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Andrews, but she had also Lottery by Tramp, and 

 Brutandorf by Blacklock, when she was in Mr. Watt's 

 hands. The great racing lines of Tramp, Blacklock, 

 Lottery, and Brutandorf which are represented in 

 the present generation by Loupgarou, Voltigeur, 

 Weatherbit, and The Cure may all thus be virtually 

 traced back to the stud farm at Bishop Burton. It 

 was thought at one time that Physician would have 

 done wonders for the Brutandorf blood ; but his 

 stock, although uncommonly smart and quick, were 

 small and weedy, and sad cowards at three-year-old 

 distances. In fact, we consider that for a time they 

 did as much towards spoiling the stamp of thorough- 

 breds in Yorkshire, as Mountebank did that of the 

 hunters in the Midland Counties. The Blacklock 

 blood was kept up to the highest point in Voltaire, 

 by a cross with a Phantom ; and the dam of Volti- 

 geur, who is coarser in his points than his sire, was a 

 Mulatto. The Saddler blood is synonymous with 

 stoutness ; and " The Squire" was at one time as 

 fond of it as he latterly became of Touchstone's, 

 but that of Comus does not stand now where it pro- 

 mised to do in Reveller's day, when he and his two 

 half-brothers all from the Belle-Isle stables were 

 alone placed for the St. Leger ; and even the great 

 Lucetta did not sustain its prestige, when she ceased to 

 bear the white banner of Sir Mark. One of the greatest 

 racing bargains ever made was when Sir Charles 

 Turner purchased Hambletonian, 3 years, Bening- 

 borough, 4 years, and Oberon, 5 years, from Mr. J. 

 Hutchinson, with their engagements, for 3000 guineas, 

 at York August, and won every race but one with the 

 two first at the very next Doncaster Meeting. Mr. 

 Thomas Parr, the Turf Talleyrand, who is certainly 

 one of the most remarkable studies of acute man 

 nature that the world possesses, gave at intervals 

 something between 5OO/. and 6oo/. in all for Weather- 

 gage, Saucebox, Defiance, Clothworker, and Morti- 



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