jet. sue S treas mesma 117-Mountain Deer 19-Nancy's Enemies, Aflair-The Riding of 's-The Two-year-olds rting Specimens-Pie. ..]f-way house, we are incipal incidents which any elaborate review it's a “ stunner,” conTas the committee hare, thing like £360 in hand, st year. The “ man in '11'made sneh a deliberate it he quietly walked off as I dared to go to the owner t cqual to that displayed by styr taking a hare out of a wire functionary himself accosted ught Tom's" rejoinder was not ..stop replied, “ Don't you knorr -" " Are you ?" was all the Tplace too-mind you keep it." inking into a state of atrophy "'zilace and Italian affair did it no improved, and we hear that 1,500 Veasham was at least a stone better i decidedly the finest three-year-old an uncommonly large barrel, which · the Derby Day. John Gill showed · with such a "leg” at Newcastle. We Newmarket match-makers, as there were 1 en Meeting, one in the Second, and none Two Thousand Guineas day was as nasty a have seen for some time (not quite so bad, hy of Goodwood Meeting, 1848), but by no L'apacities of the winner. In look, Hernandez of Surplice, and was certainly in very fine order. o his trainer said- very much faster than they race in the Craven. The Flai is his forte, and we arty have very strong hopes of him for the Leger, for s on, he is not unlikely to be a firm first favourite. int his owner won heavily on Teddington ; and the horse, are in others equally sickening to heart. I have mentioned many to whom this is a stirring month of amusing scenes. If from the few lines in the latter part of this article, descriptive of scenes of sad reverse, I may be the means of causing the fostering hand of only one of those I have mentioned as enjoying the smiles of fortune, to be tendered to one suffering being, I shall regard this article with more satisfaction than any among the number I have written ; and I think approving reflection will cause that favourite of fortune to remember the article on “The Middle of Augnst" with satisfaction also. H. H. SON G.-ROD AND LIN E. BY ROBERT 1, BROWN. When the rosy morning breaks, And bathes the stream in light ; The twilight of the night! Unto this heart of mine, Give me then my rod and line, By the cooling stream to ply, Or an alluring fly! II. I love to hear the huntsman sound From cover the red fox ; I love my shooting.box! When days are long and fine- Give me but my rod and line, By the cooling stream to ply, Qr an alluring fy! OLLA PODRID A. BY GAYHURST. " A thiry of shreds and patches !!! A cool Trick - Bishop versus Poacher-Neasham-Hernandez-Mountain Deer Aphrodite--The Sporting Porter, The Glaqca Ticket-Tips-Nancy's Enemies, and their Discomfiture_The Great Match - The Lightfoot Affair - The Riding of Teddington-The Trial - The Principal 1851 Three-year-olds—The Two-year-olds -Their Elders-Leger Prospects-- The Exhibition Sporting Specimens---Pictures, &c. As the racing season has about reached its half-way house, we are tempted to bring into hotch-potch some of the principal incidents which have marked its part first," without attempting any elaborate review of the events. Doncaster Spring Meeting was a " stunner,” considering that it is only a "two-year-old,” and as the committee haye, oving to some tremendously lucky sales, something like £360 in hand, they intend to make still strouger running next year. The “ man in the street'' tells us, that one of the riders there made such a deliberate display of “ Captain Armstrong's" art, that he quietly walked off as soon as he was out of the scales, and never dared to go to the owner and ask for his fee. This coolness is almost equal to that displayed by a poacher a short time sinco. Ile was busy taking a hare out of a wire in a certain Bishop's grounds, when that functionary himself accosted him, and ordered him to desist: “ Starlight Tom's" rejoinder was not strictly parliamentary, on which the Bishop replied, “Don't you know who I am ; I'm the Bishop of " " Are you ?" was all the answer vouchsafed ; “ and ad--d good place too-mind you keep it !" But to resume. Catterick seems sinking into a state of atrophy again ; and we apprehend that the Wallace and Italian affair did it no great good. England's Glory looked improved, and we hear that 1,500 sovs, has been refused for him ; and Neasham was at least a stone better for his winter's recreation. Ile is decidedly the finest three-year-old out this season, and blessed with an uncommonly large barrel, which was perhaps a trifle too fleshy on the Derby Day. John Gill showed very great pluck in running him with such a “ leg” at Newcastle. We hardly know what has come to Newmarket match-makers, as there were exactly two run off in the Craven Meeting, one in the Second, and none in the First Spring. The Two Thousand Guineas day was as nasty a one for the purpose as we have seen for some time (not quite so bad, however, as the first day of Goodwood Meeting, 1848), but by no means ill-suited to the capacities of the winner. In look, Hernandez reminds us strongly of Surplice, and was certainly in very fine order, and had improved-s0 his trainer said—very much faster than they expected since his race in the Craven. The Flat is his forte, and we fancy that his party have very strong hopes of him for the Leger, for which, if he goes on, he is not unlikely to be a firm first favourite. The on dit is, that his owner won heavily on Teddington ; and the horse, morcover, looked dull and big at Epsom, and not very much pleased to hear his feet rattle. In the Two Thousand race, our impression was that he hung rather at the finish ; but the jockeys in the race declare that he finished very game. We have seldom seen a beaten horse come so resolutely, as Mountain Deer did, as he rose the hill to the R. M. ending-post ; but Templeman very wisely refrained from punishing him, as in his backward state, flesh and blood could do no more. His Chester race was quite nil, as he had been physicked in the interim, and done little or no work. There is lots of good stuff about the animal ; and if stable arrangements do not interfere, he is destined to see a much better day. Somehow or other the Squire made a mess of it. In Lord Eglinton's hands he would have been first favourite at the Derby, but we fancy that a short course is more to his taste than a long one. We did not get a close peep at Confessor ; but he struck us in the distance not to look so much like a race-horse as an enlarged yearling. Never did animal look or go better than Aphrodite in the Thousand Guineas. Some trainers exclaimed that she had not grown an inch ; and certainly she seemed to have occupied her winter more in furnishing than growing. We doubt whether she is a very quick mare, but a capital goer, and blest with most Alice Hawthorne sort of haunches. Our impression is, that she will shirk the Nassau Stakes, where she has a 6 lbs. penalty, and be specially saved for Doncaster, where she has three heavy engagements. Hernandez may find it no joke to give her 5 lbs. at that time of the year. A somewhat amusing anecdote was told us respecting this mare as she came to Newmarket in the First Spring. It appears that a porter at one of the railways (we need not say whether it was the Great Western or the Eastern Counties) has taken it into his head to tout for the list-men, as he helps to remove the caravans from their trucks. • What are these?” said he to Sir Joseph's clever trainer, when his truck business was concluded. "Oh, Confessor and Vermuth !” was the reply. Here was a discovery, thought this luggage-shifting pundit; and without more ado he set a friend of his to ride off and give the office instantly to every list-house in his connection. When the real facts of the case came out, the lists in question were full against Aphrodite, and their owners still fuller of wrath against their tout, who lost a whole week's wages by friend and cab-hire. Speaking of lists reminds us of another story, which we heard going down to the Derby. A poor man who was bitten with a mania for list-tickets, died, almost destitute, in October last ; and some of his chief pals refused to give the poor widow the slightest assistance towards his funeral, which was at last done by the parish. A few days after, as his widow was examining his clothes, she found a Cesarewitch ticket on a list-house whose sun, like Mr. Squeers's, “has gone down in the ocean wave" since then, in the pocket of his trousers. On it was inscribed “GLAUCA,” which was like as much Greek to the poor widow ; and she accordingly sought a friend's advice, who informed her that it was a £100 prize. The aforesaid pals got wind of this, and at once came down and intimated to her, in a bullying sort of way, that the deceased had promised them that they should stand in." "Nos" said the widow, "you wouldn't stand in with me to buy |