416 HISTORY OF THE 



Crofts, and got by Greyhand, out of Brocklesby 

 Betty. 



Brocklesby won the contribution stakes at New- 

 market, in October 1728, beating Lord Halifax's 

 Stroxtongrey, Lord W. Manners's Archer, Duke of 

 Devonshire's Blue-cap, Duke of Somerset's Patch- 

 Buttocks, Mr. Coke's Bald Ovington, Lord Mil- 

 sintoune's Surly, Dake of Bolton's Shapeless, and 

 the Duke of Rutland's, Squirrel. In 1730, he 

 won £40 at Peterborough, beating Miss Pert, &c., 

 and 40 gs. at Epsom. He afterwards won 20 gs. 

 at Newmarket, £20 at Spalding, £30 at Bolton, 

 &c., and £20 again at Spalding. 



Bonny Black, a black mare, foaled in 1715; 

 was bred by, and the property of, the Duke of 

 Rutland. She was got by a stalhon of his 

 Graces's own breed, called Black-Hearty, a son 

 of the Byerley Turk. 



Bonny Black was a mare of great eminence, 

 having a very considerable share of speed, and also 

 possessed of goodness to support her running. 



At Newmarket in April 1719, Bonny Black, 

 then rising four years old, beat a horse of Mr. 

 Frampton's, rising seven, at lOst. each. In Au- 

 gust following she won the King's Plate at Ham- 

 bleton, beating thirty five years old mares ; there 

 were five more entered, but drawn at the time of 

 starting ; which was the greatest number that ever 

 entered for that plate. In August 1720, she 



