92 HISTORY OF THE 



Mr. Scroope's Trusty's dam was own sister to 

 Silverlocks ; Mr. Panton's Cato was out of an own 

 sister to Roxana ; and Mr. Greville's Molly Long- 

 legs's dam was out of an own sister to Cato. He 

 covered very few mares. 



The Belgrade Turk (sire of Young Belgrade), 

 was taken at the Siege of Belgrade in Turkey, 

 from the Bashaw of that place, by General Merce, 

 by whom he was sent to the Prince de Craon, who 

 presented him to the Prince of Lorraine (afterwards 

 Emperor) whose Minister in London sold him to 

 Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bart, in whose possession 

 he died about the year 1740. 



The White Turk (sire of the Old Thornton 

 Mare) was the property of Mr. Place, stud groom 

 to Oliver Cromwell, when Lord Protector of Eng- 

 land. He was also sire of Mr. Crofts's Com- 

 moner, Wormwood, etc. he got the great grandams 

 of Old Sear, Wyndham Crutches, Old Cartouch 

 and several others. 



The Turk (sire of Snake) was brought into 

 England by the Duke of Berwick, from the siege of 

 Buda in the reign of King James H., and was as 

 often called the Shadling as the Lister Turk ; he 

 was also sire of the Duke of Kingstone's Brisk and 

 Peping Peg ; of the Duke of Rutland's Coneyskins, 

 and of the grandam of the Duke of Bolton's 

 Sweepstakes. 



The Turk (sire of Batt), was the property of 

 Sir WiUiam Strickland, Bart, and was sire of 



