Baily's Racing Register, volume one, pages 6 and 8, says:
"Newmarket, 1721. April 26th. D. of Devonshire's b. h. Childers, by Darley's Arabian, out of Betty Leedes, by Careless, rising six yrs. old, beat D. of Bolton's Speedwell, 8st 5lb each, four miles, 500gs, h. ft."
"Newmarket, 1722. Oct. 22nd. D. of Devonshire's Childers, seven yrs. old, beat Ld. Drogheda's Chanter, 12 yrs. old, 10st each, six miles, 1,000gs."
The age of a racehorse was taken from May 1st each year and both these entries clearly show that Childers was foaled in 1715. On April 26th, 1721, Childers was five years old but was deemed 'rising six yrs. old' because he would be six years old five days later.
The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, by C M Prior, page 125, says - "Sept ye 28, 1719. This is to certify that the bay stoned horse his Grace the Duke of Devonshire bought of me, was bred by me, and was five years old last grass, and no more. Witness my hand, Leo Childers".
This attestaion of age was affixed in error to the life-sized picture of Childers, painted by John Wootton, which hangs at Chatsworth. This clearly refers to an older full brother to Childers that was foaled in 1714.
The London Evening Post, Saturday, October 10, 1724, says - "The Stud of the late Thomas Hall, Esq; late of Hornby, near North Allerton in Yorkshire [late Master of His Majesty's Wardrobe at Windsor], now in the Possession of Mr John Tarran of Hornby aforesaid, Clerk, consisting of two Stallions, one of them a fine large Chesnut, bred by Richard Marshall, Esq; at Hampton Court, the other, a black Barbe from Cayro in Egypt, which said Barbe is the sire of Hornby Boar, which said Boar came 2d both Heats for his Majesty's 100 Guineas at Lincoln. 8 brood Mares, [1]3 ston'd Colts, besides the Boar horse, 2 of the 13 out of the same Mare that Boar was out of, 12 Fillies, the eldest 6 Years old in sweats, got by the Barbe and approv'd her self well at Stocton Races, and most of the other Colts and Fillies were gotton by the said Barbe. N B Whoever shall buy the whole Stud, or any of them shall have the same considerably within the Worth, and if desir'd may be provided with a good Dwelling house, Stables, Hay, Corn, Straw, and other good Conveniences at reasonable Rent and Prices, Mr Tarran looking upon it as unbecoming a Gentleman of his Cloth to continue on and manage the said Stud".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, April 2, 1726, Number 49, says - "To be Sold betwixt this and May-day next, The Studd of the late Tho. Hall, Esq; late of Hornby near Smeaton in Yorkshire, a fine Barb Stallion, Grand Cairo from Cairo in AEgypt, leapt only at two Guineas; as also several brood Mares, ston'd Colts and Foals, by John Tarran of Hornby aforesaid".
In both these advertisements Tarran's Black Barb is said to have been imported
from Cairo in Egypt.
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, March 23, 1733-4, Number 465, says - "To be leap'd this Season, at half a Guinea for Leaps and Tryals, and one Guinea a Foal, at the House of John Lambert in Richmond, in the County of York a Stallion, 6 Years old, got by Mr Tarran's black Barb, which was bred at Hampton-Court, by the late Mr Marshall, and sold by Col: Nigus to Thomas Hall, Esq; which Horse was out of a true Barb, and got by old Childer's. The Stallion was out of the Leed's Mare, which was got by the black Barb; his Grand Dam by Leeds; his great Grand Dam a true Barb; given to the said Mr Hall, by Prince George of Denmark. This Stallion is to be sold; Enquire of the said John Lambert, where good Grass is to be had".
In this advertisement Lambert's Stallion is by Tarran's Black Barb out of a mare by Tarran's Black Barb out of a mare by Leedes out of a Barb Mare given to Thomas Hall by Prince George of Denmark. Tarran's Black Barb is stated to have been bred at Hampton Court by Mr Marshall and sold to Thomas Hall. He was by Old Childers out of a Barb Mare. This Barb Mare would appear to be the horse from Cairo in Egypt.
Old Childers in this pedigree does not refer to the Hampton Court Childers or his sire the Devonshire Childers. If we assume Tarran's Black Barb was three years old when he covered the dam of Lambert's stallion then he was foaled in 1723, but the dam of Lambert's stallion, the Leed's Mare, was also by Tarran's Black Barb, so if we assume he was three years old when he covered her dam, then he was foaled in 1719. The advertisement in the London Evening Post, above, says he had a six year old mare in sweats in 1724. This mare was foaled in 1718, so if he was three years old when he covered her dam then he was foaled in 1714. The same advertisement says Hornby Boar ran in the Royal Plate at Lincoln, if that is assumed to be the 1724 running then Hornby Boar was foaled in 1718 at the latest.
The Stamford Mercury, Thursday, March 28, 1728, Vol. XXXI. No.13, (101), says - "The Employment of Master of the King's Studd at Hampton Court, vacant by the Death of Richard Marshal, Esq; is devolved on Francis Negus, Esq; Avener and Clerk Martial, and Master of his Majesty's Buck-Hounds; he having obtained a Reversionary Grant thereof from his late Majesty King George I".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 26, says - "Mr. Shepherd's Tarran*". A note says - "Tarran, (a Black Horse, foaled in 1724) was bred by the Rev. Mr. Tarran, and got by his Black Barb". Tarran was chesnut, as evidenced by nearly every entry in Baily's Racing Register.
Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 19, says - "Mr. Dashwood's ch. h. Tarran, by a Barb". Page 23, says - "Mr. Sheppard's ch. h. Tarran, by a Black Barb". Page 24, says - "Mr. Sheppard's Tarran, by his Black Barb".
According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 31, the 1732 Royal Plate at Ipswich was won by Mr Sheppard's bay horse Dashwood by the Duke of Chandos's Turk out of Tarran's dam.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 464, says - "Dashwood, Mr. Shepherd's, (a bay horse, foaled in 1727) by the Duke of Chandos's Turk".
Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 71, in Cuthbert Routh's Stud-Book, says - "Crazy [1739] Bay colt. Crazy was got by the D. of Devonshire's Childers, his dam by [Revd.] Mr Tarren's Bl: Barb, and was Top's dam, his Grand dam was a Royal mare, sent Mr. Tarren by Mr. Marshall, then Studmastr at Hampton Court. This from Mr Bright's stud-book. Per : C. R.".
See APPENDIX for the pedigree of Lord Strange's Sportsman, a descendant of Old Childers in the male line. Tarran's Black Barb was also known as Sheppard's Black Barb and Shepherd's Arabian, whose son, a natural barb, was sire of the Derby Whitefoot, sire of Sportsman.
The Ipswich-Journal, Saturday, March 30, 1751, Number 633, says - " In the Hands of John Nunn, of Campsey Abbey near Wickham-Market, Suffolk, A Four-Year Old Bay Horse, And will Cover Mares this Season at Twelve Shillings and Six-pence a Leap and Trial. The Sire of this Horse was a Hunter belonging to the Right Hon. the Earl of Rochford, and bred in Yorkshire, and allowed by good Judges to be as fine a shaped Horse as has been in these Parts in the Memory of Man. His Dam was got by Mr Sheppard’s Arabian, which cost 500 Guineas. The Horse that got his Grand-Dam was got by Mr Williams’s Turk, that got Mr Honeywood’s True Blue, that won the King’s Plate at Newmarket, which Horse he refused 1000 Guineas for.—He is near Fifteen Hands high, healthy, well shaped, and sets a natural Tail high: He has good Legs and Feet, and divides them well. N B The Money to be paid at the Stable Door.—Good Grass for Mares, and proper Care taken of them"
Tarran's Black Barb was sold to Thomas Hall. It is possible that his sire Old Childers was sometimes known as Hall's Arabian, who sired Heneage's Whitenose in 1722.
The General Stud Book, volume 1, 5th edition, page 383, says - "Scrutineer, Lord Weymouth's, bred by Mr Hassell, 1732, by Aleppo - Hall Arabian - dam of the Humming Ball".
The Weekly Worcester Journal, Friday, April 4, to Friday April 11, 1746, Number 1918, says - "To Cover this Season. There is now kept at Mr Payton’s, at the White Lion Inn in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, at Twelve Shillings a Leap and Trial, and One Shilling the Man, to be paid at the Stable Door. A very strong, fine, high-bred Brown Horse, known by the Name of Scrutineer, about fifteen Hands high, late the Property of the Right Hon the Lord Leigh: He was bred by Mr Hassel at Rippon in Yorkshire, and got by Aleppo, a Son of the Darley Arabian that got Devonshire Childers, and the Right Hon the Lord Tracy’s Mare, Whimsy. His Dam was got by Mr Hall’s Chesnut Arabian, out of his famous Roan Mare that was the Dam of Humming-ball, and of several other top Horses.—The said Scrutineer in 1738 won the King’s Plates at Nottingham and York, and the Fifty Guineas at Nottingham two Years after; and is now perfectly sound, and gets very fine strong Colts".
Hall's Chesnut Arabian alias Old Childers was probably an older brother of the Devonshire Childers, foaled about 1710.
LEEDES ARABIAN = Charming Jenny
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CHILDERS = Sister to TARRAN HORNBY BORE SON | Leedes mare Silvertail
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CRAZY TOP MENKER DERBY STALLION
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1747
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, April 11, 1752, Number 687, says - "To Cover Mares this season, In the Hands of John Leech of Wickham-Market, An exceeding beautiful well made Bay Horse (call’d Smoker) full fifteen Hands two Inches high coming eight Years old; is able to carry fifteen or sixteen Stone Weight up to any Pack of Hounds whatsoever; is either fit for Road or Hunting; and is allowed by Judges to get as fine Colts as any Horse in the County.—He was got by the Bay Horse belonging to Mr Reynolds, who won the Hunters Plate at Holt when coming six Years old, and thought afterwards, by Judges, as good a Horse as any in the County; whose Sire was the Bungay Cripple, who was got by the Duke of Devonshire’s Arabian, and out of the Mecklin Mare; he was own brother to Flying Childers, both by Mare and Horse; his Dam was got by Old Spot, a Chesnut Horse belonging to Mr Panton, who won the King’s Plate at Ipswich at five Years old, and was allowed afterwards, by judges, to be as good a Horse as any in England.—To Cover at seven Shillings and Sixpence a Leap at his own Stable; only such Mares as were covered by him last year and did not season, shall be welcome this Year at Five Shillings a Leap. The Reason of my setting him at so low a Price is, my not designing to attend any Market with him this Season, having had the great Misfortune to lose one of my Eyes since the last Season. N B No Mares to be covered by him without the Money being paid at Covering.—Trials free during the Season".
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, March 31, 1753, Number 738, says - "There is now in the Hands of James Rogers, Farrier, in Hunston, Suffolk, A Chesnut Colt, call’d Rhinoceros, A very beautiful and strong Colt, full fifteen Hands high, free from all natural Blemishes: He was got by Rocket, which Horse was got by Old Fox, and out of a Partner Mare; his Dam was got by the Bungay Cripple; which Horse was got by the Duke of Devonshire’s Arabian, and out of the Macklin Mare; he was own Brother to Childers; his Grand-Dam was got by Round Robin, and out of a well-bred Mare.—He will cover this Season at Half a Guinea a Mare and one Shilling the Man; the Money to be paid at Covering. N B All Mares that did not season by him last Leap, shall be welcome to a Trial this".
These two pedigrees together suggest that either Cripple or the Devonshire Arabian was own brother to Childers. If it is Cripple then the Devonshire Arabian must be Darley's Arabian, but since the Duke of Devonshire never owned Darley's Arabian, then the Devonshire Arabian must be own brother to the Devonshire Childers and Ovington's or Bartlett's Childers.
This is the stud record of Betty Leedes compiled from the stud book and the above information:
BETTY LEEDES
By Careless out of mare by Leedes Arabian out of Charming Jenny
by Spanker out of Old Morocco Mare by Fairfax's Morocco Barb
out of Old Bald Peg.
c. Old Childers by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
c. Devonshire Arabian by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
1714 b. c. by Darley's Arabian - - L Childers
1715 b. c. Devonshire Childers by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
b. c. Bleeding Childers by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
Old Childers was probably the Devonshire Arabian, also known as the Devonshire Turk. The colour of the Devonshire Arabian is unknown but it is possible that he was chesnut. His sire got chesnuts and his dam was by a chesnut stallion. There is every reason to believe that he was the chesnut Arabian at Hampton Court.
The Racing Calendar for 1746, by John Cheny, in the index, page 149, says - "Justice was got by the Hampton-Court Litton Arabian".
The Dublin Journal, Saturday, April 23 to Tuesday, April 26, 1737, says - "The famous Stone-Horse called Justice, bred by Lord Hallifax, lately arrived from England, who won two Plates at New Market, now in the Possession of Jonathan Berry, Esq; in the King's County, to be Let out this Year to Mares, at half a Moydore a Leap and Tryals, and a British shilling to the Groom. The said Horse is young and fresh, near fifteen Hands high, a [b]right Chestnutt-Bay with a white Hind Foot and Star, very fine and strong; fit to get Hunters or Race-Horses: Is true Son to the Cypress Arabian at Hampton-Court, and out of a full Sister to True-Blue, which was got by Major Honeywood's Turk, as by an certified Certificate may appear; the said Horse is within half a Mile of Birr, where due Care shall be taken to have all Mares justly served. N B Any Mare coming above ten Miles shall have Grass free for ten Days; and the Money to be paid at the Covering of the Mares".
These two pedigrees show that the Hampton Court Litton Arabian was also known as the Cypress Arabian. Cypress is a shade of brown, a light yellowish-brown, and may describe the Litton Arabian's coat colour - light chesnut or sorrel. It is usually spelled Cyprus but this is an error as the Litton Arabian is in no way linked to that country.
Litton is known as a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature, such as a hill, stream, church or type of tree. There were cypress trees at Hampton Court and the Litton Arabian may have been kept in an enclosure close to them. Litton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Litune, meaning 'The small enclosure'.
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, May 14, 1726, Number 55, says - "Just come from Newmarket, and to be kept during the Season, at Mr Robert Todds in Kenton, near Newcastle upon Tyne, at Two Guineas each Mare, and one Shilling to the Groom; The Bay Stone Horse called Red-Robin, bred by the Right Hon. the Earl of Hallifax: He is full Brother to Bumper and Bushemally, now at Newmarket, got by his present Majesty's famous Chesnut Arabian, and out of the Farmer Mare; which said Mare was got by King Williams White Barb, and out of the Chesnut Ramsden Mare, which said Ramsden, was got with the Byerly Turk, and out of a Daughter of old Spanker's; A Certificate hereof will be produced under the Hand of the said Earl of Hallifax, And attested by Richard Marshall, Esq; his Majesty's Studd Master, who bred the said Farmer Mare to any that shall desire it".
Red Robin was also full brother to Justice, who was a yearling at the time of this advertisement, and here the sire is given as 'his present Majesty's famous Chesnut Arabian'.
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, April 26, 1760, Number 1111, says - "To Cover this Season. The Bay Horse call’d Enterprize, at one Guinea a Leap. The Money to be paid at the time of Covering. Enterprize is a beautiful Horse, full fifteen hands high, six Years old, free from any Blemishes, now in the Hands of Mr Wm. Everett, at Wakes-Colne Mill in the County of Essex. Enterprize was got by Tartar, out of a Mare that was got by a Son of the Devonshire Childers at his Majesty’s stud at Hampton-Court; her Dam by the Chesnut Litton Arabian; her Grandam by King William’s White barb called Chilleby; her Great Great Grandam by the Byerly Turk; and she was out of Sir Wm. Ramsdon’s Chesnut Farmer Mare".
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, April 15, 1769, says - "To Cover the ensuing Season, At Mr. Tho. Stamford's at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, At Three Guineas a Mare, and Five Shillings the Man. That beautiful strong bony Horse, call'd Antelope, he is full 15 Hands and a half high, the Money for the Mares to be paid at the Time of covering or before they are taken away. Antelope at three Years old won a Match over Epsom, at four Years old he won the four-year-old Plate at Canterbury, at five Years old he won the King's Plate at Burford and Litchfield, at six Year old he won the King's Plate at Guildford, Winchester, Canterbury, Lewes and Salisbury, at seven Years old he beat Mr. Croft's Tortoise at Oxford, and gave him 14 Pounds. Antelope was got by Mr. Croft's Brilliant, his Dam by Maskill's Bumper, his Grandam by a Son of Bartlett's Childers, his great Grandam by the chesnut Litton Arabian, his great great Grandam by King William's white Barb, call'd Chelleby, his great great great Grandam by the Bierly Turk, and she was out of Sir William Camden's [Ramsden's] Mare call'd the Farmer's Mare. Bumper was got by Partner, his Dam by bay Bolton, his Grandam by Commoner, out of the Lonsdale Barb Mare".
The General Stud Book, volume 1, 5th edition, page 218, says - "Vixen, Bred by Lord Gower, in 1737, got by Fox Cub, out of Lord Gower's Diana, by the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian, grandam by Old Careless".
Baily's Racing Register, volume one, page 26, says:
"Newmarket, 1731, April 5th, A Sweepstakes of 100gs each, for five yrs. old horses, carrying 9st, four miles, 4 subs. Ld. Gower's b. m. Diana, by the Cyprus Arabian .. 1".
These entries confirm that the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian, the Hampton Court Litton Arabian and the Cyprus Arabian were names for the same horse.
This is the revised stud record of Betty Leedes:
BETTY LEEDES
By Careless out of mare by Leedes Arabian out of Charming Jenny
by Spanker out of Old Morocco Mare by Fairfax's Morocco Barb
out of Old Bald Peg.
ch. c. Cypress Arabian by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
1714 b. c. by Darley's Arabian - - L Childers
1715 b. c. Devonshire Childers by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
b. c. Bleeding Childers by Darley's Arabian - L Childers
This is a comparison of the pedigrees of the Devonshire Arabian and Vixen, as shown above:
CARELESS CARELESS
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by Darley's Arabian by Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian
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by Fox-Cub
1737
This comparison shows that if the Devonshire Arabian was the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian, then Diana would be inbred 3 x 2 to Careless. The pedigree of Vixen says "grandam by Old Careless", but if we consider the pedigree of Diana only, then it could be saying that her grandam was by Careless - "Lord Gower's Diana, by the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian, grandam by Old Careless". Since Diana's dam is not mentioned, then the grandam must be through the sire, and if the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian was the Devonshire Arabian, then Diana's grandam would indeed be by Old Careless.
See GARDINER MARE, HUTTON'S SPOT AND ALCOCK'S ARABIAN for a similiar pedigree, involving the dam of Bloody Buttocks.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 391, says - "Charon, (a Bay Horse, foaled in 1749) the property of the Duke of Cleveland, and got by Sir John Philipson's Turk, out of Fair Wanderer, own sister to Miss Vixen". Miss Vixen was a bay mare, bred by Lord Gower in 1737, by Fox-Cub out of Honywood's Grey Mare by Young True Blue. The sire and dam of Miss Vixen are different from those of Fair Wanderer, so I think this should read "own sister to the dam of Vixen". Vixen was bred by Lord Gower in 1737 and got by Fox Cub, out of Lord Gower's Diana, by the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian.
The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, by C M Prior, page 143, in Lord Godolphin's Stud Book, says - "Volunteer's Sister was got by a Colt of my own Breed called Bellgrade, and out of a Daughter of Bartlett's Childers, out of a Daughter off ye late D: of Devonshire's Chesnut Arabian, out of a Daughter of ye Bay Barb, wch was full sister to ye Duke of Somerset's Westburry, as Mr Pelham certifyed to me. [Signed] Ma: Wyvill".
In his lifetime the horse we know as Mixbury was referred to as the Mixbury Galloway, meaning the galloway from Mixbury. The village of Mixbury is in Oxfordshire, ten miles east of Banbury. One mile north of Mixbury, just across the border in Buckinghamshire, is the village of Westbury. It is possible that the horse known as Westbury was stabled at Mixbury and became famous as the Mixbury Galloway. The galloway was owned by Richard Minshull of Bourton in Buckinghamshire, whose horses were trained at Mixbury, and was also known as the Minchell or Minshull Galloway. The next advertisement states that Smiling Ball traced to a "full Sister to a Horse that Minchel had, call'd Westbury, which he said, when tryed, was the best young Horse he ever had".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, February 28. 1735-6. Number 566, says - "An Account of a Chesnut Horse, call'd Smiling Ball. This famous Horse leaps Mares all this Season at Richmond in Yorkshire, for One Guinea a Mare Leaps and Tryals, and One Shilling the Man. He was bred by Mr Gase of Panton in Lincolnshire; he was got by a Son of the Acklam Merlin; Mr Gase bought him out of Yorkshire; he made him so good a Hunter, that he never would suffer him to be trained; he was thought one of the best Hunters in the Kingdom. Ball's Dam was bred by Mr Curwen of Workington; she was got by Mr Curwen's old bay Barb, which was Mr Pelham's afterwards; she was the Dam of Lord Gower's Chance Gelding, out of a Mare that was got by old Spot, out of a Daughter of old Woodcock, (not Mr Bethel's Woodcock) and full Sister to a Horse that Minchel had, call'd Westbury, which he said, when tryed, was the best young Horse he ever had. This is a true Pedigree I have under Mr Pelham's Hand, by Mr Curwen's Book. Ball is now coming 15 Years old, sound of his Wind, and free from any Cough, and clear of all material Blemishes. The Horse was bought by John Turner of Mr Gase, who had him some Time, and then sold him to the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex; after he had done Running, his Lordship gave him to John Turner, who was Servant to his Lordship the Time he had him in Training, and saw all his Performances. N B Good Grass for the Mares, and proper Care will be taken of them.
Westbury was later owned by "The Proud Duke" Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, who was Master of the Horse to Queen Anne and George I. A sister to Westbury bred a filly by the Devonshire Chesnut Arabian, that was grandam to Volunteer. There was also an Arabian that was given by the Duke of Devonshire to Lord Finch and this Arabian sired Fair Wanderer, a filly bred by Lord Gower out of his sister to Mixbury. The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 8, lists Fair Wanderer under the sister to Mixbury, dam of Partner. This Lord Finch was Daniel Finch, whose sister Charlotte was the second wife of the 6th Duke of Somerset, and their daughter Frances married John Manners, Marquis of Granby, whose father's first cousin was Lord Gower. These family connections lead me to the conclusion that Lord Gower's sister to Mixbury and the sister to Westbury were identical, and she was the dam of Fair Wanderer by Finch's Arabian and Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's mare by the Devonshire Chesnut Arabian, that was grandam to Volunteer.
JOHN MANNERS
1st Duke of Rutland
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DANIEL FINCH JOHN MANNERS Catherine = JOHN LEVESON-GOWER
7th Earl of Winchilsea 2nd Duke of Rutland | 1st Baron Gower
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DANIEL FINCH Charlotte = CHARLES SEYMOUR JOHN MANNERS JOHN LEVESON-GOWER
8th Earl of Winchilsea | 6th Duke of Somerset 3rd Duke of Rutland 1st Earl Gower
3rd Earl of Nottingham | "The Proud Duke" |
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Frances = JOHN MANNERS
Marquis of Granby
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, March 21, 1741, Number 110, says - "This is to inform all Persons that Robert Bray of Bredfield in the County of Suffolk, hath got a fine strong Bay Stallion at the Service of all who are desirous to breed by him; he was got by the Duke of Rutland’s Cyprus Arabian, and came out of the famous Mare call’d Creeping Molly, which Mare was got by Mr Pelham’s Bay Barb, he went by the Name of Sheppard when at Newmarket, he won the Hunter’s Plate at Ipswich in the Year 1736, and has been kept as a private Stallion ever since, till now. I mention no Price by reason I will be at my Liberty to encourage all Farmers, and other Friends, who are desirous to breed good and useful Horses".
Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 27, in Cuthbert Routh's Stud-Book, says - "Creeping Molly was gott by the Bay Barb, her dam by a little White leggd Barb of Mr Curwen's, out of a mare nobody can give any acct off".
Hall's Chesnut Arabian, who sired Heneage's Whitenose in 1722, out of a mare by Curwen's Bay Barb, also sired the Duke of Rutland's grey mare in 1725.
Lord Gower's 1722 bay colt, Last-time-of-asking, was by the Duke of Rutland's Cyprus Arabian.
Chicken, 1732, by Bartlett's Childers was out of a Cyprus Arabian mare, bred by the Duke of Rutland, out of Bonny Black.
Spanking Roger, 1732, by Flying Childers out of a Cyprus Arabian mare. The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 8, says of this Cyprus Arabian mare - "her dam by *Old Spanker (Mr Pelham's Bay Arabian)". The note says - "In the Racing Calendar this is called a Foreign horse of Mr Pelham's, and in Butler's 'Book of the Horse' he is called Mr Pelham's Arabian Sparkler, but as it was not unusual to call horses of Eastern blood (even when bred in this country) Arabians, it was probably Spanker, son of the Yellow Turk".
The Foreign Horse of Mr Pelham's, Mr Pelham's Arabian Sparkler and Mr Pelham's Bay Arabian are almost certainly other names for Curwen's Bay Barb. The colour of Old Spanker is not known but he was probably chesnut.
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Honeywood's Mare = FOX-CUB = Diana Fair Wanderer Wyvill's Mare SMILING BALL WHITENOSE mare
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Miss Vixen Vixen CHARON mare SPANKING ROGER
1737 1737 by Philipson's Turk by Bartlett's Childers by Childers
1749 | 1732
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by Young Belgrade
1735
This is the stud record of Sister to Westbury, according to the information contained in this article:
SISTER TO WESTBURY
By Curwen's Bay Barb out of a mare by Spot [out of a mare by
Lowther Barb] out of a mare by Woodcock.
f. by Devonshire Chesnut Arabian - - M Wyvill
f. Fair Wanderer by Finch's Arabian - Lord Gower
g. by Chance - - Lord Gower
1721 ch. c. Smiling Ball by Gase's Stallion - Mr Gase
1725 b. f. Diana, by H C Chesnut Arabian - - Lord Gower
OLD CHILDERS <===============> HALL'S CHESNUT <================> DEVONSHIRE CHESNUT ARABIAN <============> HAMPTON COURT <======> HAMPTON COURT <===========> HAMPTON COURT
| ARABIAN [DEVONSHIRE TURK] CHESNUT ARABIAN CHESNUT LITTON CYPRESS ARABIAN
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TARRAN'S BLACK BARB HENEAGE'S WHITENOSE Wyvill's Mare mare mare JUSTICE mare
[SHEPPARD'S BLACK BARB] | 1722 | | | | 1725 |
[SHEPHERD'S ARABIAN] | | | | | |
[GRAND CAIRO] | | | | | |
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SON HORNBY TARRAN Silvertail mare YOUNG CARTOUCH mare Miss Patch SPANKING ROGER
[NATURAL BORE 1724 | 1737 by Bartlett's Childers by Cartouch by Son of | 1737 by Childers
BARB] 1718 | [Volunteer's dam] | 1731 Bartlett's Childers | 1732
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DERBY SPORTSMAN mare mare mare mare Patty
WHITEFOOT by Cade by Scarborough Colt by Young Belgrade | by Maskill's Bumper by Tim
| | 1753 | | | | |
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STRANGE'S Sportsmistress mare Miss Windsor mare ANTELOPE mare
SPORTSMAN | 1765 by Young Belgrade by Godolphin Arabian by Cygnet by Brilliant by Gamahoe
| 1747 | | | 1754 | 1761 1760 |
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GOLDEN POTOOOOOOOO COALITION COLT Lisette FLORIZEL Ierne
SPORTSMAN by Eclipse by Godolphin Arabian by Snap by King Herod by Bagot
1766 1773 1749 | 1772 1768 |
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Maria BOB BOOTY
by King Herod by Chanticleer
| 1777 1804
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WAXY
by Potoooooooo
1790