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had originally bought the horse from the late Lord 

 Wilton, happening to be at a sale in Cheshire in the 

 spring of the latter year, gave 150 guineas for her, 

 and sent her to Sir Charles, with, we believe, a filly 

 at her foot. Her new owner got her into condition ; 

 but although she became very handy, she was hardly 

 up to his weight, and he accordingly gave her away 

 to Lord Spencer, who was then master of the Pytche- 

 ley, and whose huntsman, Charles King, she carried 

 splendidly for four seasons. Eventually she went to 

 Tattersall's with Lord Spencer's other horses, and 

 Lady Westminster ordered her to be bought for her 

 for 100 guineas, in consequence of having been bred 

 by her father. She was a mean little mare, with none 

 of the appearance of the thorough-bred, about fifteen 

 hands high, tail low set on, extraordinarily wide in the 

 hips, and in at the elbows. Except when in constant 

 work, and rather in fine condition, she carried her 

 saddle on her shoulders, and her action was perfect 

 both with fore and hind legs. She was about twenty 

 years old when she threw Banter to Master Henry, 

 who was bred by Mr. Lechmere Charlton in the 

 Ludlow country, and through this foal she became 

 grandam to Touchstone and Launcelot, and great 

 grandam to Satirist. Camel, the sire of the two 

 former, was supposed to be the quickest of the Whale- 

 bones, but he was generally lame, and his real form 

 was never known. Touchstone's old Eton friend, 

 Pantaloon, had not many half-bred mares while he 

 was at Cawston paddocks, but The Clown, of Melton 

 steeple-chase fame, was one of the produce. Cattonite 

 has also left some powerful but coarse stock in War- 

 wickshire, where the Black Princes and Retrievers are 

 coming forward. The chestnut was one of the neatest 

 of the neat, and the black-brown, a son of Touchstone 

 and Queen of Trumps, took especially after the male 

 side of his house in look, and is blessed with a gentle 

 temper and a rare barrel, though his legs are hardly 



