King Herod was a stallion, at Neather Hall, 

 near Bury, Suffolk, and in 1768 he covered at 

 10 gs. and 55., but in 1774 he was advanced to 

 25 gs. and lOs., at which price he continued till 

 his death, which happened on the 12th of May, 

 1780, in the 22nd year of his age. 



Jane 27, 1759, Jenison Shafto, Esq., performed 

 a match against time on Newmarket heath ; the 

 conditions of which were, he was to ride fifty miles, 

 — having as many horses as he pleased — in two suc- 

 cessive hours. This he accomplished in Ih. 49m. 

 17sec., with ten horses, viz : — 



1. Merry Bachelor, by Tartar. 



2. Wildair, by Cade.damby Steady. 



3. Juggler, by Rib, dam, sister to Regulus. 



4. Forrester, by Croft's Forrester, dam by Lusby. 



5. Rover, by Bolton's brother. 



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