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After this, Gimcrack was sold to Lord Gros- 

 venor for 1200 gs., and it was said that a pre- 

 mium of 500 gs. was immediately offered for him. 

 March 29th, Gimcrack, 9st., beat Mr. Vernon's 

 Baber, four years old, 7st. 41b., B. C., 300 gs. ; 

 April 17th, Gimcrack, 9st., beat Lord Rocking- 

 ham's Jack-0 !, 4 years old, 7st., B. C., 300 gs.; 

 seven to four, on Gimcrack, At Newmarket, 

 in April, 1770, he beat Lord Rockingham's Pil- 

 grim, lOst. each, B. C., for 200 gs. and the whip ; 

 at starting, five to two on Gimcrack. At New- 

 market, in April, 1771, he won £50, for six years 

 olds, 8st. 71b., and aged, 9st., R. C., beating Sir 

 C. Bunbury's Bellario, aged, Lord March's Sports- 

 man, five years old. Lord Bolingbroke's Chalfont, 

 aged, Lord Oxford's Hemp, aged, Mr. Went- 

 worth's Myrmidon, six years old. Lord Farnham's 

 Guardian, six years old, Mr. Cox's Tetotum, six 

 years old, and Lord Rockingham's Tantrum, 

 aged ; at starting, two to one against Bellario, and 

 six and seven to one against Gimcrack. This was 

 the last time of his running. 



Gimcrack was beaten ten times, viz : at New- 

 market, in 1765, by Bay Malton ; at Newmarket, 

 in 1767, by Tyrant ; at Wantage, same year, by 

 Mr. Brenton's Otterley, &c. ; and at Odsey, by 

 Tortoise, beating Favorite, Coriolanus, &c. ; at 

 York, in 1768, by Pilgrim, Chatsworth, Tortoise, 

 and Beaufremont ; and at Newmarket, in October 

 following, by Guardian and Icarius ; at Newmar- 



