234 Saddle and Sir lorn. 



Snarry and his assistants drive a herd of twenty or 

 thirty mares to be tried on a spring morning, by 

 Colsterdale or Fandango, might well bear his name 

 as " he was the first one to call our own," as Snarry 

 has it. Stumps was also one of its tenants, and so 

 were Spotted Boy, Comus ("a great horse with us 

 once on a time "), Spencer, own-brother to Green 

 Mantle, Rifleman, and lastly Colsterdale. Sir Tatton 

 delighted in Andover, whose walk and trot were as 

 taking as his gallop, but he never " let down " or 

 furnished, and he was also a little too near of kin to 

 the Hampton mares. He was bought for 1450/. 

 and sold for 2000/., while Rifleman came at the 

 latter sum and departed, after two years of good 

 service, at a 500/. advance. "A good joke was 

 Daniel — what a flying leap he took in Hampton 

 Paddock " is a great saying of Snarry's, who never 

 had so much sympathy with, or talked so confiden- 

 tially to any one of the sires as he did to him. His 

 price was 800/. and he made it over again at the end 

 of seven seasons. Sir Tatton's last yearling average 

 was 131 guineas for thirteen, none of which fetched 

 more than 350 guineas, and the 310 lots at the sale 

 made (58 foals inclusive) 24,571 guineas.* Among 

 the latter was Lecturer at the foot of Algebra, and the 

 pair fell to the Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam for 70 guineas. 

 A Fandango yearling from Monge's dam developed 

 most remarkable trotting power one morning in the 

 paddocks when he got separated from his mate. The 

 late Mr. Crisp must have got the office from some one, 

 as he bought him for 140 guineas, and he beat the 

 Norfolk trotters at the County Show of '68. Cousin 

 Bet with her Blair Athol colt, Glenalmond, at her foot 

 made 1000 guineas at York, and the colt as a year- 



* The highest priced brood mare (Sister to The Lawyer), yearling, 

 two-year-old, three-year-old, and four-year-old made 260 guineas, 

 165 guineas, 135 guineas, 135 guineas, and 150 guineas respectively. 



