Filly by Langar, out of Volatile Filly, by Lapdog, out of Grisette. Colt, by Count Porro, out of Mopsy Retrospect, by Cetus, or Rowton, out of Pastime Mr. Newton Colt, by Mulatto, or Starch, out of Carew's dam.. Mickleton Maid by Velocipede out of Maid of Lune Appleton Lass, by St. Nicholas, out of Van ..... The Lord Mayor, by Pantaloon, out of Honeymoon Bosphorus, by Sultan, out of Marmora Do. Ditto Do. .... .... ... Filly, by Reveller, out of Amima.... Filly, by Beadle, out of Augusta's dam Filly, by Redgauntlet, out of Palais Royal In a Sunday paper of the latest date, we find the following announcement. It reads oddly. We imagine however that a Velocipede mare, for the first time put to the stud, has arrived at maternity." On Monday last Her Majesty produced a bay filly foal to Bay Middleton, at the Turf Tavern, Doucaster." THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE-CHASE AT THIS great event,-great indeed in this particular description of sport, is at length decided; and we are of course, by the common railway facilities of conveyance, enabled to lay before our readers at "the eleventh hour" of our arrangements, the result of the contest. We have been amused at seeing announcements of information "by express," put forth by the Sporting Review (that "distinguished work" as it calls itself) in advertisements far and wide. This express, being the mere common source of information, open to all,-the Liverpool and Birmingham train,—by which the daily press has been fed. The meeting was splendid-There could not have been less than 40,000 present. The usual work with Harkaway,―he was entered, and not brought to the Post. Fifty-five horses were nominated originally-and seventeen horses came to the post. At about 3 o'clock the bell rang and the following appeared at the post;;—we have marked the result of the struggle. At the commencement of the starting Daxon rook the lead, and the first fenc was cleared in style by all the horses; but the Nun and Rust, although up well over the minor fences and the pasture ground, immediately before the first hazardous leap, were distanced by Lottery, who took it in grand style. Mason seemed perfectly master of his horse, and cleared the fields in a most gallant manner. The first great leap, after passing the fence in the lane, is a span of at least five yards, and this was cleared by them all but Barkstone. The next was considered a most tremendous burster-it was a fence upwards of four feet high, and a brook the other side of it. Here Lottery took the leap gallantly, followed by Seventy-four and Railroad. The top rail was, however broken, and a clear road was then made for the rest. The next leap was, perhaps, quite as formidable. It was a low hedge, a rivulet, and at a considerable distance a stiff fence placed in an oblique position; several fell, but all got over somehow, and proceeded on to the race course. When the horse arrived opposite the grand stand, tremendous cheers were given, and on they went over the same route; now rendered easy by the rails having been mostly broken in the previous race. At the last fence leap, Dictator fell back, and his rider, Carlin, narrowly escaped instant death. The horse rose no more! Lottery still took the lead, and came in over the wall in splendid style, amidst the most tremendous cheering. Seventy-four followed next, rode by Oliver, and the other favourites, Daxon, Rust, and Railroad, were close in with them. Altogether this has been the most interesting steeple-chase in the annals of sporting that we remember to have witnessed. The betting has been very heavy in all parts of England and in Ireland,—and at the close of the prices at Liverpool, the odds were as follows: 6 to 1 agst Mr. Kent's Rust 8 to 1 agst Lord Macdonald's The Nun. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Marshal's Railroad * We suggest to Craven that he should fire a good round of advertisements in the papers, announcing that he shall certainly receive by express the returns of the Derby and Oaks races run on the 15th and 17th of May, and that they will not fail to appear in the June Number of the Sporting Review. It will look as if a Number for June would be sure to appear. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Elmore's Lottery. In the early part of the month the betting was rather flat, nor were the alterations either numerous or interesting. They consisted chiefly in a slight improvement in Brother to Bay Middleton, and a more decided one in the Lord Mayor, Kremlin, and Zimmerman, it was also observable that a good deal of notice was bestowed on John Day's horses;-Westonian was backed at a trifle below his original price, Bulwark was not without partisans, and Meunier was so frequently mentioned and backed, that no one was surprised at his subsequent promotion; Wapiti alone gave way. Beyond a more positive improvement, in Kremlin, Zimmerman, and Westonian, nothing of moment occurred until the latter part of the month, when Erin go Bragh and Zimmerman were entirely deserted by their recent friends, and dropt to 21 to 1 each, (10 to 1 against the two,) Kremlin, at the same time, rose to 20 to 1. Ilderim, Tros, and Menuier, to 25 to 1 each, Wapiti's "decline and fall," being accellerated at the rate of 50 per cent. The other fluctuations are of too insignificant a character to require details. Scott's lot DERBY. Ld. Jersey's lot......... Jan. 31. Feb. 4. Feb. 7. Feb. 11. Feb. 14. Feb. 18. Feb. 21. Feb. 25. J. Day's lot.... 8..1 Sir G.Heathcote's lo Bro. to Bay Mid... Flambean D. is accepted. He is close and good,-a rare quality in a correspondent. We have read Craven's opening paper to his menaced history of racing in all its antique branches-and we shall keep our word. His style is so fitted to his knowledge, that we shall be delighted to attend to his foolery. Craven, of course, brings us to Nimrod; but we have not space to refer to the writings and self-gleanings of the latter, this month. We have culled his simples, but must dry them for another number's use. "Dear creature, we can't do without him!" X. No! CESAR'S letter respecting Lord Suffield might have been withheld. We know all about the Jew-Discounter's invasion,-and the Turf-Lawyer's activity. If his lordship has done little execution in Leicestershire, others have! We cannot think that Sir G. Heathcote (noble and unbetting sportsman as he is) could have recommended a certain Earl to have backed Oronoko for the Derby, except from a good motive;-if he did recommend him at all. To A. James Mason, Powell, and Oliver, are the best steeple-chase riders. Captain Becher begins to put his horse at a double fence, with a single-fence Mason is A. 1. nerve. We particularly intreat the attention of our readers,-our fox-hunting readers,— to the papers "Notitia Venatica,"-which are the honest, uncooked, knowledgeopulent papers on hunting, or rather on (in their present state) hound-keeping, and management of hounds. The kennel and its mysteries are laid open by a master hand,--and Nimrod will be surprized to hear that the writer can write to the purpose, without bringing a mass of cruel English, ragged Latin, and vulgar vanity to his aid. Mr. Delmè Radcliffe will have our attention. His verses to his poor dog were passable,—but his late paper on Eastern Sports is Craven in its English, and Nimrod in its Latin. A correct grammar-a Latin grammar (from which the classical quotations are generally made), would be invaluable to the writers of the Sporting Review! Mr. Delmè Radcliffe (in a work called "The Sportsman all the World over !") has this dear passage,-"In compliance with your request, I lose no further time in sending you, extracted from my Journal, a slight outline of two days' sport-' utrum mavis alcipe.' Either or both may serve to fill a corner of your Oracle—the New Sporting Periodical.'" This "utrum mavis alcipe" of the well-known old line, of "utrum horum mavis accipe!" is a sweet bit of "your Oracle." We shall next month, if possible, attend to Mr. D. Radcliffe and his nonsense. Alpha.-A Friend to Van Amburgh.-D.-The Morris-Man.-G. A. D.— Pet.-Turfiana's correspondent.-B.-B. A., and Gelert-are received, and with thanks. They will be considered properly. We must postpone, from want of room, the steeple-chase returns, until our next number. |