BRITISH TURF. 4GI 



by Squirt, bred from the Ruby mare, and which 

 his Royal Highness afterwards called Marsk. 



** My Blacklegs was got by the Mulco Bay Turk ; 

 his dam by Coney skins, his grandam was the Old 

 Club-foot mare, got by Mr. Welkes's Huntboy.*' 



" The above are true copies from Mr. Hutton's 

 stud book. 



Marsh, Oct. 1801. 



E. Geldart.'' 



At Newmarket in April, 1754, Marsk received 

 40 gs. forfeit from Mr. Cornwall's grey colt, by his 

 Arabian ; on the 8th of May, he won the jockey 

 club plate of 100 gs. and upwards, for four years 

 olds, 8st. one heat over the round course, beating 

 Mr. Panton's Pythos, Mr. Crofts's BriUiant, Lord 

 Gower's Ginger, and Mr. Vernon's Bear ; and in 

 October following, Marsk at 9st. beat Lord Tren- 

 tham's Ginger, by Shock, 8st. 91b. ; B. C. 300 gs. 



Marsk only started three times besides the above, 

 viz : — In April, 1755, when he was beat by Bril- 

 liant and Syphon; in April, and May 1756, when 

 he was beat in two matches by Snap ; and in Oc- 

 tober following, he paid forfeit to Spectator. 



Marsk was a private staUion till the death of his 

 Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, which 

 happened in the year 1765. He was sold at his 

 Royal Highness's sale at Mr. Tattersall's to a far- 

 mer, for a trifling sum, being considered a very in- 

 different stallion ; and in 1766, he covered country 

 mares in Dorsetshire, at half a guinea. He was 



