American turf register and sporting magazine . nus.—GeorgeBuntley, Esq. Br. f. by the celebrated Americanrunning horse Lees Old Mark Alt-thony.—James Crawford, Esq. 21. Monkey mare, a chestnut,pretty well formed, 15 hands 1 inchhigh, bred by Mr. Godwin; by theimp. h. Monkey, imp. Merry Pintle,imp. Moretons Traveller, , imp. Bucephalus, imp. Crawford,imp. Justice, imp. Juniper, imp. Chil-ders, out of a thorough bred mare, purchased from LordCuUens stud. by the or nob. by the Khan. I SolcltoMr. Br. f. by do. ( Godwin. f. b


American turf register and sporting magazine . nus.—GeorgeBuntley, Esq. Br. f. by the celebrated Americanrunning horse Lees Old Mark Alt-thony.—James Crawford, Esq. 21. Monkey mare, a chestnut,pretty well formed, 15 hands 1 inchhigh, bred by Mr. Godwin; by theimp. h. Monkey, imp. Merry Pintle,imp. Moretons Traveller, , imp. Bucephalus, imp. Crawford,imp. Justice, imp. Juniper, imp. Chil-ders, out of a thorough bred mare, purchased from LordCuUens stud. by the or nob. by the Khan. I SolcltoMr. Br. f. by do. ( Godwin. f. by 627. 30. Selim mare, a jet black, 15hands high, foaled in North Carolinain 1774, or thereabouts; by imp. Selim, imp. Shock, imp. Ev-anss Starling, imp. Merry Tom, , out of a thorough bredmare. 1778; b. c, by imp. h. Old Janus.— J\Ir. George . 1779; b. c. by the celebrated run-ning horse Lees Old Mark Antho-ny.—Mr. Jay. 1780; b. f. by do. (Wind beforeweaning-time.)This mare died in 1781,. ^ -^c AMERICAN TURF REGISTER AND g^®msiw® liA^A^iirj i^ Vol. II.] NOVEMBER, 1830. [No. 3, HORSE and consequences of horse racing—Unsubstantial argumentsagainst its continuance—Games of chance intimately connectedwith the turf—Cruelty not necessary to horse racing—Places wherecelebrated—Greatly increased in Ireland—The turf in foreigncountries—Publications and rules in horse racing—77*6 jockeyclub— TattersaVs. I HAVE already, in the history of the horse, deduced the origin ofhorse racing from the Olympic games of ancient Greece, stating theparticulars of difference between the ancient and modern practices,with the use and progress of a regular racing system in this has gradually increased with our increasing national wealth andprosperity, to which indeed, it has, in no small degree, contributed,by the improvement of our breed of horses, to a height of excellencehitherto unattained in any other


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