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then Lord Bolingbroke's, carried 7 st. 7 lb. in a 

 match against Lord Rockingham's famous Bay 

 Malton, carrying 7 St., both five years old, B.C., 

 500 guineas, at Newmarket in October, but was 

 beaten (for the very fiirst time) easily. 



A.D. 1766: The same Gimcrack, then belong- 

 ing to Comte de Lauraguais, went over to France 

 and won a large sum of money by running 22^ 

 miles within the hour. 



A.D. 1769: On February 20, Mr. William 

 South's b.c. Precarious, by Merlin, a two-year-old, 

 beat Mr. John Water's br.c. Newmarket, a two- 

 year-old (} half) R. M., for 40 guineas, play or 

 pay, and 30 bye. (Noticeable as the earliest 

 recorded case in the South of two-year-old 

 racing.) 



A.D. 1769: On April i, at Newmarket, Mr. 

 Ogilvy's b.h. Y. Cato, rising 5 (that is, four years 

 old), 8 St. 7 lb., beat Lord Orford's br.c. Scimitar 

 (by Bond's Arabian), rising 3 (that is, two years 

 old), a feather, half R. M., 100 guineas. (Notice- 

 able as the earliest recorded instance in the South 

 of a race between a two-year-old and an older 

 horse.) 



A.D. 1772-73: Two curious three-cornered 



