448 HISTORY OF THE 



In 1748, June 1st, when five years old, he won 

 £50 at Guilford. 1749, May 5th, £50 at Epsom, 

 and £50 at Winchester. 1750, May 16th, £50 at 

 Epsom; May 17th, £50 at Epsom ; August 16th, 

 £50 at Derby ; August 18th, £50 at Chesterfield ; 

 28th, £50 at Lichfield ; October 23rd, a match 

 of 100 gs., the last two miles of the Beacon 

 Course at Newmarket, beating Lord March's horse, 

 Chance, carrying lOst. 41b., Silver Leg, 9st. 111b, 

 1752. July 4th, he won £50 at Ipswich ; Septem- 

 ber 2nd, he started alone at Burford ; October 

 2nd, he won £50 at Newmarket. 



Othello, or Black and All Black. The pro- 

 perty of Sir Ralph Gore, Bart. He was a horse of 

 size, fashion, and beauty ; and his performances de- 

 note him to have been the best horse of his time. He 

 was bred by Wilham Crofts, Esq. in 1743, and got 

 by Crab out of Miss Slamerkin, got by True Blue, 

 her dam by Lord Oxford's dun Arabian out of a 

 mare of the Duke of Newcastle's, bought of Lord 

 Darcy, of Sedbury, which mare was in high 

 esteem. 



In 1748, Othello won 50 gs. prize for five years 

 old at Lewes, and £50 at Stockbridge. 1749, the 

 King's 100 gs. for six year olds at SaUsbury, Can- 

 terbury, Lewes, and Newmarket. April, 1750, 

 at the Curragh of Kildare in Ireland, he won the 

 100 gs. given by the Society of Sportsmen, and 

 50 gs. at the Great Heath, near Maryborough, and 

 the King's 100 gs. in September, 1751. Septem- 



