the same agst. Forlorn Hope, 6 to 1 agst. Fidgetty Girl, and the same agst. Brennus. Short as the distance was, the tailing was considerable, Mountain Flower winning an indifferent race by a head. The Dinner Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for fillies, two-years-old, T.Y.C., 8 subs. This was run a match between Hirsuta, with 6 to 4 on her, and Plumstead. The latter, however, contrived to be first at last, and a winner by ten lengths! We now come to something of the good old sort-something worthy of Newmarket-something that, to the lover of racing as an English sport, is as an oasis to the desert pilgrim. Match for a 1000 sovs. aside, h. ft., 8st. 7lbs. each, A.F.; Sir Joseph Hawley's Teddington agst. Mr. Osbaldeston's The Mountain Deer. The odds closed at 5 to 2 on the winner of the Derby. There was an on dit going that Teddington's training had not been very strictly observed until a shorter period before the event came off, than is common in such cases. But I cannot vouch for such a fact: neither for the theory accounting for it, viz., that it had been shrewdly surmised the Squire meant to forfeit. However that might have been, the result was by no means in keeping with the price-current. The favourite led, closely waited on by the Deer, to the fall for the bushes, where Robinson drew closer, it was clear, than was pleasant. In the bottom the horses were together, and the run home was as exciting a finish as ever was seen. Stride for stride they rushed for the goal, which Teddington passed a short half-length before his antagonist-winning by sheer force of steel and whalebone, and pluck. He was very severely punished. Few men can ride a desperate race with such unflinching game as Job Marson. I can never forget how he snatched Nutwith's Leger out of the fire. Renewal of the Bretby Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for two-year-old fillies, last three-quarters of the Rowley Mile, 12 subs. The latest odds were 5 to 4 on Red Hind. This was rather more like a 5 to 2 affair than its predecessor: the favourite ran "slick away" from Glenluce-it came off a match—and won in a canter by three lengths. A Handicap of 10 sovs. each, for three-year-olds, D.M., 4 subs., brought out the quartet. They laid 5 to 4 agst. the colt by Kremlin out of Glee, and 3 to 1 agst. Guardsman. This appraisement of the ring was correct, the Glee colt winning cleverly by a length. Match 100 sovs., h. ft., D.M., Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering, 8st. 71b., 3 to 1 on him, beat Mr. Hughes's Cornelius, 7st. 8lbs., by a length easily, and thus wound up the afternoon's al fresco entertainment.

Friday was another fair specimen of autumn weather in merry England. Aye, merry England! still and ever may she be so, despite the brazen brayings of the spleen that is howling against her rural life and its characteristics. Surpassing pitiful is the envy that seeks to bring contempt on what it lacks the manhood to understand: especial among all that is basest, the miserable malice which would sow social strife that it may reap coarse applause....... The first event on the card was the Dinner Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, for colts and fillies, two-year-olds; Bedford Stakes course; 3 subscribers. Hugo paid the colt by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Meeanee, withdrew his stake, and Harbinger walked over. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 5 if declared, &c., for three-year-olds and upwards; T.Y.C.; 7 subscribers, and five at the post. They laid 3 to 1 agst. Trinket, the same agst. Longinus, and 4 to 1 agst. any of the others. The issue was a match between Lily and

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Longinus; the pair running clear of the others, of which the former had the best by a length, easily. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h.-ft., for two-year-olds, with a world of penalties and conditions; 28 subscribers; T.Y.C. Odds 6 to 5 agst. Filius, 10 to 6 agst. Maidstone, and 7 to 1, no takers, about Stockwell. The prominent performer all through was Maidstone: at the ropes he was joined by Stockwell, Filius well laid up, and Ambrose who came at this point. The race home was a very earnest one, which the judge awarded to Maidstone, by a head, Stockwell second, Ambrose third, and the favourite last. There arose a difference of opinion as to the accuracy of this decision : in some places the impression prevailing that the judge had not seen Ambrose at all. If this were so, how came it that he assigned him a place? Butler, who rode Ambrose, was under the conviction that he had won by half a length. These contretemps are unpleasant; but of the character of Mr. Clarke's verdicts there never was, nor ever will be but one opinion-that they are given to the best of an honest man's judgment and belief. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., for two and three-year-olds; T.Y.C.; 5 subscribers. Three ran: 6 to 4 agst. Telescope, the same agst. Cerito, and 5 to 2 agst. the filly by Venison, out of Lady Sale. Telescope went at once to the front, kept there, and passed the chair first by a length with all ease. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two-year-olds; first half of Abingdon mile; 5 nominations. The whole party went. Betting, 7 to 4 on Fidgetty Girl, and 5 to 1 agst, any of the others. The odds were correct; the favourite winning cleverly by half a length. Match for £300 aside, h.-ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Faux-pas, 8st. 7lbs., in a slashing set-to beat Lord Clifden's Coticula, 7st. 13lbs., by a head. Even betting. Match £300 aside, h.-ft. ; A.F. Mr. Greville's Ariosto, 7st. 9lbs., beat the Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, 8st. 9lbs., a fine race, by a length: 6 to 5 on the loser. Match £200 aside, h.-ft. ; last half of Abingdon mile. Mr. Lawson's Caurire, 8st. 7lbs., beat Mr. H. Hill's Equiria, 8st. 4lbs., in a canter by a length: 2 to 1 on the winner. A Produce Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h.-ft., for two-year-olds; T.Y.C. ; 3 subscribers, was run a match between Lord Glasgow's filly by Alarm, out of Physalis, and Lord Chesterfield's colt by the Knight of the Whistle, out of Dirce: even betting. Won by Lord Glasgow in a canter. A Match for 100 sovs., 25 ft.: Sophistry received from Hesperus, and thus the list and the meeting finished.

During the middle week at Newmarket occurred the revival of Holywell Hunt, It consisted of two days, and was well supported. The racing, good in its relative accessories, does not, however, call for especial notice. Peradventure, it may be somewhat in the spirit wherewith the Spanish grandee estimated the flavour of the peaches in his boyhood as contrasted with his sear and yellow leaf: but I cannot call to mind the glories of the Mostyn mile when my day of life was in its dawn without gilding the reminiscence with hues" softer than light can give." Hoc est vivere bis.......

"Hail, memory hail! in thy exhaustless mine
From age to age unnumbered treasures shine!
Thought and her shadowy brood thy call obey,
And place and time are subject to thy sway."

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NEW MINSTER ;

WINNER OF THE ST. LEGER, 1851.

ENGRAVED BY E. HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY HARRY HALL.

BY CASTOR.

Newminster, bred in 1848 by the younger Mr. Orde, who succeeded to Nunnykirk, and with it to t'auld mare, was got by Touchstone, out of Beeswing, by Dr. Syntax, her dam by Ardrossan, out of Lady Eliza, by Whitworth Spadille-Sylvia, by Young Marske.

Touchstone, bred by the late Lord Westminster, in 1831, and got by Camel, out of Banter, by Master Henry, was one of the best race-horses ever saddled; while as a stallion he has long been admitted as the best we have, It would be impossible here to name a tithe of the good runners out by him; but Newminster is his third Leger winner-his son Surplice winning this race in 1848, and his daughter Blue Bonnet in 1842. Surplice, it will be remembered, also won the Derby, as did Cotherstone, in 1843, and Orlando, in 1844. Touchstone's only Oaks winner was Mendicant, in 1846; in fact the Touchstone fillies have always been considered the weaker half of his stock.

Beeswing's renown on the turf is quite equal to Touchstone's--indeed no runner ever enjoyed so great a popularity as "t' auld mare." In the stud, hitherto, despite the capital openings afforded them, her produce have not been in any way so successful. Her first foal, Old Port (foaled in 1844), trained on to be a most miserable-looking animal, and was quite as bad as he looked; but then first foals are nearly always indifferent. Nunnykirk (in 1846), however, was much better, and his own brother Newminster better still. Of Bonnie Bee (the produce of '47) little is known, while the three-years-old for next year, Norham, has made too much noise in the world already, having been scratched by Mr. Nicholl, at Doncaster, for all his engagements, and then given to any aspiring gentleman who chose to take him away: he is a rank roarer, Beeswing's stock now appear to go regularly, as if by contract, to Mr. Nicholl, of Newcastle-on-Tyne-a gentleman who takes to them good and bad, with all the temper and spirit our friends further north enjoy a bit of racing.

Newminster is a good bright bay horse, standing scarcely fifteen hands an inch and a-half high; he has a neat, nag-like, expressive head, a straight and rather long neck, with splendid shoulders, falling well back-perhaps, indeed, as fine a shoulder as ever was seen; he has good depth of girth, strong muscular back, with ribs well hooped out, and very powerful quarters; his thighs are muscular, gaskins as well as legs short, and hocks, knees, and feet good, with very fair sized bone, Newminster carries his head low, and in his clothes might be passed by as a mean-looking little horse; he, however, improves wonderfully on the eye the more you see of him-not a big one by any means, but low and lengthy, with an immense deal of power, and some really splendid racing points. His temper, too, is excellent; and to borrow a bit of saddle-room vernacular, we may sum him up "as long as a ship, and as quiet as a sheep."