MINCEPIE, WINNER OF THE OAKS, 1856. ENGRAVED BY E, HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY HARRY HALL. BY CASTOR, Mincepie, bred by Lord Howth in 1853, is by Sweetmeat, out of Foinnualla, by Birdcatcher, her dam Brandy Bet, by Canteen. Sweetmeat, bred by Mr. George Clarke in 1842, was by Gladiator, out of Lollypop, by Starch or Voltaire. He was a first-class racehorse; while in the stud he already ranks as the sire of two Oaks winners-Mincemeat and Mincepie-as well as of Billingham, Bridesmaid, Brown Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Comfit, Citron, Guava, Honeywood, Jujube, My Fancy, Maid of the Tees, Miss Honey, Nettle, Pastrycook, Peppermint, Sugarcandy, Sugarplum, Sweetness, Trifle, Termagant, and others. His stock first appeared in 1851. Foinnualla, bred by Lord Miltown in 1843, and of course an Irish mare, was put to the stud in 1849, Mincepie being her third foal, Mincepie is a rather dark chesnut filly, standing a good fifteen-and-ahalf hands high. She has a very pretty blood-like head, a mare neck, with good shoulders, and fair depth of girth; she has good-sized quarters, with proportionate hocks and knees, but is rather light in the bone, She is altogether a pretty, small, and not over lengthy mare, PERFOMANCES. وه In 1855 Mincepie, then two years old, and running in the colour of Mr. Harry Hill, made her first appearance at Stockbridge, where, ria en by Alfred Day, she won the Mottisfont Stakes of 15 sovs, each, & T.Y.C., beating Lord Bruce's Intimidation (2), Mr. Parker's One A (3), Mr. Howard's Pyrrha (4), Mr. Sargent's Rip Van Winkle (5), Mr. Russell's Mark Foulis (6), and Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Rifleman. 2 to 1 on Mincepie, who won by three lengths. At Newmarket Houghton Meeting, ridden by Alfred Day, she beat Lord Waterford's Cheerful Horn in a post match for 500 sovs., Sst. each. 4 to 1 on Mincepie, who won by ten lengths, In 1856, at Newmarket Spring Meeting, ridden by Alfred Day, Mincepie ran second to Mr. W. H. Brooks's Manganese for the One Thousand Guineas Stakes of 100 sovs. each, D.M.: Mr. Howard's Queen's Head (3), Lord Aylesbury's Intimidation (4), and Mr. Stanley's Mary Copp, also ran. 5 to 4 on Mincepie, who was beaten by half a length. At Epsom, ridden by Alfred Day, she won the Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs. each, &c., a mile and a-half, beating Lord Clifden's Melissa (2), Mr. Bowes's Victoria (3), Mr. Stone's Fair Geraldine (4), and the following not placed: Mr. Howard's Mermaid, Mr. White's Tyre, Baron Rothschild's Comedy, |