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would have got as many good horses as any stallion 

 of his time, if he had only served proper mares, 

 when he first began to cover in 1757 ; for it ap- 

 pears that until he came to Ellerton, there had not 

 been any mares of note sent to him. Daisy's 

 dam, (a Cadermus mare out of Childerkin) was put 

 to Syphon in 1766 ; Sweet-William's dam, (a sister 

 to Twig) in 1767; and Sweetbriar's dam (a 

 Shakspeare mare, out of Miss Meredith) in 1768. 

 Therefore, as Daisy in October 1770, was the first 

 winner ; Mr. Bower's Anna-Maria, (which won 

 £50 for four years olds at York, in 1771,) the 

 second ; and as Sweet-William did not start until 

 the 11th of May 1774, and Sweetbriar not till the 

 Newmarket first October Meeting, 1773, Syphon 

 might then be justly considered to be too far ad- 

 vanced in years to get many racers of note. Tan- 

 dem was got in 1772, and Mr. Hutchinson's Her- 

 mit not till 1775 ; Syphon being then in his 25th. 

 year. 



Patriot, sire of the dam of Syphon, was a 

 brown horse, foaled in 1729, and bred by the Duke 

 of Bolton. He was got by Bay Bolton ; his dam 

 by Jigg, sire of Partner, out of Old Lady, 

 the grandam of his Grace's Starling. At New- 

 market, in October 1734, Patriot beat the Duke 

 of Devonshire's chesnut horse, by Childers, out of 

 Old Ebony, 8st. 71b. each; four miles for 300 gs. 



1750. — On the 1st. of September of this year, 

 the following absurd and cruel race took place at 



