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Maldon in 1738 — Torismond — Moorcock — Babram — Little 

 Driver — Silver Leg — Othello — Sampson — Mr. Cooper Thorn- 

 hill's match against time, 213 miles in 11 hours, 33 minutes 

 and 52 seconds — Match'em — Brilliant — Forester. . . 410 



CHAPTER X. 



1750 to 1754 — Marske (sire of Eclipse) — Snap— Syphon— Cruel 

 match between Crop and Mr. Harrison's roan horse — ^The Earl 

 of March's celebrated chaise match at Newmarket — Careless — 

 Dainty Davy — Lottery — Spider — Match between Skewball and 

 Miss Sportly on the Curragh of Kildare — Extraordinary per- 

 formance of Mr. Spelding's mare on the Curragh — Sir Charles 

 Turner's match against time — 300 miles in 64 hours, and 20 

 minutes, by Mr. Croker's mare. .... 460 



CHAPTER XL 



1754 to 1764 — Squirrel — Engineer — Miss Pond's match at New- 

 market, 1,000 miles, in 1,000 successive hours — King Herod — 

 Mr. Jenison Shafto's match at Newmarket, 50 miles in two 

 hours — Gimcrack —Bay Malton — Mr. John Woodcock's extra- 

 ordinary performance at Ne^vmarket, 100 miles a-day, (on any 

 one horse each day), for 29 successive days, for 2,000 gs. . 492 



CHAPTER XH. 



The celebrated race-horse. Eclipse. . . . .515 



CHAPTER XHL 



Pedigrees and performances of the most celebrated race-horses, 

 &c., continued from 1764 to the period of the establishment of 

 the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, 1 717 — Goldfinder — 

 Cicero — Forester— Paymaster — Solon — Trentham — Mark An- 



