282 THE HORSE. 



plate mare Koxana, l)y the Bald Galloway, gained especial ce- 

 lebrity as the sire to Match em. 



1739. Regulns, by the Godolphin Arabian, out of the famous 

 Gray Robinson, by the Bald Galloway, was the best race-horse 

 of his day — the sire of Fearnought, of Eclipse's dam, and others 

 of note. 



1748. Matchem, the best horse of his era, was got by Cade, 

 dam by Partner, &c. 



1749. Spectator, by Crab, dam by Partner ; he was the only 

 horse, except Mirza, that beat Matchem. 



1750. Snap, by Snij) — son of Childers — dam by Fox, &c., 

 was the best race-horse at Newmarket succeeding those above 

 named. He twice beat Marske, of the same year, the sire to 

 Eclipse ; was distinguished, too, for beauty and symmetry, and 

 as a stallion of the lirst celebrity — sire of twenty-one noted 

 brood mares, including the dams of Sir Peter, Medley, Saltrara, 

 Shark, &c. 



1758. Herod, by Tartar, dam by Blaze, &c. Because of 

 Herod's renown on the Turf and in the stud, no comment is re- 

 quired. 



1760. Gimcrack, by Cripple, out of Miss Elliott, by Partner, 

 &c. Of 37 races he won 28 — matches and plates to an immense 

 amount. 



1771. Shark, by Marske, sire to Eclipse, dam by Snap — 

 Marlborough — son of the Godolphin Arabian — IS'atural Barb 

 mare. This extraordinary horse won upwards of 20,000 guineas 

 in stakes, &c., beating the best horses, DorimaVit, &c. ; " equally 

 good for speed and stoutness, beating the best of his contem- 

 poraries at their own play." He was sire to the dams of Am. 

 Florizel, of Am. Maid of the Oaks, Lady Lightfoot, &c. 



1773. PotSos, ch., by Eclipse, Sport's-mistress, &c. He 

 was the rival to Dungannon, as the best race-horse of Eclipse's 

 get, and to King Fergus as the best stallion. Lineally, Waxy, 

 Whalebone, Camel, Touchstone, &c., are descended from 

 Pot8os. 



1776. Medley, gr. by Gimcrack, out of sister to Sir Peter's 

 dam by Snap. He was an excellent and stout runner, frequent- 

 ly beating the celebrities of his day. But he was most renowned 

 in the stud of Virginia. 



