Lurcher
'In Palache's "Jamaica Stud Book" John Blagrove is recorded as having imported for racing purposes Lurcher, a bay colt, bred in 1789, and Buzzard, imported in 1809.'
Historic Jamaica, Frank Cundall, 1915
some other references to Lurcher
Daily Gleaner, March 29, 1924
The late Mr. James Gall in his directory, "Who's Who and What's What," published in the year 1880 informs us that some time In the year 1800 a purse of 1,000 guineas was raced for by three sporting owners in the town of St. Ann's Bay. The competing animals being Grey Diamond [Grey Diomed], Justice and Lurcher so that readers will see that the parish of St Ann was among the premier parishes. If not actually the premier parish to introduce horse racing in the island.
Daily Gleaner, December 24, 1926
S C Burke
Another prominent owner and breeder of that period was Sir Charles Price, who owned many estates in Jamaica and had his breeding stud at Dornock in St. Ann. He imported the grey horse Viper who was the sire of the famous race horse Grey Viper of whom so many stories used to be told by the late John Wilson Davis. Sir Charles Price also imported Grey Diomed foaled in 1790 and raced him in Jamaica against Lurcher and Justice, both imported horses. Later on Sir Charles imported the 2,000 winner Olive who was extensively bred from by St. Ann breeders.
(However, there is a problem with part of this information, as Sir Charles Price, the 2nd baronet, died in 1788, and the baronetcy died with him - so it would seem someone else must have imported Grey Diomed and Olive.)
