442 HISTORY OF THE 



mund Bacon. His dam was got by the Duke of 

 Eutland's Cyprus Arabian ; his grandam was 

 daughter to the old bay Arabian, called Spanker, 

 the property of — Pelham, Esq., of Lincoln- 

 shire. 



1737, he won £20 at Epsom. 1738, he won £30 

 at Norwich, £40 plate at Stamford, 40 gs. at Ches- 

 terfield, £40 at York, the ladies £90 at Lincoln. 

 April, 1739, being then the property of Mr. Grise- 

 wood, he won the King's 100 gs. at Newmarket ; 

 after which, he was disposed of to Lord Wey- 

 mouth, in whose possession, in the same year, he 

 won £50 at Wells, 30 gs. at Denbigh, 50 gs. at 

 Bridgenorth, and £40 at Winchester, when he 

 was again disposed of. In 1741, he died in run- 

 ning a trial. 



Second. The property of — Neales, Esq., of War- 

 wickshire. Second was of size, beauty, and fashion, 

 and judged to be the best in his time ; he had in 

 him a tincture of as high blood as any horse in 

 the kingdom. He was bred by his Grace the 

 Duke of Devonshire, in 1732, and got by Childers, 

 whose sire was the Darley Arabian, whose dam was 

 a daughter of Careless, son of Spanker, got by the 

 Darcy Yellow Turk, whose grandam was got by the 

 Leedes' Arabian, sire of Leedes. Second's dam was 

 full sister to Soreheels, both got by Basto, and 

 bred by Sir Wilham Ramsden, Bart., out of a 

 daughter of the sire of Leedes and the Byerley Turk; 

 his grandam was full sister to the Misbury gallo- 



