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grandam of Trentham and Bourdeaux, Floribel, 

 &c. &c. 



In July 1820, a Mr. Barnard Calvert, of Ando- 

 ver, started on horseback to decide a wager, at three 

 o'clock in the morning, from St. George's Church 

 South wark, and rode to Dover ; then crossed the 

 channel to Calais, returned to Dover ; and thence 

 back to St. George's Church, where he arrived 

 about 8 o'clock the same evening, not being the 

 least fatigued with his journey. 



Bald Charlotte, or Lady Legs. The property 

 of the Earl of Portmore. 



Bald Charlotte was thought to be the best mare 

 in the kingdom in her time ; she was bred by Cap- 

 tain Appleyard of Yorkshire, in 1721, and got by 

 Old Royal, son of Blunderbuss, royal mare, and 

 the Holderness Turk ; Blunderbuss was got by 

 Bustler, son of the Helmsley Turk. Charlotte's 

 dam was daughter to the Bethell Castaway ; her 

 grandam was a grey mare of Captain Appleyard's 

 father, got by Brimmer. Castaway was got by 

 Old Merlin, and Bustler got Merlin. Brimmer was 

 bred by the Darcy family, out of a royal mare ; 

 her sire was the Yellow Turk that got Spanker. 



Bald Charlotte, when 5 years old, 1726, beat 

 twenty three mares for the King's 100 gs. at Black 

 Hambleton. The same year, she won the October 

 stakes at Newmarket, beating seven horses ; and in 

 April 1727, at the same place, she won the King's 



