554 HISTORY OF THE 



500 gs. h. ft. Lord Clermont dividing the forfeit. 

 And on Saturday, Firetail beat Johnny B. C. 300 

 gs. ; two to one on Johnny. 



Jett, dam of Firetail, was a black mare, foaled 

 in 1 757, and bred by Lord Orford. She was got 

 by Othello, alias Black-and-all- black; her dam, 

 Lucifer and Matron's dam, by Mr. Bartlett's Chil- 

 ders ; grandam, out of a daughter of Mr. Curwen's 

 bay barb. 



Johnny. A bay horse, foaled in 1769, bred by 

 William Cornforth, Esq., of Barforth, Yorkshire, 

 and sold to the Earl of Clermont. Johnny was 

 got by Match'em ; his dam by Babram ; grandam 

 by Partner ; great grandam by Bloody Buttocks, 

 a daughter of Old Greyhound, out of Brocklesby 

 Betty. 



At Newmarket, Second October Meeting, 1773, 

 Johnny beat Don Carlos, B. C, 200 gs. On Fri- 

 day he w^on a subscription of 5 gs. each. In the 

 Houghton Meeting, Johnny beat David, B. C, 

 200 gs. At Newmarket First October Meeting, 

 1775, he received 80 gs. compromise from Hiber- 

 nian, across the flat, 200 gs., h. ft. In November, 

 Johnny beat Wafer, from the ditch to the turn of 

 the lands, 100 gs. At Newmarket First Spring 

 Meeting, 1775, Johnny, 7st. 111b., beat Mr. 

 Foley's Firetail, 8st. 71b., B. C, 1000 gs. ; six 

 to four on Johnny. On Friday, Johnny, in a 

 sweepstakes of 100 gs., h. ft., ditch in, received 

 forfeit from Twirligig, 50 gs. In the Second 



