508 HISTORY OK THE 



kct, in April, 1769, by Cosmo; at York, in Au- 

 gust, by Chatsworth and Tortoise, beating Mor- 

 wick Ball, Bay Malton, and Allfours ; at New- 

 market, in May, 1770, by Bellario, Nabob, Bashful, 

 and Snipe ; also at Newmarket, in October follow- 

 ing, by Bellario and Petruchio, beating Chalfont, 

 Fabius, and Pactolus. 



Gimcrack measured about 14 hands J of an 

 inch. He was a stallion at Oxcroft Farm, near 

 Newmarket, in 1772, at 25 gs. and 5^. ; in 1773, 

 he was stinted to thirty mares, at 30 gs. each, 

 and 55. ; in 1775-76, at 30 gs. and 5s. ; in 1777, 

 at 25 gs. and 5^. ; in 1778, at 20 gs. and 5s. ; and 

 in 1779, at 10 gs. and 7s. 6d. He was sire of 

 Lord Grosvenor's Little Jim, Grey Robin, Scram- 

 ble, and Jemima ; of Sir C. Bunbury's Knick- 

 knack and Comedy; of Lord E. Bentinck's Vestris; 

 of Mr. Peerse's Phaeton, Sir. H. Harper's Maiden, 

 Sir J. Lade's Medley, Sir H. Featherstone's Sur- 

 prise, &c. He served but few mares. / 



Bay Malton. A bay horse, foaled in 1760, 

 bred by Mrs. Ayrton, of Malton, and sold to the 

 Marquis of Rockingham. Bay Malton was got 

 by Sampson, his dam, own sister to Leonida, 

 Cade,=^ out of the Lass of the Mill. Bay Mai- 



* The Cade mare, dam of Bay Malton, was lent by Mr. Fenton to 

 his daughter, Mrs. Ayrton, at the wedding dinner, for one year; when 

 she was at the same time requested by Mr. Preston, who was one of 

 the company at dinner, to send the mare to his horse, Sampson, the 

 produce of which was Bay Malton, her first foal, and who was the 

 only horse of note that could race, except Treasurer, although she 



