390 HISTORY OF THE 



was owner of the celebrated horse, Dragon, who 

 ran several times there with great success ; but 

 the account of it, and also that cf his pedigree, 

 have been for many years lost. 



The most remarkable event supposed to have 

 occurred in the lives of this gentleman and his 

 horse. Dragon, is most pathetically depicted by 

 Dr. John Hawkesworth, in No. 37 of the Adven- 

 turer, in the following words, supposed to be 

 spoken by the horse, in the Elysium of beasts and 

 birds. 



*' It is true," replied the steed, *' I v/as a fa- 

 vorite ', but what avails it to be a favorite of 

 caprice, avarice and barbarity ? My tyrant was 

 a wretch who had gained a considerable fortune 

 by play, but more particularly by racing. I had 

 won him many large sums ; but being at length 

 excepted out of every match, as having no equal, 

 he regarded even my excellence with malignity, 

 when it was no longer subservient to his interest. 

 Yet I still lived in ease and plenty ; and as he was 

 able to sell even my pleasures, though my labour 

 was become useless, I had a seraglio, in which 

 there was a perpetual succession of new beauties. 

 At last, however, another competitor appeared. 

 T enjoyed a new triumph by anticipation ; I rushed 

 into the field panting for conquest ; and the first 

 heat 1 put my master in possession of the stakes, 

 which amounted to ten thousand pounds. 



The proprietor of the mare that I had distanced. 



