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making considerable progress in various 

 parts of the world. In the East Indies, 

 there are regular meetings in the three 

 different presidencies, and there is also the 

 Bengal Jockey Club. In the United States, 

 breeding and running horses are advancing 

 with rapid strides ; and the grand match at 

 New York, between Henry and the Eclipse, 

 afforded a specimen of the immense interest 

 attached to similar events. 1 In Germany 

 we find three regular places of sport, viz., 

 Gustrow, Dobboran, and New Branden- 

 burg ; and the Duke of Holstein-Augusten- 

 burg has established a very promising one 

 in his country. His serene highness and 

 his brother, Prince Frederick, have each a 

 large stud of horses, from blood imported 

 from England ; and, amongst the con- 

 spicuous German sportsmen who have 

 regular racing establishments, under the 

 care of English training-grooms, are Counts 

 Hahn, Plessen, Bassewitz (two), Moltke, 



1 There are two Sporting Magazines now published 

 in America, one at Stockholm and Paris, and one in 

 the East Indies (called the Oriental Sporting Magazine). 

 A king's plate is also now given by William iv., of 

 England, to be run over the Three Rivers course, in 

 Canada. 



