324 HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



Sancho, b}^ Don Quixote, beat Lord Darlington's 

 Pavilion, by Waxy, 4 years and 8 st. 3 lb. each, 

 4 miles, 3,000 guineas, 2,000 forfeit, a match 

 which created great interest at the time, chiefly, 

 no doubt, for the extravagance of the stakes ; and 

 on Saturday the same Sancho, 7 st. 12 lb., beat 

 Mr. R. D. Boyce's ch. h. Bobtail, by Precipitate, 

 aged (that is, te7t years old), 8 st. 9 lb., the last mile, 

 200 guineas, half forfeit (which match is notice- 

 able for the age of the beaten horse, and for the 

 fact that, ' by a mistake of the person starting 

 them, these horses ran a 7mle -and a qttarter 

 instead of a mile. On a reference to the Jockey 

 Club, it was declared a valid race '). 



A.D. 1805: Another 'romantic' match took 

 place on Saturday, August 24. ' Mrs. Thornton,' 

 riding Colonel Thornton's ch. h. Mr. Mills, 

 alias Clausum PVegit (by Otho), 'walked over,' 

 either through the gallantry or the misfortune 

 of the Mr, Bromford who was to have ridden 

 against her, in a ' match for 2,000 guineas, 

 half forfeit, four hogsheads of Cote Rotie, and 

 600 guineas, p.p., bet by Mrs. Thornton, 4 

 miles,' at York ; and on the same day and at the 

 same place she, riding Colonel Thornton's b. m. 



