The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2) / Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field

by William Taplin

NABOB

—was a horse of much temporary note, and considered one of the best country plate horses of his time; he was bred by Mr. Swinburne, and foaled in 1753; was got by Cade, dam by Crab, grand-dam by Childers. Although he was a known good runner, he never as a STALLION produced any racers of much celebrity.