12 MALTON. 



suffered defeat save at his hands wlieii running 

 in a weight for age race. 



Ossory, too, is a useful racehorse, and though 

 his performances by no means are in the same 

 rank as his brother's, his form is respectable, and 

 many good judges affirm that he would have won 

 the second Eclipse Stakes at Sandown had he 

 not been sacrificed for his stable companion. 

 Orbit, to whom he ran a good second. 



Mr. Snarry has now seven mares descended 

 from Agnes at Newstead House and Norton, and 

 the most careless observer can scarcely fail to be 

 struck with the strong family likeness which 

 exists amongst them, and how remarkably they 

 all favour their ancestress, Agnes. 



The mares are Festive, by Carnival, out of 

 Piercy by Atherstone, her dam, Fair Agnes by 

 Voltigeur, out of Little Agnes by The Cure ; 

 Tiger Lily ; Eastern Lily by Speculum, out of 

 Lily Agnes ; Bay Agnes by Speculum, out of 

 Polly Agnes; and her own sister, Orphan Agnes, 

 the last foal the old mare bred ; Golden Agnes, 

 by Bend Or, out of Windermere, by Macaroni, 

 out of Miss Agnes ; and Agnes Bentinck, by 

 Speculum, out of Agnes Sorel, by King Tom, 

 out of Miss Agnes. 



When we visited Mr. Snarry's establishment 

 in the summer of 1888 we were struck with the 

 improved appearance of Tiger Lily. We had not 

 seen her since she was in training, and we now 



