to the second. Boxkeeper led for a mile, when Blackfoot laid out and crept up head and girth; for the next quarter of a mile Blackfoot showed his dark nose in front a murmur arose from the crowd, then came out his neckthe noise increased. "Boxkeeper will lose!-no-not yet, he is gaining again," and Blackfoot's neck and head disappeared for a short time; again they seemed to come in front, again retired; the confusion again began as, at the last half-mile post, he evidently was getting ahead-"It's Blackfoot's heat!-Blackfoot's heat!

Wait," said a few anxious ones, "wait till Boxkeeper makes his well-known push at the distance post, and there, by George, there he goes up a beautiful rush! he has it! I thought so; he is not to be beaten-hold hard, though, he makes no more of it, and he has tasted the whip-so has Blackfoot, and look! Blackfoot keeps his head well with him." The uproar, the shouts, the moving of heads, arms, legs and tongues became tremendous; and at last, as Blackfoot got his head in first at the winning-post, up went a roar of applause that must have been heard at Indore.* This was beautiful and the winner, by gaining a heat from the thought-to-be unheatable Boxkeeper, stamped his fame for

For the Hack plates, there were three real hacks, Poyntz, Grimalkin, and Abelard; the latter would have won it on three legs, the colt was most appropriately named, and Poyntz had more points about him than nature bestowed.

On Wednesday, the 24th, Blackfoot again tried his luck against Chapeau for the Indore Purse, heats 1 mile, 8st. 12lb. against 9st. 3lb., but could not touch him; Chapeau was hard held. He is a most wonderful horse, and as beautiful as he is wonderful, and powerful as he is handsome.

On Friday, the 26th, for the Mhow Turf of one heat, mile and a distance, with 9st., and Chapeau took the conceit out of the Goblin, who made several splendid attempts to throw the dust in the Straw Hat, but in vain. As has been said before, he won in hand.

A little bay thing called Vagrant begun his wanderings with Coppersmith for the third Maiden Sweepstakes; he might as well have let it alone. The Copper smith beat him as if he had had him on an anvil, and so ended the sixth day.

The concluding day was one of great interest and still greater fun and merriment. Every winning horse was obliged to enter for the winner's stakes, one two-mile heat, and to carry weight for their winnings.

min. sec.

With such a weight as Chapeau carried this time it was splendid, and he carried this cart-horse load in fine style.

The Untrained Plate induced several Amateurs to try how their St. Panags could run a mile. trick started off at score, and the others tailed off immediately; the Pilgrim once made an attempt to address the Saint, but he could not get within speaking distance. Sly boots was too cunning to show foot-M.P. looked as if he wished to accept the Chiltern Hundreds, and Suffolk was almost suffocated on the first half mile, which Patrick ran in 55 seconds. Not content with these gallops, the Saint entered for the Tallyho, 11st. 9lbs., to show people that he could jump as well as run. He and Abelard went away together, Rasa-bosah some lengths behind, as if to get a lesson in leaping from the others, who came pretty well together to the first hedge (4 feet high and 3 broad), but he must have forgotten his task, for he knocked the half of it down as he tried to jump over, and nearly threw his rider. St. Pat. and Abelard still neck and neck leapt the second leap at the same moment, and then made a rush for the heat, which the former won with much

case. Rasa-bosah jumped into the middle of the last leap, fell with a fearful crash, threw his rider with great violence, and rolled over upon him. Then came out six or seven jackanapes to run for a donkey sweepstakes, and such a scene took place! Horses, men, women and children all started together, and closing in one mass, down fell half-a-dozen human beings; over them tumbled two or three of the brutes, and away went the rest, with shouts and roars and shrieks and oaths and blows. The creatures took three heats too to win their money, and

every time they started the mirth and noise grew more "fast and furious." After this asinine effort off went two batches of Tattoos, each consisting of about forty. Such tumbles, such escapes, such boltings and jostlings, no pen can do justice to the affair, and in the midst of all this "royal row, prime spree and jollity," the fifth Mhow Turf Meeting broke up and finished the fun of the festival time at a public breakfast given by the 2nd Regt. Lt. Cavalry.

Success to the next Races, and may the best horse win!-From the Bombay Courier.

SIR,

I do myself the pleasure of forwarding the performances of that celebrated horse Harlequin, which certainly entitled him to a place amongst clippers. His great powers were scarcely known,

for nothing in the season, when he showed so greatly, could touch or come near him either in speed or bottom. He was so temperate, he could have been held by a thread; his powers were never so far put to the test as to

require his being urged to his utmost speed, but his trials have been known to be prodigious. In his first appearance on this course he resembled more the build of a Dutch merchantman than a high trained racer, and it was wonderful that in such condition he was able to carry off the Sweepstakes of the first meeting, 1825, carrying 9st. (aged) against the G. A. H. Phantom, 5 years, in 4m. 7s. and

4m. 16s.

In the second meeting of 1825, he won, 1st, "The Resident's Cup," carrying 9st. 5lbs., against Hambletonian, 8st. 3lbs. in hand -4m. 16s.; 2nd, Colonel Ballantine's Cup, carrying 9st. 7lbs., beating Borkeeper and Cedric without being headed-4m. 12s.; 3rd, the Ladies' Purse from Hambletonian; 4th, the Guzerat Turf Plate from Cedric, in hand.

In February, 1827, his first was a 400 Sweepstakes, 8st. 7lbs., beating Baronet by many lengths in both heats.

6th and 7th in one day. 1st, the Guzerat Turf Plate, carrying 9st., beating Barefoot in his usual gallant style-in 1st heat, 3m. 2s.; 2nd heat, 3m. 4s. ; 2nd, the Banker's Plate, carrying 9st. 7lbs. against Baronet. In the 1st heat he took the lead, and kept it, winning in 4m. 5s.; 2nd heat, Harlequin restive and lost the start by a considerable distance, but, like a truly honest horse, he no sooner found his legs than he flew by his antagonist with astonishing rapidity, and, as Baronet's owner remarked, nothing but a flash of lightning could pass him. His first half mile (according to the opinion of all the best judges present) must have been under 54s. from the ground he lost and made up in the first half mile; in the fourth half mile Baronet pulled up, and Harlequin walked

in.

2nd, the Resident's Cup, carrying 9st. 5lbs., against Paul Pry's 7st. 8lbs., and winning it without being headed-4m. 10s.; 3rd, the Minister's Cup, carrying 9st. 5lbs., without being headed in either heat, beating Firefly-1st heat, 4m. 4s.; 2nd heat, 4m. 83s.; 4th., walked for the Broach Stakes; 5th, for Major Hughes's Plate, 8st. 4lbs. he kept the lead all round in both heats, beating Cornet by several lengths in hand.

SIR,

As quails are said to be in smaller numbers than usual this year, scarce one to be met with in Candeish, I send you a short account of a few days' sport in the vicinity of Ahmednuggur and Seroor.

February 26th, at the village of Charss, three guns; in the field and commenced shooting at 12 o'clock; bagged 45 brace.

March 1st, at Nimbluk, three guns; were on the field something after 12; bagged 351⁄2 brace.

March 3rd, at Charss, trying new ground, four guns; bagged 47 brace.

March 9th, at Charss, at fresh ground, four guns; bagged 62 brace.

March 15th, at the foot of the Joour Ghaut, four guns; on the field by half-past 12; bagged 1142 brace. In addition to the number of guns mentioned, for 1 hours there was a fifth which bagged 6 brace, making a total of 120

brace, of which number 4 brace were hares.

March 21st, Rangingaum, three guns; bagged 49 brace.

March 26th, at Allegaum, 16 miles beyond Seroor, four guns; bagged 70 brace.

March 27th, with two guns; 45 brace.

March 28th, between Seroor and Dytna, four guns; bagged 41 brace. Thus making an aggre gate of 517 brace in nine days.

By this it will be seen that the supply of quails, though failing at some places, abounds at others. At the same time it is as well to mention that with the exception of the ground shot over on the 15th March, of which there was ample for the number of sportsmen, two guns would have done almost as much mischief as four, so confined and narrow were the grassy nullahs in which the whole of the game lay. I am, yours,

DEAR SIR,

TRIGGER.

RACERS.

That the powers of Buckfoot were great is not to be denied, and I believe his subsequent performances at Madras, when a cripple, fully justify the report of his hav ing run a trial of 3 miles, 9st., in 6m. 8s., but his best time upon this course was 4m. 5s., nor did he, I believe, ever perform his two miles in 3m. 55s., which was time never expected in those days.

Fitz James is also said to have been beaten but once, which is true enough; but his public time was never better than 4m. 5s.. and I