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law, Mr. William Sadler, near Stockbridge, 

 where he lingered till he died. By his con- 

 duct and skill he had acquired the respect of 

 all gentlemen connected with the turf. He 

 was the youngest jockey that ever won the 

 Leger. 



In the month of April the Royal 

 stag-hounds, Stag-hounds again visited the New 

 Forest. The first meet for the season 

 was at Bolton's Bench, where a large field 

 assembled ; and of those present were the 

 Earl of Erroll, Lords Kingston and Portman, 

 Messrs. Wyndham, Foljambe, King, Daly ell, 

 and Dufiield, and the celebrated Billy Butler, 

 for the fifty-third anniversary of spending the 

 April month in the Forest, still looking very 

 cheerful. 



h. h. races, " The annual race for the H. H. 

 April isth. £up took place on Tichborne Down. 



Mr. Legg's The Whale, by Whalebone 1 1 



Mr. H. Lewis's mare by Gaberlunzie 2 4 



Mr. G. Young's br. m. by Don Juan 3 2 



Mr. W. H. Eames's br. colt Hudibras 4 3 



Present to "On the same day a deputation 



e. Foster. wa ited on Foster, the huntsman. 

 Mr. Michael Rivers of Bishop's Sutton pre- 

 sented him with a massive silver tankard and 

 hunting-horn, purchased by subscriptions of 

 half-a-crown each from the gentlemen and 



