426 HISTORY OF THE 



the Childers multiplying, he took the name of Bart- 

 lett's Childers. 



There was formerly an opinion, that Betty 

 Leedes never produced any other than Flying 

 Childers, except one that was choaked when very 

 young, by eating chaif or hulls at Mr. Childers's 

 barn door ; but Mr. Cheney observes that he has 

 heard the contrary from so many gentlemen of 

 wealth and honour, that he cannot but be of opi- 

 nion, that the Bartlett's Childers was own brother 

 to him. Be that as it may, he got so many good 

 horses, that he is justly ranked with the first rate 

 stallions. He was never trained for racing, but 

 kept as a stallion in Yorkshire, and was sire of Mr. 

 Smales's Childers, of Lord Portmore's CEdipus, 

 Grey Childers, and Squirt, (sire of Marsk and 

 Syphon) ; Mr. Selby's Coughing Polly, and of Mr. 

 Hartley's little mare, the dam of James, Blank, 

 Old England, Trimmer, Shakspeare, Slouch, Miss 

 Meredith, &c. He also got the dam of Sir Mar- 

 maduke Wyvill's, Volunteer ; the dam of Sir 

 William Middleton's Squirrel, Midge, Thwackem, 

 Camilla, and Miss Belse ; the dam of Belford, 

 Panglos, Boreas, and Eloisa ; and the grandam of 

 Tribble, Snapdragon, Curiosity, Angelica, Che- 

 quino, Fair Rosamond, and Cypher, (Tride's dam); 

 besides a great many others, as will appear in the 

 following pedigrees. 



Squirrel. A bay, horse, foaled in 1719, bred 



