PORTRAITS OF “MUSQUITO AND MIDSUMMER," THE PROPERTY OF THE

EARL OF STRADBROKE.

** THE PADDOCK," DRAWN BY J. D. PAUL, ESQ., AND ETCHED BY

LANDELLS.

AND

MAP OF THE HAMBLEDON COUNTRY.

CONTENTS.

Page

HYDE MARSTON; OR, RECOLLECTIONS OF A SPORTSMAN'S LIFE ;

BY THE EDITOR. CHAP. XII. ................

A SUMMARY OF THE PAST RACING SEASON, “ BY CRAVEN" ... 9

MIDSUMMER AND MUSQUITO ................... 15

COURSING MEETINGS, JANUARY, 1842 .............. 16

DESERT SPORTS OF AFRICA ....................

OLD ENGLISH SPORTS, BY THE HON. GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY, M.P. 27

THE COTTESMORE HUNT ......... ....... ...

THE NEW YEAR ..........................

HUNTING REMINISCENCES, BY ROBERT THOMAS VYNER, ESQ. ... 33

THE RACE-HORSE. A TALE. BY SIR JOHN DEAN PAUL, BART. . 35

CAMBRIDGE AND CAMBRIDGE MEN, BY A CANTAB. NO. I. .... 37

GLEANINGS FROM MY TRAVELLING JOURNALS, BY LORD WILLIAM

LENNOX.—THE FRENCH TURF, WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE

OLYMPIC GAMES ........................

DESTRUCTION OF GAME BY ARSENIC ................

THE PLEASURE VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. ...........

GUNNERY, BY WILLIAM GREENER, AUTHOR of “THE GUN," ETC. 48

COURSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

THE HAMBLEDON HUNT ...............

MONTHLY MEMORABILIA ..........

TATTERSALL'S LIST: BETTINGS FOR DECEMB