VAX TROMP, 



VAN TROMP. 



WINNER OF THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER, 1847. 



Van Tromp, a dark brown horse, fifteen hands two inches 

 and a half high, was bred by Mr Vansittart in 1844, and 

 is by Lanercost, out of Barbelle by Sandbeck, her dam 

 Darioetta by Amadis, out of Selima by Selim — Pot-8-o's 

 — Editha by Herod. 



Van Tromp commenced his career gloriously in 1 846, 

 by winning cleverly by a length at Liverpool, the Mersey 

 Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two year olds, 

 beating Lord Caledon's Wanota second, and Mr Merry's 

 Maid of Motherw^ell, Mr Osborne's Tyrone, Mr White's 

 Infringe, Mr Watt's Chat, Lord Stanley's Meeanee, Mr 

 Mytton's Miles's Boy, Lord Zetland's Helias, and Lord G. 

 Bentinck's Projectile, not placed. 



Goodwood saw him once more victorious, winning the 

 Lavant Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, by a head, beating 

 Mr Payne's Clementina second, and Lord G. Bentinck's 

 Archness, Mr Ford's Millwood, Duke of Richmond's Halo, 

 Mr Worley's Wintonia, Lord G. Bentinck's Vice- Consul, 

 Lord G. Bentinck's Bethphage, Lord Exeter's Cossachia, 

 and Mr Ellis's f. by Ion, out of Ranvilette, not placed. 



Victory followed him on to Doncaster, where he won by 

 a length the Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft, for 

 two years old colts 8st. 71b., and fillies 8st. 51b. ; the 

 owner of the second horse to receive back his stake, and 

 the winner to give six dozen of Champagne to the Don- 

 oaster Racing Club. — Red House in. — Fifty subscribers. 



