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beat by Chatsworth, Tortoise, Gimcrack, and 

 Morwick Ball. These were the only times of his 

 proving unsuccessful. 



Bay Malton was ridden for all the above engage- 

 ments by Mr. John Singleton, except at Malton, 

 and the match against Gimcrack, at Newmarket, 

 in October, 1765. 



Bay Malton was a private stallion in Lord 

 Rockingham's stud, and was sire of Mr. Preston's 

 Flaunter, &c. He died at Wentworth, in the 

 year 1786, aged twenty-six. 



In 1761, a match was made between Jenison 

 Shafto and HugoMeynell, Esqs., for 2000 gs., Mr. 

 Shafto to find a person to ride 100 miles a-day, 

 on any one horse each day, for twenty-nine suc- 

 cessive days, to have any number of horses not 

 exceeding twenty-nine. The person chosen by 

 Mr. Shafto was Mr. John Woodcock, who started 

 on Newmarket Heath, May 4th, 1761, at one 

 o'clock in the morning, and finished his arduous 

 task on the 1st of June, about six in the even- 

 ing, having used fourteen horses only, viz : — 



Mr. Shafto's b. h. once. Lord Montford's b. h. twice. 



Lord Chedworth's ch. m. thrice. Mr. Surrecolt's ch. h. once. 



Capt. Winyard's ch. h. twice. Mr. Shafto's roan h. twice. 



Mr. Thistlewaite's gr. h. thrice. Mr. Calcroft's ch. h. once. 



Mr. Wildman's bl. m. thrice. Mr. Rudd's ch. m. once. 



Mr. Woodcock's b. ra thrice. Mr. Welch's b. h. thrice. 



Mr. Scott's b. m. twice. Mr. Major's b. m. thrice. 



Mr. Major's mare did not begin one day till ten 

 o'clock, Mr. Woodcock having failed to bring in 



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