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beating Colonel Archdale's Mother Jones, Mr. 

 Donnelan's Modesty, Mr. Knox's Diana, &c. In 

 September, 1763, Lottery won the King's plate of 

 100 gs. for mares, lOst., four mile heats, at the 

 Curragh, beating Mr. O'Neil's Lady Catherine — 

 late Mr. Pearson's Flashing Molly — who won the 

 first heat ; but Lottery winning the second, oc- 

 casioned Lady Catherine to be drawn without 

 starting for the third. In April, 1764, she won 

 the annual plate of 30 gs. for mares and geldings, 

 ]Ost. four miles, at the Curragh, beating Mr. Rum- 

 ney's Roger. In May, she started for £50, at 

 Eniiis, county of Clare, against Mr. Hewson's 

 Ranger, when she met with an accident in run- 

 ning and was obliged to be put out of training. 



Lottery only started tvvice besides the above, 

 viz : at the Curragh, in April, 1759, when she was 

 beat at three heats, by Mr. French's Nabob, by 

 Bustard, for a 50 gs. plate ; and at Ennis, in Oc- 

 tober, 1763, by Mr. Lambert's Freemason, by Old 

 England, for a £50 plate. The latter she lost, owing 

 to her falling lame when running for the first heat. 



Lottery became a brood mare in Sir Edward 

 O'Brien's stud. 



Spider. A chesnut horse, foaled in 1752, bred 

 by the Earl of Portmore, and sold to the Duke of 

 Cumberland. Spider was got by Young Cartouch 

 out of Miss Langley. 



At Newmarket, in May, 1756, Spider won the 

 Jockey Club plate of 100 gs. and upwards, for 



