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[from our special correspondent.] 
T HE irrepressible rabbit has just had another narrow 
escape; Mr. Pell nearly spotted him this time with a 
formidable bill, but so badly drawn ^nd in many points so 
contrary to common sense that it prematurely expired. 
Ever since the invention of landlords and tenants this 
wretched little animal has been a source of continual strife 
and litigation, arid a question which no one can solve is, 
whether the tenant or the landlord ought to kill rabbits, 
or whether they ought to be classed with stoats, weasels 
and other vermin, or take the more exalted rank of hares 
and pheasants. The rabbit is no doubt of considerable im¬ 
portance to tlie shooting landlord, and he is of great service 
even at the battues. Boiled rabbits cut up small and mixed 
with rice and eggs, form the very best food for young 
pheasants; and if you have a large stock of them, they 
make the bag at the end of the day look more respectable, 
if the foxes and “gapes” have thinned the number of your 
birds. It is wonderful how the poor appreciate them. The 
country policemen, the waggoners off duty, and even the 
numerous clod-hoppers who hang about public houses and 
live by doing nothing, all scent out the days when the 
covers are shot w T ith the keen instinct of vultures. They 
are content to scramble through briars and brambles on the 
roughest country, very often when the snow is on the 
ground, if they can only get a rabbit and some bread and 
cheese and beer for their hard day’s work. The least sign 
of a rabbit in their garden is sufficient stimulus for them to 
walk ten miles to borrow a steel trap. 
I do not myself think that the coney does half as much 
harm as grumbling agriculturists would have you believe. 
Badly drained, ill-farmed lauds, where the manure is put 
on by the ounce, are always sure to be “eaten up by them 
rabbuts.” If it be carefully attended to, a Wire netting 
fence will always keep them out of young wheat; and 
when it is in the ear they won’t hurt it. Turnips they 
certainly damage unless they are kept back by netting, but 
swedes and mangolds are but little injured. There is no 
wild animal amongst all the fem nature , as the lawyers 
call them, which affords such a large amount of sport and 
benefit to the table. Not one man in a hundred can afford 
to kill pheasants or grouse, but every country bumpkin 
boasts about his old single barrel and the number of rabbits 
he kills. On large tracks of our waste land, on barren 
moors and desolate commons where the delicate southdown 
sheep and comparatively dainty cattle would starve, there 
are rabbit warrens and earths in abundance, and many 
hundreds of pounds are made out of their flesh, whilst their 
skins form a species of commerce for many of the Gipsy 
tribe. 
Leaving rabbits to their uncertain fate, I find our legisla¬ 
ture has invented a far surer doom for the unhappy betting 
man. The new act extends to Scotland, and advertising 
being placed under a ban, the Glasgow and Edinburg Com¬ 
mission Offices will be closed, and no longer will the 
plungers be able to invest with as much impunity as if they 
were buying three per cent stock. I do not, however, 
think that our moral reformers will ever put down betting 
altogether, or that fools can be made wiser by parliament¬ 
ary measures or legal commandments In the days of Lord 
Palmerston the “powers that be were too much tarred with 
the same brush”' as the turfites, to interfere with the 
sporting fraternity. 
Cold and windy weather, had the visitors to the Ascot 
course, though this re-union is certainly the most brilliant 
one of the racing season, so gay is the ground with fashion 
and beauty, whilst the horses engaged are the best that 
England can produce. The added money amounted to 
close upon £7,000, which showed a considerable increase 
on former years, and this was excepting the gold vase, a 
race of no little importance. On Tuesday the royal pro¬ 
cession was headed by the Master of the Buckhounds, Lord 
Hardwicke, and in the first carriage were the Prince and 
Princess of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of Edin¬ 
burgh The chief features of this day were the winning of 
the gold vase by Organist, a bay three year old of Mr. 
Vyner’s, who has run so well this spring, and upon which 
a large amount of money was laid at 11 to 8, and the defeat 
of Prince Charlie by Mr. Lefevre’s Blenheim. Prince 
Charlie, or as he is usually called, the Prince of the T. T. 
C ” is one of the best, if not the very best of the horses of 
his day He is intensely popular with the public, and has 
won fourteen races without being once defeated. Over and 
over again Mr. Lefevre has had a cut at him with Blen¬ 
heim but it was no use before this, and he is to be con¬ 
gratulated on his plucky perseverance. It has been said 
that the gallant Prince is a roarer, but be that as it may, at 
a certain distance he has beaten many a good horse. The 
Royal Hunt Cup was won by Mr. Bird’s chestnut Low- 
lander who started first favorite at 4 tot, and the second 
favorite Mr. Sturt’s Mr. Fox, was beaten off a long way. 
Blenheim also ran in this race, but was nowhere There 
was a large field of twenty-six competitors, the stakes net 
value being £1,050. 
The “Cup day” on Thursday was very cold and wretched, 
which was a very lamentable circumstance, for the fair sex 
especially, as they always appear in the most recherche 
toilettes , and indeed most of even our sporting papers de¬ 
vote half a column to a description of the dresses in the 
enclosure. The display of silks and satins was never more 
magnificent, and it seemed as if the whole science of mil¬ 
linery and the costumer's art, had been taxed to the ut 
most. The taste of last year had been changed. Then it 
was strange combinations of opposite tints that captivated 
the beholders; but now everything the least outre had dis¬ 
appeared and given place to delicate shades of French grey, 
blue, lemon, and canary colors. Mrs. Murrieta, untitled 
but distingue, was generally admitted to bear away the- 
palm in her picturesque Spanish hat and feathers, which 
caught the eye at once amongst a sea of bonnets; but there 
were many costumes too elegant for any one but a Parisienne 
to describe faithfully. The Royal party was received with 
the usual loyal shouts, and after two comparatively minor 
events on the card rendered devoid of much excitement by 
the absence of George Frederick, the Derby winner, came 
the 'piece de resistance of the meeting, in the shape of “The 
Cup.” Never perhaps before was there a more splendid 
array of talent. The six starting entries comprised Don¬ 
caster, a quondam Derby winner, Marie Stuart, winner of 
the Oaks and Leger, Flageolet of the Goodwood Cup, 
Gangforward, named after the motto of the Crawford 
family, who won the two thousand guineas last year, and 
started first favorite for the Derby, Kaiser of the Prince of 
Wales’s stakes, and Boiard, whose prowess on the French 
Derby and grand prize of Paris had made his name a house¬ 
hold word over the water. Marie, the queen of last season, 
was not much fancied, a« his off-hock was disfigured with 
a thorough-pin, but the backers of Flageolet were very 
confident, and friends in Gangforward’s cause were not 
found wanting. Boiard, however, started first favorite, 
and it was soon found that the bookmakers were not far 
out in their judgment. Fordham, who rode Flageolet, was 
at one time at least twelve lengths to the good at Swinley 
bottoms, but though he eased his horse ^wonderfully, and 
did all he could to win, he could never get up to the 
Frenchman at the finish, who won l\y three parts of a 
length, without much to spare, as the spur marks on his 
side, where Carver punished him, bore witness. We are 
thus retaliated upon by the racing part of the French com¬ 
munity, but it is worthy of note that whilst our horse Trent 
was received with cold silence, the victorious Boiard had a 
warm and enthusiastic reception. M. Delamarre is one of 
the oldest and most popular members of the French Jockey 
Club, and no one deserved success more, if a straightfor¬ 
ward love of sport and fairness merit it. 
Prince Battvany’s Galopin w r on the “New Stakes,” leav¬ 
ing a lot of good horses behind him, and Friday the only 
race of much popular importance, (if I except the Woking¬ 
ham Stakes,) was the Alexandra Plate, where Lord Lons¬ 
dale upset Boiard coup by winning with King Lud, so that 
the unfortunate plungers who backed the favorite, by way 
of getting home comfortably, were rather out of it. Pos¬ 
sibly the Frenchman was somewhat the worse for his severe 
gruelling in the Cup race. 
The sale of the Royal yearlings at Hampton Court was 
not so successful as had been expected. The best lot was 
a bay colt by St, Albans out of Julie, brother to Julius, 
and most of the horsey men at the sale came solely to see 
him. After some severe .competition, he was knocked 
down to Captain Macliell at £1,600,and aptly enough named 
Julius Csesar. Captain Macliell, it may be remembered, is 
one of the finest judges of horseflesh at present on the turf- 
next to Sir Joseph Hawley and Admiral Rous, and a few 
years ago he justly distinguished himself by winning the 
Derby with a horse called Hermit, who started at 80 to 1, 
and no one would have him at any price, though the Cap¬ 
tain backed him largely in conjunction with his confrere , 
Mr. Chaplin. That year the Derby was run in a snow¬ 
storm, though it was May, and a gentleman in one of the 
clubs, a few weeks before, having made the assertion that 
he expected it would snow when the Blue Ribbon was de¬ 
cided, he was at once offered 1,000 to 1 that it didn’t, and 
curiously enough he won these astounding odds. There 
seems to be a lack of new blood at Hampton Court; St. 
Albans, Young Melbourne, who is very old, by the way, 
and Trumpeter being the only stallions at the breeder’s 
disposal, and many colts and fillies fetched under £50. 
The inter-university bicycle match was ridden from Ox¬ 
ford to Cambridge, a distance of 85 miles, though the com¬ 
petitors were not obliged to adhere to the same route. 
Three men started on each side, but the race was rendered 
somewhat devoid of interest by the early retirement of the 
Oxford dark blue, only one out of the three going the 
entire course. At 9:30 the half dozen started on the Head- 
ington turn-pike road. The first to arrive at Cambridge 
was Mr. St. John Mildmay, who completed his journey at 
5:54, having stopped a short time for lunch at Dunstable. 
At 6:34 the Honorable J. Plunkett arrived, and at 7 o’clock 
Mr. Penrose, the surviving Oxonian, toddled in. Mr. 
Plunkett and Mr. Penrose rode on machines made by the 
Coventry Machinist Company, measuring respectively 53 
and 50 inches. Mr. Mildmay’s bicycle was a Timber 
Lake of Maidenhead and measured 47 inches. The victor 
was heartily cheered and ‘ ‘chaired. ” Bicycling has become 
quite an established fact, and there are numerous clubs 
whose meets are well attended. 
The longest score in an innings possibly ever made at 
cricket was run up the other day in the match between St. 
John’s College and that of Corpus Christ!, no less than 681 
runs being the total. 
I have to report a sad accident at Polo. During the 
game at Windsor Park, between the First Life Guards and 
the Foot Guards, Captain Dansey’s pony on charging can¬ 
noned against the grey which Captain Reynardson rode. 
Both horse and rider fell, the pony rolling heavily on to 
Captain Reynardson, who was prostrate on his back. He 
was carried off the ground insensible, and sustained serious 
if not fatal injury. Idstone, Jr. 
\en mid Jf iver ishigg . 
FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 
Salmon, Salmo Solar. Salmon trout. Salma con finis. 
Tr 11 >' /, a * ' >' * ; 11 "' Michigan Grayling. Thymalius tricolor 
Land-locked Salmon , Salmo gloveri micropttrus nigricans. 
Black Bass, micropterns salmoides, Sea trout, Salmo immaculat'm. 
Striped Bass, Roccus lineatus . Weakfish. 
Bluefish, temnodon saltator. 
—Very little change in the fish market. Salmon abund¬ 
ant, retailing at twenty-five cents. Blue fish en masse , and 
worth six cents, and take ’em for five. Spanish mackerel, 
almost six pound fish coming from Long Island, Babylon, 
worth sixty cents. In three or four weeks from now thev 
will be down to twenty-five cents. Striped bass, small 
sized ones, being the most choice, scarce, and gone up to 
twenty-five cents, while the big ones are more plenty, and 
selling at fifteen to eighteen cents. The little fish are 
coming from Baltimore, the big ones from around Newport. 
Very handsome game looking Canadian trout in fair 
quantity, selling for a half dollar a pound. Seabright, K 
J., is making itself a reputation for fine lobsters. On Tues¬ 
day quite a handsome lot came in, the highest turning the 
scale at eighteen pounds. Sea bass, small yet, three 
pounders coming from Jersey coasts. In three weeks they 
will weigh up to seven pounds, and will then be worth 
talking about. 
—Dr. Ken worthy writes under date of July 11th, as fol¬ 
lows : “Through the influence of the Forest and Stream, 
visitors to Barnegat have wonderfully increased. Ho,el 
accommodations are insufficient, and more boats are re¬ 
quired than can be supplied.” He adds: “Last Tuesday 
evening an immense school of very large fish entered the 
bay, and the slaughter commenced. At the Light House, 
all who could not obtain squids, used rakes and hoes to haul 
them in This is no fish story. About three weeks ago. 
Kinsey, of Kinsey’s Hotel, landed eleven in a few minutes 
with a garden rake, fish weighing 60 lbs. We have on 
hand some very valuable papers on the habits of blue fish 
and their resorts, prepared by the Doctor, but these, like a 
mass of other material, equally valuable, we are obliged to 
defer. 
—To those wishing to know the route to the Blue 
Fishing at Barnegat and the Sheepshead, and Weak fishing 
at Tuckerton and Beach Haven, we say : “You can take 
the boat at pier 8, at 9:40 A. M. r and go via Sandy Hook 
and Whitings to Barnegat, reaching there at -1.56 P. M., in 
time for a sail and fish in the P. M.; or, take the same 
train and same route, reaching Tuckerton at 2:42 P. M.; 
or you can leave New York, foot of Courtlandt street, 
Pennsylvania railroad, at 12:25; Newark, 12:55 P. M., via 
Trenton, New Lisbon and Whitings, reaching Barnegat at 
6:25 P. M., Tuckerton, 6:55, and Beach Haven, 7:25 P. M , 
in time for a good supper, engage boats, and a good night’s 
rest, and ready for sport early next morning. Trains leave 
for Philadelphia and New York in the morning; also leave 
Beach Haven 3:30, Tuckerton 4:06, Barnegat 4:35 P. M., 
reaching Philadelphia at 7:05, Newton 7:52, Newark 9:51, 
and New York at 10:22 P. M. 
The best blue fishing is often found at Barnegat, but for 
the last three weeks, it has been just as good in Little Egg 
Harbor or Tuckerton Bays. Outside one is as good as the 
other. The same is true of black fish and sea bass, but for 
weak fish and sheepheads, Little Egg Harbor and Tucker¬ 
ton Bays lay over them all. 
Passengers can leave Philadelphia at 7:45 A. M., and 3:45 
P. M., foot of Market street, no change of cars, though. 
As to hotels, the Clarence and Mullen Houses at Barnegat, 
the Everett and Carlton Houses at Tuckerton, are good 
country houses. Terms, $2 per day or $10 per week. 
Parry House, at Beach Haven, and Bonds at Long Beach, 
are A No. 1—terms $2.50 per day or $14 per week. Both 
of these are on the beach, near the Inlet, and convenient to 
the fishing grounds. Good boatmen, fine yachts, and good 
fishermen to be had at either and all of these places. Terms 
from $3 to $5 per day, according to size of boat and length 
of time engaged. 
—An enthusiastic dealer in puts and calls, longs and 
shorts, general averages, and all that sort of thing, cur¬ 
rent in Wall street, tells us in the following note what he 
and his two friends did at Barnegat on the “Glorious. 
Fourth.” He says:— 
“We left New York at 4.80 P. M. on the magnificent 
steamer of the New Jersey Southern Railroad Co., bound 
for Waretown, N. J., where we embarked for Captain 
Charlie Cox’s Club House on Long Beach. Mr. E. P. M > 
a wealthy gold broker, Mr. H. A. H., a famous banker, Mr. 
F. W. V., a retired cotton planter, composed the select but 
enthusastic company. After a delightful repast at the 
Club House, (appetites freshened by the salubrious breezes) 
consisting of raw clams, fried clams, stewed clams, and by 
way of change, clam chowder. We started for the hunting 
ground under guidance of that noble and accomplished 
searcher of the “briny deep,” Jesse Birdsall of Barnegat, 
N. J., who as the sequel proves well merits this reputation. 
Invitations having been forwarded in advance to all the 
schools in the vicinity, a fair percentage put in appearance, 
primaries , excepted. The first day’s log showed the great 
haul (not Oakeq) of sheepshead; second day, twelve; third 
day, fifteen, together with any number of small fry, which 
we* consider good sport for novices. We think 262 pounds 
of sheepshead a consummation suficient for our expecta¬ 
tions. One of the Party. 
-—Dr. D. C. Estes writes from Lake City, Minnesota, 
uly 10th:—“Have had one week of glorious camp life on 
tush River, largest trout two pounds and ten ounces. All 
he streams have yielded finely. Lake fishing rather poor, 
’he Mississippi has been on a regular tear, is awful high-, 
nd has been all the season.” 
