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Miss Lay ton was the dam of Mr. Shuttleworth's 

 Miss Wilkinson, Mr. Martindale's Brutus, Sappho, 

 and Adolphus. 



Lath. The property of his Grace the Duke of De- 

 vonshire. He was a particularly fine horse, and 

 thought by many to be the best horse that had ap- 

 peared at Newmarket for several years,Childers only 

 excepted. He was bred by the Earl of Godolphin, 

 in 1732, and got by his Lordship's Arabian ; his 

 dam was Roxana, bred by Sir William Strickland, 

 out of sister to Chaunter, the son of the Ancaster 

 Turk, and the Bald Galloway, which last was 

 bred by Captain Ryder, of Northamptonshire, out 

 of Whynot, royal mare, and the St. Victor barb. 



April 23rd, 1737, he won the great stakes of 

 1000 gs. for 4 yr. olds, at Newmarket. 26th Oc- 

 tober, being then 5 yrs. old, he beat, 8st. 41b., the 

 Hon. Mr. Vane's Little Partner, 6 yrs. old, 8st. 

 71b., four miles, 200 gs. October, 1738, he beat, 

 8st. 121b., the Earl of Portmore's Squirt, 8st. 21b., 

 four miles, 200 gs. ; and he won 50 gs. at Marlbo- 

 rough. Soon afterwards he was sold to his Grace 

 the Duke of Devonshire, and sent to his Grace's stud 

 for a stallion. He was sire of his Grace's Hector, 

 Miss Redcap, Duchess, &c. 



Spanking Roger. The property of Sir Ed- 

 mund Bacon, Bart., of Norfolk. He was a 

 horse of high blood, size and beauty, got by 

 Childers, and bred by the Earl of Essex, in 1732, 

 who disposed of him, when 3 yrs. old, to Sir Ed- 



