SIR TATTOi> SYKEri. 329 



SIR TATTON SYKES. 



WINNER OF THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER, 1848. 



Sir Tatton Sykes, first named Tibthorpe, was bred by Mr 

 W. Scott in 1843, and is by Melbourne, dam by Marg-rave, 

 out of Patty Primrose by Confederate — Sibyl by Interpreter 

 — Galatea by Amadis. 



Sir Tatton Sykes made his successful entry on the Turf 

 in the Newwarket First Spring Meeting, 1846, by winning 

 the 2,000 Gs. Stakes, beating Lord Maidstone's Tom Tulloch 

 second, Lord Exeter's St Demetri third ; Lord Albemarle's 

 Rodulphus, Lord G. Bentinck's Green Pea, and Mr Osbaldes- 

 ton's King Charles, not placed. 



At Epsom he was not so fortunate, running second to 

 Pyrrhus the First for the Derby Stakes. 



In the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Meeting, for the North Der- 

 by Stakes, won by Lord Eglinton's Dolo, Mr Meiklam's 

 Fancy Boy second, Sir Tatton Sykes and Little Jack 

 Horner fell and threw their jockeys. 



At York Sir Tatton Sykes won the Knavesmire Stakes 

 in a canter, beating Mr Lane Fox's Wrestler. 



Sir Tatton Sykes's next appearance was at Doncaster, 

 where he started among the following twelve horses for the 

 St Leger, one hundred and forty-nine subs. 



Mr W. Scott's b. c. Sir Tatton Sykes, by Melbourne . . W. Scott. 



Col. Anson's b. c. lago, by Don John F. Butler 



Gen. Shubrick's br. c. Brocardo, by Touchstone J. Holmes 



Lord Chesterfield's b. c. The Free Lance, by Jereed Platman 



Mr Meiklam's br. c. Fancy Boy, by Tomboy Templeman 



Mr Cranston's eh. c. Cranebrook, by Alcaston, or Lord John .... Bartholomew 



Mr O'Brien's ch. c. Grimston, by Verulam J. Marson 



Lord E. RusseU's b. c. Sting-, by Slane H. Bell 



Col. Anson's b. c. Tom Tulloch, by Hetman Platoff S. Day 



Mr O'Brien's b. c. The Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney Marlow 



Mr Skerratt's br. f. Romance, by Accident (half-bred) Whitehouse 



Mr Meiklam's br. c. Poynton, by Touchstone Lye 



