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Crispin. A chesnut horse, foaled in 1751, bred 

 by the Duke of Ancaster, and sold to Mr. Adams. 

 Crispin was got by the Duke of Ancaster 's Starling, 

 his dam by Whitefoot, grandam by Mr. Alcock's 

 Arabian, (sire of Crab), great grandam by Mr. 

 Pelham's bay barb, out of a natural barb mare. 

 Crispin was own brother to his grace's Slave, 

 (afterwards Mr. Boothby's Grantham), and his 

 dam was also the dam of Mr. Panton's Cocker, 

 &c. 



At Newmarket, in October, 1755, Crispin re- 

 ceived a forfeit from Lord Northumberland's grey 

 filly, by Starling, dam by Cade. He was sold to 

 Mr. Adams ; and in the same month he won £50, 

 at Chipping-Norton, beating at three heats Mr. 

 Hitchman's Young Marksman, and Lord Port- 

 more's Gay. In 1756, he won £50, at Wisbeach, 

 beating at three heats, Mr. Leeson's Young Squirt, 

 Mr. Cross's (late Mr. Hunt's) Fox, Mr. Boyce's 

 Young Driver, and Mr. Pelton's Freeholder ; also 

 £50 at Rumford, beating at three heats, Mr. Cham- 

 berlane's Ruby, Lord Craven's Anthony, and Mr. 

 Scott's Ajax, (late Terrible). In 1757, Crispin, 

 (8st. 14oz.), won £50, give and take, at Epsom, 

 beating at four heats, Mr. Wentworth's Little Da- 

 vid, aged, 8st. 71b., Mr. Storey's Cleveland Betty, 

 five years old, 6st. 121b. 4oz., Sir Richard Gros- 

 venor's Camilla, aged, 8st. 51b. 4oz., and four 

 others ; £50 give and take, at Knutsford, beating 

 at four heats, Mr. Smith's Aaron, Mr. Eastby's 



