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by Mr. Smith near Middleliara, Yorkshire, and sold 

 to Richard Williams, Esq., of Cheshire. 



Squirrel was got by Mr. Lister's Snake ; his dam 

 by the Ancaster Turk, (sire of Chaunter, and the 

 dam of Roxana,) grandam by a son of the Pul- 

 leine Arabian, out of a daughter of Brimmer. 



In 1724, Squirrel won a match of 300 gs. against 

 Mr. Creswell's Tatney at Bridgeworth ; and won 

 the £40 plate at Chesterfield. In 1725, he won 

 the King's Plates at York, Lincoln, and at New- 

 market in October ; at the latter place he also won 

 the King's Plate, in April following. He was soon 

 afterwards sold for 500 gs. to Ambrose Cowly, Esq., 

 at whose demise he became again the property of 

 Mr. Williams, in whose possession he died. 



It appeared that Squirrel was considerably su- 

 perior, especially at high weights, to any horse 

 of his age in the kingdom. He was sire of Lord 

 Gower's Fair Helen, =^ &c. and own brother to the 

 sire of the grandam of Eclipse, Proserpine, -and 

 Garrick. 



Miss Neesham. a bay mare, foaled in 1720, 

 bred by Mr. Thompson, of Neesham, Cumberland ; 

 and sold to John Brewster Darley, Esq., of Aldby 

 Park, Yorkshire. 



* Fair Helen won the Wallasey stakes of 600 gs. for five year olds, 

 9st. at Newmarket, in April 1734, beating the Duke of Devonshire's 

 Blacklegs, the Duke of Somerset's Quibble, and Lord Lonsdale's 

 Ugly. 



