duced by mustachios, false or real, is anything but pleasing.

In the Mile-end road, he says, there may be seen, not only many donkestrians of fashion, but many broken-legged drivers of dogsledges, three and four-in-hand, knackers' carts, costermongers' drags, and brewers' drays. Those who may be seated in these wehicles generally hold the ribbons in their left mawleys, unless they should be left-handed. They keep their "pickers and stealers" half closed, and use their thumbs as scratchers. A flash cove, who salutes any one on the road, never doffs his castor, but merely pops the thumb of his right hand to his nozzle, and winks with his right ogle, unless he be blind on that side, and then he uses his left.-Life in London.

EPSOM NEW RACE STAND.

This edifice, which is now in a very forward state, and about to be roofed in, has a most commanding appearance from the different roads, and can be seen distinctly from Kingston Hill and surrounding neighbourhood. The style of the architecture is Grecian, combining the simple yet elegant forms, where so much strength so much strength and durability are essentially necessary. The building is 156 feet in width, including the terrace, and 60 feet in depth, having a portico the width, returning on each side, which is connected with a spacious terrace, raised ten feet above the level of the ground, and a magnificent flight of steps in the centre. The columns of the portico are of the Doric order, supporting a balcony or gallery, which is to be covered by a verandah, erected on small ornamental iron pillars, placed over those below. There is much ac

commodation here for the ladies to see the races, in consequence of the small dimensions of the piers between the windows; indeed, we thought them too slender to support the weight of roof, but, upon inquiry, we find the piers so constructed, by the means of strong iron story-posts being inserted in the centre, and thereby concealed, which puts the security of the building beyond all doubt, and adds much to the lightness of the structure. The upper part of the Stand is to have a balustrade the whole width of the front. With reference to the interior arrangements, there are four large and well-proportioned rooms for refreshments, &c.; and we learnt that one of those rooms is intended for the exclusive entré of the members of the Jockey Club. A spacious hall, leading through a screen of Doric columns to a large and elegant staircase of stone, and on each side of the staircase are retiring-rooms of convenience to gentlemen. And the entrance to this floor is from the above-mentioned terrace portico in front, and also at the back, by an entrance which forms a direct communication through the building. The first floor consists of a splendid room, 108 feet in length, and 34 in width, divided into three compartments by ornamental columns and pilasters, supporting a richly panelled ceiling, and has a direct communication with the balcony or gallery, and on each side of the staircase there are retiring-rooms for the ladies, with the same arrangement as those below for the gentlemen. The roof is constructed in a manner to hold about 2000 persons standing, affording at the same time an opportunity for every one to see the whole of the race (Derby Course), which at one time was considered doubtful. Independent

of the great comfort and convenience the Race Stand will afford the public, who have so long felt the want of such an accommodation, we are satisfied

the speculation will prove to be a profitable one. The projectors are certainly entitled to the thanks of the Sporting World.-Life in London.

provement of the breed of Cattle, suggesting that some information might be gained from the Medical Board regarding the virtues of the Muddar plant.

I have now received a reply from the Board of Superintendence, which is highly satisfactory. It appears, however, that I have no claim to the original discovery of the use of the Muddar plant in cases of Burzauttee - that honour belongs to Dr. Playfair, of the Bengal service, who wrote on the subject of the properties of Muddar; his treatise

was published in the Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society; but it was not otherwise promulgated, nor was the practice persisted in until I brought it into notice. The letter from the Medical Board and another from Dr. Playfair are too long to give verbatim, but it will be such a desideratum to sporting men to learn all that is known on this interesting subject, that I shall venture to make use of the information received from these high authorities in medical practice, and glean for your pages the pith of their communications.

Dr. Playfair writes, that ever since 1811 his attention has been

devoted to the properties of Muddar, the effects of which he has tried in a great many of the diseases to which the human frame is subject; that, in 1823, a paper was sent by him to the Medical Board, which will be found in the 1st Volume of the Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society. In the 25th page is the following observation:-"In the horse it appears effectually to cure the Burzauttee, a disease common to and destructive in this country, but I am possessed of too little veterinary knowledge to say whether it is a species of Farcy or a disease peenliar to the climate."

Mr. Playfair proceeds to say

that the above remark was made in consequence of its effects when exhibited in two bad cases of Burzauttee, which occurred in the regiment he belonged to, but Mr. Playfair does not state decidedly that a cure was effected, though he adds that it appeared to have the effect of eradicating the disease.

Mr. Playfair notes an error I had fallen into in having the whole of the root sliced down, and reduced to powder; the entire virtue is concentrated in the milky juice with which the bark of the root is filled.

The Medical Board, after having perused my letter, addressed the Board of Superintendence, upon the use of the Muddar in the treatment of Burzanttee, observe that upon the general principle of the known and acknowledged qualities of this plant, they have no hesitation in recommending its employment in Burzauttee, and all other cutaneous and glandular affections of the horse partaking of the same character.

The Medical Board are not of opinion that it can prove very efficacious as an external application, but given internally, where the circumstances of the case render it eligible, there is a fair chance of its eventual success.

They proceed to say that to be useful Muddar must be exhibited where there is a deficiency rather than an ordinary degree of activity in a sore, as it should never be administered where this action is in excess.

Again the Board remark that during the employment of Muddar applications of a stimulating escharotic nature should be used to the indolent sores, the best of which they consider (founded upon a certain experience of its application to the horse) to be the Patassa fusa (Kalipurum), the

strong fixed alkali, a caustic of all others possessing active properties, the most manageable and efficacious, and that after a sore has been freely touched once or twice, a slough will form which on separation leaves a clean surface, from which sprout healthy granulations that with a little care increase and speedily cicatrize; when an application of the sulphate of copper may be useful in repressing their too rapid growth; that the effects of the Muddar must be watched, and if the patient be feverish or excited by the remedy, which occasionally happens in the human subject, intermit its use, and give a cooling purge.

The Medical Board consider it a matter of essential importance to attend to the diet. Bran and water and hay alone to be allowed, or a little barley, but no gram or oats; regular exercise with good grooming. In addition to the Muddar and the external application of the caustic remedies enumerated, the Medical Board believe it would be found of use to administer the mercurial preparations in small doses, of which they consider the blue pill to be the best, and during its administration the use of the Muddar must of course be intermitted, and the occasional intervention of a mild purge will tend to insure the full benefit expected from the

other.

I shall now venture to remark where there is any difference in any mode of treatment, and that suggested by the Medical Board.

The Board doubt its efficiency as an external remedy, and that it should not be administered when the action of the sore is in excess. My first experiment was solely confined to external application, and the success was SO great as to induce the further

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experiment, and which led to this discussion.

I think no fear should be entertained in using the Muddar powder internally, and the juice externally, in the most active state of the sores, as I have proved in a late extreme case; a colt of two-anda-half year's old with bad and old sores on all four legs, sheath and shoulder; the latter 12 inches broad, from all of which there was a foul discharge, and which kept him in a constant state of irritation. Both the irritation and discharge ceased after a week's application of the milky juice to the sores, and the powder given daily; many of the smaller sores have healed, and others are looking healthy.

I have found the milky juice of the Muddar sufficiently stimulating, and indeed possessing so powerful an escharotic property, that I have been obliged to regulate its strength by the admixture of sweet oil of sweet oil or ghee agreeably to the state of the sores. I think

it greatly accelerates the cure; if there is much proud flesh when the patient is taken in hand, it must be got rid of.

In those cases which I have treated I have given the horse exercise, and he has been well groomed, but instead of being kept low with bran mashes, and

no

corn, he has been rather liberally fed with gram and oats

when obtainable.