DRIVER
,—a name given to many famous horses, but of very different blood. The first was foaled in 1727, bred by the Duke of Ancaster, and got by the Wynn Arabian, of no great note. Mr. Beaver's Driver was foaled 1732, and got by Snake out of Thwaites's dun mare. Mr. Lamego's Driver (commonly called Little Driver) was got by Beaver's Driver; dam by Childers; grand-dam by the Walpole Barb; was foaled in 1743; and for some years proved one of the best plate horses in the kingdom, having won upwards of thirty fifties; but as a stallion never produced any winners. Lord Egremont's Driver, foaled in 1783, was got by Trentham, dam (Coquette) by the Compton Barb, and proved a tolerable runner.