406 APPENDIX, 



BOB BOOTY. 



(WINNER OF THE K1LDARE STAKES AT THE 

 CURRAGH, 1809, drv.) 



BOB BOOTY, a chestnut horse by Chanticleer, bred in 1804 by the Right Hon. 

 Denis Bowes Daly, was the fourth produce of lerne (likewise dam of Bob Bobus, 

 by Chanticleer, &c.), bred in 1790 by Mr. R. Hamilton at the Curragh. Bob 

 Booty ran for the first time at the Curragh on April 27, 1808, where, being 

 then four years old, he won the King's Plate, four miles, beating Noblessa and 

 two others. His next appearance was at Brighton, whither Mr. Daly, who was 

 on close terms of intimacy with the Prince of Wales, took him on his invitation, 

 where he was beaten for the Somerset Stakes by Lord Grosvenor's Meteora, the 

 best mare of her day ; and she beat him again on the following day for the 

 Gold Cup given by the Prince, Bob Booty running second on each occasion. 

 Mr. Daly next sent him to run for the King's Plate at Lewes, but being opposed 

 for that event by Lord Egremont's Election (winner of the preceding year's 

 Derby), he again suffered defeat ; and Election also beat him for the Ladies' Plate, 

 four miles. Notwithstanding the defeats of his favourite, Bob Booty, Mr. Daly 

 did not go empty away, for with Sasenagh by Waxy he won the Subscription 

 Cup at Brighton, and on the Southdowns took the County Plate and the Town 

 Plate with the same horse. Nor was that all, for Mr. Daly further made his 

 English trip pay by sending Bob Booty to Warwick and Lichfield to contend 

 for the King's Plates, both of which he won. Bob Booty was then sent back to 

 the Curragh, where in 1809 he won the Kildare Stakes (a great trial race in those 

 days) and a King's Plate, four mile heats, beating the famous Hollyhock and 

 several others ; but the latter on the next occasion beat him for another King's 

 Plate. In 1810 Bob Booty was unsuccessful for the. only two races for which he 

 ran, being defeated by Young Swindler and Hollyhock. With the latter race 

 terminated Bob Booty's turf career, when he was put to the stud at the Curragh, 

 and became sire of many winners, the most successful of whom were Bob Gore, 

 Bob Roy, both bred by Mr. Daly, while his name has been made famous at the 

 stud by his daughters, Guicciolli, Pleiad, and Ildegarda. The former, besides 

 being the dam of Birdcatcher, also produced his full brother, Faugh-a-Ballagh, 

 to Sir Hercules, George to Roller, and Mayboy to Skylark. Pleiad produced 

 to Sir Hercules Maria (the Beeswing of Ireland and grandam of Historian), 

 the conqueror of Birdcatcher, and to Drone, the speedy Mercury, who defeated 

 Harkaway for the First Class of the Madrid Stakes at the Curragh, &c. ; while 

 Ildegarda produced to Humphrey Clinker the Hon. Col. Westenra's Thumb 

 and Mr. Quin's Wheel by Camel, both excellent performers at the Curragh. 



