Maid of Ely was first entered as a
broodmare in the 1803 edition of GSB (with her produce through 1801) as
bred by Mr LEGH, got by Tandem, out of Harlot’s dam, by Herod. In the
1808 edition, an additional generation was added to her pedigree,
grandam got by Young Cade, and has been repeated in subsequent editions.
Her list of produce was also added to in later editions and by the 4th
edition of volume 2 in 1892, included 14 foals 1791-1811. Also in 1892,
a note was added identifying Harlot, as “first called
Conni-lass, also Mr Legh’s, was by Highflyer, and foaled in 1783.
When she raced, Maid of Ely was identified only as got by Tandem.
Her produce also raced with short pedigrees, although some that were
advertised, later appeared with longer pedigrees, and in Pick’s
calendars, in particular, Maid of Ely’s grandam was given as a mare by
Snap.
It is supposed that her pedigree as given in GSB (grandam
by Young Cade) is based on an ad in Weatherby’s calendar for 1789
The Following Well-bred Mares, Colts &
Fillies,
The Property of Mr Croke,
Are for Sale by Private
Contract,
Enquire of
Messrs Tattersall, London; or Mr Croke,
Bristol.
Lot
13 A Bay Filly, 2 yrs old, got by Highflyer, her
dam by Herod, grand dam by Young Cade.—N B Harlot is got by
Highflyer, dam by Herod.—This filly is very large and boney, and
untried.
The
editor seems to have assumed that the Highflyer filly of the ad was a
full sister to Harlot, although the ad does not say so, and may have
been simply pointing to the similarity in pedigrees.
In 1797,
Maid of Ely and Harlot were listed for sale as part of the dispersal of
the horses “late the Property of Colonel Legh.” They both had produce
also listed for sale, and both were listed without pedigrees.
In 1802 Old England (1793) [formerly Sir William] was advertised as got
by Sir Peter Teazle - Maid of Ely, by Tandem - Herod. By 1804, his
pedigree had been extended: got by Sir Peter Teazle - Maid of Ely, by
Tandem - Herod - Marske - Regulus - Hutton’s Spot - Fox Cub - Bay Bolton
- Coneyskins - Hutton’s Grey Barb - Byerly Turk. In 1806, Old England
(formerly Sir William) was advertised as got by Sir Peter Teazle ; his
dam, the Maid of Ely, by Tandem; grand dam by Herod; great grand dam by
[Young] Cade; great great grand dam by Regulus; great great great grand
dam Hutton's Spot, of whom Fox Cub, Bay Bolton, Coney Skin, Hutton's
Grey Barb, &c, &c.
NOTE: the Regulus mare in this pedigree has the
same pedigree as [Hutton’s] Portia, and the Hutton’s Spot mare, the same
as Priscilla’s dam.
In 1805 Fieldfare (late Bloodstick) was
advertised as got by Alexander - Maid of Ely, by Tandem, out of Harlot’s
dam, by Rib - Wynn Arabian - Alcock Arabian - Grasshopper sister to
Gentleman’s dam. This is similar to an American pedigree recorded in the
Hampton Stud Book (see Fairfax Harrison, Early American Turf Stock, Vol.
One Mares, 1934; p 277): "...Harlot, imported by Col. Tallmadge was got
by a full bred son of Herod [which Harrison identified as Phenomenon,
based on another pedigree] out of a Snap mare: she was out of Ld
Bertie's Harlot." Ld A Bertie’s Harlot (1754) is listed in GSB as
produce of his Rib mare (dam of Countess, 1760, by Blank); her pedigree
was given in the 1793 edition as dam by the Wynn Arabian - Governor -
Alcock Arabian - Grasshopper - Sister to Gentleman’s dam.” By 1813,
Fieldfare was advertised with a shortened pedigree as got by Alexander -
Maid of Eley, by Tandem - Harlot’s dam, by King Herod.
In 1810
Maid of Ely’s grandson Phlebotomist was advertised as got by
Beningbrough - dam of Ben Devaynes, &c, by Sir Peter Teazle -
Maid of
Ely, by Tandem - dam of Col Legh’s Harlot, by Herod. The following year
his pedigree was extended one generation, “… Harlot’s dam, by Herod;
Young Cade, &c &c &c.”
In 1815, Highlander (1809) was advertised
as bred by Lord Montgomerie, got by John Bull - (Hebe & Fair Forester’s
dam) by Sir Peter Teazle - Maid of Ely (Cheshire Round’s dam) by Tandem
- (Harlot’s dam) by King Herod - Snap. Another ad in 1817 of horses for
sale included a pedigree for Highlander as “bred by Lord Montgomerie;
got by John Bull, his dam (Phoebe and Fair Forester’s dam,) by Sir Peter
Teazle, out of the Maid of Ely, (Cheshire Round’s dam,) by Tandem, out
of Harlot’s dam, by King Herod, Young Cade, &c.
In 1840,
Monarch
was advertised with pedigree as got by Sovereign- Maryna, by
Orangeflower - Sweetheart, by Sir Peter - Maid of Ely, by Tandem
- Herod - Young Cade - Partner - Byerly Turk - Makeless - Brimmer -
Place’s White Turk - Dodsworth - Layton Barb
Herod mare (dam of Harlot,
1783, by Highflyer)
This mare does not have an entry in GSB, but from
references in various pedigrees, is believed to have been dam of Mr
Dyson’s Thoughtless “sister to Harlot” by Highflyer, an aged bay mare
which won 50 l for 4 yo & up at Enfield in 1789 (Pick’s calendar); of
Sir Frank Standish’s Harlot, 1783 b f by Highflyer, and Mr Legh’s
Maid
of Ely, 1785 f by Tandem. Mr Tattersall stood both the
stallions (Highflyer & Tandem) Harlot's dam was bred to. However,
Harlot's dam is not to be found in advertisements listing his mares. In
Weatherby’s 1784 Racing Calendar, an advertisement is dated 1st of
January 1785, and in Weatherby’s 1785 Racing Calendar, the advertisement
is dated 10 January 1786. The only Herod mare listed in both is Perdita.
Harlot’s grandam
The conclusion
seems inescapable that the true pedigree of this mare was unknown, and
that proprietors of her descendants had chosen different Harlot’s whose
pedigrees they adopted to extend those of their own horses. She has been
identified variously as
(1) a Snap mare
(2) a mare by the Wynn
Arabian - Alcock Arabian - Grasshopper sister to Gentleman’s dam
(3)
a mare by Young Cade, sometimes extended as [her dam by] Partner -
Byerly Turk - Makeless - Brimmer - Place’s White Turk - Dodworth -
Layton Barb
(4) a mare by Marske - Regulus - Hutton’s Spot - Fox Cub
- Bay Bolton - Coneyskins - Hutton’s Grey Barb - Byerley Turk
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MAID OF ELY (1785)
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by Tandem
[Pick 1789]
Harlot by Highflyer (Weatherby 1789)
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[Harlot’s dam] by Herod
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[her dam by Young Cade?]
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Sir Peter mare (1791)
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Maid of Ely, by Tandem (Pick 1800)
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Harlot’s dam, by Herod
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a Snap mare
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Old England (1793) by Sir Peter Teazle
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Maid of Ely, by Tandem (Stamford Mercury
1804)
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by Herod
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by Marske - Regulus - Hutton’s Spot - Fox
Cub - Bay Bolton - Coneyskins - Hutton’s Grey Barb - Byerley
Turk
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Fieldfare (late Bloodstick) (1798) by
Alexander
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Maid of Ely, by Tandem (Pick 1804)
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Harlot’s dam, by King Herod
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a daughter of Snap
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Fieldfare (late Bloodstick) (1798) by
Alexander
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Maid of Ely, by Tandem (Derby Mercury
1805)
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Harlot’s dam, by Rib
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by the Wynn Arabian - Alcock Arabian -
Grasshopper sister to Gentleman’s dam
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Drone mares, out of Harlot, imp to Conn
1797, by [Phoenomenon]
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by Snap
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Ld A Bertie’s Harlot (1754) by Blank
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Rib Mare (Dam
of Countess, 1760, by Blank)
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by Wynn Arabian - Governor - Alcock
Arabian - Grasshopper - sister to Gentleman’s dam
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Brown Bread by Sir Peter Teazle
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Harlot, by Highflyer (York Herald 1807)
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by Herod
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by Snap
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Phlebotomist, by Beningbrough
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Sir Peter mare (dam of Ben Devaynes, &c)
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Maid of Ely, by Tandem (Chester Chronicle
1810)
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Harlot’s dam, by Herod
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by Young Cade [added in 1811 advt (York
Herald)]
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Highlander (1809) bred by Lord
Montgomerie, got by John Bull
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(Hebe & Fair Forester’s dam) by Sir Peter
Teazle
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Maid of Ely (Cheshire Round’s dam) by
Tandem (York Herald 1815)
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(Harlot’s dam) by King Herod
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by Snap
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Monarch, by Sovereign - Maryna (dam of
Marvel, Discordia & Ratler) by Orangeflower
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Sweetheart, by Sir Peter
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Maid of Ely, by Tandem (Wexford
Independent 1840)
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by Herod
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by Young Cade - Partner - Byerly Turk -
Makeless - Brimmer - Place’s White Turk - Dodworth - Layton Barb
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