Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-03-31

5 soYercigns each, with so added, one
mile 70 subscribers
Mr. Barlley's b c Flexible. Syears
old. % ID
Lord Warwick's b Hsja Babs, 4
years old, Ii2 ID
ME- Canning's b c Hotteniot. 4 yrs
old. i07 Id
DIR Eady's. aged, Ia7 ID, Presentimenl
a years old. ia ID and another also start
ed, but were not placed.
Stowbridge. August. The Gold Cup.
value 100 sovreigns each; four miles (l2
subscribers.)
Mr. Bar.ley's b Flexible. $ years
old 90 ID. /
MIR Tooques' oh h Mazame, S yrs
old I22 10 Q
WartcicS. September 8. The town
Plate OF ESQ for all ages--2 mile heats.
Mr. Bariley's b Flexible, by Whale.
bone, 5 years old. lot ID n
Mr. 6isborne.s b { Elizabeth. s years
old. I05 10 d 9
Mr. Rawlinson's oh { Rarity. 5 years
old. 100 10 9
Lord Warwick's be Hail B aba, 4yrs
old. i2S lii. adl
Betting 6 to on Flexible.
Flexible now became the property of j.
Mytton F'q. for 500 guiness.
Shrewsbury. Sept 81. The st. Legel
stakes Of 25 sovreigns each. with 90 al
ded by the town. for three years old--onc,
round and distance.
Mr. Mytton's c Flexible, by Whale
bone, Il6 ID
Sir w Wynn's b Signoria. ia ID
Mr. MyitoB's b Ludford ll6 ID
Sir 4 StanIey's c DR. Faustus ZIG ID I
Lord Grosvenor's br Achilles lis II
threw his rider.
Ostceslry. Sept 81. Plate Of $50 70
three and four years old /; 9 miles heats.
MIR Mytton's b Flexible. by Whale
bone, 8 years old, los 10 !
Mr. Ormsby Cores CHI c Rapid yrs
old, 105 ID d
Lord Grosvenor's b Despatch 8 yrs
old. l02 10.
Mr.. Thompson's br Dorcas, d years :.
old, III 10 2Jl
Holy,cell Hunt. Oct Is. Handicap
sweepstakes Of so sovereisns each. b Il
with so added, &c three miles, Is sub
scribers.)
MIR Mytton's b c Flexible, 8 yrs old.
los ID.
Sir w. w. Wynn's br by Reubens
years old, l07 ID
Lord Grosvenor's ch Hybla 4 years
old. ia 10
Same place. Oct. 90. Flexible 8 year
old, beat Sir w. w Wynn's br c by Reu
bens. A years old, ia 10 each one mile
100 sovereisns, thus giving him his year
Flexible thus won the exiraordinar,
number of 8 races in one year, and a
mongst them A mile race with heav,
weight.
When 4 years old, he at CheItenham
won the Sherborne stakes fhandicap) Of
soyereieBs each, with 80 added; st lie
ger course 70 subscribers.)
Mr. Myiton's b Flexible years old
| III ID
Mr. Ormsby Cores oh fVitula, 4 yrs
old. los ID :
Mr. Grffith's &c Harry. yrs old 94lb
Lydia. a years old. 105 Id. yelasques.
years old 90 10, and another, also stated
but the judge placed only three. Observ
how heavily Flexible was handicapped
giving horses of his own age 10 ID or NOR
and beating them-a conclusive cvidenc
Of his superiority as a racer.
Wolverhampion. The Darlington cup
100 sovereigns each, three miles Il sub
scribers)
Mr. Myttons br Flexible, 4 years
old, ia 10
Mr. Geary's br Arachne. years old
Id 10
Mr. Myttons's b h Longwaist, s years
old, 1875 10
! The English Sporting Magazine says
I"He was Immediately afterwards saddles
for small handicap, giving to Borysthe
mes, FIVE years old. no less than Is ID an
his year, heats, IL ibis race be receive,
an injury, from which be did not speediI
recover. and was after another trial, wit
drawn from the turf.
'.Flexible ran well on many other occa
sions. and was always remarkable for hi
hard unflinching honesty, which may il
some degree be owing to an amazing
strength Of loin. hook, and quarter, hi
short joints, and just proportion, adde'
to the finest possible temper. His heigh
is l5i hands.
"He is now a stallion at BromfeId, nea
Ludlow race course, the property of MI
Back. who has refused heavy sums To-
him"
| Sporting Mag. Ne,o Series No % p 4I4
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. Fexi
has beaten Longwaist," equal TO any
horse of his day. "Dr. Faustus. Arachne
General Nina, Signorina. Wilmington
Owestry. &c. Flexible is full Is hand
and half high, with great muscular pow
ers. and for nice proportion is eqaalled by
few his temper gentle, and nearly al
his mares OF last year are in foal."
ala ia unenualled in afreuUfh nf foro,