57^» THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIEKY. 



and Cwrw. In 1814, X Y Z and Catton ran a dead 

 heat, two miles and a quarter, for a stakes of twenty- 

 live guineas each, (six subscribers) ; after the dead heat, 

 the former received a compromise, and the latter 

 walked over. He won the gold cup, value one hun- 

 dred guineas, and sixty guineas in specie, beating Bid- 

 dick and Sir C. Monck's bay colt. At Lamberton he 

 walked over for the gold cup, worth one hundred 

 guineas, four miles. At Richmond he won the gold 

 cup, w^ith forty-four guineas, beating Biddick, Crown- 

 prince, Hocuspocus, and Tempest. In 1815, he broke 

 down in running for the gold cup at N ewcastle upon 

 Tyne, against Biddick. 



Catton, a bay horse, foaled in 1809, got by Golum- 

 pus, his dam Lucy Gray, by Timothy, was bred by 

 Messrs. W. Horsley and S. King, whose property he 

 was till 1811, having been then sold to the Earl ot 

 Scarborough. In the York August meeting, 1812, he 

 won a sweepstakes of fifty guineas each, for three years 

 old colts, two miles, (nine subscribers) beating Lan- 

 gold, Boadicea, Euryalus, Zigzag, and Don Carlos. 

 In the York spring jneeting, 1813, he ran second to 

 Sligo, for a sweepstakes of twenty guineas each, 

 two miles, beating Geranium, Langold, Mowbray, 

 Otterington, and CaslofF. At the same meeting 

 he ran second to Sligo for the Constitution stakes of 

 twenty guineas each, beating Geranium, Otterington, 

 Fugitive, Salamanca, Mr. Gascoign's b. c. by Sancho, 

 Duke of Leeds' b. f. by Beningbrough, and Sir M. M. 

 Sykes's sister to Prime Minister. Next ^ay he won 

 seventy pounds at two trials, for all ages, three miles, 

 beating Navigator, Manuella, and Mr. Brade's b. f. by 

 Diamond. This was easily won. 



At York August meeting, Catton won the king's 

 purse of one hundred guineas, four miles, beating 



