316 HISTORY OF THE 



sportsman made his debut on tlie turf in 1791, 

 and from that period, to the day of his death, 

 was one of its firmest and most honourable 

 supporters. Among his horses, we find some 

 of the most celebrated racers this country ever 

 produced, and which made their appearance 

 in the following order, viz. : In 1800, Merry 

 Andrew by Walnut out of Sylvia; in 1811, 

 XYZ, by Haphazard, dam by Spadille ; in 1813, 

 Encore by ditto, dam by Star; in 1814, Dr. 

 Syntax by Paymaster, dam by Beningbrough out 

 of Jenny Mole by Carbuncle ; in 1816, Lydia by 

 Remembrancer out of Helen, by Hambletonian ; in 

 1824, Caccia Piatti by Whisker, dam by Walton ; 

 in 1828, Zodiac by Centaur, dam by Eaton; in 

 1829, Principe by Whisker out of Princess by 

 Comus, &c., &c. 



The most celebrated of these, and the best horse 

 Mr. Riddell ever possessed, was Dr. Syntax, which 

 he purchased of Mr. Knapton, of York, a well- 

 known breeder of blood-stock, who had bought him 

 when a foal, from Humphrey Osbaldeston, Esq., of 

 Hunmanby, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, by 

 whom he was bred. 



It appears that Dr. Syntax ran no less than 

 forty-nine times, out of which he won thirty-six 

 races, in which he defeated all the first rate horses 

 of the day, and gained his owner the sum of £3,G54 

 in ten years, in tlic following order, viz. : — 



