Ratcatcher. Chaff, by Pantaloon, in foal to Pyrrhus the First; Sorella's dam, in foal to Birdcatcher; and Cerito, have been bought at a long price of Mr. H. Stebbings by Mr. Stinton, for Prussia; and Mr. Meiklam has sold Stilton to go to Prussia also for 1,500 guineas. Mr. Dawson, of Middleham, has bought the yearling Allspice, by Sweetmeat, of Mr. Maynard, of Skiningrove; Mr. J. Barnard, the steeple-chaser Young Lottery, of Mr. Mundy. In the accessions, or rather returns to the turf, we have Lord Londesborough and Sir Robert Clifton. The former is now forming a stud, which will be in the hands of John Scott. It already includes the two-year-old The Mayor of Hull, and the yearlings Tadcaster, by Ithuriel, and Dr. Wilson, by the Cure; the Doctor a recent purchase from Mr. C. Peck. Sir Robert Clifton's horses will be again with Daley, at Newmarket. The Doncaster Autumn Race Grant of 1853 has just been increased by two hundred, now making up twelve hundred, though only after a very close division in the Corporation : eleven to nine, and the Mayor in the minority. At a General Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket, on Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting, the following resolutions were passed : Resolved: That all jockeys shall be required to weigh at the usual place of weighing before the race as well as after, unless excused by the stewards for some special reason, when the fact must be notified to the clerk of the scales. Resolved: That the stewards be requested to give notice to notorious defaulters to keep off the race-course at Newmarket, and in case of such notice being disregarded, to take legal proceedings against the offenders. Resolved: That Rule 29, respecting the publication of unpaid forfeits, shall be altered as follows, and regularly acted upon henceforward : 29. A list of unpaid forfeits, with the names of the subscribers to the stake, and the name or description of the horse, with the name or sufficient description of the stake, and the amount of the forfeit, shall be advertised in the sheet Racing Calendar after the Newmarket July and Houghton Meetings every year. No person whose name shall appear in such advertised list shall be entitled to enter or name a horse for any plate, sweepstakes, or subscription, either in his own name or in the name of any other person, unless he shall pay up all the forfeits in respect of which his name appears in the list, before the expiration of the time of naming for such stake, &c.; and no horse which appears on such list shall be qualified to be entered for any race whatever, unless the forfeits mentioned in the said list, as due for such horse, shall be paid before the expiration of the time of naming or entering for such race; and no horse, whose name shall appear in such list, shall be qualified to start for any race, unless the aforesaid forfeits shall be paid before the time fixed for starting for the first race of the day on which such horse is intended to run. Resolved: That in future the weights for the three-mile plate, on Tuesday in the Houghton Meeting, shall be st. lb. Her Majesty's Plate hitherto run for at Guildford will in future be run at Epsom on the Thursday after the Derby, by mares only-three years old 7st., four 8st. 91b., five 9st. 2lb., six and aged 9st. 5lb.; Metropolitan Stakes Course. Heapy Honeydew Hurworth The following table says all we can for the Derby. West Australian's performances, on consideration, have been thought good enough to make him first favourite, though the lowest figure we quote against him is more "offer" than take.' Neither The Reiver nor Orestes has attracted much attention; the latter has been especially quiet during the past month. Pharos, on the other hand, as the Goodwood representative, and Elmsthorpe for Danebury, have both increasing parties. A second horse in John Day's stable, Cineas to wit, is not so generally popular; public opinion appears very divided as to his merits. Pharold finds a few yet amongst the faithful, and Sittingbourne is by no means out of the pale of good society. THE CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 15 each against Muscovite, Nancy, and Merry bird, and 1,000 to 10 each against Hobbie Noble, Goldfinder, Madeline, Grey Tommy, Redmond O'Hanlan, Ticleton, Indian Warrior, Black Doctor, and Richard Primmer. END OF VOL. XXVIII. Printed by Rogerson and Tuxford, 243, Strand, London. INDEX. Stockwell, Winner of the St. Leger, 1852-by Castor (with Plate)-357 The Unsuccessful Man; or, Passages in the Life of Tilbury Nogo, Esq.-by Foxglove35, 89, 188, 275, 319, 399 The Right Honourable the Earl of Ducie (with Portrait)-64 The Exhibitions-106 "The Count Out" (illustrative of the Engraving)-by Oxonian -139 The Mist and the Moor-by Hornywink-165, 240, 351 The Race for the St. Leger, 1851 (Newminster's Year) by Castor (with Plate)—178 The Sportsman's Progress-by Fox-244 The Twelfth of August; another Word from the Mountains-by Hawthorn-204 The Thames Regatta: the Start from Putney (with Engraving) -254 The Fine Old English Cricketers -by C. B.-256 The Jungle, or Wild Cock-from our East Indian Correspondent -269 To William Selby Lowndes, Esq. -by Juryman-373 The Thorn (illustrative of the Engraving)-by Castor-391 The Festival of Diana, or the First of November-by Cecil -429 York Realities, and Doncaster Shadows-by Gayhurst-205 |