SALTRAM

,—the name of a horse who acquired considerable celebrity by his performances upon the TURF , since which he has stood as a STALLION in a proportional degree of estimation. He was foaled in 1780; got by Eclipse , dam ( Virago ) by Snap grand-dam by Regulus , out of a sister to Black and all Black . He was sire of his Royal Highne the Prince of Wales's St. David , the Duke of York's Laurustina , and the Duke of Bedford's Sprightly , Lord Grosvenor's Brown Filly (out of Sting ,) who won five prizes in 1790, at two years old , amounting to 1100 guineas; Caroline , and Tiffany ; Queen of Sheba , (who won 900 guineas, at Newmarket, in 1792;) Rose , Spank away , Sweeper , and the Prince of Wales's Whiskey , who won in the same year 1000 guineas, 2000 guineas, the 1400 guineas, 100 guineas, and 100 guineas, at Newmarket, and 50 l. at Bedford; Royalist , General , Henrietta , Clytus , Coal Merchant , Tear-Coat , Peeping Tom , Septem , Coiner , Whip , and Oscar ; exclusive of many Colts and Fillies, who were winners at Newmarket, and elsewhere, but never were named.