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to the dam of Mr. Croft's Toy, Madam (Twig's 

 dam), Drowsy, Young Cade, Mr. Martindale's 

 Torismond, the Duke of Ancaster's Villager, 

 grandam of Alcides, Annium, Herald, Miss Bar- 

 forth, Thistle by Syphon, etc., and great grandam 

 of Privateer and Fitzherod. She was also own 

 sister to the dam of Lord Godolphin's Mulatto, 

 Mr. Dutton's Rat, Lord Gower's Sweepstakes, 

 and Clio. She was likewise own sister to the dam 

 of Lord Godolphin's Dormouse, Mr. Meredith's 

 Mercury, Merryman, and Bolton, Mr. Swinburn's 

 Cadarmus , and grandam of Mr. Latham's Snap, 

 &c. The four Partner mares were all bred by Mr. 

 Crofts, of Barforth. The dam of Toy, &c., was 

 foaled in 1730 ; the dam of Mulatto, &c., in 1731; 

 the dam of Dormouse, &c , in 1732 , and the dam 

 of Match'em, &c., 1733. 



Brilliant. A dun horse, foaled in 1750, bred 

 by the Earl of Portmore, and sold to William 

 Crofts, Esq., of West Harding, Norfolk. 



Brilliant was got by Mr. Panton's Crab ; his 

 dam (own sister to Lord Godolphin's BufFerat) by 

 Lord Godolphin's Arabian, out of Mr. Coke's Sil- 

 verlocks. 



In 1754, Brilliant won the King's plate for four 

 years olds, 9st., two miles and a quarter heats, at 

 Ipswich, beating Lord Godolphin's dun gelding by 

 Buffcoat, Mr. Keek's Ruby, and the Duke of 

 Ancaster's Lizard ; also £50 for four years olds, 

 8st. 71b, at Huntingdon, beating Lord March's 



