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She is a dark brown mare, and got by Velocipede 

 out of Princess Royal by Castrel out of Queen of 

 Diamonds, her dam by Sir Peter out of Lucy by 

 Florizel, Frenzy by Eclipse ; her dam by Engineer, 

 Lass of the Mill by Traveller, Miss Makeless, &c- 

 Her first appearance was at Holywell Hunt Meet- 

 ing in 1834, when she won the Champagne stakes. 

 In 1835, she won the Oaks' in a canter, the 

 Knowsley dinner stakes at Liverpool, the St. Leger 

 at Doncaster ; thus winning both the Oaks and 

 the St. Leger, which had never been done before. 

 At the same meeting she was defeated by half a 

 head,* by Ainderby, for the Scarborough stakes ; 

 and on the same day, walked over for the three year 

 old stakes. Li the following year, (1836), she won 

 the Stand Cup, and walked over for the Marquis 

 of Westminster's plate at Chester, the Borough 

 cup at Newton, and a Post sweepstakes of 100 

 sovs. each at the Holywell Hunt Meeting. 



The sporting obituary for this year contains the 

 following names : — 



On the 29th of March, that eccentric sportsman, 

 John Mytton, Esq., died in the King's Bench 

 prison, in London, in the 38th year of his age. 

 Inheriting a splendid fortune, Mr. Mytton, at an 

 early age plunged into a vortex of heedless gaiety 

 and expense, which after a comparatively brief 



* Her defeat was caused by a do^ running almost under her 

 legs, when within the distance, and which threw her out of her 

 stride. 



