The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 378, says - "Bonny Black, Duke of Rutland's, 1715, by Black Hearty (son of the Byerly Turk), dam by a Persian stallion. Bonny Black was the best runner of her time ; at three years old, she beat a six years old horse, at 10st. each ; at four years old, she won the five years old Hambleton Cup (King's Plate), and again at five years old ; at six years old, she beat an aged horse, giving him 3st. Her owner afterwards challenged to run four times over the Round Course at Newmarket, against any horse or mare in the kingdom, which challenge not being accepted, she became a brood mare in the Duke of Rutland's stud, but there is no record of any of her produce, except a filly by Cyprus Arabian". The race record here is word for word as it appeared in An Introduction to a General Stud-Book, 1791, page 167.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, pages 7 and 8, says - "Bonny Black was a mare of great eminence, having a very considerable share of speed, and also possessed of goodness to support her running. She was got by a stallion of his Grace's [Duke of Rutland] own, called Black-Hearty, a son of the Byerley Turk. At Newmarket, in April, 1719, Bonny Black, (then rising four years old,) beat a horse of Mr. Frampton's (rising seven,) at 10st. each; and in August following, She won the King's Plate at Hambleton, beating 30 five years old mares; there were five more entered, but drawn at the time of starting, which was the greatest number that ever entered for that Plate. In August, 1720, She again won the King's Plate at Hambleton, beating 17 others. In April, 1721, She won the King's Plate for Mares at Newmarket. When six years old, She beat Lord Harvey's Merryman, aged, and allowed him 3st. She also beat the noted Hackwood, at 8st each; after which the Duke challenged to run her against any horse or mare in the kingdom, for 1000gs, four times round the King's Plate Course at Newmarket, without rubbing, which challenge was not accepted".
The scroll surrounding the print entitled "The Portraiture of Bonny Black,
the Property of His Grace the late Duke of Rutland", which was "Published
this 4th Day of March 1746/7 by Jno Cheny", says :
LEFT PANEL: "Bonny Black was a Mare of great Eminence, having a very considerable
share of Speed, and also possess'd of Godness to support her Running. Her performances
in some respects were Such, as were never Equal'd, by any Horse, &c whatsoever".
RIGHT PANEL: "She was Bred by his Grace ye said late Duke of Rutland, and
Got by a Stallion of His Graces own, call'd Black Hearty, which was got by the
Byerley Turk, Sire also of Basto, Jigg, of the Dams of Grey Ramsden, Tantivie,
and many other Fine Horses, &c".
BOTTOM PANEL: "Bonny Black, at three Years Old, beat a Six Year Old Horse
of Mr Frampton's, with even Weight, 10 Stone. She Won at Four Years Old, the
Gold Cup at Black-Hambleton, against Mares five Years Old. Also Won the Gold
Cup, at the same place, at five Years Old. And that at Newmarket, the April
following, At Six Years Old, She beat Ld Harvey's, Merryman, Eight Years Old,
giving him three pounds weight: And also Won a Match against Hackwood Eight
Stone a piece, after which it was Offer'd, She should Run with any Horse &c
in the Kingdom for a Thousand Pounds, four times round the Kings Plate Course,
at Newmarket, without rubbing".
Bonny Black was painted by John Wootton in 1711, and again in 1715 when the following text inscribed on a scroll was added and included as part of the painting - "Bonny Black att three years old beat a full ag'd Horse of Mr. Frampton's three miles & a half att tenn Stone Weight. At four years old and a half She won ye Prince's Gold Cup att Newmarkett against Mares of Six years old and a half. After that She won two Gold Cups against Mares of her own age. At Six years old she beat a Horse of Lord Harvey's Full aged, called Merryman, and gave him three Pound Weight Tho' the Horse was the Fleeter. She offer'd to Run wth any Horse in England four times round the Heat, being Sixteen miles without rubbing".
It is clear from the above that there were two mares called Bonny Black, they were both owned by the Duke of Rutland and they both ran as three year olds against older horses owned by Mr Frampton. The GSB, Pick and Cheny, thinking this too much of a coincidence, assumed there was only one mare called Bonny Black and combined the two race records. The information contained on the scroll in Wootton's painting, which was written down at the end of the older Bonny Black's racing career, may be taken as accurate.
The painting says of the older mare:
"Bonny Black att three years old beat a full ag'd Horse of Mr. Frampton's three miles & a half att tenn Stone Weight".
The GSB, Pick and Cheny say of the younger mare:
"at three years old, she beat a six years old horse, at 10st. each"
[GSB].
"At Newmarket, in April, 1719, Bonny Black, (then rising four years old,)
beat a horse of Mr. Frampton's (rising seven,) at 10st. each" [Pick].
"Bonny Black, at three Years Old, beat a Six Year Old Horse of Mr Frampton's,
with even Weight, 10 Stone" [Cheny].
The following references show that some details of the older mare's record have been included in that of the younger mare:
Bailey's Racing Register, volume 1, page 3, says - "Newmarket. 1718. October 2nd. - D. of Rutland's bl. f. Bonny Black, by Black Hearty (son of the Byerley Turk), three yrs. old, beat Mr. Frampton's Woodstock Hunter, six yrs. old, 8st 7lb each, four miles, 50gs, h. ft".
Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 52, under A list of horse matches run for at Newmarket in the months of October, November, and December, 1718, says - "Oct. 2. A Match. 50 gs. H. ft. 4 miles. Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black 1 Mr. T. Frampton's Woodstock Hunter 2".
The painting says of the older mare:
"At four years old and a half She won ye Prince's Gold Cup att Newmarkett against Mares of Six years old and a half. After that She won two Gold Cups against Mares of her own age".
According to Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 32, the Prince Consort gifted "a Gold Plate of the value of 100 gs., to be run for on the second Thursday in October next [1707], one heat over the heat's course at Newmarket, 10 stone by mares 5 years old last foaling time as aforesaid, and no older". The winner was Sir John Parson's mare. There is no record of the Gold Plate being run for in 1708 and the Prince Consort died on 28 October that year. Page 35, in A list of horse matches to be run at Newmarket [in October 1709], says - "The Prince's Plate is run for on the 8th October. It is a Golden Cup of £100 value (one heat)". This Golden Cup must have been gifted by Queen Anne in honour of her late husband with the conditions being altered to allow six year old mares to compete. If Old Bonny Black was four and a half years old in October 1709, then she must have been foaled in 1705. The two Gold Cups were probably for five year old mares.
The GSB, Pick and Cheny say of the younger mare:
"at four years old, she won the five years old Hambleton Cup (King's Plate),
and again at five years old" [GSB].
"and in August following, She won the King's Plate at Hambleton, beating
30 five years old mares; there were five more entered, but drawn at the time
of starting, which was the greatest number that ever entered for that Plate.
In August, 1720, She again won the King's Plate at Hambleton, beating 17 others.
In April, 1721, She won the King's Plate for Mares at Newmarket" [Pick].
"She Won at Four Years Old, the Gold Cup at Black-Hambleton, against Mares
five Years Old. Also Won the Gold Cup, at the same place, at five Years Old.
And that at Newmarket, the April following" [Cheny].
Bailey's Racing Register, volume 1, pages 4 and 5, confirm the two wins at Hambleton and page 6 confirms the win at Newmarket.
The painting says of the older mare:
"At Six years old she beat a Horse of Lord Harvey's Full aged, called Merryman, and gave him three Pound Weight Tho' the Horse was the Fleeter".
The GSB, Pick and Cheny say of the younger mare:
"at six years old, she beat an aged horse, giving him 3st" [GSB].
"When six years old, She beat Lord Harvey's Merryman, aged, and allowed
him 3st. She also beat the noted Hackwood, at 8st each" [Pick].
"At Six Years Old, She beat Ld Harvey's, Merryman, Eight Years Old, giving
him three pounds weight: And also Won a Match against Hackwood Eight Stone a
piece" [Cheny].
The Newcastle Courant, 26 - 29 September, 1711, Number 26, says - "London, Sept. 24 / The Matches at New-Market". The matches scheduled to be run at Newmarket from October 1 to November 6, are listed under columns headed st wt miles gs Forf. The list includes - "[October] 10. Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black against 8 5 Lord Harvy's Merriman 8 2 4 200 half". On October 10, 1711, the Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black, carrying 8st 5lb is matched against Lord Harvey's Merryman, carrying 8st 2lb, over 4 miles, 200 guineas, half forfeit.
Lord Hervey was created Earl of Bristol in 1714. In 1720 the younger Bonny Black won the Royal Plate at Hambleton two days before Mr G Witty's Merryman won the Royal Plate at York.
Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 42, under Horse matches to be run at Newmarket autumn meeting, in November 1713, says - "Nov. 11. A Match. 4 miles. £1500. Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black * agst. Duke of Bolton's Hackwood, 8 st. each". A footnote says - "* Won".
In Prior's The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, page 208, a list of Matches extracted from Lord Bristol's Letter-books includes two probable references to Old Bonny Black:
"1711. April 4. Hervey Dun beaten by the Duke of Rutland's filly".
"1712. Ladythigh beaten [by] the Duke of Rutland's filly".
On page 196, in a letter to Lady Hervey dated Saturday, April 5, 1712, Lord Hervey says - "Your absence makes this place so tedious that I am almost indifferent whether Ladythigh wins or loses on Monday [April 7]".
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1754, page 159, says - "Belgrade the second was got by the Belgrade Turk, out of a Daughter of Bay Bolton, her Dam by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's famous old Scarborough Mare, that beat the Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black at Newmarket for the Gold Cup".
In the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I the Royal Plate for mares, run at the spring meeting at Newmarket, was known as the Gold Cup and the winners of this race are recorded every year from 1715 to 1726. The winner in 1721 was the younger Bonny Black but as there is no mention of the Old Scarborough Mare in this period it seems more likely that she won an earlier running against the older Bonny Black. This race most probably took place in 1711 when both mares were rising six years old.
OLD BONNY BLACK (1705)
By a Persian Stallion
1709 Mar/Apr 1st A Match, beating Mr Frampton's aged Horse, three and a
half miles, 10st each
1709 Oct 8 1st The Prince's Gold Cup at Newmarket, £100, six years old
mares, one heat
1710 1st A Gold Cup, against mares of her own age
1710 1st A Gold Cup, against mares of her own age
1711 Apr 4 1st A Match, beating Lord Hervey's Dun
1711 Apr 2nd The Gold Cup at Newmarket, to Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's Old
Scarborough Mare
1711 Oct 10 1st A Match at Newmarket, 200 guineas, four miles, half
forfeit, 8st 5lb, beating Lord Hervey's Merryman, 8st 2lb,
giving him 3lb
1712 Apr 7 1st A Match, beating Lord Hervey's Ladythigh
1713 Nov 11 1st A Match at Newmarket, £1500, four miles, beating Duke
of Bolton's Hackwood, 8st each
Her owner afterwards challenged to run four times over the Round Course
at Newmarket, against any horse or mare in the kingdom, which challenge
not being accepted, she became a brood mare in the Duke of Rutland's stud
BONNY BLACK (1715)
By Black Hearty oo Old Bonny Black
1718 Oct 2 1st A Match at Newmarket, 50gs, half forfeit, four miles,
beating Mr Frampton's Woodstock Hunter, 8st 7lb each
1719 Aug 8 1st His Majesty's gold Cup at Hambleton, 100gs, five years
old mares, 10st, four miles
1720 Aug 6 1st His Majesty's gold Cup at Hambleton, 100gs, five years
old mares, 10st, four miles
1721 Apr 15 1st The gold Cup at Newmarket, 100gs, five years old mares,
10st, four miles
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 62, Blaze (1733) was by Childers out of Confederate Filly by Grey Grantham (son of Brownlow Turk) - Duke of Rutland's Black Barb - Bright's Roan, bred by Mr Leedes and said to be got by the Arabian, sire of Leedes.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 54, says - "Blaze was got by the Duke of Devonshire's Childers; his dam, (well known by the name of the Confederate Filly) by the Duke of Rutland's Grey Grantham; his grandam by the Duke of Rutland's Black Barb, out of an eminent mare called Bright's Roan, bred by Mr. Leedes of North-Milforth, Yorkshire".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 55, says - "The above is the Pedigree as generally given of Blaze, and as there have been various opinions respecting the truth; the following is copied from the late Mr. Cheney :- I have been informed, but cannot say that I absolutely depend upon the truth of the whole, that the Confederate Filly was out of a Mare called Young Bets, got by a Turk of the late Duke of Rutland's, and her dam called Whirligig, was full sister to Leedes".
The Racing Calendar for 1743, by John Cheny, in the index, page xxxiv, says - "Blaze was bred by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and got by Childers. His Dam was call'd the Confederate Filly, which was got by Grey Grantham, Son of the Brownlow Turk. I have been inform'd, but cannot say that I absolutely depend upon the Truth of the Whole, that the Confederate Filly was out of a Mare call'd Young Bets, and a Turk of the late Duke of Rutland, and that her Dam call'd Whirligig, was full sister to Leeds".
The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham's pedigree collection, Sheffield Archives, Sheffield,
Document Reference WWM/R193/18, says - "Beverley, April 1st, 1749 Advertisement.
There is now in the Hands of John Luck, and Joseph Smith of Beverley, in the
County of York, the noted Horse Blaze, bred by Mr Panton, and got by the Duke
of Devonshire's Childers, out of the Confederate Filly; she was got by Grantham,
her Dam by the late Duke of Rutland's black Barbe, and out of a Mare call'd
Bright's Roan; Bright's Roan was bred by Mr Leedes, and got by his Turk, which
got Bay Leeds, her Dam by Willoughby, her Gran Dam was a Daughter of the famous
running Roan Mare of Sir Christopher Wivill's, got by Dodsworth; will cover
Mares this season at [...] and [...] a Mare, and One Shilling the Servant [half
a crown, handwritten]; with good Grass for Mares at reasonable Rates.
N B The abovesaid Horse Blaze is very healthful, free from all Natural Blemishes,
full fifteen Hands high, and is allow'd to be a very fine and well proportioned
Horse, he is full Master of Twelve Stone; he won at Newmarket the Seven Hundred
Pound Stakes, a Three Hundred Pound Match, and a King's Plate; also he won the
King's Plate at Winchester, and the King's Plate at Lewis, and was allowed to
be the best Horse of his Year, as he prov'd himself by Running when Seven Years
Old; he won the Forty Pounds at Epsom, the Fifty Pounds at Guilford, the Fifty
Pounds at Reading, the Fifty Pounds at Oxford, and the Fifty Pounds at Chipping-Norton.
+ Whereas the Pedigree of the abovemention'd Roan Mare was omitted in former
Advertisements, I do hereby Certifie, that the above Pedigree of the Roan Mare
is true according to the Studd Book, as witness my Hand the 9th of January,
1744. / Edward Leedes.
Hull: Printed by G Ferraby, Bookseller, in the Butchery, and at his Shop in
Beverley, where all Sorts of Printing-Work is done at Reasonable Rates".
The London Evening Post, Tuesday, February 25, 1735, Number 1133, says - "A Fine Chesnut Horse, known by the Name of Spot, bred by the Duke of Rutland, got by Cyprus Arabian, out of a Mare got by the Grey Paget Turk, out of Mr Leeds's Mare Whirligig, full Sister to Leeds's Dame [sic]".
Both Pick and Cheny say Whirligig was full sister to Leedes. The above advertisement says Whirligig was full sister to the dam of Leedes. The dam of Leedes was by Spanker out of the Old Morocco Mare. Edward Leedes, above, certifies that Bright's Roan was by Leedes Arabian out of a mare by Willoughby out of a mare by Dodsworth (Dicky Pierson). Since full was sometimes used to mean by the same sire and the Old Morocco Mare was not by Dicky Pierson, it is probable that Spanker was also known as Willoughby.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 380, says - "Dimple (Dyer's), bred by Mr Leedes, about 1708, got by Leedes's Arabian - Spanker - Dodsworth - Barb Mare".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 48, says - "Mr. Dyer's Dimple (sire of the grandam of Ball) was bred by Mr. Leedes, and got by his Arabian, (sire of Leedes); his dam, Old Sophonisba, by Spanker; grandam by Dodsworth, out of Lord Willoughby's Barb Mare".
PICK GSB CHENY ROCKINGHAM GSB LONDON EVENING POST
Willoughby's Barb Mare Barb Mare Wyvill's Roan Mare
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by Dodsworth by Dodsworth by Dodsworth
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Old Sophonisba mare mare Leedes's Whirligig
by Spanker by Spanker by Willoughby (full sister to Leeds's Dame)
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DYER'S DIMPLE DYER'S DIMPLE Whirligig Bright's Roan Bright's Roan mare
by Leedes Arabian by Leedes's Arabian (full sister to Leeds) by Leedes Turk by Arabian, sire of Leedes by Grey Paget Turk
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Young Bets mare mare RUTLAND SPOT
by Rutland Turk by Rutland's Black Barbe by Rutland's Black Barb by Cyprus Arabian
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Confederate Filly Confederate Filly Confederate Filly
by Grey Grantham by Grantham by Grey Grantham
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BLAZE BLAZE BLAZE
by Childers by Devonshire's Childers by Childers
1733
The pedigree of Blaze would appear to be by Childers oo Confederate Filly by Grey Grantham oo Young Bets by Rutland Black Barb oo Bright's Roan by Leedes Arabian oo Whirligig by Spanker oo mare by Dodsworth oo Wyvill's Roan Mare.
An Introduction to a General Stud-Book, 1791, in the preface, says - "The Editor cannot persuade himself that this work will be able, in any considerable degree, to promote the so much wished for purpose of preserving entire the Pedigrees of our most valuable Horses; but he feels happy, that it has been in his power, by his own researches, and the aid of Friends, to correct some few material errors that have obtained, for a long series of years; of which he will here only instance Lord Leigh's Diana and Charming Molly, both connected with some of the best horses, even of the present day, who, from the authority of Mr Cheney, have ever been considered and reported as daughters of the Godolphin Whitefoot, whereas (as appears by a certificate under the hand of the Breeder) they were in reality got by Second. A few modern alterations have here been obliterated, and the ancient accounts restored, where there was sufficient reason to believe they had been incorrectly varied; and many names have also been inserted, which were originally given by the owners, and dropped by the purchasers, apparently for no purpose, but which has often caused confusion".
The wording of the "certificate under the hand of the Breeder" is not given.
The following entry appears in the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, pages 57 and 58:
CHARMING MOLLY (sister to Diana),
Bred by Lord Leigh, in 1742, got by Second, her dam by Stanyan's
Arabian - Gipsy, by King William's Barb without a tongue - Makeless.
1751 ch. f. Pretty Polly, by Old Starling - Lord Rockingham
1756 b. c. Hackney, by Cullen Arabian - - Sir J. Moore
1758 br. c. Spanker, by Antelope - - Mr Pengree
Was afterwards sent to Ireland, and had a f. by Bustard, son of Crab,
who was dam of a f. by Coalition Colt.
The following entry appears in the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 200:
STANYAN'S ARABIAN MARE,
Bred by Mr Hangar, her dam, Gipsey, by King William's Barb-without-
a-tongue, out of Sir R. Milbanke's Makeless Mare, which was the dam
of Hartley's Blind Horse.
1740 br. f. Diana, by Second - - Mr Hanger, and sold
1742 br. f. Charming Molly, by ditto - - to Lord Leigh
f. by ditto - - - - Mr Hanger
1749 f. by Marksman - - - Mr Hanger
* f. by Whitefoot - - -
* Lord Chedworth's Diana, by Whitefoot, was, according to the Racing
Calendar, a sister to Charming Molly, and may have been this Whitefoot
mare.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 77, says - "Diana, Bred by Lord Chedworth, in 1737, got by Godolphin Whitefoot. This pedigree can be traced no further, but she has no descendants in the Stud Book. According to the Racing Calendar of 1746, p. 159, this mare was a sister to Charming Molly".
According to Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1746, page 159, Lord Leigh's Diana was got by the Godolphin Whitefoot, and the Hon Miss Leigh's Charming Molly "is full Sister to the before-mentioned Diana". There is no mention of Lord Chedworth's Diana at all in Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1746.
The following entry appears in The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, by C M Prior, page 182, in the Earl of Antrim's Stud Book:
CHARMING MOLLY, Brown, 1742.
Full sister to the late Lord Lee's Diana, got by the *Godolphin
Whitefoot, 14 hds. 1½ ins.
1752. **Gr. filly by Bustard.
1753. B. filly by Bajazet. This filly was covered in 1757 by Antelope.
1754. B. filly by Bajazet.
1756. Blk. colt by Highlander, and covered by Antelope.
[*Charming Molly was in reality got by Second, as corrected by Mr.
Weatherby in his Introduction to General Stud-book of 1791, she
having been confused with a mare of the same name belonging to Lord
Chedworth]'.
**This Bustard filly had in 1757 a ch. filly by the Coalition Colt,
and was covered by Antelope.
According to Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1746, page 159, Lord Leigh's Diana was got by the Godolphin Whitefoot, and the Hon Miss Leigh's Charming Molly "is full Sister to the before-mentioned Diana".
Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1747, page 127, says - "Charming Molly and Diana were both got by the Godolphin Whitefoot, and both out of the same Mare".
Sir James Lowther's manuscript stud book, Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle, Document Reference D\Lons\L9\2\4, page 6, says - "No. 6 Bought of Lord Egleton a bay colt got by Jannus his dam by Whitefoot his Granddam by Stangers Arabian his Great Grand dam by King Williams Black Barb Without a Toung out of Sr Ralph Milbanks old Makeless Mare. N B This mare is full Sister to Lord Lees, Diana & Molly. The Mare got by the Black Barb was call'd Gipsey".
Sir James Lowther's manuscript stud book, Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle, Document Reference D\Lons\L9\2\4, Page 12, says - "April ye 30 1757 one Brown Filley Fould Got by Jannus her Dam by Whitefoot her Grand dam by Stangers Arabian her Grt Grand dam by King Williams black barb without a Tounge out of Sr ralph Milbanks old Makeless Mare N B she is Sister to Lord Leese Diana & Molley".
Sir James Lowther's manuscript stud book, Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle, Document Reference D\Lons\L9\2\4, Page 15, says - "15 April 23. 1758 one Filley Fole go by Dormouse her dam by Whitefoot her Grandam by Stangers Arabian her great Grand dam by King Williams black barb without a Toung & out of Sr Ralph Milbanks old Makeless Mare N B she is sister to Lord Leess Diana & Molley".
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1755, page 161, in the section Pedigrees of four Years old Horses, &c., says - "Pretty Poll, three Years old, the Marquis of Rockingham's, was got by Starling; her Dam by Second, out of the Dam of Lord Leigh's Molly and Diana".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 387, says - "Tantrum, Lord Rockingham's, b. c., 1760, by Cripple - Hampton-Court Childers - Hackney's dam, by Whitefoot - Stanyan's Arabian - Moonah Barb Mare".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 97, says - "Hackney (bay), first called Pamelia, Bred by Lord Ferrers, in 1757, got by Regulus, her dam by Whitefoot - Stanyan's Arabian - Moonah Barb Mare".
It is possible that Hackney by Cullen Arabian, foaled in 1756, and Hackney, late Pamelia, by Regulus, foaled in 1757, were out of the same mare. It is impossible for Charming Molly to be their dam so maybe their correct breeding is that attributed to Hackney, late Pamelia.
Pretty Polly was foaled in 1752 and was out of a half sister to Charming Molly, while Hackney's great grandam was the Moonah Barb Mare.
Tuting and Fawconer's Sporting Calendar, volume 1, page 222, in the section Stallions to Cover, In the following Season, 1770, says - "Spanker covers this season, 1770, at Mr. William Brown's, at Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, at two Guineas each mare and a crown the servant. He was got by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's Antelope, who was got by the famous Belgrade, out of Lord Leigh's Charming Molly".
The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham's pedigree collection, Sheffield Archives, Sheffield, a small account book entitled Expences of the Studd from: May 1st 1751, says - "Bought Feb 1752 from Mr Hawks & bred by [Mr Hanger] Bellina A Bay Filly got by Second, out of the dam of L’d Lee’s Molly & Diana – bred at Hampton Court, got by Stanyer’s Arabian, her dam by the Black Tongueless Barb, great Grandam Black Mare S’r Ralph Milbanke’s got by Mackeless & Dam of Hartley’s Blind Horse In foal by Starling 1752 By Olde Starling".
The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham's pedigree collection, Sheffield Archives, Sheffield, Document Reference WWM/R/193/50, says - "Bellina A Bay filly rising five 14 hands 2 [ins] got by Second out of the Dam of L’d Lee’s Molly & Diana, bred at Hampton Court got by Stanyer’s Arabian. Her Dam by the Black tongueless Barb of King William’s - great grandam Gipsey S’r Ralph Milbanke’s got by mackeless. - dam of Hartleys Blind Horse & Othello. Drogneda / in foal by old Starling price 120 G".
The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham's pedigree collection, Sheffield Archives, Sheffield, Document Reference WWM/R/193/21, says - "Bellina My Lord Your servant came to me in London to know the Pedigree of a Mare I sold to Mr Hawks of Staffordshire which I could not then recollect. He bought two of me both got by Second, Out of my Brown Mare which was got by Stanyan's Arabian at Hampton Court, out of Gipsey, who was breed by Sr Ralph Millbank and was got by King William's Black barb wthout a Tongue out of Sr Ralph's black Mare who was bred by Mr Darcy and was got by Makeless out of one of his best Royall Mares. The Oldest is 5 years old & the Brown one four this Grass. If your Lordship has occasion for another filley I have a very fine one out of the same Mare & got by Marksman a Son of Lord Godolphins Arabian 3 years old now, as promising as any thing can be which I intend to dispose of as I understand nothing about training. I sold three fillys out of this same mare to the late Lord Leigh two of which proved so good that my Lord told me he was offerr'd five hundred pounds for them I mention this only for your Lordship information of the breed. The three filly's were got by Whitefoot. I am your Lordships Most Obedient and very Humble Servant Gabl Hanger Dryffield [near] Cirencester In Glostershew June 17 1752".
According to this statement by the breeder of Charming Molly and Diana, they were both sired by Whitefoot.
Gipsey = STANYAN'S ARABIAN = Moonah Barb Mare
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Diana Charming Molly mare Bellina mare mare mare
by Whitefoot by Whitefoot by Whitefoot by Second by Second by Marksman by Whitefoot
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dam of dam of dam of dam of dam of
Polly by Blank 1752 Bustard filly Janus colt 1752 Pretty Polly 1759 HRH's Crab colt
1757 Blank filly 1753 Bajazet filly 1757 Janus filly by Starling 1763 CAREFUL by Careless
1761 Blank colt 1754 Bajazet filly 1758 Dormouse filly 1753 [Starling cover] 1765 Marske filly
1762 Fortune by Blank 1756 Highlander colt 1759 Regulus colt 1768 Bosphorus filly
1764 Sophia by Blank 1757 [Antelope cover] 1760 Mirza colt 1769 King's Persian colt
Spectator filly 1758 SPANKER by Antelope 1761 Mirza filly
1763 Mirza colt
The York Courant, Tuesday, March 17, 1741, Number 805, says - "To be Leap'd this Season, A Through bred beautiful Bay Stone-Horse, full fifteen Hands two Inches high, clear of all natural Blemish, able to carry fifteen stone a hunting, goes well upon his Legs, rising seven Years old: He was bred by his Grace the Duke of Somerset, and got by a Son of the famous Childers, out of Bonny Lass, daughter of the famous Gipsey; he is now in Possession of Mr William Cotesworth of Wetherby, and will be leap'd at two Guineas a Mare, where good Grass may be had for Mares, and all proper Care will be taken. Gen. Hawley's Certificate. He is out of a Mare called Bonny Lass, got by the King's Childers, the King's Childers was got by the Duke of Devonshire's old Childers, Bonny Lass was out of the Gipsey Mare got by Lord Holderness's Turk, he was bred by the Duke of Somerset at Petworth".
The York Courant, Tuesday, April 7, 1741, Number 807, says - "To be Leap'd this Season, At one Guinea a Mare, and Half a Crown, to the Servant, At Mr Stephen Jefferson's, at Clifton nigh York, a high bred beautiful bay stone-Horse, known by the Name of Young Childers, rising Seven Years old, able to carry Fifteen stone a-Hunting, clear of all natural Blemishes, and goes well upon his Legs. His Pedigree is certify'd by his Grace the Duke of Somerset, as under. He was got by the Hampton-Court Childers, who was got by the Flying-Childers, out of Bonny-Lass, bought of the late Earl of Holderness, and Bonny-Lass was out of the famous Gipsey Mare; got by his Lordship's Turk, given him by Sir Robert Sutton".
The York Courant, Tuesday, February 23, 1742, Number 854, says - "To Leap this Season, At One Guinea a Mare, and One Shilling to the [Servant], At Mr Stephen Jeferson's, nigh York. A High-bred beautiful Bay Stone Horse, known by the Name of Young Childers, full Fifteen Hands high, sound and clean of Blemishes, goes well upon his Legs, and able to carr Fifteen stone a hunting. His Pedigree is certified by his grace the Duke of Somerset under; He was got by the Hampton-Court Childers, he got by Childers; his Grand-Dam was Dutchess, that won the fourth heat in Clifton-Ings, in the Year 1714, for the Royal Plate; his Dam, Bonny Lass, bought of the late Earl of Holderness; and Bonny Lass was out of the famous Gipsey Mare, got by his Lordship's Turk, given him by Sir Robert Sutton. / Somerset N B Good Grass for Mares, and great Care taken".
The York Courant, Tuesday, February 22, 1743, Number 906, says - "To Leap this Season, 1742-3, At One Guinea a Mare, and One Shilling to his Keeper, At Mr Stephen Jefferson's, at Clifton nigh York, A High-bred beautiful Bay ston'd Horse, known by the Name of Young Childers, full fifteen Hands high, sound and clean of Blemishes, goes well upon his Legs, and able to carry fifteen stone a-hunting. His Pedigree is certify'd by his Grace the Duke of Somerset, as under. He was got by the Hampton-Court Childers, he got by the Flying-Childers; his Grand dam was Dutchess, that won the fourth Heat in Clifton-Ings, in the Year 1714, for the Royal Plate; his Dam, Bonny-Lass, bought of the late Earl of Holderness; and Bonny Lass was out of the famous Gipsey Mare, got by his Lordship's Turk, given him by Sir Robert Sutton. / Somerset".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 461, says - "Caristina, Mr. Rich's, (a bay gelding, foaled in 1729) by a foreign Horse at Hampton-Court)".
The Racing Calendar for 1735, by John Cheny, page 36, says - "Mr Rich's Bay G Caristina, oo a Dau of the old Gypsy's Mare & a foreign Horse at Hampton-Court".
Old Grey Royal
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HARTLEY'S BLIND HORSE HAMPTON COURT CHILDERS = Bonny Lass mare mare = WHITEDFOOT
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1735 by Hampton Court 1742
Grey Barb
1729
The following are the available versions of the pedigrees of Basto and Fox:
Cheny Pick GSB Pick Cheny
Bald Peg Old Bald Peg Old Bald Peg
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mare Leedes's Bald Peg Old Morocco Mare Old Morocco Mare
by Fairfax by Fairfax's by Fairfax by Fairfax's
Morocco Barb Morocco Barb Morocco Barb Morocco Barb
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mare mare Young Bald Peg Young Bald Peg Leeds's Bald Peg
by Spanker by Spanker by Leedes Arabian by Leedes's Arabian |
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mare Bay Peg Bay Peg Bay Peg Bay Peg
by Leeds Arabian by Leedes's Arabian by Leedes Arabian by Leedes's Arabian by Leeds Arabian
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BASTO BASTO BASTO FOX FOX FOX
by Byerley Turk by Byerly Turk by Byerly Turk by Clumsey by Clumsy by Clumsey
1703 1702 1714 1714
The Horse, in the Stable and the Field, by John Henry Walsh and I J Lupton, 1861, chapter VI, page 64, quotes the following pedigree from a table published by Mr Goodwin, veterinary surgeon, of Hampton Court:
There are two major errors in this pedigree. Firstly, Trumpet's dam is not the dam of Makeless but is the dam of the Brimmer mare that was the great grandam of Match'em. Secondly, Whynot was by the Fenwick Barb. The pedigree of Whynot by Crab, however, is of interest as it contains the pedigrees of both Basto and Fox, and they appear to be identical.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 377, says - "Aimwell, Mr Pembroke's, 1750, by Babraham - Sir Everard Fawkener's Grey Turk - Hampton-Court Childers - Conyers Arabian - Vernon Barb - Curwen's Grey Morocco Barb - Leedes Arabian - Spanker - the Old Morocco Mare (Old Peg)".
The Bath Journal, Monday, April 13, 1747, Number 164, says - "This is to give Notice, That there is now in the Hands of Farmer Price, of Tinbead, in the Parish of Edington, Wilts, a Grey Horse known by the Name of Hopeful, often called Sour-Face ; and a Bay Horse, known by the Name of Basset, both of them full Fifteen Hands high ; and a Nutmeg Grey Colt, know by the Name of Tom, Fourteen Hands and three inches high, two Years old. The Grey Horse is as strong-grow'd as any bred Horse in England, and was bred by his Grace the Duke of Bolton ; he is out of a Daughter of Bay Bolton, and she was got out of a famous Mare called Coquet, and he was got by an Arabian called Bloody-Buttocks. The Bay Horse, Basset, was bred by Lord Weymouth ; he was got by Young Sparks, out of Yellow Mess, who was got by the Chesnut Arabian, her Dam by the Coniers Grey Arabian, her Grand-Dam by Vernon Barb, and her Great Grand Dam was called the Grey Foot Ramsden Mare, she was got by Mr. Curwin's Grey Morocco Barb, and she under Sir William Ramsden's Bay Peg, that was got by Mr. Leed's Arabian, that got Leeds and Bay Peg, was under Mr. Leed's Chesnut Peg, which was got by Old Sparks, and under Old Ballad Peg, and Ballad Peg was under a natural Barb Mare, who was got by Lord Fairfax's Arabian. The Nutmeg Grey Colt, Tom, was bred by his Grace the Duke of Bolton, and is as high Blood as any in England, out of a Bay Bolton Mare, that was bred at Bolton-Hall in Yorkshire, and the Colt got by Hopeful, often called Sour-Face. To cover at Half-a-Guinea the First Leap, and One Shilling the Groom ; and Half-a-Guinea more at the Fall of the Colt. Note, Good Grass for Mares at Two Shillings per Week, and Tryal as often as convenient".
GSB Bath Journal Walsh Walsh Pick Cheny
Natural Barb Mare Old Bald Peg Arab Bald Peg
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mare Mr Leed's Chesnut Peg Bald Peg Yellow Bald Peg mare Leeds's Bald Peg
by Spanker by Old Sparks by Leedes Arab by Leedes Arab by Spanker |
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mare Grey Foot Ramsden Mare BASTO FOX BASTO FOX
by Curwen's Grey by Mr Curwin's Grey by Byerley Turk by Clumsy by Byerly Turk by Clumsey
Morocco Barb Morocco Barb 1703
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Childers Chesnut Arabian
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by Sir Everard by Young Sparks
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by Babraham
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The pedigrees of Aimwell and Basset have four identical consecutive crosses - Conyers Arabian, Vernon Barb, Curwen's Grey Morocco Barb and Leedes Arabian. Spanker and Old Sparks are undoubtedly the same. The sire of the Old Morocco Mare, Fairfax's Morocco Barb, and the sire of Old Ballad Peg, Lord Fairfax's Arabian, are also undoubtedly the same. The Grey Foot Ramsden Mare was out of Sir William Ramsden's Bay Peg by Leedes Arabian, while Basto was bred by Sir William Ramsden out of Bay Peg by Leedes Arabian. Leedes Chesnut Peg, the grandam of Basto, and Yellow Bald Peg, the grandam of Fox, are the same. Spanker, the sire of Leedes Chesnut Peg, was owned by Mr Leedes and was an Arabian, while the sire of Yellow Bald Peg was Leedes Arabian. Old Ballad Peg by Lord Fairfax's Arabian and Leedes's Bald Peg by Fairfax's Morocco Barb are the same. It is possible that this Bald Peg was the Old Morocco Mare but I am inclined to think that they were sisters. The Natural Barb Mare, dam of Old Ballad Peg, and Old Bald Peg Arab, dam of Old Morocco Mare, are the same. The pedigree of Old Bald Peg, which is usually given as 'by an Arabian out of a Barb mare', is undoubtedly a ghost pedigree caused by Leedes's Bald Peg also being called Old Ballad Peg.
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, April 12, 1755, Number 844, says - "To be Sold, At the White Horse in Maldon, Essex. A Handsome Brown Horse, rising five Years old, well made and strong; fit either for Training or Hunting. He was got by Mr Mascall’s Bumper, his Dam by the Hampton-Court Childers, his Great Dam by the Chestnut Litton Arabian, his Great Great Grandam by King William’s White Barb call’d Chilleby, and out of Sir William Ramsden’s Chestnut Mare call’d the Farmer Mare.—Mr Mascall’s Bumper was got by Partner, his Dam by Bay Bolton, his Grandam by Commoner, his Great Great Grandam by Restive, out of the Lonsdale Barb Mare. N B If not sold in ten Days he will Cover this Season; of which Notice shall be given in this Paper.
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. Ramsden’s Chesnut Farmer Mare".
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, May 5, 1770, Number 1633, says - "To Cover this Season, At Wakes-Coln Mill, near Colchester in Essex. At a Guinea and Half, and Half-a-Crown the Man, to be paid at Covering. The Famous Dun Horse Antelope. He was bred by Mr W Everet, was got by Mr Croft’s Brilliant, his Dam by Mr Mascall’s Bumper: His Grand-Dam by a Son of the Bartlet’s Childers: His Great Grand-Dam by the Chesnut Litton Arabian: His Great Great Grand-Dam by King William’s White Barb, call’d Chillebay: His Great Great Great Grand-Dam by the Byerly Turk, and she was out of Sir William Ramsden’s Mare, called the Farmer Mare. Bumper was got by Partner: His Dam by Bay Bolton: His Grand-Dam by Commoner, out of the Lonsdale Barb Mare. This is a true Pedigree. / W EVERETT. Antelope, at three Years old, won a Match over Epsom: At four Years old, won the Four Years Old Plate at Canterbury; At Five Years Old, won the King’s Plate at Burford and Litchfield: At six years Old, won the King’s Plates at Guildford, Salisbury, Canterbury, Winchester, and Lewes: At Seven Years Old, beat Mr Croft’s Tortoise, and Five others, at oxford, giving him Fourteen Pounds".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 6, says - "Bald Peg, daughter of Snake, was a Chesnut Mare, and foaled in 1720. She was the property of Mr. Match'em Tims; her dam was Mr. Page's famous Galloway Mare, that won several Galloway Plates in the North of England. Bald Peg won the Royal Plate (called Hambleton Guineas,) at Richmond, in 1725; she also won a Plate at Newcastle, the Annual Plate at Kipling-Coats, and several others".
Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 10, under 1725, says - "Richmond. His Majesty's 100gs (called Hambleton 100gs), for five yrs. old mares, 10st, was won by Mr. M. Tim's ch. m. Bald Peg, by Snake, (son of the Lister Turk), her dam was Page's famous Galloway".
The York Courant, Tuesday, April 9, 1754, Number 1486, says - "To Leap this Season, At Half a Guinea Mare, and a Shilling the Servant, at Robert Burton's in Clifton, near Masham. A Beautiful Chesnut Horse, healthy, sound, and very strong, free from all natural Blemishes, about fourteen Hands and an Inch high, goes extremely well upon his Legs, and seven Years old. he was got by Cartouch; his Dam, by the Bald Galloway; she was full Blood to Mr Fleetwood's Lilliput, all but a Cross of Grantham, which was in his Grandam, she being got by the Duke of Rutland's Grey Grantham; his Great Grandam, by Mr Wilks's Barb; his Great Great Grandam was the famous Bald Peg, who won the Royal Plate at Richmond, the Newcastle Plate, Kiplingcoats Guineas, Richmond Plate, and at several other Places. She was got by Bull, and out of a Royal Mare bought of Mr Sutton Oglethorpe.--This is a true Pedigree, as witness my Hand. / J MILBANKE.
In 1706 there was no Royal Plate run for at Bramham Moor and contemporary descriptions of the race record that it was run at Richmond. The winning horse was owned by Sir Ralph Milbanke, 4th Bart and the Gold Cup, which is still extant, is thought to be the oldest surviving example. An advertisement in The London Gazette for 18 June 1706, says - 'Her Majesty's Golden Cup will be run for at Richmond in Yorkshire, in the Great Pastures there, on Thursday the 15th August next, by any Horse, Mare or Gelding, 6 years, carrying 12 stone weight; 3 heat; Gentlemen to ride; the Horse..., to be entered 14 days before, at Mr. Raper's at the Queen's Arms, Richmond aforesaid. Owner of the Horse, Mare or Gelding must bring a certificate from the Breeder that his Horse, Mare or Gelding is really no more than six the Grass before he runs'.
To 1765 these were the only two Royal Plates run at Richmond. William Pick, a fairly unreliable source, has the correct details of the 1725 Hambleton Guineas but credits the winner with the same extra races that J Milbanke says were won by Bald Peg, the winner of the 1706 race transferred from Bramham Moor. This 1706 race was open to 6 year old horses, mares and geldings, and was won by Sir Ralph Milbanke's 'horse'. This may be a generic term and doesn't rule out the winner being the mare Bald Peg.
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, July 15, 1758, says - "To be Sold by Auction, At the Market-Cross in Ipswich, on Wednesday the 19th Day of July instant, about Eleven o'Clock before Noon. The fine strong Stallion Bald Sedbury : He was got by Sedbury, (the Son of old Partner) his Dam by the Bald Galloway, (the Son of the St. Victor Barb) his Grandam by the Duke of Rutland's Grey Grantham, (a Son of the Brownlow Turk, who was the Sire of the Dam of old Starling) his Great Grandam by Wilks's Barb, his Great Great Grandam by the Burford Bull, out of a Royal Mare chose out of the Stud of Sutton Oglethorpe, Esq".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 84, says the grandam of King Fergus was - "Fanny, Bred by Mr Andrew Blake, in 1751, got by Tartar, her dam by Starling - Childers - Grantham - Liliput's dam, by Wilkinson's Barb - Mr Milbank's Bald Peg".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 19, says - "Sir R. Milbanke's *Bald Peg". There is a note " *This might be Y. Bald Peg, or her g. dam, see The Old Morocco Mare".
Pick's Turf Register and earlier editions of the GSB give the grandam of Fanny as a mare by Roundhead, son of Childers, who was foaled in 1733. It is just possible by dates for the grandam to be by Roundhead but Childers fits better and is generally accepted.
Liliput's dam is usually given as a mare by Wilkinson's Barb, however the advertisements in the York Courant of 1754 and the Ipswich Journal of 1758 record the sire as Wilks's Barb. Grey Hautboy was a contemporary of Milbank's Bald Peg and was owned by Mr Wilkes. He was commonly known as Wilkes Old Hautboy and was of pure eastern blood. I am of the opinion that Wilks's Barb was Grey Hautboy.
The Stamford Mercury, Thursday, July 25, 1734, under horses entered to run at Huntingdon for the '20 Pounds for Galloways, Wednesday the 31st', says - "Mr. Fleetwood's Roan Horse, Lilliput".
Old Bald Peg = FAIRFAX'S MOROCCO BARB <===================================> HELMSLEY TURK
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BRIMMER mare LEEDES SPANKER Charming Jenny = BYERLEY'S TURK = Leedes Chesnut Peg = BURFORD BULL HAUTBOY
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HAUTBOY JIGG Chesnut Ramsden Mare Bay Peg Milbanke's Bald Peg = WILKES BARB
by Darcy's White Turk (SNAKE) | 1697 (Ramsden's Bay Peg) 1700 | (GREY HAUTBOY)
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GREY HAUTBOY SON OF JIGG Farmer Mare BASTO FOX mare
(WILKES BARB) (SON OF SNAKE) by Chillaby by Byerley's Turk by Clumsey [Roan or Grey]
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CLUMSEY PARTNER Bushy Molly JUSTICE Meliora Grey Grantham LILLIPUT
| | 1718 by Litton Arabian by Litton Arabian | 1729 mare by Bald Galloway
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TARTAR <===========================================> TARTAR mare CHESNUT BALD SEDBURY
1743 | 1743 | STALLION 1748
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Fanny
1751
[Grandam of King Fergus]
This is the pedigree of Milbanke's Bald Peg incorporating the evidence and conjecture contained in this article:
| Milbanke's Bald Peg 1700 |
BURFORD BULL |
BRIMMER | DARCY'S YELLOW TURK | ||
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| Violet Layton | DARCY'S WHITE TURK | HELMSLEY TURK | |||
| Scorfield's Mare | DICKY PIERSON | OLD DODSWORTH | |||
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| Layton Barb Mare | DARCY'S YELLOW TURK | ||||
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| Yellow Bald Peg |
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| Old Morocco Mare | FAIRFAX'S MOROCCO BARB | ||||
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| Young Bald Peg | FAIRFAX'S MOROCCO BARB | ||||
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FAIRFAX'S MOROCCO BARB=HELMSLEY TURK
OLD DODSWORTH=DARCY'S YELLOW TURK
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 382, says - "Moses, Lord Chedworth's, 1746, by the Chedworth Foxhunter - Portland Arabian - dam of the Duke of Bridgewater's Star by Richard's Arabian".
According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 93, a winner at Burford as a four year old in 1750, was - "Lord Chedworth's ch. c. Moses, by the Chedworth Foxhunter, dam by the Portland Arabian".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 357, says - "Moses, (sire of Otho) was a Chesnut Horse, foaled in 1746, and bred by Lord Chedworth. - He was got by Mr. Cole's Foxhunter; his dam by the Duke of Portland's Arabian; grandam, (the Duke of Bridgewater's Star's dam) by Mr. Richards's Arabian, at Hampton Court. Moses was a private stallion in Lord Gower's Stud".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 380 and Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 164, agree that the Chedworth Foxhunter was bred by Lord Chedworth and sired by Cole's Foxhunter in 1750, which means he could not have sired Moses in 1746. Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 126, shows the Chedworth Foxhunter running at Burford as a four year old in 1754.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 90, says Grey Gower was a grey colt by the Gower Stallion out of a Foxhunter mare. This Foxhunter mare was - "Bred by Mr Howe, in 1749, got by the Chedworth Foxhunter, her dam by the *Godolphin Arabian, out of Howe's Mixbury mare, got by a brother to Mixbury - Smockface - Old Snail". * A note is appended - "This cross was missed in the earlier editions".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 186, says Howe's Foxhunter was a chesnut colt foaled in 1722 by the Bald Galloway out of sister to Old Country Wench by Snake, and was own brother to Grey Robinson, the dam of Regulus. Howe's Foxhunter ran five times and was variously described as chesnut and grey. Howe's Foxhunter and Grey Robinson were both bred by Mr Robinson and sold to Mr Howe. Mr Howe was John Howe, who was created Baron Chedworth in 1741 and died in 1742. His son John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth from 1742 to 1762, was the breeder of Moses and the younger Foxhunter.
The following pedigree is taken from Weatherby's Racing Calendar, Advertisements of Stallions, 1780, page 322 - "Grey Gower was got by the Gower Stallion, a son of the Godolphin Arabian, his dam by Lord Chedworth's Foxhunter, son of the Ball'd Galloway, grand dam by a full brother to Mixbury, gt grand dam by a son of Darley's Arabian, out of a mare of Sir Matthew Peirson's, which was the dam of Terror, gt gt grand dam by Lord Wharton's Snail, gt gt gt grand dam by Burford's Bull; Bull was got by Brimmer, his dam a Layton Barb mare".
The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday, March 04, 1782, says - "Grey Gower. At Bistern, near Ringwood, Hants, at Three Guineas a Mare, and Five Shillings the Servant. Grey Gower was got by the Gower Stallion, a son of the Godolphin Arabian, his dam by Lord Chedworth's Foxhunter, son of the Ball'd Galloway, grand dam by a full brother to Mixbury, great grandam by a son of Darley's Arabian, out of a mare of Sir Matthew Pierson's, which was the dam of Terror. gt. gt. grandam by Lord Wharton's Snail, gr. gr. gr. grandam by Burford's Bull; Bull was got by Brimmer, his dam a Layton Barb mare. There has been only one horse trained got by Grey Gower, which was Mr. Fernyhough's Catcher, he won Litchfield Cup, and a £50 plate at Chester, in 1778. This horse is 15 hands 1 inch high, and master of any weight. N. B. To prevent trouble, the money to be paid before the mares are taken away".
The Shrewsbury Chronicle or Wood's British Gazette, Saturday, March 05, 1774, Volume III, Number 61, page 3, says - "To be Sold, At Francis James's, of Podford, in the Parish of High Ercall, in the County of Salop. Two fine Geldings; one a dark Grey, and the other Black. The Grey Gelding is rising seven Years old; the Black Gelding rising four Years old, each near fifteen Hands and a half high. The Grey Gelding is able to carry sixteen Stone with the fleetest Hounds in this Kingdom. - He was got by the Hon. F. Gower's fine Grey Horse called the Grey-Colt, now in the Hands of his Lordship; which was got by his Lordship's Arabian, now called Gower's Stallion, which was the Sire of Sweepstakes, Little David, and Invalid; Invalid won the great Subscription Plate at Newmarket of 3600l. his Dam was got by Foxhunter; his Dam by Smockface, Son of the Darlow Arabian, out of Sir Matthew Pearson's Mare, which was the Dam of Terror; her Great Grandam by Ld Wharton's Old Snail; her Great Great Grandam by Burford's Bull, out of a Mare of Mr. Wilkinson's: Bull was got by Brimmer, and his Dam by Layton's Barb Mare: Foxhunter was got by the Bald Galloway, Son of Victor's Barb; his Dam by Snake, Son of the Leicester Turk: This Grey Gelding's Dam was got by Mr. Humphries's Bay Horse, which was thought to be the best Foxhunter in this County, and out of a Mare of Mr. Young's, of the Wood, near Newport, Shropshire".
The cross of the Godolphin Arabian only appears in the fifth edition of volume one of the GSB. In previous editions the first foal of the Godolphin Arabian mare was Pharaoh by Moses in 1753. It is clear from the above advertisements that the Foxhunter mare and the Godolphin Arabian mare were half sisters out of the Brother to Mixbury mare. This Brother to Mixbury mare is missing from the pedigree in the Shrewsbury Chronicle.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 204, says - "Pharoah, (A bay horse - foaled in 1753,) Bred by and the Property of Earl Gower, of Trentham, Staffordshire. Pharoah was got by Moses, (sire of Otho); his dam, bred by the Hon. Mr. Howe, by Lord Godolphin's Arabian ; grandam by a Brother to Mr. Curwen's Mixbury ; great grandam by Smockface, Old Snail, Burford's Bull, out of a favourite Mare of Mr. Wilkinson's of Layton, near Richmond, Yorkshire".
Weatherby's Racing Salisbury Journal Shrewsbury GSB Pick
Calendar 1780 Chronicle
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GREY GOWER GREY GOWER GOWER'S GREY-COLT GREY GOWER PHAROAH
by Gower Stallion by Gower Stallion by Gower's Stallion by Gower Stallion by Moses
1753
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, May 11, 1728, Number 159, says - "At Edlington near Whitingham, in the County of Northumberland, will be leap'd this Season, a Gray Stone-Horse, called Gray-Conyers, the Horse is 14 Hands and a half high, late belonging to Sir John Swinburn, Bart of Capheaton, now in the Possession of Mr Francis Smith at Edlington aforesaid; where any Gentlemen may have Mares served, paying for each Mare, half a Guinea a Leap, and 1 s and 6 d the full Serving; the Sire of the Horse was got by Mr Pullam's Arabian, and out of a Byerly Mare, belonging to Sir William St Quinton, Bart. The Dam of the said Gray-Conyers, was out of a Royal Mare of Mr Wilkinson's of West Laiton, and got by old Why-not, belonging to Esquire Forster of Bainsbrough. Test.--- Christopher Clayton, Newcastle".
The Newcastle Weekly Courant, Saturday, April 8, 1721, Number 42, Volume IV, p12, says - "This is to give Notice, that the most Celebrated Plate Horse that ever was known in these Parts, Silverlips, formerly Mr Lisle’s of Halzon, bred by that excellent Breeder Mr Francis Wilkinson of West Laten in Yorkshire, and got by his famous Barbe; will be kept this Covering-time at Mr Robert Hill’s, at the black Bull and Crown in the Flesh Market, at half a Guinea a Leap, and Twelve Pence to the Servant. Note, He has won in his Time Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds worth of Plate, besides the Gold Quoif at Scotland, which no English Horse, but himself, could do, and never loosed a Plate, in his Life, but one, and that on this Town-moor, when he was clap’d on the Back Sinews; but now he is right Sound, and in fine order, and will be ready next Michaelmas-day, to run 6 Miles without striping, with any Common Stallion, for Twenty Guineas. I say done first / John Bullman".
Arlington Barb Mare
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Violet Layton mare mare GRAY-CONYERS
by Darcy's White Turk | by Cardigan Colt by Son of Pulleine's
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BURFORD BULL mare Miss Layton
by Brimmer by Smockface by Partner
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mare Sappho
by Brother to Mixbury by Regulus
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by Godolphin Arabian by Chedworth Foxhunter
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PHAROAH GREY GOWER
by Moses by Gower Stallion
1753
The Snake mare's first two foals were Foxhunter and Grey Robinson in 1722 and 1723, they were both grey and by the Bald Galloway. There is then a gap of five years before she had another nine foals between 1729 and 1744, none of them grey. While it is not impossible for a grey mare to have only two grey foals out of eleven, the fact that the greys are separated from the non-greys by a gap of five years seems to suggest that the produce of two sisters to Old Country Wench have been combined, only one of which was a grey. It is possible that Bald Galloway was a grey as he was out of a grey mare, but I think it unlikely.
Old Country Wench had a similar stud record. Her first two foals were grey colts by Bald Lump, probably full brother to the Bald Galloway, in 1722 and 1723, but her third foal was the grey filly Egerton Nanny in 1724, and she was by the Pigot Turk, otherwise known as Mostyn's Bay Barb. She then had four non-grey foals before being shot in 1736.
It is likely that there were three mares by Snake out of Grey Wilkes. The grey Old Country Wench; the grey mare, dam of Foxhunter and Grey Robinson, the dam of Regulus; and Metcalfe's Old Snake mare, dam of Squirt, Lady Caroline and Lady Betty. The following is taken from the stallion advertisement for Bald Partner in Heber's Racing Calendar, volume IV, for the year 1754, page 238 - "Bald Partner Sire's Dam was got by Spark, Son of the famous Honeycomb Punch, and out of the Robinson Hautboy Mare, bred by Mr. Wilks, and was the Dam of the Dam of Regulus, and the Dam of the Dam of the Metcalf Lady Betty and Lady Caroline".
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 217, Violante was a chesnut mare, foaled in 1722, by Bustard (by Greyhound), out of Lord Godolphin's Old Snake mare, by Curwen's Bay Barb - Spot.
An advertisement in Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 12 - 16 June, 1750, Number 2427, says - "Ground Ivy, to be let to Mares this Season at Minola in the County of Mayo, at a Guinea, a Crown, and two English Shillings to the Groom for each Mare. His Size, Beauty, and great Performances, have been so remarkable, that he requires no Elogy; his Colts have such Size and Fashion, that they would now be matched against any Things in this Kingdom. He was got by young Lampre (Sire also of Silver Tail, Small Hopes, &c) Son of old Lampre, own Brother to Bay Bolton; his Dam (own sister to the Hampton Court Childers) was got by the Devonshire Childers; his Grandam (old Dutchess) by the Newcastle Turk; his Great Grandam (Grey Royal) by the Darcy white Turk (Sire of Hautboy, &c) upon a Royal Mare; young Lampre's Dam (Dam also of old Violante) was the Godolphin famous Snake Mare; her Dam was Mr Wilks's famous Hautboy Mare".
It would seem that the crosses of Curwen's Bay Barb and Spot in the GSB version are incorrect and Lord Godolphin's Old Snake mare was actually by Snake and her dam was Mr Wilks's famous Hautboy mare, also known as Grey Wilkes. It should by noted here that Partner was by Jigg out of a mare by Curwen's Bay Barb out of a mare by Spot, so this may be further proof that Jigg and Snake were one and the same.
Although this would appear to be a fourth mare by Snake out of Grey Wilkes, as she and two of the others had foals in 1722, it is possible that Lord Godolphin's Old Snake mare was identical with Metcalfe's Old Snake mare. If so, then she had Violante in 1722 and Young Lamprey in 1730 before breeding Squirt in 1732.
Grey Wilkes
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Old Country Wench * Godolphin Mare <==========> Metcalfe's Mare SON OF SNAKE <====> SON OF JIGG mare
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1722 gr c by Bald Lump * 1722 ch f Violante by Bustard 1722 gr c FOXHUNTER by Bald Galloway
1723 gr c VULCAN by Bald Lump f by Jigg [Son of Jigg] 1723 gr f Grey Robinson by Bald Galloway
1724 gr f Nanny by Pigot Turk 1729 b c SHOCK by Jigg [Son of Jigg]
1725 ch c by Bald Lump * 1730 c YOUNG LAMPREY by Lamprey
1727 b f by Lord Malpas's Horse 1732 ch c SQUIRT by Bleeding Childers
1728 ch f by Lord Malpas's Horse 1734 ch c GAY by Bethell's Arabian
1735 ch f by Partner 1738 br c BROWN RUSSET by Lonsdale Bay Arabian
1739 ch f Lady Caroline by Childers
1740 b f Lady Betty by Blacklegs
1742 f by Lath
1744 ch f by Roundhead
This is the pedigree of Moses incorporating the evidence and conjecture contained in this article:
| MOSES 1746 |
HOWE'S FOXHUNTER 1722 |
BALD GALLOWAY | ST VICTOR'S BARB | |
| Grey Whynot mare | GREY WHYNOT | |||
| Snake mare | SNAKE | LISTER'S TURK | ||
| Charming Jenny | ||||
| Grey Wilkes | GREY HAUTBOY | |||
| Darcy's Pet Mare | ||||
| Portland Arabian mare | PORTLAND ARABIAN | |||
| Richard's Arabian mare | RICHARD'S ARABIAN | PULLEINE'S ARABIAN | ||
| Byerley's Turk mare | ||||
ST VICTOR'S BARB=RIDER'S CHESNUT BARB
RICHARD'S ARABIAN=CONYERS ARABIAN=HARPHAM ARABIAN=STANYAN'S ARABIAN
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 128, says - "Miss Barker, Sister to Parker's b. c. Cumberland, foaled 1743, by the Scarboro' Colt, dam by Hackwood".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 465, says - "Fox, Sir Henry Grey's, (a bay horse, foaled in 1751) by Locust ; dam, (own sister to Mr. Fenwick's Cumberland) by the Scarborough Colt, out of a daughter of Hackwood, son of Mr. Darley's Arabian".
The York Courant, Tuesday, March 13, 1753, Number 1430, says - "To Leap this Season, At Giggleswick, near Settle, in Craven, at one Guinea a Mare, and a Shilling the Servant, A Bay Horse, fourteen Hands three Inches and an half high, the Property of Josias Morley, Esq; rising ten Years old, free from all natural Blemishes, very fresh and in fine Condition. He was got by Sir Marmaduke Wyville's Scarborough Colt; his Dam, by the Duke of Bolton's Gander; his Grandam, by Mr Pullein's Stallion, which was full Brother to Grantham; his Great Grandam by Mr Pullein's Chesnut Arabian; and his great Great Grandam by Spanker. The above-named Horse is full Brother to my Dainty Davy, and to the late Mr Parker's now Mr Fenwick's, Cumberland. Laburne, Feb 9, 1750. / Fra. Thornburgh. N B This Stallion is remarkable for getting Colts of Size and Strength".
The evidence here points to Gander and Hackwood being one and the same. Gander was owned by the Duke of Bolton, who resided at Hackwood Park near Basingstoke in Hampshire. On November 11, 1713, at Newmarket, the Duke of Bolton's Hackwood was beaten in a match by the Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black. If they were the same age then Hackwood was foaled in 1705, but 1707 would seem more likely as this is the earliest year that Darley's Arabian got foals.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 366, says - "Gander, (sire of the great grandam of Tyrant) a Bay Horse, foaled about the year 1720, and was the property of the Duke of Bolton. - He was got by Mr. Darley's Arabian, out of the dam of Mr. Panton's Molly, page 8".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 12, says Gander was a bay, foaled in 1720, by Darley's Arabian out of the Leedes mare, dam of Panton's Molly by the Thoulouse Barb, and Thurland's Creeping Molly by Grey Crofts.
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, April 27, 1754, Number 4048, says - "At Wylam, in Northumberland, The Horse, called Cumberland, (late William Fenwick’s Esq;) the Property of John Slater, will cover Mares this Season, at one Guinea, and one Shilling the Groom. - Cumberland was bred by Mr Thornburgh of Layburn, and got by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill’s Scarborough Colt: His Dam by Gander; his Grand-dam by the blind Horse, Brother to Grantham; his Great Grand-dam by Mr Pullen’s Chesnut Arabian, and out of a Spanker Mare. N B Gander was got by Darlow’s Arabian, out of the Dam of the Rutland Creeping Molly, the blind Horse, Brother to Grantham, got Old Sterling’s Dam, Sly, Creeper, &c. - Cumberland’s Performances are so well known, it is needles to mention them: He is vastly successful in getting Foals, and mostly Colts, of great Strength and Size. - Grass for Mares".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, April 20, 1728, Number 156, says - "At Mr Henry Cowling's in Richmond, the Stallion, Gander, will be leaped this Season, at a Guinea and a Half; he is full 15 Hands high, fine and proportionable; he is a good Chesnut, well marked, clear from all natural Blemishes; he was got by Darby's Arabian, and out of Creeping Molly's Dam; 'till this Juncture hath been in the Duke of Bolton's Stable, who would not let the said Horse leap any Mares at no Price. There is Grass for Mares, and proper Care will be taken on them".
Both Pick and the GSB wrongly record Gander as bay and misidentify his dam as the dam of Panton's Molly and Thurland's Creeping Molly. The Newcastle Courant advertisement of 1728 states he was chesnut and out of Creeping Molly's dam, while the 1754 advertisement identifies her as the dam of the Duke of Rutland's Creeping Molly. Gander's year of foaling of 1720 appears to have been guessed to fit in with the other produce of the Leedes mare, but as half brother to the Duke of Rutland's Creeping Molly he was probably foaled much earlier.
The Oxford Journal, Saturday, April 19, 1760, says - "To Cover this Season, at Foss-Bridge in the County of Glocester, three Miles from Northleech, and six from Cirencester, at Five Guineas a Mare and a Crown the Servant, (the Money to be paid at the Time of Covering) A most beautiful, fine, strong Grey Horse, 14 Hands three Inches high; he was got by the Devonshire Childers; his Dam was bred by Capt. Appleyard, and got by Sir Michael Wharton's Commoner; his Grand Dam (which was also the Dam of the famous Bald Charlotte) was a brown Mare of Capt. Appleyard's, got by Mr. Bethil's Castaway; his Great Grand Dam was got by Mr. Bethil's grey Horse, which got Mr. Bethil's Buffler [Ruffler], and several other Horses in very high Form; Sir Michael Wharton's Commoner was got by Mr. Cross's [Croft's] Commoner out of the Dam of Sir Michael Wharton's famous Mare called Creeping Molly".
In this pedigree the mare by Bethell's Grey Horse is the dam of Bethell's Castaway, and not the dam of Appleyard's brown mare.
The British Racehorse, September 1951, page 354, Early Pictures of Racehorses, Some examples from the work of Tillemans and Wootton, by Ernest Hutton, says - "The first of the prints illustrating this article is Creeping Molly after Tillemans. Creeping Molly was a grey mare bred by Sir Michael Wharton in 1700. She was got by the Curwen Bay Barb. I have been unable to find anything about her dam. Creeping Molly won the 100 guineas given by the Crown at Black Hambleton [1705], and the 100 guineas also given by the Crown, at Newmarket [1706], was then sold to the Duke of Rutland, for whom she won several matches. Creeping Molly was the dam of Lord Onslow's Commoner, also known as Grey Commoner, by Mr. Croft's Commoner, who was got by Place's White Turk. This, I believe, is the mare depicted by Wootton in the picture at Boodles Club, winning at Black Hambleton about 1707 [1705]. This print was engraved by J. Sympson, Snr".
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".
Curwen's Little White-legged Barb was the stallion known as the White Legged Lowther Barb or Lowther Chesnut Barb. He was also known as Darcy's Chesnut Arabian and Pulleine's Chesnut Arabian. The "mare nobody can give any acct off" must have been a grey mare owned by Mr Curwen.
Curwen's Grey Mare = CURWEN'S LITTLE WHITE LEGGED BARB = Whiteshirt mare
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ALCOCK'S ARABIAN Creeping Molly WHARTON'S COMMONER GANDER Old Scarborough Mare mare FLANDERKIN
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CRAB mare = SCARBOROUGH COLT mare
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LOCUST = mare CUMBERLAND HANNIBAL
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FOX
1751
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 11, the Hobby Mare, dam of Brocklesby Betty, was got by Lister's Turk out of the Duke of Kingston's Piping Peg. There is a note appended which says - "Piping Peg had also a sister to the Hobby mare, which was the dam in 1716 of Mr. Pelham's Hip, by The Curwen Bay Barb. A sister to Piping Peg had a filly by Hip, which was the dam of Sir A. Hazlerigg's Ringtail Galloway, by The Curwen Bay Barb, which was dam in 1737 of Mr E. O'Brien's Patch or Miss Patch, by Lord Halifax's Justice. Miss Patch was the dam in Ireland of Brutus, by Old England, and Patty, by Tim (son of Squirt)".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 94, says - "Hip was foaled in 1722 [error for 1716 - he ran as a six year old in 1722], and bred by Charles Pelham, Esq. of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire.- He was got by Mr. Curwen's Bay Barb, (sire of Brocklesby Betty, and of the dam of Partner); his dam, (sister to Brocklesby Betty's dam) by Mr. Lister's Turk, (sire of Snake)".
Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 27, in Cuthbert Routh's Stud-Book, says -"Hipp was gott by Mr Pellham's Bay Barb, his dam by Lister's Turk, and was full sistr to Piping Pegg".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, April 14, 1728, Number 155, says - "These are to give Notice, that the famous Stallion call’d, Hip, late belonging to Sir William Blacket, Bar is now in the Possession of Mr Fenwick Bowman of Elf-hills in Northumberland, where any Gentleman may have Mares served, paying each Mare half a Guinea: This Stallion is full Brother to Long Meg, and Brockelsby’s Betty, got with Pellum’s Barb, and out of Hobby’s Mare, which was bred by Mr Leed’s, and is now reckon’d one of the most valued stud Mares in all England; he challeng’d all the 5 Years olds in England, which Challenge was accepted, and run by a Horse of Mr Pullien, being reckon’d the best of that Age; but was beat by Hip, with a great deal of Ease; He was soon after by a Misfortune in one of his Sweats rendered uncapable of being any longer a Training one".
The York Courant, Tuesday, March 10, 1752, Number 1379, says - "To Leap this Season, At Half a Guinea a Mare, and one Shilling at the Stable Door; being the Property of Mr William Staveley, at Hunmanby, near Scarbrough and Bridlington, in Yorkshire. A Fine strong Bay Horse known by the Name of Captain, fourteen Hands, three Inches and a half high, well mark'd clear of all natural Blemishes and goes well on his Legs: Bred by William Osbaldeston, Esq; He was out of the Dam of that noted Running Horse, Traveller, Maidenhead, Mopsy and Trail, who got so many saleable Horses at great Prices. Her Dam full Sister to the famous Bay Bolton, &c bred by Sir Matthew Peirson. And is only rising seven Years old. He was got by Captain Hartley's Young Hip, who was bred by Mr Pelham, and got by Mr Curwin's Bay Barb, his Dam by Lister's Turk, who got Old Snake, and out of a Running Mare of the Duke of Kingston's, call'd Piping Peg. My Horse was out of the Dam of Babram, and was got by my blind Horse out of old Flying Whig, which Lord Godolphin bred. She was got by the Woodstock Arabian, who also got the famous Spider and Points; her Dam was got by St Victor's Barb, who got the Old Bald Galloway, and her Grandam by Old Grey Whynot, and out of a Running Kind, &c. The Pedigree of Hip I had from Mr Pelham, and that of Whig from Lord Godolphin. / Leonard Hartley".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 495, says - "Brutus, Sir Edward O'Brien's, (a brown horse, foaled in 1752) bred by Sir Edward, and got by Old England, out of the famous galloway mare, distinguished by the name of Miss Patch, by Lord Halifax's Justice".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 508, says - "Miss Patch, bred by Sir Arthur Hasleridge, Bart. of England, and sold to Sir Edward O'Brien, Bart. of Dromoland, in the county of Clare, Ireland :- She was a bay mare, foaled in 1737, and got by Lord Halifax's Justice, out of Sir Arthur Hasleridge's famous Ringtail Galloway Mare, by Mr. Curwen's Bay Barb; her dam by Hip, (son of the said Bay Barb) out of a full sister to Piping Peg, by Mr. Lister's Turk, sire of Snake".
Heber's Racing Calendar, volume XI, for the year 1761, in the index, page 143, says - "Brutus, was bred by Sir Edward O'Brien, and got by Old England, Son of the Godolphin Arabian; his Dam was a famous Gallaway Mare of Sir Edward's, distinguished by the Name of Patch, she was bred by Sir Arthur Hassleridge, and got by the late Ld. Halifax's Justice, Son to the Hampton Court Litton Arabian, upon Aldby Jenny, bred by Mr. Brewster, her Grand Dam called Ruby, was got by Mr. Leed's Dragon: Patch's Dam was the Ringtail Galloway Mare, she was out of a full Sister to the Witty Mare, being both Daughters of Curwen's Bay Barb, and got by Hip, bred by Mr. Pelham, by the same Bay Barb, upon a full Sister to Piping Peg, who was got by the Lister Turk".
The Ringtail Galloway, according to both the GSB and Pick, was by Curwen's Bay Barb out of a mare by Hip, but this is a misreading of the Heber pedigree. The correct reading is as follows - Patch's dam was the Ringtail Galloway Mare, she was out of a full sister to the Witty Mare (being both [the Witty Mare and her sister] daughters of Curwen's Bay Barb), and got by Hip (bred by Mr Pelham, by the same [Curwen's] Bay Barb, out of a full sister to Piping Peg, by Lister's Turk).
The stallion advertisement for Hip in 1728, when he was 12 years old, says he was a full brother to Long Meg and Brocklesby Betty. Their dam was the Hobby Mare by Lister's Turk out of Piping Peg. The York Courant says this Piping Peg was a famous running mare belonging to the Duke of Kingston and as she ran in 1706 it can be assumed she was foaled in the late 1690s. Some pedigrees say the Hobby Mare was sister to Piping Peg and this would fit better chronologically.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 2, Aldby Jenny was bred by Mr Leedes and got by Leedes Dragon out of Sir Matthew Pierson's Ruby. This pedigree is confirmed by Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 28, where the breeder of Aldby Jenny is given as John Brewster, Esq. The Heber pedigree above confirms that Aldby Jenny was bred by Mr Brewster but gives no sire for her and says that her dam Ruby was got by Leedes Dragon.
The Racing Calendar for 1743, by John Cheny, in the index, page xxii, says - "Manica also got Aldby Jenny, Swimmer, the Dam of Plunder, Mr. Pace's Forester, &c".
The York Courant, Tuesday, April 15, 1740, Number 757, says - "To Leap this Season, The grey Horse called Plunder, lately Mr Brewster's of Buttercrum, is now in the Hands of William Moody of Hatfield, and will leap this Year at a Guinea a Mare; he is full Fifteen hands high, and is Master of Twelve stone. This is the first season of his Leaping; he is allowed by all Judges to be the best Plate Horse now in Yorkshire. He won Ninety Guineas at Six Years old at Lincoln, and at Kiblin-Coats last March, altho' when he had a Mile and a Half to run, he was let down in the Sinews; besides several other Plates too tedious to mention. He is Nine Years Old this Grass. My Horse Plunder was out of my Mare Swimmer, full Sister to Aldby Jenny, got by Mannica, who was got by Darley's Arabian; Plunder was got by a Horse called Smiling Tom. / Brewster. N B There will be good Grass for Mares, and good Care will be taken of them".
The Racing Calendar for 1746, by John Cheny, in the index, page 149, says - "Justice was got by the Hampton-Court Litton Arabian, out of Aldby Jenny, whose Dam was bred by the late Sir Matthew Pearson, and called Ruby, and got by the Leeds Draggon".
As Manica was bred at Aldby in 1707 by John Brewster's brother-in-law Henry Darley, it would seem that the pedigree of Aldby Jenny should read by Manica out of Ruby by Leedes Dragon.
The York Courant, Tuesday, February 19, 1754, Number 1479, says - "To Leap this Season At one Guinea a Mare, and a Shilling the Servant, in the Hands of Lovell Nalton of Birdsall, near Malton, A Grey Horse, full fifteen Hands free from all Manner of Blemishes, and Master of twelve Stone; He was got by Badger; his Dam, by a Colt bred by the Earl of Halifax (from the Snip Mare, bred by Mr Croft, Hampton-Court Childers); his Grandam, by Dunkirk; his Grandam, by Old Manica, a Son of Mr Darley's Old Arabian (the same which got the Duke of Devonshire's Childers); his Great Grandam, by Mr Hablethwait's Old Dragon; his Great Great Grandam, by the Ancaster Turk. / This is a true Pedigree, as Witness my H / Lovell Nalton, B... *** The above Horse is only rising six Years old, and ...first Year of his leaping.--Good Grass for Mares and proper Care taken".
According to W. T. Frampton and the "Dragon", by J B Muir, page 66, Aldby Jenny won the King's Plate at Guildford in 1723. This race for six year olds was usually run in May or June, so it can be assumed that Aldby Jenny was foaled in 1717.
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1755, page 160, says - "Bay Filly, the Earl of Pomfret's, was got by Barforth; her Dam by Justice, her Grandam by a Son of the Hampton chesnut Arabian, her Great Grandam was mother to Earl Gower's Soft Julian. Justice was a Son of the chesnut Arabian, out of a Mare belonging to the late Lord Halifax, called Aldby Jenny, and bred by Mr. Brewster of Yorkshire. Aldby Jenny won the Mare's Plate and several considerable Matches".
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".
Justice was a bay by a chesnut stallion. All available evidence points to Aldby Jenny being a chesnut and therefore not the dam of Justice. Lord Halifax owned the Farmer Mare who had foals by the Litton Arabian (Cypress Arabian) in 1717, 1718, 1720 and 1724. Two were bay and two were chesnut. Her next foal was in 1726 so it is possible that she had Justice in 1725. The Farmer Mare was by King William's White Barb, Chillaby, out of a mare by Byerley's Turk. The full sister to True Blue was by Honeywood's Turk (Chillaby) out of Bowe's Mare by Byerley's Turk.
"Full sister to True Blue" may or may not mean by both sire and dam. The grandam of the Farmer Mare is usually given as by Spanker. Bowe's Mare is conjecrured to have been the dam of Bowes by Hutton's Grey Barb (Chillaby). The grandam of Bowes is given in the GSB as by Selaby Turk, and in Pick as sister to Coppin Mare by Selaby Turk.
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".
Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 125, in The Duke of Newcastle's Stud, in a letter from Thomas Pulleine to John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, says - "1706. 8br 24, Bolton. I doe not forgett to send 2 or 3 broode maires for yor Grace to see but dare vndertake to say none can send yor Grace better if soe good. I mett 3 ye day I left Aston yt Mr Marshall had bought of Sr W: Ramsden wch Mr Curwen whoe stay'd there till I sent to him tells me the Eldest wch is 9 yr old is sold for at £60 - one 2 yr old for 40 Gs. & one a yeare old for 30 - the two young ones were gott wth a litle vglye Barbe yt was Mr Curwens Huntsmans the maire was gott wth Byerley Turke."
If this Byerley's Turk mare is the Chesnut Ramsden Mare then she was foaled in 1697.
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, April 30, 1726, Number 53, says - "From the Evening-Post, April 23. Newmarket, April 20. Yesterday there started 9 Mares for the King's Plate; it was won by Mr Witty's Mare of Yorkshire".
According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 11, the Gold Cup [King's Plate] for mares at Newmarket run on April 19th, 1726, was won by Mr Witty's Milkmaid.
This would make the Witty Mare by Snail out of Shields Galloway, but according to Heber, above, the Ringtail Galloway Mare was out of a full sister to the Witty Mare by Curwen's Bay Barb.
The pedigree of Shields Galloway is not forthcoming but according to Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 100, she "was bred by Mr. Curwen of Workington, Cumberland" and "was a good runner, and allowed to be one of the best Galloways in England of its time".
According to this evidence Shields Galloway was bred by Mr Curwen and sold to Mr Witty as a broodmare. She and her sister were both sired by Mr Curwen's Bay Barb.
Spot mare = CURWEN'S BAY BARB = Witty Mare's dam
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mare Shields Galloway <==> Witty Mare sister to Witty Mare
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| Milkmaid Ringtail Galloway
| by Snail by Hip
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PARTNER = Meliora Miss Patch
1718 | by Fox by Justice
| 1729 | 1737
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TARTAR Patty
by Partner by Tim
| 1742 |
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KING HEROD |
| 1758 |
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BAGOT mare
| 1780 by Gamahoe
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Pue's Occurrencies, Tuesday, April 4, 1749, Volume XLVI, Number 27, says - "Thoulouse Barb, Sire to Mr. Phantons Molley Tifter, Rosamond, Bagpipes, and that Blacklegs which got the Dam of Sir Arthur Hasleriges famous Ringtail Galloway, Dam to Miss Patch".
Sir W Blackett's Blacklegs by the Thoulouse Barb ran at York on Tuesday, August 7, 1711.
Sir Arthur Haslerige raced two bay galloway mares from 1727 to 1735. They were called Ringtail, who won 16 races and Sweet Maidenhead, who won 14 races. In Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1734 they were indexed as one mare.
The London Evening Post, September 16, 1731 to September 18, 1731, Number 593, and the London Daily Post, Friday, September 17, 1731, Number 3744, both say - "On Wednesday last Sir Arthur Haslerig's Mare, that hath started for thirty Plates and won them all, was to have run on Ailsbury Course for the Plate there, against Mr. Rich's Horse ; a vast Number of Gentlemen and others came together, and many great Wagers were laid on that Occasion ; but, to the Disappointment of the Sportsmen, it was not run for, the Mare being drawn".
This says the mare won 30 plates before September 15th, 1731, while Ringtail and Sweet Maidenhead won 30 plates between them from 1727 to 1735. Since at least 12 plates were won by these two mares between September 15, 1731 and 1735, it seems likely that Sir Arthur Haslerig had one extremely good mare that ran under two names and won in excess of 42 plates. The mare must have been foaled in 1723 as Sweet Maidenhead ran in a race for five year olds in 1728.
Spot mare = CURWEN'S BAY BARB = Witty Mare's dam THOULOUSE BARB
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mare Shields Galloway <=======> Witty Mare sister to Witty Mare = Blackett's Blacklegs
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| Witty's Milkmaid mare
| by Blackett's Snail |
| | 1720 |
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PARTNER = Witty's Meliora Ringtail Galloway
1718 | by Fox [Sweet Maidenhead]
| 1729 by Blackett's Hip
| | 1723
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TARTAR Miss Patch
by Partner by Justice
| 1742 | 1737
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KING HEROD Patty
| 1758 by Tim
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BAGOT mare
| 1780 by Gamahoe
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This is the pedigree of Miss Patch incorporating the evidence and conjecture contained in this article:
| Miss Patch 1737 |
HALIFAX JUSTICE 1725 |
HAMPTON COURT LITTON ARABIAN | DARLEY'S ARABIAN | |
| Betty Leedes | CARELESS | |||
| Leedes Arabian mare | ||||
| Farmer Mare | CHILLABY | |||
| Chesnut Ramsden Mare | BYERLEY'S TURK | |||
| Spanker mare | ||||
| Ringtail Galloway 1723 |
HIP 1716 |
CURWEN'S BAY BARB | ||
| Hobby Mare | LISTER'S TURK | |||
| Piping Peg's dam | ||||
| Blacklegs mare | BLACKLEGS | THOULOUSE BARB | ||
| Curwen's Bay Barb mare | CURWEN'S BAY BARB | |||
| Witty Mare's dam |
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 31, Sir William Middleton owned Squirrel, first called Surly, and Thwackum, first called Scipio. They were both bay, foaled in 1741 and 1745 respectively, and were both by his son of Bay Bolton out of a mare by Bartlet's Childers out of a sister to the two True Blues.
The Newcastle Journal, Saturday, May 19 to Saturday, May 26, 1753, Number 736, says - "To Leap this Season, At One Guinea and a Half a Mare, and Half a Crown to the Servant, to be paid at the Stable Door, The famous Horse Squirrel, late belonging to Sir William Middleton, Bart. now in the Possession of Mr Marmaduke Forster, of Bolam White house, near Belsoe Castle. 'I do hereby certify, that Squirrel was got by a Son of Bay Bolton; his dam by Bartlet's Childer's; his Grandam by Gen. Honeywood's Arabian; and her Dam was the Dam of the two True Blues, that was bred by Mr Honeywood. / William Middleton'. He won, when six Years old, the King's Plate's at Nottingham, York, and Lincoln; and when eight, the ladies Plate at Oxford against the famous Babram. Squirrel is full Brother to Sir William Middleton's Horse Thwackum and his Mare Camilla, that won the King's Plates at New-market last April. Good Grass for Mares, at 2 s and 6 d per Week, with proper Attendance".
The Newcastle Journal, Saturday, March 31 to Saturday, April 7, 1753, Number 729, says - To Leap this Season, At Stamfordham and the undermentioned Places, at One Guinea each mare, and One Shilling to the Keeper, William Watson's Brown Horse, Surly, he was bred by Sir William Middleton, Bart. and got by a Son of Old Bay Bolton. Surly's Dam was got by Bartlet's Childers, which was full Brother to Flying Childers; his Grand Dam was Molly in the Moss, and got by Old Snake; his Great Grand Dam by Acaster's Turk; his Great Great Grand Dam by a son of Hautboy, and out of a Mare got by Brimmer. The Turk, in this Pedigree, got the famous old Chanter, and the Dam of Mr Cook's Silver Locks, and several more of high Form. Also to Leap at the same Places, at Half a Guinea each mare, and One Shilling to the Keeper, A Bay Horse, called Chance. He was got by a horse of Lord Derby's, called Turk; and his Dam by Cripple, known by the Name of Condall Cripple, and bred by Sir Ralph Milbank, Bart. and his Grand Dam by Fox-Cub, which was full Brother to the famous Old Squirrel. Lord Derby's Turk was got by Mr Biggot's Bay Barb. Surly and Chance, will be at Mr Thompson's at Morpeth on Wednesday the 4th of April next; at Mr Hall's at Whitley near Shields on Thursday; and at Mr Bradley's at Newcastle on Friday Evening and on Saturday Morning, and so continue the same Rout every week during the Season; and at Stamfordham the rest of the Week, which is Saturday Evening, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, where good Grass will be provided for mares, and good Attendance. The Shilling is to be paid at the Stable Door to the Keeper as soon as the Mares are Leap'd. The good Satisfaction that they have given to those that have of their Breed, will recommend them to others".
Squirrel and Surly continued to be advertised separately so were not identical.
As a five year old in 1750 Thwackum ran as Sir William Middleton's bay horse Scipio.
Sir William Middleton's Chesnut Horse Scipio was foaled in 1724 and ran from 1729 to 1734, winning three races. Although the breeding of this horse is unknown, Bay Bolton got foals in 1724 and was able to sire chesnuts. If Thwackum ran unnamed in 1750 it is very probable that he ran under his sire's name, so it is possible that this chesnut Scipio was Sir William Middleton's Son of Bay Bolton.
In the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 17, the full entry for the Spanker mare, dam of Leedes, is as follows:
SPANKER MARE,
Bred by Lord DARCY, about 1690, out of The Old Morocco Mare.
f. Charming Jenny, by Leedes' Arabian - Mr Leedes
c. Leedes, by ditto - - - "
f. (sometimes called Cream Cheeks) by
ditto - "
1714 (about) b. c. Highland Laddie, by ditto - "
* f. Betty Percival, by ditto - - Mr Pelham
* BETTY PERCIVAL had a f. by The Paget Turk.
Charming Jenny was the dam of Mr Leedes's Bay Pigot, by (old)
Careless, of a f. by Careless (dam of Griselda by Oxford Arabian),
and in 1714 of Sir R. Ashton's b.c. Fox Cub by Clumsy.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 12, in the pedigree of Fox-Cub, says - "his dam was called Charming-Jenny, by Leedes's Arabian, out of a mare of Mr Leedes's of the same name, got by an Arabian". Page 245, in the pedigree of Ceres, makes the daughter of Careless (dam of Griselda) out of a sister to Leedes.
The Racing Calendar for 1744, by John Cheny, in the index, page xxiv, says Fox Cub was - "out of a Filly, bought of the late Mr Leeds, called charming jenny, which was out of a Mare of the same Name, of Mr Leeds's, and the foreign horse that was the sire of Leeds". Page viii, says Spanker - "got the Dam of the Hampton-Court charming jenny, which was full Sister to Leeds". It would appear that the Hampton Court Charming Jenny, full sister to Leedes, was the same mare as the dam of Fox-Cub. The prefix "Hampton Court" being used to distinguish her from her dam who had the same name. Pick says the sire of the dam was an Arabian. Cheny says it was Spanker, who would have been known as an Arabian.
Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 28, in Cuthbert Routh's Stud-Book, says - "Childers was gott by Darle's Arabian, his dam by Careless, his gd dam by Leedes' Arabian, and out of a famous roan mare of sr Mar: Wyvill's". C M Prior thought this was - "far more probable than the incestuous pedigree hitherto given". The information here is a colour and an owner, and that doesn't disprove an incestuous pedigree, it merely tells us the colour and owner of the Spanker mare. The pedigree of Childers as given in Cuthbert Routh's stud book was written down after 1714 when his great grandam was already dead, so if these pedigrees are identical, it would appear that Sir Marmaduke Wyvill was the last owner of the Spanker mare and she was a roan, which probably means grey.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, pages 17 and 12, the Leedes Arabian mare, sister to Leedes, was sometimes called Cream Cheeks, but this is an error caused by the addition of Tifter to her produce. In Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, there are two pedigrees of Tifter. Page 67, says - "got by the Thoulouse Barb out of an own sister to Leedes". Page xxviii in the index, says - "by the Thoulouse Barb, out of Cream Cheeks, the grandam of Cinnamon". The pedigree of Cinnamon on page 352, says - "his dam, called the Ryegate Mare, by the Thoulouse Barb; grandam, Sir John Parson's Cream Cheeks, by Spanker, out of a daughter of Mr Wilkes's Hautboy'. This pedigree is confirmed by the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 379.
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1754, page 159, says - "old Tifter, was Son of the Thoulouse Barb, out of young Cream Cheeks, which was full Sister in Blood to Leeds's [Cream Cheeks]". The use of the word "young" here suggests there was an older mare called Cream Cheeks which the apostrophe s in Leeds's suggests Mr Leeds owned. It is possible that the phrase "Sister in Blood to Leeds's" has been corrupted into "Sister to Leeds" but since it is known that the grandam of Cinnamon was by [Young] Spanker out of a mare by Hautboy, and Leedes was by Leedes Arabian out of a mare by Spanker, this is clearly in error.
Famous Horses, by Theophilus Taunton, 1901, page 5, says - "The Leedes Arabian was sire of Leedes, whose dam was by Spanker out of a Morocco Barb mare. This mare also produced Charming Jenny (sister to Leedes), whose daughter, Betty Leedes by Careless, was the dam of the two Childers".
Each edition of volume one of the General Stud Book, from An Introduction to a General Stud-Book in 1791 to the fifth edition in 1891, records the full pedigree of Jigg as by Byerley's Turk out of a mare by Spanker.
The GSB, volume 19, 1901, in the Additional errata and addenda to volume I, page 1066, says - "Pages 17 & 381 According to the Portland MS, Jigg was out of Leedes' dam".
Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1746, page 143, says - "Woodstock, Mr. Asbly's, p. 41, 48. was got by the Fagg Rosamond (Son of the Fagg Fair Rosamond) which was out of a full sister to Leeds and the Godolphin Old Hobler, which was got by a foreign Horse".
This pedigree appears complicated but if the brackets are ignored then it is obvious that the stallion Rosamond was by Old Hobler out of a full sister to Leedes. This full sister to Leedes is identified as Fair Rosamond by the information contained within the brackets.
CHARMING JENNY
Bred by James Darcy, the younger
By Spanker oo Old Morocco Mare by Fairfax's Morocco Barb oo Old Bald Peg
b c JIGG or SNAKE
by Byerley's Turk - Sir Roger Mostyn
b c LEEDES
by Leedes Arabian - Mr Leedes*
b c HIGHLAND LADDIE
by Leedes Arabian - Mr Leedes*
f Hampton Court Charming Jenny
by Leedes Arabian - Mr Leedes*
f Betty Percival or Betty Deresfield
by Leedes Arabian - Mr Leedes*
f Fair Rosamond
by Leedes Arabian - Mr Fagg
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 188, Postmaster was got by Herod out of a mare by Snap, her dam by the Gower Stallion, grandam by Childers (probably the Grey Childers mare - Fair Helen). Page 10 says Grey Childers mare, got by Grey Childers (brother to Fleece'em), her dam, Fair Helen, by Williams's Squirrel, out of an Oysterfoot Mare.
The Whitehall Evening-Post, Saturday, September 26 to Tuesday, September 29, 1761, Number 2424, says - "To be Sold by Auction, At Summerford-Hall in Staffordshire, on Friday the 9th day of October next, All the Horses, Mares and, Colts, of Robert Barbor, Esq; lately deceas'd; amongst which are the following high bred ones, viz A Grey Childers Mare, got by the Gower Stallion, her dam by the Devonshire Childers. [Six others listed]".
Grey Childers was by Childers out of Miss Belvoir. Miss Belvoir was a pure dominant grey who bred at least four grey fillies by Childers, including Fleece'em. It is possible that Postmaster's grandam was full sister to Fleece'em.
In the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 354, the full entry for the dam of Spitfire is as follows:
YOUNG SIR PETER (son of Doge) MARE,
Her dam by Engineer - Wilson's Arabian - Hutton's Spot - Mogul - Crab -
B. Bolton - Curwen Barb - Spot - White-legged Lowther Barb - Vintner Mare.
1797 ch. c. Quilter, by Standard - - Mr Baker
1798 b. c. by Overton (cut) - - - Sir F. Boynton
1799 ch. c. Garnerin, or Garnera, by Restless - Mr Byndloss
*1800 b. f. Spitfire, by Beningbrough - - - Mr Flint
This pedigree was stated by Mr Baker of Elemore Hall and Mr Butler to
have been invented. The Rev. Mr Perceval of Acomb bred all these colts, and
they were sold to Mr Baker and Sir F. Boynton as half-breds, and won many
half-bred races.
Mr Baker's entry of QUILTER was by Standard, dam by Sir Peter Pellet
(son of Espersykes), out of a well-bred mare (pedigree unknown); but the
above pedigree is quite possible.
*SPITFIRE was the grandam of Muley Moloch.
In The Family Tables of Racehorses by Kazimierz Bobinski, volume 1, the following note is appended to family 9 - "Spitfire - ancestress of Mumtaz Mahal. Her pedigree was put in doubt by George Baker, M.P. for Durham, famous sportsman and owner of Spitfire's half-brother Quilt [sic]. Her brothers and sisters ran in races for half-bred horses. Nevertheless, since there appears no alteration or correction in George Baker's private copy of the GSB, it can be assumed that he was eventually satisfied that the pedigree of Spitfire recorded in the GSB was correct".
The following contemporaneous pedigrees all agree that Spitfire's dam was by Young Sir Peter:
The Derby Mercury, Thursday, May 30, 1805, Number 3817, in the result of a race at the York Spring Meeting, says - "Spitfire, by Beningbrough, dam by Young Sir Peter, 5 yo".
The Morning Post, Friday, November 15, 1805, Number 11,619, in a sale of horses by Mr Tattersall, says - "Spitfire, a Bay Mare, rising six years old, by Benningbrough, out of Quilters, dam by Young Sir Peter".
The Morning Post, Tuesday, February 14, 1804, Number 11,033, in a sale of horses by Mr Tattersall, says - "Quilter, a Chesnut ditto [horse], six years old, by Standard, dam by Young Sir Peter, grandam by Engineer, Wilson's Arabian, Hutton's Spot, &c".
The Morning Post, Tuesday, October 28, 1806, Number 11,137, in a sale of horses by Mr Tattersall, says - "Quilter, a Chesnut Horse, aged, by Standard, dam by Young Sir Peter".
The Morning Post, Thursday, April 4, 1805, Number 11,387, in a sale of horses by Mr Tattersall, says - "Garnerin, a Chesnut Horse, five years old, got by Restless, his dam by young Sir Peter, grand dam by Engineer, Wilson's Arabian, Hulton's Spot, &c. Restless was got by Phænomenon, a son of Herod; was a good racer, and has been sent to America. The dam of Garnerin was also the dam of Quilter".
In the GSB, volume 1, 1808 edition, page 448, the full entry for the dam of Spitfire is as follows:
YOUNG-SIR-PETER MARE,
Her dam by Engineer – Wilson’s Arabian – Hutton’s Spot – Mogul – Crab –
B. Bolton – Curwen Barb – Spot – White-legged Lowther Barb – Vintner Mare.
1797 ch c Quilter, by Standard - - - Mr Baker
1798 b c by Overton - - - Sir F Boynton
1799 ch c Garnerin, by Restless - - - Mr Byndloss
1800 b f Spitfire, by Beningbrough - - Mr Flint
Young Sir Peter, sire of the above mare, was got by Doge, out of Mambrino’s sister.
The following contemporaneous pedigrees say that Spitfire's dam was by Sir Peter Pellett:
The Racing Calendar for 1802, by William Pick, says - "Mr G Baker's Quilter ch h by Standard, dam by Sir Peter Pellet (a son of Doge)".
The Racing Calendar for 1803, by William Pick, says - "Mr E Byndloss's Garnerin by Restless, out of (Quilter's dam) by Sir Peter Pellet (a son of Doge)
The Racing Calendar for 1804, by William Pick, says - "Miss Acomb [Spitfire], Mr Flint's, got by Beningbrough, out of Garnerin and Quilter's dam" and "Garnerin, Mr J Sutton's, got by Restless; dam, (Quilter and Miss Acomb's dam) by Sir Peter Pellet, (a son of Doge); grandam by Engineer; Mr Wilson's Arabian, out of a daughter of Mr Hutton's Blind Spot".
Although it is possible that Young Sir Peter was also known as Sir Peter Pellett, I think this is just a mistake.
Miss Acomb ran as a four year old in the 1804 Royal Plate at Lincoln, won by the five year old Spitfire by Pipator. After this race she was also called Spitfire.
The entry for Sir Peter Pellett in The Turf Register, and Sportsman and Breeder's Stud Book, by R Johnson, volume 3, 1822, pages 348 and 349, says he was a bay, foaled in 1780, by Espersykes. He ran as Sir Peter Pellett in 1783 and 1784, and as Milfield from 1785 to 1789. There is no evidence that he was used as a stallion.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 46, Young Sir Peter was a chesnut, foaled in 1775, by Doge out of a bay mare by Engineer, foaled in 1771. This Engineer mare was full sister to Mambrino and both were bred by John Atkinson. Spitfire's dam by Young Sir Peter was out of a grey mare by Engineer, also foaled in 1771 and also bred by John Atkinson. Young Sir Peter ran 1778 and 1779.
The English Chronicle, or Universal Evening Post, Thursday, October 22, 1789, Number 1575, A List of Brood Mares, The Property of Mr Tattersall, At Highflyer-Hall, near Ely, in Cambridgeshire, October the 10th, 1789, says - "Lot 10. A Grey Mare, got by Engineer, Wilson's Chesnut Arabian, Hutton's Spot, Mogul, Crab, Bay Bolton, Curwen Bay Barb, Old Spot, White Legged Lowther Barb.--Covered by Drone".
There were three grey mares by Engineer out of the Wilson's Chesnut Arabian mare, foaled in 1768, 1770 and 1771. It is not known which one this is.
In the American Stud Book, volume 1, page 134, the pedigree of Trumpetta is as follows:
By Trumpator.
1st dam sister to Lambinos by Highflyer. 5th dam Durham's Favorite by son of Bald
2d dam by Eclipse. Galloway.
3d dam Vauxhall's dam by Young Cade. 6th dam Daffodil's dam by Sir T. Gascoigne's
4th dam by Bolton Littlejohn. foreign horse.
In the American Stud Book, volume 1, page 6, the pedigree of Hamilton is as follows:
By Highflyer.
1st dam by Eclipse. 4th dam Mr. Durham's Favorite by a son of
2d dam Vauxhall Snap's dam by Young Bald Galloway.
Cade. 5th dam of Lord Portmore's Daffodil by a
3d dam by Bolton Little John. foreign horse of Sir T. Gascoigne.
In the American Stud Book, volume 1, page 7, the pedigree of Blossom is as follows:
By Bordeaux.
1st dam Sister Lambinos by Highflyer. 6th dam the dam of Lord Portmore's Daffodil,
2d dam by Eclipse. by a foreign horse of Sir T. Gascoigne's.
3d dam Vauxhall's dam by Young Cade.
4th dam by the Bolton Little John.
5th dam Mr. Durham's Favorite by a son of
the Bald Galloway.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 256, says the dam of Lambinos was - "Eclipse Mare, Bred by Mr Clarke, in 1775, her dam, Vauxhall's* dam, by Young Cade. A note is appended - "* No such horse as Vauxhall can be found in the Stud Book, and if it is meant for Vauxhall Snap, it was by Old Cade. Vauxhall Snap stood at Mr Clarke's".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, Errata et Addenda, says - "Page 257 Add to the note on Vauxhall ; Lord Clermont had a bl. f. (1773), by Vauxhall Snap, called Vauxhall, and that is probably the Vauxhall alluded to in the pedigree of the dam of Lambinos and Skyrocket".
Early American Turf Stock by Fairfax Harrison, volume 1, page 289, says - "The pedigree of *Trumpetta entered by GSB has, however, been disproved in so far as it described the grandam of Lambinos (and so the third dam of *Trumpetta) as 'Vauxhall's dam by Young Cade'; for it appears that the description was based on a tradition broadcast in ctfs. by Ld. Grosvenor, two others of which also found their way to America, viz : with Strange's *Bay Colt alias Hamilton (b,. c. 1793, by Tattersall's Highflyer) sent to Virginia in 1797 and Waln's, later Lloyd's, *Blossom (gr. c. 1793, by Bourdeaux), sent to Pennsylvania in 1799.
The inconsistency of these ctfs. by Ld. Grosvenor became apparent to the editor of GSB when he was engaged on the revision of 1891; he then noted that 'no such horse as Vauxhall can be found in the stud book ; and if it is meant for Vauxhall-Snap it was by Old Cade', but he did not feel justified in changing the traditional record to give effect to that interpretation, and in the Table of Errata suggested another explanation. There is, however, American evidence which justifies the original criticism and so calls for modification of GSB accordingly.
The introductory Virginia advt. of the *Bay-Colt alias Hamilton exhibited not only a ctf. by Lord Grosvenor in accordance with the tradition but an illuminating gloss upon it, viz : [1797, December 5, Virginia Gazette and Petersburg Intelligencer] 'This is to certify that the Bay Colt [sold to Mr. William Barksdale] was got by Highflyer; dam by Eclipse; from Young Cade, which was the dam of Vauxhall. 31 January, 1797. Grosvenor'. [to which is added what may have been in the MS. of Ld. Grosvenor's stud groom] 'N.B. The Cade-mare, the dam of Vauxhall, was also the dam of Dulcinea, Mambrino, Cervantes and Sancho, all first runners'.
As three of the 'first runners' so named are shown by GSB to have been out of the dam of Vauxhall-Snap, it thus appears that the omission by GSB of Lambinos' dam from the list of the produce of Vauxhall-Snap's dam, was, like the credit of Cervantes to another Cade-mare, a consequence of casual confusion by Ld. Grosvenor of his own stud records".
The Chester Chronicle, Friday, April 22, 1791, says - "To be sold by auction, at Mr. D. Smith's Repository, adjoining the White-lion, Chester, on Wednesday in the race week, at ten o'clock in the forenoon (unless previously disposed of by private contract). A Chesnut Mare, bred by Thomas Clark, of Vauxhall, Surry, Esq. and got by Old Eclipse, out of a daughter of Young Cade, her dam by Regulus, bred by Mr W. Carter, of Ferrybridge, Yorkshire; this Cade mare was the dam of Lord Clermont's filly, Vauxhall, which was got by Vauxhall Snap, son of Old Snap, out of Earl Grosvenor's Mambrino's dam; and was also the dam of Mr. Atkinson's Dulcinea. The above Eclipse mare won several matches, at three years old, at Epsom, and elsewhere, then in the possession of Mr. Clark, as may be seen in the Racing Calendar. Thomas Moody, Training groom to Mr. Clark at that time. Further particulars may be had of Mr. Murphy, Green Dragon, Chester".
This advertisement gives the dam of Vauxhall's dam as by Regulus. Vauxhall's dam was owned by Thomas Clark, who bought Old Lass of the Mill from John Holme. John Holme bred Miss Makeless, the dam of Old Lass of the Mill, and sold three of her produce to Mr Atkinson, the owner of Dulcinea. John Holme also owned a full sister to Carlisle by Regulus that bred a filly by Young Cade. This Young Cade mare may be the dam of Vauxhall.
In the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 187, the full entry for the dam of Carlisle is as follows:
SNAKE MARE,
Got by Easby Snake (or Smith's son of Snake) - her dam by Partner -
Croft's Egyptian - Grey Woodcock.
1749 b. c. Carlisle, by Regulus - - - Mr Fenwick
1753 ch. c. Barrock Billy, by Cade (sent to America) - Mr Holmes
*1754 b. f. by Regulus - - - Mr Holmes
1755 ch. f. by Forrester - - - Mr Holmes
* This Regulus mare bred a f. by Young Cade.
According to Early American Turf Stock by Fairfax Harrison, volume 2, page 126, the dam of Barrock Billy was Holme's Snake mare by Easby Snake, dam also of the Rock mares, and her dam was by Croft's Partner.
According to Early American Turf Stock by Fairfax Harrison, volume 1, page 154, quoting the Maryland Gazettes of July 29, 1762 and November 18, 1762, the Rock mares were got by Old Rock, their dam by Snake, their grandam by Partner, she was the dam of Slider.
Slider was got by Regulus oo mare by Partner oo mare by Croft's Egyptian oo Grey Woodcock by Woodcock oo Croft's Pet Mare by Wastell's Turk oo mare by Hautboy oo Trumpet's dam by Place's White Turk oo mare by Dodsworth oo Layton Barb Mare.
In the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 63, the full entry for Young Coquette is as follows:
Y. COQUETTE,
Foaled in 1734, by Sloven
1747 gr. c. Bolton, by (Dutton's) Whitefoot - - Mr John Brown, in Ireland
1748 b. c. Tamerlane, by Groung Ivy - - Mr John Brown, in Ireland
1749 b. c. Flying Piper, or Piper, by ditto (cut) - Mr John Brown, in Ireland
According to Pick and also the Irish Racing Calendar, Y. Coquette was also the dam
of Lord Altamont's ch. h. Noble, foaled 1767, and Noblessa, foaled 1769, both by
Gamahoe, see Vol. III (Jane Harold); see also Mary Grey, Vol. II., but there is
probably a cross missed in their pedigree.
The GSB, volume II, 4th edition, page 128, says Mary Grey was "Bred in Ireland, in 1784, got by Friar, her dam, Timante, by Tim (son of Squirt), out of sister to Noble, by Gamahoe. See Vol. I., p. 63, 5th edition".
The GSB, volume III, 4th edition, page 341, says Jane Harold was "1784, got by Old Friar, out of Noblessa (sister to Noble), by Gamahoe - Coquette, by Sloven - Coquette, by Basto - Spanker - Hautboy".
The Dublin Mercury, Thursday, March 2, 1769, Number 368, - says "To all sportsmen and others. To cover mares this season, at Dillon’s Livery-stables In Middle Liffey Street, Dublin. The beautiful strong horse Emperor, bred by Lord Mount-Eagle, at so low a price as a guinea each mare, and a crown to the groom, the money to be paid before covering, or before the mare is taken away. He is a fine dark grey, fifteen hands two inches high, free from blemish, and allowed by judges to be as fine a horse as any in this or any other kingdom, able to get hunters, chargers, or racers as by a list of his fruitfulness last season, (now in the hands of the proprietor) may appear, his pedigree as follows.--Emperor was bred by me, he was got by Bustard, his dam by Old England, her dam, which was the dam also of Bolton, Tamerlaine and Piper, was got by the Duke of Bolton’s Sloveen [sic], upon his grace’s famous Coquette Mare, who was got by Basto, her dam by Spanker, her dam by Hautboy, her dam by Old Bustler, who was also the sire of Merlin and Blunderbuss. Emperor is now seven years old: in April 1765, he won the sweepstakes match of two hundred guineas over the Curragh, beating Mr Fortescue’s Pine Apple, Mr Daly’s Filly, and Lord Jocelyn’s Colt. Westport, March 25th, 1767. Mount-Eagle. This is a true Irish pedigree, not sending to England to prove it. Good grass provided near said stables".
The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser, London, Monday, June 1, 1789, Number 5037, says - "By Messrs Tattersall, This Day, The following well bred Horses" includes "Lot 1. King of Leinster, 6 years old, got by Rebel, dam by Gamehoe, grand dam by Old England, Bolton’s Sloven, Coquet, Spot, Grey Spanker, Old Bustler, sire of Merlin, & Blunderbuss, Curwen’s Bay Barb, Little White Legged Barb, &c".
If we disregard the last two crosses "Curwen’s Bay Barb, Little White Legged Barb, &c", which is the dam line of "Bolton's Sloven", this is the same dam line as Emperor. The only differences are the omission of the "Spot" cross in Emperor's pedigree and the omission of the Hautboy cross in King of Leinster's pedigree.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 515, says - "Smoker, (sometimes called Little Smoker) John Brown's, Esq. (a bay gelding, foaled in 1750) by Ground-Ivy, out of Young Coquette, the dam of Bolton, Flying Piper, Tamerlane, &c".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 496, says - "Candidate, Lord Mount-Eagle's, (a bay horse, foaled in 1756) by Old England, out of a sister to Bolton, page 492".
Coquette
by Basto
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Young Coquette
by Sloven
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mare BOLTON TAMERLANE FLYING PIPER SMOKER Young Coquette
by Whitefoot by Whitefoot by Groung Ivy by Ground Ivy by Ground Ivy by Old England
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CANDIDATE EMPEROR NOBLE Noblessa
by Old England by Bustard by Gamahoe by Gamahoe
1756 1762 1767 | 1769
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Timante KING OF LEINSTER Jane Harold
by Tim by Rebel by Friar
| 1783 1784
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Mary Grey
by Friar
1784
In the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 405, in the section Additional index to the mares, arranged under their sires, Young Greyhound is listed as 1723 by Greyhound - Makeless - Brimmer. Page 380, says - "Greyhound (Young), 1723, by Greyhound, out of Brown Farewell, by Makeless; never trained, but a stallion in Mr Crofts's stud". In the list of foals out of Brown Farewell on page 84 the 1723 colt is unnamed, while the horse named Young Greyhound appears on page 155 as the 1718 colt out of Croft's Pet Mare. The entry for Miss Makeless as a foal on page 152 says she was by Young Greyhound and her entry as a broodmare on page 134, says she was - "got by a son of Greyhound (out of Brown Farewell)".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 242, says - "Young Greyhound, (sire of Miss Makeless) was bred by Mr. Crofts of Barforth, and got by Old Greyhound ; his dam, (Badger's grandam,) by Mr. Wastell's Turk ; grandam by Mr. Wilkes's Hautboy ; great grandam by Mr. Place's White Turk, a daughter of Dodsworth, out of Mr. Layton's Violet Barb Mare.- Young Greyhound never raced, but kept for a Stallion in Mr. Crofts's Stud, and was sire of Mr. Routh's Trumpery, Mr. Marley's Jinker, &c.- He got the dam of Miner, Engineer, and grandam of Mr. Burlton's Young Slider, Sappho, Semele, and Seraphina.- He also got the dam of Sir Richard Hilton's Comet, and great grandam of Kipling, Mark, Mist, Royal Oak, Prince William, &c.- Young Greyhound served but few Mares, notwithstanding he will be frequently found in the various Pedigrees".
The Racing Calendar for 1743, by John Cheny, in the index, page xiv, says - "Ragmond [Ragman] was bred by Mr. Marly of Yorkshire, and Half-Moon by Mr. Robin of Richmond, same County, and both these Horses got by Young Greyhound, Son of Mr. Crofts's Old Greyhound, Son of Chillaby. Young Greyhound's Dam was got by the Westal Turk, his Grand-Dam by Hautboy, his Great Grand-Dam by the Place White Turk, his Great Great Grand-Dam by Dodsworth, out of a Barb Mare. The Horse called Chillaby, which got Old Greyhound, was a White Barb of King William's, and his Dam was also a Barb Mare, called Slugey. The Cover for this Foal was in Barbary ; after which, both the Sire and Dam were purchased by Mr. Marshall, the Stud-Master in the Reign of King William, and convey'd to England, and Greyhound (like Dodsworth,) though a natural Barb, was foal'd in England ; after which his Sire got, and his Dam bred a considerable number of Foals in the Royal Stud. The Westal Turk (Sire of the Dam of Young Greyhound) was a Gentleman's of that Name, near Northallerton, Yorkshire. For Hautboy, the Place Turk, and Dodsworth, see Page 8 and 13. Besides Ragmond and Half Moon, Young Greyhound also got Mr. Carr's Dusty Miller, Mr. Lambton's Kettle Bender, Mr. Rawlins's Small Hopes, Mr. Jennison's Spanker and Miss Patty, Mr. Scourfield's Neptune, Mr. Tunstall's Miss Wycliff, Mr. Routh's Trumpery, and Mr. Marly's Tinker. Old Greyhound was the Sire of Lord Hallifax's Sampson, Favourite, Goliah, and Spider, of Lord Drogheda's Othello, Sir Robert Fagg's Guy, Mr. Bourchier's Merry Harrier, Mr. Penruddock's Blue Cap, Mr. Crofts's Legacy, and Mr. Figg's Brisk. He got the Dams of Barforth and Drunken Jig, and the Sire of Miss Makeless, and many others".
The Racing Calendar for 1743, by John Cheny, in the index, page xxxvi, says - "Miss Makeless was bred by Mr. Holmes, and got by a Son of Greyhound, his Dam by Makeless, Grand-Dam by Brimmer, Son of the Yellow Turk that got Old Spanker. His Grand-Dam, which was also Trumpet's Dam, was got by the Place White Turk, his Great Grand-Dam was got by Dodsworth, out of a Barb Mare".
The GSB and Pick agree that there was only one stallion which was called Young Greyhound but disagree about his identity. It is clear, however, from Cheny's entries for Ragman and Miss Makeless that there were two different stallions and only one of them was called Young Greyhound. The other, which was called Son of Greyhound, was also known as Brother to Guy, as evidenced by the following advertisements.
Heber's Racing Calendar, volume VIII, for the year 1758, page 158, says - "To be sold the late Mr. Bilton's Stud, as follows, viz. A Brown Bay Filly, got by Goliah, foaled in 1753. Out of a Bay Mare, called [Miss] Makeless, bred by Mr. Holmes of Carlisle, and got by an own Brother to Sir Robert Fagg's Guy, her Dam which was the Dam of Lightning, by Old Partner".
Heber's Racing Calendar, volume XVII, for the year 1767, page 222, says - "The High-bred Horse Viper, will Cover this Season, at Mr. Turner's, at Hayes, Middlesex, 12 Miles from London, at 3 Gs. a Mare, and 5s. the Servant. Viper was bred by Mr. Fenton, and got by Sampson, which was the Sire of Bay Malton, his Dam by Old Traveller, which was called the Lass of the Mill, which was the Grandam of Bay Malton, his Grandam by a Brother to the Dam of the little Vanes Partner, which was own Brother to Sir Robert Fagg's Guy, to the Grandam of Bandy, and to the Grandam of the Witherington Mare ; his Great Grandam by Old Partner, out of the Dam of Miss Doe, which was got by Croft's Bay Barb, out of Desdemona's Dam ; his Great Great Grandam by Woodcock; his Great Great Great Grandam by Croft's Bay Barb ; his Great Great Great Great Grandam by Makeless, out of a Daughter to Brimmer. William Fenton".
There is one other reference to Brother to Guy in a pedigree. Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1755, page 159, says - "Brutus, the Earl of Northumberland's, was got by Regulus; his Dam by a full Brother to Sir Robert Fagg's Guy, his Grandam by Partner".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, March 31, 1732-3, Number 414, says - "Mr Richard Harrison of High Jolby, has now a Stalion, his Colour Grey, got by Grey-Hound; his Dam by Mr Wastel’s Turk of Anderby; his Grand Dam by Hoy-Boy, and out of Trumpet’s Dam, which was got by Mr Place’s White Turk; her Dam by Dodsworth’s, and out of a Laton Barb Mare: This Account is true, as will at any Time be made appear by me Mr John Croft of Barfoot.—N B The Horse is leap’d at a Guinea, and 2 s 6 d to the Servant".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, March 9, 1733-4, Number 463, says - "To be leaped this Season, at Mr John Pattinson's, at the Sign of the Grapes, in the City of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, at 1 Guinea a Mare, a bay Horse 15 Hands high, bred by Mr John Croft's of Barforth-Hall, in the County of York, got by Grey Hound; his Dam by Makeless; his Grand Dam by Brimmer, and out of Trumpet's Dam, which was got by Place's white Turk; her Dam by Dodsworth, and out of a Laton Barb Mare. N B He is full Brother to Guy, which beat Lord Portmore's Drummer at New Market at 6 Years old; upon which Lord Portmore offer'd Sir Robt Fagg 600 Guineas for him, which Sir Robert refused to take".
YOUNG GREYHOUND, 1718, oo Croft's Pet Mare by Wastell's Turk oo mare by Hautboy oo Trumpet's dam. The colour of this stallion is not given in the GSB but as he sired a grey filly out of the chesnut Worlock's Galloway it is certain he was a grey and this is confirmed by the advertisement in the Newcastle Courant. This was the stallion owned by Richard Harrison. He was the sire of all the foals attributed to Young Greyhound except for Miss Makeless and the dam of Brutus.
BROWN COLT, 1723, oo Brown Farewell by Makeless oo mare by Brimmer oo Trumpet's dam. He was full brother to Guy and was known as both Son of Greyhound and Brother to Guy. He was the sire of Miss Makeless and the dam of Brutus, which may have been her sister.