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were then making him all the rage, and sold her for 

 seventy-five guineas only two months before she 

 foaled The Cure. It might truly be said of her that 

 she " marched a queen," and although The Cure had 

 that peculiarity that every muscle in his body seemed 

 in movement when he walked, he never had quite her 

 majesty. As Maroon was in a hunter and harness 

 sphere, the male line of Mulatto virtually ended with 

 Old England, the sire of Defiance. At Sir Joseph 

 Hawley's sale the latter went into Mr. Parr's hands 

 for thirty-eight guineas, where he prospered not a 

 little. It was always a matter of difficulty to get him 

 away from his horses, as, like his father, he had a 

 strong touch of temper and sluggishness, and hence 

 Mr. Parr could so seldom get him ridden to his mind, 

 that he not unfrequently donned his own puce and 

 white. His forehand was good and somewhat massive, 

 but he fell off behind the saddle. Still we thought 

 that we never saw two such good horses of their 

 stamp in one man's hands as when he and Weather- 

 gage were led about at the back of the Northampton 

 course, before they had won their races ; and it was a 

 strange reflection that they had only cost about 200 

 guineas the pair ! 

 Joe and Dick Joe Andrews was beaten under his 

 Andrews. original title of " Dennis-Oh !" by Faith 

 for the great Subscription at York, the day after John 

 Shepherd made his first appearance in silk for a Give 

 and Take Plate, in which 6st. 5 lb. 40Z. was allotted 

 for his hamper. He stood for some time in the West 

 of England, and his hunters were thought very high- 

 class, but he died in obscurity many years before his 

 son, Dick Andrews, made his blood famous with 

 Altisidora (who was a chestnut, with a good deal of 

 The Princess character about her), and the renowned 

 Tramp. Dick was rather a narrow horse, with a long, 

 lean, and expressive head, and showed great bottom 

 and breeding. Tramp inherited the former quality 



