THE TURF. 
the fruit of one German nobleman, Baron Biel, of 
Zieron, near Wiswar, who supplied this part of the 
continent with the materials for the turf in the follow- 
ing manner : The baron, having made a large and 
valuable selection of English thorough-bred horses and 
mares, had an annual sale of the produce after the 
following fashion : about a month previous to foaling- 
time, tickets were made out of the anticipated produce 
of each mare (the mares themselves being of course 
reserved), and put into a bag. The baron then drew 
out six lots for himself, thereby standing the same 
chance as the public as to future proceedings on the 
race-course ; and then those lots which remained were 
sold without reserve, to be delivered when weaned. 
The prices averaged about sixty guineas per lot, which, 
considering the possibility of the chickens not being 
hatched at all, or of being very short-lived, may be 
considered as good. 
The baron's efforts to introduce racing into his part 
of the world have been crowned with complete success. 
Although he has at present some powerful competitors 
in the Duke of Holstein-Augustenburg, Counts Hahn, 
Plessen, Bassewitz, and others, his stable the two last 
years has been pre-eminent, winning most of the best 
prizes at the various meetings alluded to, and keeping 
the two challenge whips in his possession. He also 
had the satisfaction of witnessing the success of several 
of his brother sportsmen's horses, the issue of his stud, 
and of the best colt of last year, the property of Count 
