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was second to Brilliant, beating Marsk and five 

 others. He only started once after, but broke 

 down in running. Syphon first covered at Gid- 

 dens, between Canterbury and Dover, at one 

 guinea and 25. In 1765, he covered at Ellerton 

 near Catterick, Yorkshire, at 3 gs. and 2s. 6d. 

 and in 1771, he was advanced to 5 gs. and 5s. 

 The first winner of his get was Mr. Shafto's Daisy, 

 that won the £50 for three years olds, at New- 

 market, in October 1770, beating Lord Boling- 

 broke 's Gracchus, and nine others. He was also 

 sire of Mr. Bower's Anna Maria, Sir John Moore's 

 Tipsy, Mr. Pratt's Tosspot, Lord Stanley's Pros- 

 pero, Sir Charles Bunbury's Margaretta, Mr. Shaf- 

 to's Tandem, Lord Grosvenor's Sweet-William, 

 Mr. Smith's Auction, Lord Grosvenor's Sweet- 

 briar, Mr. Bethel's Mackerel, Lord Abingdon's 

 Tycho, Mr. Parker's Thistle, (that won the Queen's 

 guineas at Chelmsford in 1775), Mr. Ayrton's 

 Lucy, (that won the Port stakes at Pickering, in 

 1779), Mr. Foley's Enterprise and Pastor, Mr. 

 Hutchinson's Hermit, and several others. 



Syphon was sire of the dam of Miss Blanchard, 

 Cowslip, Young Highflyer, Maid of all work, &c., 

 of the dam of Mr. Stapleton's Tommy, Sir Tho- 

 mas Gascoigne's Violet, (dam of Symmetry, Slap- 

 bang, Lennox, &c. ;) of the dam of Mr. Cradock's 

 Pencil, Guide, Tiptoe, &c. of Mr. Pratt's Meretrix, 

 Privateer, &c. 



It has been generally supposed that Syphon 



