598 HISTORY OF THE 



Engineer died the latter end of the year 1782, 

 aged 27. 



In April and May 1758, at Newmarket, Miss 

 Pond, daughter of Mr. Pond, the compiler and 

 pubhsher of the Racing Calendar, bearing his 

 name, rode on horseback 1000 miles in 1000 suc- 

 cessive hours, for a wager of 200 gs. Many have 

 said that this feat was performed on one horse ; and 

 that in a few weeks afterw^ards Mr. Pond rode the 

 same horse 1 000 miles in two thirds of the time ; 

 but we are not inclined to place much reliance on 

 these authorities, 



King Herod. A bay horse foaled in 1758, bred 

 by his Royal Highness WiUiam, Duke of Cumber- 

 land, and sold to Sir John Moore, Bart. King 

 Herod was got by Tartar, out of Cypron. 



At Newmarket, in October 1763, King Herod 

 beat the Duke of Ancaster's Roman by Blank, 8st. 

 71b. B. C. 500 gs. at Newmarket. In April 1764, 

 he won a sweepstakes of 300 gs. each, h. ft. (9 sub- 

 scribers,) 10 St. B. C. beating Sir John Moore's, 

 (afterwards Mr. Wildman's) Tartar by Tartar, out 

 of Miss Meredith ; at starting, two to one on King 

 Herod. At Ascot Heath in June, King Herod, 

 8st. 131b. beat Lord Rockingham's Tom Tinker by 

 Sampson 8st. 71b. four miles 1000 gs.; four to one 

 on King Herod. At Newmarket in October, King 

 Herod, 8st. lUb. Beat the Duke of Grafton's 

 Antinous, 8st. 81b. B. C. 500 gs. ; six to four on 

 Antinous. At Newmarket in May 1765, King 



