20 CHORISTER. 



CHOEISTEE. 



WINNER OP THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER, 1831. 



Here stands Chorister, the first of Lottery's get who 

 proved a winner, and made th^i " knowing ones" to sing a 

 laughing chorus on the wrong side of their mouths. 



Chorister, a dark bay colt, about fifteen hands three 

 inches in height, was bred by Mr John Smith in the year 

 1828. He was got by Lottery, his dam (Crowcatcher's 

 dam) by Chorus, grandam Anticipation, by Beningbrough, 

 out of Expectation, sister to Telemachus, by Herod. 



Chorister was purchased, when a yearling, by the Duke 

 of Cleveland, for three hundred guineas. 



His first appearance on the turf was in the York Spring 

 Meeting, 1830, where he won a Sweepstakes of £450, 

 beating Victoire, Clarence, and eight others. For the 

 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, in the same year, he 

 was disgraced by Frederica, and several others. 



In 1831, at York Spring Meeting he was beat for the 

 Shorts Sweepstakes of 50 so vs. each, h. ft, for three yr 

 olds. — Last mile. — Six subs. 



Mr Skipsey's br. c. The Saddler, 8st. 51b 1 



Lord Cleveland's b. e. Chorister, 8&t. 51b 2 



C to 4 on the winner ; 



and again at York, in the August following, he won a 

 Renewed Subscription of 25 sovs. each, for horses the 

 property of a subscriber, or his declared confederate; 

 three yr olds, 7st. 21b.; fillies, 6st. 111b.; four, 8st. 31b.; 

 and five, 8st. lOlb. — Two miles. 



Lord Cleveland's b. c. Chorister, by Lottery, 3 yrs old 1 



Mr Houldsworth's ch. m. Fortitude, .5 yrs old 2 



