ESCAPE
,—the name of a horse of great beauty, excellent symmetry, and much celebrity. He was bred by Mr. Franco, and got by Highflyer out of a Squirrel mare; he was foaled in 1785; and in the First Spring Meeting at Newmarket, 1789, he beat the Prince of Wales's Cantoo Baboo, from the ditch-in, for 200 guineas. He was then purchased by his Royal Highness, and in the Second Spring Meeting he received forfeit from Alexander, and Clown, 100 guineas each. In the First October Meeting of the same year, he beat Nimble across the flat 200 guineas. The Craven Meeting, 1790, he beat Grey Diomed over the Beacon 500 guineas; and won the great subscription purse at York, beating Actæon, and Gustavus. The Craven Meeting, 1791, he beat Skylark, Highlander, Glaucus, Halkin, Meteor, and Buffer, a subscription of 50 guineas each: two to one on Skylark. First October Meeting the same year, he beat Grey Diomed over the Beacon Course 8st. 7lb. each for 1000 guineas. Two days after, he beat him again for the renewed 140 guineas. In the second October Meeting he won a subscription purse (twelve subscribers) over the Beacon, beating Chanticleer, Skylark, Grey Diomed, Harpator, and Alderman, with the odds four and five to one against him. When taken out of training, he covered at Highflyer Hall at ten guineas a mare, and half a guinea the groom.