STATE OF THE ODDS, &c. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. On Monday, May 31st.-The first detachment of the Willesden Stud, confined to the yearlings, at the following prices Bay Colt, by Harkaway, dam by Reveller, out of Veil gs. 200 160 135 73 66 .. 60 41 36 26 31 27 145 15 Bay Filly, by Harkaway, dam by Camel, out of Loutherbourg's dam Black Colt, by Footstool, out of Plenty (sister to Planet) by Bay Middleton.. 14} THE PROPERTY OF MR. NEWTON, . 150 Chesnut Filly, by John o'Gaunt, out of Ma Mie (dam of Poodle and Pelion).. 320 SIR J. HAWLEY'S YEARLINGS. Bay Filly (sister to Aphroditè) by Bay Middleton, out of Venus.. Bay Filly (sister to Tiff), by Slane, out of Temper Chesnut Colt, by Old England, out of Marietta.. Bay Filly, by The Tartar, out of Cavatina. Chesnut Filly, by Old England, out of Miami Bay Filly, by Old England, out of Science.. Bay Colt, by Old England, out of Vanity Bay Filly, by Old England, out of Dauntless.... On Monday, the 28th, the remainder of the Willesden Stud, consisting of BROOD MARES. A bay mare by Reveller, dam Veil (sister to Varnish), by Rubens, with a coltfoal by Harkaway, and covered by Don John 245 70 40 40 23 21 18 161 154 Twilight, by Velocipede, out of Miss Garforth, by Walton, with a filly-foal by Pergama, by Priam, out of Eliza Leeds, by Comus, with a filly-foal by Harkaway, and covered by Don John... Plenty (sister to Planet), by Bay Middleton, out of Plenary, &c., with a filly- Delhi, by Plenipotentiary, out of Pawn Junior, by Waxy, covered by Don ........ Camel Mare, out of Loutherbourg's dam, by Smolensko-covered by Don John ..... Eluina, by Emilius, out of Mangel- wurzel, by Merlin-covered by Don John.. Gretna (own sister to Corranna), by Hymen, dam by Perchance-covered by Don John.... Paltawa, by Hetman Platoff, out of The Maid of Fez, by Muley Moloch-covered by Don John 89 Glencoe Mare (the dam of Latitat and Clarissa), out of Frolicsome, by Froliccovered by The Libel Eugenie, by Touchstone, out of Gipsy, by Tramp-covered by Don John Jet, by Velocipede, out of Lucetta, by Reveller-covered by The Reveller.... 61 31 Ratcatcher, by Langar, out of Rufina (sister to Velocipede). He is a sure foal- By private contract. Mr. Padwick has purchased Mr. Gerard Sturt's horses; Lord Clifden, Hothorpe, of Mr. Hill; and Mr. Morris the three-year-old, Patience, by Lanercost, of Mr. C. Harker. Mr. Wilkinson has sold the two-year-old, Hurworth, for a couple of thousand, is said, to Mr. John Scott; and Neasham, previous to his break down, to Mr. Blenkinson. Lord Glasgow is announced as the purchaser of the brood mares Brown Bess and Clarissa, both stinted to Orlando, and Mr. Drinkald is now the owner of the yearling filly Empress, by The Emperor, vice Mr. Peck, who sells out. Mr. Hall, of Neasdon, has sold the stallion Peep-of-Day Boy to go to Russia. The Queen's Plate articles, that is as regards weights and distance, have just been revised by order of Lord Jersey, Master of the Horse. The alteration in the weights lets the old horses, five and six years old especially, more favourably in, while the abolition of heats is the chief feature of the other improvement; the lengths will generally remain the same. Guildford, however, is at last to lose its privilege, the Royal Guineas after this season being transferred to Epsom. Stamford, too, is about to petition for Her Majesty's favour, as the oldest recorded race meeting we have, but " the prayer," as yet, has not been presented. The Epsom settling, despite "the hard lines" for the book-makers, went off quite as well as could be expected. Of course one or two list gentlemen went off previously, and a rather curious scene occurred in the room. As it would seem rather a dangerous point to touch on, we need only say that further particulars will be found in the opening paper of this number. The other business of the month has been chiefly confined to passing events-Ascot, Newcastle, and so on. We are enabled, however, to give the latest intelligence on the Goodwood Stake, which has so far resulted in a very satisfactory handicap, with a further taste of the Cup, St. Leger, and next year's Derby. Goodwood Stakes (run July 28): 8 to 1 against Chief Justice, five years old, 8st. 7lbs. (the top weight); 13 to 1 against Houlakin, three years old, 5st. 3lb.; 16 to 1 against Cariboo, five years old, 8st. 6lb. ; 20 to 1 against Haricot, five years old, 7st.; 20 to 1 cach against Champion, six years old, 6st. 10lb., Don Pedro, four years old, 6st. 7lb., Backbiter, aged, 8st. 3lb. ; and 25 to 1 against Scarecrow, three years old, 5st. 5lb. Goodwood Cup (run July 30): 3 to 1 against Stilton, 4 to 1 against Kingston; 8 to 1 against Little Harry, 9 to 1 against Hobbie Noble, 12 to 1 against Joe Miller, 20 to 1 against Heroine, and 50 to 1 against Teddington. St. Leger (run September 15): 6 to 4 against Daniel O'Rourke and Songstress. The Derby, 1853: 20 to 1 against The Reiver, 22 to 1 against Cineas, 25 to 1 against Hurworth, and 33 to 1 against West Australian. EMBELLISHMENTS. SONGSTRESS-WINNER OF THE OAKS, 1852. ENGRAVED BY E. HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY HARRY HALL. "THE COUNT OUT." ENGRAVED. BY J. H. ENGLEHART, FROM A PAINTING BY A. COOPER, R.A. CONTENTS. THE UNSUCCESSFUL MAN; OR, PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF TILBURY NOGO, ESQ.-BY FOXGLOVE. SONGSTRESS: WINNER OF THE OAKS, 1852-—BY CASTOR EXTRACTS FROM MY SPORTING JOURNAL IN THE SOUTH-THE A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS: A FEW WORDS ON LAKE TROUT FISHING; WITH A FEW MORE ON THE BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF THE APPROACHING GROUSE SEASON-BY M. W. D. D. 1 Last Quar., 8th day, at 26 min. past 1 morning. OCCURRENCES. Moon HIGH WATER rises & London Bridge. sets. morn. | aftern. Sun rises and sets. h. m. d. 8 56 2 50 3 10 9 18 3 30 3 50 r 4 2917 r 4 3219 10 10 5 15 5 35 Eighth Sunday after Trinity.r 4 2615 2M Cr.-Eng. v. Lansd. C., at Bath. s 7 45 16 3 T North Staffordshire Races. 4 W Brighton R. Roy. Western Reg. s 7 41 18 5 T All England Match at Newark. 6 F Brighton Club Races. 7 S s 7 38 20 10 27 5 50 6 10 6 30 6 45 r 4 3521 10 45 82inth Sunday after Trinity. s 7 342211 7 7 10 7 30 Morning. 9 M Eng. v. Beverley C., at Beverley.r 4 382311 34 7 55 8 25 10 T Yarmouth Races. Boulogne R. s 7 3124 8 09 35 11 W Tonbridge Races. Reading R.r 4 41 25 0 8 10 10 10 45 12 T All Eng. Match at Northampton.s 7 27 26 0 5111 25 Midnight 13 F r 4 4427 1 47 No tide 0 25 s 7 2328 2 53 0 55 1 20 14 S Barnes Regatta. 15 afternoon. Tenth Sunday after Trinity. r 4 48 N SETS 16 M Cr.-Kent v. Eng., at Canterbury.s 7 19 1 8 13 17 T Cowes Regatta commences. 18 W York Races. 19 T Gent. of Eng. v. of Kent, at Cant. At 145 2 5 2 25 2 50 26 T All England Match at Hereford. s 6 5811 0 5811 35 No tide 27 F 28 S r 5 712 2 4 0 10 0 40 s 6 5413 3 14 1 9 1 35 afternoon. 29 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.r 5 10 FRISES. 155 2 15 2 35 2 55 3 10 3 30 16 & 17 6 Lichfield Wolverhampton 9, 10, & 11 York Tuom... Radcliff. Phoenix Park ............. 10 | Egham Tonbridge 11 Derby .. 17 & 18 18, 19, & 20 23 23, 21, & 25 25 & 26 25 & 26 11 Stourbridge.......... 30 & 31 Reading ............ 11 & 12 Eccles............... 30 & 31 6 Lincoln 31 THE RACING IN JULY. BY CRAVEN. "Quocirca vivite fortes, Fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus." HORAT. In after times, when reference shall be made to this instant epoch of the English turf, it will be spoken of as the Olympiad of exaggeration. "The earth hath bubbles -as the Southsea of that ilk, rampant railwayism, and such like-" and this is of them." The month of July, 1852, was all racing: meetings did not merely tread upon the kibes of meetings, but encountered each other face to face. To such kind friends as may haply inquire was the reviewer who indites this resumé present at them all, he anticipates an answer in the negaNot being a member of that ornithological family immortalised. by the Hibernian naturalist Roache, it is inconvenient for him to be in two places at once, to say nothing of half-a-dozen. Perhaps science may assist locomotion out of this dilemma: it has already given us the Electric Telegraph, which wafts a thought to Paris before it has been conceived in London "And panting time toils after it-in vain." Why should we despair of ubiquity? Because reason is opposed to such a proposition, and the natural laws forbid an impossibility? These are only natural rules, and there is no rule without an exception, which is a rule without an exception. The logic here may be obscure to the million, but the essayist is not bound to find brains for his readers. I met the following passage in the Quarterly a little while ago; and if I didn't deem it eminently perspicuous, am I to quarrel with Mr. Murray's serial?.............. "The even-toed, hoofed mammals, or artiodactyles" (no relations to the spondees of prosody), "are shown to be characterised, amongst other structures, by having two trochanters to the femur; and equally divided astragalus; more simple premolars, and more symmetrically complex true molars: a more complex stomach, and more simple cæcum and colon. The odd-toed hoofed mammals, or perissodactyles, have more numerous G 2 |