430 HISTORY OF THE 



others. She was afterwards a brood mare in Mr. 

 Darley's stud. 



Mother Neesham was a mare of great endurance, 

 and out of the uncommon number of horses 

 rode by Mr. Stephen Jefferson, was his greatest 

 favourite, for she out-rivalled his favourite Aleppo. 



Old Cartouch . The property of Sir William Mor- 

 gan, of Tredegar. She was bred by — Elstob, Esq. 

 of Yorkshire, and got by the Bald Galloway, who 

 was bred by Captain Rider of Northamptonshire, 

 out of a Whynot royal mare, and the St. Victor 

 barb. Cartouch's dam was bred in the Royal stud 

 at Hampton Court, and got by the Cripple barb ; 

 his grandam was sister to Brown Farewell (which 

 mare was presented by Mr. Crofts to Queen 

 Anne,) by Makeless, son to the Oglethorpe 

 Arabian ; his great grandam was got by Place's 

 White Turk, his great great grandam by Dods- 

 w^orth ; his great great great grandam was a Lay ton 

 barb mare. 



Though this excellent horse did not exceed 14 

 hands, it has been asserted by many gentlemen, that 

 there was no horse in the kingdom able to ran with 

 him, at any weight, from 8st. to I2st. He never run 

 but one match, which was against Jonquil at New- 

 market, and he won easily. He was sent into Wales 

 as a stallion, was afterwards in possession of Dr. 

 Chambers, of Rippon in Yorkshire, and was sire of 

 young Cartouch, Hag, King Pippin, &c. and of the 



