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Lord Tracey's Whimsey, a good plate mare. He 

 covered only a few mares besides Mr. Darley'Sc 

 The Lonsdale Bay Arabian (sire of Monkey 

 and Spider), was also sire of Lord Lonsdale's 

 Jigg, that won the October Stakes of two 

 hundred and fifty guineas at Newmarket, in 

 October, 1736, beating Lord Middleton's 

 Shambleshanks, Mr. Panton's Cato, the Duke 

 of Bolton's Little John, and five others. He 

 was also sire of his Lordship's Juba, Cyrus, 

 Kouli Kan, Ugly, Nathan, Sultan, and seve- 

 ral others ; he got the dam of Miss Ramsdon, 

 who bred Eumenes, Woodpecker, Quicksand, 

 Wormwood and Whipcord ; he got the grandam 

 of Mr. Ellis's Diana ; the grandam of Sir Jo- 

 seph Pennington's Creeping Kate ; the great 

 grandam of Mr. Shafto's Goldfinder, &c. &c. 

 He covered but a few mares, and those chiefly 

 Lord Lonsdale's. It may be remarked that 

 many of our best race horses are traced to 

 him. At the time he was a stallion, there 

 were also the following celebrated sires in 

 service : viz. the Alcock Arabian, Aleppo, 

 Almanzor, Astridge Ball, Basto, Bald Galloway, 

 Bay Beltor, Bloody Buttocks, Bloody Shoul- 

 der 'd Arabian, Belgrade Turk, Bethell's Ara- 

 bian, Bartlett's Childers, Bolton's Sweepstakes, 

 Baltor's Starling, Burlington's Barb, Crab, 



