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ton was own brother to Mr. Fenton's, (afterwards 

 Mr. Vernon's) Treasurer. 



At Ma] ton, in May, 1764, Bay Malton, in Mr. 

 Fenton's name, won a sw^eepstakes of 160 gs., for 

 four years olds, 8st. 71b., three miles, beating Mr. 

 Thompson's grey colt, Snap, by Snap, who threw 

 his rider. He w^as sold to Lord Rockingham, and 

 at Newmarket, in April, 1765, he won a sweep- 

 stakes of 500 gs. each, 8st. 71b., B. C, beating 

 Mr. Shafto's dies, colt, by Shepherd's Crab, and 

 the Duke of Cumberland's Selim ; at starting, 

 five to four on Bay Malton. He also received a 

 forfeit from the Duke of Cumberland's Admiral. 

 At Newmarket, in October, Bay Malton, 7st., 

 beat, very easy. Lord Bolingbroke's Gimcrack, 

 7st. 71b., B. C, 500 gs. At starting, four to five 

 on Gimcrack, who was thought at that time to be 

 the best racer at Newmarket, and it was said that 

 Lord Rockingham won 9000 gs. on the event of 

 the race. He also received a forfeit from the 

 Dake of Cumberland's Gift. At Newmarket, in 

 April, 1766, he beat Mr. Vernon's Otho, 8st. 71b., 

 B. C, 1000 gs. ; at starting, eleven to ten on 

 Bay Malton ; over the flat, three to one on Otho ; 

 notwithstanding, Bay Malton won easy. 



At York, in August, he won the subscription 



bred several others to Sampson, Shakspeare, Engineer, &c. Bay 

 Malton's dam was also the grandam of Sir J. L. Kaye's Princess 

 by Match'em, and grandam of his Engineer mare, that bred Frenzy 

 by Eclipse, the dam of Phenomenon, Astonishment, &c. 



