THE TURF. 
of Orleans, however, consists of seven brood-mares, 
exclusive of some lately sold, nineteen colts and fillies 
in the paddocks, and ten in training ; total thirty-six. 
This does not include the stud-horses, amongst which 
are Rowlston and Tandem ; and in the government 
establishment, in the Wood, are Spectre, Cadland, and 
Sir Benjamin Backbite, and Alterateur by Orville. 
The stud of Lord Henry Seymour contains nine 
brood-mares, twelve one and two-year-old colts and 
fillies, and fourteen in training ; total thirty-five, exclu- 
sive of the stud-horses, amongst which is Royal Oak, 
purchased by his lordship for six hundred guineas. 
Also, amongst the horses in training, is Ibrahim, late 
the property of the Earl of Jersey, winner of the last 
year's second Riddlesworth stakes, the two thousand- 
guinea stakes, the Grand Duke Michael stakes, as well 
as some other "good things" at Newmarket, and once 
first favourite for the Derby, which, however, he did 
not win. 
Racing in Germany is considerably on the increase ; 
fresh places for sport having sprung up within the last 
four years, particularly Hamburg and Berlin, where 
two thousand pounds of public money is given to be 
run for. In short, throughout the states of Mecklen- 
burg and Holstein, as well as, indeed, the whole of 
Germany and Prussia, including Hanover, the spirit 
for racing is becoming general, and a peep into Messrs. 
Tattersalls' books would shew that no expense is spared 
in procuring the best English blood. And all this is 
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