ORMOND,—a horse of much recent racing celebrity, bred by MR. WENTWORTH in the north of England, was foaled in the year 1789; got by _King Fergus_; dam (_Miss Cornforth_) 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, across the flat, half forfeit, thirty-five subscribers; beating _Hotspur_, _Whiskey_, _St. Paul_, _Lucifer_, _Guildford_, 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.
OVERTON,—another son of _King Fergus_, dam by _Herod_, grand-dam by _Snip_, great grand-dam own sister to _Regulus_, was bred by MR. HUTCHINSON, and foaled in 1788. At York, in 1792, he won a sweepstakes of 100 guineas each, half forfeit, twelve subscribers. The same week he won a fifty-pound plate, added to a subscription purse, beating _Rosalind_, _Storm_, _Halbert_, and two others. The next day he beat _Halbert_ a match four miles, for 300 guineas, giving him a stone. At DONCASTER he won the GOLD CUP of 100 guineas value; beating _Huby_, _Rosalind_, _Smoaker_, _Gentleman_, and _Colchis_. At YORK, 1794, he beat _Halbert_ two miles for 200 guineas. After which he was taken out of training, and became a STALLION at Skipton, near York, at TEN GUINEAS a mare. He is the sire of those famous horses _Cockfighter_ and _Rolla_, bidding fair to become of more considerable celebrity.
PACE—is an expression to signify the motion, or progressive action, of a horse, as well as one of the human species. When speaking of a man's pace, it is usual to say, he _walks_, he _runs_, or he goes a _good pace_; which becomes applicable to either, meaning, that he is an expeditious WALKER, a fleet RUNNER, or perhaps _both_. A horse has a great variety of PACES, as a _walk_, _trot_, _amble_, _canter_, _gallop_, _rating-gallop_, and _at speed_; _some_ of which many horses have in great perfection, and are exceedingly deficient in _others_; as for instance, a horse shall be a most excellent TROTTER, who happens to be a shuffling, execrable WALKER; he shall be a gay, airy, light figure in a CANTER, and wonderfully deceptive in _speed_. Good GALLOPERS are very frequently bad TROTTERS; and perfection is very difficult to obtain.