February 25.] 
THE FIELD. 
173 
Sapling Stakes.— No. 2. 
Mr Mark's bk tr d Mr. Birch beat Mr. Owen's bk d Young Clinker 
Mr Wilson's r d Star of England ran a bye 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Bird) beat Star of England, and won the stake 
i»ct»iorkes.— Mr. Birch, by Solway ont of British Queen ; Star of Eng- 
land, by Vulcan out of Fail - Srar. 
LIMERICK COURSING CLUB. 
H 02 *. Tbeasuhkh and Secretary : James Marshall, Esq. — J udge: 
Henry Duggan, Esq.— S upper : Torn Sanders. 
This (Jlub lield their first spring meeting on Monday ntd 
Tuesday, the 13th and 14th inst., at the residence of Francis 
gpnight, Esq.. IJerrv Castle. The weather wns very favourable ; 
hares were plentiful, and the coursing was such as to please the 
most ardent lovers of sport. There was a largo attendance of 
uportiDg gentry, including tlioso from the metropolis, Cork, 
Jlenth, Clonmel, and our own “ fair citie.” During the two days, 
tljo hospitable proprietor kept “ open house,” and welcomed 
nil who were present with his accustomed urbanity and cor- 
diality. The following is n return of the running : — 
Tub Derby Castle-cup. 
Captain Dickson's bd Herman, drawn ; Mr. Spaight's bk b Purr-r-r 
ran a bye 
Mr. B Wostropp's be b Western Lass (late Sappho) beat Mr. Roberts's 
f d Ned Hanlgan 
Mr. R. Bayly’s w and rb Bessy Neville (late Lady Tunstall) beat Mr. 
Robertas y and w d Clinker 
Sir. Spaight's r d Murgrave beat Mr. Mavnc's r d Tamboff 
Sir. Westropp’s r td b Wee Wonder beat Mr. James’s be b Miss 
Magratn 
Mr. Bayly's bk b Bustle beat Sir. Spaight's bk d Course of Time 
Second Ties. 
Purr-r-r beat Western Lass | Miss Neville beat Margrave 
Bustle beat Wee Wonder 
Third Ties. 
Purr-r-r beat Bessy Neville | Bustle ran a bye 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Spaight's Bustle, by Lord Beetive’s Foig-a-Ballagh, out of Mr 
Pollock's Honey Dew, beat Mr. Bayly’s Bustle, by Lord Sefton's 
Stnymaker, out of Mr. Hornby's Heresy, drawn after a severe bye, 
In which a toe was broken, and won the stake. 
The Selling Stakes. 
Mr. O. A. Pollock's blk d They-won’t-let-me-outbeat Mr. Slnasy’s be d 
Obligation 
Mr. G. A. Pollock's be td b Fleda beat Mr. J. Bayly’6bd b Blooming 
Heather 
Mr. J. Westropp's w and r d Winkle bent Mr R. Westropp's Whisk 
Mr. James's f d Westwlnd beat Mr. J. Bayly's bd d British Yeoman 
Mr. Tom's be and w d Bogle beat Mr. J. Westropp's r b Wire 
Mr. Chappie's bk d Carrick beat Mr. J. Marshall's r b Iris 
Second Ties. 
They-won't-lct-mc-out beat Winkle | Fleda beut Westwlnd 
Bogle beat Carrick 
Third Ties. 
Bogle .feat They-won't-lct-rae-out | Fleda ran a bye 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Toms's Bogie beat Mr. G. A. Pollock's Fleda, and won the stakes. 
Thu Hall Stakrb. 
Mr. Bayly's British Yeoman beat Mr Westropp's Wire 
Mr. James's Westwlnd beat Mr. Spaight's Course of Time 
Mr. Roberts's Ned Hanlgan beat Mr. Westropp 6 Wee Wonder 
Mr. Chappie's Carrick beat Mr. Marshall's Iris 
Second Ties. 
Westwlnd beat British Yeoman | Ned Hanigan beat Carrick 
Ned Hanlgan and Westwind (father and son) divided the stakes, ns 
darkness set In. 
A match wns run off (host two out of tlirce courses) for 20/., 
between Mr. Westropp’s Western Lass and Mr. White's Prirna 
Donna — won by Western Loss. 
COURSING FIXTURES. 
(weather permitting.) 
FEBRUARY. 
Tlace. 
Date. 
Judge. 
27 
28, &c. 
Not fixed 
Mr. McGcorgo 
Mr. Nightingale 
Malton Open, York 
Holywell (Talacre), Flint 
MARCH. 
Bumeaton Park, Yorkshire 
1.2 
4 
7 
7 
<J 10 
14 15 
10 
16 17 
22 23 
28 
29, &c. 
not fixed 
Mr. Miller 
Mr. Tibbetts 
H. Duggan, Esq. 
Mr. Watson 
Mr. Nightingale 
H. Duggan, Esq. 
Mr. McGeorge 
Cork Southern (Upton) 
Champion Meeting (Cork) 
lttdgwuy Club (Lvtham) 
Spiililal (Co. Meath) 
Altcar Club 
North Union (Antrim) 
Blggar Open 
Caledonian St. Loger | 16 
TURF TALK. 
“ The chosen sport of a great and a free people." 
m . Oun Sailor Kino. 
l he racing season of 1854 progresses merrily. Notting- 
ham Spring has done its part well, and wns attended by 
about 60 horses. Rataplan, although he has only had a 
short winter of repose, was a very clever winner, but he 
Ma n°thing of note behind him. The same may be said 
0t a Alonzo’s field, but ns he was honoured with 8st. 3lbs., 
and has to carry (including his Mbs. penalty) 8lbs. less nt 
Aork, he is not unfavourably in for that great event. The 
Rochester fill}-, of Lincoln memory, wns perhaps too close 
to Challow Boy to make his performance anything very 
Rood, but still lie won on his merits, and looked much 
itter than he did at Newton, where, moreover, lie had no 
at on his buck. We should call him a nice little short- 
egged horse, and very like the King of Trumps in his 
general look. 1 
Ihe Jockey Club lins lost one of its 73 members during 
ic past week, in Sir John Gerard, who died nt Rochamp- 
ton alter, we believe, u lingering illness. In 1846—48, 
sir John owned from 1C to 18 racehorses, and had very 
bur success with Parthian and Pantasa. Grimston, Pluto, 
winn Cjln| eha, Jest, and Billinge were also small 
pinners for linn. lie was a member of the Croxton Park 
W J?, Union Hunt Clubs, but we do not think that be 
i as ruiden in public since the last-named venr. He liked 
better bitterly to be with his Lancashire Hussars. When 
snootS n ' Bunt * hc “ rcd «*Kl white stripes,” lie was most 
OI \ aml a mftrc > who "’as not inap- 
Slsfyeir 7 7 Perpelual Mofion ' IIc was in his 
The Mr. Houldsworth whose death ot his family seat 
near Nottingham was announced last week, was a brother 
of Mr. Thomas Houldsworth, the celebrated sportsman and 
member of the Jockey Club, with whom tho paper, from 
which tho current paragraph was quoted, had evidently con- 
founded him. Ilis nnine, wo believe, uppeured ouco or 
twice in the Racing Calendar many years ago ; whereas his 
brother made the family 601001*3 “green and gold, with yellow 
cap,” famous for nearly the third of a century. This silken 
livery was first seen when Alex wulked over for a 16-stone 
each Hunters' Stako at Nottingham in 1810, at a time when 
Whalebone was still in tiis running prime, and Dick 
Andrews, Orvile, and Hanibletoniau, living names in tho 
annals of the stud. Fillio da Puta, whom he purchased after 
his St. Legervictory, earned the first great triumph nnderthat 
banner, by running out and falling on to bis knees, and then, 
after this strange freak, catching and beating Altisidoraand the 
famous Dr. Syntax for the Richmond Cup. Tho 1,000 guineas’ 
match, in which he next year succumbed to Sir Joshua, will 
long be ranked with tho Humbletonian v. Diamond, tho 
Flying Dutchman v. Voltieeur, the Teddington v. 
Mountain Deer, tho Charles XII. v. Hyllus, and (if belting 
on the spot is a criterion of importance) tho Beohuntcr v. 
Clincher issues. Though Filho's running career soon ceased, 
his stud fume is nearly the first on record, ns, to use the 
terms of his 1833 notice, he wus the sire of Bessy Bedlam 
and 223 winners, many of them Mr. Houldsworth’s own, 
although ho latterly deserted him for Sultun. Rhadumanthus, 
Sherwood, Fanny Davies, Magistrate, Elephant, Miller of 
Mansfield, Nottingham, Escape, Lninbtoniau, Vanish, 
Frederica, Talma, Fortitude, Christinuu, Destiny, Contest, 
Philip, Combat, Despot, Androgeus, Abel, Circassian, 
Terror, Taunton, Turban, Colwick, Mansfield Lass, and 
David, were Mr. II. ’s principal winners, and called forth some 
of the finest saddle efforts of Harry Edwards and Sam Darling. 
As York and Doncaster annals can tell, tho Midland 
Counties produced in him a commoner whose devotion to 
racing could well vie with that of his noble neighbour, 
Lord George. 
Our training-stable news is only scanty. Lindrick, G st. 
12 lbs., “is meant,” and doing good work for the Metro- 
politan ; and although Corin is very high in the leg, and 
flash-looking altogether, Dawson is believed to have a very 
fair opinion of his powers. It is cot, however, on the 
cards that either Newmarket, Danebury, or Middlcham, 
will have a Derby winner this year. Hesse Casscl and bis 
12 engagements seein likely to come to nought, as we hear 
that bis legs, like Alembic’s, are all wrong. Burlington, by Buy 
Middleton, is said to be very blood-like, good-looking, and 
a capital goer ; but wo should fancy bo will only prove a 
“ money-horse.” He is the property of a well-known 
adherent of the Malton stable. All Scott’s team are in 
greut force. Even Marley Hill does his work very fairly, 
but be has a great rainbow neck, and is much more like a 
cab-horse than a racer. Tlioso who believe in him because 
I 10 lias a “ big brother,” will find that they are arguing as 
wisely as the youth who wanted to get a commission in the 
92nd regiment, that ho might bo near bis brother in the 
stock, nnd Victoria is No. 4, and there are also two own 
brothers to Autocrat coming up. The two-year-old De Clare, 
it is rumoured, lias already shown symptoms of roaring, 
like all tho Miss Bowe family. Tiiis mare went distances 
very well in the early part of her career, ns General Chasse 
found to bis cost, when slio made him shake his tail over 
three miles on Kersull Moor ; but we believe she was u con- 
firmed roarer in later life, and that all her stock inherit it. 
She and Blue Bonnet are, we fancy, very shortly to foal to 
Flying Dutchman, and perhaps the change from tho Touch- 
stone to the Bay Middleton strain may give her more luck. 
Her yearling Hero filly is dead. Aphrodiro will never appear 
on the turf again, and is in foal, wo hear, to John O’ Gaunt. 
This marc was as plump as u partridge when slio won the 
1000 gs., but she went to pieces soon after tho St. Lcgcr, 
and was a complete bag of bones when she came out at tho 
sale. She is Sir Joseph Hawley’s property again now. Lady 
Evelyn, after a chequered career of six seasons, in which 
she won clevon out of thirty-one races, or £8980 in all, hus 
also made her bow, and gone to Touch'tone’s quarters, 
where she will crop the turf by the side of Beeswing. 
We observe among the conditions for the Epsom Cup, 
which is to bo run over the Derby courso on the day of 
that race, that all the horses not placed in the Derby are to 
be allowed 3 lbs. This may give rise to the question, Is the 
judge to have unlimited discretion as to placing horses, or. 
as the third horse gets nothing, is lie to bo strictly bound 
down to place only a first and second ? Last year four were 
placed, whereas now, however close horses might run 
up, they would certainly, if they had any cup hopes, 
he very unfairly treated if they were penalised with 
31bs. more in their cup race, simply at the caprice 
of the judge. Star of Surrey, Tom, and Orson, arc 
the principal nags in it, and, of course, our particular 
friend Acrobat. They accepted with him at Chester, 
and now they slyly insinuate by this entry, that he is 
pretty certain either not to go for the Derby, or not 
to be placed. What will they be doing next bywnv of 
hood-winking the ring? What trouble they do take, to be 
sure ! Has Doncaster Spring no “ Optional Selling ” open 
to him ? Autocrat and Ruby arc the only ones of his 
leading opponents tlmt we left “ unhonoured and unsung” 
last week. Eccentric as it may seem, we could never see 
the slightest public grounds why Autocrat should ever 
have been above 12 to 1 for this event. lie is a very nice 
horse, rather cast iu the Coronation mould, and remark- 
ably well furnished in his first season. In fact, in this 
respect we do not expect to see him improve very greatly. 
Mrs. Rumour, ns we mentioned some three weeks back, 
has been pointing at his legs ; hut the old lady is always 
so busy nt this season of the year, that wo give no great 
heed to her. To his Dervish victory, llioi g 1 wc believe 
the running will never be altered this year, we attach no 
great, importance, ns it was run over the very worst style 
of ground that the Malton colt could have encountered. 
We snnplv say that the horse, with this exception, has 
beat nothing yet but Rosaline and Strutawiiv, nnd they 
arc moderate enough ; and we think, from what wc lmvc 
year, lie is very dangerous to be against. Whenever any 
“small man” in the racing world has a promising horse, 
and gets a heavy haul out of tho ring early in the seasou, 
the losers are certain to put every kind of malicious report 
alloat, and the “ big men ” shake their bends mysteriously. 
I lie horse was not one whit more furnished, if so much, os 
Llcot was when he won that very race two years before, 
and yet no one wanted to look into his mouth. He was a 
finer looking liowe than tho Dutchman, whom he closely 
resembled nt his age, but he has a sadly sour head, which 
quite confirms our idea that they did very wisely not to 
run the risk of breaking his temper, by giving" him a 
heavy two-year-old season. In spite of this drawback, wc 
must see Inm out and beaten for the Two Thousand guineas 
before we give up our Derby allegiance to him. 
Running ami favourites will be so changed when “ tho 
gi eat secret of the year” is at last telegraphed, that it 
would be idle to dwell at any length on the meetings that 
follow. Newmarket has an average of 36 for her two 
July Meeting Stakes, and an average of 28 for the 
lour leading two-year-old Stakes at the October Meetings. 
The Triennial has failed this year in point of numbers, 
while the Grand Duke Michael and the Glasgow Stakes 
hold their ground well ; and the Whip is, of course, on 
its old stupid conditions. There is a long vista of nomina- 
tions, extending right away to the October of 1858. A 
new “ Midsummer Stakes," of 50 h.f., penalties, &c., for 
three-year-olds, is announced for July, 1855. It is much 
wanted, and is fairly supported. The Buckcnham 300 
sovs. Stake has a splendid entry of 21 by its seven 
subscribers, and as yet only one of the lot is dead. On the 
Ctesarcwitch day of the Second October in the same year, 
begins a Triennial 1000 sovs., T.M.M. Produce, in which 
the Duke of Bedford and Earl Glasgow are the only oppo- 
nents, the former with 6, and the latter with 7 entries (two 
dead). The peculiarity of the stake is, that each owner may 
bring out a second animal to help his crack. This clause is 
also inserted in a new 300 sovs. h.f. stake in the Firgfc Spring 
of 1856. The Benington Stakcs.is also a new three-year-old 
contest in the Graven of the same year. Maid of Masliam’s 
son by Birdcatcher is also engaged in a £1000 h.f. Ah. M. 
match against the Duke ofBedrord’sWalmerjnnd Midas and 
Wcatherbit (with three produces each) arc pitted agaiust 
each other in a Post Produce Match. Tho still unborn 
produce of Crucifix by Iago figures heavily in the 1857 
entries, ns far as they have gone. This does not seem a 
very stout cross, os the Iagocs nre certainly not horses for 
a distance, and it is just very doubtful whether Crucifix 
had herself any liking that way. Wc have said enough to 
show that the tiinc-honoured" glories of Newmarket arc 
not likely to fade. 
The Emperor’s Cup is still advertised for Ascot. It has 
long been rumoured, but we cannot vouch for it, that the 
Empjror really intended to give it onlv in 1845, in com- 
memoration of his 1844 visit; but that tho terms of its 
acceptance were so much fuller than those on which the 
92nd regiment, that lie might bo near bis brother in tho offer was made, that lie could hardly be off giving it every 
93rd. Aurifcr is No. 3 ot the Melbourne nnd Mowerin# year since. Peace or no peace, we should hardly think that 
. peace, we should hardly t 
the Stewards will stoop to accept it this year. It begun 
in 1845 with the sporting defeat of Alice Hawthorn and 
Faugh -a-Ballngli by The Emperor, and it has ended well 
with the finest contest that was ever 6cen on the Hoyal 
Ileath. The Coronation, St. James’s Palace, Windsor 
Castle, Ascot Derby, and New Stakes, all look healthy, 
and the Triennial Stakes, which first had their birth here, 
at Colonel Peel’s suggestion, show an improvement 
on the two preceding years. Stockbridgc, for a one day 
meeting, is, perhaps, the very strongest wc have ; 30, 55, 
ami 63, have been the successive stages of its Triennial up 
to this year, while its Mottisfont has 51 subscribers, ami 
its Stewards' Plate 83. Goodwood's entries seem to be a 
fair average ; and the Bentinck Triennial keeps up its 
numbers, although it has, in lieu of added money, some 
most perplexing conditions annexed to it respecting tho 
prospective purchase of a £1000 piece of plate from the 
10 per cent, drawbacks. The Ilnm for 1855 looks well, 
and so does the Gratwickc for 1856, but none of the 300 
sovs. four-year-old stake horses of the first- named year have 
as yet shown their capabilities to beat 11 donkey, which 
is rather a come-down for such a celebrated stake. York 
is full to the gorge with large stakes. Its marriage with 
Goodwood has given it a 178 10 h. ft.— three-year-old 
stake — for the fust day, which must infallibly take nearly 
nil the interest out of the 158 Great Yorkshire. The com- 
mittee seem ill-disposed towards this memorial of poor 
Orton, ns they are about to establish a Biennial 10 h. f., 
£100 added, the tliree-y ear-old part of which is to he run 
off over the Great Yorkshire Stakes’ course, on the second 
day in 1856. However, that stake still holds its own, nnd 
numbers 180 for that very year. After that year we should 
fancy they will merge it in the Biennial. Then there is the 
Yorkshire Oaks with a perfectly fabulous entry of 95, nnd 
the Convivial with 108. Add to these, a new Burgundy 
100 sovs. stake for four-year-olds, a Gimmick nml a 
Prince of Wales averaging 41 a piece, and a Black Duck 
Stakes, which, if only three out of the five come to the 
post, will be worth £2600 to the winner. This stake did 
not till for 1855, but Orlando and Canczou (3 lbs.), and 
Clarissa and Surplice (6 lbs.), arc the principal crosses out 
of the three entered for 1856. Clarissa has already pro- 
duced a chestnut colt. Newcastle is in very nice form. Man- 
chester alone takes up eight pages in the Book Calendar ; 
and Liverpool, now that it has got the 10 sov. system fairly 
established, shows no symptom ofdccay. Still, ns a betting 
race, the Liverpool Cup has quite lost its interest, nnd it 
lias had singular ill luck for some time past. The Don- 
caster Corporation, too, nre no longer iu the ruck, and 
£1655 is the public money at their September meeting of 
this year, which makes £2200 for the two meetings, — ex- 
actly double of what was given in 1847. The 10 h.f. sys- 
tem, which is a decided improvement on Mr. Orton's 10 
p. j)., has been introduced with very great success by Mr. 
Johnson here. I 11 addition to minor ones, they had two 
greut stakes, with £100 added on that principle, and they 
have now established another for threes and upwards, to 
close on the Tuesday after Epsom Races. Seeing, also, 
seen, that lie is a bad finisher, and strongly disposed, like I that their St. Legcr exceeds the highest previous year by 
many a Buy Middleton before him, to run jady, which will ' 10, wc may hope that the meeting will never look behind 
never do for a Derby. It may be sheer prejudice, Imt we | it again; nnd that the trash of the sapient six, who “like 
should he as surprised to see him head the telegraph after to lie despised,” will he treated with the silent cutting cou- 
the awful 3 mins. 20 secs, of Epsom agony, ns the Hamlet of 1 tempt it met with in the Council Chamber on the last 
Oxford Street seemed lately, when the Ghost went off into a November field-day. On the whole, we never, nt any time, 
violent lit of coughing iu the midst of one of his (II. ’s) 1 remember the commencement of u season which had such 
most pathetic bits. While Autocrat totters, his half brother I universally heavy entries to boast of; and, with the ex- 
Runv is gradually winning a firm place in the market; and ception ol the Duke of Richmond's having beat a retreat, 
seeing that he has done the only tiling asked of him, iu far 1 nnd General Anson’s departure for Iudia, the nomination 
more clipping style than any victory was achieved last I lists do not seem to have lost one good name, and to have 
