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blood mares, descencled from the Godolphin Ara- 

 bian : — Lath, Cade, Reguhis, Babram, Blank, Dis- 

 mal, Bajazet, Tamerlane, Tarquin, Phoenix, Slug, 

 Blossom, Dormouse, Skevvball, Sultan, Old Eng- 

 land, Noble, the Gower Stallion, Godolphin colt. 

 Cripple, Entrance. The sums put in circulation, by 

 the numerous descendants of the above two racing 

 stallions, have been immense. 



Smolensko, the property of Sir Charles Bunbury, 

 which, during his racing career, excited a greater 

 share of the public curiosity than any of the most 

 famous of his predecessors, in 1813 wOn the two 

 great stakes in the Newmarket Spring Meetings, 

 immediately afterwards the Derby Stakes at Epsom, 

 and the JMagna Charta Stakes at Egham in the fol-^ 

 lowing August. It was even betting for the Derby,^ 

 between Smolensko and the field ; and an vmfortu- 

 nate gentleman backing the field to a large amount, 

 had not sufficient firmness of mind to bear up 

 against the consequence of his own imprudence. A 

 few days, however, before the race, a report getting 

 abroad that the horse was lame, and he being seen 

 without one of his shoes. Sir Charles Bunbury took 

 and won five and six hundred pounds to ten, three 

 times over. The betting soon retm-ned to its former 

 state. At this time the newspapers were filled with 

 Smolensko, and he was by them represented as the 

 speediest horse which had appeared since Eclipse, 

 and ' imlike Eclipse only in his coolness and want of 

 driving.' All the world went to Epsom to witness 

 the performance of this new Eclipse. On his return 

 to London, he was ordered from Tattersall's for the 

 inspection of his royal highness the regent. Many 

 persons were desirous of purchasing this horse, and 

 there seems no doubt that four or five thousand 

 pounds might have been obtained, had the proprie- 

 tor been desirous to part with him. On the ap- 

 proach of the Egham meeting, the public papers 

 were again full of Smolensko, and a turnpike man 



