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"ber 5th. he won a match of 1000 gs. at theCurragh 

 of Kildare, beating the Earl of March's Bajazet ; 

 he afterwards became the property of Mr. Fryer. 

 In 1752, he won the Sportsmen's subscription purse 

 of 50 gs., and the King's 100 gs. at the Curragh, 

 beating the Earl of Antrim's famous horse, Gus- 

 tavus, and Mr. Keating's gelding, Trimmer. 



Sampson. The property of Mr. Robinson. This 

 excellent horse was bred by — . Preston, Esq., in 

 1745, and trained by Mr. Robinson, of Malton, 

 in Yorkshire, and was esteemed by most gentle- 

 men sportsmen to be superior in strength to any 

 horse that has appeared in his high form. He was 

 got by Blaze ; his dam by Hip, son of the bay 

 barb ; his grandam by Spark, son of Honeycomb ; 

 his great grandam by Snake, son of the Stradling 

 Turk. 



In 1750, when five years old, he won a £50 

 prize at Malton, £60 at Hambleton, and 100 gs. 

 at Litchfield. 1752, he won a prize at Newmarket 

 of £100, list. The same year, he won the follow- 

 ing King's plates : — Winchester, Salisbury, Can- 

 terbury, Lewes, and Newmarket. He was after- 

 wards in high esteem as a stallion, and was sire 

 of Engineer, Bay Malton, &c. 



1745. — ^We are informed bv the Count de BufFon, 

 on the authority of a letter from the Earl of Mor- 

 ton, that Mr. Cooper Thornhill, in the April of 

 this year, rode three times between Stilton and 



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