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of Eclipse), Myrtle (a gray horse, by Ancaster 

 Starlincr, dam by Sir M. Newton's Bay Arabian), 

 Spectator (by Mr, Panton's Crab), a chestnut filly 

 by Blank, Standby (by Shepherd's Crab), Mirza 

 (by the Godolphin Arabian), Sally (by Blank), 

 yEsop (by Mr, Panton's Gray Arabian), and 

 Juniper (by Babram). 



In the North, among the bipeds : Lord Port- 

 more, Mr, Hunt (of Linton-upon-Ouse), Sir W. 

 St, Quintin, Mr. Fenwick, Mr, Mann (of Borough- 

 bridge), Sir W, Middleton, Lord Sandwich, Mr. 

 William Swinburn, Sir John Ramsden, Mr. 

 Robinson (of Malton), Mr, William Preston, the 

 Duke of Devonshire, Mr, Hutton (of Marsk 

 Hall), Mr, Borlase Warren (of Stapleford, Notts), 

 Mr, Abraham Dixon (of Belford, Northumber- 

 land), and Mr. Fenton (of Glasshouse, Leeds) ; 

 and among the quadrupeds Skim (by the Bolton 

 Starling), the very distinguished Match'em 

 (whose services as a sire are said to have been 

 worth ;^i 7,000 to Mr, Fenwick in days when the 

 fee varied from ^5 to ^50 at the highest), Tan- 

 tivy (by Sedbury), Syphon (by Squirt, the sire of 

 Marsk), Romulus (by Regulus), Judgment (by 

 Snip, the sire of Snap), Brisk (by Cade, dam a 



