490 HISTORY OF THE 



1758, he received 500 gs. from Lord Rockingham's 

 Weasel. At Newmarket, in April, 1760, he beat 

 the Duke of Kingston's Miner, 9st. each, B. C, 

 500 gs. In 1761, Spider, then Lord Portmore's, 

 won £50, give and take, at Bedford, beating at 

 three heats, Mr. Matthews' Trinissimi, by Car- 

 touch, Mr. Bigland's Sourface, by the Cullen 

 Arabian, Mr. Quick's Esop, by Cade,|and two 

 others. 



1752. March 30th, Mr. Arthur Morrin's bay 

 gelding, Skewball, got by the Godolphin barb, 

 with a weight of 8st. 71b., beat Sir Ralph Gore's 

 grey mare. Miss Sportly, got by Victorious, with 

 a weight of 9st., for 300 gs., four miles, over the 

 Curragh of Kildare, which is celebrated for the 

 elasticity and firmness of its turf, being also the 

 Newmarket of Ireland. Skewball is said to have 

 run the four miles in 7 minutes and 51 seconds. 



1752. April 4th, a little mare, supposed to have 

 been well bred, although her pedigree has not been 

 preserved, belonging to a Mr. Spedding, ran twenty 

 times round the five mile course, at the Curragh, 

 in 124 hours, for 100 gs., h. ft. The time allowed 

 to do it in was 13 hours. 



The next morning, for a wager of 100 gs., she 

 ran the same ground over again to a minute. She 

 was ridden both days by a boy of Lord Antrim's. 

 Mr. Spedding is said to have purchased this mare 

 at the rate of 2d. per lb. weight. 



1752. Sir Charles Turner's leaping match with 



