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never beat at Newmarket till in a match which 

 cost her life ') [died * in great agony between the 

 Stand and the Rubbing-House,' whilst running 

 the first match, and was therefore spared the 

 cruelty, as it would now most certainly be con- 

 sidered, of the second. 



A.D. 1724: The sacred Heath was the scene 

 of a match between Mr. Stanhope's * chaise and 

 pair' and Lord Essex's 'chaise and pair' (one 

 mile, 100 guineas, half forfeit), which was 

 won by the former ; and, in course of time, 

 Lords Rockingham and Orford would desecrate 

 the soil with 'geese' races {ProJi, pudor /)y 

 though these latter are not entered in the regular 

 records. 



A.D. 1727: Captain Appleyard's (Mr. Vane's) 

 Bald Charlotte (by Old Royal), carrying eighteen 

 STONE, beat Mr. Ashby's gray horse Swinger, 

 carrying seventeen and a half stone, at New- 

 market, on May i {four ?mles, 200 guineas). 



A.D. 1730: At Newmarket, October 2, Mr. 

 Roger Williams' Whipper-Snapper (carrying a 

 ' feather') was ridden, for a wager of 20 guineas, 

 'five times round the Heath' [i.e., twenty miles) 

 within the hour, but how much within the hour 



