1773 THE SIES 97 



the sire of Lord Grosvenor's Riddle, that was the 

 dam (in 1771) of Lord Grosvenor's celebrated horse 

 Barbary (sold to Comte d'Artois in 1775-6, before 

 the great ' deluge ' prophesied by Madame de Pompa- 

 dour, and by him imported into France and raced 

 there at Sablons, and afterwards sent to the Count's 

 stud, after winning several stakes and matches on 

 French soil). 



B 



