428 HISTORY OF THE 



Miss Neesliam was got by Captain Hartley's 

 Blind Horse (son of the Holderness Turk ;) her 

 dam (Mr. Jackson's Favourite's dam) by Mr. 

 Crofts's Commoner, son of Place's White Turk. 



In 1726, Miss Neesham, (then called Cripple,) 

 started for the King's Plate at York, and though 

 second to Sir Michael Newton's Bald Jack, owing 

 to her being lame, Mr. Stephen Jefferson, who 

 rode her, liked her performance so well, that Mr. 

 Darley, at his particular request, purchased her 

 of Mr. Thompson. She was then called Miss 

 Neesham, and, in that and the following year, 

 won several platestand prizes. In 1728, she won 

 the annual plate at Kipling Coates, beating six 

 others ; 40 gs. at Preston, lOst., beating Lord Moly- 

 neux's Paria, Sir Richard Grosvenor's White-foot, 

 Lord Tankerville's Swallow, and Lord Derby's 

 Belinda; 40 gs. at Leicester, beating four others; 

 and 40 gs. at Litchfield, beating Mr. Fleetwood's 

 Fair-Play, and Lord Halifax's Sampson. In 1729, 

 she won the annual plate at Kipling Coates, beat- 

 ing Mr. Wharton's Smiling Tom, Mr. Bacchus's 

 England, Mr. Groeme's Stradler, Mr. Boyes's 

 Dimple, &c.; and 40 gs., 12st., at Leicester, beating 

 Lord Essex's Smiling Ball. In 1730, she again won 

 the annual plate at Kipling Coates, beating Mr. 

 Wharton's Smiling Tom ; £30 at Nottingham ; £20 

 at Bakewell, Derbyshire; and 40 gs., 12 st., at 

 Leicester, beating Mr. Bertie's Ladythigh. In 



