of 100 sovs., beating Lady Grosvenor, 6st 5lbs (J. Grimshaw), b. f. Adelaide, by West Australian, three years, Sst I2lbs, and three others. At Newcastle, Sst 7lbs (Oates), ran second in the Nursery Handicap, of ^107, won by Mr. Dawson's b. f. Miss Hawley, by Knight of Avenel, out of Blue Bonnet, 7st 5II3S (Madden), beating Mr. T. Dawson's b. f. Annie by Knight of Avenel, 7st 7lbs (Bullock), third ; seven ran ; all two years old. At Liverpool, 4st 9lbs (Howey), won a sweep, of ^165, beating Mr. White's b. c. Shafto, by Colsterdale, three years, 7st 9lbs (Chaloner), by two lengths, Mr. Mundy's ch. c. Accurate by Orlando, four years, 7stnlbs, and Mr. T. Dawson's br. f. Tousle by Touchstone, two years, 4st gibs. At Nottingham, Sst 3lbs (Chaloner), won ,£155, beating Lady Grosvenor, 7st iolbs (Charlton), by four lengths, Captain Beresford's b. c. Oliver by Newminster, Sst iolbs (Fordham), third, and two others ; 6 to 4 on Butterfly. At Doncaster, in the Fitzwilliam Stakes, was beaten by Zuyder Zee, by Orlando. 1S60. At Chester, Sst 4lbs (Aldcroft), won the Palatine Stakes, of .£150, beat- ing br. c. First Lord by Lord Fauconberg, Sst 7lbs (Osborne), Mr. Merry's br. c. Trovatore by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst iolbs, and three others. At York (Spring), w. o. for the Biennial. At Epsom (J. Snowden), won the Oaks, of ,£4125, beating Mr. T Parr's b. f. Avalanche by Wild Dayrell (Wells), by half a length, Mr. Greville's b. f. Contadina by Newminster (L. Snowden), third, Mr. Hamilton's br. f. Rupee by Nabob (J. Goater), fourth ; also, Mr. Hall's br. f. Seclusion (dam of Hermit) by Tadmor, Lord Derby's b. f. Sagitta by Longbow, Lord Stamford's b. f. Emily by Stockwell, the Hon. S. Hawke's b. f. Stockade by Stockwell, Sir C. Monck's ch. f. Vesta (dam of Vespasian and Sabinus) by Stockwell, bl. f. Cheesecake by Sweetmeat, br f. Aurora by Newminster, and two 218 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. others ; 7 to 2 against Rupee (winner, this year, of the Ascot Cup), 9 to 2 against Seclusion, 1 1 to 2 each against Sagitta and Emily, 10 to 1 against Butterfly, and 100 to 8 against Avalanche. At Ascot, 6st iolbs (Chaloner), ran second for the Cup, won by Rupee, as aforesaid, by a head. At Goodwood, ran fifth for the Cup, won by Sweetsauce. At Stockton, ran second for the Cup, won by Mr. Henry's b. c. Rap, by West Australian. She ran in two other races, without success, and was put to the Stud. " Mr. Sharpe sold Butterfly and her dam," says " The Druid," "to the Messrs. Oates, for £jo. Mr. Eastwood,took such a fancy to the filly, when a yearling, that he purchased her for ^50 In her trial with Buttercup (a ch. f. by Daniel O'Rourke), she was beaten, but she won the Oaks in fine style, and was a rare good second both for the Ascot Cup and the Northumberland Plate, in i860, in the latter of which, carrying 6st 7lbs (aJbs extra), and ridden by J. Snowden, she was beaten, by a head only, by Mr. Whittaker's b. c. The First Lord, three years, 5st 8lbs (Page), Lord Zetland's b. c. Bivouac (winner of the Ebor St. Leger and the Cup at York, this year), by Voltigeur, three years, 5st I2lbs (Grimshaw), being third, and having behind her Mr. Forster's b. h. Underhand (winner of the Northumberland Plate in three successive years, 1857. '58, '59, and also of the Manchester Cup in 1857) by The Cure, six years, 9st 5lbs (Aldcroft), Sir C. Monck's br. m. Hepatica (winner, this year, of the Stockton Handicap), by Voltigeur, five years, 7st 5lbs (Bullock), Mr. Merry's ch. c. Apollyon (winner, this year, of the Liverpool Spring Cup), by Milden, three years, 5st i3lbs (H. Covey), and five others; Butterfly started first favourite. ' il • • i i • i CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. minster, 8st 3lbs (Fordham), third, Mr. F. Robinson's (Sir R. Peel's) br. f. Aurora by Newminster (A. Day), fourth ; also, ch. c. King of Diamonds, Mr. Alexander's ch. c. Thunderbolt, by Stockwell, Mr. Fleming's b. f. Cavriana by Longbow, and twelve others ; 7 to 4 against Thormanby, 3 to 1 against Aurora (winner of the Clearwell at New- market Second October), 4 to 1 against Contadina (winner of the Filly Stakes at York), 6 to 1 against Thunderbolt, 10 to 1 against Rupee. i860. At Epsom (J. Goater), ran fourth in the Oaks, won by Butterfly, Mr. Calder's ch. f. Viatka (winner of the Nursery Stakes, at Newmarket Ho., in 1859, and the Stockbridge Biennial this year, and dying at its close), by Teddington, and Mr. Gratwicke's ch. f. Allington (winner, this year, of the Coronation Stakes at Ascot), by Chatham, &c, &c. At Ascot, ;st 2lbs (J. Adams), in running for the Queen's Vase, won by Captain Christie's br. c. Horror, by Wild Dayrell, Rupee bolted clean out of the course, and was distanced. S. mg., colts Sst ;lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (J. Goater), won the Ascot Biennial, of ^490, beating Mr. Tute's b. c. The Rap (winner, this year, of the Stockton Cup), by West Australian (Fordham), by two lengths, Mr. Nelson's ch. c. Merrimac, by Stockwell (J. Walters), third, ch. f. Viatka (Charlton), fourth, Mr. Merry's gr. c. Northern Light, by Chanticleer (Custance), fifth, and The Baron's br. c. Wamba, by Touchstone, last ; 5 to 2 against Rupee, and 3 to 1 each against The Rap and Northern Light, who this year won for Mr. Merry the Dee Stakes at Chester, the St. Leger and Knowsley Dinner Stakes at Liver- pool, 300 sovs. at Newmarket Craven, a handicap of ^"1135 at Stock- bridge, the Goodwood Derby and Bentinck Memorial (,£269), and 400 sovs. at Doncaster. S. mg., 6st 7lbs, now the property of Lord Stamford (H. Grimshaw), won the Ascot Cup (val. .£530), beatino- ch. f. Butterfly, 6st ;lbs (Chaloner), by a head, br. c. The Promised Land, four years, Sst 5lbs (A. Day), third, ch. c. Newcastle (also Lord Stamford's, and winner of the Doncaster Cup in 1859), by Newminster, four years, Sst 5lbs (Fordham), fourth, The Baron's ch. c. Magnum by Surplice, Sst 5lbs (Wells), Mr. Swindell's bl. f. Weatherbound (winner, this year, of the Cambridgeshire), by Weatherbit, three years, 6st 7lbs (J. Adams), RUPEE. and br. c. Gamester (St. Leger winner in 1859), by The Cossack, 8st 5tbs ; 7 to 4 against Promised Land, 3 to 1 against Rupee, 5 to 1 against Gamester, and 7 to 1 against Butterfly ; four lengths between second and third. At Stockbridge, 7st (Edwards), not placed for the Stewards' Plate, of ,£450, won by Mr. Geo. Payne's gr. c. Rattlebone, by the Savage Cruiser (son of Venison), three years, 6st iolbs, beating eight others, bl. f. Cheesecake, by Sweetmeat, and Weatherbound running a dead-heat for second place. 1861. At Warwick (Spring), Sst lib, not placed in the Great Handicap, won by Baron Niviere's b. h. Cosmopolite, by Lanercost, beating five others. At Nottingham won ,/,50; and at Goodwood, was not placed in the Bentinck Memorial, won by Lord Ailesbury's ch. f. Plumper, by Rataplan. Rupee was now put to the Stud. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. NUTBOURNE. N" UTBOURNE was a ch. c. foaled in 1S57, the property of Mr. Wyatt. He was got by The Nabob (son of Nob, by Glaucus), out of The Princess by Merry Monarch, out of Queen Charlotte by Elis, out of Charlotte West (bred by Lord Jersey in 1827), by Tramp, out of Filagree by Soothsayer, out of Web by Waxy, out of Penelope by Trumpator, out of Prunella by Highflyer, out of Promise by Snap, out of Julia by Blank, out of Spectator's Dam by Old Partner. Nutbqurne's Performances. 1859. At Epsom, for two years old, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies Sst 4lbs (Cresswell), won the Two Year Old Stakes, of ,£320, beating Mr. Osbaldeston's b. f. Maid of Orleans by Autocrat (son of Bay Middleton), by a length (Charlton), Lord Stanford's b. f. Emily by Stockwell, third (Bartholomew), Mr. Copeland's b. c. Coronet by Kohinoor (S. Rogers), fourth, Mr. Keene's ch. c. Fitz-avon by Sirikol, fifth, and br. c. Remus by Sirikol ; even on Emily, 3 to 1 against Nutbourne, and 6 to 1 against Maid of Orleans. At Goodwood, Sst i2lbs (Cresswell), won the Findon Stakes, of -£s2°> beating Mr. Alexander's ch. c. Thunderbolt by Stock- well, Sst 7lbs (Wells), by a neck, Mr. Merry's ch. c. Thormanby by Windhound, Sst i2lbs (French), third, Mr. Greville's b. f. Contadina by Newminster, Sst 4.1bs (Nat), Mr. Jaques' b. f. Feodorowna by Kingston, Sst 4lbs (Osborne), Mr. F. Robinson's (Sir Robert Peel's), br. f. Aurora by Newminster, Sst 4lbs (A. Day), Count Lagrange's br. c. Aboukir (bred in France) by Sting, Sst 7lbs (Fordham), and three others ; 9 to 4 against Thormanby, 7 to 2 against Thunderbolt, 6 to 1 against Nutbourne, ty Snap, i ir. c, i to I art br,fiii| c. hers; si ;Nlll \l • f f • I f I ' f f NUTBOURNE. and 7 to i each against Contadina and Aurora, a head only between second and third. i860. At Epsom (Hughes), not placed in the Derby, won by Mr. Merry's ch. c. Thormanby (Custance), beating Mr. A. NichoPs b. c. The Wizard (winner of the 2000 Guineas), by West Australian (French), by a length and a half, Captain Christie's br. c. Horror (winner of the Queen's Vase and Royal Stand Plate at Ascot), by Wild Dayrell (Chaloner), third ; four lengths from Wizard (winner of the Ascot Derby). For further details see Thormanby. 3 to 1 against The Wizard, 4 to 1 against Thormanby, 6 to 1 against Umpire, and 7 to 1 against Nutbourne, who broke down in running at Tattenham Corner. In an article in the Sporting Tunes, of May nth, 1867, a corre- spondent, under the name of " Cedric the Saxon," thus writes of Nut- bourne: " It was during the Goodwood Meeting, of 1863, that I first saw Nutbourne, and through the courtesy of his breeder and owner, Mr. Wyatt, I had the gratification of seeing this magnificent sire. He is a splendid animal, and I could not dispute his claim to the Hundred Guinea Prize he obtained at Leeds. His colour is of the very richest chestnut. He stands sixteen hands high, and is, without exception, the most power- ful and most level thoroughbred horse I ever saw. He is, moreover, all quality; and I could not discover a single coarse point about him. He has a beautiful type of head, muscular neck, and very fine shoulders. His back and loins are excellent, and his quarters a model of power and symmetry. His hocks are large, and the shank, from the hock to the fetlock, is of extraordinary strength. The formation of his chest is some- what peculiar, and the thickness of his girth remarkabte." In running for the Derby he strained the suspensory ligament of his near foreleg, and was taken out of training. He was the sire of Fraulein (winner of the Doncaster Cup in 1S75), and of Mr. Swindell's ch. c. Woodlands. 224 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. SWEETSAUCE. SWEETS AUCE was a chestnut colt, foaled in 1857, the property of Lord Annesley. He was got by Sweetmeat, out of Irish Queen by Harkaway, out of Emily by Pantaloon, out of Elizabeth by Mango (a son of Sorcerer), out of Stamfordia by Stamford (son of Sir Peter), out of Legacy by King Fergus, out of Mortonia by Herod, her dam, by Northumberland (a son of Old Cade), out of a mare by Regulus, out of a daughter of Lord Morton's Arabian. Sweetsauce's Performances. 1859. At York (August), 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), ran third in the Gimcrack Stakes, won by Thormanby. At Doncaster, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), ran second in, the Champagne Stakes, of ^900, won by The Baron's ch. c. King of Diamonds by King Tom, 8st 7ibs (Fordham), beating Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Madame Eglantine (dam of Rosicrucian) by Cowl, 8st 5lbs (Wells), third, Lord Zetland's b. c. Vanquisher by Voltigeur, 8st 7lbs (J. Osborne), fourth, Mr. T. Parr's ch. c. Lupellus by Loup-garou, 8st i2lbs — 5lbs extra for winning the Two Year Old Stakes, at Epsom — and three others. S. mg., 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), ran second in a sweep of 270 sovs., won by Mr. Jaques*' ch. c. High Treason by Mildew (son of Slane), 9st (Nat), by a length, beating Mr. Hudson's ch. f. Lady Trespass by Irish Birdcatcher, 8st 9lbs (J. Osborne), third, Captain Christie's br. c. Horror by Wild Dayrell (winner, in i860, of the Queen's Vase at Ascot, a large and richly-chased Gothic Tankard, twenty-one inches high, with a group on the cover representing Henry III. being saved by his son, Prince Edward, at the battle of Evesham), fourth ; six ran ; 2 to 1 against Sweet- sauce, and 5 to 2 each against High Treason and Horror. At Newmarket (First October), 8st 7lbs each, match for 300 sovs., h. ft., received 100 sovs. (compromise) from Lord Coventry's Narcissus by Neasham. . , • • • f I • • • f I 226 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. and two others ; three lengths between second and third. This Good- wood Cup, the last executed by that eminent artist, the late Edmund Cotterill, represents a thoroughbred horse, eighteen inches in height (to the withers), independent of the pedestal on which it stands. S. mg., 7st olbs — 7lbs extra — (J. Snowden), was unplaced for the Chesterfield Cup, of ^975, won by Count Batthyany's br. f. Orlanda by Orlando, four years, 6st 7lbs (Bradley) beating Mr. Merry's b. f. Cecilia by Windhound, three years, 6st lib (H. Covey), by a length, and twenty-three others; Sweetsauce the favourite, and ioto i against the winner. At Doncaster, was unplaced in the St. Leger, won by Lord Ailesbury's ch. c. St. Albans (winner, this year, also, of the Great Metropolitan, at Epsom, and the Cup at Chester), by Stockwell (H. distance). S. mg., 8st 7lbs (J. Charlton), won ,£120, beating bl. f. Cheesecake by Sweetmeat, 8st 5II0S, by fifteen lengths. 1 861. At Northampton, Sst i2lbs, not placed for Earl Spencer's Plate, won (for the second time) by Mr. Hall's b. f. Fravola, four years, 7st 13IIJS (Page), beating sixteen others. At York (Spring), Sst 7lbs (J. Charlton), not placed for the Gold Cup, for which Captain Christie's b. c. Spicebox by Sweetmeat, four years, 7st olbs (Fordham), and Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Lopcatcher by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, 6st 11 lbs (T. Chaloner), ran a dead-heat, and divided. At Goodwood, 7st 4lbs, ran unplaced for the Chesterfield Cup, won by Mr. Murphy's br. c. Croagh Patrick (bred in Ireland), by Mountain Deer, beating Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Rising Sun (winner, this year, of the Great Ebor Handicap), by Bandy, four years, 7st iolbs, and twenty-two others. At Brighton, ;st /lbs, won 100 sovs., beating Lopcatcher, 7st. At Newmarket (Houghton), 7st olbs (Fordham), in a match for 300 sovs., was beaten, by the shortest of heads, by Sir H. Des Vceux's ch. h. Comforter (winner, in i860, of the City and Suburban) by Stockwell, five years, Sst cilbs (H. Custance). Sweetsauce ran five times more, this year, and four times in 1S62, without success, and quitted the Turf. tv 228 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. disappointment of taking the double-class honours with Coronation, Cotherstone, and Thormanby. Kettledrum's Performances. i860. At York, for two years old, 8st 7lbs (Luke Snowden), won the North of England Biennial, of .£512, beating Mr. Thomas's br. c. Dictator by The Cure, 8st iolbs (Aldcroft), by a neck, Mr. John Barnard's br. c. Mimic by Barnton, 8st 7lbs, a bad third, Mr. Merry's b. c. Russley by Oulston, 8st 7lbs, and four others. S. mg., 8st 7ms each (Snowden), ran third in the Sapling Stakes, of ^210, won by Sir C. Monck's b. c. Gardener by The Cure (Grimshaw), beating Russley, second, and Mr. Wentworth's b. c. Royalist by Rataplan, last. At Doncaster (Luke Snowden), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs, ran second in the Champagne Stakes, of ^975, won by Lord Stamford's br. c. Walloon by The Dutch- man (A. Edwards), by a neck, beating Sir J. Hawley's br. f. Vaga by Stockwell (Wells), third, and seven others; 6 to 1 against Kettledrum, and 10 to 1 against Walloon. Two lengths between second and third. 1 861. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (Luke Snowden), ran second in the 2000 Guineas won by Lord Stamford's ch. c. Diophantus by Orlando (Edwards), by three lengths, beating Mr. Henry's b. c. Klarikoff (winner, in i860, of the Municipal at Doncaster, of the Criterion and Glasgow at Newmarket Houghton) by De-Clafe (son of Touchstone), third (Fordham), Lord Stamford's ch. c. Imaus, and Mr. Payne's b. c. Copernicus, both by Newminster, ch. c. Overton by Tedding- ton, Russley, Gardener, and five others ; 9 to 4 against Klarikoff, 4 to 1 against Kettledrum, 8 to 1 against Imaus, and 25 to 1 against Diophantus, who, shortly after the start, took the lead, followed by Kettledrum, Klarikoff, and Imaus (French). Descending the Bushes Hill, Klarikoff was beaten, and from that point Diophantus came on, with a commanding lead, and won at his leisure ; Imaus was fourth, and Copernicus fifth. At (Luis 's cli. i KETTLEDRUM. 229 Epsom (R. Bullock) won the Derby, of ^"6250, beating Mr. Merry's b. c. Dundee (winner, in i860, of the Woodcote, of ^"520, at Epsom, the Two Year Old Plate, of ^450, at Liverpool, the Fihdon Stakes, of ^"560, at Goodwood, and the Hopeful, of ,£550, at Newmarket) by Lord of the Isles (distance), by a length, ch. c. Diophantus (Edwards) third ; also, Count Lagrange's ch. c. Royalieu (bred in France) by Fitz-gladiator, Mr. Parr's b. c. Kildonan (Clement), Colonel Towneley's ch. c. Yorkminster by Newminster (Luke Snowden), ch. c. Imaus (French), br. c. Dictator, (Osborne), Sir J. Hawley's ch. c. Rouge-Dragon by Windhound (Wells), b. c. Atherstone by Touchstone (S. Rogers), br. c. Lupus, by Loup- garou, Russley, Gardener, and three others ; 3 to 1 against Dundee, 4 to 1 against Diophantus, 8 to 1 each against Klarikoffand Dictator, and 100 to 6 against Kettledrum. At the second attempt the flag fell to a bad start, Klarikoff, Rouge-Dragon and Lupus being several lengths behind. Royalieu (H. Grimshaw), took the lead, followed by Diophantus and Imaus, side by side, Kettledrum fourth, and Yorkminster fifth, Dundee heading the middle division. They ran thus to the City and Suburban starting-post, where Diophantus went in front. No material change occurred, till they approached Tattenham Corner, round which the lot swept, Diophantus still leading, followed by Kettledrum, Dundee, Ather- stone, Royalieu, Kildonan, Dictator, Aurelian, and Klarikoff, in close company. Before reaching the distance, Dictator was beaten, and Dundee broke down very badly. At the half distance, Klarikoff and Aurelian next the rails, Kettledrum and Diophantus in the middle of the course, and Dundee on the high ground, were running nearly level, when Bullock, with one prick of the spur, sent Kettledrum a length in advance, and he appeared to be winning easily, but, at the enclosure, Dundee came again in the gamest style, for the final struggle, but failed to reach Kettle- drum ; a head divided second and third, and a neck third and fourth ; Aurelian (J. Goater) by Stockwell, was fourth, Klarikoff fifth, Royalieu sixth, and Kildonan seventh. At Doncaster (L. Snowden), ran second for the Great St. Leger, of .£4300, won by Caller-Ou (Chaloner), beating Kildonan, third (Fordham), The Baron's b. c. Janus (winner of the Ascot Derby) by King Tom (Wells), fourth ; also, b. c. Russley, br. c. Dictator (Osborne), ch. c. Imaus (Edwards), Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Camerino CELEBRA TED RA CEHORSES. (winner of the Doncaster Stakes) by Stockwell (Grimshaw), Captain Skipworth's b. c. Aurelian (Goater), ch. f. Lady Ripon, by Stockwell (Bullock), ch. c. Yorkminster (J. Snowden), Gardener (Ewart), and four others ; 6 to 4 against Kettledrum, 7 to 1 against Kildonan, 9 to 1 against Lady Ripon, 1 1 to 1 against Imaus and Aurelian, and 100 to 1 (offered, but no takers) against Caller-Ou. Kettledrum jumped off with the lead, followed by Camerino, and Lady Ripon, the rest being in a cluster, and close up. In running along towards the hill, Camerino, Lady Ripon, and Dictator were well in front, the rest close together. When nearing the Red House, James Snowden forced Yorkminster up to the leaders, but he instantly shut up. On rounding the bottom turn, Kildonan, Janus, Russley (Custance) and Caller-Ou improved their positions ; but, before the distance was reached, Fordham was hard on Kildonan. Within the distance, Caller-Ou joined Kettledrum, and from this point the race lay between these two. Opposite the stand Caller-Ou got slightly the advan- tage over Kettledrum, whom, after a desperate struggle, she defeated by a head. Russley was fifth, Dictator sixth, Imaus seventh, and Camerino eighth. S. mg., 7st 7lbs (Bullock), ran a dead-heat for the Cup, with Brown Duchess. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st I2lbs'w. o. for the Select Stakes (^125), and retired from the Turf. " The Druid " says that "Dundee was a coltish light-fleshed horse, with a beautiful wind, a very blood-like head, and fine thighs ; but, like his sire, a little upright on his fore joints." A few days before the Epsom Meeting, the condition of the suspensory ligament, in the near foreleg, caused considerable anxiety and suspicion that all was not right there. During the race for the Derby it gave way altogether, insomuch so that, at the finish, the fetlock touched the ground, and it was with great difficulty that they got him back to Sherwood's. ' I • III • • • I I • I I I ft 232 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. years, Sst iolbs (Fordham),' by half a length, beating Sir W. Booth's br. c. Stampedo by Alarm, three years, Sst 6lbs, third, and eight others ; 3 to i against Satellite, and 7 to 2 against Brown Duchess. At Liverpool, Sst iilbs(L. Snowden), ran second for the Two Years Old Plate, of ^450, won by Mr. Merry's b. c. Dundee, 9st (distance), beating Mr. Parker's b. c. Damascus by Tadmor, 8st 7lbs, third, and "two others; 6 to 4 on Dundee ; won by a head. S. mg., 7st 7lbs, won the Stanley Stakes, of ^115, beating Doefoot, 7st 7lbs, and Mr. Calder's ch. f. Viatka by Teddington, three years, ost 3lbs, last. At Goodwood, 8st albs, (L. Snowden), not placed in the Findon Stakes, of ^560, won by Dundee, Sst i2lbs (Custance), beating Mr. Fleming's b. f. Nemesis by Newminster, Sst 4lbs (Fordham), by four lengths, and seven others. At Doncaster, 8st 7lbs each (L. Snowden), for two years old, won the Filly Stakes, of ,£320, beating Mr. Henry's b. f. Vergiss-mein-nicht by The Dutchman (Fordham), by two lengths, the Baron's b. f. Queen of the Vale (Wells), third, and Sir C. Monck's br. f. Violet by Voltigeur, last, S. mg., 6st 1 ilbs, ran fourth in a sweep of £iyo, won by Captain Christie's b. f. Lady Clifden by Surplice, two years, 6st 1 ilbs (H. Grimshavv) ; seven ran. She ran three times more, this year, without success, 1861. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst 7lbs each (L. Snowden), ran third in the 1000 Guineas, won by Mr. Fleming's b, f. Nemesis (Fordham), beating Mr. Cartwright's b. f. Fairwater (winner of the Great Northampton Stakes, in 1863, and the Liverpool Cup in 1862) by Loup- garou (J. Osborne), by a length, a head only between second and third ; also, Mr. Gratwicke's ch. f. Preceptress (winner of the Prendergast in i860), by Chatham (H. Grimshaw), Queen of the Vale (Charlton), Sweet Hawthorn (Custance), Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Bas-Bleu (dam of Biue Gown) by Stockwell (Wells), and two others ; 9 to 4 against Brown Duchess, 4 to 1 against Preceptress, 9 to 2 against Fairwater, and 10 to 1 against Nemesis. Fairwater led off, with Preceptress at her girths ; and these two made the running for the first half mile, followed closely by Brown Duchess, when Nemesis shot out, went up to Fairwater, headed her in the dip, and was never afterwards reached, Preceptress was BRi )U 'N D UCHESS. 2^ fourth. At Epsom (L. Snowden), won the Oaks, of /4320, beating Mr. Harrison's ch. f. Lady Ripon by Stockwell (R. Bullock), second, Fairwater (J. Osborne), third, Lord Falmouth's b. f. Silverhair (dam of Silvio), by Kingston (Aldcroft), fourth; also, Queen of the Vale (Wells), br. f. Caller-Ou, Count Lagrange's ch. f. Gabrielle d'Estrees, by Fitz- ^ladiator, Mr. Jones' ch. f. Eastern Princess (dam of Prince Charlie), br. f. Wild Wave by Wild Dayrell, br. f. Vergiss-mein-nicht, b. f. Tattoo by Rataplan, and four others ; 100 to 30 each against Nemesis and Fairwater, 8 to 1 each against Silverhair and Gabrielle d'Estrees, 10 to 1 against Caller-Ou, and 14 to 1 against Brown Duchess. All got well off, Caller-Ou (T. Chaloner), rushing to the front, followed by Lady Ripon, Nemesis, Fairwater and Silverhair, Brown Duchess heading the ruck. They ran thus to the hill, where Fairwater took the lead, and, on round- ing Tattenham Corner, was a clear length in advance. On crossing the road, Brown Duchess took third place. At the distance Fairwater resigned her lead, and retired beaten, when Brown Duchess and Lady Ripon came on, side by side. ..At the half-distance, Fairwater came again, and a fine race ensued, Brown Duchess beating Lady Ripon by a neck, who beat Fairwater by a length. At Ascot (L. Snowden), 8st 8lbs, won ^125, beating Walloon, 8st 7lbs (A. Edwards), in a canter, by ten lengths; 5 to 2 on The Duchess. At Liverpool w. o. for ^95. S. mg., Qst 3lbs (Luke Snowden)', won the Stanley Stakes, beating Captain Coate's ch. c. Hesper by Hesperus, three years, 9st (Aldcroft), and three others. At York (L. Snowden), won the Yorkshire Oaks, of ^450 beating Mr. H. O'Hara'sb. f. Tatton, 8st 7lbs (Aldcroft), easily, Lord. Zetland's bf f. Sweetbriar by Stockwell, 8st, third, and six others ; 9 to 4 on The Duchess. At Doncaster, Sst i2lbs (L. Snowden), for three years old fillies, won the Park Hill Stakes, of ,£725, beating Mr. H. Savile's b. f. Lady Blanche by Voltigeur, Sst 7lbs (Thomas Aldcroft), by two lengths, and Lord Stamford's ch. f. Adrasta by Orlando, Sst 7lbs (A. Edwards), third, and last ; 6 to 1 on The Duchess. S. mg., 6st 1 ilbs (Midgley), ran a dead-heat for the Cup, of 300 sovs., with Kettledrum, 7st 7lbs (R. Bullock), Mr. Lincoln's br. c. The Lawyer by The Libel, three years, 7st (H. Grimshaw), being third, Mr. A. Nichol's b. c. The Wizard (winner of the 2000 Guineas, in i860), by West Australian, four 234 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. years, 8st 8lbs (J. Osborne), fourth, b. f. Avalanche, four years, 8st 2lbs (Fordham), fifth, Sir J. Hawley's br. c. The Rising Sun (winner, this year, of the Great Ebor Handicap), by Bandy, four years, 8st 5lbs, and Yorkminster, three years, 7st ; 6 to 5 on The Wizard, and 9 to 2 each against Kettledrum and Brown Duchess. Yorkminster, whose mission was to make the running for Kettledrum, jumped off with the lead, followed by The Rising Sun (Wells), second, Kettledrum third, Brown Duchess fourth, Avalanche, fifth, The Wizard and The Lawyer being the two last. On rounding the bend, The Rising Sun assumed the lead ; and on going up the hill, Sir Joseph's colt, Yorkminster (J. Snowden), and Kettledrum were several lengths ahead of everything. At the Wood-side, Avalanche and Brown Duchess improved their positions, and at the half-mile post, The Rising Sun and Yorkminster were both beaten, and The Wizard joined the leaders. At the half-distance, the first were nearly level, and then Kettledrum (R. Bullock), and Brown Duchess singled themselves out, and a magnificent race home between the pair ended in a dead-heat, after which Kettledrum. w. o. and Mr. Saxon received half the Cup (150 sovs.). At Newmarket (First October), 8st 3lbs (L. Snowden), won the Grand Duke Michael, of ^850, beating Lord Exeter's b. c. Knight of St. Patrick by Knight of St. George, 8st 7lbs (Fordham), in a canter, bv six lengths, and Lord Stamford's br. c. Walloon by The Dutchman (A. Edwards), a bad third ; 3 to 1 on The Duchess. At Bedford, 8st 6lbs (L. Snowden), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Spencer's b. h. Blue Jacket by Collingwood, aged iost (Fordham), by a length, and Mr. Starkey's ch. c. Brownie by Weatherbit, three years, 8st 6lbs, third and last. Brown Duchess ran twice, in 1862 and 1S63, without success, and was put to the Stud. •- — . ; . I I I • i I I I I I • I I f f f I 236 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. others ; 2 to i on Diophantus. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st iolbs (A. French), ran fourth in the Prendergast Stakes, won by Mr. Gratwicke's ch. f. Preceptress by Chatham, 8st 5lbs (G. Fordham), beat- ing Russley, 8st iolbs (H. distance), by a neck, and two others. 1861. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 2lbs (A. Edwards), won the 2000 Guineas (val. .£3330), beating Colonel Towneley's ch. c. Kettledrum (Jas. Snowden), by three lengths, Mr. Henry's b. c. Klarikoff* (winner of the Municipal Stakes, at Doncaster, and the Criterion at Newmarket), by De Clare (son of Touchstone), third, Lord Exeter's b. c. Knight of St. Patrick, by Knight of St. George, out of Pocahontas, The Baron's b. c. Janus, by King Tom, Mr. Jas. Merry's br. f. Sweet Hawthorn, by Sweetmeat, Copernicus, Imaus, Russley, Preceptress, b. c. Gardener (winner of the Liverpool Autumn Cup in 1862), by The Cure, and five others: betting, at starting, 9 to 4 against Klarikoff, 4 to 1 against Kettledrum, 8 to 1 against Imaus, and 25 to 1 against Diophantus. The sixteen horses had scarcely settled into their places, when Diophantus rushed to the front, with a lead of a couple of lengths, taking a line to himself, on the whip-hand, followed by Kettle- drum, Preceptress (Harry Grimshaw), Klarikoff (Geo. Fordham), Imaus (A. French), Copernicus (J. Charlton), Knight of St. Patrick (Norman), Janus (Wells), and Sweet Hawthorn (Custance). The ruck was headed by Russley, and formed the second division. In this order they descended the Bushes Hill, where Preceptress retired beaten; and, shortly after, Sweet Hawthorn went to the rear. Indeed, at this point, the race was virtually over, as Diophantus increased the pace, came on at his leisure, never having been approached, and winning very easily. A head only separated second and third; Imaus was fourth, Copernicus fifth, Knight of St. Patrick sixth, Preceptress seventh, Janus eighth, and the remainder beaten off an immense distance. At Epsom, ran third in the Derby, won by Kettledrum (which see for details). At Ascot, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (A French), ran third in the Ascot Biennial, of ^465, * Klarikoff met with a sad end towards the close of this year. On returning from the North he was burnt to death in one of the horse-trucks on the NorthT Western Railway. PIOPUANTUS. 237 won by br. c. Lupus (now Lord Lincoln's), ridden by Fordham, and beating The Baron's b. c. Janus (Wells), second, and Mr. Brown's b. c. British Prince, by King Tom (Luke Snowden), fourth and last.' At Newmarket (Jul\-). Qst lib (Arthur Edwards), won the Midsummer Stakes, of ,£225, beating Russley, 8st 8lbs (H. Custance), second, and The Baron's b. c. Grouse, by King Tom, yst i2lbs (J. Charlton), third and last ; even on Russley, and 6 to 5 against Diophantus. Mr. Merry's bay colt, Russley, led to the cords, where Edwards let Diophantus have his head, who came away and won in a canter, by three lengths. At Goodwood, w. o. for 300 sovs., and quitted the Turf. a;8 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. CALLER-OU. CALLER-OU was a br. f. bred by Mr. Win. I'Anson, of Malton, York, in 1858. She was got by Stockwell, out of Haricot by Mango, out of Queen Mary by Gladiator, out of a mare by Plenipoten- tiary, out of Myrrha by Whalebone, out of Gift by Young Gohanna, out of Sister to Grazier by Sir Peter, her dam, by Trumpator, out of a mare by Herod, out of a dau. of Old Snap, &c. Caller-Ou's Performances. i860. At Beverley, for two years old, not placed in the Bishop Burton Stakes, won by Colonel Towneley's ch. f. Doefoot (winner, in 1861, of the Liver- pool July Cup), beating Vergiss-mein-nicht, and nine others. S. mg., 8st (Charlton), ran second in a sweep of ,£420, won by Mr. Thomas' br. c. Dictator (winner, this year, of the July Stakes, at Newmarket), by the Cure, 8st 7lbs ; six ran. At Carlisle, ran second in a sweep of ^90, won by Doefoot, by a neck. At Stockton, 8st 2lbs, ran second in a sweep of .£340, won by Dictator, 8st i2lbs; eight ran. S. mg., Sst, ran second in the Biennial of ,£570, won by Mr. Robinson's b. f. Lady Louisa, by The Dutchman, Sst 6lbs (L. Snowden), beating Sir C. Monck's br. f. Prudence (winner of the Gimcrack and the Filly Stakes at York), by Voltigeur, 8st iolbs, third, and nine others. At Leicester, 7st i3lbs, won ioo'sovs., beating two others. At Malton, Sst 6lbs, ran second in the Two Year Old Stakes, won by Mr. Valentine's (Lord Falmouth's) br. f. Scrubbing Brush, by Touchstone, beating four others. S. mg., Sst 1 lb, won the Nursery Handicap, of 100 sovs., beating Colonel Towneley's ch. f. Lady Bird, by Newminster, 7st 3lbs, by two lengths, and nine others. S. mg., 7st 2lbs, ' I f CALLER-OU. 239 won .£50, beating b. c. Stanton (afterwards a steeple chaser), by New- minster. She ran three times more, without success. 1861. At Malton, Sst gibs, won ,{,"50, beating Mr. John Scott's b. f. Trust by fctockwell, two years, 6st Slbs, by a head, and seven others. At Manchester, ;st(II. Grimshaw), won ./."no, beating Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Lopcatcher by Irish Birdcatcher, three years, ;st slbs (Chaloner), by three lengths, and two others. At Epsom, not placed in the Oaks, won by Brown Duchess. At Newton, 6st 5lbs, not placed in the Great I Lui. heap, of . £420, won by Lord Derby's br. c. Cape Flyaway, by The Dutchman, out of Canezou, four years, 7st 1 1 lbs (Chariton), beating ten others. At York (August), Sst libs (H. Grimshaw), won the Three tears Old Stakes, of ^150, beating Mr. Merry's ch. c. Starlight, by Chanticleer, Sst 7lbs (distance), by two lengths ; 5 to 4 on Caller-Ou. At Stockton, Sst 1 ilbs (Bullock), ran fourth in the Biennial, of /350, won by Mr. T. Parr's b. c. Kildonan, by Newminster, o,st, beating Mr. O'Hara's b. c. Ivanhoff (winner of the Manchester Cup in 1S61 and 1862), by Muscovite, Sst ojbs (T. Aldcroft), by a short head, and five others. S. mg., 6st 6lbs (Metcalfe), ran second in a handicap sweep of .£265, won by Mr. Alexander's b. c. Oldminster (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), by Newminster, beating twelve others. At Doncaster (T. Chaloner), won the Great St. Leger, of /4300, beating Kettledrum (which see). S. mg., ;st iolbs (Chaloner), won the Cleve- land Handicap, of ^"535, beating Mr. Gilby's b. h. Flash in the Pan (winner of the Chester Cup in 1S64), by Pontifex, five years, ;st slbs (Snowden), The Baron's ch. c. King of Diamonds, by King Tom, four rs, Sst 2lbs (Fordham), third ; also, Lord Annesley's ch. c. Sweetsauce (winner of the Goodwood Cup and Stewards' Cup, in i860), by Sweet- meat, four years, Sst 4lbs, Count Lagrange's b. m. Mdlle. de Chantilly (winner of the City and Suburban in 1858), by Gladiator, aged, 8st ;lbs, and four others. At Richmond, three years, Sst slbs, won the Burton Handicap, of £ 1 50, beating Mr. Gilby's b. c. Millionaire by Pompey, four years, 7st iolbs, by six lengths, and two others. S. mg., w. o. for the Queen's Plate. At Edinburgh, ;st 2lbs (Chaloner), won the Lothian >4o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Handicap, of £170, beating Mr. G. Forster's b. h. Underhand, by The Cure, aged, qst, and three others ; but, for the Caledonian Cup, ;st 6lbs, was beaten by Oldminster, three years, 7st lib (Doyle). 1862. At York (August), ost 7lbs (Withington), Avon the Queen's Plate, but was disqualified for foul riding, and the Plate was awarded to Ivanhoff, four years, ost 7lbs (Fordham). S. mg., w. o. for the Second Queen's Plate. At Stockton, won ^"165, and, at the Curragh, won the two Queen's Plates. Caller-Ou ran three times more, this year, unsuccess- fully. 1863. At Chester, 8st 6lbs, ran fourth for the Cup, won by Asteroid. At Epsom, lost lib, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Merry's b. f. Necklace (dam of Macgregor), by The Fallow Buck, and four others. At Manchester, iost 2lbs, won the Queen's Plate. At Ascot, 8st nibs, not placed for the Cup, won by Mr. Merry's b. c. Buckstone, by Voltigeur, four years, 8st 7lbs (A. Edwards), after a dead-heat with Mr. Jackson's br. c. Tim Whiffler, by Van Galen, 8st 7lbs (S. Rogers), both four years old. Next day, she won the Queen's Plate by twelve lengths. At Hampton, ost i3lbs, won the Queen's Plate, by fifteen lengths, beating six others. At Newcastle, 8st 8lbs, three miles, won the Northumber- land Plate, of .£625, beating Oldminster, Doefoot, and twelve others. At Liverpool and Carlisle, w. o. for the Queen's Plates, and the same, at Nottingham. At Brighton, ost 2lbs, w. o. for the Cup, and at Lewes, won the Queen's Plate. At York, ost i2lbs each, for the Queen's Plate, was beaten by Mr. Thomas' br. h. Dictator, by The Cure. At Lichfield, 9st i2lbs, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. h. Umpire (bred in America), by Le Compte, five years, ost I2lbs, and four others. At Plymouth, won the Queen's Plate, by six lengths, and the same at Warwick, by fifty lengths. At Richmond and Lincoln, won the Queen's Plates ; but, at Canterbury, for the Queen's Plate, was beaten by Mr. J. Ward's b. h. Gibraltar, by Cowl. CALLER-OU. . 241 1864. At Epsom (May), lost 3II3S (Chaloner), won the Queen's Plate, by forty lengths, beating four others. At Ascot, iost 2lbs each (Chaloner), won the Queen's Plate, beating Gibraltar (distance), by ten lengths, and two others. At Hampton, iost (Chaloner), won the Queen's Plate, beating Gibraltar, aged, iost (Custance), by ten lengths, and three others. At Newcastle, Sst i2lbs (Chaloner), won the Northumberland Plate, of ^440, beating Oldminster, six years, Sst 8lbs, b. f. Borealis (also Mr. I' Anson's), by Newminster, four years, ?st i2lbs, and seven others : won in a canter by three lengths. At Carlisle, won the Queen's Plate in a canter, and the same at Nottingham, by four lengths. At Egham, 9st i2lbs, won the Queen's Plate, beating ch. h. Bally Edmund, by Bantam (son of Euclid), six years, ost i2lbs .(Fordham), by six lengths, and five others. At York, Sst 11 lbs (Chaloner), won the Cup, of ^320, beating Lord Glasgow's ro. c. Rapid Rhone, by Young Melbourne, four years, Sst slbs (Fordham), by a head ;.also, w. o. for the Queen's Plate. At Lichfield, Leicester, and Warwick, won the Queen's Plates, and ran five times more during this year, without success. 1865. At Chatteris (Isle of Ely), 11st (Almond), won a steeple chase, beating three others. At the Curragh (April), iost 2lbs (Snowden), won the Queen's Plate, in a canter, beating' four others. At Liverpool (June), iost (Chaloner), won the Queen's Plate, by three lengths, beating two others, br. h. Stanton by Newminster (winner of the Ascot Stakes in 1S63), aged, iost (J. Osborne), being one of them. At Hampton, won the Queen's Plate, and at Newcastle, ost (Chaloner), ran second for the Northumberland Plate, won by Mr. Mackenzie's br. c. Brown Bread by Weatherbit, three years, 6st slbs (Carroll), beating Mr. Montgomery's ch. m. La Toucques (bred in France), by The Baron, five years, Sst iolbs (Custance), third, and six others. At the distance Brown Bread held a lead of a length- and a half; but, at the half-distance he was headed by Caller-Ou, amidst the most vociferous shouting ever heard ; but she died away about half a dozen strides from home, when Brown Bread (admirably ridden by Carroll), caught her on the post, and won by half a neck ; VOL. iv. r 242 . CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 2 to i against Caller-Ou, 5 to 1 against Brown Bread, and 6 to 1 against La Toucques. At Carlisle, won the Queen's Plate, in a canter, and the same at Nottingham. At Brighton, 9st 2lbs (Chaloner), ran second for the Cup, won by Mr. W. Cartwright's br. c. Ely (winner, this year, qfl the Ascot and Goodwood Cups) by Kingston, four years, ost iolbs (Custance), beating Mr. Morris' b. c. Union Jack by Ivan, four years, 9St (Fordham), third, Lord Stamford's ch. c. Cambuscan by Newminster, four years, 9st (Wells), fourth, and two others ; 6 to 5 against Ely, 3 to 1 against Cambuscan; and 7 to 1 against Caller-Ou. Union Jack led at a clipping pace to the three-quarter-mile post, when Custance brought Ely up to his quarters, Cambuscan and Caller-Ou being at Ely's heels. At the distance Union Jack retired beaten, and, at the enclosure Cambuscan was also disposed of, the race being left to Ely and the old mare. At the Stand, however, she too was done with, and Ely cantered in an easy winner, by eight lengths. At Lewes, 9st ialbs (Aldcroft), ran second for the Quee'n's Plate, won by Lord Portsmouth's b. c. Sydmonton, by Vengeance, three years, 8st 5lbs (Fordham), by a length, beating four others. Caller-Ou ran in four other races this year, without success, and now retired from the Turf. Chaloner rode her in most of her races. She started twelve times in 1860, winning thrice, seventeen times in 1861, winning eight races, thirteen times in 1862, winning five races, twenty-seven times in 1863, winning eighteen races, twenty times in 1864, winning eleven races, and twelve times in 1865, winning six races. Total number of starts, 101 ; total of victories, 51. j . ' 244 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. France) by The Dutchman, the Duke of Beaufort's b. f. The Roe by Wild Dayrell, The Baron's b. c. Janus by King Tom, and eleven others ; 3 to i against Asteroid, 7 to 2 against Russley, and too to 6 against Yorkminster. Asteroid led to the Ab. M. post, where Russley and York- minster joined him, the three running a most' exciting race home, a neck only dividing each. S. mg., 8st 3lbs.(Fordham), won a sweep of ,£400, beating Lord Zetland's b. c. Carabineer by Rifleman, 8st 3lbs (Osborne), by a neck ; 5 to 2 on Asteroid; also, Sst 4lbs (Fordham), won .£150, beating Mr. Merry's b. c. The Rambler by Irish Birdcatcher, Sst 4lbs (Custance), by four lengths. At Newmarket (First Spring), w. o. for ,£75 ; also, Sst 7lbs (S. Rogers), won ,£150, beating Mr. Merry's ch. c. Starlight by Chanticleer, Sst 7lbs (Custance), by two lengths. S. mg., 6st 1 libs (Chaloner), won a purse of 100 s'ovs., beating Count de La-, grange's b. m. Mdlle. de Chantilly (winner of the French Oaks in 1X57, and the City and Suburban in 1S58), by Gladiator, aged 9st (H. Grimshaw), by twenty lengths, and Lord Win. Powlett's (late Mr. Wm. Day's) br. h. Promised Land by Jericho, five years, Sst i2lbs,abad third. S.mg., 6st iolbs (Chaloner), won a purse of 100 sovs., beating General Angerstein's gr. c. The Old Squire by Voltigeur, four years, 6st 5 lbs (French), in a canter. The Duke now sold Asteroid to Sir Joseph. At Goodwood, 7st 3lbs (Carter), ran second in the Chichester Stakes (handicap), of ^300, won by Capt. Christie's br. c. Spicebox, by Sweetmeat, four years, 7st 3lbs (Chaloner), beating Capt. Lane's b. c. Gibraltar by Cowl, four years, 7st 3lbs (Edwards), third, ch. c. Lupellus, four years, 7st 3lbs, b. c. Buccaneer, four years, 9st odbs, and eight others ; 4 to 1 each against Asteroid and Gibraltar, 5 to 1 each against Buccaneer and Lupellus, and 7 to 1 against Spicebox. Buccaneer led for 300 yards, when Gibraltar took up the running, followed by Spicebox and Asteroid ; at the Stand, Spicebox went in front, and Asteroid also headed Gibraltar, the former winning by a neck, two lengths between second and third. At Doncaster, 9st (Wells), won the Eglinton Stakes, of .£280, beating Baron Niviere's b. f. Genealogie (bred in France) by Womersley, two years, 6st 6lbs (J. Daley), by a length, br. c. Zetland, two years, 7st, third, and six others. At Newmarket (Second October), 7st 6lbs (Edwards), ran third in the Caesarewitch, of ^1315, won by Mr. Bevill's br. m. Audrey, by ASTEROID. 245 Stockwell, five years, 8sf 5lbs (Custance), beating Lord Wm, Powlett's b. f. Paste by Kingston, three years, 6st 2lbs (E. Martin), by a length, b. c. Ivanhoff, three years, ;st slbs, a bad fourth, b. c. Russley, three years, 7st, and eighteen others; 10 to 1 against Asteroid, 20 to 1 against Paste, and 100 to 1 against Audrey ; a neck only between second and third. At Newmarket (Ho.), ;st ;lbs (A. Edwards), ran third in the Cambridgeshire, of .£2225, won by Count de Lagrange's b. c. Palestro (bred in France) by Fitz-gladiator, three years, jst 2lbs (Watkins), beating ch. f. Gabrielle d'Estrees (also the Count's, and bred in France, and winner, this year, of the Gold Cup at Shrewsbury), by Fitz-gladiator, three years, 6st ;lbs (H. Grimshaw), and thirty-two others. ■ The Count declared to win with Gabrielle d'Estrees. 1862. At Epsom (Spring), Sst slbs (Wells), ran third in the Great Metro- politan of ,£1410, won by Lord Coventry's br. c. Elcho (winner of the Goodwood Stakes in 1861), by Rifleman, four years, Sst (J. Adams), beating Caractacus, three years, 5st oJbs (J. Grimshaw), by a head, and seventeen others. At Newmarket Craven, Sst lolbs (Wells), won the Derby Trial Stakes, of ^1125, beating the Duke of Beaufort's b. f. The Roe (winner, next day, of the Newmarket Biennial), four years, 7st olbs (Fordham), by a length, Lord Stamford's br. c. Ensign by Orlando, three years, ;st, third, and four others. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs (Wells), won a handicap sweep, of ^"125, beating Lord Derby's br. h. Cape Flyaway by The Dutchman, five years, Sst .i2lbs, by a length (Aldcroft) ; 3 to 1 on Asteroid ; also, w. o. for the Jockey Club Plate. At Epsom (June), 9st (Wells), won the Cup, beating Mrs. Osbaldeston's b. c. Camerino by Stockwell, four years, Sst iolbs (Ald- croft), in a canter, by four lengths, b. f. Fairwater by Loup-garou, four years, Sst 6lbs (H. Grimshaw), third, and Mr. Hamilton's b. c. Aurelian by Stockwell, four years, Sst 4lbs (J. Goater), last ; even on Asteroid. At Ascot, ran third for the Queen's Vase, won by Tim Whiffler. S. mg., Sst ;lbs (Wells), won the Ascof Cup, beating Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Zetland by Voltigeur, three years, ;st 2lbs, by a neck, Mr. Cartwright's b. f. Fairwater, four years, Sst 4lbs (Fordham), third, Carabineer, four 246 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. years, 8st 7lbs (A. Edwards), fourth, b. c. Palestro, four years, 8st 7lbs, fifth, and two others ; 6 to 4 against Carabineer, 5 to 1 against Fairwater, 6 to 1 against Asteroid, and 10 to 1 each against Zetland and Palestro. At Stockbridge, 9st iolbs (Wells), ran third for the Cup, won by Mr. Alexander's ch. h. Thunderbolt, five years, 8st i3ibs (E. Sharpe), beating Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. m-. Maggiore (bred in America), by Le Compte, five years, 7st i2lbs (Fordham), second, and two others; Asteroid favourite. S. mg., 9st lib (Wells), for the Stewards' Cup, was beaten by Mr. Nichol's b. h. Wizard by West Australian, five years, 9st 1 lb, by a neck (S. Rogers) ; three ran ; Wizard the favourite. At Doncaster, 8st iolbs (Wells), for the Stand Plate, of ^590, was beaten by Tim Whiffier (Bullock), three years, ?st 9lbs, by three lengths. At Newmarket (Second October), 9st 3lbs (Wells), ran third in the Caesarewitch, won by Mr. J." Smith's b. c. Hartington by Voltigeur, three years, 5st iolbs (J. Grimshaw) : thirty-six ran. At Newmarket (Ho.), 9st /dbs, match for 500 sovs., h. ft., received ^250 from Lord Glasgow's b. c. Knowsley, by Stockwell, three years, 8st 6lbs. S. mg., 8st iolbs (Wells), won ,£50, beating The Baron's b. c. Wingrave (sire of Mr. Savile's good mare Lilian), ?st 1 ilbs, by six lengths, and three others ; also w. o. for a Purse of 50 sovs. . 1863. At Northampton, 9st 3lbs (Wells), won ^150, beating Count Lagrange's b. c. Le Marechal by Monarque, three years, ?st (French), by two lengths, and eight others. S. mg., lost (Wells), two miles, won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. O'Hara's b. h. Ivanhoff (winner of the Man- chester Cups in 186 1 and 1862), by Muscovite, five years, iost, by three lengths. At Newmarket Craven, iost/dbs, three and a half miles (Wells), won the Queen's Plate, beating Mr. Ten-Broeck's b. m. Amy, by Kingston, five years, iost 4lbs (Fordham), by six lengths. At Epsom (Spring), 9st 5lbs (Wells), ran sixth in the City and Suburban, won by Mr. Gilby's b. c. Adventurer by Newminster, four years, 5st i2lbs, beating Mr. Ten- Broeck's ch. h. Umpire (bred in America) by Le Compte, six years, 8st (J. Adams), by a neck, and twenty-seVen others. At Newmarket (First Spring), B.C., match for 400 sovs. and The Whip, received 200 sovs. forfeit, from Tim Whiffier. At Salisbury, iost, three miles (Wells), won the ASTEROID. 247 Queen's Plate, beating four others. At Chester, ost 4lbs (Wells), won the Cup, of .£1995, beating bl. c. Haddington (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan at Epsom), by King of Trumps, four years, ;st I2lbs, by a neck, b. h. Gardener (winner of the Liverpool [Autumn] Cup in 1862), by The Cure, five years, yst 6lbs, third, b. m. Caller-Ou, five years, 8st 6lbs, b. h. Camerino, five years, 7st Slbs, and seven others. S. mg., 9st 9IDS (Wells), for the Stewards' Cup, was beaten by Mr. Merry's br. c. Buckstone by Voltigeur, four years, 8st 9lbs (Chaloner), Fairwater, five years, 9st 1 lb (Fordham), third: five ran; 7 to 4 against Asteroid, and 9 to 4 against Buckstone. 1864. Ran once, without success, and retired to the Stud. Though a thoroughly good, game, and honest horse on the Turf, he did not much distinguish himself as a sire. It is rather curious that he should have run third in the Cssarewitch and Cambridgeshire in 1861, and third again in the Csesarewitch of 1862. 248 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. BIG BEN. BIG BEN was a br. c. foaled in 1858, the property of Mr. Saxon. He was got by Ethelbert (a son of Foig-a-Ballagh), out of Phoebe by Touchstone, out of Collina by Langar, out of Lady Stafford by Comus, out of a mare by Waxy, out of Bizarre by Peruvian (son of Sir Peter) out of Violante by John Bull, out of Sister to Skyscraper by Highflyer, out of Everlasting (bred by Sir J. Shelley in 1775) by Eclipse, out of Hyaena (bred by Jenison Shafto,- Esq., in 1762), by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea by Regulus, out of a mare by Bartlett's Childers, her dam, by Honywood's White Arabian, out of the dam of the Two True Blues. Big Ben's Performances. i860. At Liverpool (Spring), for two years, old Sst 7lbs (L. Snowden), ran second in the Tyro Stakes, of ,£375, won by Mr. Hind's br. f. Lady Clifden by Surplice, Sst 2lbs (Chaloner), by a neck, beating b. c. Dundee, Sst 7lbs (Custance), third, Lord Stamford's b. f. Little Lady by Orlando, Sst 5lbs (French), fourth, and nine others ; 2 to 1 against Dundee, 4 to 1 against Little Lady, and- 5 to 1 against Lady Clifden. At Northampton, Sst 7lbs, not placed in the Althorp Park Stakes, of ,£350, won by Walloon, beating Lord Strathmore's ch. c. Shillelagh by Teddington, Sst 7lbs, and nine others. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst 7lbs (L. Snowden), won the Two Year Old Plate, of 200 sovs., beating Lord Stamford's br. c. Walloon, Sst i2lbs (French), by two lengths, Sir J. Hawley's ch. f. Polyolbion by Cotherstone, Sst 5lbs, third ; also, ch. f. Eastern Princess, ch. c. Rouge Dragon, b. f. Nemesis (winner of the 1000 Guineas in 1861), The Baron's b. f. Queen of the Vale, by King Tom, Captain Brabazon's b. f. Touch-me-not (winner of the Chesterfield at III! I t > I .'.V.V. I I • f 0 BIG BEN. 249 Newmarket July) by Touchstone, 8st 5lbs, and fifteen others ; 5 to 4 against Walloon, and 4 to 1 against Big Ben. At Chester, 8st I2lbs (L. Snowden), won the Mostyn Stakes, of ^"215, beating br. c. Dictator, Sst 7lbs (Withington), by two lengths, Mr. Parr's b. c. Kildonan by Newminster, Sst /lbs, third, Mr. Merry's ch. c. Folkestone (winner, this year, of the Convivial and Prince of Wales' Stakes at York, the Glasgow Stakes at Doncaster, and the Granby and Clearwell at Newmarket), by Irish Birdcatcher, and two others; 7 to 4 on Big Ben. S. mg., w. o. for the Biennial, and divided forfeits, in the Wirral Stakes, with Mr. Naylor's ch. f. Canary by Slane. At Bath, Sst ylbs (L. Snowden), wcin the Biennial, of ^530, beating Mr. Parker's b. c. Damascus by Tadmor Sst iolbs (J. Adams) ; by a head, ch. c. Shillelagh, Sst iolbs (Aldcroft), third, Mrs. Osbaldeston's b. c. Camerino by Stockwell, Sst iolbs (Charlton), fourth, and three others; 7 to 4 on Big Ben. S. mg., Sst I2lbs (L. Snowden), won the Weston Stakes, of ^"410, beating Mr. Cartwright's b. f. Fairwater (winner of the Liverpool July Cup in 1862, and the Great Northampton Stakes in 1S63), by Loup-garou, Sst 4lbs (Charlton), by a length, Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. Jacintha by Stockwell, Sst 4lbs (Fordham), third, br. c. Vancouver by The Dutchman, fourth, also, Mr. Barber's br. c. Sawcutter (winner of the City and Suburban in 1S62), by Idle Boy (son of Harkaway), Shillelagh, and three others; even on Big Ben. At Hungerford, ost 1 lb (L. Snowden), ran second in the Wild Dayrell Stakes, won by Mr. Fuller's ch. c. Mountebank by West Australian, Sst iolbs (Nightingale), by a length ; three ran. Big Ben ran out of the course at the first turn. At Ascot, 7st (J. Snowden), ran third in the Fernhill Stakes, won by The Baron's b. f. Queen of the Vale,, two years, 6st nibs (J. Daley), beating Mr. Caledon Alexander's ch. c. Thunderbolt (winner of the Select Stakes, of .£430, and the All-aged Stakes, of ^712 1S5., at Newmarket, both in this year) by Stockwell, three years, ost (R. Cotton), second, Little Lady, two years, 6st 11 lbs (A. Edwards), fourth, and Mountebank, two years, 7st (H. Grimshaw.), last. At Abingdon, w. o. for the Two Year Old Stakes. At Goodwood, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies 8st 4lbs (L. Snowden*), ran fourth in the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, I* This admirable jockey died of consumption, in the Autumn of 1S61. 25o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. won by Mr.. Padwick's br. f. Vergiss-mein-nicht, by The Dutchman (Fordham), beating Lord Exeter's b. c. Knight of St. Patrick (Aldcroft), second, Mr. Gratwicke's ch. f. Preceptress (winner, this year, of the Prendergast, of .£725, at Newmarket), third, and two others. Big Ben the favourite. 1861. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st 3lbs (L. Snowden), won a sweep of ,£250, beating Mr. Lowther's b. c. Zingara by the Little Known (brother to Little Wonder), by a neck (Rogers) ; 3 to 1 on Big Ben. At Ascot, 8st lib (L. Snowden), won ^"150, beating Mr. Snewing's gr. c. Cashio, by West Australian (J. Goater), three years, 8st 3lbs, in a canter, by six lengths ; 5 to 4 on Big Ben, this being his last appearance on the Turf. t r * ■ i! • i 252 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Hawley's b. c. Asteroid by Stockwell, four years, 8st 5lbs (Wells), third, a head only behind Caractacus, and seventeen others ; 4 to i against Elcho, 5- to 1 against Asteroid, and 10 to 1 against Caractacus. At Newmarket Craven, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies 8st 3lbs (J. Goater), ran second in the Biennial Stakes, of ^"585, won by Sir J. Hawley's (afterwards Lord Stamford's) ch. c. Duke Rollo by Orlando (Wells), beating Lord Chester- field's b. c. Canwell by Stockwell, third, and nine others ; 5 to 4 against Caractacus, and 7 to 1 against Duke Rollo. At Chester, 6st Slbs, 5lbs extra (Parsons), not placed for the Cup, of ^"2170, won by Mr. John Jackson's br. c. Tim Whifner by Van Galen, three years, *6st 11 lbs (Doyle). At York (Spring), 5st 7lbs (J. Grimshaw), ran third in the Great Northern Handicap, of ^625, won by Mr. H. O'Hara's b. c. Ivanhoff (winner of the Manchester Cups in 1861 and 1862), by Muscovite, four years, 7st 11 lbs (Fordham), beating Mr. A. Nichol's b. h. The Wizard by West Australian, five years, 9st 3lbs (Ashmall), by a length, and five others ; 3 to 1 against Ivanhoff, 100 to 30 against Caractacus, and 9 to 2 against The Wizard. At Bath, 5st iolbs (Grimshaw), won the Somersetshire Stakes, of .£1035, beating Mr. H. J. Smith's ch. c. Fitz- avon by Sirikol, five years, 7st 6lbs (J. Snowden), by two lengths, Mr. T. Parr's b. c. Dusk, by Wild Dayrell, three years, 6st 2 lbs (Doyle), third ; also, Lord Wilton's b. c. West End, by West Australian, four years, 6st gibs (Drew), Mr. R. Sutton's b. c. Attaman by Muscovite, three years, 5st i3lbs (Plumb), and seven others; 5 to 2 against Dusk (winner, this year, of Queen's Plates at Chester, Salisbury, Ascot and Goodwood), 11 to 2 against West End, 6 to 1 against Attaman, and 10 to 1 against Caractacus. At Epsom (Parsons), won the Derby, of .£6525, beating the Hon. S. Hawke's b. c. The Marquis (winner of the 2000 Guineas, and St. Leger), by Stockwell (Ashmall), by a neck, Mr. Jas. Merry's br. c. Buckstone, by Voltigeur (H. Grimshaw), third, Mr. Jackson's br. c. Neptunus, by Weatherbit (R. Bullock), fourth ; also, two unnamed colts of Lord Glasgow's by Barbatus, and one by Stockwell, Sir J. Hawley's b. c. Argonaut by Stockwell, and his b. c. Alexis by Stockwell, Lord Stam- ford's br. c. Ensign by Orlando, Mr. BevilFs b. c. Alvediston by Tadmor, Mr. T. Parr's b. c. Star of the West by West Australian, Mr. Bowes' b. c. Welcome by Fazzoletto, Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Zetland (winner of iWRACTACUS. 253 the Great Yorkshire Stakes), Mr. Merry's b. c. The Knave (winner of the Liverpool July Cup, in 1S63), by Orlando, Lord Coventry's ch. c. Exchequer (winner, this year, of ,£400, and ,£500 at Newmarket), by Stockwell, and seventeen others ; 5 to 2 against The Marquis, 100 to 30 against Buckstone, 7 to 1 against Neptunus, 12 to 1 each against Argonaut (winner, this year, of ,£500, and the Grand Duke Michael, of ^850, and ,£780, at Newmarket, and ^500 at Doncaster), and Zetland, and 40 to 1 against Caractacus. So little expectation had Mr. Snewing of winning the Derby, that he did not even go to Epsom to see the race, but the news of his success was brought to his house, where he was dis- covered, in a pleasant slumber, in bed. 2 5 4 CEL EBRA TED. RA CE HORSES. FEU-DE-JOIE. FEU-DE-JOIE was a ch. f. foaled in 1S59, bred by, and the property of, R. Christopher Naylor, Esq., of Hooton Hall, Cheshire. She was got by Longbow, out of J eu-d' Esprit by Flatcatcher, out of Extem- pore (sister to Euclid) by Emilius, out of Maria (sister to Emma) by Whisker, out of Gibside Fairy (bred by Lord Strathmore in 181 1) by Hermes (son of Mercury), out of Vicissitude by Pipator, out of Beatrice by Sir Peter, out of Pyrrha by Match'em, &c, &c. Feu-de-Joie's Performances. 1861. At Ascot (T. French), not placed for the Queen's Stand Plate of ^660, won by Mr. Jas. Merry's b. c. Buckstone, two years, 6st 5lbs (Hayward), beating Count Lagrange's br. c. Marignan (bred in France) by Womersley, two years, 7st 1 lb (Grimshaw), by a short head, the Count's ch. f. Gabri- elle d'Estrees (winner, this year, of the French Derby) by Fitz-gladiator, three years, 8st 2lbs (Fordham), third ; Mr. Harrison's ch. f. Lady Ripon by Stockwell, three years, 8st i2lbs (R. Bullock), and fourteen others; 5 to 2 against Buckstone, and 4 to 1 against Marignan. S. mg., 8st 2lbs (J. Osborne), not placed in the New Stakes, of ^730, won by Mr. Wm, Days b. c. Alvediston by Tadmor, 8st 7lbs (A. Day), beating Buckstone, 8st i2lbs (H. Custance), second, Mr. T. Valentine's br. f. Hippodamia by Pelion, 8st 2lbs (W. Boyce), third, The Baron's b. c. Wingrave (sire of Mr. Savile's good mare Lilian) by King Tom, Sst I2lbs (Wells), fourth, and eight others ; even on Buckstone, and 4^0 1 each against Alvediston and Wingrave. From the distance, the first four ran a slashing race home, Alvediston winning by a short head, the same dividing the second, • • I rMh m ! ■ mm- ■ I - . IBil ■ • 1 1 FEU-DE-JOIE. 255 third, and fourth, Feu-de-Joie being close up. At Liverpool, 8st 4lbs (J. Osborne), won the Great Lancashire Produce Stakes, of ,£325, beat- ing Mr. Hunt's ch. f. Misfortune, by Longbow, 8st ^.lbs (Kendall), in a canter, by two lengths, Mr. Windsor's b. f. Letty Long, by Longbow, 8st 4lbs (L. Snowden), third, Mr. Merry's b. c. Costa, by The Baron, 8st iolbs, and three others ; 5 to 4 on Costa, 5 to 2 against Feu-de-Joie, and 8 to 1 against any others. At York (August), for two years old fillies, 8st /lbs each (S. Rogers), ran third in the Sapling Filly Stakes, won by Lord Stamford's ch. f. Donna-del-Lago, by Lord of the Isles, beating Mr. J. Osborne's br. f. Flytrap, by The Flying Dutchman, by half a length (J.Osborne), Sir C. Monck's ch. f. Vertumna, by Stockwell (T. . Chaloner), fourth, and Lord Glasgow's br. f. by Young Melbourne (Ald- croft), last ; 6 to 5 on Feu-de-Joie, and 7 to 4 against the winner. At Doncaster, colts 8st 7lbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (J. Osborne), not placed in the Champagne Stakes, of ^1025, won by the Hon. S. Hawke's b. c. The Marquis, by Stockwell (Fordham), beating Colonel Towneley's b. f. Imperatrice by Orlando (J. Snowden), second, Mr. T. Parr's b. c. Tolurno by Defiance (distance), third ; also, Mr. Gratwicke's b. c. Ashford by Chatham, Colonel Towneley's b. c. Cellarius by Fandango, and the Hon. Henry Savile's b. c. Harlequin by Voltigeur ; 6 to 4 on The Marquis, who led from end to end, and won by a head. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st 8lbs (S. Rogers), not placed in the Criterion, won by Sir R. Bulkeley's b. c. Old Calabar, by King Tom, Sst 1 3lbs (W. Boyce), beating Mr. (afterwards Sir Richard) Sutton's b. c. Nottingham by Kingston, 8st ^Ibs (Chaloner), by a length, b. c. Wingrave, Sst 1 3lbs (E. Sharp), third, br. c. Zetland, Sst iolbs, Alvediston,. Sst i3lbs, and four others ; Feu-de-Joie was fourth. 1862. At Epsom (Chaloner), won the Oaks, of ,£4175, beating Imperatrice (J. Snowden), by two lengths, Lord Falmouth's br. f. Hurricane (winner of the 1000 Guineas) by Wild Dayrell (Ashmall), third, Lord Glasgow's b. f. by Stockwell (Aldcroft), fourth ; also, Mr. Ten-Broeck's b. f. Olive Branch (bred in America) by Lexington, Lord Falmouth's b. f. Q.E.D. by Kingston, Lord Stamford's ch. c. Bertha by Stockwell, The Baron's b. f. Mahala by Rataplan, Mr. I'Anson's b. f.- Bonny Breast Knot, by 256 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Voltigeur, Lord Chesterfield's b. f. Polynesia by Kingston, Lord Coventry's br. f. Sappho by Kingston, Lord Portsmouth's' b. f. Vilette by Voltigeur, and seven others ; 5 to 2 against Hurricane, 9 to 2 against Sappho, 7 to 1 against Vilette, 10 to 1 against Olive Branch, and 20 to 1 each against Feu-de-Joie and Imperatrice. At Ascot, ost (Chaloner), not placed in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, won by Mr. R. Boyce's b. c. Carisbrook by Stockwell, 8st iolbs (S. Rogers), beating Mr. Jackson's br-. c. Neptunus, 8st iolbs (Bullock), by two lengths, Hurricane, 8st iolbs, third, Wingrave, Zetland, and six others. At Goodwood, 7st jibs (Chaloner), not placed for the Cup, won by Tim Whiffler. At Brighton . 7st 5lbs (Chaloner), ran third for the Cup, won by Lord W. Powlet's b. f. Paste by Kingston, four years, 8st iolbs (S. Rogers), beating Mr. Astley's br. c. Atherstone by Touchstone, four years, est (Fordham), by a head, and two others. At York (August), 9st (Chaloner), won the Yorkshire Oaks, of .£405, beating Q.E.D., 8st 7lbs (Fordham), by a length, Impera- trice, 8st iolbs (R. Bullock), third, Mr. A. Nichol's br. f. Hecate by West Australian, 8st (Custance), fourth, Mr. Eastwood's b. f. Lady Alice Haw- thorn by Newminster, 8st (Grimshaw), fifth, Mr. Jas. Merry's b. f. Lioness (winner of the Caesarewitch in 1863), by Fandango, 8st, and two others ;• 2 to 1 against Imperatrice, and 6 to 1 against Feu-de-Joie. S. mg., 6st 1 ilbs (T. French), won the Cup (^260), beating Lord St. Vincent's br. c. Zetland, three years, 7st 2lbs, by a neck. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st ;lbs each (Chaloner), match for 500 sovs., one mile and a half, was beaten by Lord Falmouth's Hurricane (Aldcroft), both three years old ; 7 to 4 on Feu-de-Joie, this being her last race. 'Ill ■ ill'^ ■ I ■ ■ 258 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 8st 3lbs (W. Boyce), last ; 4 to 1 on The Marquis, and 5 to 1 against Lachesis (winner, this year, of the Two Year Old Produce Stakes at Beverley, and two races at Carlisle). S. mg., 9st (distance), won the Park Hill Stakes (divided), of ^145, after a dead-heat with Mr. Jackson's br. c. Neptunus (winner, this year, of the Tyro Stakes at Liverpool, the Zetland Stakes at York Spring, and the Convivial Stakes at York August Meeting, by Weatherbit, 9st (R. Bullock), Mr. Thomas' b. f. Retento (winner of the Tyro Stakes at Newcastle, and the Two Year Old Stakes at Ripon), by Lambton, 8st 6lbs (J. Osborne), third, Lord Falmouth's b. f. Q.E.D. (winner of the Nursery Handicap at York August, and the Bedford Stakes at Newmarket) by Kingston, Sst 3lbs, Birdhill, Sst 4lbs, and one other ; 2 to 1 on The Marquis, and 3 to 1 against Neptunus, The Marquis walking over. At Doncaster, colts Sst 7lbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (Fordham), won the Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., thirty-eight subscribers (val. ,£1050, less six dozen of champagne to be paid for by the winner), beating Colonel Towneley'sb. f. Imperatrice (winner, this year, of the Hopeful Stakes at Doncaster Spring, and the Hopeful at Newmarket October), by Orlando (J. Snowden), second, Mr. T. Parr's b. c. Tolurno (winner of the Mostyn Stakes at Chester, the July Stakes at Newmarket, and the Biennial at Wolverhampton), by Defiance (a son of Old England by Mulatto), third (Custance) ; also, Mr. Gratwicke's b. c. Ashford by Chatham, Feu-de-Joie, Colonel Towneley's b. c. Cellarius by Fandango, and Mr. Savile's br. c. Harlequin by Voltigeur ; 6 to 4 on The Marquis, 4 to 1 against Tolurno, and 8 to 1 against Imperatrice. The Marquis led from end to end, and won by a head. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst i3lbs (Fordham), won the Prendergast, of .£1000, beating Lord Falmouth's (afterwards Mr. R. Boyce's) b. c. Carisbrook by Stockwell, Sst ;lbs (W. Boyce), in a canter, by four lengths. Lord Anglesey's br. c. Brasenose by Student (J. Goater), and Lord Chesterfield's br. c. Canwell by Stockwell, Sst 7lbs (S. Rogers), and one other ; 5 to 2 on The Marquis. 1S62. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts Sst iolbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (Ashmall), won the 2000 Guineas, beating Mr. R. C. Naylor's b. c. Caterer (winner of the Findon Stakes at Goodwood, in 1861), by Stockwell (Chaloner), by THE MARQUIS. 259 half a length, Lord Glasgow's b. c. Knowsley by Stockwell (Aldcroft), third, Mr. Richard Sutton's b. c. Nottingham by Kingston (J. Goater), br. c. Brasenose (H. Grimshaw), the Baron's b. c. Wingrave, Lord Stamford's I), c. Lacydes (winner of .the Select Stakes, of ^"475, at New- market Second October), Mr. Savile's b. c. Buckenham (winner of the Column Stakes, of ^450, at Newmarket Craven, and the Craven Stakes at Epsom), by Yoltigeur, Lord Uxbridge's b. c. Laughing Stock by Stockwell, Colonel Towneley's b. c. Hubert by Stockwell, Cellarius, Carisbrook, Alvediston, and three others ; 5 to 1 each against The Marquis, Alvediston, Knowslcy and Nottingham ; 7 to 1 against Caterer, and 9 to 4 against Wingrave. At Epsom, ran second in the Derby, won by Caractacus. At Doncaster (Chaloner), won the Great St. Leger, of .£4350, beating Buckstone by a head (Fordham), Lord Glasgow's b. c. Clarissimus by Barbatus (Osborne), third, Sir J. Hawley'sb. c. Argonaut by Stockwell (Wells), fourth, Sir R. Bulkeley'sb. c. Old Calabar by King Tom (YV. Boyce), Lord Coventry 'sch. c. Exchequer by Stockwell, Colonel Towneley's b. f. Lady Alice Hawthorn by Newminster, b. c. Knowsley, Mr. Gordon's b. c. Johnny Armstrong, Mr. YV. I'Anson's b. f. Bonny Breast Knot by Yoltigeur, Lord Falmouth's (now running under the name of Mr. T. Valentine) b. f. Hurricane (winner, this year, of the 1000 Guineas), by Wild Dayrell, b. c. Canwcll, b. f. Imperatrice, b. c. Carisbrook, and Mr. Capel's b. c. Warminster by Newminster; 3 to 1 against Buckstone ; 100 to 30 against The Marquis, 6 to 1 against Caris- brook (winner, this year, of the Ascot Derby, the Prince of Wales' Stakes, and the Biennial, all at Ascot, walking over, also, for the St. James' Palace Stakes at Ascot, and the St. Leger Stakes at Newmarket First October), and 100 to 7 each against Old Calabar, Hurricane and Knowsley, 20 to 1 against Argonaut and Johnny Armstrong, and 25 to 1 against Imperatrice. 1S63. At Newmarket Craven, for horses rising four years old, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), ran second in the Port Stakes, of .£450, won by Count Lagrange's bl. or br. f. Stradella by Cossack, Sst 7II3S (A. Watkins), beat- ing Lord Glasgow's b. c. Minie by Barbatus (son of Bay Middleton), last. The Marquis did not run again. He was subsequently sent to Russia. s 2 26o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. TIM-WHIFFLER. TIM-WHIFFLER was a br. c. bred by Mr. O'Hara, in 1859, and sold to Mr. John Jackson, in 1861. He was got by Van Galen (son of Van Tromp), out of Sybil by the Ugly Buck (son of Venison), out of Sylph by Filho-da-Puta, out of Twathy (sister to Spaniel) by Whalebone, . out of a mare by Canopus, her dam, by Young Woodpecker, out of Fractious by Mercury, her dam, by Woodpecker, out of Everlasting by Eclipse, out of Hyaena by Old Snap, out of Miss Belsea by Regulus, &c, &c. Tim-Wiiiffler's Performances. 1861. At Ripon, 8st ^lbs (Forster), ran third in the Two Year Old Stakes, won by Mr. Thomas's b. f. Retento by Lambton, 8st 6lbs (Doyle), beating Mr. Wigram's ch. f. Temptation by Stockwell, second, and two others. S. mg., 7st 4-lbs (Forster), ran fifth in the Grand Stand Stakes, won by Mr. John Scott's b. f. Trust by Stockwell, 7st lib, beating Retento, 7st 2lbs, and three others. At Stockton, 7st 5lbs (Doyle), won the Juvenile Stakes, beating Colonel Towneley's ch. f. Repartee by Orlando, 7st 3lbs (J. Snowden), easily; by a length, b. c. Captain Crow by General Williams, third ; also, Mr. Gilby's b. c. Adventurer (winner of the City and Suburban, in 1863), by Newminster, 7st 6lbs, b. f. Trust, /St 1 1 lbs, and three others; 7 to 4 on Tim. S. mg., 8st (Doyle), ran second in a handicap plate of .£100, won by Mr. E. Hall's ch. c. Beverley by West Australian, 7st 2lbs (Madden), beating Mr. Gilby's b. c. Jackal by Augur, 7st 5lbs, third, Adventurer, 7st i2lbs, Mr. John Jackson's br. f. Lady Dundas by Voltigeur, 7st 3lbs, fourth, and seven others. At Doncaster, 6st (Doyle), ran second in the Fitzwilliam Stakes, won by ■ I '"'J* ' SO jO^V*1' I '•"<■ ■ I ■ « I I I fl TIM- WHIFFL ER. 261 Baron Niviere's b. g. Cosmopolite, by Lanercost, six years, 9st 4II1S (H. Grimshaw), by five lengths, beating Captain Christie's b. f. Lady Clifden by Surplice, three years, ;st i3lbs (Fordham), third, ch. c. Beverley, 6st, and ten others. S. mg., for two years old, 8st 5lbs (R. Bullock), not placed in a handicap sweep of .£478, won by Captain Christie's b. f. My Partner, by The Little Known (brother to Little Wonder), ?st 2lbs (W. Bottom), beating Baron Niviere's b. f. Genealogie (bred in France) by Womersley, Sst 2lbs (H. Grimshaw), second, and eleven others. S. mg., Sst (Bullock), not placed for a Nursery Plate of ,£200 (handicap), won by Mr. H. Grimshaw's b. f. Silkstone by Touchstone, 6st gibs (Hardcastle), beating Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Salamanca by Student, 6st 4lbs (Parsons), by a length, My Partner, Sst 1 lb (Fordham), third, and twenty-one others. Tim ran twice more at Richmond, without success, and was then sold by Mr. O'Hara to Mr. Jackson. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st i2lbs (Bullock), not placed in the Nursery Stakes, won by The Baron's ch. f. Gorse by King Tom, 6st 5lbs (Daley), beating Mr. H. Savile's br. c. Buckenham (winner of the rich Buckenham Stakes this year at Newmarket) by Voltigeur, 6st i3lbs (H. Covey), by a head, Baron Niviere's b. f. Alerte (bred in France, and winner, this year, of the Ascot Biennial) by Alarm, Sst 5II3S (H. Grimshaw), third, Mr. J. Osborne's br. c. Zetland by Voltigeur, Sst 3lbs, fourth, and six others, all two years old; 5 to 1 against Tim-Whiffler, 6 to 1 against Zetland, and 10 to 1 against Gorse. Ran once more, this year, without success. 1S62. At Catterick Bridge, 7st (Buck), won £79, beating three others. At Thirsk, 6st 7lbs, ran fourth in a handicap, of ,£140, won by Mr. J. Osborne's b. c. Rapparee by Rataplan, four years, Sst 3lbs (J. Osborne), beating Mr. Gill's ro. c. Patrick by Chanticleer, three years, 5st Slbs (Noble), by two lengths, Mr. Fobert's b. h. Upperhand by Barnton, five years, Sst, third, and six others. At Chester, 6st 11 lbs (Doyle), won the Cup, of ^2170, beating Mr. Merry's b. c. Investment (winner on Friday of the Stewards' Cup) by Wild Dayrell, three years, 6st Slbs, by a length (H. Covey), Mr. Thomas' b. c. Brighton by Kingston, three years, 6st, third, Lord Coventry's br. f. Sappho by Kingston, three 262 CELEB R A TED RACEHORSES. years, 6st 5lbs, fourth ; also, Mr. I'Anson's b. f. Caller-Ou, four years, 6st 1 1 lbs, b. f. Fairwater, four years, 8st ylbs, b. c. Caractacus. three years, 6st Slbs, b. h. Stampedo by Alarm, five years, 9st i lb, Silkstone, " three years, 6st 3lbs, and thirteen others ; 4 to 1 against Fairwater, 100 to 15 against Stampedo (winner, in 1 861, of the Lewes Handicap), 100 to 12 against Caractacus, 25 to 1 against Tim, and 50 to 1 against Investment. At Malton, won .£75, and the Members' Plate of ^"uo. At Manchester, 7st Slbs (R. Bullock), ran second for the Cup, of .£325, won by Mr. O'Hara's b. c. Ivanhoff (who won the same Cup in 1S61) by Muscovite, four years, Sst i2lbs (Aldcroft), beating also Mr. E. Buckley's b. c. Wynnstay by Rifleman, four years, 7st 7lbs (H. Grimshaw), third and last: won by a head; 6 to 4 against Tim, and 2 to 1 against Ivanhoff. At Ascot, 7st 7lbs (Bullock), won the Queen's Vase, with sweep of 200 sovs., beating Lord Zetland's b. c. Carabineer by Rifleman, four years, Sst iolbs (A. Edwards), by a head, b. c. Asteroid, four years, Sst iolbs (Wells), third, Mr. Henry's br. c. Malek by Stockwell, three years, 7st 7lbs, and Lord Falmouth's b. f. Silverhair (dam of Silvio, &c.) by Kingston, four years, Sst 5lbs ; 6 to 4 on Asteroid, 3 to 1 against Carabineer, and 5 to 1 against Tim, who was now sold to Lord Wm. Powlett ; and at the same meeting, 7st 4lbs (Bullock), won the Royal Stand Plate (val. ^315), beating Mr. T. Parr's br. c. Dusk by Wild Dayrell, three years, 7st 4lbs, by a length, Mr. Ten- Broeck's ch. h. Optimist (winner of the Ascot Stakes in 1861) by Lexington, third, and one other ; 7 to 4 on Tim. At Goodwood, 7st 7lbs (Bullock), won the Cup of 300 sovs. (the gift of the Duke of Richmond), with sweep of .£210,' beating Lord St. Vincent's (late Mr. J. Osborne's) br. c. Zetland (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^810, at York) by Voltigeur, three years, 7st 7lbs (Hibberd), by twelve lengths, Mr. A. Nichol's b. h. The Wizard, five years 9st 7lbs (S. Rogers), a very bad third ; also, Mr. W. Beville's b. m. Audrey (winner of the Csesarewitch in 1S61) by Stockwell, six years, ost 6lbs (Custance), Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. h. Umpire by Lecompte, five years, 9st (Fordham), b. f. Fairwater, Sst iolbs (Aldcroft), and Feu-de-Joie, 7st 3lbs (Chaloner) ; 9 to 4 against The Wizard, 7 to 2 against Tim, 5 to 1 against Fairwater, and 100 to 15 against Zetland. At Doncaster, TIM-WHIFFLER. 263 yst 9IL1.S (Bullock), won the Stand Plate (val. .£590) beating b. c. Asteroid, 8st iolbs (Wells), by three lengths, and Mr. H. Grimshaw's b. f. Silkstone, 7st 5lbs, third and last ; 6 to 5 on Tim. S. mg., 7st 7lbs (Bullock), won the Cup of 300 sovs., beating Mr. Merry's br. c. Buckstone by Vdltigeur, three years, ;st 3lbs (A. Edwards), by a length, br. c. Zetland, three years, 7st 5lbs (Chaloner), third, The Baron's ch. f. Gorse, three years, 6st nibs (J. Daley), fourth, Mr. Boyce's b. c. Carisbrook (winner, this year, of the Prince of Wales' Stakes, and also, of ^1055 at Ascot) by Stockwell, three years, 7st, Mr. Fitzwilliam's ch. h. Wallace (winner, in 1861, of the Great Yorkshire Handicap) by Malcolm, five years, 8st I2lbs (Fordham), and Mr. G. W. Morris' br. c. Brahmin by Lambton, three years, 7st (Whiteley), seventh and last ; 6 to 4 on Tim, 4 to 1 against Wallace, and 5 to 1 against Buckstone ; Zetland a bad third. 1S63. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs (D. I.), w. o. for 200 sovs. At Ascot, 8st 7lbs (S. Rogers), ran a deaddieat for the Cup with Buckstone, 8st 7lbs (A. Edwards), beating Lord Falmouth's br. f. Hurricane by Wild Dayrell, four years, Sst 5ibs (Aldcroft), third, Mr. R. Boyce's b. c. Carisbrook, Sst 7lbs (W. Boyce), fourth, Caller-Ou, five years, Sst 11 lbs (Chaloner), fifth, and b. f. Eleanor by Kingston, three years, 6st I3lbs (E. Martin), sixth and last ; 11 to 10 against Tim, 2 to r against Buckstone, 9 to 2 against Caller-Ou, and 8 to 1 against Carisbrook. For the deciding heat, 7 to 4 was laid on Tim-Whiffler, who made all the running to the half-distance, where Buckstone challenged and won by two lengths. This was Tim-Whiftler's last appearance on the Turf. 264 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. MACARONI. AT ACARONI was a b. c. bred by the Marquis of Westminster, in IV J. i860, and sold to Richard Christopher Naylor, Esq., of Hooton Hall, Cheshire. He was got by Sweetmeat, out of Jocose (bred by the Marquis in 1843), by Pantaloon, out of Banter (the dam of Touchstone), by Master Henry, out of Boadicea by Alexander. (For remainder of pedigree, see Touchstone.) Macaroni was a dark bay, and stood fifteen hands and three inches high. He had a small white star on his forehead, and a curious saddle-mark on his near side. His head was plain, but full of character, his neck thick and muscular, which became still more so when a stallion. He had magnificent sloping shoulders, with great depth of girth. His back was short and strong, and he looked every inch of him, the thorough workman he was. His defects were his upright pasterns, inherited by his famous son, Macgregor, and length of cannon bone ; but his action was exceedingly free and fine. He was purchased, in June, 1875, for the widow of the late Baron Meyer de Rothschild, for the sum of 7100 gs., and located at Mentmore, where he reigned supreme. It was a matter of great and general regret, that Macaroni and Lord Clifden did not meet in the St. Leger, for which, most unfortunately, the former was not entered. The head beating Lord Clifden sustained in the Derby would have excited intense interest, had they met again at Doncaster. Macaroni's Performances. 1862. At Newmarket (Ho.), for two years old, Sst iolbs each (T. Chaloner), in a sweep of 200 sovs. each, was beaten by Lord Stamford's b. c. Automaton by Ambrose (A. Edwards) ; 6 to 5 on Automaton. :hstone' inder j • • ■ •}■'■/, ., ' • ■ ■ '. j*r.r. I I *1 « till • • • I mmm "■ MACARONI. 265 1863. At Newmarket Craven, for three years old, M •i W .1*1 ■ I ;|if ffi w 9 i i ■ i i 278 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Guineas, and the Ascot Stakes, in 1865) by King Tom, Sst 4lbs (Wells) by a head, and four others. At Goodwood, 8st i2lbs (Watkins), won the Molecomb, of ^650, beating Mr. Merry's b. c. Scottish Chief (winner of. the Biennial, of ^820, at Ascot, and the Chesterfield, of .£1240, at New- market July) by Lord of the Isles, ost lib (T. Chaloner), by two lengths, Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. c. Idler by Idle Boy, Sst iolbs (Fordham), third, and six others ; 3 to 1 each against the first two, and 6 to 1 against Idler. At Brighton w. o. for the Biennial of .£230. At Doncaster, colts Sst iolbs, fillies Sst 5IDS (Watkins), ran second in the Champagne Stakes, of .£1075, won by Ely. S. mg., 9st (Watkins), ran third in a sweep of ^380, won by Mr. R. C. Naylor's ch. c. Coastguard (winner also of the Gimcrack Stakes at York) by Saunterer, o,st 1 lb (T. Chaloner), beating Mr. J. Osborne's ch. c. Prince Arthur (winner of the Sapling Stakes, at York, the Lambton Plate, at Stockton, and three other good stakes) by Weather- bit, ost lib (Osborne), Ely, 9st 3lbs (Aldcroft), fourth, and two others; 2 to 1 against Ely, 3 to 1 each against Fille-de-1'Air and Prince Arthur, and 5 to 1 against Coastguard. At Newmarket (First October), 9St 3lbs (Watkins), ran third in the Hopeful Stakes, of ,£770, won by Lord Stam- ford's ch. f. Yamuna by Orlando (Edwards), beating Mr. G. Payne's ch. f. Tomfoolery by King Tom, Sst Slbs each (H. Grimshaw), second," by a head, and eight others ; 2 to 1 against Yamuna, and 5 to 1 against Fille-de-lAir. S. mg., 9st (Watkins), won ,£280, beating Mr. G. Byron's br. f. Woodcraft (Kingcraft's dam) by Voltigeur, 9st (Lynch), by a length, Mr. Watts' br. f. Gondola by Weatherbit, Sst 7lbs, third (Chaloner), Mr. Bowes' b. f. Theobalda by Stockwell, 8st iolbs (Aldcroft), fourth, and two others. At Newmarket (Ho.), 9st (Watkins), won the Criterion, of ^1120, beating Prince Arthur, Sst iolbs (Osborne), by two lengths, b. f. Evelina, 8st nibs (Fordham), third, Ely, Sst 13IDS (Custance), fourth, Sir J. Hawley'sbr. c. Caryophyllus by Beadsman, Sst 7lbs (Wells), fifth, Mr. Cooper's br. c. Knight of Snowden by Fazzoletto, Sst 7lbs, ch. c. Coastguard, Sst iolbs, and four others ; 7 to 4 against Coastguard, 5 to 1 against Prince Arthur, and 6 to 1 each against Fille-de-1'Air and Ely. After the race Mr. John Osborne desired to have Fille-de-1'Air examined as to age. Professor Spooner and Mr. W. Barrow certified to her being the proper age. A length separated second and third. FILLE-DE-L'AIK. 279 1804. At Newmarket (First Spring) 8st 5lbs (Edwards), not placed in the 2000 Guineas, won by General Peel. At Paris (Spring), 8st 4.1bs (C. Batt), ran third in the Poule-d'Essai, won by ch. c. Baronello by The Baron, beating ch. c. Bayard by Newminster, both 8st 7lbs (Watkins), second, and six others ; Carter rode the winner. At Chantilly (Spring), 8st 7lbs (C. Pratt), won the Prix-de-Diane (,£690), beating Poudriere by The Nabob, Sst 7lbs (J. Watkins), in a canter, by four lengths, and six others. At Epsom (A. Edwards), won the Oaks, of ^5 1 75, beating the Baron's ch. f. Breeze (winner, this year, of the Coronation Stakes, of ^1550, at Ascot, and the Royal Stakes of ^360, at Newmarket) by King Tom (J. Daley), by half a length, b. f. Tomato (J. Osborne) third, Molly Carew (H. Grimshaw), fourth, and fourteen others ; 6 to 4 against Fille- de-l'Air, 10 to 1 against Breeze, and 1000 to 15 each against Tomato (winner of the 1000 Guineas) and Lord Zetland's b. f. Saragossa (winner, in 1S63, of the Rawcliffe Stakes at York and the Great Filly Stakes at Doncaster) by Newminster. At Brighton, 7st 2lbs (A. Edwards), won the Biennial (,£230), beating Mr. Alexander's br. c. Peon (winner, this year, of the Ascot Derby) by Alarm, 9st 2lbs (Wells), by a neck. At Paris (June 4th), Fille-de-1'Air was entered for the Grand Prix, won by Vermout ; A. Edwards presented himself to weigh for her, but fancying Count Greffeuil motioned him to go azoay, he did so, presuming all was right ; in this, however, he was mistaken, and, for not having weighed, Fille-de-1'Air (who had run third) was distanced, and the third money awarded to Bois Boussel (winner, this year, of the French Derby). At Ascot, 9st (Edwards), ran second in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, won by Ely. At Moulins, Sst 3lbs (C. Pratt), won the Grand St. Leger of France (,£514), beating Bayard, 7st i3lbs (Watkins), second, b. f. Beatrix (also Count Lagrange's) by Monarque, 7st 9lbs, third, and two others. At Baden, Sst Slbs (C. Pratt), won the St. Leger Stakes, of .£404, beating Vermout, 8st 1 1 lbs (Nat), by a neck; betting even. S. mg., Sst i2lbs each, won .£180, beating Beatrix' who was only started by the Count to fulfil conditions. S. mg., Sst Slbs, ran third in the Grand Prix de Baden, won by Vermout, Sst 5lbs, beating Dollar (winner, this year, of the Good- wood and Brighton Cups), four years, 9st 12 lbs, second. At Paris CELEB R A TED RA CE HORSES. (September), Sst /lbs (Pratt), won ,£400, beating Vermout, 8st iolbs (Nat). At Newmarket (October) 9st 3lbs (Edwards), won the New- market Oaks, of .£535, beating Breeze, 8st i3lbs (Wells), by three lengths, Tomato, and three others. S. mg., 9st (Edwards), won the Newmarket Derby, of ^680, beating Mr. Bowes' b. c. Claremont by De Clare, Sst 1 ilbs (Ashmall), by six lengths, and one other. At Newmarket (Ho.), w. o. for a Free Handicap of ^450. 1865. At Newmarket Craven, Sst 5lbs (H. Grimshaw), won the Derby Trial Stakes, of ^450, beating Mr. Merry's ch. f. by Saunterer, three years, 6st 9lbs (H. Covey), by three lengths, Lord Zetland's b. c. St. Magnus by Newminster, three years, 7st (J. Morris), third, and the Duke of Beaufort's (late Mr. Hind's) br. c. Lord Zetland by Voltigeur, four years, Sst (Fordham), last. S. mg., colts Sst iolbs, fillies Sst 5lbs, D. I. (H. Grimshaw), won the Claret Stakes, of ,£700, beating General Peel] (Fordham) by a head, and Mr. W. G. Craven's b. c. Planet (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan at Epsom) by Lambton (J. Goater), a bad third ; 4 to 1 on the winner. At Ascot, Sst 7lbs (H. Grimshaw), not placed for The Cup, of .£870, won by Ely. At Paris (April 30th), won The Cup (val. ^840), beating ch. c. Quaker (bred in France) by- West Australian, three years, 6st i2lbs, in a canter; Fille-de-PAir, ridden by C. Pratt, carried 9st lib. At Paris (May 7th), Sst 5lbs (Pratt), won ^304, beating ch. c. Royal-Navarre by Monarque, four years, 7st i2lbs, very easily. At Ascot, lost, three miles (H. Grimshaw), won the rich Alexandra Plate, of ^"1585, beating Lord Glasgow's b. c. Strafford by Young Melbourne, four years, 9st 7lbs (Custance), by a short head, The Baron's ch. f. Breeze (winner, this year, of three Queen's Plates), four years, iost (J. Daley), third, ch. c. Baragah, four years, iost (Ashmall), fourth; also, Mr. W. Hudson's ch. c. Cathedral (winner, this year, of the Great Northern Handicap, at York, and the Cup, at Manchester) by Newminster, out of Stolen Moments, four years, iost (Osborne), Clare- mont, iost (who died at the end of the year), and six others ; 5 to 2 against Baragah (winner, this year, of a rich Post Sweep, and the Bentinck Memorial, both at Goodwood) by Stockwell ; 5 to 1 against Fille-de-1'Air and 8 to 1 against Cathedral. This was her last race. ■■ ■ ■ ,: II 282 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Tomato by King Tom, Sst 4.1bs (J. Daley), by a head, br. f. Olivia by Teddington, Sst 4lbs (H- Grimshaw), Count Batthyany's b. c. Midnight Mass by Newminster, Mr. Bowes' ch. c. Baragah by Stockwell, and three others. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst i3lbs (distance), ran fourth in the Criterion, of .£1200, won by Fille-de-1'Air, ost (Watkins), beating Prince Arthur, Sst iolbs (Osborne), easily, ch. f. Evelina by Neville, Sst 1 ilbs, third, Coastguard, Linda, and five others. S. mg., gst (Custance), won ,£175, beating Count Lagrange's b. f. Beatrice by Monarque, Sst 7lbs (Watkins), by a head, and one other. 1S64. At Epsom (Custance), not placed in the Derby, won by Blair Athol. At Ascot, Qst lib (Custance), won the Prince of Wales' Stakes, of .£1960, beating Fille-de-1'Air, ost (Edwards), by two lengths, br. c. Knight of Snowden, by Fazzoletto, 8st 3lbs (J. Adams), third, br. c. Lord Zet- land by Voltigeur, and nine others. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Custance), ran second in the Triennial of ^580, won by Mr. I'Anson's ch. colt Blair Athol, Sst iolbs (Chaloner). At Stockbridge, Sst iolbs (Custance), won the Biennial, of ,£900, beating Lord Stamford's ch. c. Cambuscan (winner of the July Stakes at Newmarket in 1863), by Newminster, Sst iolbs (J. Mann), by half a length, the Marquis of Hastings' br. g. Ackworth (winner, this year, of the Cambridgeshire, and in 1865 of the Don- caster Cup) by Fazzoletto, Sst iolbs (S. Rogers), third, and three others ; 7 to 4 each against Ely and Cambuscan. At Liverpool (July), w. o. for 100 sovs. ; also, Sst iolbs (A. Edwards), won the Bickerstaffe Stakes, of ^250, beating br. c. Harkforward by Leamington, Sst 4lbs, in a canter. At Goodwood, Sst 7lbs each (Custance), in the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, was beaten by ch. c. Baragah (Ashmall). At York, Sst 7lbs (Custance), won ^"200, beating Mr. Launde's (the Rev. J. King's), b. c. Miner by Rataplan, Sst 4lbs (Osborne), by a head. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Custance), ran third in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^830, won by Miner, Sst iolbs (Osborne), beating Blair Athol, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), by a length, and three others. At Doncaster, not placed in the St. Leger, won by Blair Athol (J. Snowden), beating Lord Glasgow's br. c. General Peel (winner of the 2000 Guineas), easily by two lengths, Cambuscan third, , ELY. 283 Miner fourth, and five others. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Custance), won the Doncaster Stakes, of ,£910, beating Coastguard, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), by- eight lengths, ch. f. Tooi-Tooi by Stockwell, third, and seven others. At Newmarket (First October), Sst iolbs (Custance), won the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of ,£700, beating Baragah, Sst iolbs (Ashmall), by a length, and b. c. Skefhngton by Teddington, Sst iolbs, last. S. mg. 8st iolbs (Custance), won the Triennial, of ^408, beating b. f. Tomato (winner, this year, of the Ascot Stakes), Sst 4.1bs (j. Daley), in a canter, and br. c. Sir Roger by Saunterer, Sst /lbs. 1865. At Newmarket Craven, Sst iolbs each (Custance), was beaten in the Biennial, by Cambuscan (Fordham), by two lengths ; four ran. At Bath, 8st iolbs (Custance), two and a half miles, won the Cup, of ^580, beating Cambuscan (Fordham), Sst iolbs, by four lengths, and four others. At Ascot, Sst iolbs (Custance), won ^"485, beating Baragah, Sst iolbs (Ashmall), by a neck, and three others. S. mg., Sst iolbs each (Custance), won the Cup and Sweep, of .£870, after a dead-heat with General Peel (Fordham), beating also The Baron's b. f. Zephyr (clam of Favonius), three years, 7st 2lbs, by King Tom (J. Grimshaw), third, b. c. Victorious by Newminster, three years, 7st 5lbs (Morris), br. f. Fille-ded'Air, four years, Sst 7lbs (H. Grimshaw), and b. c. Oppressor by Newminster, three years, 7st 5lbs (Covey); 7 to 4 each against General Feel and Fille-de-1'Air, 6 to 1 against Ely, and 9 to 1 against Zephyr ; deciding heat, 2 to 1 on General Peel, who was beaten by twelve lengths. At Goodwood. 9st 7lbs (Custance), won the Cup, of ^550, beating Cambuscan, 9st (Carroll), Mr. H. Saville's b. c. Privateer by Skirmisher, four years, Sst iolbs (Loates), third ; also, Lord Glasgow's br. c. General Peel by Young Melbourne, four years, 9st 7lbs (Aldcroft), Mr. Morris's b. c. Union Jack by Ivan, four years, 9St (Fordham), The Baron's ch. . Breeze by King Tom, four years, Sst iolbs (Wells), the Duke of Beau- fort's br. c. Todleben by Muscovite, three years, 7st 7lbs (T. Cannon), ch. c. Eltham by Marsyas, three years, 7st 7lbs (H. Grimshaw), ami br. c. Hollyfox by Voltigeur, four years, Sst 5ibs (W. Boyce). Betting, at starting, 3 to 1 against Mr. Robinson's Eltham, 4 to 1 against Ely, 284 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1 1 to 2 each against General Peel and Cambuscan, and ioo to 8 against Privateer. Instantly the flag fell, Privateer jumped off with a clear lead of two lengths, followed by Eltham, Breeze, Ely, and Mr. Perry's Holly- fox, close at whose heels came Todleben, Union Jack, Cambuscan, and General Peel, all abreast. On making the turn Privateer was four lengths in advance of Breeze, who was now second, Union Jack being third, with Eltham and Hollyfox side by side next, followed by Ely, Cam- buscan, Todleben, and General Peel. Ascending the hill, Hollyfox dropped back to the rear of all, and, as they reached the brow of the hill, Privateer, Breeze, Union Jack, Ely, Eltham (who won the Queen's Vase), and Cambuscan, in the order named, closed up. Entering the straight, Privateer's lead had decreased to half a length ; and, halfway down the hill, he was headed by Ely, Cambuscan, Eltham, and Union Jack, who ran abreast to the commencement of the rails, where Custance let Ely out, who was never afterwards approached, winning in a canter, by two lengths ; Cambuscan, who headed Privateer at the half-distance, securing second place by a neck. At Brighton, gst iolbs (Custance), won the Cup (val. ^635), beating Mr. I'Anson's br. m. Caller-Ou, aged, ost 2lbs (Chaloner), by eight lengths, Union Jack, ost (Fordham), third, Cambuscan, ost (Wells), fourth, Mr. Brayley's br. c. Redmire by Hospitality, three years, 7st olbs, fifth, and Lord Portsmouth's b. c. Sydmonton by Vengeance, three years, 7st albs, last ; 5 to 4 against Ely, 3 to 1 against Cambuscan. At Stockton, ost 3lbs (Custance), won the Claret Stakes, of ,£295, beating three others by twenty lengths. At York, w. o. for the Burgundy Stakes of 200 sovs., and also for the York Cup, and now quitted the Turf. The Race for the Ascot Cup of 1865. Mr. Mackenzie's Oppressor (Covey) rushed to the front immediately the flag fell, followed by Mr. Hodgman's Victorious (J. Morris), Ely (Custance), General Peel (Fordham), in the order named, Fiile-de-1'Air, two lengths off, being next, close up with whom came Baron Rothschild's Zephyr (J. Grimshaw). These positions were maintained to past the stand, where Covey increased the pace with Oppressor, and soon placed a dozen lengths between him and his followers. Rounding the top turn, ELY. 285 Fille-de-1'Air, overpowering Harry Grimshaw, ran into the third place, soon after displaced Victorious, and became second. On reaching the bottom of the hill she was pulled back, and Ely took her place. On passing the lime-kilns, Victorious beat a retreat to the rear, and became the absolute last, General Peel now going on fourth, followed by Zephyr, the whole lot (with the exception of Oppressor, the leader) running in a body to the bend into the straight. Here Oppressor's lead began to shorten, and half way up he dropped quite away, leaving Ely, next the rails, in front; at the same time the Baron's filly, coming up on the left, headed General Peel and Fille-de-1'Air, and, for a brief period, inspired her supporters with a flattering hope. This, however, was soon dis- sipated, as they approached the distance, where she and the French filly appeared to be in difficulties, both being headed by General Peel, who caught Ely at the Queen's Stand, and, after a punishing and most ex- citing set to, finished with a dead-heat, Fordham especially making very free use with his persuaders, to which the gallant General responded most gamely. Deciding heat : Ely took the lead at a good pace to the turn into the straight, where General Peel went up to him ; but, on reaching the enclosure, he put down his ears, swerved across the course, and defied all Fordham's efforts to keep him straight, and was thus, by a bit of temper, most disgracefully beaten. 286 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. GLADIATEUR. GLADIATEUR was a b. c. bred in France, in 1862, by Count La- grange. He was got by Monarque, out of Miss Gladiator by Gladiator, out of Taffrail by Sheet Anchor, out of the Warwick Mare by Merman (son of Whalebone), her dam, by Ardrossan, out of Shepherdess by Shuttle, out of a mare by Buzzard, out of Ann-of- the- Forest by King Fergus, out of Miss West by Match'em, her dam, by Regulus, out of a mare by Old Crab, out of the dam of Flying Childers, out of a mare by Basto. Monarque, a bay horse, foaled in 1852, with three reputed sires, viz. Sting, The Baron, and the Emperor, was admittedly the son of the last-named, out of Poetess by Royal Oak, out of Ada by Whisker, out of Anna Bella by Shuttle. After the breaking out of the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870, Count Lagrange's entire stud was sold off, and Gladiateur was purchased by Captain Ray. Up to the time of his death, in 1876, he had proved utterly unsuccessful at the Stud, and latterly had received very scant patronage, though a few fast and infatuated friends stood by him to the last, in the hope that, as he advanced in years, better fortune would attend him. Gladiateur was a rough-looking, angular horse, without any quality ; but, amongst his Derby competitors, he stood out like a giant in the midst of pigmies ; and, as "The Druid" remarks, "with his flying mane and hairy heels, he towered above them all like a king." Some of his earliest yearlings, from the prestige of their sire, fetched large prices, but they soon went all to pieces, and showed no signs of eventual recovery. Gladiateur's Performances. 1S64. At Newmarket (First October), 8st lolbs (A. Edwards), won the Clear, well, of^oSo.beatingCaptain White's br. c. Joker by Jordan (sonof Jericho), GLADIATEUR. 287 Sst iolbs (Chaloner), by a length, the Marquis of Hastings' br. c. Panta- loon by the Cure, Sst iolbs (Fordham), third, Lord Falmouth's b. f. Reginella by King Tom, Sst iilbs (French), fourth, Mr. Jackson's ch. c. Ostreger by Stockwell, 9st slbs, and seven others; 7 to 4 against Gladiateur, and 3 to 1 against Joker. S. nig., 9st 2lbs (A. Edwards), ran third in the Prendergast, of ,£1 100, won by Sir J. Hawley'sb.c. Bedminster by Newminster, Sst iolbs (Wells), beating the Duke of Beaufort's br. f. Siberia (winner, in 1865, of the 1000 Guineas), by Muscovite, Sst 1 1 lbs — 3lbs extra lor winning the Filly Stakes at York — (Fordham), easily, by two lengths, Mr. Spencer's br. c. Longdown by Rattle, 9st 2lbs, and four others ; 6 to 4 against Gladiateur, and 8 to 1 against Bedminster. At Newmarket (Ho.), 9st 2lbs (Edwards), not placed in the Criterion, of ,£1380, won by Mr. R. C. Naylor's ch. c. Chattanooga by Orlando, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), beating Lord Westmorland's br. c. Brahma, by Lamb- ton, Sst iolbs (J. Goater), by two lengths, Capt. MachelPs b. c. Monitor by West Australian, Sst iolbs, the Duke of Beaufort's b. c. Kcenig (winner of the Molecomb at Goodwood) by Trumpeter, and eleven others. 1865. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts Sst iolbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (H. Grim- shaw), won the 2000 Guineas (val. ^"5100), beating Lord Stamford's ch. c. Archimedes by Newminster (Aldcroft), second, Mr. Merry's br. c. Liddington by Orlando (J. Daley), third, his bl. c. Zambezi by Saunterer (Covey), Duke of Beaufort's ch. f. Tibia by Trumpeter, Mr. Chaplin's ch. c. Breadalbane by Stockwell, Mr. W. Robinson's b. c. Kangaroo (winner of the Newmarket Biennial, which induced the Marquis of Has- tings to give the absurd sum of ,£12,000 for him) by Hobbie-Noble, Sir C. Rushout's ch. c. Cedric by Ethelbert, Count Lagrange's b. c. Le- Mandarin by Monarque, Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. c. Jack-o'- Lantern by Stockwell, ch. f. Regalia, Pantaloon, Bedminster, Joker, and four others. At the Bushes Hill, a sheet would have covered the lot, Zambezi leading, who, on rising the hill, after the Abingdon Mile Bottom, was headed by Gladiateur, and on entering the cords, by Archimedes and Liddington (winner, in 1864, of the July and the Chesterfield Stakes, at Newmarket), the four running a magnificent race home, Gladiateur winning in the last CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. stride by a neck, the same distance between Archimedes and Liddington ; 3 to i against Bedminster, 9 to 2 against Liddington, 5 to 1 against Kangaroo, and 7 to 1 against Gladiateur. Zambezi, fourth, was only a head from Liddington. At Epsom, colts 8st iolbs, fillies 8st 5lbs (H. Grimshaw), won the Derby, of ,£6875, beating Mr. Walker's br. c. Christmas-Carol by Rataplan (French), second, Mr. Robinson's ch. c. Eltham by Marsyas (S. Adams), third, br. c. Longdown (Osborne), fourth ; also, the Duke of Beaufort's br. c. Todleben (winner of the Royal Stakes at Newmarket) by Muscovite. The Baron's b. f. Zephyr (dam ol Favonius) by King Tom, Mr. Chaplin's b. c. Broomielaw, and his ch. c. Breadalbane, both by Stockwell, Mr. Watts' b. c. Olmar by Saunterer, Mr. Mackenzie's b. c. Oppressor by Newminster, Le Mandarin, Archi- medes, Brahma, Bedminster, Mr. Merry's b. c. Wild Charley by Wild Dayrell, b.'c. Kangaroo, and eleven others ; 5 to 2 against Gladiateur, 7 to 2 against Breadalbane, 10 to 1 each against Archimedes and Longdown, and 20 to 1 against Christmas- Carol. Rounding Tattenham Corner, Broomielaw (winner of the Chesterfield Cup, at Goodwood, in 1866), was leading, followed closely by Eltham and Christmas-Carol, with Todleben next, wide on the right, and in his rear came Longdown, Archimedes (Chaloner), Brahma (J. Goater), and Gladiateur, in the order named. After crossing the road, Gladiateur took fourth place ; at the distance, Christmas-Carol headed Broomielaw ; and he and Eltham ran locked together to the half-distance, where Harry Grimshaw, with a rush, sent the mighty Frenchman to the front, who won in a canter by two lengths. At Paris, 7st i2lbs each (H. Grimshaw), won the Grand Prix de Paris, of ^5744, beating Monsieur Delamarre's b. c. Vertugadin by Fitz- gladiator, in a canter, by three lengths, br. c. Tourmalet by The Flying Dutchman, third, Major Fridolin's ch. c. Gontran (winner, this year, of the French Derby) by Fitzgladiator, Todleben, and Le-Mandarin ; 5 to 3 on Gladiateur. At Goodwood, ost 6lbs (H. Grimshaw), won the Drawing- room Stakes, of ^500, beating Longdown, ast lib — 5lbs extra — (Fordham), by forty lengths, and Mr. W\ Cartwright's ch. f. Princess of Wales by Stockwell, 8st 6lbs (Custance), third, and last ; 3 to 1 on Gladiateur. S. mg. w. o. for the Bentinck Memorial Stakes (,£315). At Doncaster, colts 8st iolbs, fillies 8st 5lbs, won the Great St. Leger, of ^"5950, beating Regalia GLADIATEUR. 2S9 (w inner of the Oaks) easily, by three lengths (Osborne), Archimedes (Car- roll), third. Lord Hastings' b. c. The Duke by Stockwell, Mr. Bowes' b. f. Klarinska (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes) by De Clare (son of Touchstone), Mr, Richard Tattersall's b. f. Peeress by New- minster, bl c. Zambezi, ch. c. Breadalbane, and six others ; 6 to 4 on Gladiateur, 5 to 1 against The Duke, and 6 to 1 against Regalia. S. mg., 9St 6lbs, iolbs extra (H. Grimshaw), won the Doncaster Stakes, of £770, beating Breadalbane, 8st iolbs (Custance), by three lengths, and Reginella, 8st 6lbs (French), last ; 5 to 1 on the winner. At Paris, Sst (H. Grimshaw), won the Prix du Prince Imperial, of ^404, beating Vertugadin, Sst (Hullock) ; only two ran. At Newmarket (Second October)_ 9St 4lbs (H. Grimshaw), won the Newmarket Derby, of ^455, beating Longdown, Sst 1 ilbs (Fordham), by forty lengths as before ; only these two ran. At Newmarket (Ho.), 9st i2lbs, very heavy going (Grimshaw), not placed in the Cambridgeshire, of .£2240, won by Mr. R. Sutton's br. f. Gardevisure by Vedette, three years, 6st 2lbs (Carter), beating Lord Poulett's b. f. Nu by Orpheus, three years, 5st /lbs (Goodwin), by a neck, Mr. Geo. Payne's br. f. sister to The Duke, four years, 5st iolbs, third ; also, Mr. Day's b. h. Catch'em-alive (winner of the Stake in 1863) by Flatcatcher, six years, /St i2lbs., br. c. John Davis (winner of the Great Northampton Stakes in 1S66) by Voltigeur, four years, Sst /lbs, Mr. Brayley's b. f. Endsleigh (winner of the Great Metropolitan Stakes in 1867) by Gemma- di-Vergy (son of Sir Hercules), three years, 6st 7lbs, Regalia, Le- Mandarin, Breadalbane, ch. c. Moldavia by Hospodar, three years, 6st 2lbs, ch. c. Ostregor, three years, 6st, The Duke, Gontran, and twenty- two others ; 6 to 1 each against Gladiateur and Moldavia, and 25 to 1 against the winner ; four lengths between second and third. 1866. At Newmarket Craven, w. o. for the Derby Trial Stakes, of ^"325, and. also, for the Claret Stakes, of ^500. At Ascot, Sst iolbs (H. Grimshaw), wound up a series of splendid triumphs by winning the Ascot Cup, of ^"650, beating Regalia, 8st 7lbs (Chaloner), by the usual forty lengths, and Breadalbane, Sst iolbs (Custance), who trotted in. In addition Gladiateur won, this year, at Paris, the Grand Prix de l'lmperatrice, of ^658, beating VOL. IV. U 29o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. b. ,f. Fumee by Fitzgladiator, and Vertugadin, in April. At Paris (April), lost 7lbs, won the Gold Cup (,£841), beating Le-Mandarin, second, ost 8lbs, Gontran third, and one other (Grimshaw). At Paris (October), 8st 1 slbs (Geo. Pratt), four miles, won the Grand Prix de l'Empereur, of ^855, beating Vertugadin, 8st 1 3lbs (Chas. Pratt), by three lengths, b. f. Fumee, 8st iolbs, and ch. c. Gland-d'Or by Cossack, 9st 6lbs, last. Gladiateur won in Stakes alone ^9So in 1864; in 1865, ,£12,480; in 1866, ,£2378, not including the Ascot Cup of ^650, and The Cup at Paris of £841. . 2Q 2 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. in 1865) by Toxophilite (distance), Count de Lagrange's ch. f. La Fortune by Fitzgladiator, The Baron's b. f. Amber, Mr. T. Valentine's (Lord Falmouth's) ch. f. Cellerima by Stockwell, b. f. Zenobia bjj Kutbourne, Mr. Cameron's b. f. Peeress by Newminster (winner, this year, of the Chesterfield Handicap at York), b. f. Grace-Darling by Yellow Jack, and seven others ; 2 to 1 against Siberia, 3 to 1 against Wild Agnes, 8 to 1 against Grace-Darling, 10 to 1 against Zephyr, and 25 to 1 against Regalia. The Oak's Day opened dark and cloudy, ending in a miserable drizzling rain for the whole of the day. A thick mist, moreover so completely obscured all view of the racing, that the position of the horses, from the start to Tattenham Corner, could not once be discerned. On rounding the corner, however, Regalia was leading, closely followed by Zephyr and Wild Agnes, the last of whom, at the distance, headed The Baron's filly, but could never get near Regalia, who won in I common canter, by four lengths, which Norman might have made fortj had he chosen to do so. At Doncaster (Osborne), ran second in the Sfl Leger, won by Gladiateur. At Richmond, Sst 4-lbs, three miles (V\B Wheatley), won the Queen's Plate, beating b. f. Club Queen, by LeaminJ ton, by forty lengths, and Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. m. Summerside (bred « America) by Lexington, five years, lost, third ; 20 to 1 on Regalia. At Edinburgh, w. o. for two Queen's Plates ; and, also, for The Cum At Newmarket (Second October), Sst odbs, 6lbs extra (Osborne), was noB placed in the Cesarewitch, of .£1370, won by Captain King's b. c. Safl pinctes by Trumpeter, three years, 6st 3lbs, beating Mr. RobinsonH b. m. Gratitude by Newminster, five years, Sst zdbs (Grimshaw), aftM a splendid race, by a head, Mr. Smith's br. c. John Davis (winner, thS year, of the Lewes Handicap, and the Great Yorkshire Handicap fl Doncaster) by Voltigeur, four years, Sst 12 lbs (Fordham), third, and twenty-four others. S. nig., won a £$0 Plate, beating br. f. Dark Agnes by Voltigeur, and five others. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst 6lbs (Carroll), not placed in the Cambridgeshire, of ^2240, won by Mr. R. Sutton's br. f. Gardevisure, beating b. f. Nu, second, b. c. The Duke bfl Stockwell (winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1866), and thirty other* S. mg., won ,£20 (match), and, at Lincoln, walked over for the QueenH Plate. REGALIA. 1S66. ?93 At Northampton, Sst (jibs (Carroll), won £i 10, beating The Duke, 8st ojbs (T. Cannon), by half a length, b. c. Elland by Rataplan, four years, 8st oJbs, third, br. h. Saccharometer by Sweetmeat, six years, 9St jibs, fourth, and three others. S. mg., gst ;lbs (Carroll), won the Queen's Plate, beating the Marquis of Hastings' br. g. Ackwoith (winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1S64, and the Doncaster Cup in 1865) by Fazzoletto, five years, lost (Cannon), and three others. At Ascot, ran second for The Cup, won by Gladiateur. At Doncaster, o,st /lbs (Norman), won the Queen's Plate, again beating Ackworth, 9st 13IIDS (Fordham), by a half distance, b. f. Tormentor by King Tom, and two others, all of whom had pulled up. At Newmarket (Second October), not placed in the Cesarewitch, won by Lecturer. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst iolbs, won ^"100, beating Ostreger, four years, Sst iolbs, and three others. At Lincoln, ost 7lbs (Fordham), won the Queen's Plate ; and, at Shrewsbury, w. o. for the Queen's Plate. 1867. At Northampton, Sst i2lbs, not placed in the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, won by b. f. Miss Havelock by Rataplan. S. mg., iost, for the Queen's Plate, was beaten by Lecturer, 9st ;lbs. At Chester, iost, for the Queen's Plate, was beaten by Miss Havelock. At Ascot, Sst i2lbs, ran second for the Queen's Vase, won by Mr. W. Day's ch. h. Mail Train by Grosvenor (son of Touchstone), six years, /St 1 3lbs. S. mg., not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup, of ^1010, won by The Baron's ch. c. Jasper by King Tom ; also, 9st, ran second for The Cup, won by Lecturer, Sst iolbs. Ten ran. • At Windsor, Sstajbs, won .£450, beating ch. c. Gipsy King by Marsyas, three years, 6st 6lbs, and four others. At Hampton, 9st 13IIJS, won the Queen's Plate, beating ch. f. Maid of Lorn by Lord of the Isles, and three others. At Goodwood, 9St 3lbs (J. Daley), ran third for The Cup, won by the Duke of Beaufort's br. c. Yauban by Muscovite, three years, ;st jibs. Five ran. Regalia ran five times more, without success, and was put to the? Stud. 294 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. LORD LYON. LORD LYON was a b. c, foaled in 1863, the property of Mr. (afterwards Sir) Richard Sutton. He was got by Stockwell, out of Paradigm by Paragone (son of Touchstone), out of Ellen Home by- Redshank (son of Sandbeck), out of Delhi (bred by the Duke of Grafton in 1838) by Plenipotentiary, out of Pawn-junior (bred by his Grace in j 1 S 1 7) by Waxy, out of Pawn (bred by the Duke in 1808) by Trumpator, ; out of Prunella by Highflyer, &c, &c. Lord Lyon's Performances. 1865. At Doncaster, 8st iolbs each (Osborne), for the Champagne Stakes, of ,£1450, ran a dead heat with Lord St. Vincent's b. c. Redan by Artillery (J. Grimshaw), beating The Baron's b. c. Robin Hood by North Lincoln (Daley), third, by two lengths, Mr. Watts' ro. c. Strathconan by Newminster (J. Snowden), fourth, Mr. Merry's b. c. Vespasian by Newminster, and Mr. Henry's ch. f. Mineral, Mr. Merry's br. c. The Primate by St. Albans, Mr. H. Savile's b. c. Sealskin by Skirmisher, and four others, besides Lord Stamford's br. c. Chibisa by Lambton ; 4 to 1 each against Lord Lyon and The Primate, 10 to 1 each agains Redan, Str?.thconan and Robin Hood, and 100 to 6 against Chibisa Stakes divided. At Newmarket (First October), 8st iolbs, receivec 100 sovs. forfeit from Mr. Henry's ch. f. Mineral (dam of Kisber anc Wenlock) by Rataplan, out of Manganese by Irish Birdcatcher. At New- market (Second October), Sst iolbs (distance), won the Troy Stakes, o ^1275, beating the Duke of Beaufort's b. c. Mr. Pitt by Prime Minister 8st 6lbs (Fordham), easily, br. c. The Primate, 8st /lbs (Edwards), third LORD LYON. 295 and three others ; 5 to 4 against Lord Lyon, and 3 to 1 against Mr. Pitt. At Newmarket (Ho.), 9st lib (distance), won the Criterion, of ^1560, heating Count Lagrange's b. c. Young Monarque, Sst lolbs (H. Grim- shaw), by two lengths, The Baron's b. c. Janitor by King Tom, 9st lib (Wells), third, Mr. R. C. Naylor's b. c. Hawthorn by Stockwell, 8st Slbs, The Primate, 8st Slbs, the Duke of Beaufort's b. c. Jack-in-the-Green by Gleumasson (winner, this year, of the Prendergast), Sst i2lbs, and seven others ; 5 to 2 on Lord Lyon, and 10 to 1 against any other. Janitor was beaten by a head for second place. 1866. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs (Thomas), won the 2000 Guineas (val. ^4850), beating Mr. Naylor's ch. c. Monarch of the Glen, by Stockwell (Chaloner), Lord Exeter's b. c. Knight of the Crescent by Knight of St. Patrick (Ashmall), third, Lord Glasgow's ro. c. by brother to Bird on the Wing (Osborne), fourth, also Robin Hood, Janitor, Jack-in-the-Green, Mr. Merry's b. c. Student by Oxford, and seven others ; 75 to 40 on Lord Lyon, 50 to 1 against Monarch of the Glen, and 66 to 1 against Knight of the Crescent. About two hundred yards from home, Mr. Naylor's colt, Lord Exeter's colt, and Lord Glasgow's roan colt, were running abreast of Lord Lyon's quarters, but, the moment Thomas roused him, a few strides from the chair, he left them without an effort, and won by a length. At Epsom (distance), won the Derby, of ,£7550, beating Lord Ailesbury's ch. c. Savernake (brother to St. Albans) by Stockwell (French), by a short head, the Duke of Beaufort's ch. c. Rustic by Stockwell (Cannon), third ; also, Mr. Bowes' b. c. Westwick (winner, this year, of the Great Ebor Handicap) by Stockwell, Lord Hastings' b. c. Blue Riband by Fazzoletto, Count Lagrange's b. c. Plutus (sire of Flageolet) by Trumpeter, Prince Solty- koff's b. c. Duke of York by Windhound, Mr. Bryan's ch. c. Laneret by Newminster, Mr. Rigby's ch. c. Abergeldie (winner of the City and Suburban in 1867) by Trumpeter, ro. c. Strathconan (winner, this year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes), Knight of the Crescent, Redan, Janitor, Robin Hood, Vespasian (now Mr. Chaplin's), Monarch of the Glen, Sealskin, and nine others; 6 to 5 on Lord Lyon, 5 to x against Rustic, 296 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 12 to i against Redan, and 20 to 1 against Savernake. Half an hour was consumed before a start could be effected. As they entered the furzes, Blue Riband (Cowley) rushed to the front, Robin Hood (Daley) being next. As they rounded the turn, into the old course, Lord Lyon moved up towards the leaders, closely attended by his dreaded and dangerous opponent Rustic, behind whom were Knight of the Crescent (Adams), Redan (H. Grimshaw), Savernake, Strathconan (J. Snowden), Vespasian (J. Grimshaw), and The Baron's other string, Janitor (Wells). Coming into the straight, the two leaders retired beaten, leaving Lord Lyon in front, followed by Redan, who, after a few strides was headed by Saver- nake, full of running. At the distance, Savernake headed Redan, as did Rustic also ; and so strong was Savernake going, at this point, that he seemed to have both Lord Lyon and Rustic beaten. Half way up, how- ever, distance called vigorously on Lord Lyon, who caught Savernake at the Stand, and just won, in the very last stride, Rustic being three lengths behind. Lord Ailesbury thought French might have won, and, in the St. Leger, his Lordship put up Tom Chaloner, but with the same result, as will be seen. At Ascot, ost 3lbs (Custance), ran second in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, of ,£3925, won by Rustic, 8st 1 slbs (Fordham), beating Robin Hood, 8st 3lbs (J. Daley), third, b. c. Sealskin 8st 3lbs, Chibisa, 8st 1 3lbs, and one other; 75 to 40 on Lord Lyon, 5 to 1 against Rustic, and 6 to 1 against The Baron's colt. As they entered the straight, Lord Lyon held a clear lead, followed by Rustic and Robin Hood to half way up the hill, where Fordham drew up to the favourite, and at the enclosure, made his effort, heading Lord Lyon at the Stand, and winning cleverly by half a length, Robin Hood being a bad third. At Doncaster, 8st iolbs (Custance), won the St. Leger of ^5825, beating Savernake (Chaloner) by a short head, as before, Knight of the Crescent (Norman), third, Mr. Graham's ch. c. Caithness by St. Albans, Lord Zetland's br. c. Podargus by Newminster, Strathconan, Westwick, Sealskin, and three others ; 7 to 4 on Lord Lyon, 9 to 2 against Savernake, 14 to 1 each against Strath- conan and Westwick, and 25 to 1 against Knight of the Crescent. An admirable start was effected, Lord Glasgow's b. c. by Young Melbourne (French) leading, at a great pace, and followed by Lord Lyon, Caithness (Parry), Knight of the Crescent, and Harefield, the rest being in a cluster, LORP LYON. 297 with the exception of Sealskin (Goater), and Sir W. Booth's br. c. Emigrant by Warlock, who were quite outpaced. When three hundred yards had' been covered, Savernake and Knight of the Crescent drew up to Lord Lyon, where, as they emerged from behind the hill, Westwick took third place, Lord Glasgow's colt still leading, a couple of lengths in advance: of Lord Lyon, Savernake having been pulled back. On nearing the Red House, the Young Melbourne colt retired beaten, as did Westwick (Ford ham) also. Coming into the straight, Lord Lyon was leading, followed by Caithness at his girths, Savernake being third, Knight of the Crescent fourth, and Strathconan fifth. Five hundred yards from home, Caithness cried " enough," the race now being confined to Lord Lyon (in the centre), Knight of the Crescent (next the rails), and Savernake (on the outside). At the distance, Savernake, who had headed The Knight, got on level terms with Lord Lyon, and they raced home, neck and neck, and nose to nose, so closely locked together, that nobody could say which had won till the judge gave it in favour of Lord Lyon, by the shortest of heads. One yard further, Savernake must have won ; at least, such was the general opinion. He was a much gamer horse than Lord Lyon, and had good running left in him at the finish. Had he come earlier, he would assuredly have beaten the crack. His owner gained nothing by the change of jockeys. S. mg., ;st nibs (Chaloner), ran third for the Cup, won by Lord Westmorland's b. c. Rama (winner also, this year, of the Goodwood Stakes and the Lewes Grand Handicap) by Lord Fauconberg (son of Irish Birdcatcher), three years, 7st (Kenyon), beating Lord Hastings' br. o-. Ackworth (winner of the Cambridgeshire in 1S64, and the Doncaster Cup in 1865), by Fazzoletto, five years, 9st 2lbs (Fordham), by eight lengths, and b. c. Sealskin, three years, ;st (Covey), beaten off: a head between second and third ; 6 to 1 on Lord Lyon, 8 to 1 against Rama, and 20 to 1 against Ackworth. At Newmarket (First October), 9st 3lbs (Custance) won the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of ,£1000, beating Lord Exeter's b. c. Knight of the Crescent, 8st 51b (Norman), in a canter, by six lengths, Robin Hood, a bad third, and Lord Exeter's b.c. Knight of St. Michael by Knight of St. Patrick, three years, Sst lolbs, beaten off; even on Lord Lyon. At Newmarket (Second October), 9st 3lbs (Custance), won the Select Stakes, of ,£325, beating Mr. Watts' Strathconan, 9st lib (J. CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Snowden), by three lengths, and the Duke of Beaufort's br. c. Mr. Pitt 8st iolbs (Fordham), a bad third, and last ; 4 to i on Lord Lyon. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st iolbs (Custance), ran second in the All-aged Stakes, won by Mr. Pryor's ch. c. Friponnier by Chevalier-d' Industrie, two years, 6st i2lbs (Covey), beating also Rustic, 8st iolbs (Fordham), three lengths from Lord Lyon, third and last ; won easily by two lengths ; 7 to 4 on Lord Lyon, 2 to 1 against Friponnier, and 4 to 1 against Rustic. S. mg., 8st iolbs each, D. I. (Custance), match for 1000 sovs., beat Rustic (Fordham), by twenty lengths. 1867. At Northampton, won ^120. At Newmarket (April), won the Craven Stakes of ,£110. At Newmarket (First Spring) won ^100 Plate, beating two others ; and also, Sst iolbs (Custance), won another ^100 Plate, beating' b. c. Julius by St. Albans, three years, 7st (Covey), by a short head, and one other. At Ascot, iost (Chaloner), won the Biennial, of ,£590, beating the Duke of Hamilton's b. c. Wild Moor by Wild Dayrell, three years, Sst (Edwards), by twelve lengths, and Mr. J. Day's b. c. Harpenden by St. Albans. At Stockbridge, 9st i3lbs (Chaloner), won The Cup, beating Mr. Thelluson's b. h. Ostreger by Stockwell, five years, 9st 7lbs (Fordham), by a length, Lord Hastings' b. c. Mameluke by Stockwell, two years, 7st ilb (Kenyon), third, and four others. At Lincoln, 9st 7lbs each.. (Chaloner), for the Queen's Plate, again was beaten by Rama (Custance), by a head, Regalia, five years, 9st 11 lbs, being third; 7 to 4 on Lord Lyon, who now retired to the Stud, where he has begotten some very creditable racing stock, among them being Placida, the winner of the Oaks, and Mr. R. C. Vyner's Minting. I ■ CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Stakes of ,£780 at Goodwood, the Hopeful Stakes, of ^690, at New- market First October, and the Colt-Sapling Stakes at York, of .£420, and four other rich stakes) ; 7 to 1 against Blue Riband, and 8 to 1 against Chibisa. At Doncaster, 6st 11 lbs (Covey), won a Sweep of ,£275, beating Lord Hastings' b. c. King Hal by King Tom, 8st iolbs (J. Grimshaw), by two lengths, Mr. Chaplin's b. c. Broomielaw by Stockwell, Sst iolbs (Custance), third, Miss Harriette, 6st 11 lbs, and four others; 5 to 4 against King Hal, and 6 to 1 against Repulse. At Richmond, Sst 10 (Doyle), won ^140, beating b. f. Dagmar by Newminster, Sst 2lbs, and five others. 1S66. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs each (T. Cannon), won the 1000 Guineas (val. .£3250), beating Count Lagrange's b. f. Bayonette (bred in France), by imported Nunnykirk (brother to Newminster), second, Mr. Merry's br. f. Mirella, by Gemma-di-Vergy (Chaloner), third, Lord Glasgow's b. f. out of Maid of Masham (Osborne), fourth ; also, Sir R. Bulkeley's b. f. Pamunkey by Cannobie (J. Goater), Lord Falmouth's br. f. Penelope-Potwell by Stockwell (French) Mr. Pardoc's bl. f. Lass-o'-Gowrie by Dundee (Loates),Mr. H. Savile's br. f. Myrrhina by Musjid (Doyle), and Lord Glasgow's b. f. Sister to Minnie by Barbatus (Parry) ; 2 to 1 on Repulse, 5 to 1 against Bayonette, 7 to 1 against The Maid of Masham filly by Young Melbourne, 100 to 7 against Pamunkey, and 20 to 1 against any other. The nine competitors were despatched to an even start, Sister to Minnie (started to make the 1 running for the Maid of Masham filly) led off, at a smart pace, followed by Bayonette (H. Grimshaw) and Repulse, with Mirella and Myrrhina heading the next division. At the T.Y.C. post, Sister to Minnie retired beaten, and Bayonette took a slight lead of Repulse, the pair showing prominently in front at this point. Entering the cords, Mirella, the Maid of Masham filly, and Pamunkey drew forward ; but, at the half distance from home, the race became simply a match between Repulse I and Bayonette, the latter running very unkindly, being beaten, after an exciting race, by a head. A very bad third. In the last fifty yards H. Grimshaw broke his stirrup-leather. At Stockbridge (now the property ' of the Marquis of Hastings), Sst iolbs (Fordham), not placed in a REPULSE. 3° ' Handicap Sweep of ,£210, won by Mr. Starkey's ch. c. Kingsley by King Tom, three years, 7st 3lbs (Page), beating Mr. Wyndham's b. c. King Christian, by Stockwell, three years, ?st 13IIJS (Chaloner), second, Mr. W. Day's ch. f. Miss Middleton, by Nutbourne, two years, 5st I2lb (T. Sadler), third, b. f. Aetata by Stockwell, three years, ;st 2lbs, and six others ; 9 to 4 against Repulse, and 8 to 1 against Kingsley. S. mg., 9St (Fordham), not placed for the Stockbridge Cup, of ,£280, won by Mr. Merry's ch. c. Marksman, two years, 7st lib, i2lbs extra (Covey), beating Mr. G. Angell's b. c. Attache by Saunterer, four years, 9st 6lbs (Parry), Mr. Starkey's ch. c. Stockbridge by Stockwell, three years, 7st 1 3lbs (Page), third, also Mr. Chaplin's ch. c. Breadalbane by Stock- well, four years, 9st 1 jibs (Custance), King Hal, three years, 8st 8lbs, and one other. Even on Attache, 7 to 2 against Breadalbane, and 9 to 2 against Marksman. At Doncaster, Sst 7lbs (Fordham), not placed in the Bradgate Park Stakes, won by Mr. Pryor's ch. c. Friponnier by Chevalier-d' Industrie, two years, 7st (Covey), beating the Duke of New- castle's b. c. Pericles by Newminster, two years, 7s'; (George Sopp), by a neck, and three others. S. mg., Sst I2lbs (Fordham), in the Scar- borough Stakes, was beaten by Mr. Pardoe's ch. c. Artesian by Stock- well, Sst iolbs (Loates) ; 7 to 4 on Repulse (who was now repurchased by Mr. Jackson). 1S67. At Stockton, 7st 1 3lbs (Chaloner), ran third in the Harry Fowler Stakes, won by Mr. Johnstone's b. f. Elfeta (who died three months afterwards) by Newminster, four years, 6st Slbs (Cameron), beating Mr. G. Carr's b. f. Elvire by Lambton, three years, 7st 5lbs, by a length, and four others. A neck between second and third. S. mg., 7st 4lbs (Chaloner), not placed for the Steward's Cup, of ,£260, won by the Duke of Beaufort's ch. c. Lord Ronald by Stockwell, five years, 9st (Fordham), beating seven others. At Doncaster, 7st 2lbs (Covey), not placed for a Handicap Plate, of .£290, won by Sir J. Hawley's b. c. XI. by General Williams, four years, Sst 1 1 lbs (French), beating Mr. F. Johnstone's b. c. Freemason by Thormanby, three years, 6st 2lbs (Kenyon), by a neck, Minster Bell, three years, 6st iolbs, and five others. At Richmond, 7st Slbs (R. Chaloner), won The Cup, beating Lord 302 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Zetland's b. f. Hermosa by Barnton, two years, 5St i2lbs (Roberts), in a canter, by two lengths, Colonel Towneley's br. c. Hawthorn-Bloom by Kettledrum, three years, 7st (M. Noble), third, and seven others. Repulse the favourite. S. mg., 8st 3lbs (T. Chaloner), won the Zetland Plate, beating Mr. Watson's br. f. Orange-Blossom by Cavendish (son of Voltigeur), two years, 5st iolbs (Pratt), Mr. Goodlass's br. c. Sujah- Dowlah by Guicowar, three years, 6st iolbs, Hawthorn-Bloom, 7st 2lbs, Mr. T. Dawson's bl. c. The Black Knight by Knight of Avenel (son of The Doctor), three years, 6st iolbs, and three others ; 7 to 4 on Repulse. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st i2lbs (T. Chaloner), not placed for a ,£50 Plate, won by Mr. Goodwin's br. h. Saccharometer by Sweetmeat, five years, 8st gibs (Custance), beating Mr. H. Chaplin's b. c. Vespasian (the best miler of his day) by Newminster, four years, 8st (Cannon), in a canter, by two lengths, Mr. Kirby's ch. f. Little Treasure, by Colster- dale, three years, 6st (Piatt), third, Lord Ronald, five years, 9St, and I eighteen others. S. mg., 7st 1 1 lbs (Cameron), not placed in a Handicap Sweep of ^265, won by Lord Stamford's b. f. Cellina by Newminster, three years, 6st 4lbs (Kenyon), beating Monsieur Lupin's b. h. Feu- Follet by The Flying Dutchman, five years, 7st 2lbs, by a head, Ves- pasian, 8st I2lbs, and ten others. This was Repulse's last race. / ■ • . . :i I I I * ■ ■ Re If 304 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. favourites. At Lincoln, Sst 3IDS (Loates), won the Caroline Stakes, of ^"185, beating b. f. Miss Haworth by The Cure, Sst 1 lb (Whiteley), by four lengths, and four others. S. mg., 7st 4.1bs (Loates), ran second for a Nursery Plate, of 100 sovs., won by b. c. Aldcroft by Warlock, 6st iolbs, by a neck ; even on Tormentor. Eight ran. At Liverpool (November), 7st 2lbs, 8lbs extra (J. Grimshaw), for two years old, won the Knowsley Handicap, of ^285, beating Mr. Foy's b. f. by Cavendish, yst 4-lbs (Cartwright), in a canter, Mr. Kirby's b. c. Treasure Trove (winner of the Great Metropolitan in 1S66) by Cotherstone, 7st 2lbs (Carroll), third, also Mr. Calder's br. f. Dark Agnes, by Voltigeur, 7st 2lbs, and eight others ; Tormentor the favourite. S. mg., 7st 4.1bs (J. Loates), won the Liverpool Nursery Plate, of 100 sovs., beating Mr. Harenc's bl. c. King of Spades by King of Trumps, 6st 8lbs (J. Grimshaw), easily, by two lengths, Treasure Trove, 7st 2lbs (Chaloner), third, Mr. Dark's ch. c. Steamboat by Lifeboat (son of Sir Hercules), Capt. Gray's br. c. Terror (winner of the Liverpool July Cup in 1866) by the Hadji, 7st /Ubs, , fourth, Dark Agnes, 7st 2 lbs, and ten others, all three years old ; 5 to 2 each against Tormentor and Steamboat (7st iolbs), and 100 to 8 against i King of Spades. At Shrewsbury, for two years old, ost each (Fordham) won the Salopian Stakes, beating Mr. Saxon's br. f. Miss Harriette by Lambton (Daley) ; 3 to 1 on Tormentor. The pair ran locked together I till within fifty yards of the chair, when Tormentor drew slightly ahead, and won an exciting race by a neck ; only two ran. 1S66. At Epsom (J. Mann), won the Oaks, of ^4925, beating Mr. J. Merry's! br. f. Mirella by Gemma-di-Vergy (Covey), the Duke of Beaufort's br. f. Ischia (winner of the Gratwicke, of ^1250, and a Post Sweep of ^900 at Goodwood, and the Newmarket Oaks, of ^575, all in this year) by Wild Dayrell (T. Cannon), third, Mr. Maund's br. f. Mother of Pearl by Knight of Kars (son of Nutwith), Mr. Swindell's br. f. Proserpine by Marsyas, Mr. Thellusson's b. f. Aetata (winner, this year, of the I Cambridgeshire) by Stockwell, Lord Exeter's b. f. Hebe by Knight of St. Patrick, Mr. Johnstone's b. f. Elfeta (sister to Cambuscan) by New- minstcr, Mr. R. C. Naylor's b. f. Wild Briar by Stockwell, Mr. Saxon's TORMENTOR. 305 b. f. Monitress by Idle Boy, Mr. Morris's ch. f. La-Uauphine by Stock- well, Mr. Johnstone's ch. f. Lady Vane by Bandy, the Duke of Beaufort's br. f. Fair Rosamond by Gunboat (son of Sir Hercules), Lord Westmor- land's b. f. Lady Sophia by King Tom, Capt. Lane's b. f. Ammunition by Vedette, Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's b. f. by King Tom, and a b. f. of Lord Glasgow's by Young Melbourne out of Maid of Masham ; 7 to 2 against Ischia, 4 to 1 against Mr. Crawfurd's filly (out of Mayonaise), 9 to 2 against Tormentor, 9 to 4 against Proserpine, and 40 to 1 against Mirella. Mother of Pearl (Payne) jumped off with the lead, followed by La-Dauphine (A. Edwards), Fair Rosamond (A. Cowley), Hebe (Ash- mall), and Tormentor. Next to these came Ischia (Cannon), Wild Briar (Chaloner), Actaea (WTells), and Ammunition (J. Daley). Three lengths off, Lady Sophia (Hibberd), Elfeta (Morris), and Monitress (Clement), running abreast, headed the ruck. When two hundred yards had been covered, Mother of Pearl gave place to La-Dauphine, who led at a strong pace through the furzes, at which point Mirella, emerging from the ruck, rushed to the front with an impetuosity not to be denied, nearly pulling Covey out of the saddle. There was little variation in the positions until Tattenham Corner was reached, when La-Dauphine again assumed the lead, and came on first into the straight, Mirella being second, Elfeta third, Proserpine (J. Goater) fourth, and Tormentor (J. Mann) fifth, Ischia, running wide on the high ground, being slightly in the rear. At the distance, La-Dauphine was again passed by Mirella, who now held a clear lead to the stand, and looking as though she would win easily ; but, about thirty yards from home, she quite died away, and was instantly passed by Tormentor, who won very cleverly, by a good length, whilst Ischia, gaining on Mirella at every stride, was only beaten by a neck for second place, Lady Vane (Carroll) and Lord Glasgow's Maid of Masham filly (Osborne) were fourth and fifth, and Wild Briar sixth. At Hampton, 7st (J. Mann), won the Queen's Plate, beating six others. At Chelmsford ;st 9lbs (J. Mann), ran third in the Great Handicap of ,£285, won by Mr. Bevill's b. c. Ostreger by Stockwell, four years, 9st lib (\V. Bevill), beating Mr. Goodwin's br. h. Saccharometer (winner in 1862, of the July Stakes, at Newmarket) by Sweetmeat, six years, 9st 5II3S (Fordham), by three lengths. At Newmarket (July), ;st ;lbs (J. Mann), not placed in vol. iv. x 306 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. the Beaufort Stakes, of .£265, won by Count Batthyany's b. c. Antima- cassar by Zuyder Zee, four years, 6st iolbs (Clark), beating Mr. Savile's b. c. Sealskin by Skirmisher, three years, 6st 9lbs (Covey), second, Mr. Ten-Broeck's ch. c. Forester by Stockwell, four years, 6st 7lbs (Kenyon) I third, The Baron's b. f. Love-Apple by King Tom, out of Mincemeat, four years, 6st 1 3lbs (Peake), Mr. Pryor's bl. f. Lass-o'-Gowrie by Dundee, three years, 5st 7II3S, and Count Lagrange's b. c. Plutus (imported 5 into France, and sire of Flageolet) by Trumpeter, three years, 7st 2lbs ; • 9 to 4 against Love-Apple, 3 to 1 against Sealskin, 6 to 1 against Anti- macassar, and 8 to 1 against Tormentor. S. mg., 7st 9lbs (J. Mann), won the Queen's Plate, beating Love-Apple, four years, 9st 7lbs (Wells), | in a canter, by three lengths, Mr. Savile's gr. f. Eskring (winner, this year, of the Newmarket Handicap) by Skirmisher, three years, 7st 9lbs (Covey), third ; also, Mr. Saxon's br. f. Miss Harriette by Lambton, three I years, 7st 9lbs (Loates), La-Dauphine, three years, 8st lib (Fordham), 1 and two others ; 2 to 1 against Miss Harriette (winner of the Nursery I Handicap at Warwick, and several other races in 1865 and 1866), 7 to 2 . against Tormentor, 4 to 1 against Eskring, and 8 to 1 against Love-Apple. I At Stamford, 6st i2lbs (Hibberd), won the Burghley Handicap, of ^520, £ beating Mr. Noble's b. f. Trapeze by Voltigeur, four years, 6st 9lbs (Clark), in a canter, by three lengths, Mr. George Payne's b. m. Pintail I by Stockwell, five years, 7st iolbs (Carroll), third, Mr. Brayley's b. h. Pearl-Diver (afterwards the famous steeplechaser) by Marsyas, six years, I 7st 1 2 lbs (Cannon), and his b. f. Endsleigh (winner of the Great Metro- politan at Epsom, in 1867) by Gemma-di-Vergy, four years, 7st, and four others ; 7 to 4 against Tormentor, 7 to 2 against Pintail, 8 to 1 against Pearl-Diver, and 100 to 6 against Trapeze. S. mg., 7st 3lbs (Hibberd), won The Cup, of .£220, beating Mr. R. Sutton's b. c. Elland (winner, this year, of the Beaufort Cup at Bath, the Queen's Vase at Ascot, the Hurstbourne Cup at Stockbridge, and Queen's Plates at Liverpool, Ipswich, Egham, York, Lichfield, Weymouth, Warwick and Leicester) by Rataplan, by two lengths (Thomas), and b. c. Ninco-Nanco by Skir- misher, three years, 7st 3lbs ; 11 to 10 against Elland, and 6 to 5 against Tormentor, who ran four times more without success. TORMENTOR. 307 1S67. At Chester, 8st lib (J. Mann), not placed for the Cup, of Z1S75, won by Mr. A. Heathcotc's b. f. Bee's-wing by Newminster, four years, 7st (Prior), beating Mr. E. Brayley's b. f. Endsleigh, five years, 7st 2lbs (Murray), by three lengths, Lord Hastings' b. c. Lecturer (winner, this year, of the Ascot Cup), by Colsterdale, four years, 8st 2lbs (Cannon), third, Rama, four years, 8st 2lbs, and sixteen others; 100 to 30 against Lecturer, 12 to 1 against Bee's-wing, and 20 to 1 against Endsleigh. At Ascot, Sst iolbs, not placed for the Royal Hunt Cup (val. ^1010), won by The Baron's ch. c. Jasper by King Tom, three years, 6st 4-lbs (H. Jeffery), beating Lord Wilton's b. c. by Romulus, three years, 5st 7II s (Butler), by two lengths, the Duke of Hamilton's b. m. Wild Agnes by Wild Dayrell, five years, Sst i2lbs (A. Edwards), third, Regalia, and twenty-five others ; 7 to 1 against Lord Wilton's colt, and 30 to 1 against Jasper. Tormentor ran six times more without success, and was put to the Stud. 3o8 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. VESPASIAN. VESPASIAN was a b. c, foaled in 1863, the property of Mr. W. Craven, and subsequently of Mr. H. Chaplin. He was got by Newminster, out of Vesta by Stockwell, out of Garland (bred by Sir Charles Monck in 1S35) by Langar, out of a mare (bred by Sir Charles in 1S2S) by Whisker, out of The-Twinkle (bred by H. Peirse, Esq., J in 1 821) by Walton, out of a mare by Orville, out of Lisette (bred by Mr. Peirse in 1806) by Hambletonian, out of Constantia by Walnut, out of Contessina by Young Marske, out of Tuberose by Herod, out of Grey Starling by the Bolton Grey Starling, out of Coughing Polly by Bartlett's Childers, out of sister to Thunderbolt by Lord D'Arcy's Counsellor! (son of Lord Lonsdale's Counsellor), out of a mare by Snake (son of thefl Lister Turk), &c. Vespasian's Performances. 1865. At Bath, Sst 7lbs (J. Goater), won the Weston Stakes, of ^670, beat- ing Mr. William Day's ch. c. (afterwards named Rodomonte) by St. Albans (winner, the day before, of the Biennial, and also, this year, of the Mottisfont at Stockbridge), Sst i2lbs, 5lbs extra (S. Adams), by two lengths, Mr. Merry's b. c. Student by Oxford (Covey), third ; also, Lord St. Vincent's b. c. Redan by Artillery, Mr. Richard Sutton's (afterwards the Duke of Beaufort's) ch. c. Rustic, Count Lagrange's br. f. Fleurette by Ventre-St.-Gris, Lord Portsmouth's b. f. Lady Audley by Wild Day- , rell, and seven others ; 5 to 2 against Rodomonte, 3 to 1 against Student, and 100 to 15 each against Redan and Vespasian. At Epsom, colts 8 st iolbs, fillies Sst /lbs (J. Goater), not placed in the Woodcote, of] I ■ • 1 I ■ ■ I ■ >.•;: r. ■ ^H feSiBfliS Hfi / 'ESP ASIAN. 309 ^685, won by The Baron's b. c. Janitor (winner, this year, of the Biennial and Triennial at Ascot) by King Tom (Wells), beating Count Batthyany's b. c. Mazeppa by Wild Dayrell (distance), by a length, b. c. Redan (Osborne), third, also Mr. Pardoe's b. c. Chapel-Royal by Newminster, and six others ; 2 to 1 against Redan, 3 to 1 against Ves- pasian, 9 to 2 against Mazeppa, and 12 to 1 against any other. At Ascot, 9St lib, 5 lbs extra (French), ran third in the New Stakes, of ^840, won by Lord Stamford's br. c. Chibisa by Lambton, Sst iolbs (Morris), beating Count Lagrange's b. c. Young Monarque by Monarque, Sst iolbs (H. Grimshaw), by a short head, Redan, 9st lib (Osborne), fourth ; also, Rodomontc, Mazeppa, The Baron's ch. c. Dalesman, and six others ; 2 to 1 against Rodomonte, 5 to 1 against Dalesman, and 10 to 1 against Chibisa. At Goodwood, 9st lib each (Goater), ran second in the Molecomb, of ^650, won by b. c. Student (A. Edwards), by two lengths, Redan (Fordham), being third and last ; 5 to 2 on Student. At York, 9st lib (Goater), ran third in the Convivial Stakes, of ,£358, won by the Duke of Beaufort's br. f. Ischia by Wild Dayrell, Sst nibs (Fordham), beating Mr. Watts' ro. c. Strathconan (winner of the Great Yorkshire Stakes in 18S6) by Newminster, 9St lib (J. Snowden), second, and two others; Strathconan the favourite. S. mg., 9st (Goater), won ^165, beating Chapel-Royal, 9st (Aldcroft), by six lengths. At Doncaster, not placed in the Champagne Stakes, for which Lord Lyon and Redan ran a dead heat, Mr. Sutton and Lord St. Vincent dividing the stakes. Vespasian was now sold to Mr. Chaplin. 1866. At Northampton, ;st 4lbs (J. Grimshaw), won Earl Spencer's Plate, °f -£685, beating Mr. Lincoln's b. f. Zisca by Prime Minister, four years, 7st 4lbs (Kenyon), easily by two lengths, Lord Uxbridge's ch. m. Goldy- locks by Teddington, five years, 7st Slbs (Parry), third ; also, Lord Stamford's b. c. Thalassius by Stockwell, four years, Sst 4lbs, Mr. Ten- Broeck's br. h. Peon (winner of the Ascot Derby in 1864) by Alarm, five years, Sst 2lbs, Mr. Pryor's b. c. Oui-Yive (winner of the Hopeful at Doncaster Spring, of the Two Years Old Stakes at Warwick and 310 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Epsom Spring, and The Stakes and Stand Plate at Reading, in 1865) by Vedette, three years, 7st 4.1bs, and sixteen others ; Vespasian the favourite. At Epsom, not placed in the Derby won by Lord Lyon. At Ascot, 9st (Custance), ran third in the Fernhill Stakes won by Hippia. At Liver- . pool (June), 6st 12II3S, ran third for the Cup, of .£545, won by Captain Gray's br. c. Terror by the Hadiji (son of Sir Hercules), beating Mr. George Payne's b. m. Pintail by Stockwell, five years, 7st 6lbs, and four others. At Huntingdon, 8st 7lbs (Cannon), won the Kimbolton Cup, beating Mr. Bevill's b. c. Ostreger by Stockwell (winner, this year, of the Great Suffolk Handicap), four years, 9st 7lbs (\Y. Bevill), Lord Westmorland's ch. h. Merry Hart by The Fallow Buck, aged, Sst i2lbs (J. Morris), third, and three others ; 7 to 2 on Ostreger, and 6 to 1 against Vespasian. Ostreger led to past the distance-post, when Ves- pasian challenged, and, after a most desperate struggle, won by a head. At Derby, 7st 7lbs (Morris), won ^195, beating two others in a canter. At Warwick, Sst iolbs (Custance), ran third in the Trial Stakes, won by Mr. Saxon's b. f. Bee's-wing by Knight of Kars, two years, 7st Slbs (J. Grimshaw), beating Lord Hastings' b. c. Whirligig by St. Albans, two years, 6st 2lbs (Clark), by a length, and two others ; 6 to 4 on Ves- pasian. At Newmarket (First October), Sst 5lbs (Custance), not placed in a Handicap Sweep of 10 sovs. each, won by Mr. Morris's gr. h. Warrior by King Tom, five years, Sst Slbs (J. Adams), beating Lord Westmorland's ch. f. Alberta by Trumpeter, three years, 6st 13IDS (Kenyon), Mr. Goater's b. h. Gem-of-the-Sea by Gemma-di-Vergy, six years, 7st I2lbs (J. Mann), third, and three others. Vespasian was the favourite. He ran in three other races this year without success. 1S67. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst lib, not placed in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, of .£730, won by Lord George Manners' ch. f. Marmite by Newcastle, three years, 6st, beating Ostreger, five years, gst slbs, Strathconan, Redan, and twelve others. At Goodwood, Sst 4lbs (Cannon)' not placed for the Stewards' Cup, of /1020, won by b. c. Tibthorpe, three years 5st 7lbs (Kenyon), beating Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Wolsey by VESPASIAN. 311 Prime Minister, four years, 6st iolbs (Butler), by four lengths, the Uuke of Hamilton's b. h. Sultan by Collingwood, five years, 8st 5lbs (Edwards), third, and thirty-one others. Tibthorpe and Wolsey were the two first favourites. S. mg., 7st I2lbs (Cannon), not placed for the Chesterfield Cup, of ^"1035, won by Ostreger, five years, ost (Custance), beating Lord Bateman's Moulsey (winner of the Cheshire Stakes, the Union Cup, and Trafford Handicap at Manchester, the Tradesman's Cup at Derby, the Great Handicap at Shrewsbury, the Newport Cup, and seven other races, all in 1865) by Teddington, six years, ost 6lbs, and twenty-two others. Ran in seven other races, this year, without success. 1S6S. (Xow the property of Sir Charles Legard, Bart.) At Newmarket Craven, Sst iolbs (Custance), won .£110, beating Mr. Angell's br. c. Python by Young Melbourne, four years, 8st 4lbs, and seven others. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs (Custance), won ^100 Handi- cap, beating Sir J. Hawley's br. c. The Palmer, four years, ost 5lbs (Wells), by two lengths, and eleven others. At Doncaster (Spring) 9st (Custance), won ,£100. At Bath, won ^65 ; also, ost I2lbs (Custance), won the Bath Handicap, of .£280, beating Mr. Padwick's b. f. Naivete by Stockwell, three years, ?st 5lbs (Butler), and five others. At Ascot, lost 1 3H3S (Custance), ran third in the All Aged Stakes, of ,£745, won by Mr. Bryan's ch. h. Laneret by Newminster, five years, gst 6lbs (Fordham), beating Captain Machell's b. c. Martyr by St. Albans, two years, Gst 3IIJS (Jeffery), second, and four others. At Goodwood, 9st 7lbs (Custance) won .£100 Plate, beating Sir J. Hawley's XI., five years, 9st, and six others. At Brighton, w. o. for .£120. At York, 9St 8lbs (Custance), won the Zetland Stakes, of ,£135, beating Mr. Jackson's b. f. Mrs. Thomas by Brocket, two years, 5st J?lbs (Wilson), by fifteen lengths, and six others. At Doncaster, ran third in the Fitz- William Stakes, won by Blue Gown. S. mg., 9st 13IDS (Custance), won ^100 Plate, beating The Palmer, four years, 9St 4lbs (Wells), by a short head. At Newmarket (First October), lost iolbs (Custance), won the Trial Stakes, of ^120, beating Hippia, four years, iost 4lbs (Daley), by four lengths, and five others. S. mg., gst 1 3lbs, not placed in the 312 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. October Handicap, of ,£515, won by Lord Wilton's br. c. See-Saw, three years, 7st 2lbs (Kenyon), beating Count Lagrange's b. f. Nemea by Fitz- gladiator, four years, jst olbs (H. Grimshaw), and nine others. At Shrewsbury, ast 5lbs (Fordham), won ^50, beating Mr. Payne's ch. c. President Lincoln by Kohinoor, three years, 6st olbs (Butler), and nine others. At Warwick, 9st (Custance), won the Bradgate Cup, beating Count Batthyany's b. c. Nine Elms by Stockwell, four years, 6st 2lbs, and nine others. Vespasian ran in five other races, this year, without success. 1869. At Epsom (Spring), 9st 9lbs (French), ran third in the Trial Stakes, won by Blue Gown (Wells), beating Mr. W. Graham's ch. f. Formosa, four years, Sst 1 3lbs (Fordham), by a head; Wells nearly lost this race by easing Blue Gown fifty yards from home, when Fordham came with such a rush as to compel Wells to set his horse going again. At New- market (First Spring), Sst iolbs (Fordham), match for ^500 sovs., beat Blue Gown, 9st (Wells), by two lengths ; 7 to 4 on Blue Gown, distance one mile two furlongs. S. mg., 9st 9lbs (Fordham), won ^100, beating Lord Rosebery's ch. f. Athena by Stockwell, four years, 9st 3lbs (Cus- tance), by fifteen lengths, and Colonel (afterwards Sir John) Astley's b. c. Astracan by Muscovite, four years, Sst 3lbs (Chaloner), last. At York (Spring), won the Craven Stakes ; but, in the Flying Dutchman's Handi- cap, 9st 5lbs (Fordham), was beaten, two lengths, by Mr. Kennington's br. f. Lady Henriette by West Australian, four years, 6st 1 ilbs (Hudson) ; six ran ; 7 to 4 on Vespasian. At Goodwood, in the Craven Stakes ran second to Blue Gown. S. mg., 9st 7lbs (Custance), won ,£100 Plate (Handicap), beating The Baron's b. c. Midsummer by Tim Whiffler, three years, 7st 11 lbs (Maidment), by ten lengths, and six others. S. mg., iost 4lbs (Custance), won the Chesterfield Cup, of .£780, beating President Lincoln, four years, 7st 9II3S (S. Mordan), by three lengths, Sir F. Johnstone's b. c. Brambridge by Dundee, three years, 6st i2lbs (Butler), third ; also, The Palmer, five years, 9st Slbs, See-Saw, four years, 9st 7lbs (Fordham), and fourteen others; 2 to 1 against The Palmer (Wells), 6 to 1 against President Lincoln, and 100 to 7 each against Vespasian and See-Saw. At Newmarket (First October), iost iolbs (Custance), VESPASIAN. 313 won the Trial Stakes, beating Mr. C. Boynton's ch. c. Percy by Marsyas, two years, 6st, in a canter, and one other. Ran four times more without success. 1870. At Goodwood, 9st i2lbs (Custance), ran second in the Craven Stakes, won by Sir J. Hawley's br. h. Rosicrucian by Beadsman, five years, ost I2lbs, iolbs extra (Wells), after a splendid race, by half a length, beating Sir F. Johnstone's b. h. Cornet by Trumpeter, five years, 8st 1 3lbs (Cannon), third, and Mr. Hodgman's b. c. Vestminster (winner of the Lincolnshire Handicap, in 1873) DY Glenmasson (son of Cotherstone), four years, Sst 1 3lbs (Fordham), last ; 5 to 4 against Rosicrucian, and 6 to 4 against Vespasian. S. mg., ost 7lbs (Custance), not placed for the Chesterfield Cup, of ^"825, won by Mr. E. Brayley's b. c. Soucar by Dollar, three years, 6st olbs (Rowell), beating Mr. J. C. Stuart's b. c. Tabernacle by Newminster, three years, 6st 11 lbs (F. Webb), by a head, Sir C. Legard's ch. c. Border Knight (winner, this year, of the Stakes and Cup at Brighton, and the Great Yorkshire Handicap at Doncaster), by Adventurer, four years, Sst 4lbs (J. Snowden), third, Rosicrucian, five years, 9st (Wells), and eleven others ; Vespasian's last race. Vespasian, for a mile and a little over, was the best horse of his day. 314 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT was a ch. c. foaled in 1864, the property of Henry Chaplin, Esq., M.P. He was got by Newminster, out of Seclusion by Tadmor (son of Ion), out of Miss Sellon by Cowl, out of Belle Dame by Belshazzar, out of Ellen by Starch (son of Waxy Pope), out of Cuirass (bred by Lord Sligo in 1823) by Oiseau, out of Castanea by Gohanna, out of Grey Skin by Woodpecker, out of a mare by Herod, cut of Young Hag by Skim, out of Hag by Old Crab, out of Ebony by Flying Childers, out of Old Ebony by Basto, &c, &c, Oiseau (son of Camillus) was bred by William Garforth, Esq., and sent over to Ireland, for a stallion. " The Hermit, sire of the horse Tristan, which won for M. Lefevre more than a third of the .£20,537, standing to his credit, is again first on the list of 'winning sires.' It is the fourth year in succession that Hermit has occupied this position, having had 30 winners of 81 races, worth ,£44,608, in 1882, 21 winners, of 49 races, worth £"27,222, in 1S81, and 23 winners, of 64 races, worth ,£29,622, in 1880. In the two previous seasons (1878 and 1879), Hermit's progeny won 64 races, worth £"21,643, and this year (1883) 62 races, worth £"30,801. Thus, in six seasons, 131 of his progeny have won 320 races, worth .£153,896." (From the Times of December 24th, 1883.) The Hermit's Performances. 1866. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st 6lbs (French), ran second in a Sweep of ,£900, won by Lord Stamford's b. f. Cellina (winner of the Two Years Old Stakes at Epsom Spring) by Newminster, Sst iolbs I 1 1 1 B . 1 ' 1 H vy. 1 ' ' ' 1 I ; 1 the hermit. 315 (Edwards), by a neck, beating the Duke of Beaufort's b. f. Lady Hester by Thunderbolt, 8st slbs (Cannon), third, Mr. Merry's ch. c. Marksman by Dundee, Sst 7lbs (Covey), fourth and last. At Bath, Sst iolbs (Covey), won the Biennial, of .£860, beating Cellina, Sst /lbs (Edwards), by a neck, Colonel Baillie's ch. f. Seville by St. Albans, Sst albs, third, and eleven others ; 7 to 4 against Cellina, 5 to 2 against Seville, and 5 to 1 against Hermit. At Epsom, Sst iolbs (distance), ran second in the YYoodcote, of ^"685, won by Achievement, Sst ;lbs (Chaloner), by three lengths, beating Monsieur Lupin's b. f. Jeune-Premiere (bred in France) by West Australian, Sst ;lbs (G. Pratt), third, Mr. H. Savile's br. c. D'Estournel, Sst iolbs, and four others. At Ascot, Sst iolbs (distance), won the Biennial, of ,£705, beating Count Lagrange's b. c. Dragon by Ventre-St.-Gris (son of Gladiator) (H. Grimshaw), by a neck. Lord Stamford's br. c. Arundel by Wild Dayrell, Sst iolbs each, third, The Baron's ch. c. Jasper by King Tom, Sst 7lbs (Wells), and twelve others. At Bibury, colts Sst iolbs (distance), won the St( ckbridge Biennial, of .£1020, beating the Duke of Beaufort's br. c. Vauban by Muscovite (Fordham), by a neck, Mr. Starkey's b. f. Viridis (winner, this year, of the two Nursery Stakes, of .£1550, at Newmarket Ho.), by Marsyas, Sst 5lbs, third, and thirteen others ; 1 1 to S on Hermit, 6 to 1 against Viridis, and 100 to 8 against Vauban. At Stockbridge, Sst iolbs (Custance), won the Troy Stakes, of ^1525, beating Lady Hester, Sst dibs (Fordham), by two lengths, Julius, Sst 7lbs (J. Goater), third, three lengths from second, Vauban, Sst iolbs, and seven others. Hermit was so severely punished in this race, and so un- necessarily, by Custance, that he had ever after a dread of him, trembling and lathering whenever Custance mounted him. 1867. At Epsom (J. Daley), won the Derby, of £-jooo, beating ch. c. Marksman (Grimshaw), by a neck, Vauban (Fordham), third ; also, not placed, Mr. H. Savile's br. c. D'Estournel (who showed such temper at the post that he was left behind) by Parmesan, Mr. Gilby's ro. f. Skysail by Weathcrbit, Mr. Baker's b. c. Bedlamite by Stockwell, Mr. Bowes' ch. c. Taraban (winner, in 1 871, of the Goodwood Stakes) by Rataplan, Sir J. Hawlcy's b. c. 3i6 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. The Palmer by Beadsman, Mr. Fleming's br. c. Van Amburgh by Van Galen, Mr. Pryor's br. c. The Rake by Wild Dayrell, b. c. Wild Moor, Mr. A. Heathcote's ch. c. Gipsy King by Marsyas, Lord Exeter's b. c. Grand Cross by Knight of St. Patrick, Lord Hastings' br. c. Uncas by Stockwell, Lord Uxbridge's b. c. Distin by Trumpeter, Sir R. Bulkeley's br. c. Owain-Glyndwr by Young Melbourne, ch. c. Ben Nevis by Big Ben, Mr. Johnstone's b. c. Tynedale by Warlock, Julius, Dragon, and ten others ; 6 to 4 against Vauban (winner of the 2000 Guineas), 7 to 1 against The Palmer, 9 to 1 each against Van Amburgh and The Rake, 1 1 to 1 against Marksman, 15 to 1 against Julius, and 1000 to 15 against Hermit, who was never mentioned for a place at all. Hermit's Derby will be for ever memorable on account of the heavy snow which fell during the whole day. After eleven false starts, occupying an hour, the thirty horses got off on good terms, except D'Estournel (Edwards), who, the moment the flag fell, reared right on end, standing quite upright on his hind-legs, till he rushed off to the chains, and tried to pound the by- standers with his near foreleg. Julius (J. Mann), took the lead, followed, by Skysail (Huxtable), Bedlamite (Viney), and Vauban, slightly in advance of the rest, who were in a cluster. At the end of two hundred yards, Bedlamite rushed to the front, followed by Julius second, and Skysail third, the next lot being Wild Moor (Clement), Vauban, Van Amburgh (Chaloner), Owain-Glyndwr (J. Goater), The Palmer (Wells), Gipsy King (J. Snowden), and Hermit. The Rake (Custance) headed the ruck. At the mile post, Bedlamite dropped away, and Vauban took the lead, followed by Wild Moor, Van Amburgh, Julius, Marksman, The Rake, The Palmer, Hermit, and Gipsy King. In the order named, they streamed round Tattenham Corner, Vauban leading into the straight, with Wild Moor and Van Amburgh (on the whip-hand), and Marksman (on the lower ground), all well up with the leader, while The Palmer (next the rails), The Rake and Hermit (in the centre), were two lengths in the rear of them. The first to give way were The Rake and The Palmer ; and before reaching the distance, the Duke of Hamilton's colt, Wild Moor, also compounded, the finish appearing to be left to Vauban, Marksman, and Van Amburgh, the last of whom was going so strong and well, that loud shouts of " The Van wins " were heard on all sides. ^H I : THE HERMIT. 317 Within the half-distance, however, The Van had shot his bolt, ami was displaced by Hermit, who now joined Vauban and Marksman. Nearing the Stand, Vauban was seen to be in difficulties ; but he gamely struggled on, while Marksman was going quite within himself, and at such a strong and steady pace, that now the shouts were " Marksman wins in a canter." Less than a hundred yards from home, however, John Daley challenged with Hermit, who, unobserved by many, had been lying wide on the left of Marksman. Stride by stride, he now gained on his opponent, the finish in the last fifty yards being of the most exciting character, and terminating in the victory of Hermit by a neck, ridden with admirable patience and judgment. Daley received a douceur of ^3000 for his fine riding from the confederates, Messrs H. Chaplin and Captain Machell, who were large winners by the event ; the Marquis of Hastings losing, it i I ! HIPP! A. 321 Mr. J. Merry's ch. c. Marksman, two years, 6st I2lbs, Count F. de Lagrange's b. c. Le-Mandarin, four years, 9st slbs, and six others ; 2 to 1 on The Duke. S. mg., 6st i2lbs (Peakc), won the Fernhill Stakes, of .£325, beating Mr. Pryor's ch. c. Friponnier by Chevalier- d'lndustrie, two years, ;st 2lbs (H. Covey), by a length, b. c. Vespasian, three years, est, and five others. At Newmarket (July), ost each (Wells), in the Chesterfield Stakes, of ^"1330, was beaten, a length, by Achieve- ment (distance). At Newmarket (First October), 8st i3lbs (Wells), in the Rutland Stakes, of ,£340, was beaten, three lengths, by Captain M.ichell's br. c. Knight of the Garter by Prime Minister, two years, ost 3lbs (Custance). At Newmarket (Second October), for two years old, Sst Slbs (J. Daley), was not placed for a ,£100 Plate, won by Friponnier, Sst iolbs (Custance), by four lengths ; twenty-two ran. At Newmarket (Houghton), Sst Slbs (Wells), match for 300 sovs., beat Lord Glasgow's br. c. Brother to Ascham by Toxophilite, two years, 8st 1 ilbs (Fordham), by a length. S. mg., w. o. for ,£125 ; but, Sst 2lbs (Daley), was unplaced in the Nursery Stakes, of ^"825, won by Mr. H. Coventry's b. f. Viridis by Marsyas (son of Orlando), beating twenty-five others, all two years old. 1S67. At Newmarket Craven, Sst 11 lbs (Wells), for three years old, won ,£250. S. mg., for three years old, fillies only, Sst nibs (Daley), won ^200, beating b. f. Problem, Sst iolbs (Cannon), and Lord Stamford's b. f. Cellina by Newminster, Sst iolbs (J. Morris) ; also, ost 2lbs (Wells), won 90 sovs. At Newmarket (First Spring), ;st 2lbs (Peake), for ^100 Plate, was beaten by Friponnier (H. Covey), ;st 5lbs ; eight ran. At Epsom, won the Oaks, of ^5200, beating Achievement, who ran a dead heat for second place with Mr. J. Osborne's br. f. Romping Girl by Wild Dayrell, Mr. Jardine's ch. f. Minster Bell, Lord Zetland's b. f. Bumble- kite by Voltigeur, Sir J. Hawley's black filly Arapeile by Beadsman, Mr. Pryor's b. f. Sceur-de-Charite by Newminster, Prince Soltykoff's b. f. Bounceaway by Zuyder Zee. Betting, at starting, 1 1 to 4 on Achieve- ment, 8 to 1 against Bumblekite, 1 1 to 1 against Hippia, 100 to 3 each against Sceur-de-Charite and Arapeile, and 50 to 1 each against Romping VOL. IV. 322 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Girl and Bounceaway. Bumblekite was very fractious at the post, and delayed the start twenty minutes. At length they all got well away, Bumblekite (J. Snowden), going to the front, followed by Romping Girl (J. Osborne), and Achievement (Custance), close up. Hippia (Daley), Sceur-de-Charite (Loates), and Minster Bell (T. Chaloner), came next, Arapeile (Wells) and Bounceaway (J. Mann), being the two last. On reaching the City and Suburban starting-post, Romping Girl took the lead ; and, at Tattenham Corner, there were not ten lengths between the first and last. Approaching the Stand, Achievement was seen in the centre of the course, with Hippia about a length behind her. On the lower ground were Bumblekite and Romping Girl, the former going so well and strong as if about to beat the lot. Past the Stand, Lord Zetland's filly held a slight lead, and Achievement no sooner challenged than Bumblekite gave in. At this momentous conjuncture Daley called upon Hippia, who answered most gamely, and was soon level with the favourite. Custance was now obliged to use his whip vigorously in order to keep up with her ; but Achievement was not equal to the demand made upon her, and The Baron's filly won a fine race very easily at last. At Ascot, 7st 2lbs (Peake), ran third for the Cup, won by Lord Hastings' b. c. Lecturer (winner, also, of the Cesarewitch in 1866), by Colsterdale (son of Lanercost), four years, 8st iolbs (Fordham), beating Regalia, five years, 9st, by two lengths, and seven others. At Newmarket (July), won two Plates of 50 sovs. each. At Newmarket (First October), ran third in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of ,£750, won by Friponnier, Hermit being second, and Julius fourth and last. S. mg., 8st nibs (Daley), ran third in the Newmarket St. Leger, of .£1150, won by Sir R. Bulkeley's br. c. Owain-Glyndwr by Young Melburne (Fordham), beating Count de Lagrange's ch. c. Trocadero by Monarque, three years, 8st iolbs (T. Chaloner), by a head. Hippia ran once more, this year, without success. At Epsom (Spring), 8st nibs, not placed in the Great Metropolitan, of .£1405, won by Mr. Savile's Blueskin by Skirmisher, three years, 6st. At Newmarket (First Spring), w. o. for 200 sovs., and, also, for a HI PPT A. 323 Purse of 50 sovs. At Epsom (May), 9st y\bs (Daley), won the Queen's Plate, beating the Duke of Beaufort's ch. m. Gomera by Marsyas, and five others. At Newmarket (July), 9st 7lbs (Fordham), won the Queen's Plate, and the same at Goodwood (Daley). She ran six times more without success, and was put to the Stud. 324 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. ACHIEVEMENT. {Pedigree the same as that of Lord Lyon.) ACHIEVEMENT (own sister to Lord Lyon) was foaled in 1864, and bred by Colonel Pearson. She was a dark-brown filly, standing fully fifteen hands and three inches high. She had a Stockwell head, was very full between the eyes, and her ears were curled back at the points ; but the expression of her head was good. She had a powerful neck, fine shoulders, and an extraordinary depth of girth ; but she ran up, like many of the sort, very light and waspish in the barrel. She had a good back, arched hips, drooping quarters, and strong muscular thighs. Her arms and knees were small, and she was altogether very light of bone, being also rather sickle-hocked, and standing with her hind-legs right under her. Her pasterns were long and well inclined, and she still retained on the off fore one the blemish caused by getting her feet over the collar-shank when a yearling. She was, however, a beautiful filly ; though, by a casual observer, she would havebeenpronounced to be mean-looking in appearance, from being so very light and narrow. Paradigm, her dam, ran only twice (as a two year old), being second to Lord of the Isles, in the Lavant Stakes, and breaking down in the same week. Besides Lord Lyon and Achieve- ment, she was the dam of King at Arms and Man at Arms, both by Kingston, of Blue Mantle and Panoply, also by Kingston, and of Garde- visure and Hatchment by Vedette. Achievement's Performances. 1866. At Newmarket Craven, 8st 7lbs (Custance), won ^275, beating Mr. Pardoe's ch. c. Verulam by St. Albans, easily, and two others. At Ascot (Spring), for two years old, 8st ojbs (French), won the Grand Stand. sffiW T&miJ t i, I I ■ H I I A CHIE I '/■:. \IH NT. 3 2 5 Plate, of ,£645, beating Mr. Savile's br. c. D'Estournel by Parmesan, Sst =jlbs (Doyle), by a neck, ch. c. Friponnier, 8st 8lbs, third, Marksman, 8st 5lbs, and four others ; 6 to 4 on Friponnier (winner, this year, of the Weston Stakes at Rath, the Findon at Goodwood, and the All-aged Stakes at Newmarket Ho.). At Epsom, Sst ;lbs (Chaloner), won the Woodcote Stakes, of ^685, beating Hermit, Sst iolbs (distance), second, D'Estournel, and five others ; even betting between the first two. At Ascot (June), Sst 7lbs (Custance), won the Triennial, of .£457, beating Vauban, Sst iolbs (Eordham), by two lengths, and one other. S. mg,, 8st I2lbs (Custance), won the New Stakes, of £j6o, beating Sir. J. Hawley's bl. f. Arapeile by Beadsman, Sst /lus (French), by six lengths, Count Lagrange's b. c. Dragon, Sst iolbs, third (H. Grimshaw), Mr. Chaplin's b. c. Blinkhoolie by Rataplan, Sst iolbs, and seven others; 5 to 2 on the winner. At Newmarket, Sst 7lbs (Custance), won the July Stakes, of ^1900, beating D'Estournel, Sst iolbs (Doyle), by a length, br. c. Yauban, Sst iolbs (Fordham), third ; also, The Baron's b. f. Janua by King Tom, 8st 7lbs (Daley), and three others ; 7 to 1 on the winner. S. mg., ost (Custance), won the Chesterfield Stakes, of ^1330, beating Hippia, gst (Wells), by a length, Mr. Jennings' ch. f. Sweet Home by Mentmore, Sst 7lbs (H. Grimshaw), third, and Mr. Savile's br. f. Mole- skin by Skirmisher, Sst 7lbs, last ; 55 to 20 on the winner. At Good- wood, Sst i2lbs (Custance), won the Lavant Stakes, of ^"1050, beating b. f. Lady Hester by Thunderbolt, Sst 9lbs (Fordham), by a neck, Mr. Wyndham's ch. c. Golden Bloom by Midas, Sst iolbs, third, Julius, 8st iolbs, and four others ; 7 to 1 on the winner. At Doncaster, Sst 81bs (Custance), won the Champagne Stakes, of ^1225, beating ch. c. Marks- man, Sst iolbs (Fordham), by two lengths, Lord Glasgow's br. c. by Toxophilite, Sst iolbs (French), Major Elwon's br. c. Chatsworth by Cavendish, and Mr. Savile's br. f. Ravioli by Parmesan ; 5 to 2 on the winner. Marksman made the running, at great speed and with a clear lead of the favourite, until fairly in the straight, where Achievement began to draw up to him, the other three being wholly out of the race. At the distance, pulling double, she passed him, and won, hands down, in a canter. At Newmarket (First October), 9st 3 lbs (Custance), won the liopelul Stakes, of Z750, beating Lord Falmouth's ch. f. Sunnylocks by 326 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Newminster, 9st (Fordham), in a canter, and Count Lagrange's b. f. Madlle.-de-Charolais by Monarque, 8st 8lbs (H. Grimshaw), last ; 10 to i on the winner. At Newmarket (Second October), 9st 3lbs (Custance), ran second in the Clearwell, of .£980, won by Major Elwon's b. c. Plaudit by Thormanby, 8st 1 3lbs (J. Snowden), by a head, beating the Duke of Newcastle's b. c. Pericles by Newminster, 8st iolbs (Chaloner), third, Vauban, 8st iolbs, and five others ; 7 to 2 on Achievement, 6 to 1 against Plaudit, and 10 to 1 against Vauban. The Duke of Hamilton's b. c. Green- back by Glenmasson (Edwards), took the lead, followed by Achievement and Plaudit, The Baron's ch. c. Jasper by King Tom (Daley), being fourth, Pericles fifth, and Vauban (Fordham), sixth. At the end of half a mile, Greenback and Jasper were beaten ; and, on entering the cords, Plaudit had half a length's lead of Achievement. A very close and exciting race between the pair now ensued ; but, notwithstanding Custance made free use of whip and spur, the north-country colt won, amidst intense excite- ment, by a head. Achievement ran most gamely. S. mg., 8st 1 3lbs (Custance), ran second for the Middle Park Plate, of ,£4840, won by Mr. Pardoe's (afterwards Mr. Pryor's), br. c. The Rake by Wild Dayrell, 8st 9lbs (Loates), in a canter, by three lengths, beating Captain MachelPs br. c. Knight of the Garter by Prime Minister, 8st 9lbs (Cannon), third, The Palmer, 8st 9lbs (Wells), Owain Glyndwr, 8st 6lbs (Goater), and ten others ; 2 to 1 against Achievement, 4 to 1 against The Rake, and 8 to 1 ao-ainst Knight of the Garter. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st i3lbs (Custance), won the Criterion, of .£1310, beating Mr. Pryor's ch. c. Friponnier by Chcvalier-d' Industrie, 8st i2lbs (Loates), by two lengths, Count Lagrange's br. c. Dragon by Ventre-St.-Gris, 8st i2lbs (G. Pratt), third; also, the Count's ch. c. Trocadero (likewise bred in France), by Monarque, 8st iolbs (Edwards), Mr. Bowes' ch. c. Taraban (winner of the Goodwood Stakes in 1871, and also the Northumberland Plate), 8st 8lbs, Sir J. Hawley's bl. f. Arapeile (winner of the Bretby Stakes, of .£1050, at New- market), by Beadsman, 8st iolbs (Wells), and four others ; 7 to 4 against the winner, and 3 to 1 against Friponnier. 1867. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st iolbs each (Custance), won the 1000 Guineas (val. /4150), beating Mr. Pryor's b. f. Sceur-de-Charite" A CHIE VEMENT. 3 2 7 by Newminster (Loates), by three lengths, Mr. Merry's b. f. Mayflower by Thormanby (J. Grimshaw), third; also, Mr. Edgar's (afterwards Lord Hastings') br. f. Duchess by St. Albans, Count Lagrange's b. f. La Marechale by Monarque, and two others ; 100 to 15 on the winner, and 25 to 1 each against Soeur-de Charite and Duchess. The beating was so hollow, it could scarcely be called a race. The French filly overpower- ing her rider, Hibberd, bolted clean out of the course. At Epsom, ran second in the Oaks, won by Hippia. At Ascot, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), ran second in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, of ^"3425, won by Vauban, 9st lib (Fordham), beating Marksman, ost lib (Daley), third, Van Amburgh, Julius, Ravioli, and six others : won by two lengths S. mg., 9St 3lbs (Chaloner), won the Coronation Stakes, of ^1700, beating Arapeile, Sst iolbs (Wells), by nine lengths, Ravioli, Sst iolbs (Norman), third, Sunnylocks, fourth, and Duchess last. S. mg., Sst 7lbs (Chaloner), ran second in the Ascot Triennial, of ^439, won by Vauban, Sst iolbs (Fordham), by three lengths: three ran ; 5 to 4 on Vauban. At York Sst 5lbs (Chaloner), won the Great Yorkshire Stakes, of ^480, beating Vauban, Sst iolbs (Fordham), by ten lengths, the Duke of Beaufort's b. c. Caucasus by Muscovite, Sst iolbs, Taraban, Sst iolbs, and Lord Glasgow's b. c. by Toxophilite, did not pass the post ; 2 to 1 on Vauban. At Doncaster, Sst ^lbs (Chaloner), won the Great St. Leger, of ^5425, beating Hermit. S. mg., /St 4II3S (Kenyon), won the Cup, beating Hermit, ;st 7lbs (Jeffery), Mr. Johnstone's Tynedale by Warlock, 7st (Cameron), third, Mr. Watts' gr. c. Strathconan by Newminster, four years, Sst 5lbs, and four others ; 5 to 4 on the winner. At the bend of the course, Hermit was leading, but, when fairly in the straight, he was challenged by Achievement. For several strides the pair raced side by side, but, alter passing the distance, Kenyon sent Achievement to the front, who, literally pulling her rider out of his seat, won by nearly a length. Tynedale was twenty lengths behind the pair. The pace was very great the last half-mile. The Duke of Beaufort's ch. m. Gomera dy Marsyas, five years, Sst gibs, was fourth, Mr. Heathcote's b. f. Bee's- wing (winner, this year, of the Chester Cup, and the Leamington Stakes), by Newminster, four years, Sst 2lbs (Cannon), was fifth. She pulled up a hundred yards trom home. 3 2 8 CELEBRA TED RA CE HORSES . 1 868. At Bath, 9St 3lbs (Chaloner), ran second for the Beaufort Cup, won b; Julius, 8st iolbs (Daley), by fifteen lengths. At Ascot, 8st 5lbs (Chalonc. for four years old, ran second in the Triennial, won by Mr. Johnstone s ch. c. Mandrake (winner, this year, of the Doncaster Cup, and in i86~, of the Great Ebor Handicap, and the Liverpool Cup), by Weatherbit, 8st iolbs (Osborne), ch. c. Taraban, 8st iolbs (Custance), being third and last: even on Achievement ; won by half a length. At Stockbridge, ost iolbs (Chaloner), ran third for the Cup, of ,£270, won by Captain Machell's br. c. Knight of the Garter, four years, 9st 6lbs (Custance), beating Mr. Savile's b. c. Ryshworth (winner of the July Stakes, and several other rich Stakes this year), by Skirmisher, two years, 7st lib (Maidment), by six lengths, and two others. The winner was the favourite. This was Achievement's last appearance on the Turf. ■ • . » 'I 33o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. won the Lambton Plate, of ^400, beating Mr. Mackenzie's ch. c. Mandrake (winner of the Liverpool Cup and Great Ebor Handicap, in 1867, and the Doncaster Cup in 1868), by Weatherbit, 8st iolbs (J. Morris), by a neck, Mr. Watts' ro. f. Rose (winner of the Sapling Stakes at York), by Thormanby, out of Souvenir, 8st 6lbs (J. Snowden), and two others. At York (August), Sst iolbs (Fordham), ran third in the North of England Biennial, of ^628, won by Mr. Cartwright's b. c. Wroughton by Musjid, Sst iolbs (Custance), after a dead-heat with Lord Hastings' b. f. Inez (winner of the Great Nursery Handicap, next day, and of ^1545, at Newmarket Second October), by Newminster, Sst 2lbs (Cannon), by a neck; eight ran. At Newmarket (First October), Sst iolbs (Fordham), not placed in the Triennial, of ,£490, won by Captain Machell's br. c. Knight of the Garter (winner, same day, of the Rutland Stakes, Sst iolbs (Custance), beating Ravioli, Sst 7lbs (Cannon), second, by a length, Mr. Merry's b. f. Mayflower by Thormanby, 8st 7lbs (J. Grimshaw), third, and seven others ; 5 to 2 against Vauban, and 3 to 1 against Knight of the Garter. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st i3lbs (Fordham), not placed in the Clearwell, won by Plaudit, beat- ing Achievement, and five others. S. mg., 8st iolbs (Fordham), won the Wilton Stakes, of ^275, beating Ravioli (winner, this year, of a sweep of 1000 sovs. at Goodwood), 8st 6lbs (Custance), by a neck ; only two ran. S. mg., Sst 1 3lbs (Fordham), ran third in the Prendergast, of ,£1175, won by the Duke of Newcastle's b. c. Pericles by Newminster, 8st iolbs (Custance), beating Knight of the Garter, Sst 13 lbs (Cannon), second, and four others. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst 6lbs (Cannon), won the Troy Stakes, of ^"1425, beating Julius, Sst 3lbs (J. Snowden), by a neck, b. f. Lady Hester (also the Duke of Beaufort's), by Thunderbolt, 8st (Fordham), Marksman, Sst iolbs, and three others. 1867. At Newmarket Craven, Sst iolbs (Fordham) won the Biennial, of ^695, beating Wroughton, 8st iolbs (Chaloner), after one of the finest races ever seen, by a head, Mayflower, 8st 7lbs, third, and twelve others. Within a dozen strides of the post, WTroughton looked all over the winner, . but Fordham's grand rush just gained the victory. At VAUBAN. IV Newmarket (First Spring), colts 8st lolbs (Fordham), won the 2000 Guineas (,£5350), beating Knight of the Garter (distance), second, Marksman (Chaloner), third, Julius (Edwards), fourth ; also, b. c. Uncas by Stockwell, Mr. Jones' b. c. Huntsman by Orlando, Count de Lagrange's ch. c. Trocadero, Mandrake, Pericles, Plaudit, Owain Glyndwr, Star of India, Van Amburgh, Ravioli, 8st 5lbs, and four others ; 5 to 2 against Vauban, 100 to 30 against Plaudit, 4 to 1 against Julius, 7 to I against Marksman, and 20 to 1 against Knight of the Garter. After two breaks away, they all got well off, Uncas rushing to the front, Pericles racing at his quarters, followed by Van Amburgh (Cartwright), Star of India (French), Knight of the Garter, and Huntsman (Heartfield), on the right, Trocadero (Hibberd), Plaudit (J. Snowden), and Owain Glyndwr (Goater), being in the centre ; while Julius, Vauban, and .Marksman were close up on the left. At the end of a quarter of a mile, Daley, on Pericles (to serve Julius), forced the pace, and drew up to Uncas (Cannon), the pair racing head and head for three hundred yards, when Uncas began to tire, and Pericles took the lead by a couple of lengths, followed by Van Amburgh, Star of India, and Knight of the Garter, all of whom had passed Uncas. Close behind these came Plaudit, Huntsman, Trocadero, Owain Glyndwr, Julius, Vauban, and Marksman, the rest being pretty well up, except Ravioli. At the bushes hill, Pericles had shot his bolt, and retired, leaving Van Amburgh with the lead, but he soon after bolted across the course. Descending the hill, Plaudit retired beaten, and the leading division now comprised Marksman, Vauban, and Julius, in close company, on the left, Trocadero, Star of India, Knight of the Garter, and Huntsman being on the right, the two first and the last, however, soon compounded. When in the dip, Edwards had to call on Julius to keep pace with Vauban; but it was evident he could not do so. The race now seemed to be left to Vauban and Marksman, who were running head and head, when Custance, who was lying wide on the right, brought up Knight of the Garter with such a resolute rush, that it seemed as if he would prove the winner. The moment, however, that Fordham called on Vauban, it was all over; for he shot out, in the gamest manner, and won, easily, by two lengths, Marksman losing the second honours by a head only, Julius being three lengths from him ; Trocadero was fifth, 332 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. and Lord Falmouth's Star of India sixth. At Epsom, ran third in the Derby, won by Hermit. At Ascot, 9st i lb (Fordham), won the Prince of Wales' Stakes, of ,£3425, beating Achievement, 8st iolbs (Chaloner), by ten lengths, Marksman third (Julius), Van Amburgh, Ravioli, and six others. S. mg., 8st iolbs (Fordham), won the Triennial, of ^440, beating Achievement, 8st 7lbs (Chaloner), by three lengths, Mr. R. C. Naylor's br. c. Walton by Wild Dayrell, 7st 5lbs, third, and the Duke of Beaufort's b. c. Caucasus by Muscovite, 8st 5lbs, last. At Stockbridge (Bibury Club Meeting), ast 1 lb (Fordham), won the Biennial, of ,£1025, beating Mr. Morris' ch. c. Ailesbury by St. Albans, 8st 8lbs (Custance), by four lengths, the Duke of Newcastle's b. f. Opoponax by Drogheda, 8st lib (Daley), third, Count de Lagrange's bl. c. Montgoubert (bred in France), by Ellington, 8st iolbs, and the Duke of Beaufort's ch. f. by St. Albans, 8st 2lbs, last; 10 to 1 on Vauban. At Goodwood, ast lib (Fordham), won a Post Sweep of ^1050, beating Count de Lagrange's b. c. Cerf Volant by Monarque, 8st iolbs (Hibberd), by six lengths; also, 7st 7ibs (Parry), won the Cup, of ,£540, beating Mr. Johnstone's (alias Jardine's), b. c. Tynedale by Warlock, three years, 7st 7lbs (Cameron), in a canter, ch. m. Regalia, five years, ost 3lbs (Daley), third, Lord Hastings' b. f. Miss Havelock by Rataplan, and one other. S. mg., 8st iolbs (Fordham), won the Bentinck Memorial, of ^278, beating Taraban, 8st iolbs, and Ravioli, 8st 6lbs. At York, ost 1 lb (Fordham), won the North of England Biennial, of ^628, beating Mr. Savile's br. c. Roquefort by Parmesan, 8st iolbs (Custance), Taraban, Lady Hester, and three others. S. mg., in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, was beaten by Achievement, by ten lengths. At Doncaster (Parry), was not placed in the St. Leger, won by Achievement. S. mg., ost 1 lb (Parry), ran second in the Doncaster Stakes, of ^590, won by Mr. Bowes' ch. c. Taraban by Rataplan, 8st iolbs, (Carroll), by a head, beating Mandrake, 8st iolbs (Osborne), third, Count de Lagrange's ch. c. Longchamps by Monarque, Ravioli, and Van Amburgh. Even on Vauban and 10 to 1 against Taraban. This was Vauban's last race. Vauban was bred by the Duke of Beaufort, who owned his dam. To the eye, Vauban was a plain-looking- horse, with a long plain head, but a good muscular neck, and powerful quarters, droop- VAUBAN. 333 ing towards the tail. lie had very line shoulders, hut very upright pasterns, fatal to his Derby chance. Vauban was a descendant of the Brutandorf branch of the Blacklock line, by far the best of the four divisions into which that line is cut up. The blood which r.-.ost largely predominates in Vauban's ancestry, is that of Selim, there being more than double the number of strains of that speedy blood than of any other. Although a Blacklock, Vauban was not a " Blacklock upon Waxy," the one -hing needful. Vauban's friends were wont to insist that staying was his forte, rather than speed. This was not so; and Vauban's kith and kin were certainly more famous for speed than for stamina, and he himself was not an exception. (" The Druid.1') 334 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. JULIUS. JULIUS was a b. c. foaled in 1864, the property of the Duke of New- castle. He was got by St. Albans, out of Julie by Orlando, out of Nun-Appleton by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Milner by Malek, out of a mare by Whisker, her dam, by Orville, out of a mare by Expec- tation (son of Sir Peter), out of Calabria by Spadille (son of Highflyer), her dam, by Alfred (son of Match'em), out of a mare by Locust (a son of Old Crab), out of a dau. of Changeling (own brother to Match'em), out of a daughter of Old Cade. Julius' Performances. 1866. At Stockbridge, Sst ;lbs (J. Goater), ran third in the Troy Stakes, won by Hermit. At Winchester, Sst iolbs (Custance), won the Biennial, of ,£250, beating Mr. E. Brayley's b. c. Dick Turpin by High Treason (son of Mildew by Slane), Sst 7lbs, Lord Portsmouth's ch. f. Haidee by Buccaneer, third, and three others ; 6 to 4 against Julius, and 4 to 1 against Dick Turpin. At Goodwood, Sst iolbs, not placed in the Lavant, won by Achievement. At Lewes, Sst 4lbs (Loates), won the Nursery Handicap, of ^330, beating Mr. Porter's b. c. Challenge by Trumpeter, 6st 7lbs (S. Mordan), by a head, Mr. Carew's bl. f. Prima Donna by Master Bagot (son of Foig-a-Ballagh), (Goodwin), third, Mr. Angell's br. f. Canard by Weatherbit, Mr. Saxon's br. f. Lady Craven by Skir- misher, Mr. Allwyn's b. f. Bonnie Doon by Dundee, ch. f. Seville by St. Albans, and eight others. At Newmarket (Ho.), Sst 3ms (J. Snowden), ran second in the Troy Stakes, won by Vauban, by a neck, beating Lady Hester, third, Marksman, and two others. t B I ■ ■ ■ H V-'"<- » « /ULIUS. 335 1867. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st iolbs each (Edwards), not placed in the 2000 Guineas, won by Vauban. S. mg., 7st (Covey), for a purse of 100 sovs., was beaten, by a short head, by Mr. Richard Sutton's b. c. Lord Lyon, four years, 8st iolbs (distance). At Epsom (J. Mann), not placed in the Derby, won by Hermit. At Ascot, 8st iolbs (Custance), not placed in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, won by Vauban. S. mg., ran second in the Biennial, won by Hermit; also, yst 5lbs (Huxtable), not placed for the Ascot Cup, won by Lord Hastings' b. c. Lecturer by Colsterdale, four years, 8st iolbs (Fordham), beating Regalia, 9st (Heart- field), Hippia, 7st 2lbs (Peake), Tormentor, four years, 8st 7lbs, Rama, 8st iolbs, John Davies by Voltigeur, six years, ost 5lbs, and three others ; Hippia was the favourite. At Stockbridge, 6st iolbs (Kenyon), won the Beaufort Handicap, of ,£480, beating Mr. Day's br. c. Scavenger by Voltigeur, three years, 5st 7lbs (Wyatt), in a canter, Mr. G. Angell's br. c. Python by Young Melbourne, three years, 6st 4.1bs, Lord. Hastings' br. c. Red Riband by Van Galen, three years, 5st iolbs, last. At Newmarket (July), 8st 4lbs (Fordham), ran second in the Beaufort Stakes, won by Mr. Geo. Payne's bl. m. Bradamante (winner of the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood in 1864), by Voltigeur, six years, 7st (S. Mordan), beating also Count Batthyany's br. h. Vandervelde by Vandermulin (son of Van Tromp), six years, Sst, third, The Baron's ch. c. Dalesman (sire of Low- lander), four years, ost 4lbs (Daley), and six others. S. mg., Sst 7lbs (Daley), won the Summer Stakes of ^320, beating Count Batthyany's ch. c. Mount Palatine by Newminster, four years, 7st i2lbs (Covey), by a head, The Baron's b. f. Water Cure by King Tom, three years, 6st (Jeffery), third, and five others. At Winchester, w. o. for 250 sovs. ; also, 8st 3lbs (Crow), ran second for the Cup, won by the Duke of Beaufort's ch. h. Lord Ronald by Stockwell, five years, Sst 81bs (Fordham), beating three others, At Goodwood, Sst iolbs (Daley), won the Racing Stakes of ^600, beating Sir J. Hawley's br. c. The Palmer by Beadsman, ost lib (Wells), by two lengths, and Lord Stamford's br. c. Feodor by Ivan, 8st iolbs (Cannon), last. At Doncaster, ran third in the St. Leger, won by Achievement. At Newmarket (First October), ran third and last in 336 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. the Grand Duke Michael, won by Friponnier, Hermit being second. S. mg., 8st 7lbs (Daley), match for 500 sovs., beat the Marquis of Hastings' (late Mr. Porter's) b. c. Challenge, three years, 8st 7lbs (Fordham), by a neck ; 6 to 5 on Julius. At Newmarket (Second October), 8st (Chaloner), won the Caesarewitch, of ,£1715, beating Mr. J. Bowes' b. c. Westwick (winner, in 1866, of the Great Ebor Handicap), by Stockwell, four years, 8st 4-lbs (French), by four lengths, Lord Westmorland's b. f. Romping Girl, by Wild Dayrell, three years, 7st (Kenyon), third ; also, ch. c. Dales- man by King Tom, four years, 9st 4.1bs (Daley), Mr. Chaplin's b. c. Blinkhoolie by Rataplan, three years, 7st, b. c. Sealskin, four years, 8st, b. c. King Victor by Fazzoletto, three years, 6st 7lbs, the Duke of Hamilton's br. c. Honesty by Voltigeur, three years, 6st 8lbs, and eighteen others ; 4 to 1 against Blinkhoolie (winner, in 1868, of the Queen's Vase, at Ascot), 100 to 15 against Armourer, 7 to 1 against Sealskin, 12 to 1 against Julius, and 100 to 1 each against Westwick and Dalesman. After three attempts, they all got off to an excellent start, the first to show in front being Lord Stamford's ch. h. Archimedes, five years, 7st 7lbs (Cameron), who led for about 250 yards, when he was passed by La-Dauphine (Peppier). Across the Flat she held a lead of six lengths, Romping Girl (Kenyon), and Mr. E. Brayley's Pearl Diver (Cannon), being next. Before the Bushes Hill was reached, more than two-thirds of the field were beaten ; the pace having been very severe. On the brow of the hill, La-Dauphine gave way, and Julius, coming right through the leading division, rushed to the front, followed by Westwick (French), Mr. Savile's Sealskin (Fordham), and Honesty (Covey), on his whip-hand, with Pearl Diver, Romping Girl, and Blinkhoolie (Jeffery), on the left, while Colonel Knox's br. c. Armourer by Knight of Kars, three years, 6st 2lbs (Butler), and La-Dauphine were in the centre, well up. In the dip, Julius was nearly pulling Chaloner out of the saddle, and here it was that the favourite, Blinkhoolie, compounded, leaving Westwick and Romping Girl alone to do battle with Julius, who, easily shaking off an abortive effort of Tom French to approach him, won, hard held, in the commonest of canters ; this feat being justly considered a grand performance, and proving Julius to be a horse of very high class. S. mg., Sst 11 lbs (Mordan), in a free handicap, of ,£1150, ran a dead-heat with Sir. J. JULIUS. 337 [ lawley's br. c. The Palmer 7st (jibs (Cannon), Sir Joseph and the Duke of Newcastle dividing the stakes. iS6S« At Newmarket Craven, Sst iolbs (Daley), won the Biennial, of ^695, beating Hermit, 9st 3lbs (Custance), by a neck, and two others ; also, w. o. for the Port Stakes, of .£400. At Newmarket (First Spring), Sst iolbs, match for 1000 sovs., beat Hermit, Sst 9II3S. At Bath, Sst iolbs (Daley), won the Beaufort Cup of ^,310, beating Achievement, 9st 2lbs (Chaloner), by fifteen lengths, ch. m. Gomera by Marsyas, and br. c. Goodwood by Rataplan. At Ascot, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), ran second for the Queen's Vase, won by Blinkhoolie, four years, Sst iolbs (Custance), by six lengths ; four ran. At Stockbridge, Sst iolbs (Daley), ran second for the Hurst- bourne Cup, of ,£290, won by Gomera (winner of the Goodwood Stakes in 1S67), six years, 9st (French), by a short head. At Goodwood, 9st (Daley), ran fourth for the Cup, won by b. c. Speculum (also the Duke of Newcastle's, and winner, this year, of the City and Suburban), by Vedette, three years, 7st 7lbs (Kenyon), beating Mr. Savile's bl. g. Blueskin (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan at Epsom), by Skirmisher, three years, 7st 3lbs (Maidment), by a neck, Mr. Jardine's br. c. Tabouret by Rataplan, three years, 7st 7lbs, third, and The Baron's b. c. Suffolk by North Lincoln, three years, 7st 7II3S (J. Morris), last ; 5 to 4 against Julius (with whom the Duke declared to win), 7 to 2 against Speculum, and 4 to 1 against Tabouret. At Warwick, Sst 1 1 lbs, two miles (Daley), won the Cup, of ,£230, beating ch. c. Tertullus by Colsterdale, four years, 7st albs (H. Jackson), by six lengths. At Doncaster, Sst 6lbs (Daley), ran second for the Cup, won by Mr. Jardine's br. c. Mandrake, four years, 8st 5II »s (Osborne), by a length, beating also Lord Stamford's b. c. Charwood by Newcastle (son of Newminster), three years, 7st (Hammond), third, Mr. Jardine's ch. c. Donaldbain (started to make the running for Man- drake) by Malcolm, three years, 7st (Cameron), and Mr. John Scott's b. c. Viscount by The Marquis (son of Stockwell), three years, 7st (Kenyon) ; betting, at starting, 1 1 to 10 against Julius, 9 to 4 against Mandrake, 11 to 2 against Charwood, and 6 to 1 agairst Viscount. Julius was now transferred from the Turf to the Stud. 338 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. BLUE GOWN. BLUE GOWN was a b. c. foaled in 1865, bred by, and the property of, Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart. He was got by Beadsman, out of Bas-Bleu by Stockwell, out of Vexation by Touchstone, out of Vat (bred in Ireland by Lord Sligo in 1826) by Langar, out of Wire (bred by the Duke of Grafton, in 1S11, and sold to Lord Sligo for 1500 gs., and sent to Ireland) by Waxy, out of Penelope by Trumpator, &c, &c. Bas-Bleu, bred by Sir J. Hawley in 1858, ran a few times, as a three year old, but unsuccessfully. She threw a filly to Beadsman, in 1863, another to him (which died after being foaled) in 1864, Blue Gown in 1865, a filly to Asteroid in 1866, and a filly to Thormanby in 1867. Blue Gown stood close upon fifteen hands three inches high, and was a little big compact horse, that wanted only the blood-like elegance of his half- brother and sister. In his appearance, indeed, he took more after his dam's than his sire's family. He had a somewhat lean but expressive head, with rather lop ears, a strong neck, good barrel, and powerful shoulders. He had grand quarters, with remarkable width across the stifles, was short in his cannon from the knee to the ground, but not so from the hock, standing a little high behind. When being led back to the rubbing house, after winning the Derby, one of the stable lads was hanging on to his long j tail. He was the gentlest and the most docile animal ever seen. At the I end of his racin ; career, Sir Joseph sold Blue Gown for 5000 gs. to go to France. He died in December, 1880, on his passage to New York. \ His death was occasioned by the rolling motion of the vessel, which seemed to affect him terribly. Blue Gown's Performances. 1867. At Ascot (Spring), for two years old, Sst 7lbs (Huxtable), won the v ■ . I l I HRftflnflB son ■ • iff (< .1 * THE EARL. 35' Fobert's br. f. Frolicsome by Weatherbit, 8st slbs (J. Grimshaw), was third. At Warwick, ost (Fordham), won the Castle Park Stakes, beating Mr. H. Chaplin's b. f. Veda (winner, this year, of the Brighton Biennial) by Lambton, 8st i2lbs (Cannon), by a length, Mr. Woolcott's b. c. Wild Blood by Wild Dayrell, Sst 5lbs, and one other. S. mg\, 8st olbs (Ford- ham), ran second in the Nursery Handicap, won by Lord Vivian's b. c. Redivivus by Newminster, 6st albs (Quince), beating six others. At Doncaster, ost lib — 5lbs extra — (Cannon), ran second in a sweep 0^710, won by the Duke of Newcastle's ch. c. Pace by Caterer, Sst iolbs (Daley), beating Ironmaster, Sst iolbs (Clement), third, Blueskin, Sst iolbs, and three others ; 5 to 2 on The Earl, and 20 to 1 against Pace (who, on the following day, won ,£1750, beating Lord Falmouth's b. c. Courtmantle by King Tom, Blue Gown, and two others, though he was nowhere in the Champagne Stakes, his first time of starting), and 5 to 1 against Iron- master. Won by half a length. At Newmarket (First October), ost (Fordham), won the Rutland Stakes, of ,£340, beating The Baron's b. c. Suffolk, ost 3lbs (Daley), and the Duke of Hamilton's ch. c. Innerdale by Dundee, ost (Edwards), last; 6 to 4 on Suffolk, and 7 to 4 against The Earl, who made the running at rare speed, to within a quarter of a mile from home, when Suffolk drew up to him; but The Earl shook off his challenge, and won, in a canter, by four lengths. At Newmarket (Second October), for two years old, ost 81bs (Fordham), in the Bedford Stakes, of .£450, ran a dead-heat with Ouragan, Sst iolbs (J. Grimshaw) ; but, in the deciding heat, was beaten by a head ; four ran. Betting, at starting, 2 to 1 on The Earl, and 3 to 1 against Ouragan. The Count's colt led to tin- dip, where Fordham brought up The Earl, and gaining ground at every stride, just managed to make a dead-heat of it. Betting, on the second heat, 11 to S on The Earl. At Newmarket (Ho.), 7st gibs (Cannon), match for 500 sovs. (Bretby Course, six furlongs), was beaten by Sir J. Hawley's b. h. XI. by General Williams, four years, ost 4lbs (Wells). A fine race, and won by a head ; 55 to 50 on The Earl. S. mg.( Sst iolbs (Fordham); Ab. M. (seven furlongs and two hundred and twelve yards), in a sweep of ^250, was beaten by Suffolk, Sst iolbs (Daley) ; 7 to 4 on The Earl ; won by a neck, and very cleverly done The Earl was now sold to Mr. II. Padwick. 352 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1868. At Newmarket Craven, 8st iolbs (Fordham), won the Biennial, of ^687, beating Blue Gown, Sst iolbs (Wells), b. c. Suffolk, Sst iolbs (Daley), third, Count de Lagrange's b. c. Nelusko by Monarque (J. Grimshaw), Sir R. Bulkeley's br. c. Sir David Gam by Underhand (J. Goater), Mr. Harlock's b. c. Stamford by Muscovite (Norman), Mr. Merry's br. c. The Parson by St. Albans, Mr. Geo. Payne's ch. c. Boanerges by Thunderbolt (Chaloner), Mr. Clayton's b. c. Lymington by Wild Dayrell (Parry), Mr. Pryor's b. c. Ritualist by Newminster (French), and Mr. Heene's ch. c. Belfast by Stockwell (Forster) ; 6 to 4 against The Earl, 7 to 2 against Suffolk, 5 to 1 against Blue Gown, 6 to 1 against The Parson (Morris), and 8 to 1 against Nelusko. No others quoted. The saddling, at the Bird Cage, was watched with great interest by the public, and each of the three cracks (The Earl, Blue Gown, and Suffolk) was followed by a number of admirers as, one by one, they emerged from the enclosure. The superiority of this trio over the rest, was instantly manifest. Without any delay, they were despatched to a beautiful start, all going abreast for a few yards, till Nelusko, lying wide on the left, shot out, and took up the running with a length's lead of Sir David Gam, The Parson, on the right, being next, The Earl and Lymington in the centre, closely followed by Blue Gown and Suffolk. After a hundred yards had been covered, Suffolk was seen to drop away three or four lengths in the rear of Blue Gown. In this order they reached the Bushes Hill, when The Earl, heading The Parson, Sir David Gam, and Nelusko, in turn, assumed the lead. At the same time, Daley put on a spurt with Suffolk, passing Blue Gown, and going up to the quarters of The Earl, the others having all gone to the rear. The race was now left to the three cracks, and they came on together into the Abingdon Mile Bottom, where Suffolk appeared to be going the best of the three, but the moment they com- menced the ascent to the finish, he was evidently in trouble ; and though he maintained his place until entering the cords, he stopped dead there, as if he had been shot, Blue Gown simultaneously closing with The Earl. A most interesting and exciting race now ensued, and the vast crowd of spectators was hushed into a deep and prolonged silence, unbroken by a THE EARL. 353 single cheer, till Wells brought Blue Gown up to The Earl's head, about one hundred yards from home, when " the favourite's beat," resounded on all sides ; and in another moment " the favourite wins " was again heard, till Blue Gown drew up quite level with his opponent, when the same shouts were alternately heard till, in the last half-dozen strides, the splendid son of Beadsman and Bas Bleu, though running gamely enough, was evidently too weak for the final effort, while Fordham, by dint of hard riding, and the most resolute determination, visible to everybody, landed The Earl a winner by half a neck. Suffolk was a bad third, Nelusko, ten lengths off, fourth, Ritualist fifth, and The Parson sixth. S. mg., w. o. for 100 sovs. At Newmarket (First Spring), for three years old, w. o. for the Newmarket Stakes, of .£500, Mr. Padwick and Sir ]. Haw ley, who had entered Blue Gown, agreeing to divide the stakes. At Ascot, Sst iolbs (Fordham), for three years old, won the Ascot Derby, °f £97 5< beating Colonel Pearson's ch. c. Cap-a-pie by Thormanby, Sst 3lbs (Chaloner), by two lengths, b. c. Suffolk, Sst iolbs (Daley), third, and the Duke of Newcastle's br. c. Clarion by Trumpeter, Sst iolbs (French), last. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Fordham), won the Ascot Biennial, of .£735, beating Suffolk, Sst iolbs (Daley), by a length, b. c. Vale Royal, Sst iolbs (Bumby), third, and St. Ronan, Sst iolbs (Custance), last ; 5 to 2 on The Earl, 6 to 1 against St. Ronan, 8 to 1 against Vale Royal, and 12 to 1 against Suffolk. S. mg., Sst iolbs (Fordham), won the St. James's Palace Stakes, of ^"Soo, beating The Baron's b. c. Restitution by King Tom, Sst 3lbs (Morris), both three years old; 7 to 2 on The Earl, who lay several length's off, till nearing the distance, when Fordham thought it was high time to be drawing up, and he came a cracker, but was unable to catch Restitution, of whom Morris was now making the best, till within a few strides from the Chair, a splendid set to ending in The Earl's favour by a neck. At Paris (June 7th), Sst cjlbs (Fordham), won the Grand Prix de Paris, beating Count de Lagrange's b. c. Suzerain by Monarque, Sst gibs (Custance), by a length, the Count's b. c. Nelusko, Sst albs (J. Grimshaw). third, Lord Stamford's b. c. Vale Royal by Stockwell, Sst albs (Daley), fourth, Blueskin (Maidment), and two others, all Sst olbs. No betting quoted. Net value of stakes, 141,000 francs. vol. iv. a a 354 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. The Earl ran no more, after the Ascot meeting. The scratching of The Earl for the Derby, for which race, together with Blue Gown, he had been extensively backed by the public, created a profound and most dis- agreeable sensation in all racing circles, a large amount of obloquy beinj cast on his late and present owners, who were strongly suspected to be in league in this disgraceful business. His scratching for the St. Leger was anticipated, as a cloak to the other nefarious transaction, and consequently the public kept their money safely in their pockets. Next to Blue Gown, The Earl was certainly the best horse of his year. V . ■ I ■V « :a f 356 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. third in the Middle Park Plate, of .£4480 (^1000 of which was the free gift of Mr. Wm. Blenkiron), won by Pero Gomez. 1S69. At Newmarket (First Spring), colts Sst iolbs, fillies Sst 5II3S (Osbqrne), won the 2000 Guineas (val. ^"4400), beating Mr. Merry's b. c. Belladrum by Stockwell, out of Catherine Hayes (Kenyon), second, br. c. Perrydown (Butler), third, ch. c. Martyrdom (Fordham), fourth ; also, Mr. E. Brayley's b. c. Duke of Beaufort (Cannon), the Duke of Newcastle's b. c. Tenedos by Knight of St. Patrick (Heartfield), Count Batthyany's b. c. Typhon by Weatherbit, Sir R. Bulkeley's br. c. Tasman by Warlock, Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Siderolite by Asteroid, and his br. c. King Cophetua by Asteroid, Mr. \V. Graham's br. c. Drummer by Rataplan, Lord Royston's ch. c. Alpenstock (winner of this year's City and Suburban) by Rataplan, Standard-Bearer, and seven others; 3 to 1 each against Duke of Beaufort and Pretender, 8 to 1 against Belladrunr, and 5 to 1 against Martyrdom. The pace was a rattler, from start to finish, settling many before the Bushes Hill was reached, at which point Perrydown was leading, followed by Tenedos second, Belladrum third, Lord Calthorpe's ch. c. Martyrdom fourth, and Pretender fifth. Halfway down the hill, Belladrum took the lead, and, at the Abingdon Mile Bottom, Osborne sent Pretender up to him, the pair coming away by themselves, and the latter being a bare half length in front of Mr. Merry's colt. The finish was an exciting one, but although Kenyon made a splendid effort with Belladrum, the son of Catherine Hayes was beaten by a short half-length. At Epsom (Osborne), won the Derby, of ^6225, beating Sir J. Hawley's br. c. Pero Gomez (Wells), by a head, br. c. The Drummer (winner, this year, of the Great Metropolitan), third (J. Morris) ; also, Mr. Jardine's b. c. Lord Hawthorn by Kettledrum (Hudson), and his ch. c. Thorwaldsen by Thormanby (T. Chaloner), ch. c. Martyrdom by St. Albans (Fordham), b. c. Belladrum (Daley), Mr. Surtee's b. c. The ^gean by- Buccaneer (Parry), Mr. Padwick's b. c. Ethus (winner of the October Handicap at Newmarket in 1870) by Blair Athol (J. Goater), ch. c. Alpenstock (W. Bevill), Sir C. Legard's ch. c. Border Knight by PRETENDER. 357 Adventurer (J. Snowden), Lord Rosebery's br. c. Ladas by Lambton (Custance), Lord Strafford's ro. c. Rupert by Knowsley (Custance), Mr. Savilc's bl. c. Neufchatel by Parmesan (Hammond), br. c. Perrydown (Butler), King Cophetua (Adams), Mr. Savile's b. c. Ryshworth (winner, this-year, of the Great Yorkshire Stakes) by Skirmisher (Maidment), br. c. Tasman (Kcnyon), ch. c. De Vere by St. Albans (J. Grimshaw), br. c. Defender by Gunboat and Tencdos, &c. ; betting, at starting, 5 to 4 against Pretender, 5 to 1 against Pero Gomez, 6 to 1 against Belladrum, 10 to 1 against Perrydown, and 20 to 1 against Martyrdom and The Drummer. When fairly settled in their place?, Neufchatel (to serve Ryshworth) made the running, followed by Lord Hawthorn (who had a similar mission for Pretender). At the mile post this pair were racing at top speed, three lengths in advance of Pretender, The /Egcan, Ryshworth, Thorwaldsen, Perrydown, Duke of Beaufort (Cannon), The Drummer, Alpenstock, and Pero Gomez, in the order named, Belladrum and Ethus being fully fifty yards in the rear of everything, and never afterwards taking part in the race. At the furzes the pace was much increased by Lord Hawthorn, who had headed Neufchatel, holding a slight lead to Tattenham Corner, where Thormanby swerved right across Duke of Beaufort, who all but fell. Wells, to avoid a collision, had to pull Pero Gomez quite to the outside, to his great and manifest disadvantage. When fairly in the straight, Lord Hawthorn beat a retreat, when The Drummer, emerging from a closely-packed body of horses, went tp the front, having Perrydown and Rupert on the left ; King Cophetua, The yEgean, and Pretender, a length behind them, were in the centre. Ryshworth and Pero Gomez were on the higher ground, two lengths in the rear of Pretender, and next to them followed Duke of Beaufort, Martyrdom, and Alpenstock. The three leaders looked so formidable at the distance, that the fielders screamed with delight. Here, however, King Cophetua and The /Egean were beaten, and so killing was the pace that, very shortly after, Rupert and Perrydown succumbed to its severity, as did Ryshworth also, a few strides further on. All eyes were now fixed, on Drummer and Pretender, as it looked like a match between this pair. Just opposite the Stand, however, Welis sent Pero, who had passed The Drummer about fifty yards from home, in front of 358 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Pretender, who till then had been leading by half a length, and lor moment Sir Joseph's colt appeared to have the best of the struggle ; but Pretender, springing to Osborne's severe application of the whip, won one of the grandest races ever witnessed. Pero and Wells came in for a large share of applause, so well deserved. Poor Wells, to his dying hour, always maintained that it was Pero's head, and not Pretender's, that was in front of the post, and many were of the same opinion. Just after the race, a report was circulated that Mr. Sadler, the breeder and nominator of Pretender, had died in Yorkshire, the evening before, on which Sir Joseph claimed the stakes ; but a telegram despatched brought the reply that the statement was untrue. At Stockton, 9st 6lbs (Osborne), won the Great Northern Leger, of ,£375, beating Mr. Bromsgrove's b. c. Islam by Musjid, 8st iolbs (Custance), by a neck, and Mr. C. Peck's b. c. Fichu by Ivan, ost 3lbs (T. Chaloner), last. At Doncaster (J. Osborne), was not placed in the St. Leger, won by Pero Gomez (Wells) ; and, in the Doncaster Stakes, was again defeated by Pero Gomez. At Newmarket (Second October), ost 4.1bs (John Osborne), ran second in the Newmarket Derby, of ,£545, won by Count de Lagrange's b. c. Boulogne by Monarque, 8st 11 lbs (Butler), beating The Baron's b. c. Wildbad by North Lincoln, 8st 11 lbs (Daley), third. Martyrdom (on whom 11 to 10 was laid), ost 4.1bs (Fordham), last. Pretender ran several times, in 1870 and 1871, and not always in good company, such as a Derby winner was bound to do, without one single success, or even obtaining a place ; and it would have been better for his reputation had he retired earlier from the Turf, previously to his degradation to " plating company." a .* H r-A<- ■ ■ « . -t <■ ) BOH ■ is I • I I 35o CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. King Cophetua, and 1 1 to i against Scottish Queen. After three breaks away, the flag fell to a capital start, the twenty-one horses stretching across the course like a regiment of cavalry. The first to show in front was The Priest, Sst 6lbs (Jeffery), followed by the Oulston filly, Sst 3lbs (Cannon), and Mr. Chaplin's Brother to Chattanooga by Orlando, 8st aJbs (Custance), in the centre of the course ; whilst on the left, were Le Saphir, Sst 6lbs (Grimshaw), Perrydown, Sst 6lbs (Parry), King Cophetua Sst olbs (French), Pero Gomez, Scottish Queen, and Pretender, all in the order named. Well up with these came Wild Oats, 8st odbs (Norman), Chatsworth, Sst 6lbs (Kenyon), Lurline, Sst 3lbs (Butler), Mr. Cornish's ch. c. Consternation by Blair Athol, Sst gibs (Covey), The Drummer, Sst 6lbs (Page), Badsworth, Sst 1 3lbs. (J. Mann), Derventio (Cameron), Sst 6lbs, Ryshworth, 9st 2lbs — 7lbs extra for winning the July Stakes at Newmarket — (Daley), and Mr. Holmes' b. f. Lady Dewhurst by New- minster, Sst 6lbs (J. Snowden), forming the rear division, with Typhon, Sst ojbs (Morris), and Tasman, Sst albs (J. Goater), the two last. With little change, they ran thus to the Bushes Hill, where Wild Oats began to compound, and Pero Gomez, emerging from the ruck, here took up the running, passing the leaders, one by one, and followed by Le Saphir, the Oulston filly, Scottish Queen, and Pretender, quite clear of the rest of the field, The Priest and Brother to Chattanooga having gone to the rear some time before. In the dip, the Oulston filly and Le Saphir retired beaten, and here Fordham brought up Scottish Queen, and challenged Pero Gomez. An exciting race home then ensued, but the moment Adams asked Pero for an effort, the race was over, and he won easily by a length. Pretender, four lengths from The Queen, was third, Oulston filly a bad fourth, Wild Oats fifth, Le Saphir sixth, and Perrydown seventh. Sir Joseph declared to win with King Cophetua. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st 1 2lbs (J. Adams), in the Criterion, of ,£1300, ran a dead-heat with Wild Oats, Sst i2lbs (French), Sir Joseph and his Grace dividing the stakes. King Cophetua, Sst Slbs (Cannon), and Ryshworth, Sst nibs (Daley), also ran. Sir Joseph declared to win with Pero. 1S69. At Newmarket Craven, Sst iolbs (Wells), won the Biennial of /670, PERO GOMEZ. 361 beating Mr. E. Brayley's b. c. Duke of Beaufort by Trumpeter, 8st iolbs (Cannon), by a neck, Ryshworth, 8st iolbs (Maidment), four lengths off, third, and three others ; 2 to 1 on Pero, who on this occasion looked really magnificent, and 4 to 1 against Duke of Beaufort. Ryshworth took the lead, followed by Duke of Beaufort, with Pero close at his heels, and the Duke of Newcastle's b. c. Tenedos by Knight of St. Patrick, Sst iolbs (Daley), fourth. Ascending the hill to the Bushes, Tenedos headed Sir Joseph's colt, but soon after Pero regained the second place. A few strides further Ryshworth rushed to the front, and led into the Ab. M. Bottom, when he retired, leaving the Duke of Beaufort with the lead again. Two hundred yards from home Wells brought Pero up to the Duke's head and, amidst intense excitement, got just in front of him. Cannon made a most brilliant effort, but Pero, increasing his advantage at every stride, won easily at last by a neck, which Wells could have made a length or two. At Epsom (Wells), ran second in the Derby, won by Pretender. At Ascot, 9st lib (Wells), ran second in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, of ,£3125, won by Martyrdom, Sst iolbs (Fordham), by a length. S. nig., Sst iolbs (Wells), won the Ascot Derby, of ,£725, beating Count Lagrange's b. c. Consul by Monarque, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), by two lengths, Mr. Jardine's bl. c. Good Hope (winner, this year, of the Doncaster Cup) by Cape Flyaway, Sst iolbs (Osborne), third, and Scottish Queen, Sst 6lbs (Ford- ham), last. At Doncaster (Wells), won the St. Leger, of ,£5525, beating Martyrdom (Fordham), by a length, br. c. George Osbaldeston by Camerino (French), third ; also, b. c. Typhon (Morris), Duke of Beaufort (Cannon), Mr. Jardine's b. c. Lord Hawthorn (Chaloner), Mr. Wm. Day's b. c. The Starter (winner, this year, of the Goodwood Stakes), by Voltigeur (J. Adams), Mr. Graham's b. c. Consul by Buccaneer (Page), and his b. c. The Drummer by Rataplan (Custance), Mr. Jardine's ch. c. Derventio by Citadel (Hudson), and his br. c. Pretender (Osborne); 6 to 5 on Pretender, 3 to 1 against Pero Gomez (taken freely), 7 to 1 against Martyrdom, and 33 to 1 against George Osbaldeston. At the first attempt, they got off to a most perfect start, Pero on the extreme left, and Conrad on the right, being the first to show in advance. Wells, however, soon pulled Pero back, who was tearing away far too freely. When two hundred yards had been covered, Typhon rushed to the front, but Page, whose orders were to make the 362 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. pace strong for The Drummer, raised his whip, and sent Conrad a good length in front of Typhon, who was followed by Starter, Derventio, Lord Hawthorn, Pero, and The Drummer, Pretender being at the tail of the last trio, a length in advance of Duke of Beaufort and George Osbaldeston, while Martyrdom was quite in the rear. At the end of a quarter of a mile, Hudson on Derventio (to serve Pretender), went up to the two leaders, being hard pressed by The Starter, Pero, and The Drummer. Nearing the Rifle Butts, the severity of the pace obliged Conrad and Derventio to retire, when The Starter took the lead, followed by Typhon, The Drummer, George Osbaldeston, Pero and Pretender. In this order they reached the Red House, after passing which, Pero rushed forward and headed Typhon, Martyrdom at the same time coming through from the ruck, and taking up a prominent position on the right. After round- in°- the bend, The Drummer compounded, George Osbaldeston taking his place, with Pretender at his quarters. Soon after, The Starter abandoned the lead, and retired beaten, when Pero took up the running in earnest, making the pace very hot. It was now that Osborne saw the necessity of calling on Pretender, but the Derby winner floundered all over the course, and was beaten in an instant. George Osbaldeston now came up and raced for about two hundred yards with Pero, but was unable to con- tinue it further, so tremendous was the pace. At the enclosure, however, Pero was challenged by Martyrdom, who appeared, inch by inch, to be gaining on Sir Joseph's colt, but, notwithstanding Geo. Fordham's reso- lute riding, and an attempt at a fine dash, he could never get on anything like level terms with him, and was defeated easily. S. mg., 9st 6lbs (Wells), won the Doncaster Stakes, of ,£820, beating Pretender, o,st 6lbs (Osborne), by a length, Typhon, Sst iolbs (Morris), third ; also, Sir R, Bulkeley's b. f. Martinique, Sst 6lbs, Duke of Beaufort, Sst iolbs, and Mr. W. Day's b. c. Castle Hill by Voltigeur, Sst iolbs (Cannon). At New- market (First October), w. o. for the Grand Duke Michael, of .£750, and at Newmarket (Second October), w. o. for the Royal Stakes (.£1300). At Newmarket (Ho.), 9St (Wells), ran third in a Free Handicap, of ,£750, won by Mr. Pry'or's b. c. Cardinal York (winner of the Caesarewitch in 1870), by Newminster, three years, 6st i2lbs (Hunt), beating Sir C. Legard's ch. c. Border Knight (winner, this year, of the Wynnstay and PERO GOMEZ. 363 the Hawkcston Cups at Shrewsbury, and the Great Autumn Welter Cup at Warwick), by Adventurer, 7st 2lbs (Jeffery), by four lengths, and Martinique, /St 8lbs (Maidment), last ; all three years old ; a head only between second and third ; 7 to 4 on The Cardinal, 100 to 30 against Pero, and 6 to 1 against Border Knight. Pero conceded 3olbs to the winner, and 26lbs to the second horse, and now, not disgraced, if defeated, retired to the Stud, whence have issued some of his youngsters, who have given fair promise of helping to preserve the very valuable line of Beadsman. *» V 364 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. BRIGANTINE. BRIGANTINE was a b. f. foaled in 1S66, the property of Sir Frederick Johnstone, Bart. She was got by Buccaneer, out of Lady Macdonald by Touchstone, out of Fair Helen by Pantaloon, out of Rebecca by Soothsayer, out of Prudence by Waxy, out of Prunella by Highflyer, out of Promise by Snap, out of Julia by Blank, &c, &c. Brigantine's Performances. 1868. At Newmarket (First Spring), for two years old (Parry), won ,£140, beating The Baron's br. c. Director by Lambton (Daley), by two lengths ; also, 8st 1 3lbs (Cannon), won the Two Year Old Plate, of 200 sovs., beating Lord Calthorpe's ch. c. Martyrdom by St. Albans, 8st iolbs (Custance), by a length, Count de Lagrange's ro. f. Trompette by" Ventre-St.-Gris, Sst iolbs (J. Grimshaw), Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's b. f. Juanita by St. Albans, Sst Slbs (Chaloner), Mr. E. Brayley's b. c. Arlington by Voltigeur, bl. c. Pirate-King by Buccaneer (Lynch), Mr. Savile's b. c. Rysh worth, Sst iolbs, and eleven others ; 100 to 30 against Brigantine, and 10 to 1 against Martyrdom. At Newmarket (July), for two years old (Cannon), Sst 7lbs, not placed in the Chesterfield Stakes, of ,£1290, won by the Duke of Hamilton's ch. c. Chatelherault by^-Cp Newminster, Sst iolbs (Chaloner), beating the Duke of Newcastle's br. f. Abstinence (winner, this year, of the Hopeful Stakes at New- ' market), by Newcastle (Daley), 9st, by a head, and three others. At Newmarket (Ho.), for two years old, Sst 7lbs (Cannon), ran second in a Nursery Handicap, of ,£400, won by Mr. Pryor's b. c. Cardinal York (winner of the Cassarewitch in 1870), by Newminster, by a short neck (Covey), and beating eleven others. S. mg., Sst slbs (Cannon), won a Nursery Handicap, of 600 sovs., beating Mr. Wright's rtvtvu "V S MSB s9K , o, won by Pate, ost" (Marsh), beating two others. At Leicester, for two years old, ost (Page), in the Gopsall Park Stakes, of ^95, was beaten by Mr. Wm. Alington's b. c. (afterwards named Barford) by Thormanby, est 3lbs (Parry), by two lengths ; 5 to 4 on Gamos. At Newmarket (Second October), 9st lib (Fordham), won ^180, beating b. c. Florian by Hospodar, by half a length, and Lord Westmorland's b. c. Guy Dayrell by Wild Dayrell, 9st lib, last ; 5 to 4 against Gamos, and 6 to 4 against Count de Lagrange's colt, Florian. 1870. At Bath, 8st 7lbs (Fordham), ran third in the Biennial, of .£560, won by Mr. Merry's b. c. Macgregor (winner of the 2000 Guineas) by Macaroni, 8st 7lbs (J. Grimshaw), beating Mr. E. Brayley's br. c. The Recorder by The Lawyer (son of The Libel), 8st 7lbs (T. Cannon), by twelve lengths, and Mr. Powney's ch. f. by Trumpeter, last; 100 to 30 on Macgregor. At Epsom (Fordham), won the Oaks, of .£4350', beating Mr. Merry's b. f. Sunshine (winner of the Woodcote at Epsom, of ^890, the July Stakes, of ^1510, at Newmarket, the Lavant Stakes, of ^690, at Goodwood, the North of England Biennial, of .£358, at York, the Champagne, of ,£1300, at Doncaster, and ,£1500 at Newmarket October, all in 1S69, and the Coronation Stakes, of ^1300, at Ascot in 1870) by Thormanby (James Snowden), second, b. f. Pate (T. Chaloner), third, Lord Falmouth's Gertrude (French), fourth, Sir R. Bulkeley's b. f. Carfax by Oxford (Maidment), fifth, Mr. Joseph Dawson's br. f. Hester (winner of the 1000 Guineas), by Thormanby (J. Grimshaw), sixth, and Mr. Eastwood's ch. f. Hawthorndale by Kettledrum (Osborne), seventh and last. Betting, at starting, evens against Hester, 4 to 1 each against Sunshine and Pate, 10 to 1 against Gamos, and 100 to 3 against Gertrude. They got away, at the first attempt, to an excellent start, Gamos, on the outside, being in front. Soon afterwards, the lead was taken by Hawthorndale, who was followed by Pate and Hester, Gamos being fourth, and Gertrude fifth. On entering the furzes, Pate deprived Hawthorndale of the lead, which the latter soon after recovered. At the mile post, Pate again assumed the lead, and Hester headed Hawthorndale, and soon after, Pate also. GAMOS. 375 When fairly in the straight, Pate overhauled Hester, as did Sunshine also, who now held the second place. Gamos passing Hester, taking the third. Very speedily Gertrude headed Hester, and became fourth, all the rest being hopelessly in the rear. Just outside the distance, Sunshine shot past Pate, and took the lead, but was instantly challenged by Gamos, who defeated her at the Stand, and won in a canter, by a length. At Goodwood, 8st 6lbs (Fordham), ran second in the Bentinck Memorial, won by Lady of Lyons, Sst 6lbs (J. Snowden), beating Gertrude, Sst 6lbs, third, Mr. A. de Montgomery's b. f. La-Calonne by Newminster, who made the running for half the distance, when Lady of Lyons took the lead, having Gamos close at her heels. At the fodt of the hill, Fordham challenged, but could not quite get up, and Gamos was beaten by a neck. At York (August), ost 3lbs (Fordham), ran third in the Yorkshire Oaks, won by Gertrude, Sst iolbs (French), beating the Rev. John King's b. f. Agility by Adventurer (Osborne), second, Lady of Lyons, and four others. At Newmarket (First October), Sst 6lbs (Fordham), won the Grand Duke Michael, of ,£750, beating Sir J. Hawley's b. f. Astcrope by Asteroid, Sst 6lbs (Morris), by two lengths, and two others ; 2 to 1 on Gamos, who ran twice more without success. 1S71. At Lincoln (Spring), Sst ^lbs (Fordham), was not placed in the Great Handicap, for which Mr. Winchester's b. h. Vulcan by Thunderbolt, aged, 6st Slbs (G. Jarvis), and Mr. Delamarrc's b. f. Verandah (bred in France) by Vermont, three years, 5st Slbs (W. Chaloner), ran a dead- hcat, the stakes, of ^1240, being divided. At Newmarket (First Spring), ost 3II3S (Fordham), won the Princess of Wales' Stakes, of ,£260, beating The Baron's b. f. Mahonia by King Tom, Sst iolbs (Maidment), both four years old. Gamos ran twice more, without success, and was put to the Stud. ;76 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. HAWTHORN DEN. HAWTHORNDEN was a b. c. foaled in 1867, the property of Mr. Heene. He was got by Lord Clifden, out of Bonny Blink by The Flying Dutchman, out of Prairie Bird by Touchstone, out of Zillah by Reveller, out of Morisca (bred by the Duke of Grafton in 1826), by Morisco, out of Waltz (bred by his Grace in 1822) by Election, out of Penelope by Trumpator, &c, &c. Hawthornden's Performances. 1869. At Newmarket (July), for two years old, 8st 5st (J. Adams), won the Gladiateur Stakes, of .£425, beating Count de Lagrange's b. c. Prince by Monarque, Sst 7lbs (Butler), by a length, The Baron's b. c. Moonstone by North Lincoln, Sst iolbs (Daley), and Lord Calthorpe's b. c. Pibroch by Trumpeter, Sst 7lbs (Fordham). At Reading, Sst iolbs (Adams), won ^225, beating Mr. Graham's b. f. Stockhausen by Stockwell, Sst 7lbs (Fordham), by a length, and six others. At Huntingdon, ost 3IDS — 7lbs extra — (Adams), won ^"360, beating Mr. H. Chaplin's b. f. Pandore (winner of the Biennial at Ascot), by Newminster (Jeffery), by a neck, Sst 1 3lbs, Mr. Graham's b. f. Cestus by Newminster, Sst 1 3lbs (Fordham), third, Mr. Chaplin's ch. f. Religieuse by Newminster, Sst 1 lb, Count de Lagrange's b. c. Florian by Hospodar, Sst 3lbs, and two others. Florian the favourite. At Newmarket (Second October), Sst i3lbs (Adams), ran third in the Prendergast, of ,£950, won by Lord Falmouth's ch. f. Atlantis (winner, also, of the Clearwell), by Thormanby, Mr. C. Hilton's b. c. Atlas by Asteroid, Sst iolbs (Maidment), being second ; eight ran ; 1 1 to 8 on Atlantis, 9st (T. French), and9 to2againstHawthornden ; won by a neck. I a&Mfca I t • !.:» HAWTHORNDEN. 377 1870. At Newmarket (First Spring), 8st lolbs each (Adams), not placed for the- -000 Guineas (val ^4400), won by Mr. Merry's b. c. Macgregor by Macaroni (Daley), beating Lord Stamford's ch. c. Normanby by Thormanby (J. Grimshaw), by five lengths, Lord Falmouth's b. c. King- craft (winner of the Derby), (T. French), third ; also, Mr. Merry's ch. c. Sunlight by Stockwell; Mr. Joseph Dawson's b. c. King o'Scots by King Tom, and four others ; 75 to 40 against Kingcraft, 100 to 30 against Macgregor, 6 to 1 against King o' Scots (winner of the Prince of Wales' Stakes, of £3275, at Ascot), and 100 to 6 against Hawthornden, who was fourth, a neck only behind Kingcraft. The race was a hollow one, all the field being spread-eagled. At Ascot, Sst i2lbs (French), not placed for the Queen's Stand Plate, of £340, won by Mr. Merry's b. c. King of the Forest, by Scottish Chief, two years, 6st I2lbs (Hunt), beating Mr. Graham's br. f. Perfume by Buccaneer, four years, 9st 2lbs (Lynch), by a length, Mr. Graham's bl. c. Digby Grand (winner of the City and Suburban in 1S72), by Saunterer, two years, 6st i2lbs, third (Rowell), Sir J. Hawley's br. h. Rosicrucian, five years, ost 1 1 lbs, fourth (Wells), and three others. At Goodwood, ;st 11 lbs (Huxtable), not placed for the Stewards' Cup, of £790, won by Count Batthyany's b. h. Typhosus by Stockwell, five years, 8st iolbs (Morris), beating Mr. Stuart's b. c. Tabernacle, by Newminster, three years, 7st iolbs (Kenyon), by a neck, Mr. Vaughan's b. h. Plaudit (the first to lower the flying Achievement's colours), by Thormanby, six years, Sst Slbs (J. Snowden), and Mr. Ellis' ch. c. Cymbal by Kettledrum, three years, ?st iolbs (Butler), who ran a dead-heat for third place, and twenty-three others. S. mg., w. o. for the Rous Stakes ; also, 6st 13IIJS (Hunt), not placed in the Chichester Stakes, of .£485, won by Prince Soltykoff's bl. h. Tibthorpe by Voltigcur, six years, ost 2lbs (French), beating Mr. J. C. Stuart's ch. f. Cocoanut by Nutbourne, four years, 7st iolbs (Kenyon), by a head, and nine others. At Doncastcr (now the property of Mr. T. V. Morgan), colts Sst iolbs, fillies Sst 5lbs (J. Grimshaw), won the Great St. Legcr, of ,£5500, beat- ing Kingcraft by King Tom (T. French), second, Lord Falmouth's br. f. Wheatear (winner of the two Biennials at Ascot, and the Newmarket 373 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. Oaks), by Young Melbourne (Webb), third ; also, Mr. W. S. Crawford's br. c. Paltnerston by Brocket (T. Chaloner), Captain Machell's br. c. Bonny Swell (winner of the Dee Stakes at Chester), by Macaroni (Jcffery), Mr. Graham's b. c. Captivator (winner of the Great Metropolitan in 1S71), by Caractacus (Fordham), Mr. Merry's ch. c. Sunlight (J. Snowden), Mr. Johnstone's b. c. Stanley by Knowsley (Osborne), ch. f. Stockhausen (Adams), ch c. Normanby (Parry), Count de Lagrange's ch c Alaric by Monarque (Hunter), Mr. W. Cartwriyht's b. c. Ely Appleton, by Ely (distance), Mr. T. Dawson's b. c. Ptarmigan by Blair Athol (Hudson), Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's br. f. Wild Flower by King Tom (Butler), Tabernacle (Goater), and four others ; 2 to 1 against Kingcraft, 7 to 2 against Palmerston, 8 to 1 against Sunlight, 10 to 1 against Wheatear, and 1000 to 35 against Hawthornden. After an endless succession of false starts, greatly to the disadvantage of the irritable Sunlight, who tried his best to throw his jockey, they all got well away, Sunlight, with his head well in his chest, rushing to the front, and tearing along at a tremendous pace, followed by Wild Flower, Palmerston, Stockhausen, Hawthornden, and Kingcraft, all in a line. After going about three hundred yards, Sunlight broke his fetlock joint, and was destroyed. This -terrible disaster left Wild Flower with the lead, who in- creased the pace, which Sunlight had already made so severe. After a quarter of a mile had been covered, Ely Appleton, Normanby, Alaric, Wheatear, Captivator, and Palmerston, drew up to Wild Flower and Stockhausen, the leading pair, while Hawthornden and Kingcraft dropped away to the very tail of the ruck. Behind the hill Ptarmigan and Ely Appleton raced past Wild Flower and Stockhausen (the first named having come hot from the ruck), next to whom were Tabernacle, Normanby, Alaric, Palmerston, and Wheatear, Kingcraft and Hawthornden being still several lengths behind. In this order, they descended the incline towards the Rifle Pits, Wild Flower, dead beaten, having gone to the rear. Half a mile from home, the ruck closed up with the leaders, Ely Appleton being in front. He, however, soon collapsed, when Alaric took up the running, followed by Tabernacle, Normanby, and Palmerston. In this order they came sweeping round the bend ; and, the moment they came into the straight, Alaric, Tabernacle, HAWTHORNDEN. 379 and Palmerston compounded, as did Normanby shortly after. At this juncture Tom French brought up Kingcraft, going so well and strong that the wildest odds were offered on him. At the distance, Jemmy Grimshaw rushed Hawthornden up to the favourite's girths; and, after a brief and ineffectual effort to shake off the challenge, French was seen to raise his whip, amid the most deafening screams from the fielders, renewed again and again, as Hawthornden was gradually forging ahead ; and, notwithstanding French's resolute riding, he maintained his advantage, winning cleverly by half a length. The result was hailed with tremendous cheering by the Ring. S. mg., 7st iolbs (Hunt), not placed for the Portland Plate, of ^"530, won by Mr. W. Day's b. g. Oxonian by Oxford, four years, ?st 11 lbs (Wyatt), beating Mr. R. C. Naylor's b. f. Stephanotis by Macaroni, three years, 7st 7lbs (Webb), by two lengths, Mr. Fisher's b. c. Tim Weaver by Tim Whiffler, three years, 6st (New- house), third, and seventeen others ; 3 to 1 against Hawthornden, and 6 to 1 against Oxonian. At Newmarket (Second October), ;st I2lbs (T. Chaloner), not placed in the Caesarewitch, of ,£1870, won by Mr. Pryor's b. c. Cardinal York, by Newminster, four years, 7st 8lbs (Parry), beating Mr. Myer's ch. c. Not Out (winner of the Stewards' Cup at Chester, and also the Great Ebor Handicap this year), by Umpire, three years, 5St 1 3lbs (Sopp), by six lengths, General Peel's b. f. Far Away, by Young Melbourne, four years, 6st i^lbs (Covey), third, Mr. Wm. Alington's b. c. Barford by Thormanby, three years, 6st ?lbs, fourth ; also, Mr. T. Smith's b. h. Paganini (winner, this year, of the Goodwood Stakes), by King of Kent, five years, gst cjlbs, and twenty-eight others. At Newmarket (Ho.), 8st ;lbs (J. Grimshaw), not placed in the Cambridgeshire, of .£2550, -won by Count Renard's ch. c. Adonis by Grimston (son of Stockwell), three years, 6st 3lbs (Lynham), beating Major Stapylton's ch. c. Syrian by Mentmore, three years, 6st 3lbs (Gray), by a length, Captain Machell's Bonny Swell, three years, 7st tlb, third ; also, Lord Rendlesham's b. c. Royal Rake (winner, this year, of the Lincolnshire Handicap), by Arthur Wellesley (son of Melbourne), four years, ;st iolbs, Mr. Lyndon's ch. f. Frivolity (winner of the Middle Park Plate in 1S69), by Macaroni, three yens, ;st 3IDS, and thirty-eight others. 380 CELEBRATED RACEHORSES. 1S71. At Epsom, 9st (French), won the High Level Handicap, of ,£440, beating Mr. Rupert's b. c. Free Trade by Caractacus, four years, 7st 2lbs (Lynham), and Major Fridolin's ch. c. Finisterre by Cape Flyaway, four years, 7st (Handley), who ran a dead-heat for second place, and four others. 1872. At Chester, Sst 8lbs (French), not placed for the Cup, of ^"1460, won by Mr. W. Nicholl's br. c. Inveresk by Lambton, three years, 5st albs (Griffiths), beating Mr. Brayley's b. h. Soucar (winner of the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood in 1870), by Dollar, five years, 7st (Mordan), after a severe and most exciting race, by half a neck, Lord Wilton's b.c.Napolitain (winner, this year, of the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood), by Hospodar (son of Hetman P'atoff), three years, 5st 7lbs, third, and ten others. S. mg., Sst islbs (French), won the Cheshire Stakes (Handicap), of .£325, beating Mr. Johnstone's (i. e. Mr. Jardine's) b. c. Columbus by Adventurer, four years, /St 3II0S (Gray), Mr. Laurie's b. f. Pompadour (who when running in the Cambridgeshire in 1S75, broke her thigh, and was destroyed on the spot), by Cape Flyaway, three years, 6st 2lbs (Chaloner), third, and Mr. W. J. Legh's b. c. Silverdale, by Colsterdale (son of Lanercost), three years, 5st i2lbs, last; even on Hawthornden. Silverdale made the running, followed by Pompadour and Columbus, to the five furlong post, where Hawthornden, who till then had been lying off, joined them. Entering the straight, Hawthornden took the lead, winning easily by two lengths. S. mg., gst 2lbs (French), ran second for the Stewards' Cup, won by Mr. Douglas' br. f. Day Dream by Crown Prince, three years, 7st olbs (Glover) ; three ran. This was Hawthornden's last race. THE END. INDEX Aaron and Little Driver's re- markable race at Epsom, in 1754,45, i. Achievement, 320, iv. Ai [.ton, 249, ii. Alarm, 2, iv. Albert, 75, iii. Aldcroft, Tlios., portrait, 156, iv. Alice Hawthorn, 296, iii. Altisidora, 95, ii. Amato, 231, iii. Ambrosio, 233, i. Andover, 127, iv. Andrew (sire of Cadland), ac- count of, 21, iii. Angelica, 199, ii. Antelope, 62, i. Anticipation, 131, ii. Antinous, 87, i. Anvil, 153, i. Arbutus, 170, ii. (interesting letter by A Vorkshireman), 170, ii. Archibald, 128, iii. Asteroid, 241, iv. Atlas, 81, i. and Careless's race at York, in 1760, and verses thereon, 79, i. Attila, 302, iii. (his race for the Derby described), 304. iii. Babel, 263, ii. Bald Charlotte, 23, i. Bandy, 61, i. Banker, 159, ii. Barefoot, 204, ii. Baron, The, 347, iii. Baronet, 183, i. Basto, 7, i. Bay Bolton, 10, i. Bay Malton, 91, i. (interesting an dote of his dam), 91, i. Kay Middleton, 180, iii. Headsman, 192, iv. Bcc's-W'ing, 196, iii. Bee's-Wing's Doncastcr Cup race described, 195, iii. 's Ascot Cup race (1S42) described, 201, iii. Bedlamite, 272, ii. Bcggarman, 24;, iii. Beggar-Girl, 149, ii. Beiram, 1 24. iii. (race for the Drawing- room Stakes at Goodwood). 126, iii. Bellario, 108, i. Bellissima, 243, i. " Ben Beacon," a breeder. Re Ancient Sires and " Bit of a Jockey's" reply thereto, S, i. Benedict, 88, ii. Beningborough, 215. i. Bennington, 217, i. liessy Bedlam, 44, iii. Big-Ben, 248, iv. Birdcatchcr (Irish), description of, 202, iii. Birmingham, 61, iii. Blacklock. 141, ii. Blair Athol, 271, iv. Blink Bonny, 170, iv. Bloody- Shouldered Arabian, 4. i. Bloomsbury, 247. iii. Blue Bonnet, 308, iii. (her race for the St. Legcr described), 308, iii. Blucher, 107, ii. (see note at foot), 108, Bullock. R. (Portrait of), 228, iv. Bunbury, Sir Charles (Portrait of), 10S, i. Butler, Frank, 92, iv. Butterfly, 216, iv. Buzzard, 197, i. Byerley Turk (see note to Basto). Cadland, 21, iii. (account of his sire Andrew), 21, iii. •(his race for the Claret the dc- Blue Gown, 334, iv. Bobtail, 245, i. Bran, 167, iii. Bravura, 226, ii. Brigantine, 361, iv. Brilliant, 73, i. British Yeoman, A, 324, iii. Brocard, 11, iii. Drown Duchess, 229, iv. liuckle, Frank (Portrait and J notice of), 64, ii. Stakes), note, 23, iii Caller-Ou (her race for Northumberland Plate scribed), 23S, iv. Camarine, 104, iii. Camel, 255, ii. Cannon Ball, 103, ii. Canteen, 229, ii. Caractacus, 257, iv. Cardinal Puff, 98, i. ■ — ; (see note respect- ing Young Cade), 99, i. Careless, 77, i. (his race with Atlas, at York, in 1760, &c), 79, i. Carriage-match at Newmarket, Famous, tronlispicce, iv. Catherine Hayes, description of, 1 14, iv. Cato, 67. i. Catton, 80, ii. Cedric, 217, ii. Champion, 4, ii. Chance (near-wheeler in Lord March's Carriage-match), 43, i Chanticleer (his savage nature described), 19, iv. Chaloner, T., (Portrait of) 265, iv. Chappie, Jas. (Portrait and notice of), 233, iii. Charles XII., 256. iii. Charlton, J., portrait, 172, iv. Chateau-Margaux, 252, ii. Chestnut Arabian (Wilson's) account of, (\ i. ;S2 INDEX. Chevalier-d'Industrie, descrip- tion of, 189, iv. Chifney, Sam (Portrait and notice of), 39, iii. Childers (Flying), account of, with letters from, A. Cooper, R.A., and Mr. J. Lawrence, respecting the colour of Flying Childers, 16, i. Chillaby Barb (King William's), see note, 104, iii. Chorister, 92, iii. (his race for the St. Leger described), 94, iii. Cinnamon, 6, ii. Citizen, 175, i. Clark. Mr. }., Ft on.'ispiece, iv. Cobweb. 220, ii. Cockfighter, 257, i. Coiner, Miss, 45, ii. Collingwood, 26, iv. Colonel, The, 29, 3. (Curious anecdote respecting), 29, iii. Conolly, Patrick (Portrait and notice of), 153, iii. Cooper, Abraham, R.A. (Portrait and notice of), 247, ii. Copenhagen, 74, ii. Coronation, 287, iii. Cossack, description of, 30 and 33- iv. Cotherstone, his race for the Derby, 316, iii. Cotherstone, 314, iii. Craven, Miss. 14. iii. Craven, Fulwar (Portrait and notice of), 254, iii. Creeper, 191, i. Crucifix, 269, iii. Cruiskeen, 226, iii. Crutch, 108, iii. Cullen Arabian. The, 5, i. Cunven Bay Barb (see note), 55, iii. Cymba, 49, v. Cyprian, 183 Dagobert, 124, iv. Daley, John (Portrait), 315, iv. Damascus Arabian, account of, 103, iv. Dangerous, 132, iii. Daniel O'Kourke, description of, 91, iv. Darley Arabian, 1, i. Davers, Sir Charles, see note, 119. i- Day, Sam, his death, 70, iii. Day, A. (portrait of), 128, iv. Deception, 251, iii. Defence, 291, ii. Diamond, 229, i. Diamond and Hambletonian's match, 231, i. Diomed, 153, i. Diophantus, 235, iv. (his race for the 2000 Guineas described), also, see note at foot, 233, iv. Doctor Syntax, 118, ii. Doncaster Cup Race, Frontis- piece, iii. Doncaster Cup Race, 66. iv. Don John, 238, iii. his race for the St. Leger, 239, iii. Don Quixote, 170, i. Dorimant, 135, i. Dormouse, 38, i. Dragon, 194, i. Driver, Little, 44, i. Duchess, The, 134, ii. Dungannon, 158, i. Eagle, 252, i. Earl, The, 348, iv. Eclipse, iii, i. Effie Deans, 154, ii. Eleanor, 1 1, ii. Elis, 185, iii. Elis, Miss, 359, iii. Eliza, 219, i. Ellington, 155, iv. Ely, 2S0, iv. Emilius, description of, 201, ii. Emma, 18, iii. Emperor, The, 340, iii. Epsom Races in 1777, draft conditions, Frontispiece, ii. Erymus, 79, iii. Escape, 180, i. Euclid, 260, iii. Fair Helex, 167, ii. Fandango, 150, iv. Fanny Davies, 275, ii. Feu-de-Joie, 254, iv. Fearnought, 25, i. Figaro, 19^, ii. Filho-da-Puta, 127, ii. 's match with Sir Joshua, 129, ii Fille-de-1'Air, 277, iv. Firetail, 128, i. Fisherman, 165, iv. Fleur-de-Lis (her race for the Goodwood Cup in 1S29), 245, ii. -. See note, 295, ii. Flexible, 258 ii. Flying Childers, Flying Dutchman, 52, iv. Foig a Ballagh, 335, iii. Formosa, 343, iv. Fox, Old, 12, i. Frederick, 48, iii. Galata, 116, iii. Galatea, 163, ii. Gamester, 205, iv. Gamos, 370, iv. Gemma- di-Vergy, 1S2, iv. Ghuznee. 290, iii. Gibsidc Fairy, 1 14. ii. Gimcrack, 94, i. Gladiateur, 284, iv. Glaucus, 144, iii. Glencoe, 163, iii. Godolphin, 185, ii. Godolphin Arabian, 3, i. Gohanna, 211, i. and Waxy (interesting letter), 214, i. Goldfinder, 115, i. Goodisson, Tom, portrait, 188, ii. Goodwood Cup, of 1S3S, de- scribed, 224, iii. Governess, 196, iv. Grenadier, 56, i. Grey Diomed, 177, i. Grey Momus, 241, iii. Grey Trentham, 203, i. Gulnare, 286, ii. HaMHLETONIAN, 226, i. 's match with Diamond, 22S, i. Haphazard, 1, ii. Harefoot, 30, ii. Harkaway, 220, iii. Hawthornden, 374, iv. Hermit, The, 31 1, iv. Hero, The, 15, iv. Herod, 85, i. Herring, J. F., Portrait and notice of, Frontispiece, ii. Hetman Platoff, 263, iii. Highflyer, 142, i. (his Epitaph, &c), 144, and York Coach, second Ft ontispiece, ii. Hilton, M. J., Frontispiece, iv. Hippia, 318, iv. Hobbie Noble, 100, iv. How they squared him, 100, iv. Hony wood's White Arabian, 130, iv. Hornsea, 175, iii. Humphrey Clinker (sire of Rock- ingham, see note, 13S), iii. INDEX. 38: I tyale, <,. ii, Imperieuse, 174, iv. Industry, |>. 234. iii. I lis, 78, iv. Irish Birdcatcher, 202, iii. Isabella, 213, ii. r.John, Portrait of, 14:. ii. fai k Spigot, 1S0, ii. n, i. Joe Lovell, 3 , Joe Miller, 107, iv. Johnny, 2 Jouvence, 1 21, \\ . Julius. 332. iv. 224, i. (by Eclipse). 145. i. 11 EDRUM, 224. iv. Kingcraft, 366, iv. King Fergus, 147, i. Knight of St. George, 1 3 '>. iv. Lady Evelyn, 58, iv. Lamplighter, 278, ii. Lamprey, 14, i. Latham's Snap, 89. i. Launcelot, 272. iii. Laurel, 293, ii. Letty, Miss, 20S, iii. Little Driver, 44, i. 's remarkable race, 45. i. Little Wonder, 266, iii. Liverpool, 96, iii. , Longbow, 103, iv. Longwaist, 222, ii. Looby, 29, i. Lord Clifden, 267, iv. Lord Lyon, 292, iv. Lord March's famous Carriage- match at Newmarket, l-i otitis- /'' ce, iv. Lottery, 209, ii. • (description of), 209 ii. Loutherbourg, 218, iii. Lucetta, 59, iii. Lurcher, 206, i. I ONI, 261, iv. rate, 144, ii. Mambrino, 1 17. i. ■ (see note at foot of performances), 1 19. i. .Mameluke, 2S1, ii. Mandane, 42, ii. Mango, 21 1, iii. Maniac (granddam of 1 lossy Bedlam), very interesting account, 44, iii. Marchioness, 145, iv. Margrave, 120, iii. Maria. 6, iii. (her race with Tom Thumb, sec note, 9, iii. Marlow, C, Portrait of, 56, iv. Marquis, The, 25, iv. Marshall, Benjamin, Portrait and notice of, Fron 'ispiece, iii. Marske, 75, i. Marson, Job, 65, iv. Match'em, 64, i. Matilda, 289. ii. Mazeppa, Si. iii. Medora, 109, ii. Melbourne, 213. iii. Mellish, Colonel, Portrait and notice of, 50, ii. Memnon, 240, ii. Mendicant, 10, iv. Merry Monarch, 342. iii. Mervinia, 139, ii. Meteora, 57, ii. Miami, 34, iv. Middleton, 23S, ii. Mincemeat, 130, iv. Mincepie, 15S, iv. Minuet. 125, ii. Mirandola, 173. ii. Miss Corner, 45, ii. Miss Craven. 14, iii. , her race- for the Oatlands. see note. 1 ?, iii. 's portrait, Remarks on, 17, iii. Miss Elis, 359, iii. Miss Letty, 20S, iii. Moses, 187, ii. Mounscer, 61, iv. Mufti, 163, i. Mulatto, 269, ii. Muley. 101, ii. Muly-Moloch, 20, ii. Mundig, 169, iii. ■ — , see note, 171, iii. Musjid, 199, iv. Nancy, 84, iv. Narcissus, 83, i. Nat Flatman, Portrait and notice of. 330, iii. Nell (Our), 306, iii. Newminster, 81, iv. :s St. Lcgcr Rai e, Old Fox, 12, i. Old Partner, 19, i. Old Traveller, 36, i. Orelio (Arab), 216, ii. ( Irlando, 326, iii. Orville, 22, ii. (trick played upon him 82, iv. Nutbourne, 223, iv. Nutwith. 321. iii. for the Ooncaster Cup), 23, ii. Oscar, 241, i. Othello, 40, i. Otho, iod. i. Our Nell, 30'j, iii. Oxford's Bloody-Shouldered Arabian, account of, 4, i. Oxygen, 89, iii. Paragon (Arab), 173, ii. Parasol, 38, ii. Partisan. 1 1 1, ii. Partner (Old), 19, i. Peep-o'-Oay Boy, 45, iv. Penelope. 14, ii. Pericles, 83. ii. Pero Gomez, 356, iv. Phantom, 62, ii. Phosphorus, 205, iii. Pilgrim, 105, i. Pipylin, 34, ii. Play or Pay, 221, i. Plenipotentiary, 150, iii. Poison, 318, iii. Pope and Wizard, 76, ii. PotSo's, 138, i. Pranks, S6, ii. Pretender, 352, iv. Priam, 65, iii. Prime Minister, 90, iv. Prince of Wales, and his enforced retirement from Newarket, 179, i. Princess, The, 332, iii. 39, iv. Princess Royal, 17S, ii. Protector, 130, i. Prudence, 1 16, ii. Pumpkin, 125, i. Pussy, 154, iii. Pyrrhus the First, 6, iv. Queen Bertha, 267, iv, Queen Mary, 29, iv. Queen of Trumps, 172, i'.i Quiz, 17, ii. Rataplan, 117, iv. Recovery, 77, iii. Refraction, 344, iii. Regalia, 289, iv. Repulse, 297, iv. Reveller, [46, ii- Rhcdycina. 69, iv, ;S4 INDEX. Rhoda, 136, ii. Richard, 182. ii. Robinson, James, Portrait of, 182, iii. Rockingham's remarkable race for the Brighton Cup, 142, iii. St. Leger de- scribed, 139 iii. Rogers, Sam, Portrait of, 345, iii. Rowton (his race for the St. Leger described), 52, iii. , 51, iii. Rubens, 54, ii. Running-Rein Fiasco, full particulars, 329, iii. Rupee, 219, iv. Russborough, 71, iv. Saddler (The), 100, iii. St. George, 20S, i. St. Giles, 112, iii. , his race for the Derby described, 113, iii. St. Lawrence, 2S0, iii. St. Patrick, 165, ii. Saltram, 156, i. Sampson, 52, i. , recorded dimensions of his foreleg, 52, i. Satirist's St. Leger described, 293, iii. , 292, iii. Saucebox, 151, iv. Saunterer, 177, iv. Scott, William (Jockey), Portrait and notice of, 305, iii. Sedbury, 22< i- Selim, 52, ii. Shakespeare, 49, i. Shark, 132, i. ■ , record of his winnings on the Turf, 134, i. (terrible accident to, in 1832), 63, iii. Sheet Anchor, 17S, iii. Sherwood, 208, ii. Signal (Arab), 261, ii. Silver Leg, 42, i. Silverlocks, 27, i. , error in William Pick's Turf Register rectified, 27, i. Singleton, John, Portrait, 52 : a: 1. , Sampson's rider, Portrait and notice of, Sir Hercules. 57, iii. Sir Peter, 166, i. Sir Solomon, 254, i. Sir Tatton Sykes, 13, iv. Skiff, 234, ii. Skim, 54, i. Skipsey, George, Esq., Notice of, 100, iii. Skylark, 185, i. Skyscraper, 188, i. Slane, 193, iii. Sligo, 90, ii. Smolensko, 92, ii. •, his appearance on the Derby Day, and the con- fusion on the course during the race, 93, 94, ii. Snap (Latham's), 89, i. Songstress, 94, iv. Soothsayer, 66, ii. Sorcerer, 248, i. Souvenir, 1, iii. Spaniel, his race for the Derby described, 87, iii. 85, iii. Spanking Roger, 31, i. nature of his death, note on the, 32, i Sportsman, 57, i. Springkell, 232, ii. Squirrel, 21, i. ■, by Snake, see note appended, 22, i. Squirt Mare (dam of Pumpkin, Maiden and Purity), note, 255, ii. Staveley, 48, ii. Stockwell. 96, iv. Stubbs, Geo., R.A., Fi ontispiecc iv. Sultan, 156, ii. Summerside, 102, 203, iv. Surplice, 46, iv. Swap, 197, ii. Sweetbriar, 123, i. Sweetmeat, 355, iii. Sweet William, 120, i. Tarrare, 266, ii. Teddington, 74, iv. Templeman, S., 30 : b : iv. That's how they squared him, 100, iv. Theodore, 189, ii. Theon, 2S5, iii. Thormanby, 210, iv. Thunderbolt, 57, ii. Tim Whiffler, 260, iv. Tormentor, 300, iv. Tortoise, 102, i. Touchstone. 58, iii. Tramp, 98, i,. Traveller. 1.3, 1. Travelle (Old), 36, i. True Blue, 51, i. Truffle, 68, ii. Trumppter, 208, iv. Turf Pony of Christopher Wilson and notice, y] . ii. Turquoise, 26, iii. Underhand, 185. iv. Van Tromp,-39, iv. Vauban, 327, iv. Velocipede, 40, iii. Venison, 1S9, iii. Vespa, 135, iii. Vespasian, 308, iv. Victorious, 59, i. Virago, 132, iv. Vivaldi (Brother to), 32, ii. Voltaire, 55, iii. Voltigeur, 66, iv. Volunteer, 161, i. Vulcan, 275, iii. Walton, 26, ii. Wanton, 196, ii. Ward, Jas., R.A., Portrait and notice of, 188, ii. Warlock, 161, iv. Warter, 238, i. Waxy and Gohanna (letter signed Veritas), 214, i. Veatherbit, 352, iii. Vest Australian, 110, iv. Whalebone, 59, ii. , Curious description of, 6t, ii. Whip (illustration), description of it, &c, Frontispiece, ii. Whisker, 122, ii. Whiskey, 200, i. Why Not, 47, I. Widow, The, 311, iii. Wild Dayrell, 141, iv. Woful, 77, ii. Wouvermans, 151, ii. X. V Z , 7 1 , ii. ZlNGANEE, 34. iii. GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN S HOP5