Cade
Bred by Lord Godolphin, he was orphaned at ten days of age, and was said to have been raised on cow's milk. He was a full brother to Lath (b c 1732), the first son of the Godolphin Arabian. His racing career was respectable.
In the stud Cade was remarkably successful. He was Champion Sire in England in 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759 and 1760. Probably his most important offspring was Matchem (b c 1748), himself a Champion Sire and progenitor of the Matchem sire line. Other useful sons include Silvio (b c 1754) and his brother (b c c1755), Young Cade (b c 1747), Changeling (b c 1747) and Warren's Sportsman (b c 1753), the dam sire of Pot8os (ch c 1773).
His many valuable daughters include Cade Mare (gr f 1751), the dam of Mambrino (gr c 1768) and ancestress of such horses as Friar Marcus (b c 1912 Cicero) and Alysheba (b c 1984 Alydar) of Family 20. Another daughter, Hutton's Cade Mare was an ancestress of most of Family 25. Miss Cade (ch f 1750) was the grandam of Old England Mare (b f 1766) the taproot of Family 2-t. Sister to Merryman (b f 174) was the dam of Titania (f 1760) the taproot of Family 4-a. Miss Ramsden (b f 175) was the dam of the good racehorse and top sire Woodpecker (ch c 1773). Miss Roan (gr f 1753) was the dam of Sweetwilliam (ch c 1768), and the 3rd dam of Coriander (b c 1786). Miss Vernon (b f 1755) was the dam of Otho (b c 1760).
His influence was felt in America as well, through his daughter Kitty Fisher* (gr f c1756), a great American matriarch, who numbered the great racehorse Boston (ch c 1833) among her descendants. His son Wildair* (b c 1753) was so successful that he was sent back to England.
Cade died at Easby Abbey, North Yorkshire, in September of 1756.
Blank
Bred at Gog Magog near Babraham, Cambridgeshire, by Francis Leonard Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, he was sold to Mr. Greville in 1746, then to Mr. Haydon, and eventually to Peregrine Bertie (1714-1778), 3rd Duke of Ancaster.
Described in Lord Godolphin's stud book [Early Records, 147] as a bay colt with no white markings, he was the sixth foal of his dam, Amorett, who was referred to as the "Little Hartley Mare" in the General Stud Book. He was full brother to Janus (b c 1738) and Old England [ex-Slugg] (b c 1741), and half brother to Shakespeare (ch c 1745 Hobgoblin).
Racing for Mr. Greville, he was defeated at Newmarket in April of 1746 by Mr. Panton's Sloe (bl c 1740 Crab) in a Sweepstakes for 100gs, half-forfeit, for 5 year olds carrying 8 stone over 4 miles. At Newmarket in October of 1746, racing for Mr. Haydon, he was defeated by Mr. Stamford's Moorcock (gr c 1740 Hutton's Blacklegs) for 50 guineas, carrying 9 stone 4 pounds over 4 miles. Still racing for Mr. Haydon, Blank beat Mr. Stamford's Cumberland (b c 1741 Fletcher's Arabian) at Newmarket in April of 1748, both carrying 9 stone over 3 miles for 30 guineas.
He entered the Ancaster stud at Grimsthorpe in Lincolnshire where, despite his failure on the turf, he was afterwards held in the highest esteem as a stallion. His sons Paymaster and Pacolet were successful stallions in England, whilst his son Centinel* and grandson Citizen* were both influential in the Carolinas. Although daughters such as Golden Grove, Horatia and Rutilia left their patrician hoof prints on the English stud book none exerted more influence than Rachel, dam of the mighty Highflyer.
Blank was Champion Sire in 1762, 1764 and 1770. He died at Grimsthorpe in 1770.
Notable Blank mares.
• Rachel (b f 1763), bred by the Duke of Ancaster, was unraced and mated with Spectator (b c 1749 Crab) as a three year old. The result was Mark Anthony (b c 1767), who won twenty of his twenty-eight starts with earnings of nearly 3000 guineas. In the stud he got the Derby winner Aimwell (b c 1782). However, it would be Rachel's fourth foal, Highflyer (b c 1774 King Herod), who would have a profound and enduring effect on bloodstock breeding. One of the four influential stallions of the latter half of the eighteenth century, along with his sire King Herod (b c 1758 Tartar), Matchem (b c 1748 Cade) and Eclipse (ch c 1764 Marske), Highflyer was Champion Sire thirteen times. Two of Rachel's other foals, Dunny (d c 1771 Brilliant) and Dorilas (b c 1778 Florizel) were also winners. Rachel died in the spring of 1781.
• Golden Grove (ch f 1760), bred by Thomas Panton, taproot mare of Family 4-l.
• Horatia (b f 1758), also called Favourite, was bred by Thomas Panton, and taproot mare of Family 6-b, 2nd dam of the Derby winner Young Eclipse (b c 1778 Eclipse) and 2nd dam of the first Derby winner *Diomed (ch c 1777 Florizel). She was shot in 1783.
• Rutilia (b f 1769), bred by the Duke of Ancaster, sister to Rachel, above, taproot mare of Family 13-a.
• Blank Mare (b f 1761c), bred by Mr. St. Leger Douglas, dam of Goldfinder (b c 1764 Snap), who sired the St. Leger winner Serina (b f.1778). Blank Mare was also the 2nd dam of the Oaks winner Ceres (b f 1779 Sweetwilliam).
• Blank Mare (ch f 1759), bred by Mr. Holme, was the dam of Young Marske (b c 1771 Marske) and Juniper (b c 1767 Snip). Juniper won the Doncaster Cup twice.
• Countess (gr f 1760), bred by Lord A. Bertie, owned by the Duke of Bolton, was the dam of Delpini (gr c 1781 Highflyer). She was also the 2nd dam of the brothers Stamford (br c 1794 Sir Peter Teazle), Archduke (br c 1796 Sir Peter Teazle) and Paris (br c 1803 Sir Peter Teazle). Stamford won the Doncaster Cup twice and both Archduke and Paris won the Derby stakes.
• Blank Mare, in HRH the Duke of Cumberland's stud, 2nd dam of the St. Leger winner Tartar (ch c 1789 Florizel).
Other influential horses from the Hartley Mares
Babraham
Bay 1738. Bred by the Francis, (2nd) Earl of Godolphin. Grew to 16 hands, "a fine horse of great strength." In 1744 he was sold to the (3rd) Duke of Beaufort. Generally listed among the Godolphin Arabian's top sons, he was put to stud while racing, beginning in 1747. For the next two years he both ran and covered mares, and winning plate races at Reading, Guildford, Ascot, Oxford, Lambourn and Burford. He got the good race horses Aimwell (1750) and Cardinal Puff (1760), and several other sons, some of whom were exported to the U.S. But his fillies were best, both as racehorses and broodmares: Molly Long Legs was a top race mare. He also sired Betty Careless (dam of Rufus, Cadmus, Aeolus); Bay Babraham (1760, dam of the good racehorse Johnny (1769)), and many unnamed daughters (1756 mare in Family 5; mare in Family 27; taproot mare of Family 46; mare in Family 55), who produced good racehorses and important sons and daughters that bred on. In the early 1750s he was standing at stud at Mickleham in Surrey.
Mogul
b c 1735. Bred by Lord Godolphin he was a bay colt with a white near hind heel. Sold to the Duke of Bolton in 1735 he was described as a strong horse standing more than "fifteen Hands and a half high". He covered at Bolton Hall near Middleham for a fee of three guineas. He was sold on to Peter Storey in Ireland in 1750 and covered at the Widow Place's Livery Stables in Dublin for a fee of two guineas. He sired Jolly Roger* (ch c 1743) and Whistlejacket (ch c 1749). Influential daughters can be found on family 24(Gohanna, The Baron), Family 9(Sister To Mogul Mare-Jupiter, Mercury)
Gower Stallion
Bay 1740. Bred by Francis, (2nd) Earl of Godolphin. Sold "for a stallion" to the second Baron Gower (later Earl Gower and Viscount Trentham) of Yorkshire and Staffordshire. There doesn't appear to be any record of this horse racing, but he was an important sire in the 1740s, '50s and '60s standing at the Gower stud. He sired the racehorse and later sire, (Gower) Sweepstakes and his sister Clio, dam of Conqueror (by Bajazet); Mealey Eyes (1759); Gower, a racehorse who ran against Eclipse; Louisa (1747), a producer; Princess Amelia (1745), dam of Meleanger; the unnamed dam of Little Askham and Elconora; Spectre (1756), and others. He also sired an unnamed mare (1757 from Regulus) who was dam of Lucy (1771), Petrarch (1778), Espersykes (1775, an important stallion), and a mare (also 1757 from Grey Childers) important in Family 10.
Old England
Bay 1741. Bred by Francis, (2nd) Earl of Godolphin, traded to Sir John Dutton after weaning for a mare (Lady Cow) and her foal. Ran as Slugg, initially, then, apparently after purchase by Sir Edward O'Brien of Ireland, as Old England. He ran in the late 1740s and early '50s; at the Curragh, Kildare, Ireland, he was beaten by Othello. Sired a good racehorse, Amaranthus (1766), Brutus (in Ireland), and several producing daughters, one of whom (1766) who heads her own branch of Family 2 and was ancestress to a number of good racehorses, such as Teddington, Bribery and Imperatrix.
Janus
Bay 1738. Bred by Francis, (2nd) Earl of Godolphin, given by him to Sir William Middleton in 1748. Sired a handful of foals listed in the GSB (1749-1758), his unnamed daughter from Spinster (1743) by Crab being important in Family 4 (Second dam of Telemachus (1770, by Herod) and Expectation (1779, by Herod)), and son Coomb (1749) a racehorse. His most influential offspring does not appear in the GSB, a colt who ran under the name of Stiff Dick and/or Little Janus and was exported to the U.S., there racing and standing under the name Janus*. There will be discussion about Janus* in depth later in this article. Janus* was monumental in early American stock and is considered by many to be the father of the American Quarter Horse.
Marlborough
Bred by the Earl of Godolphin he won a sweepstakes at Newmarket in his only start. He was later owned by William Hearsy, then the Duke of Marlborough and in Ireland by Edward Sims & John Heney at Mullingar. He sired the second dam of Shark* (br c 1771) and Harpur's Herod (ch c 1781 King Herod).
Tortoise
He only had one significant offspring of note. Pheobe, 1755, produced a son named Ancaster, by Blank. He is significant on a branch of family 21 that produced Tranby, Longbow, and Sweemeat. This is a very significant family in the pedigrees of influencial QH families and founders, which I will get to in the future.
To be continued.........
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