26^ MODEllN FARRIER. 



A^iscount was a superior runner at four years oldy 

 till he met with an accident, which caused firing^ 

 necessary, after which he lost his racing powers. 



Langton was bred by John Grunston, Esq. of 

 l^Jeswick, near Beverly, Yorkshire, and foaled in 

 1802. He was got by Precipitate, and his dam 

 (who also bred Alonzo, Charlotte, kc.) by Highflier. 

 At JMalton Craven Meeting, 1805, he won a sweep- 

 stakes of tv/enty guineas each, beating Truth, Sir 

 Reginald, Laura, Norval, and two others. At Don- 

 caster, he won 100/. beating, at three heats. Master 

 Betty, Cleveland, Young Chariot, Scampston, and 

 Sir Andrew : he also received forfeit from lord F. 

 G. Osborne's Don Felix, and was sold to ^Ir, Ho- 

 worth. At Bibbury, 1806, he won a sweepstakes 

 of twenty -five guineas each, with one hundred gui- 

 neas added by the club, (nine subscribers) beating 

 Pedestrian and Biigatella. At Oxford, he won the 

 cup of eighty guineas, beating Quiz and Rumbo. 

 Next day he won, at two heats, two miles each, 

 fifty guineas, beating Pantaloon. At Egham, he 

 won a stakes of twenty guineas each, (five sub- 

 scribers) beating Candidate. At Newmarket Cra- 

 ven meeting, 1807, he won two hundred guineas^ 

 beating Rosebella. First spring meeting, fifty gui- 

 neas, beating Charmer. Second spring meeting, he 

 received one hundred guineas from Pagoda. Se- 

 cond October meeting, he received forfeit from 

 Briscio, and was then sold to lord Jersey. At New- 

 market July meeting, 1808, he won fifty guineas, 

 beating Ned. In the Houghton meeting, he w^on a 

 stakes of one hundred guineas each, (three sub- 

 scribers) beating Tot and Bramble. The same day 

 he beat Romeo for fifty guineas. The next day he 

 won 50/. beating York, Prospero, Rambler, Cerbe- 

 rus, Pelisse, Hedley, Monjentilla, Weaver, and 

 another. In the July meeting, 1809, he received 

 forfeit from Podagra. He won 50/. beating Vanity 



