ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP. ^J 



lett'er the twelfth. 



Extracl of a Letter from Newmarket. 



Thursday. 



" THIS Day the following horfes flarted 

 for the King's Plate : Lord Godolphin's b. 

 H. Shakefpear, by his Arabian, out of a 

 True Blue Mare; Lord Portmore's b. H. 

 Looby, by Bright's Arabian, out of a Partnei* 

 Mare -, Mr. Pan ton's chef. H. Partner, by 

 the Lonfdale Arabian, ouf of a fiiler to 

 Bonny Black. The betts were 2 to i, the field 

 againft Shakefpear. 



I ft. Heat. Shakefpear took the lead, and 

 fupported it at his ufual deep rate, through 

 the furzes, to the top of Choakjade, with 

 Looby in his quarters all the way -, but in 



I coming 



