54 ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



family connection with so great a Turf celebrity 

 as " Old Alice," has now in his possession a relic 

 of her. It takes the form of one of her hoofs, on 

 which the following inscription on a silver plate 

 appears : 



1 ' The right fore hoof of the celebrated mare Alice Hawthorn, 

 out of Rebecca, by Muley Moloch ; bred by Mr. John Plummer. 

 Died 20th April, 1861." 



PRODUCE OF ALICE HAWTHORN. 



Bred by Mr. J. Plummer in 1838, got by Muley Moloch, her dam Rebecca, 

 by Lottery Cervantes. 



1847-48 Missed to Lanercost. 



1849 b c by Y. Hawthorn by Lanercost. 



1850 b c Lord Fauconberg, by I. Birdcatcher. 



1851 b f Terrona, by Touchstone. 



1852 b c Oulston, by Melbourne. 



1853 b c Findon, by Touchstone. 



1854 b f Lady Hawthorn, by Windhound. M f p l 



1855 b c Coxivold, by The Flying Dutchman. 



1857 chc THORMANBY, by Melbourne or Windhound. 



1858 br f Sweet Hawthorn, by Sweetmeat. 



1859 c by Wild Dayrell. (Died within a week.) 



I860 Missed to Windhound. 



1861 by Wild Dayrell. 



" Alice " had no foal after 1859. She slipped a foal 

 to West Australian early in 1855, and was covered by 

 him again the same year, but proved barren. 



Of Caller Ou it has been said that she was as unlike 

 Alice Hawthorn as any mare could well be; the one 

 was all elegance, the other all coarseness. Their 

 behaviour, too, was widely different. Caller Ou held 

 her head high up in the air and frequently jerked it 

 back as if she intended to knock her rider's teeth out, 

 and really was never seen to perfection until she was 

 fully extended then her action was very grand. 

 Alice, on the other hand, stretched out her neck (a very 



