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Joe Andrews spent most of his stud life as a hunter sire 

 in the West of England, but the chestnut Dick Andrews 

 was a better-known horse, and he became famous as the 

 sire of Tramp and that grand mare Altisidora, both of 

 whom were bred by Mr. Watt, of Bishop Burton the 

 breeder of Blacklock. Tramp was not a big one, only 

 15 h. 2 in., according to the traditions, but he was a nice 

 level horse, and he improved greatly in appearance as he 

 grew older. Four- mile heats were his strong point, and 

 when he was at the stud at Bishop Burton it used to be 

 the proud boast of his groom that he was shod with four 

 gold cups. He sired a host of good horses, including two 

 winners of the Derby, and one of the St. Leger, but, so 

 far as he concerns us here, Lottery was his best son, as it 

 is through him alone that the line in tail male has been 

 transmitted. Lottery is described as having been a very 

 blood-like horse, but rather weak behind the saddle. He 

 was cursed with a shockingly bad temper, and so often got 

 the better of his grooms that Mr. Watt wanted to shoot 

 him. However, he passed into other hands at ^400 instead, 

 and was a fair horse, but not a great one in his running 

 days. He was half a hand higher than his sire, Tramp, 

 and at the stud he sired Weatherbit, a rather light-fleshed 

 horse with wonderful hindquarters. Weatherbit was in time 

 put to Mendicant, by Touchstone, out of Lady Moore by 

 Tramp, and the inbred produce of the pair was Beadsman, 

 who sired a Derby winner in Blue Gown, and a St. Leger 

 winner, Pero Gomez, who had been beaten a head by 

 Pretender for the Derby. Blue Gown was not a stud 

 success in this country; but another son of Beadsman, 

 Rosicrucian a great horse, a great stayer, and an Alexandra 

 Plate winner in turn sired Beauclerc, a Middle Park Plate 

 winner, who, through hitting his leg, was unable to take 

 part in the Derby of his year. Beauclerc is a nicely- 

 balanced medium-sized horse, and his stock have won some 

 70,000, though he has not been well patronised of late. 

 Perhaps his best son was Tyrant, who ran up an extra- 

 ordinary sequence of handicap victories a few years ago, 

 and who certainly inherited the family gift of stamina. At 



