234 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



Napier's b. c. G lancer, by Herod ; Mr. Turner's b. c. by 

 Ranthos ; j\Ir. Vernon's b. c. Berwick, by Florizel ; Lord 

 Clermont's ch. c. FKrfcator, by Conductor; Duke of 

 Cumberland's b. c. Eparainondas, by Herod , Mr. 

 Parker's c. Ascot, by Herod ; Mr. Fox's c. Brutus, by 

 Mark Antony ; Sir W. Moore's b. c. Plutus, by Eclipse. 



So far as can be ascertained, no particulars of the 

 Derby of 1782, the third of the series, ever were pub- 

 lished, the race not having then attracted the attention 

 of journalists. Notices of the sires of Derby winners are, 

 however, not difficult to discover in the sporting maga- 

 zines of the period, and the turf histories wliich have 

 been compiled from them. Eclipse has been already 

 noticed. The sire of the first winner of ' tbe Blue 

 Eibbon of tbe Turf was Florizel, who was also the sire 

 of Eager, who won the race in 1791 for the Duke of 

 Bedford, and in 1792 and 1793 gave two winners of 

 the St. Leger, in Lord A. Hamilton's Tartar, and Mr. 

 Clifton's Ninety-Three. Sweetbriar, sire of Assassin, 

 was a chestnut, and was foaled in 17G9, bred by Mr, 

 Thomas Meredith, and sold to Lord Grosvenor. He 

 won several important events in his day, and was 

 never beaten, but he paid forfeits on three occasions. 

 Sweetbriar, while the property of his lordship, stood as 

 a sire, and came into considerable request at a con- 

 siderable fee for the period, namely, 25 guineas and 

 80 guineas. He was sold at Tattersall's, in 1790, 

 for the sum of 20 guineas. A list of thirty winners, 

 of which Sweetbriar was the sire, is contained in 

 Whyte's ' History of the Turf,' Assassin being of the 

 number. 



Wiuh odds of 7 to 4 betted on her, Lord Grosvenor's 



