Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-04-21
MFR saddIer's br o by Shuttle Pope,

Mr. Bartley's b Flexible, years
old, SO Id ]
Lord Warwick's Haja Bahia, a
years old, ia lb 2
Mr. Canning's b c HottentOt, 4yrs
old, l07 ID 8
DIR Eady's, aged, 1877 ID, Presentiment
years old, ia ID and another also start.
ed. but were not placed.
Stourbridge, August. The Gold Cup,
value 100 sovreigns each four miles (l2
subscrlbers.)
Mr. Bartley's b Flexible. 8 years
old 93 ID. i
Mr. Tongues ch Mazame, yrs
old l22 ID 2
Warvick, September 8. The town
Plate of $50 for all sges--2 mile heats.
Mr. Bartleys b Flexible, by Whale
bone, 8 years old. lo7 ID 1 I
Mr. Gisbornes Elizabeth, 8 years
old, l05 lb 4 2
Mr. Rawlnson's oh Rarity, 8 years
old, 100 lb 8
Lord Warwick's be Hail Bahia, yrs
old, 1913 ID. Cdr
Betting to on Flexible.
Flexible now became the property of j..
Mytton Esq, for 500 guineas.
Shrewsbury, Sept 81. The st. Leger
stakes OF IS sovreigus each, with 30 al.
ded by the town. for three years old-once
round and distance.
Mr. Mytton's b Flexible, by Whale
bone, ZIG 10 |
Sir w Wynn's b Signoria, ia ID 9
Mr. Mytton's b Ludford ZIG Id 8
Sir L StanIey's DR. Faustns ll6 ID 4
| Lord Grosvenor's br Achilles ll3 ID
threw his rider.
Osucestry. Sept 81. Plate of $50 for
three and four years old 9 miles heats.
Mr. Mytton's b Flexible. by Whale
i bone, 8 years old, 1903 ID /
Mr. Ormsby Cores CHI C Rapid 8 yrs
old, 105 Id 4 2
Lord Grosvenor's b { Despatch, 8 yrs
old, l02 ID.
Mr.. Thompson's br Dorcas, years
old, III Id CDR
Il HoluoeH Hunt, Oct. IS. Handicap
sweepstakes Of so sovereigns each, b {
with 80 added, &c. three miles, Is sub
scribers)
Mr. Mytton's c Flexible, 8 yrs old.
1 lo5 ID.
Sir w. w. Wynn's br by Reubens
A years old, l07 ID 9
Lord Grosvenor's Oh Hybla years
old. 1l2 ID s
T Some place, Oct. 90. Flexible 8 years
old, beat Sir w. w Wynn's br by Reu-
bens, years old, la 10 each one mile,
100 sovereigns, thus giving him his year
|, Flexible thus won the extraordinary
number of 8 races in one year, and a
mongst them a mile race with heavy
, weight
When years old, he at Cheltenham
won the Sherborne stakes (handicap) Of 8
sovereigns each, with 80 added; st lie.
ger course % subscribers.)
4 Mr. Mytton's Flexible years old
III Id
MIR Ormshy Cores ch fVitula, A yrs
old. I05 ID
Mr. Gritiith's C Harry. 8 yrs old 94lb
Lydia. 4 years old. 1O5 ID, Velasques, 4
years old 90 10, and another, also slated
but the judge placed only three. Observe
how heavily Flexible was handicapped
giving horses Of his own age 10 10 or more
and beating them--a conclusive evidence
of his superiority as racer.
IPoluerhampten The Darlington cup
100 sovereigns each, three miles Il sub
scrbers)
Mr. Mytton's br Flexible, A years
old. ia ID
MIR Geary's br Aracbne, years old
Ia 10
Mr. Myttons's b Longwaist, years
old, 1875 10
The English Sporting Magazine says
ale was Immediately afterwards saddIet
for small handicap, giving to Borysthe
| mes, five years old, no less than Is ID ant
his year, heats. In this race he received
an injury, from which he did not speedily
= recover, and was after another trial, witt
drawn from the turf.
e FLEXIBLE ran we'll on many other occa
y sions, and was always remarkable for BIZ
n hard uniinching honesty, which may il
some degree be owing 10 an amazing
strength Of loin. hook, and quarter, hi'
: short joints, and Just proportion, addeC
: to the finest possible temper. His heigh
3, is l5s hands.
"He is now a stallion at Bromfield, neal
Ludlow race course, the property of Mr.
ouShs "uO buo ouIhS lOl
: him"
Sporting Nag. Ne,o Series No % p Ala
The following extracts are also takei
from English Sporting works of standard
authority;
"In Flexible. are thus united the blood
; of Matchem, Herod and Eclipse. Flexi
has beaten Longwaist." equal TO any
horse of his day. DIR. Faustus, Arachne
General Nina, Signorina. Wilmington
, Owestry. SC, Flexible is full Is hands
and half high, with great muscular pow.
ers. and for nice proportion is eqaalled by
few his temper gentle, and nearly all
his mares of last year are in foal."
che is unequaled in strength of form
and bis stock" (hls get "are worth look
ing at" Flexible, one of the best sons
; of Whalebone, descended from the two
best Arabians, without an Questionable
cross. His speed and bottom or temper
L. L