HANDBOOX OF THE TURF. gj 



Chestnut in color with a white blaze down his face and his off 

 hnid leg was wlnte fron, his hock downwards. lie had b ack 

 spots i.pon Ins run.p, a peculiarity said to be seen in his male 

 descent to the present day. The very great size, obliqu ty 2d 

 lowness of his shoulders were the objects of general rematk 

 ""; 't-'^ ^''r*"''^^ °f his fore quarters, his alple indlnei; 

 p.oportioned nnd quarters and the swelling muscles of hs 

 foreann and thigh. He was 1.5.1 hands higit His shoulden 

 vvere so tluck that, according to the observaUon of i^ ?h ,e a 

 firkin of butter might have rested upon them; while he stood 

 very h.gh beh.nd-a conformation suited to hi great poweio 

 progi^ssion. Of his speed, no correct estimate can be7o™ ed 

 foi he never met with an opponent sufficiently fleet to put to 

 the test. He was what is termed a "thick winded ho.^e " and 

 puffed and roared so as to be heard at a considerable dTstance 

 uZ n i '°T ""^'^ ''"'"'' ^^ ^^»« '«t '^™"Sl»t upon the 

 M f -.n™' ?™ y''^'''' "'''• H« ™" his first race at Epsom 

 ^W\^^- ^'] ^"0 he beat Mr. Wentworth's BucephS' 



Auo^nl nf the ; ^ ^"i"'''"""'"' " """'y Sood horse; and in 



Yorir No wJ r-^'""* ^'' "'"" *he great subscription at 

 loik. iNo horse daring to enter against him, he closed his 

 short turf career of seventeen months, by walk L over tl^ 

 ^ewmarket course for the King's plate, on Octobef 18 1770 

 having run or walked over eighteen courses. He was' never 



£0^000 "°T "''■' P"'' ^°''^"*' ^'"^ ^■°» fo-- his owTiers over 

 £2o,000. Leaving the turf he entered the stud where his 



his form and lie was J Si ad mi fVifl to .1^2 ""^'^ was set to scrutinize 

 iml characters iiulica ive c^^f^^^'e^ pertection theexter- 



his proportions by M. Saintbel a veterh ar.f .^ ^'"""^ "^"^^ written on 

 gations sl.owed that his fis.u'e diffli^d^i^^^^ 



tional form which speciilativf^ w, t^.i^.o P*^'' '^ ^\'^^ the conven- 

 of perfection. He was of an indomit.^h^^^ ;iss,gned as the standard 

 found it in vain to attenmt « i., ?V ■ '^ '"^'^l'^'"' ''»''^ *"« jockeys 

 with remaining ,stni in 1 e sa. luhn^ V"^ ^'o^^ented themselves 

 ahnost toucliing ti.e gTo nd T le til ' i«t f '^^^"^Pt along, l.is nose 

 not keep by his side for fifVvJ^.fi.^''^^^^^^ 



^'Th^ were too late, S^ "^^L^l^Sx^i/^^'^ ^^^^g^ 



