WHARTONS COMMONER gr. C, THOROUGHBRED,
| Color: gr
(GB)
Bred by Sir Michael Warton, he was also called Grey Commoner and Onslow's Commoner. Although the General Stud Book feels that his dam was the dam of Creeping Molly [GSB 1:379], other sources, including the Turf Register, indicate that his dam was Creeping Molly herself, a favourite Mare of Sir Michael's called Creeping Molly [Pick 1:113]. Ernest Hutton, who had a portrait of Creeping Molly in his extensive collection, noted that she was grey and produced Lord Onslow's Commoner, who was also known as Grey Commoner, by Croft's Commoner [British Racehorse, September 1951]. According to Cuthbert Routh's stud book Creeping Molly's dam was got by a little White leggd Barb of Mr Curwen's, out of a mare nobody can give any acct of
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