PLEMPOTEiVTTARY. 79 



PLENIPOTENTIAEY. 



WINNER OF THE DERBY STAKES AT EPSOM, 1834. 



Here stands " the Crack" of his day, as well as of every 

 other. — A horse such as we ne'er shall look upon the like 

 of again, the wonderful — the unequalled — the ill-used 

 " Plenipo." 



Plenipotentiary, a rich chesnut colt, about fifteen hands 

 two inches and a half high, was bred by his owner, Mr 

 Batson, in 1831, got by Emilius, out of Harriet, by Pericles 

 (son of Evander), her dam by Selim, out of Pipylina, by 

 Sir Peter — Rally, by Trumpator. 



Plenipotentiary did not make his appearance in public 

 until the Craven Meeting of 1834, when he carried off the 

 50 sovs. Sweepstakes. — R.M. — Five subs., beating another 

 Emilius colt, a Sultan colt, and a Tramp colt, with ease, on 

 the same day that the redoubtable Glencoe carried off the 

 Tuesday's Riddlesworth in a canter, making " mince meat" 

 of Zulima, the winner of the July Stakes in 1833, and two 

 others. 



These two cracks of the day, Plenipo. and Glencoe, met 

 on the following Thursday, being the only two declared to 

 start for a Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. — R.M. — 

 Nine subs. 



Mr Batson's Plenipotentiary 1 



Lord Jersey's Glencoe 2 



This race monopolised the interest of the day, and gave 

 rise, as well to heavy speculation on iis immediate result, 

 as to important changes in the Derby odds. A fruitless 

 negociation for a compromise was followed by several heavy 

 engagements at 5 to 4 on Glencoe, at which price Lord 



