Gimcrack, a grey, foaled in 1760, bred by Gideon 

 Elliot, Esq., in Hampshire, stood under 14 hands 2 inches; 

 winner of 27 races on the English Turf, value ;^5,48o ; 

 was sent to France to run a match against time for ;^i,ooo, 

 which he also won. 



The old Gimcrack Club of York takes its name from 

 this famous horse. There are in "existence three large- 

 size oil paintings of Gimcrack by George Stubbs, the 

 celebrated animal painter — one in the Durdans collection, 

 one in the Elsenham collection and the other at the 

 Jockey Club, Newmarket. 



Mambrino, a grey, bred in 1768 by John Atkinson, 

 Esq., of Scholes, in Yorkshire, and sold after his decease 

 to Lord Grosvenor, was the winner of many races in 

 the years 1773-1779. 



It may be of interest to know that Mambrino, after 

 his racing career, was sold in 1779 by Lord Grosvenor to 

 go to America, where he laid the foundation of a breed 

 of the finest coach horses ever produced, and, united 

 with the blood of " Jary's Bellfounder," who was imported 

 to America in 1823, laid the foundation of the American 

 Trotter. 



The winner of the first Derby, in 1780, was Diomed, 

 a chestnut horse. From him the celebrated Grey Diomed 

 was bred at Great Barton, Bury St. Edmunds, by 

 Sir Charles Bunbury, Bart., one of the leading racing 

 men of his time. 



The Derby has been only once won by a grey horse- 

 namely, Gustavus. He was by Election, a bay horse,, out 

 of the grey mare Lady Grey in 1821. Hollandaise, by 

 Matchem, who won the St. Leger of 1778, was a grey, 

 as also was Symmetry, by Delpini, who won the same 

 race in 1798. 



