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meei'mg he won a subscription of twenty-five gui- 

 neas, two miles, (eleven subscribers) beating Altisi- 

 dora and Viscount. He also won one of the great 

 subscription purses of 277/. 10*. beating Altisidora. 

 At Doncaster he won the gold cup, value one hun- 

 dred guineas and upwards, beating Everlasting, 

 Marciana, Fulford, Legacy, and Fugleman. He 

 also won the Doncaster stakes of thirty guineas, 

 Vv'ith twenty guineas added, (thirteen subscribers) 

 beating Altisidora. 



In 1816, at York spring meeting, Catton won the 

 gold cup, value one liundred guineas, with twenty 

 guineas in specie, beating Fulford, King Coil, Arcot 

 Lass, Mr. Garforth's gr. c. by Camillus, and Ever- 

 lasting, At Newcastle he won the gold cup, value 

 one hundred guineas, with thirty guineas in specie, 

 beating Shepherd. At York August meeting, he 

 won the subscription purse of twenty-five guineas 

 each, (eleven subscribers) beating Sir M. M. Syk^s's 

 b. f. by Camillus, and the duke of Leed's b. c. by 

 Orville. He also walked over for one of the great 

 subscription purses of 277/- 10*., iour miles ; and 

 won the Doncaster stakes of ten guineas each, with 

 twenty guineas added, (thirteen subscribers) beating 

 Dinmont. He started only once after, and was 

 beat by Rasping. 



Partisan, a bay horse, foaled in 1811, won a great 

 deal of money. Whalebone, foaled in 1807, won 

 several stakes, and was sold at Mr. Ladbroke's sale 

 in 1814, for five hundred and ten guineas. Biddick 

 (already mentioned) obtained some prizes, and was 

 purchased by colonel Whaley, having been bred by 

 Mr. W. Edwards. Blucher, a bay horse, foaled in 

 1811, was remarkable for his achievements; also 

 Whisker, foaled in 1812, cum multis aliis. 



One of the most fortunate and remarkable horses 

 ever upon the turf was Doctor Syntax, the property 

 of Ralph Riddell, esq., of Felton, in the county of 

 ^Northumberland, but bred by Mr. Knapton, of 



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