14 DETERIORATED CONDITION OF 



" Cartouch was only fourteen hands high, 

 but it is supposed that no horse was able to 

 run with hirn of his time, carrying from eight 

 to twelve stones weight ! 



"In 1737, Black Chance, at five years' old, 

 won a plate at Durham, carrying ten stones ; 

 with the same weight he won the Ladies' Plate, 

 at York, in that year — distance four miles. In 

 1738, he won the King's Plate at Guildford, 

 beating several horses. After this he won the 

 King's Plate at Salisbury, then the King's 

 Plate at Winchester; afterwards the King's 

 Plate at Lewes ; and, lastly, the King's Plate 

 at Lincoln; all these in the course of one sea- 

 son ; every race four miles, and every race 

 contested ! It appears that in the October of 

 the same year this horse started for the King's 

 Plate at Newmarket, when he fell in running ; 

 this was the only time he was beaten that year. 

 In 1739 he seems to have won twice. In 1740, 

 he won at Wresham, at Shrewsbury, and at 

 Oswestry, carrying thirteen sto?ies, he won at 

 Denbigh, at Chester, and won at Manchester. 

 In 1744 he walked over for the Annual Plate 

 at Farnden. 



" It does not appear whether this horse ran 



