The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 382, says - "Merlin (Old), Sir M. Pierson's, by Bustler ; afterwards sold to Mr Acklem".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 18, says - "Old Merlin was bred by Sir Matthew Peirson, Bart. and sold to Mr. Acklom for a stallion. - He was got by Bustler, (son of the Helmsley Turk). Merlin won several Plates and great Matches ; he was in a very high form for racing, and allowed to be the best horse that had ever ran in the kingdom. He was sire of Mr. Bethell's Woodcock and Castaway ; Mr. Richardson's Merlin, and several others".
Sir John Dutton's Book of Pedigrees, Gloucestershire Record Office, Document Reference D678/1, F14/5/6, says - "A Pedigree of Bay Bolton taken out of Sr Mathew Pearson's Book who bred him. 6 Decr 1735. Bay Bolton was foaled ye 3d May 1705. A Bay Colt foal, the far foot behind white, got by Mr Constable's Grey horse Hautboy, which Grey horse was bred by Sr Wm Strikland. Bay Bolton's Dam was got by Makeless, His Grandam by Brimmer, His Great Grandam by Diamond, out of Sr Mathew Pearson's little Bay Mare, full Sister to his sorrel Running Mare; which sorrell Mare was Old Merlin's Dam"
Sir Matthew Pierson's mares may be related in some way to Dicky Pierson, perhaps full sisters to him by Dodsworth, alias Darcy's Yellow Turk, out of Lawson's Barb Mare. See DARCY'S YELLOW TURK, DARCY'S WHITE TURK AND HELMSLEY TURK for more information.
The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham's pedigree collection, Sheffield Archives, Document Reference WWM/R/193/37, says - "Selima, 9th August 1755, The Bay Mare I sold to the Marquiss of Rockingham, was got by Bajazett, her Dam by Bloody Buttocks, her Grandam by Almanzor, her Great Grandam by Sr Wm Strickland's Hautboy was own Sister to Bay Bolton and Lamprey, her Great Great Grandam by Makeless, her G G G Grandam by Brimmer who was Ocklam Merlin's Dam & was Grandam to Terror, her G G G G Grandam by Diamond, her G G G G G Grandam was full Sister to Old Merlin's Dam".
It is clear from this pedigree that Ocklam Merlin and Old Merlin were different horses, and according to this pedigree the Brimmer mare, grandam of Bay Bolton, was also grandam of Terror. This makes Mr Brewster's famous mare a half sister to the dam of Bay Bolton.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 384, says - "Terror, by the Burlington Turk - Little Merlin - Brimmer - Helmsley Turk".
Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1743, page xxvi in the index, says - "Chance was bred by his Grace the Duke of Bolton, and got by Fearnought, Son of Bay Bolton. His Dam was got by Almanzor, Son of the Darley Arabian. Chance's Grand-Dam was called Coquette, she was got by Basto, Son of the Byerley Turk. His Great Grand-Dam was got by a Son of Spanker, her Dam by Hautboy, out of a Daughter of Bustler, Son of the Helmsley Turk. Almanzor, which got the Dam of Chance, was bred by the late Mr. Brewster, his Dam was also the Dam of Old Terror and Champion. This Mare as the said Mr. Brewster assured me in his own House (looking his Book at the same time for the Account thereof) was a Mare that had been Sir Matthew Pearson's, and that she was got by Old Hautboy ; yet others I have heard positively affirm that she was got by Old Merlin".
The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham's pedigree collection, Sheffield Archives, a small account book entitled Expences of the Studd from: May 1st 1751, says - "Bought Jan 1752 of Mr Carlin […] Years old Bl[…] Got by Blaze, her Dam by Boys Dimple, her Grandam by Grime’s Champion, her great grandam by Darley’s Arabian. NB Champion was got by the Harpam Arabian out of S’r Matt Peirson’s best Merlin Mare / Witness: J. Greame".
HELMSLEY TURK
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SPANKER mare OLD MERLIN BRIMMER = mare HAUTBOY
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mare mare = BASTO ACCLOM'S MERLIN Makeless mare = GREY HAUTBOY Brewster's Mare
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TERROR BAY BOLTON Coquette Snell's Mare SMILING BALL mare mare = ALMANZOR CHAMPION TERROR
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FEARNOUGHT = Coquette = SWEEPSTAKES mare mare = BLOODY BUTTOCKS
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CHANCE YOUNG SWEEPSTAKES Mariamne Selima
1737 1741 by Victorious
1748
The doubt surrounding the identity of the sire of Mr Brewster's mare has arisen because the Brimmer mare, that bred Acclom's Merlin, appears to have had two grandsons called Terror. One by the Acaster Turk out of a mare by Hautboy. The other by the Burlington Turk (Thoulouse Barb) out of a mare by Little Merlin, the sire of Acclom's Merlin, whose pedigree lacks the cross of Diamond but includes a cross of Diamond's sire, the Helmsley Turk.
Also, this is the dam line of both Old Merlin and Acclom Merlin, so the Hautboy mare would have been known as a Merlin Mare - a mare from the line of Merlin.
The descendants of Dick Burton's Mare all trace back to her through a mare by Darley's Arabian out of sister to Ruffler by Son of Brimmer. There are, however, alternative versions of the pedigrees of Red Rose, GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 163, and her grandaughter Orange Bud, GSB, volume 2, fourth edition, page 150, which show that the mare by Darley's Arabian was out of a mare by Merlin. This Merlin mare would be a full sister to Castaway and Woodcock, out of sister to Ruffler.
In The Family Tables of Racehorses, by Kazimierz Bobinski, volume 1, family 31, a note has been appended - "Family 31 is notable for the numerous instances of controversy in respect of its early ancestry" and "it remains open to speculation whether the Darley Arabian Mare (Generation 3) was a half-sister to Woodcock and Castaway, or a daughter of an own sister to Woodcock and Castaway".
King Herod was by Tartar out of Cypron by Blaze out of Selima by Bethell's Arabian out of a mare by Graeme's Champion out of a mare by Darley's Arabian out of a mare by Merlin.
Red Rose and King Herod were out of mares by Blaze. King Herod's grandam was by Bethell's Arabian. The third dam of Red Rose was by Darley's Arabian out of a mare by Merlin, while the fourth dam of King Herod was also by Darley's Arabian out of mare by Merlin. Bethell's Arabian and the first six dams of Red Rose were all owned by Mr Hugh Bethell of Rise, in Holderness.
I think the mares by Darley's Arabian are identical and the Merlin mare was in fact Mr Brewster's Famous Mare by Hautboy.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 380, says - "Goliah, Duke of Bolton's, b. c., bred by Mr Hutchinson, 1730, by Fox - Graham's Champion - Sir M. Pierson's Blue Cap. Mr. Hutchinson also bred a sister to Goliah".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 88, in the entry for sister to Goliah, says - "Blue Cap, if the same as Penruddock's Blue Cap, was by Old Greyhound".
These are the only mentions of Sir M Pierson's Blue Cap in the stud book.
The Racing Calendar for 1743, by John Cheny, in the index, page xliv, says - "Young Cuddy was got by Capt. Appleyard's Cuddy, which was out of the Dam of Bald Charlotte and Fox. His Dam was got by Smiling Tom, his Grand Dam by Sir William Strickland's Blue Cap, his Great Grand-Dam by the sire of Bay Bolton, &c".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 153, says - "Partner Mare, Bred by Mr Osbaldeston, her dam by Gallant's Smiling Tom - Traveller's dam, by Almanzor - Bay Bolton's sister, by Grey Hautboy - Makeless - Brimmer - Diamond - sister to the dam of Old Merlin".
Cheny GSB
mare Bay Bolton's sister
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by Appleyard's Cuddy by Partner
It is possible that the mare by the sire of Bay Bolton and Bay Bolton's sister are the same mare.
Mr Curwen's Terror was owned by him as early as 1712, when he covered the dam of Hannibal. He was previously owned by Sir William Strickland and was probably bred by Sir Matthew Pierson. There is no evidence that Sir William Strickland owned the Hautboy mare, which appears to have been acquired by Mr Brewster (Darley) after the birth of Smockface, by Darley's Arabian. Smockface was owned by Sir Matthew Pierson and may have been bred by him. Mr Brewster then bred Aleppo, Almanzor and Whitelegs. Sir Matthew Pierson bred Graham's Champion in 1707 and a sister to him, so Terror was probably foaled before 1707. The next advertisement confirms that Smockface was bred by Sir Matthew Pierson:
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".
It is possible that when Mr Curwen acquired Terror from Sir William Strickland he was called Blue Cap and he changed his name to Terror. Blue Cap had previously been bred to Bay Bolton's sister, which was bred by Sir Matthew Pierson, so it is possible that this is the Blue Cap bred and owned by Sir Matthew Pierson. This would mean that the dam of Goliah was by Champion out of a mare by Champion's half brother Blue Cap, and it may be that this Blue cap mare was the daughter of Bay Bolton's sister. This Blue Cap mare bred a filly by Smiling Tom. Blue Cap's half brother Almanzor also bred a filly out of Bay Bolton's sister that bred a filly by Smiling Tom. It will also be noted that Terror got a sister to Hannibal that also bred a filly by Smiling Tom.
The York Courant, Tuesday, February 17, 1756, Number 1582, says - "To be Sold, The Property of John Pollard, of Stubbs Hall, near Doncaster, Two Stallions; the one a very genteel Bay Horse, call'd Silvertail, six Years old, well mark'd, full fifteen Hands one Inch and an half high, Master of 16 Stone a-hunting, is allowed to be one of the best Chapmen's Horses in the Country, and his Foals, of their Year, none can exceed. The other a Brown Bay Horse, call'd Stranger, five Years old, fifteen Hands high. Stranger was got by a Son of Young Iphis. Iphis was got by Makeless, and Makeless by the Earl of Albemarle's Grey Arabian; his Dam, by Old Partner; his Grandam, by Cricket, and out of a Mare got by Aleppo; his great Grandam, by Mr Curwen's Terror; and his Great Great Grandam was Lord Derwentwater's white Mare, which was taken at Preston, in 1713 [1715]. The above Horses are free from Blemishes".
This pedigree shows the same inbreeding as the Champion mare. The grandam by Cricket was out of a mare by Aleppo out of a mare by Aleppo's half brother Terror. It is open to speculaion whether Lord Derwentwater's white mare was the same mare as the sister to Bay Bolton. The sister to Bay Bolton must have been grey as she bred the grey Spinner to the chesnut Almanzor.
Mr Brewster's Famous Mare
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by Son of Young Iphis
1751
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 27, says - "Aleppo (a Bay Horse, foaled in 1711) was bred by Mr Darley, of Aldby-Park, near York, and got by his Arabian, (sire of Childers, &c.)" and "He was, when a Stallion, the property of Mr Bawtry, and was sire of Mr. Hassell's Scrutineer, &c. but covered very few well-bred Mares".
The Caledonian Mercury, Tuesday, April 17, 1750, Number 4606, says - "The said Mr Rattray has in his possession a fine Chesnut-colour'd Ston'd Horse, whose Name is Lowse; he was got by Burlingtoun, the full Brother of Panton's Molly; his Dam was got by Bawtry's blind Horse, Bawtry's Horse was got by Darley's Arabian, the Sire of Childers, and out of a Mare got by Old Marling; Lowse's Grandam was got by Devonshire's Dimple, and Lowse was bred by Edmond Anderson; and will be let out at half a Guinea a Foal, and a Shilling to the Servant, or a Crown, Leap and Trial, and one Shilling to the Servant, all to be paid at the Stable door".
According to this evidence Aleppo was Bawtry's Blind Horse.
On August 22, 1716, Mr Darley's bay horse Aleppo, by Darley's Arabian and Mr Bawtry's bay horse Danger, by Darley's Arabian, both ran in the Ladies Plate for 5 year olds at York.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 76, says - "Danger Mare, Foaled in 1728, got by Danger (son of Darley's Arabian), out of Old Partner's dam". This mare bred fillies by Hobgoblin in 1738 and 1741.
Prior's The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, page 140, says - "The Pelham Mare (Chesnut, 1728). By a Son of Darlow's [Darley's] Arabian, sire of Hobgoblin [i.e., Aleppo], out of a Daughter of ye Bay Barb [Curwen's], full sister to Mr. Minchell's [Minshull's] Mixbury, and was dam to Partner". also "In Lord Godolphin's stud book it particularly states that the filly was coming three years old on 13th April, 1731, and also that her sire was Aleppo, by the Darley Arabian".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 381, says - "Hobgoblin, Mr Goodall's, and sold to Mr Coke, 1724, by Aleppo, son of Darley Arabian".
DARLEY'S ARABIAN = Mr Brewster's Famous Mare
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1738 1741
Hobgoblin was mated to his half-sister to produce the fillies of 1738 and 1741. This is consistent with the other incestuous matings of this family. It would seem that the Bawtry's Danger that ran against Aleppo in 1716 died and Mr Bawtry later purchased Aleppo and renamed him Danger.
The Worcester Journal, Thursday, May 17, 1753, Number 2285, says - "To Cover, this Season, At Twelve Shillings and Six pence a Mare, and One Shilling the Man, the Money to be paid at the Stable Door. This is to give Notice, That there is now at the Crown Inn, in Catshill, near Bromsgrove, in the County of Worcester, A Famous Bay Horse, Call’d Dunkirk. Fifteen Hands and two Inches high, free from all natural Blemishes, and is able to carry sixteen Stone a Fox hunting: He was got by Old Dunkirk (bred by Mr Witty, of Beverley In Yorkshire) out of Mr Witty’s same Mare that Grenadier came out of, which won the Hundred Guineas at Newmarket last April: His Dam was got by a Horse of Lord Londsdale’s, which Horse was got by his Lordship’s Bay Arabian, which got Monkey, Spider, and Kouli-Kan; his Grand Dam by Darley’s Arabian, his Great Grand Dam by Old Merlin, and his Great Great Grand Dam by Sir Michael Wharton’s Commoner out of Bald Charlot’s Dam; Sir Michael Wharton’s Commoner got Mr Croft’s Commoner out of the famous Creeping Molly’s Dam. This is genuine. Charles Witty".
The York Courant, Tuesday, February 11, 1755, Number 1530, says - "The Bay Horse call'd Grenadier, full fifteen Hands and one Inch high, bred by Mr Charles Witty, of Beverley, is now in his Possession, leaps this Season, at One Guinea and a Half a Mare. His Blood is as follows, viz Grenadier was got by Blaze; his Dam, by a Grey Horse, bred by the late Lord Lonsdale. The aforesaid Grey Horse was got by his Lordship's Bay Arabian, the Sire of Monkey, Spider, Kouli-Khan, and Juba; the Dam of the Grey Horse was got by Smiling Tom; his Grandam, by Darley's Arabian; his Great Grandam, by Old Merlin. Grenadier's Grandam was out of Bald Charlotte's Dam, and got by Sir Michael Warton's Commoner, who was got by Mr Croft's Commoner, out of the famous Creeping Molly's Dam.--A genuine Pedigree. / Charles Witty".
The York Courant, Tuesday, March 18, 1755, Number 1534, says - "To Leap this Season, At Goodmanham, near Market-Weighton, at Half a Guinea a Mare, and a Shilling to the Servant. A Fine, strong, and well-bred Grey Horse, call'd Clifton, coming seven Years old, fifteen hands high, goes well upon his Legs, and able to carry any Gentleman of a moderate Weight a Hunting. Clifton was bred by Mr Stephen Jefferson, deceased, and got by Badger, son of Partner, son of Jigg, Son of the Byerley Turk. His Dam, which Mare is the Dam of Mr Witty's Grenadier, was got by a Grey Horse, bred by the late Lord Lonsdale, Son of his Lordship's Bay Arabian; his Grandam was got by Sir Michael Warton's Commoner, Son of Mr Croft's Commoner, Son of Place's White Turk; his Great Grandam, which Mare was the Dam of Bald Charlotte, Cuddy, and Conqueror's Grandam, was got by Bethel's Castaway, Son of Woodcock, Son of Merlin, Son of Bustler, Son of the Helmsley Turk; his Great Great Grandam, which Mare won the first Plate on the new Course in Beverley Westwood, was got by a Son of Brimmer, Son of the D'Arcy Yellow Turk, and a Royal Mare. For further Particulars see Cheyney's, Heber's, and Pond's Books, Prints, and other Advertisements. N B Badger is the Sire of Baboon, which won the 50 l at Auckland, the Subscription at Hambleton, and the 50 l at Morpeth, 1753; of Shaftoe's Young Badger, which won the 50 l at Stokesley, 1752; of Hunt's Mettle, which won the 50 l at Derby, 1752, the 50 l at Litchfield, 1753, and the 50 l at Derby, 1753; and of many others: His Dam was got by Woodcock, which was the Sire of the Dam of Ribb, the Dam of Sedbury, the Dam of Champion,and the Dam of Wyvil's Scarborough Colt".
Worcester Journal York Courant 1530 York Courant 1534
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by Old Dunkirk by Blaze by Badger
1748
Despite these three horses being out of the same mare, all three pedigrees are different.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 204 and 205, Grenadier (1746) was by Blaze oo mare by Sultan oo (Grey Childers' dam) by Wharton's Commoner - Castaway.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 6, Grey Childers and the Sultan mare were out of a grey mare by Wharton's Commoner oo Bald Charlotte's dam by Castaway oo Appleyard's grey mare by Brimmer or son of Brimmer - Royal Mare.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 32, Sultan (gr 1732) was by the Lonsdale Arabian out of sister to Bonny Lass by Bay Bolton.
The correct pedigrees are:
Grenadier (1746) by Blaze oo mare by Sultan oo mare by Wharton's Commoner oo mare by Castaway.
Sultan (1732) by Lonsdale (Grey) Arabian oo mare by Smiling Tom oo mare by Darley's Arabian oo Mr Brewster's famous mare by Hautboy.
Bethell's Castaway (1704) by Acclom's Merlin oo mare by Bethell's Grey Horse (by Brimmer) oo Dick Burton's Mare
BYERLEY'S TURK = Brisk's dam MAKELESS = Brimmer mare = HAUTBOY
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CLUMSEY | | STRICKLAND TERROR <=======> STRICKLAND BLUE CAP = mare <=======> sister to = ALMANZOR
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FOX = mare = GRAHAM'S CHAMPION = mare HANNIBAL sister = GALLANT'S mare = GALLANT'S = mare Miss Brigham
1714 | | | by Harpham | [SINGLE PEEPER] | SMILING TOM | SMILING TOM | by Smiling Tom
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by Regulus by Blaze 1737 by Regulus
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by Lofty by Tartar
1765 1758
[Family 31] [Family 26]
Cheny's Racing Calendar, 1743, page xlv, says - "Dairy-Maid was bred by the late Mr. Elstob of Yorkshire, and got by Almanzor, Son of the Darley Arabian. Her Dam was call'd the Hambleton Mare, because got by a Horse that won the first Plate run for at Hambleton ; which Horse was Sir William Strickland's, and called Syphax. The Hambleton Plate at that time was free for either Horse, Mare or Gelding".
Heber's Racing Calendar, volume XI, 1761, Stallions to Cover in the following Season, 1762, page 167, says - "Also, at the same Place [George Grisewood's, Sadler, in Morrfields, London], for 2 Guineas and 2 Shillings, his Chesnut Horse Forester, full 15 Hands and a Half high, Master of 18 st. and is allowed to be as fine a Horse as most in England. He was got by Crofts's Chesnut Horse Forester, (Sire of Ld. Antrim's Gustavus) and Richard Williams, Esqr's, noted Horse Forester, out of a Mare got by Snake, her dam was got by Robinson Crusoe, her Grand Dam by Iphis (when in the Hands of Sir William Strickland) and won the first Gold Cup that was run for at Black Hamilton, her Great Grand Dam by Hautboy, and her Great Great Grand Dam by Brimmer".
There is every reason to believe that the "Great Grand Dam by Hautboy" was Mr Brewster's Famous Mare, and this pedigree might be saying that the "Grand Dam by Iphis" won the first Gold Cup that was run for at Black Hamilton, meaning the first winner of the race for mares only. The next entry confirms that the Hambleton Mare also won the Royal Plate at Hambleton.
The Sporting Magazine, volume 32, September 1808, page 271, says - "Winners of the Royal Plates at Hambleton, &c. from 1715 to 1808. To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. Sir, as you have given the Winners of the Royal Plates at York, I have taken the liberty of sending you a complete List of the Mares who have won the Royal Plates at Black Hambleton, * Yorkshire, beginning with the year 1715, which is as far back as I can trace with accuracy :- The insertion thereof in your next number, will oblige, Your's, &c. W. P., York, September 10, 1808". The * leads to the following note - "The Royal Cup run for at Hambleton, at its first commencement, was free for either horse, mare, or gelding, provided they were no more than five years old, carrying 10st. each, four miles. - Queen Anne altered it to be run for by five-year old mares, the same weight and distance. - The first Cup (ever run for at that place) was won by Sir William Strickland's Syphax, who was sire to the famous Hambleton Mare, who also won the Royal Plate at Hambleton. - She was the dam of Mr. Elstobb's Shadow, (afterwards Sir Edward O'Brien's Dairymaid) by Mr. Darley's Almanzor".
Cheny's Racing Calendar, 1741, page 57, Curragh of Kildaire nigh Dublin - Ireland, says - "On the Same Course, on the eleventh ditto [September], a second hundred Guineas given by his Majesty were run for, free only for Mares, carrying ten Stone. Which Prize was won by Sir Edward Obrien’s Bay M Athenais, often called Dairy Maid".
The York Courant, Tuesday, February 17, 1756, Number 1582, says - "To be Sold, The Property of John Pollard, of Stubbs Hall, near Doncaster, Two Stallions; the one a very genteel Bay Horse, call'd Silvertail, six Years old, well mark'd, full fifteen Hands one Inch and an half high, Master of 16 Stone a-hunting, is allowed to be one of the best Chapmen's Horses in the Country, and his Foals, of their Year, none can exceed. The other a Brown Bay Horse, call'd Stranger, five Years old, fifteen Hands high. Stranger was got by a Son of Young Iphis. Iphis was got by Makeless, and Makeless by the Earl of Albemarle's Grey Arabian; his Dam, by Old Partner; his Grandam, by Cricket, and out of a Mare got by Aleppo; his great Grandam, by Mr Curwen's Terror; and his Great Great Grandam was Lord Derwentwater's white Mare, which was taken at Preston, in 1713 [1715]. The above Horses are free from Blemishes".
Iphis appears to be a mispronounciation of Syphax. If you drop the S and pronounce the x as an s you get Yphas or Iphis.
MAKELESS = Brimmer mare = HAUTBOY
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mare SYPHAX <=====> IPHIS = Hautboy mare <========> Mr Brewster's Famous Mare
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| WHITELEGS | BLUE CAP = mare = ALMANZOR = Hambleton Mare <=========> mare | | SMOCKFACE mare
| by Darley's | [TERROR] | by Grey Hautboy | by Darley's | | | | by Darley's by Harpham
| Arabian | by Acaster | [sister to Bay Bolton] | Arabian ----------- | | | Arabian Arabian
| | Turk | [Derwentwater White Mare] | 1713 | | | | |
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mare = CHAMPION = mare <==========> mare = ALEPPO mare Dairy-Maid mare YOUNG IPHIS Whitelips
by Darley's | by Harpham | by Blue Cap by Terror | by Darley's | [Athenais] by Robinson Crusoe | by Bald Galloway
Arabian | Arabian | | Arabian | [Shadow] by Son of Jigg | 1718
| 1707 | | 1711 | 1727 | |
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mare mare mare mare mare |
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Selima BOLTON GOLIAH | mare mare GRISEWOOD'S FORESTER
by Bethell's by Fox | by Cricket by Partner by Crofts's Forester
Arabian 1730 | | |
| 1733 | | |
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Cypron SON OF = mare Sultana
by Blaze YOUNG IPHIS | by Partner by Regulus
| 1750 | 1759
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KING HEROD STRANGER
by Tartar 1751
1758
Whitelegs was bred by Mr Brewster and was sometimes referred to as Brother to Almanzor. He was later owned by the Duke of Somerset and was considered as good a horse as Almanzor, although he never ran in public due to an accidental injury.
These are the produce of Mr Brewster's Famous Mare incorporating the evidence and conjecture contained in this article:
HAUTBOY MARE
Bred by Sir Matthew Pierson
br c BLUE CAP later TERROR by Acaster Turk - Sir Matthew Pierson*
f by Harpham Arabian - Sir Matthew Pierson*
1707 b c CHAMPION by Harpham Arabian - Sir Matthew Pierson*
f Hambleton Mare by Syphax - Sir Matthew Pierson*
f by Darley's Arabian - Sir Matthew Pierson*
c SMOCKFACE by Darley's Arabian - Sir Matthew Pierson*
1711 b c ALEPPO by Darley's Arabian - John Brewster*
c WHITELEGS by Darley's Arabian - John Brewster*
1713 ch c ALMANZOR by Darley's Arabian - John Brewster*
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 383, says - "Smiling Tom (Gallant's), bred at Hampton Court, 1724, by the Conyers Arabian - Chillaby - Makeless". This is confirmed by Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 26.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 27, says - "Smiling Tom was sire of Captain Appleyard's Favourite, Mr. Read's Lucy, and of the dam of the Duke of Ancaster's Dizzy, (grandam of Sir H. Harpur's Pilot, &c.) He got several others".
In Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 89, in the Duke of Ancaster's Stud-Book, Prior says - "neither is any pedigree available of Smiling Tom, though he covered mares in this stud in 1723, 1730 and 1731, and must not be confused with the better known stallion of this name (Gallant's) Smiling Tom, who was foaled in 1724 at Hampton Court". The result of the 1731 cover was the dam of the Duke of Ancaster's Dizzy.
Gallant's Smiling Tom ran as a four year old in 1728 and as a five year old in 1729, so it would appear that Prior was right and there were two stallions called Smiling Tom. The truth is there was only one stallion called Smiling Tom but there were two horses called Gallant's Smiling Tom.
The Racing Calendar for 1744, by John Cheny, in the index, page xvii, says - "Smoker was got by the Gallant Smiling Tom, which was bred in the Royal Stud at Hampton Court, and got by the Conyers Arabian. His Dam was got by the White Barb of King William's, called Chillaby, his Grand-Dam by Makeless, Son of the Oglethorp Arabian. He was also the Sire of Captain Appleyard's Craftsman and Favourite, Mr. Brewsters Plunder, Mr. Bacchus's Greyhound, Mr. Gallant's Young Smiling Tom, Miss Brigham, Mr. Griffin's Polly Peachum, &c".
It was Gallant's Young Smiling Tom who was foaled in 1724 and who ran as Gallant's Smiling Tom in 1728 and 1729.
The York Courant, Tuesday, March 17, 1729-30, Number 236, says - "This is to give Notice, the Grey Stud Horse called, Smiling Tom, is still in the Hands of Thomas Gallon of Burn-Park nigh Beverley, and will leap Mares this Season, at two Guineas each Mare, and Half a Crown to his Servant. Note, This is the Horse that the late Stud-Master, Mr Marshal give him the Pedigree of, and witnessed by his own Hand, which is this: He was got by Richard's Arabian; the Dam got by King William's white Barb; the Grand Dam got by Makeless out of a Snowden Mare of Mr Crofts, which was a through bred Mare. He has Grass for Mares at a reasonable Rate".
The Newcastle Journal, Saturday, April 9, 1743, Number 210, says - "To Leap this Season, At Benwell, within two Miles of Newcastle, At One Guinea a Mare, and Half a Crown to the Man, Robert Shafto, Esquire’s Bay Stone Horse, got by Snake, Snake got by Lister’s Turk, and bred by Mr Robinson of Easby in Yorkshire; his Dam by the Duke of Rutland’s grey Turk, her Dam by Hoy-Boy; and his Dam by Gallon’s Horse of Beverly, which came from Hampton-Court. She was called Miss Brigham, won several Plates, and the King’s Plate in Scotland: He is full 15 Hands and an Inch, every way proportionable, of Strength to carry any Weight, and free from all natural Blemishes. N B Grass for Mares, and proper Care taken of them, at reasonable Rates".
It is clear from these two advertisements that the owner of Smiling Tom was called Gallon and not Gallant.
It is possible that the third dam of Smiling Tom, Mr Croft's Snowden Mare, was Mr Croft's Place's White Turk mare, the dam of Trumpet. It is also possible that Smiling Tom and Old Cartouch shared the same grandam:
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 17, says Old Cartouch - "was got by the Bald Galloway; his dam was bred in the Royal Stud at Hampton-Court, and got by the Cripple Barb; grandam by Makeless; great grandam by Place's White Turk, a daughter of Dodsworth, out of Mr. Layton's Violet Barb Mare".
The York Courant, Tuesday, March 17, 1729-30, Number 236, says Smiling Tom - "was got by Richard's Arabian; the Dam got by King William's white Barb; the Grand Dam got by Makeless out of a Snowden Mare of Mr Crofts, which was a through bred Mare".
Pick York Courant
[Croft's Mare] <===========> Croft's Snowden Mare
by Place's White Turk |
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TRUMPET mare <===========> mare
by Hautboy by Makeless by Makeless
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mare mare
by Cripple Barb <son of> by King William's White Barb
[Croft's Bay Barb] [Chillaby]
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OLD CARTOUCH SMILING TOM
by Bald Galloway by Richard's Arabian
[Conyer's Arabian]
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 381, says - "Highlander, Lord Portmore's, 1742, by Victorious - Crawford's Turk - Devonshire Blacklegs - Partner - Akaster Turk - Leedes's Arabian".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 92, says - "Bred by and the Property of the Earl of Portmore. Highlander was got by Victorious, (son of Ruffler); his dam by Lord Chesterfield's Arabian, out of Mr. Grisewood's Partner's dam, by Mr. Hutton's Grey Barb".
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 384, says - "Victorious, Lord Portmore's, 1725, by Fox - Bald Galloway - Champion".
An Introduction to a General Stud-Book, page 190, says - "Victorious (Duke of Hamilton's) - Mr. Wilkinson, 1722, Ruffler - Grey Barb Mare".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 21, says - "Victorious [1722] was got by Mr. Bethell's Ruffler; his dam by Mr. Hutton's Grey Barb; grandam, (Bay Wilkinson's dam, and grandam of Mr. Grisewood's Partner) by Whynot; great grandam by Mr. Wilkinson's Turk, out of Old Woodcock, by D'Arcy's Woodcock". The same page also says - "He was sire of Lord Portmore's Highlander, &c".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 43, says - "Bred by Lord Portmore, and sold to Mr. Grisewood. Partner was got by Mr. Crofts's Partner; his dam by Hutton's Grey Barb; grandam, (Bay Wilkinson's dam) by Whynot; great grandam by Wilkinson's Turk, out of a mare of Mr. Wilkinson's called Old Woodcock, by the D'Arcy Woodcock".
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 103, Victorious and Grisewood's Partner were out of the same Hutton's Grey Barb mare, which would make Highlander's sire and dam half siblings. The above pedigrees make it clear, however, that they were out of full sisters and Highlander's sire and dam were first cousins.
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1754, page 156, says - "Mariamne, the Earl of Portmore's, was got by Victorious, her Dam by Partner, her Grandam by Richardson's Merlin, a Son of old Merlin, bred by Sir Matthew Pierson, her Great Grandam by Makeless, her Great Great Grandam by Burfoot's Ball, her Great Great Great Grandam by an Arabian of the old Duke of Devonshire's. Victorious was got by Ruffler, his Dam by the late Hutton's grey Barb, his Grandam by Bay Whynot, which was the Dam of Bay Wilkinson. She came from a kind of Mr. Wilkinson's called the Smithson; Mariamne is full Sister to Sir Ralph Gore's Mare".
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1752, page 137, says - "Chance, Earl of March's, was got by a Son of Childers; his dam by Partner".
Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1754, page 198, says - "Chance, late the Earl of March's, was got by Chance, and out of a Partner Mare (which was the Dam of Sir Ralph Gore's grey Mare, and the Earl of Portmore's grey Mare, Victorious)". This Victorious was also full sister to Mariamne.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 4, Ruffler was bred by Mr Bethell and got by a son of Brimmer and the Chesterfield Arabian, out of Dick Burton's mare. His sister was the dam of Castaway and Woodcock.
An Introduction to a General Stud-Book, page 184, says - "Ruffler - By a son of Old Brimmer - Chesterfield Arabian - Hutton Barb".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 21, says - "Ruffler was bred [by] Mr. Bethell of Rise, in Holderness, and got by a well-bred Son of Brimmer, out of the noted running Mare, called Dick Burton's Mare, which was the grandam of Castaway and Woodcock. - The sire of Ruffler never started, and died when young".
Heber's Racing Calendar, volume X, for the year 1760, in the list of stallions to cover in the following season, 1761, page 146, says -"Highlander was got by the E. of Portmore's Victorious, a Son of the famous Ruffler, that came from a noted Running Mare, called Dick Burton's Mare, but her exact Pedigree now unknown; but Ruffler was got by a well-bred Son of Old Brimmer, that never started, and died when young; his Dam was got by the Old E. of Chesterfield's Arabian out of a well-bred Daughter of the Hutton Barb; which Mare was also Dam of a Grey Horse called Partner, bred by Ld Portmore, but commonly called Grisewood's Partner, from the great Number of Plates he won whilst Mr. Grisewood's Property".
This is probably the pedigree responsible for the erroneous entries in volume one of the General Stud Book, which were caused by the misreading of the line "but Ruffler was got by a well-bred Son of Old Brimmer, that never started, and died when young; his Dam was got by the Old E. of Chesterfield's Arabian out of a well-bred Daughter of the Hutton Barb". The dam by Chesterfield's Arabian was actually the dam of Highlander, and her full sister was the dam of Ruffler, 1732, by Bethell's Arabian.
The Family Tables of Racehorses, by Kazimierz Bobinski, volume 1, family 62, shows Ruffler, 1732, by Bethell's Arabian out of mare by Chesterfield Arabian out of the dam of Grisewood's Partner. A note has been appended - "This Ruffler, who does not appear in the GSB, is often confused with Ruffler (Fam.31), brother to Castaway's dam". A note appended to family 31 says - "Available evidence tends to deny the authenticity of the cross of the Chesterfield Arabian which was introduced into the pedigree of Son of Brimmer Mare by the compiler of the 5th edition of Vol. 1 of the GSB, and this cross has therefore been omitted above".
This is the pedigree of Highlander incorporating the evidence and conjecture contained in this article:
| HIGHLANDER 1742 |
VICTORIOUS 1722 |
RUFFLER 1699 |
SON OF BRIMMER | BRIMMER |
| Dick Burton's Mare | ||||
| Hutton's Grey Barb mare | HUTTON'S GREY BARB | |||
| Whynot mare* | WHYNOT | |||
| Wilkinson's Turk mare | ||||
| Chesterfield Arabian mare | CHESTERFIELD ARABIAN | |||
| Hutton's Grey Barb mare | HUTTON'S GREY BARB | |||
| Whynot mare* | WHYNOT | |||
| Wilkinson's Turk mare |
In Prior's The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, pages 181 to 184, in the Earl of Antrim's Stud Book, Lord Portmore's Highlander is shown as the sire of foals in Ireland in 1752, 1753, 1755 and 1756.
According to Heber's Racing Calendar, volume VII, 1757, page 154, Highlander covered in Ireland from 1st January 1751 to 1st January 1758.
According to Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 92, Lord Portmore's Highlander was a stallion at Hampton Court from 1758.
According to Heber's Racing Calendar, volume X, 1760, page 146, Lord Portmore's Highlander's last race was the King's Plate at Newmarket in March 1749. He was advertised to cover in 1761 at Hampton Court.
It would seem that following his win at Newmarket in March 1749, Lord Portmore's Highlander was sent to stud in Ireland. He returned to England in 1758 and took up stud duties at Hampton Court. It is because of his name and his time at stud in Ireland that he was thought to be the sire of Johnson and Trench's bay horse Highlander, that was foaled in 1750 and won the Royal Plate at Downpatrick in 1756.
The GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 381, says Lord Portmore's Highlander by Victorious was out of a mare by Crawford's Turk. Crawford's Turk was also known as Stamford's Turk and had known foals from 1745 to 1750, so is most unlikely to have been the maternal grandsire of Lord Portmore's Highlander in 1742. The Devonshire Blacklegs, who was foaled in 1728 and had known foals from 1738 to 1747, is even less likely to have been his great grandsire. The editors of the GSB have probably confused the pedigrees of a father and son because they were both called Highlander.
This is the pedigree of Young Highlander incorporating the evidence and conjecture contained in this article:
| YOUNG HIGHLANDER | HIGHLANDER 1742 |
VICTORIOUS 1722 |
RUFFLER | SON OF BRIMMER |
| Dick Burton's Mare | ||||
| Hutton's Grey Barb mare | HUTTON'S GREY BARB | |||
| Whynot mare* | ||||
| Chesterfield Arabian mare | CHESTERFIELD ARABIAN | |||
| Hutton's Grey Barb mare | HUTTON'S GREY BARB | |||
| Whynot mare* | ||||
| Crawford's Turk mare | CRAWFORD'S TURK | |||
| Blackleg's mare | BLACKLEGS | CHILDERS | ||
| Basto mare | ||||
| Partner mare | PARTNER | |||
| Acaster Turk mare |
See Chart 6, below, for the relationship of Young Highlander's sire and dam.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, pages 505 and 506, says - "Highlander, Messrs. Johnson and Trench's, (a bay horse, foaled in 1750).-At Downe-Patrick, July 14, 1756, He won the Royal Plate for six years old horses, &c. Irish-breds, 12st. four-mile heats, beating Mr. Newenham's True-Blue, and Mr. Burrow's Sporting Roger:- And at Glenharme, July 29, He won 50l. weight for age, beating Mr. O'Neil's Silverheels, Mr. Newenham's True-Blue, and Lord Antrim's Jeptha; which were the only times of his running. He was a Stallion in 1757".
According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 152, "Mr. Trench's b. h. Highlander" won the Royal Plate at Downpatrick on July 14, 1756. The index, page 907, says "Highlander, Mr. French's". Mr French's Robin Rusty Coat ran at the Curragh of Kildare on April 16, 1756.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, pages 514 and 515, says - "Robin Rusticoat, bred by Sir Edward O'Brien, Bart. and sold to Mr. French, (a bay horse, foaled about the year 1747) by Sir Edward O'Brien's Young Starling, out of Miss Pert, a daughter of the Thoulouse Barb" and "Young Starling, (sire of Robin Rusticoat) was also bred by Sir Edward O'Brien, Bart. and got by the Duke of Bolton's Starling, out of a daughter of the Duke of Devonshire's Childers".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, pages 517 and 518, says - "Starling, Sir Edward O'Brien's, (a grey horse, foaled in 1748) by the Duke of Bolton's Starling, out of Miss Pert, the dam of Robin Rustycoat, page 514.
According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 129, "Sir E. O'Brien's gr. h. Starling" came second to Cyrus in the Royal Plate at Downpatrick on July 24, 1754.
Pue's Occurrences, Tuesday, June 7 to Saturday, June 11, 1757, volume LIV, number 47, says - "Starling Childers, a Brown Horse, the Property of Mr. Burke, is to cover Mares this Season at Loughrea in the County of Galway, at a Guinea and a Half each Mare and Half a Crown to the Groom; he was bred by Sir Edward O'Brien, and was Sold by him at 3 Years old; his Sire Old Sterling, Son to Bay Bolton; his Dam was bred by the late Duke of Devonshire, and was got with his Grace's Flying Childers upon the Duke of Rutland's famous Mare called Griselda, who won the Mare's Plate at Newmarket and two Royal Plates at twelve stone, from all the top Horses of her Year; she was got by Lord Oxford's Bloody-Shoulder'd Arabian, her dam by Careless out of a full Sister to Leeds, her dam and Childers's were full Sisters; the above Pedigree of his Dam is certified by Thomas Panton, Esq; he is remarkably fruitful, and but two of his Get trained to Racing, one of which is Henry French, Esqrs Horse Robin Rusty-Coat, who won in three Seasons 27 Plates; he beat at different Times, Sir Edward O'Brien's Invincible Trunion, John Brown, Esqrs Horse Bolton, and Thomas Newenham, Esqrs Horse Trifle; the other is a Bay Horse, six Years old, bred by William Kelly, Esq; called Sterling, he won the King's Plate last Season at Downpatrick, where he was Sold to Mr. Johnston, and soon after won two Plates, and was then Sold to Mr. Bagnell. Those who are pleased to send may be assured of good Attendance, and the best Grass for their Mares at 4d. per Night. As the Owner has upwards of 100l. of said Horse's Earning still due, he will not on any Account be led out of the Stable till the Money is first paid".
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, March 3, 1770, number 4876, says - "To Cover this Season, At Helmsley near Thirsk and Black Hambleton, in Yorkshire, at Two Guineas a Mare and a Crown to the Groom, The Bay Horse Jalap, Bred by Thomas Duncombe, Esq; full fifteen hands and an inch high, clear of all natural blemishes. He was got by Regulus; his dam by Black Legs, a son of Flying Childers; his grandam by True Blue, a son of Hartley’s blind stallion that got Babraham’s dam; his grandam was out of Grizleday, which was got by the Oxford Arabian, out of the Careless mare that was got by Old Careless, and out of a full sister to Leeds. Good Grass for Mares, and proper Care taken".
CLUMSEY = Charming Jenny = CARELESS
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FOX-CUB DARLEY'S ARABIAN = Betty Leedes mare = OXFORD BLOODY
1714 1700 | | SHOULDERED ARABIAN
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THOULOUSE BARB CHILDERS = Griselda = TRUE BLUE
| | 1715 | | [by Hartley's
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Miss Pert = OLD STARLING = mare BLACKLEGS = mare
= 1723 | 1727 | 1728 |
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| Miss Pert = STARLING CHILDERS Red Rose
| 1723 | [YOUNG STARLING] | 1745
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O'BRIEN'S STARLING FRENCH'S ROBIN RUSTY-COAT JOHNSTON'S STERLING Ceres JALAP
1748 [FRENCH'S HIGHLANDER] by Cade by Regulus
1750 | 1756 1758
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Sister to Sheriff <==================> mare
by Sampson by Sampson
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ACHILLES mare
by Jalap by Jalap
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---> Bashful's dam ---> mare ---> mare ---> mare ---> mare ---> Sister to Keyingham ---> Brown Bess ---> mare
by Doge by Carbuncle by Huby by Hambletonian by Tramp by Young Blacklock by Scheik by Emilian
1799 1810 1823 1832 1837 | 1847
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First Fruit
by General Williams
1859
Scheik, the sire of Brown Bess, was foaled in 1826 by Lord Orford's Arabian out of Selma by Selim.
First Fruit had descendants in the female line for at least three generations but the line from Red Rose is now extinct.
In The Family Tables of Racehorses, by Kazimierz Bobinski, volume 1, in the section Some horses of note, which cannot be traced to any of the established families, the entry for Woodcock is as follows:
WOODCOCK, a very popular name in pre-Hanoverian days.
It is most difficult to discriminate between various stallions of
this name appearing in early pedigrees. The following Woodcocks
have to be noted:
1) D'Arcy's Woodcock, sire of the tap-root mare of Fam. 62,
before 1700. By Bustler (son of the Helmsley Turk).
2) Old Woodcock, sire of the tap-root mare of Fam. 18. He
was probably identical with Woodcock No. 1.
3) Davill's Old Woodcock, sire of the tap-root mare of Fam.
19. This horse could be identical with Woodcock No. 1
or No. 2, or both.
4) D'Arcy's Woodcock, sire of Mad Darcy in 1719. Probably
an altogether different horse.
There has to be some doubt that that there was a stallion called Darcy's Woodcock that was sired by Bustler. The following chart shows that the Woodcock mares that founded families 62, 18 and 19 were probably by the same Darcy's Woodcock.
DARCY'S WOODCOCK
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Old Woodcock [62] mare [19] mare [18]
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mare mare mare
by Wilkinson's Turk by Luggs by Curwen's Spot
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mare mare mare mare
by Whynot by Leedes Arabian by Snake by Curwen's Bay Barb
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mare BAY WILKINSON mare = PARTNER = mare THUNDERBOLT mare
by Hutton's Grey Barb by [Son of] Snake Hutton's Grey Barb | by Son of Jigg | by Acaster Turk by Wood's Counsellor by Devonshire Turk **
| 1717 | | 1718 | 1723 |
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VICTORIOUS = mare mare GRISEWOOD'S mare = BLACKLEGS mare
by Ruffler | by Chesterfield Arabian by Chesterfield Arabian PARTNER | by Childers ** by Bartlett's Childers **
1722 | | 1730 | 1728 |
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| RUFFLER CRAWFORD'S TURK = mare VOLUNTEER
| by Bethell's Arabian [STAMFORD'S TURK] | by Young Belgrade
| 1732 | 1735
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PORTMORE'S HIGHLANDER = mare
1742 |
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YOUNG HIGHLANDER
It is possible that the Leedes Arabian mare was Sister to leedes, and her daughter by the Acaster Turk was a sister to Chaunter and a half sister to Betty Leedes. Betty Leedes was dam of Childers, Bartlett's Childers and the Devonshire Turk, all by Darley's Arabian and marked **. Bay Wilkinson and Partner were both by the same sire, Son of Snake alias Son of Jigg. Thunderbolt's dam by Snake was by the Snake alias Jigg, that sired Son of Snake alias Son of Jigg.
See DARCY'S YELLOW TURK, DARCY'S WHITE TURK AND HELMSLEY TURK for evidence that this Darcy's Woodcock was Dicky Pierson.
Darcy's Woodcock was the great great great grandsire of horses foaled in the 1720s. He is also said to have sired horses from 1716 to 1724 but this seems unlikely and it would appear that there was a younger stallion also known as Darcy's Woodcock.
Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1744, page xi in the index, says - "Bustler, which got the Grand-Dam of Windham, also got Blunderbuss and Old Merlin, the former of which got the Dam of Old Royal (Sire of Bald Charlotte) the latter got Woodcock, sire of Miss Tippet, and Castaway, which got the Dams of Bald Charlotte and Conqueror".
Cheny's Racing Calendar for 1744, page xxv in the index, says - "White Stockings was bred by Mr Crofts and got by Partner. His dam was got by Woodcock (Sire of the Dam of Sedbury) Son of Old Merlin, Son of Bustler, Son of the Helmsley Turk".
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 69, says - "Badger was got by Mr. Crofts's Partner; his dam by Woodcock, (son of Merlin); grandam by Mr. Wastell's Turk ; great grandam by Mr. Wilkes's Hautboy ; great great grandam by Mr. Place's White Turk, Dodsworth, out of Mr. Layton's Violet Barb Mare".
According to this evidence the younger Woodcock was a son of Merlin and he sired foals from 1716 to 1724, but the only known Woodcock by Merlin, Raikes Fulthorpe's Woodcock, was foaled in 1715.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 18, says Old Merlin was sire of Mr. Bethell's Woodcock and Castaway, but Raikes Fulthorpe's Woodcock, who was own brother to Bethell's Castaway and who was bred by Hugh Bethell in 1715, was never known as Bethell's Woodcock.
According to Prior's The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, page 211, a gold cup presented by Queen Anne for the Royal Plate at Bramham Moor bears the inscription "Ruffler and Woodcock on Bramham Moor, 1705 and 1708".
Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, by C M Prior, page 147, says - "Another of his [Merlin's] sons, Woodcock, is stated in the General Stud-Book to have been foaled in 1715, but as Mr. Bethell, of Rise, whose ancestor owned the horse, has been kind enough to show the editor of these papers a very beautiful gold cup, presented by Queen Anne and bearing the Royal Arms, won by him at Bramham Moor in 1708, with his name engraved thereon, he was evidently born earlier than Castaway, possibly in 1703".
A note in The Family Tables of Racehorses, by Kazimierz Bobinski, volume 1, family 31, says - "it remains open to speculation whether Woodcock, foaled in 1715 (winner in 1721 of His Majesty's 100 gs. in specie at York and of a King's Plate at Lincoln, and owned by Mr. Raikes Fulthorpe) or Mr. Bethell's Woodcock (winner of Queen Anne's Gold Cup at Bramham Moor in 1708) is a brother to Mr. Bethell's Castaway".
It would appear from the evidence that Bethell's Woodcock and Raikes Fulthorpe's Woodcock were both by the same sire as Bethell's Castaway, with Bethell's Woodcock, foaled in 1702, being the stallion known as Darcy's Woodcock who sired foals from 1716 to 1724.
According to the GSB, volume 1, 5th edition, page 223, Miss Doe, gr f 1728, was by Greyhound out of Brown Woodcock by Darcy's Woodcock out of Lusty Thornton by Croft's Bay Barb. Lusty Thornton was grandam of the Ancaster Starling. Miss Doe was owned by Mr Lambton and sent to Ireland as a broodmare.
Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 41, says - "Miss Doe (a Grey Mare) was bred by Mr Lampton, of Durham, and got by Old Greyhound; her dam by Davill's Woodcock, out of the grandam of the Duke of Ancaster's Starling". Page 42, says - "Miss Doe was sold into Ireland, and was a Brood-Mare in Sir Edward O'Brien's Stud, and was the dam of [his] Miss Doe, &c".
This is the only other reference to the stallion Davill's Woodcock. Pick's source for this information is not known but Brown Woodcock was bred by Mr Croft and was sired by Woodcock by Merlin.
The following advertisement makes it clear that Sedbury and Miss Doe were both out of mares by Woodcock by Merlin:
The Caledonian Mercury, Wednesday, May 22, 1765, says - "To Leap this season, at Mrs Duncan's, near to Priestfield, at One Guinea each mare, and One Shilling to the keeper, a fine chesnut stoned horse, called Tartar, nine years old, fifteen hands and a half high, able to carry 14 stone a hunting, and free of all natural blemishes.--His pedigree is as follows: Tartar was got by Ground Joy [Ground Ivy], his dam by the Hartley Roan Horse, got by Hip upon the dam of Babraham; his grand dam (bred by Lord Dorcey) by Woodcock sire of the dams of Sedbury, Miss Doe, and many others of note; his great grand-dam by the Darcey chesnut Arab, sire of Jews-trumps; his great great grand dam (Violet Leyton) by the Darcey White Turk, sire of Hautboy, Black Leggs, Royal, &c his Great great great grand dam by Dodsworth, the common ancestor of the Windam's Dimples, Starlings, Desdemona, Grey-hounds, Ticklepitchers, &c his great great great great grand dam by the Darcey Yellow Turk, sire of Brimmer, Spanker, &c so remarkable to future ages for their gets. The above is certified by Dom Browne, Esq; N B Good grass for mares, and proper care taken of them.--The money to be paid at the stable door".
The Universal Advertiser, Tuesday, April 30, 1754. Number 153, says - "To be let to Mares this Season, at Eccles Vell, near Fentona, in the county of Tyrone, Mazard, alias Roger; he is a jet black, 15 hands and an inch high, and every way qualified to get officers horses, hunters, and running cattle; for the encouragement of breeders in that part of the world, he will be let at so small a price as 2 guineas each mare, and a crown to the groom, the money to be paid without distinction before the horse leaves the stable. He was remarkably fruitful last year, which was his first season: mr Eccles had 13 mares covered by him, which were all in foal; any mare that he covered last season, which has not a foal, shall be covered this year at half price, provided the mare is under 10 years old.—The following pedigree, certified by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, will clearly shew what may be expected from a horse of his blood, size, strength and beauty.—This is to certify, that the black stone horse which I sold to mr Eccles, was bred by me, and now rises 9 years old the next grass; he was got by my Scarborough colt, his dam by Belgrade the 2d, his grandam by Old Tifter, his great grandam by Lord Darcey’s Woodcock, his great great grandam by Lord Darcey’s Chesnut Arabian, his great great great grandam by Blunderbuss, out of a natural Barb mare, which was dam to the famous Makeless. Scarborough colt was a son of my Old Scarborough mare and Old Tifter; he won the great stakes at Richmond when 5 years old, and the King’s plate at Leith when 6; and got the dam of Antelope, and many excellent horses. Belgrade the 2d, was the sire of Volunteer, Bashaw, Garnet, Primate and Antelope. Woodcock got the famous Diana mare, and many others of great note; he was son of Old Merlin and Tyrconnel Barb mare. The Chesnut Arabian above mentioned, got Jews-trump, and mr Bethell’s Royal. Blunderbuss was one of the most noted stallions of his Time, and to this day his blood is as much valued as any in England. The above account is true, witness my hand, / Marmaduke Wyvill".
The Stamford Mercury, Thursday, March 26, 1778, Number 2456, says - "The noted Horse Spot, (The Property of Samuel Siddall, of Bourn,) will Cover this Season, at One guinea a Mare. Spot was bred by the late Edm. Turner, Esq; of Stoke near Grantham, and his pedigree is as follows: He was got by Blank, his dam by old Regulus, his Grandam by old Royal, Sire of Capt. Appleyard’s bald Charlotte, his great Grandam by Mr Curven’s grey Barb, his great great Grandam by Mr Curven’s bay Barb, Sire of Brocklesby Betty, and out of a Mare of Lord Lonsdale’s called the Tregonnel Mare, which Mare was bred by Mr Curven, and esteemed one of the highest Blood Mares Mr Curven had. The above Pedigree was taken from Mr Curven’s Stud Book, by the late Charles Pelham, Esq; of Brocklesby".
The Kentish Gazette, Saturday, May 6, 1780, Number 1199, says - "Trimmer Will Cover this Season, 1780, At Thomas Winter's, Colt-breaker, at Hythe, At Two Guineas a Mare, and Five Shillings the Man. He is fifteen Hands and a Half high, Master of sixteen Stone, and free from Blemish. - Trimmer was got by Mr. Turner's Spot ; Spot was got by Blank ; his Dam by Regulus ; his Grandam by Royal, who was the Sire of Captain Appleyard's Bald Charlotte ; his Great Grandam by Mr. Curwen's Grey Barb ; his Great Great Grandam by Mr. Curwen's Bay Barb, sire of Brocklesby's Betty, and out of a Mare of Lord Lonsdale's, called the Tyrconnel Mare, which Mare was bred by Mr. Curwen, and esteemed one of the best Mares he had. The above Pedigree was taken from Mr. Curwen's own books by Charles Pelham, Esq; of Brocklesby. His Dam by Sportsman ; his Grandam by Cullen ; his Great Grandam by Rib ; his Great Great Grandam by Partner. The above Horse was bred by J. Warren, Esq; of Stapleford. Trimmer never started but three Times, and won easy each Time, and was then lamed. Good Grass for Mares at 2s. 6d. per Week, and the utmost Care taken of them".
Lawson's Barb Mare = DARCY'S YELLOW TURK HELMSLEY TURK
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Vixen BUSTLER = Pierson's Sorrell Mare DICKY PIERSON mare Pierson's Bay Mare = DIAMOND <========> PLACE'S WHITE TURK <=======> DARCY'S WHITE TURK
by Bustler | 1663 | | | 1668 |
1686 | | | | |
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| OLD MERLIN MAKELESS BRIMMER = mare |
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Tregonwell Barb mare Dick Burton's Mare = BETHELL'S GREY HORSE mare HAUTBOY
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Tregonnel Mare <=====> Tyrconnel Mare<=> Tyrconnel = ACCLOM'S MERLIN = mare BETHELL'S RUFFLER Mr Brewsters Famous Mare Sir Matthew Pierson's = GREY HAUTBOY
[by Byerley's Turk] | Barb Mare | by Old Merlin | 1699 [Sir Matthew Pierson's Mare] Famous Mare |
| | | | by Hautboy by Makeless |
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TANTIVY mare DARCY'S BETHELL'S FULTHORPE'S | BLUE CAP = mare BAY BOLTON
by Taffolet Barb by Curwen's Bay Barb WOODCOCK CASTAWAY WOODCOCK | [TERROR] | 1705
[by Curwen's Bay Barb] | | 1702 1704 1715 | by Acaster Turk |
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mare Brown Woodcock FOX = mare = GRAHAM'S CHAMPION = mare
by Curwen's Grey Barb | 1717 by Clumsey | by Darley's Arabian | by Harpham Arabian |
| | 1714 | | 1707 |
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mare mare mare mare mare
by Royal by Partner | | |
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mare Miss Makeless mare Selima BOLTON GOLIAH
by Regulus by Brother to Guy by Blaze by Bethell's Arabian by Fox
| 1737 | | 1730
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SPOT Riot Cypron
by Blank by Regulus by Blaze
1757 | 1753 | 1750
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Flora KING HEROD
by Lofty by Tartar
1765 1758
[Family 31] [Family 26]
HELMSLEY TURK
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DARCY'S YELLOW TURK = Lawson's Barb Mare = BUSTLER |
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DICKY PIERSON BRIMMER OGLETHORPE'S = mare Old Grey Royal = BLUNDERBUSS Vixen PLACE'S WHITE TURK = Pierson's Sorrell Mare |
[DODSWORTH] | ARABIAN | | 1686 1668 | | |
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Vintner Mare BETHELL'S = Dick MAKELESS = mare = HOLDERNESS TURK <===> PULLEINE'S CHESNUT ARABIAN = mare mare = MERLIN
| GREY HORSE | Burton's | | | [DARCY'S [LOWTHER CHESNUT BARB] | |
| | Mare | | | CHESNUT ARABIAN] | | |
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mare mare mare HOLDERNESS | RUFFLER mare mare ACCLOM'S MERLIN
| | | TURK | 1699 | 1702 |
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mare BAY BOLTON HARTLEY'S BLIND OLD ROYAL CAESAR CASTAWAY WOODCOCK
by Old Spot by Grey Hautboy HORSE | [by Curwen's | 1704 | 1702
| 1705 | | Chesnut Arabian] | |
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mare | | mare DARCY'S MONTAGUE
by Curwen's Bay Barb | | | |
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PARTNER Sachrissa Bald Charlotte APPLEYARD'S CUDDY mare
by Son of Jigg | 1729 | 1721 by Fox |
| 1718 | | 1727 |
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mare TARTAR BABRAHAM = Chiddy Mother Western
| 1735 | 1743 by Godolphin Arabian | by Hampton Childers by Easby Snake
| | 1738 | 1733 | 1731
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MATCH'EM KING HEROD mare Spilletta
1748 1758 | 1745 by Regulus
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DORIMANT ECLIPSE
by Otho by Marske
1772 1764
WOODCOCK (1702)
| Miss Tippett
| Old Montague
| Creeper [gr f 1716 ex Rutland Grey Arabian mare]
| Brown Woodcock [br f 1717 ex Lusty Thornton]
| [c 1718 ex Bay Farewell]
| [c 1718 ex Chesnut Layton]
| Woodcock Thornton [ch f 1718 ex Chesnut Thornton]
| [c 1719 ex Croft's Pet Mare]
| Mad Darcy [ch f 1719 ex Young Violet Layton]
| [c 1720 ex Bay Farewell]
| [f 1720 ex Curwen's Bay Barb mare]
| Grey Woodcock [gr f 1720 ex Croft's Pet Mare]
| Doll [b f 1721 ex Moonah Barb mare]
| [ch c 1721 ex Darcy's Arabian mare]
| [c 1721 ex Scar]
| [c 1722 ex Scar]
| BROCKLESBY [ch c 1723 ex Brocklesby Betty]
| [c 1723 ex Greyhound mare]
| [f 1723 ex Holderness Turk mare]
| [c 1723 ex Scar]
| [ch c 1724 ex Northern Nanny]