14 HISTORY OF THE 



mond won the King's plate three mile heats. In 

 the same week, he won £.00 for all ages. At York, 

 he won the Ladies' plate of £50, at Newmar- 

 ket he won 50 gs. B. C. ; and the following day 

 he w^on the King's plate 12st. R. C. In 1798, 

 Newmarket Craven Meeting, Diamond 8st. beat 

 Moorcock, 8st. 2lb. ; B. C. 200 gs. At the First 

 Spring Meeting he won a stakes of 100 gs. each, 

 h. ft. twelve subscribers, B. C; and in the same 

 meeting, a stakes of 100 gs. h. ft. D. C. At 

 Oxford, he carried off the gold cup, value 100 gs. 

 and 50 gs. in specie; a stakes of 10 gs. each, 

 fifteen subscribers, four miles. At Nottingham he 

 won the King's plate, 12st. four mile heats. At 

 York, he walked over for the King's plate of 100 

 gs., I2st. four miles. At Doncaster, he at 8st. 

 61b., beat Shuttle 5 yrs. old, 8st. four miles 

 1000 gs. each, eleven to eight on Shuttle. In 

 1799, Diamond won the first class of the Oatland's 

 stakes of 50 gs. each, D. I. In the First Spring 

 Meetuig, carrying 12st. he won the King's plate 

 of 100 gs. R. C. At the Second Spring Meeting, 

 he won the Jockey Club plate of 50 gs. 



Diamond was a beautiful brown bay, strong, 

 bony, and compact ; he was considered to be the 

 best bottomed horse in the kingdom of his day. 



We will conclude this chapter, with the follow- 

 ing remarkable events, which occupied the at- 

 tention of the sporting world about this period, and 

 which will bring us up to the commencement of 

 the present century. 



