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subscription of 10 gs. each, twenty-one subscribers, 

 with 70 gs. added. In the York August Meeting, 

 he walked over for the subscription purse of 

 £295, "^ four miles ; and the next day he won the 

 subscription purse of £295 ; twenty to one on 

 Highflyer. At Litchfield he won the King's purse 

 of 100 gs., three mile heats ; ten to one on High- 

 flyer, who was lame and much out of condition ; 

 notwithstanding which he won easy. 



This was the last time of his running, and the 

 above were his only engagements ; therefore, he 

 was never beat, nor ever paid a forfeit, though the 

 contrary has been asserted. He was undoubtedly 

 the best horse of his time in England. The sums 

 he won and received amounted to upwards of 

 £9,336, although he never started after five years 

 old. 



Highflyer then became a stallion at Ely, after- 

 wards called Highflyer Hall, Cambridgshire, where 

 he covered mares in 1780-87, at 15 gs. and one 

 guinea ; in 1789-90, at 25 gs. and one guinea ; in 

 1790-91, at 30 gs. and one guinea; in 1792, at 

 50 gs. and one guinea; and in 1793, at 30 gs. and 

 one guinea. He was a very valuable stallion, and 

 sire of an uncommon number of capital racers, stal- 

 lions, and brood mares, several of whose pedigrees, 



* Mr. Tattersall being a non-subscriber, paid 50 gs. entrance for 

 Highflyer on Wednesday, and the same sum for his entrance on 

 Thursday, which entrance money was added to the three subscription 

 purses. 



