Lot 216: Alfred Bright (British, active 1890-1937) "Pepper and salt", a grey stallion

"Pepper and salt", a grey stallion
signed (lower right)
watercolour
31.5 x 38cm (12 3/8 x 14 15/16in).

Pepper and Salt (1882), a son of The Rake (by Wild Dayrell). His best win was the Princes of Wales' Stakes, and in the 1890s he was standing at the Duke of Westminster's Eaton stud for 100 guineas (Bend Or was standing at 200 guineas at the time), intended to be used as a sire of carriage horses. He was the sire of Grey Leg, a handsome, sturdy grey colt who won at distances between 5 furlongs and 1-1/4 miles at the age of three. At the close of his racing career he was taking to Islington and presented as a Hunter Improvement Stallion, winning a Queen's Premium. Many a grey hunter and hack trace back to Grey Leg, but he did leave a mark in the racing world, having sired a number of modest winners of minor races from mostly less-fashionably bred mares, one of which became second dam of Rose Prince. Several classic winners and top French runners descend from Grey Leg through his daughters.

This lot is sold with various photographs and letters relating to this horse.