NEW SERIES. CONTENTS. VOL. IV. No. XXIII. MASTERS OF HOUNDS. BY NIMROD,-THE LATE SIR HARRY GOODRICKE.— THE LATE MR. MORAY,THE LATE SIR M. W. RIDLEY.-MAJOR ST. PAUL. MR. RAMSAY.-MR. WHYTE MELVILLE-CAPTAIN WEMYSS. WANDERINGS BY MANY WATERS.-BY AN OLD GAFFER.-A CAST IN CLARE. 268 THE TURF IN AMERICA.-BY N. OF ARKANSAS THE GAME LAWS.-DAY POACHING.-PROVISIONS OF THE GAME ACT AGAINST TRESPASSERS.-GAME CERTIFICATE, PENALTY FOR SPORTING WITHOUT h. m. b. m. h. m.h. m. r7 1128 5 m24 0 17 0 41 sets. 1 51 30 2 W WORCES. R. CHATSWORTH C. M. s4 47 N 3TH CLYDESDALE C. M. 4 FALTCAR C. M. r7 15 1 $4 43 2 5 S Gunpowder Plot. r7 18 3 6 4 3 20 3 41 6 Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity 10 4 3 4 24 WOODHOUSE C. M. 6 9 710 s4 40 4 7 7 M CASHEL R. г7 22 5 8 8 TU HEDGEFORD R. EPSOM C. M. s4 37 9 W SWAFFHAM C. M. [LANARK C.M. 17 25 10TH MORPETH C. M. SOUTHP. C. M. s4 33 811 11 FE. of Egremont died, 1837. 12 S Lisley Fair 13 Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. 14 MASH DOWN C. M. 52 7 9 7 37 r7 29 9 morn 1 19 20 9 52 15 TU EBBERSTON C.M. NEWMAR. C. M.r7 16 W CURRAGH C. M. 17TH HASLINGTON HALL C. M. 18 F 19 S Oakham Fair 20 s4 21 F Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity. s4 17 18 5 42 3 0 3 18 21 M Garstang Fair 30 W St. Andrew. THE NEWMARKET OCTOBER MEETINGS, 1842. THE NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING 1842 was an Irish October Meeting, beginning, continuing, and ending in the month of September. As a meeting, it was most dull and uninteresting, all the strength of the stables being reserved for the greater prizes to be run for in the Second October. The consequence was that there were very few entries for the plates, and that the stakes did not fill; two facts which made the First October, in every way, a very becoming match for the Second Spring. Very few items of racing (sport it cannot be called) were worthy to be redeemned from utter oblivion; of these, the first was the winning of the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, by Misdeal, beating Canadian, Revocation, and the colt by Plenipo, out of Antiope. Canadian, "of libellous fame," the favourite at 6 and 7 to 4 laid freely on him, was last, and having become subsequently very ill, has since died of inflammation. In the death of Canadian, 1 will bury all further notice of his notoriety with one short observation. A friend of mine had a horse, who, like Canadian, was ill to-day, and well to-morrow; sound on Monday, and lame on Tuesday-without any visible disease, or perceptible cause. Above all things, he showed lameness in turning in his stall, which, I believe, was also the case with Canadian. This horse subsequently died, and "the vets" gave it as their opinion, that "a flying rheumatic inflammation" had been his disease. Such a decision in the case of Canadian (and the two instances appear to me to be very similar) would account for much of his continual uncertainty, since the legs of a race-horse are the parts above all most likely to be affected by an inflammatory disposition. The next notable matter of the meeting was "The Squire" riding his own nag, The Devil among the Tailors, against Robinson, on Buffalo. Had Robinson been on anything else, the event would, I think, have been the same, A giant animal appeared in the shape of the Duke of Bedford's Magog, who ran a dead heat in a match with Una. His stride overpowered her at last. The lovers of statistical dimensions will learn with interest, that he stands sixteen three; and measures six feet six in girth; moreove, that he is nine inches and a quarter round the leg, and quite as long from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, as— from the end of the tail to the tip of the nose. He is "the biggest beast" for a three year old thorough-bred horse I ever saw-Query-is that acompliment? I leave the question for the jockey club to—but —by the bye, they won't decide it now— Rosalind won a race easily, as did also Testy-a performance which afterwards gained her many friends for the Clearwell-why-I am at a loss to guess. Of the two last "events" of the meeting, one was a matter of course, viz., that Lord Exeter ran for five races, out of which he was placed second for four, and last for the fifth. The other was the final resignation of the tenancy of the Heath, by the Duke of Portland, and the sale of his flock of sheep. A haunch of one of his five-year-old weathers eventually came into my possession, and be it known unto all men who love good mutton, that the happy few who dined with me on that day-had a rare treat. The opening of the SECOND OCTOBER MEETING showed at once that the strength which had been reserved from the First, was really to be put forth in the Second Meeting. Consequently, the attendance was numerous-the racing good-and the betting brisk. The first transaction of the week was a capital match between Tilcho and Bother'em.T. Y. C. at even weights-with even betting and a dead heat! All this showed excellent judgment on all hands; in my opinion the race proved Bother'em the better horse of the two, since" our James" could only twist it into a dead heat, and he is, I think as good as 5lb. in favour of any horse he rides. A Handicap "boned" for Lord Stradbroke, by Jeremy Diddler; Fifty Pounds, won by the Queen of the Gypsies ;-another Fitty Pounds, won by Discord, beating Rosalind, John o'Gaunt, Ghuznee, St. Francis, and Barbara; a rich Sweepstakes won by King of the Peak hobbling away from Menalippe, who hobbled after him in vain ; and a few matches, concluded the first day's racing. Tuesday, the Day of the Week, brought out Napier so bad a winner of the Clearwell, that he at once went back ten points in the Derby betting. The starters were Colonel Anson's ch. c. Napier, by Gladiator, out of Marion.-F. Butler 1 .......... 2 Mr Watt's b. c. Pine Apple, by Yaxley, dam by Blacklock, out of Muta; Mr Sadler's b. f. Testy, by Venison, out of Temper; Lord Exeter's b. f. by Jerry, out of Macremma; Mr. Bouverie's b. c. by Bolero, dam by Walton, grandam by Shuttle, great grandam by Oberon, out of Phenonomen, out of Calliope, by Slouch; also started, but were not placed. Next to this in interest, though not in order of running, came the Cesarewitch Stakes, which ended as all great handicaps usually do, in the triumph of one bad horse over seventeen,“ each and every" better than himself. The following came to the post : .... T. Day Mr. F. Clarke's Arcanus, by Sheet Anchor, 3 yrs old, 5st. 4lb. ...... .... Pettit Bartholomew Mr W. Sadler's Bellissima, by Bizarre, aged, 7st. 5lb. Lord Albemarle's Buffalo, by Taurus, 4 yrs old, 7st. ........Whitebouse Mr Stephenson's Ma Mie, by Dr. Syntax, 3 yrs old, 6st. 3lb........ Hall Lord Eglinton's Blue Bonnet, by Touchstone, 3 yrs old, 6st. 9lb. (in. cluding 10lb. extra), carried 6st, 12lb........... Duke of Portland's f. The Gleaner, by Dr Syntax, out of Ruth. 3 yrs old, 5st. 10lb .Lye Hebdale Mr W. S. Stanley's f. by Bizarre, out of Flambeau's dam, 3 yrs old, 5st. 81b.... Duke of Beaufort's Anspach, by Camel, 3 yrs old, 5st. .Arthur Sharpe After three false starts, the lot came away at a prime pace, the start being very fair, and the light weights making strong running. Thistlewhipper, who was cranky, kept the steam up for Bellissima, but he soon broke down in his tender fetlock joint, and was pulled up. Florence then came in front, and successively and successfully accepted every challenge, until on the post, little Tommy Day-a flea on an elephant-made a rush, and carried off the rich prize "by a neck." Boy never rode more beautifully; nor was a better contest ever seen. Yet do I still adhere to the opinion' which I have so frequently expressed, that the distribution of rich prizes among bad horses, is altogether wrong in principle. The other races of the day were matches-Minaret beating" He has |