512 HISTORY OF THE 



sportsmen, and more people of all ranks, from 

 every part of the kingdom, than were ever seen 

 before at Newmarket ; and those from Yorkshire 

 backed Bay Malton freely, and won thousands.^ 

 At Newmarket First Spring Meeting 1768, Bay 

 Malton beat easv Lord Grosvenor's Cardinal Puff, 

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

 at starting, five to one on Bay Malton. In the 

 Second Spring Meeting, he won the Jockey Club 

 plate of 100 gs. and upwards, 9st., B. C, beating 

 Sir James Lowther's Ascham, who made the play 

 over the flat, and as far as the Duke's stand, and 

 was, till then, thought the winning horse, but Bay 

 Malton took the lead, and won by a length and a 

 half. It was the opinion of some that Bay Mal- 

 ton won easily, and of others, with difficulty ; 

 but it is to be observed that Ascham was much 

 whipped, and Bay Malton scarcely threatened. 

 At starting, five to one on Bay Malton. At New- 

 market First Spring Meeting, 1769, Bay Malton 

 was beat for a £50 plate by Gimcrack and Car- 

 dinal PufF, but beat, in the same race. Hemp, 

 Phoenix, Bashful, Admiral Presto, Chalfont, and 

 Toper. This was the last time of his running, ex- 

 cept at York, in August following, when he was 



* The Newmarket First Spring Meeting, 1767, was a golden har- 

 vest for the Yorkshire gentlemen, as the following horses proved suc- 

 cessful, viz : Lord Rockingham's Pilgrim, Steady, Godolphin, Hun- 

 ter colt, against Otho, Mr. Pratt's A-la-Grecque, Mr. Wentworth's 

 Chatsworth, Mr. Shafto's, late Mr. Pratt's, Petruchio, and Mr. Ver- 

 non's, late Mr. Fenwick's, Dux. 



