Ordered that the matters alluded to by Lord Stradbroke and Mr. Greville be referred to a committee.-- Adjourned. At a subsequent meeting on Friday it was Resolved" That it be recommended to the Master of the Horse not to allow a fee of more than five shillings to be charged for catering a horse for a Qucen's plate, nor any fee to be charged to the winner.” Resolved -That it be recommended to the Master of the Horse to abolish the practice of running heats for such of her Majesty's platos as are still run in heats." Some verbal alterations were ordered to be made in Rule 4, concerning horse-racing in general, when it is republished in the Book Calendar. Role 5.-Resolved : After the words “if required” to add “by the stewards or whom they may appoint." A proposal agreed to in the committee to alter Role 12, as follows, was postponed till the next meeting, on the suggestion of the chairman that sufficient notice had not been given :-" When tuo horses bare cach won a heat, they only must start for a third, and the preference beticeen them will be determined by it, there being before no difference between them." A resolution on the subject of stake holding was brought forward, and was posponed for further consideration, At a further meeting on Saturday, the chairman announced that Col. Peel had resigned the stewardship of the Jockey Club, and that Lord Exeter had accepted the office on the nomination of the other stewards. The nomination was unanimously approved, and the meeting adjourned. The winter season has set in very drearily at Hyde Park Cornerfew in attendance, and little doing. We dispense with our usual table from sheer necessity, and rest content with a still more abbreviated, though yet ample record of what has been attempted. Chief Baron Nicholson and Barbarian have perhaps been most frequently mentioned amongst the Derby horses ; while all the thousand to fifteeners for the Chester Cup continue to tempt fancy speculators--say the High Sheriff, Nancy, and Pitsford for pick. The general stagnation has not been improved upon by the “Fashionable Departure" List, including a bevy of young “swells,” with a middle-aged one or two, supposed to be almost as anxiously inquired after : their losses promise to be pretty generally regretted. With this picce more of “good news” we think we had better stop. Our summary includes the “ business” of Thursday, the 27th ult. The Derby.-9 to 1 against Hobby Noble, 13 to 1 agst. Claverhouse, 20 to 1 agst. Augur, 20 to 1 agst. Lapidist, 1000 to 45 agst. Kingston, 1000 to 40 agst. Wormsley, 1000 to 30 agst. Chief Baron Nicholson, 1000 to 20 each agst. Barbarian, Little Harry, and the Marinel colt, and 1800 to 15 agst. Blackstone (since shot). THE Chester Cup.-1000 to 15 each against High Sheriff, Goldfinder, Trickstress, Knook Knoll, Nancy, Pitsford, The Grand Duke, Grey Tommy, Lucio, and Ilippolytus, 100 to 1 each agst. Truth, Cockcrow, and Ilothorpe. Tue Derby, 1853.—3000 to 90 against Vanderdecken. END OF VOL. XVII. Printed by Rogerson and Co., 243, Strand, London. A Clear Case-by Clarence—419 | Feathers and Flax— by Diogenes —346 Fores's Marine Sketches, 210 - Racing Scenes, 279 Studies of Fresh-water Fish -279 the Grey | Fishing Rambles-by C. L. E.- 321 Here are the Birds--(illustrative of the Engraving)-194 Iris, Winner of the Oaks, 1851 ; Description and Performance of (with Plate)—120 LITERATURE :- Abd-el-Kader, a Poem--by Viscount Maidstone---278 Cecil's Stud Farm---351. Passing Events—by Cecil-132 Cheltenham-227 Public Amusements of the Metro. polis–71, 141, 211, 280, 353, 420 LITERATURE :- Le Morvan : its Wild Sports, Vineyards, and Forests 351 veutures of a Westminster Lennox—70 -70 Sporting and Science of Cricket-139 him ; The Gun, and How keeper's Directory—209 its Fly-fishing — by the Rev. Henry Newland—68 the Exhibition-420 Leger 1851 ; Description and Racing in June—by Craven-1 -July —— - -75 145 215 -285 finch-401 trative of the Engraving)—340 297 Observations on the Natural His. tory of Texas — by William Bollaert, F.R.G.S.-166, 268 -195 Sale of Mr. Drake's Hounds : his Country, &c.—by Raby—12 Cecil—200 -251 H. Brown—98 - by Robert H. Brown—250 Hieover-229 Passages in the Life of Tilbury Nogo, Esq. ; or, the Adven- -by Foxglove-51, 122, 240, Stag-Hunting in Devon and So- merset-138, 341, 380 281, 354, 422 Stray Leaves from the Note-Book | The Lay of the Horse-Marine of an Angler in Belgium, France, by the Druid -85 The Middle of August-by Harry Hieover_89 The Old Mare - by Robert H. Brown—414 The South African Hunter : his or, the First of September-by - by Gêlert—15 The Sportsman's Pic-nic-by a The Winter Exhibition for 1851 by Scribble-367 Things as they will be-by Harry Hieover-406 . W. H. Maxwell, Esq.—33 tributor-403 |