Beverlac's dam; colt by Liverpool Junior, out of sister to the dam of Beverlac; colt by Liverpool Junior, out of Mynah, by Whalebone; colt by Lanercost, out of sister to Hornsea; colt by Lanercost, dam by Gladiator; and colt by the Provost, out of Benevolence. The Derby and Oaks disputed plate has been awarded to Satyr, the actual, if not exactly pro formâ winner of it. John Day, sen., and his "Co," Mr. Powney, the joint owners of the Hero, have very gallantly presented the Emperor's Vase to Mrs. Gully, and sold the Queen's Vase to his Grace the Duke of Bedford. The former part of the story reads the better of the two. There is something terribly discordant in thus buying and selling these laurel crowns. Abingdon races, we rejoice to find, are about to be revived-and why not Oxford? The Goodwood Stake, with an acceptance of sixty-three has taken, all things considered, a tolerably fair hold on the market; the Questionable, Vampire, Stultz, Milliner, and Martext being most in demand -at least, up to the last Thursday, when one of those indefinite announcements regarding the favourite was sported, which goes to warn the public that they must not cry out if they are disappointed. Such courtesies, we fancy, are more honoured in the breach than the observance, and for this reason the general impression is, or ought to be, that an English gentleman and pure sportsman will run his horse, if he be in anything like form, when the public have pinned their faith to him. The caveto, if he does not run, consequently becomes unnecessary; while if he does, such good natured advice looks a little problematical. For the Cup the Hero's strength increases as the time approaches; the next now in favour being Eryx, with all his Newcastle honours fresh upon him; then the Frenchman, Fitz-Emilius, no little aided, of course, by the welcome in weight these elaborate conditions allow all foreigners. Wolf Dog's honest Ascot running yet finds him a friend or two, but still not many; while Mendicant's all appear to have forsaken her. The change of air hitherto has not done much for either the Oaks or Leger winner of 'forty-six, and the odds are they never hold their own, or reach such prices again. Just at present the Goodwood Cup business is nearly all one way, and nothing touches the Hero, either in pocket or performance. The last appearances in the provinces have effected no great changes in the Leger. Even Lord Eglinton's immense success in the north has scarcely been worth a point to the Dutchman, self included; though certainly the good form in which Red Hart disposed of nothing at Stockbridge has produced a more decided reaction, and admirers once more talk of how he ought to have won the Derby, and will win the Leger. These threats, however, are only uttered "each under each," for it's more and more "Our John," for all or anything in the ring. A whisper over two to one against Cossack, and it's taken, with Foreclosure and the Farmer's Daughter to fall back on, the mare for choice. We shall not be surprised to see her a strong favourite. For the Derby Mr. Green has, in the power of his might, been pleased to make his last winner his first favourite, and then the world follows the fashion by taking Danebury's word and practice as to Nil Desperandum. NEW SERIES. AUGUST, 1847. VOL. XIV.-No. LXXX. EMBELLISHMENTS. MIAMI, WINNER OF THE OAKS, 1847.-ENGRAVED BY E. HAC KER, FROM A PAINTING BY HARRY HALL, OF NEWMARKET. MIAMI, WINNER OF THE OAKS, 1847.—BY CASTOR SPORTSMEN, SPORTING-MEN, AND SPORTING-GENTS. SCRIBBLE Page. 92 66 79 AN AUGUST OFFERING.-BY OXONIAN GAME PRESERVER AND FARMER.-BY A SALOPIAN HOUNDS.-BY ACTEON THE FOR THE STAGE OF LIFE; INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS; AND TRA VELLERS ON THE ROAD.-BY CHARLES M. WESTMACOTT A YARN UPON YACHTING.-BY JACK GARBOARD THE TURF REGISTER, 1847.-HAMPTON SPRING MEETING-NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING-CURRAGH APRIL MEETING -DURHAM-CHESTER SPRING MEETING-NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING-SHREWSBUBY-PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT SPRING MEETING-EDINBURGH 17-32 afternoon 0 15 Pinth Sunday after Trinity. r 4 2520 RISES 6 F Prince Alfred born, 1844. r 4 282211 Morning. 4 55 5 20 5 46 6 10 6 35 7 0 7 25 7 55 r 4 31 24 8 25 9 5 s 7 39 25 0 23 9 4010 20 r 4 3426 1 1311 9 3 9 8 Tenth Sunday after Trinity. s 7 3627 2 15 Clebenth Sunday after Trinityr 4 46 20 F BELLEVUE RACES. 21 SLondon Yacht Club Regatta. 22 afternoon 011 40 0 10 0 40 1 5 1 32 1 55 2 15 2 35 2 53 3 10 3 27 3 45 r4 43 2 8 7 s 7 24 3 8 30 3 58 4 15 4 30 4 45 23 M Torbay Regatta. r 4 5912 1 2811 24 T SALISBURY RACES. 8 7 413 2 36 August 2, Ripon, Blackley, and Harpurhey; 3, North Staffordshire, Haverfordwest, Royal Leamington, Bellewston, and Rainford (Lancashire); 4, Bungay, Brighton, and Marlow; 5, Newark, Norwich, Isle of Wight, and Edgeware; 10. Wolverhampton, Chelmsford, and Boulogne; 11, Reading, Lewes, and Plymouth, &c.; 12, Boston; 16, Holbeach, Southampton, and Eccles; 17, Kilcock, Yarmouth, and Marlborough; 18, Tunbridge Wells, Taunton, York, and Barnet; 19, Swansea, New Forest, and Paisley; 20, Bellevue; 24, Derby, Salisbury, and Huntington; 25, Hoylake, Hereford, and Tenby; 26, Egham and Tiverton; 30, Stourbridge, Darlington, and Radcliffe; 31, Abingdon. REGATTAS IN AUGUST. August 2, St. John's (Westminster), Cherbourg, Greenwich, and Millwall; 4 and 5, Royal Southern Yacht Club; 7, Royal Mersey Yacht Club; 9 and 10, Royal Weymouth and Hartlepool; 11, Combes v. Clasper (Putney); 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, and 23, Royal Yacht Squadron (Cowes); 17, Beaumaris and Hungerford; 19, Lyme Regis; 19 and 20, Worcester and Carnarvon; 21, London Yacht Club; 23, Torbay; 23, 24, and 25, Manchester and Salford; 24, Teignmouth; 26, Royal Western; 30, Manningtree. THE RACING IN JULY. BY CRAVEN. "Sic laudamus equum, facile cui plurima palma JUVENAL, Sat. viii. "I sing the steeds-those worthies of the course Whose feats have made the Ring's rude chorus hoarse." The past month will be a memorable one in the annals of the turf, more especially in reference to the meeting on which, par excellence, it bestows a name the July of that ilk at Newmarket. Those three days of July were pregnant with matter of account affecting its future fortunes. And first as touching the great event, the germs of which are then and there brought forth. The nominations for the Derby of 1849 amounted to 240, very nearly twice as many as were entered for the race the year before last. The entries for the Oaks numbered 173, very nearly double the field named four years ago. True, the nominations have fluctuated considerably; but, nevertheless, they show something like an advance of one hundred within the last ten or dozen years. From data like these we may fairly conclude that both in popularity and materiel horse-racing is going ahead with rapid strides......" Surgit amari aliquid?" let us examine. On the second of the three days of which we are treating the annual meeting of the Jockey Club was held at their Rooms, one of the results whereof was the publication of the subjoined manifesto in the Sheet Racing Calendar of the 14th ult :"Annual General Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket, on Wednesday, the 7th of July, 1847. Present-The Hon. Col. Anson in the Chair; Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart. Geo. Payne, Esq. C. C. Greville, Esq. H. Lowther, Esq. Col. Peel. Earl Spencer. W. Sloane Stanley, Esq. Hon. Capt. Rous. W. Wigram, Esq. "Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart., was chosen a Steward of the Jockey Club in the room of the Hon. Colonel Anson, who retires by rotation. 46 RESOLVED,That on account of the unusually late period at which |