ORMOND

,—a horse of much recent racing celebrity, bred by Mr. Went worth in the north of England, was foaled in the year 1789; got by King Fergus ; dam ( Mi Corn forth ) by Matchem ; grand-dam by Sampson ; and great grand-dam by Regulus . In the Craven Meeting at Newmarket, 1792, he ran second to John Bull for the great produce stakes of 200 guineas each, acro the flat, half forfeit, thirty-five subscribers; beating Hotspur , Whiskey , St. Paul , Lucifer , Guild ford , and others. The same year, at York , he walked over for a sweepstakes of 100 guineas each, five subscribers. In 1793, at York , he won a sweepstakes of 100 guineas each, fourteen subscribers. In 1794, at York , he won a fifty pound plate, added to a subscription purse of 227 l. 10 s. 0 d. four miles, beating five others. In 1795, he won, at York , a subscription of 25 guineas each, eight subscribers. The next day but two he won the great subscription purse, value 277 l. 10 s. 0 d. beating Chariot , Constant , and Screveton . After which he appeared but twice on the turf, becoming a STALLION at five guineas each mare, and five shillings the groom.