Partisan and Gladiator. 2 7 



dam was by Stamford (another son of Sir Peter's), and 

 from an Eclipse mare, was the winner of the Derby 

 in 1827, and that his son Glaucus, whose dam was by 

 Selim, was the sire of Refraction, who won the Oaks in 

 1845. They were all bay. Glaucus missed the Derby 

 and St. Leger, but defeated Rockingham, the St. Leger 

 winner, the next year (1834) for the Gold Cup at Ascot, 

 about two miles and a half I will return to Partisan, 

 who handed down the Sir Peter line through two of his 

 sons. Gladiator and Venison, both foaled in 1833. They 

 were of kin to Bay Middleton, and finished second and 

 third to him for the Derby, 1836. Cyprian, his daughter, 

 won the Oaks in the same year ; Zeal the One Thousand 

 Guineas in 1821 ; and his son Patron the Two Thousand 

 Guineas in 1829, 



Gladiator, a chestnut, and Venison, bay, were both 

 good-looking horses, with good blood-like heads and fine 

 eyes, which points are to be noticed as a rule in their 

 descendants. 



Gladiator went to France, and has done that country 

 very great service ; and his daughter, Miss Gladiator, 

 was the dam of Gladiateur. 



Pauline, the dam of Gladiator, was by Moses, the 

 winner of the Derby in 1822. Whether Moses was the 

 son of Seymour or of Whalebone I will not pretend to 

 say, but he is generally traced to Whalebone. Be this 

 as it may, Moses's dam was by Gohanna, a grandson of 

 Eclipse, her dam Grey Skin, by Woodpecker out of 

 Silver's dam by Herod ; and Gohanna's dam was by 

 Herod. Gladiator was thought to have been of a deli- 



