THIRD DAY, APRIL 8TH. The Trife Stakes of 5 sequins each, for horses not thorough-bred; post entrance double; once round; Tuscan-bred horses, 125 lb.; other horses, five-year-olds, 168 ib. ; six and aged, 187 lb. Mr. Gasperini's b. m. Discord, five-years old g. Logic La Marquise Borella's ch. 1 2 0 0 Mr. Buonaparte entered Allright at the post, by paying double the subscription, according to the articles, and was the favourite against the field, from the recollection of his autumnal exploits. An objection was made before starting against Gasperini's mare, on the ground of her being by Ariel, out of Bessy; and the question was referred to the arbitration of the Jockey Club, who must await the production of testimonials and certificates from Turin, where the mare was bred, ere they can adjudicate the case. Match for 50 louis each; once round. Baron Lowenberg's b. m. Wimple 1 2 The Union Stakes of 20 francesconi each, with a Purse of 145 francesconi added: twice round; three-year-olds, 142 lbs.; four, 162 lb. ; five, 175 lb.; six and aged, 182 lb.; English horses, not thorough-bred, allowed 18 lb.; horses bred in Italy allowed 18 lb.; horses bred in Tuscany allowed 40 lb.; mares and geldings allowed 5 lb.; the winner of the Arno, or Cup Stakes, to carry 6 lb. extra. Mr. Gamgee's ch. h. Reviver Mr. Gasperini's br. c. Don't-you-wish-you-may-get-it Baron Lowenberg's br. h. Chateau Lafitte Mr. Vansittart's b. c. Hill Coolie Mr. Vansittart's b. c. Antler Prince Charles Poniatowski's b. f. La Diplomate 1 2 3 4 bolted, dist. paid. paid. paid. Prince Charles Poniatowski's ch. f. Victoria, by Count Porro, out of Mopsy paid. Even on Reviver against the field. The Beaten Stakes of 3 louis each; Arno weights; once round (fifteen subscribers). Prince Charles Poniatowski's gr. m. Elisa BRIGHT Phoebus, the patron of poets below, For thou art accounted the god of the bow, The practice of shooting 'twas you that began, When you launched forth your beams from the skies: Young Cupid was first in adopting the plan, On beautiful Iris, Apollo bestow'd A bow of unparalleled hue; The herald of peace-and, as on it she rode, Diana, who slaughtered the brutes with her darts, For Venus excelled her in shooting at hearts, To each came the craft of the archer at last, Ulysses, the hero, was known, long ago, In wisdom and strength to excel; Then a health to all true British bowmen be crown'd: May their glory ne'er set in the dark! May their bows e'er prove strong, their strings ever sound, And their arrows drive straight at the mark ! SOMETHING LIKE SHOOTING. Now that a certain set in this country have found out that foxhunting is "dead slow," and that steeple-chasing, with two to one on the coroner, is the only pastime for gentlemen, it will be a real blessing to assist them with a wrinkle as to where a bit of trigger-work may be done, upon a scale befitting a "tall man." To this end, we have selected the subjoined extract from a late number of the " Bengal Sporting Magazine;" it is a portion of an article entitled, "Our Doings at Chingmaree." "March 5th.-Found a large male rhinoceros close to camp; he was standing with his head towards me, and so still, I at first fancied it was a huge log of wood: as he turned from me, I gave him a shot, which dropt him dead: he measured, at the shoulder, seven feet two inches ; had a perfect and remarkably thick horn, though only twelve inches in length. "6th.-Beat from nine until three, without coming on a living thing; returned disgusted to camp, when information came of two cows having been killed, two miles away. Had not patience to wait until morning, but must needs beat up the tiger's quarters that evening. What was the consequence? why, that we reached the place with just sufficient daylight to see a fine tigress making off for a tope of trees; the distance proved to be nearer six miles than two; I followed the tigress,-P. the cub; she had two. "We were neither of us successful; as soon as the elephants entered the tope, the tigress came down, making a terrible noise at being disturbed; there was too much underwood, and too little daylight, for me to see her, and she managed to slip back and away, God knows where. In the evening, information of a bullock having been killed at Kulparah was brought. 66 7th.-Beat for the tigress again, but her ladyship was out: proceeded to where the cow had been killed the evening before, and found it had been carried, during the night, into a tope of trees, too thick for the howdah elephants to enter. Put in the pads, and took up positions, P. on one side, I on the other, and line advanced. In less than half a minute, out came a tigress on P.'s side, who sent two balls at her, followed her into a patch of grass, when up she jumpt on a pad elephant's head, and then charged. P. got between his elephant's hind legs, and punished her most cruelly. Not a shot could I fire, for laughing at P.'s chupprassy, who was roaring out to me to go to his assistance, as the tigress was devouring him, and no mistake. I fired at last, and obliged her to let go her hold, and finished her at the same time. Beating a nullah, on our way homeward, put up a bear, and astonished him with a ball in his seat of honour, but gave ourselves no further trouble about him. "8th.-A buffalo killed near the Saul Forest: beat every inch of every nullah within reach, and as much of the forest as was possible, but no tiger could we find; he must have taken himself into the heart of the forest, where of course, he was safe; a peacock was all we killed. "9th. I shall not forget last night in a hurry: passing from the Routee (which we had had brought up) to the hut, which we continued to use as a sleeping apartment, I put my foot into a kettle of boiling water, which a servant of the Doctor's had placed in the very middle of the path it was a very dark night, recollect. I was awfully scalded, as may be imagined; the Doctor ordered it into cold water immediately, and there I kept it all night. "In my crippled state, it was considered advisable to remain quiet to-day; but being tolerably free from pain towards the afternoon, we moved ground to the banks of the Durlah, killing, on our way, a few jungle-fowl and hares. During the evening, intelligence came of a cow having been killed at Rajadangah. 1 "10th. When on our way to the tiger-ground, we were met by a man who had had a bullock killed, late yesterday evening, close to where we then were; proceeded at once to the place-a lovely spot for a tiger to take up his quarters in, on the bank of a nullah. This gentleman, however, was not satisfied with it, and had taken the bullock into another branch of the nullah, a very strong place indeed, impossible to be beat. We got one momentary glimpse of him, and that was all : leaving him in quiet possession of his stronghold, we proceeded on our way to Rajadangah, where we found the cow had been killed in the centre of a large plain, free from jungle, excepting a little grass on the isles, and a ravine, with a few rather heavy but small patches of grass in it. The tiger had evidently been watching us, for we could see him sneaking away, before we had reached within 200 yards of him. We came up with him in the ravine, when he again endeavoured to sneak away behind the cover of an isle; but, seeing he was observed, he stopt for one instant, and then made the most beautiful charge I ever witnessed, coming down at least seventy yards, at my elephant, over an open piece of ground. I waited until he was within twenty yards or so from me, when I stopt him he then caught one of the pad elephants by a hind leg, and held on until another shot brought him at me again, when I floored him. My unfortunate foot, what with the sun and shaking of the elephant, was now dreadfully painful; so we bent our steps homewards. "11th. No intelligence; so determined to give my foot a chance, by remaining at home; the Doctor went out, but had little sport, merely killing a few jungle-fowl and pea-fowl. "12th.-Heard of a man having been killed by a tiger; he was tending his cows, when the tiger made a rush at one of them; but missed his mark, and picked up the man as he retreated to the jungle. The Doctor went to see what could be done, but returned unsuccessful. "13th. The first thing I heard, on opening my eyes this morning, was the growl of a tiger, close to the tent: the day had broken, so I was sure he would remain near at hand; and, in fact, we found him in a nullah, not 100 yards from camp. On being roused, he made for rather a heavy, though not extensive, patch of grass, down the nullah ; here we put him up five times, without being able to get a shot at him, and each time did he pull down an elephant, nearly expended one mahout, and frightened my classy out of his senses. The sixth time we put him up, he singled out the Doctor's elephant for punishment, and in one moment he had her down. He then let go his hold of her, and charged the howdah; laid hold of the upper side-bar, close to the Doctor's arm, and carried the whole side of the howdah away. I had now to finish the business alone, the Doctor being, of course, obliged to leave the field, and content himself with witnessing the rest of the proceedings from the opposite bank of the nullah. None of the mahouts were very willing to return to the fight: I selected, however, two elephants, which had not tasted the tiger's claws, and proceeded to business, and very soon caught a sight of my friend, as he was preparing to make his charge. Sent a shot at him forthwith, which put an end to his charging for the future, though it took two or three more to kill him. He was the largest tiger I ever was at the death of, though by no means the longest, for he barely covered eleven feet; but in height, every allowance made for his not being on his legs, he measured four feet five inches." SPORTING SUBJECTS IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1840. THE Vocabulary of our language has already been rifled of every epithet expressive of gibe, jeer, taunt, contumely, and reproach, wherewith to whelm that unhappy erection in Trafalgar-square, known to men as "The National Gallery." Being of little skill in architecture, of a modest diffidence withal, and, moreover, possessed of bowels, we eschew all allusion to the outward merits of that much-maligned edifice; but cannot refrain from an allusion to its accommodation within, seeing that we have but recently escaped with our lives, from an effort to explore its "penetralia," pinched as black and blue as if it had been built by Indigo Jones. It is really difficult to believe it was actual ignorance, and not sheer mischief, in which the arrangement of the Exhibition rooms of this building originated. One would suppose that the first matter contemplated, and, consequently, provided for, would be the multitudes that might be calculated upon, as thronging the great national exhibition of pictures, in the metropolis, during the season when the tide of fashion is at its flood. How stands the fact? The principal saloons are, in number, three, the east, the middle, and the west room; the east, in which the numbering of the pictures commences, being the most remote from the stairs by which the suite is approached. These chambers are capable of holding from 400 to 500 persons apiece, and are filled with their utmost complement during the afternoons of every day of the season. The entrance and exit are effected by a single door to each, of the size common to the reception-rooms of the better class of dwelling-houses. Thus the masses, going in, have to penetrate to the further end, to begin their operations, and stem the retreating current; the two human streams, in three instances, being pent up in spaces barely sufficient to allow of two persons passing |