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Carlisle, in May, 1770, Forester won £50, three 

 mile heats ; and on the next day, he won £50, 

 beating Mr. Hutton's Foxhunter, and a large field, 

 three four mile heats. At Richmond, in Septem- 

 ber, he won £50, four mile heats, beating Mr. 

 Hutton's Lofty by Regulus ; at starting, five and 

 six to four on Forester ; two excellent heats, each 

 being won by only half a neck. At Carlisle, in 

 November, he won the King's plate, four mile 

 heats. At Chester, in May, 1771, he won the 

 Gold cup, value £50, four mile heats ; and in the 

 same meeting he won £50, four mile heats. At 

 Newcastle, June 26th, 1772, he won the subscrip- 

 tion purse of 60 gs., four mile heats. At Edin- 

 burgh, July 20th, he won the King's plate, four 

 mile heats ; on the 23rd, same place, he won the 

 Subscription purse of 100 gs., for all ages, four 

 miles ; and on the next day, he w^on the 60 gs. 

 plate, four mile heats, beating Philippo, Young 

 Mirza, Royal Forester, Leith,&c.; Mr. Nisbett'sFox- 

 hunter also started, but in running for the first heat 

 he dropped down, and died immediately. Forester 

 was ridden for the three plates by John Tesseyman, 

 and Philippo, twice, by Leonard Jewison. At 

 Newcastle, in June, 1773, Forester walked over for 

 the Subscription purse of 60 gs. At Doncaster, in 

 September, he won the Gold cup, four miles. At 

 Malton, in October, he won £50, three four mile 

 heats : two to one on Forester. At Lancaster 

 in July 1774, he won £50, four mile heats; at 



