3 io KINGSCLERE 



Mr. Blenkiron,who also added Doubt to his stud at Middle 

 Park. The two-year-old colt by Sir Hercules out of 

 Lurley's dam has joined Joseph Dawson's lot at Ilsley, 

 and Staffordshire Nan, we are informed (though not 

 officially), has returned to her old quarters at W. Saunders's, 

 at Hednesford. Prices : — 



Guineas 



The Chicken [afterwards re-named Vengeance], by Chanticleer 



out of Gladiole's dam (Mr. Harlock) 800 



B. filly, 3 yrs., by Melbourne out of Seaweed [afterwards called 



Mermaid] (Mr. Sargent) 500 



Nettle, 4 yrs., by Sweetmeat out of Wasp (Mr. F. L. Popham) . 430 



Staffordshire Nan, 3 yrs., by Faugh-a-Ballagh out of Dart's 



dam (Mr. Bryant) 300 



Brown yearling filly, by Touchstone out of Maid of Lynne 



[afterwards called Oakleaf] (Mr. Howard) .... 250 



Tricktress, 8 yrs., by Sleight of Hand out of Dervish's dam, 



covered by Touchstone (Royal Stud) 230 



B. yearling colt, by Melbourne out of Duchess of Kent [given 

 in the ' Stud Book ' as by Touchstone, afterwards called 

 Frogmore] (Mr. Howard) 230 



Duchess of Kent, covered by Teddington (Mr. H. Hargreaves) 210 



Lui ley, 5 yrs., by Orlando (Mr. Alexander) 120 



Brown colt, 2 yrs., by Sir Hercules out of Lurley's dam [after- 

 wards named Gemma di Vergy — the dam herself was sub- 

 sequently called Snowdrop] (Mr. H. Hargreaves) . . 105 



B. filly, 2 yrs. (sister to Staffordshire Nan) (Mr. Hadland) . . 82 



Doubt (foaled 1846), by Gladiator out of The Dart's dam 



[Marcella], covered by Melbourne (Mr. Blenkiron) . . 81 



Goldfinders dam (foaled 1843), by Liverpool out of Ninny, 



covered by Teddington (Mr. Parker) 71 



Morning Star (brother to Polestar) (Mr. Preston) . . .71 



B. yearling colt, by Melbourne out of Goldfinder's dam [after- 

 wards named Wanderer] (Mr. Blenkiron) . . . .225 



Rip Van Winkle, 3 yrs., by the Flying Dutchman out of 



Windischgratz's dam (Mr. Sargent) 70 



Brown yearling colt, by Faugh-a-Ballagh out of Doubt (Mr. 



Nicolls) 51 



To further follow the fate of the principal members of 

 this in every respect remarkable stud, Vengeance (late 

 The Chicken) ran unplaced and unbacked, with 8 st. on his 

 back, in the Royal Hunt Cup. He was again nowhere in 

 the Chesterfield Cup at Goodwood, albeit second favourite 

 with Olympus, when Lord Anglesey's Termagant ridden 

 by Fordham won. Then came the Caesarewitch, which, in 

 relation to the murderer's former ownership, proved a sen- 

 sational race indeed. Here it is — one, two, three, with the 

 betting : — 



