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to have been the real sire of Edipse ; Stump (by 

 Merry Tom, son of Captain Rousby's Turk), and 

 Whittington (by Mr. Stamford's Whittington). 



Mr. William Metcalfe (of Beverley, Yorks), 

 with Lady Betty (by the Duke of Devonshire's 

 Blacklegs) and Shepherdess (by the Grey Barb at 

 Hampton Court). 



Sir William Middleton (of Belsea Castle, 

 Northumberland), with Camilla (own sister to 

 Squirrel, Midge, and Thwackum, by a son of Bay 

 Bolton and a daughter of Bartlett's Childers), 

 Squirrel (by a son of Bay Bolton, dam by Bart- 

 lett's Childers, grandam by Honywood's Arabian), 

 Thwackum (own brother to Squirrel), and Whistle- 

 jacket (by Mogul, by the Godolphin Arabian). 



Sir Michael Newton, with Elephant (by the 

 Newton Grey Arabian and a daughter of Bay 

 Bolton) and the elegantly named Louse (by the 

 more elegantly named Bloody Buttocks). 



The Countess of Northumberland, with Irene 

 (a brown mare by Cade). 



The Earl (Sir Hugh Smithson, afterwards 

 Duke) of Northumberland, with Celadine (son 

 of Y. Cade) and Perseus (by the Duke of Bolton's 

 Starling and Coughing Polly). 



