THE TURF. 
imported from England ; and, amongst the conspicuous 
German sportsmen who have regular racing-establish- 
ments, under the care of English training-grooms, are 
Counts Hahn, Plessen, Bassewitz (two), Moltke, and 
Voss ; Barons de Biel, Hertefeldt, and Hamerstein. The 
Duke of Lucca has a large stud ; and the stables at Mar- 
lia have been rebuilt in a style of grandeur equal to the 
ducal palace. At Naples, racing has been established, 
and is flourishing. Eleven thorough-bred horses were, 
a year or two back, shipped at Dover, on their road to 
that capital, and which were to be eighty days on their 
journey, after landing at Calais. Prince Butera's breed- 
ing-stud, on the southern coast of Sicily, is the largest 
in these parts : it was founded by a son of Haphazard, 
from a few English mares ; and his highness is one of 
the chief supporters of Neapolitan horse-racing. In 
Sweden is some of our best blood, and Count Woronzow 
and others have taken some good blood-stock to Russia. 
In Austria four noblemen subscribe to our " Racing 
Calendar;" in Hungary, eight; in Prussia, two. As I 
have not the last " Racing Calendar," there may be 
more subscribers now ; but, of all wonders, who would 
look for racing in good form at Van Diemen's Land ? 
There, however, it is : we perceive several well-bred 
English horses in the lists of the cattle at Hobart Town, 
where they have three days' racing for plates, matches, 
and sweepstakes (one of fifty sovereigns each), with 
ordinaries, and balls, and six thousand spectators on the 
course ! This little colony is progressing in many odd 
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