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Clumseywas gray; bred by Mr. Wilkes; got by Hautboy, son of 

 D'Arcy White Turk: dam Miss D'Arcy's Pet Mare. Hautboy was bred 

 by the D'Arcy family ; got by the D'Arcy White Turk : dam a Royal 

 mare. The dams of Merlin, Bustler and Gray Grantham are unknown. 



The pedigree of Betty Leeds is given by Mr. De Lancey as fol- 

 lows: " Bay, fifteen hands ; foaled 1759; got by Babraham, son of the 

 Godolphin Arabian : dam by Starling; 2d dam by Godolphin Arabian, 

 full sister to Mr. Vernon's Amelia, and the grandam of Tortolfe". 



There is an Amelia, foaled 1748, got by the Godolphin Arabian: 

 dam bred by Mr. Bright, got byChilders; 2d dam said to be by Young 

 True Blue; 3d dam bred by the Duke of Rutland, got by Cyprus 

 Arabian; 4th dam Bonny Black, foaled 1715, and called the best 

 runner of her time, got by Black Hearty, son of the Byerly Turk ; 

 5th dam said to be by Lord Howe's Persian stallion. Young True 

 Blue was by Honeywood's Arabian : dam by Byerly Turk ; 2d dam 

 said to be by Selaby Turk; 3d dam by Hautboy; 4th dam by a 

 son of Helmsley Turk; 5th dam by Dodsworth ; and 6th dam the 

 Burton Barb Mare. 



This Amelia was bred by Mr. Crofts; whether ever owned by 

 Mr. Vernon we do not know, but probably is the mare referred to by 

 Mr. De Lancey. Tortolfe we do not find in the " General Stud Book". 

 The Childers Mare, dam of Amelia, had a full sister to Amelia, 

 also bred by Mr. Crofts. This last mare, probably was dam of the 

 Starling Mare that produced Betty Leeds, i G. S. B. 60. 



Starling or Bolton's Starling was gray; foaled 1727 ; bred by the 

 Duke of Bolton and got by Bay Bolton, son of Gray Hautboy, by 

 Hautboy : dam bred by Duke of Bolton, got by a son of the Brown- 

 low Turk; 2d dam old Lady, bred by the Duke of Bolton, got by 

 Pulleine's Arabian; 3d dam said to be by Rockwood, Arabian; and 

 4th dam by the Helmsley Turk. Bolton's Starling died 1756. 

 Rockwood's dam was the Lonsdale Tragonwell Barb. 



Childers, also called the Devonshire and Flying Childers, has been 

 generally regarded as the fastest horse ever trained. He gave Fox twelve 

 pounds over the course and beat him a quarter of a mile in a trial He 

 was bay with blaze and four white feet. He was bred by Mr. Childers, 

 foaled 1715, and got by the Darley Arabian: dam Betty Leedes, 

 bred by Sir W. Strickland, got by Careless, son of Spanker; 

 2d dam sister to Leedes, sometimes called Cream Cheeks, bred by Mr. 

 Leedes, got by his Arabian; 3d dam said to be by Spanker, son of 

 the D'Arcy Yellow Turk; and 4th dam the old Morocco Mare. 



Careless was by Spanker : dam a Barb. He was owned by Mr. 

 Leedes, and, in 1698, when he ran, by Lord Wharton. 



