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THE FIELD. 
[Saturday, 
Tjie Consolation Stakes. 
Second Ties. 
Mistake' beat Magic' I Bewdrop bent Maris 
Dki imso OotmsR. 
Mr Davis's Dcwdrop beat Mr. Etwull's Mistake, and won the stale s 
Tub Rubdino House Stakes. 
Second Ties, 
Nomination beat Handel | Lufra beat Balmoral 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Lawrence's Lufra beat Sir. Wurman's Nomination, and won the 
stakes 
OVERTON AND CLATFORD MEETING. 
Fbb. 2Stu and March 1st. 
Siewauds : Messrs. Long mid Gundry. 
Ovbiiton Stakes. 
Sir. Pinnegnr’sbk b Patty beat Mr. Fowle’s fn b Fledns 
Mr. It. C. Lone's r d Leader beat Mr. II. Tyke's r d Pimlico 
Mr. W. Long s fn b Lantern Fly beat Mr. Valscy's r b Vesta 
Mr. Gundry s t d Gladlntor beat Mr. Tanner's y d Tax 
Mr. W. Gale's be b Gazello beat Mr. J. Wentworth's r d West Austra- 
lian , „ , , 
Mr. Smith's fn and w d shannon bout Mr. 1!. C, I. one's r d Swindon 
Mr. H. Pyke's bk b Prairie bird beat Mr. Clark's bk .1 Derby 
Mr. Smith's rn d Spring beut Mr. II. Stratton's w b Snowdrift 
Second Ties. 
Leader beat Patty I Gazelle bent Shannon 
Lantern-Fly beut Gladiator | Prairie Bird beat Spring 
Clatpord Stakes. 
Mr. Merrifieid’s bk d Benger beat Mr. Warman's r d Warwick 
Mr. it C Long s rl) Makeshift bent Mr. Fowle’s r b Flea 
Mr. Wentworth's fn b Why-not bent Mr. Tanner's bk >1 Trip 
Mr. Boavan's Brocurdo beat Mr. J. Pinncgar's Ik and w d 1’iiam 
Ftpiki.d Stakbs. 
Mr It. C. Long's fn li Landlady bent Mr. Warman's bk b Witch 
Mr Long's bk b Lleht.of.otber.dnys boat Mr. Morrhnnn's w d Mungo 
Mr S. Hull's bk 1. White-tip beut Mr. Smith's fn d Sultan 
Mr. Jenncr's bk d Juan beat Sir. Bcavcn's V and w b Beecher Stowe 
Rennet Stakbs. 
Mr. Gundry's bk b Glow-worm beat Mr. Clarke's fn d Crocus 
Mr! J . Collins's be and w b Conceit beat Mr. Clark's y b Vaultress 
Saplings. 
Mr. Merrifieid's r d bent Mr. Oundry's r d 
Mr. Long s fn d beat Mr. Russ's 
ANNAN COURSING MEETING (CHESTERFIELD GATE), 
SCOTLAND— Fkhui- Any 21st. 
Judge: Mr. Menzles. 
Tub Junjkm'tii Stake?. 
Lord Driimlanrlgg's bk d Satin beut Mr. Armstrong's bd d Scottish 
Mr. Armstrong's f d West Country Lnd beat Mr. Glover's bk and w b 
The .Muid-thHt-eun.do.1t _ , 
Mr. Locke's y and w d Drunken Tom heat Mr. B. Irving s be « Drcail- 
Mr. Beanie's f d Last-of-nll beat Mr. Lindsay’s f d Itobcrt-dc-Briioo 
Mr. Bell's f d Bunks of Kirtle beat Mr. Hill's be d Karl Grey 
Mr. Lindsay's r d Sir William Wallace beat Mr. Kennedy's 1 b Miller s 
Mr. Ratcliff's fb Kathleen Mnvournccn beat Mr. W. Sharpe’s f d Ex- 
•Mr B ^Irving’s be A Dreadnought beat Mr. Murray’s r d Heather 
Jock 
Second Ties. 
West Country Lnd heat Satin 
Drunken Tom bent Lnst-of-all 
Bunks of Kirtle best Sir William Wallace 
Dreadnought beat Kathleen Muvourneon 
Third Ties, 
West Country Lnd beat Drunken Tom 
Dreadnought bent Banks of Klrtlo 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Armstrong's f d West Country Lad bent .Mr. B. Irving's be d 
Dreadnought, and won the stakes. 
•Dreadnought was allowed to enter a second time, to make up the 
sixteen. 
Consolation Stakes. 
Mr. Beattie's f d Last-of-ull bent Mr. Lindsay's r d Kir William Wallace 
Mr. Locke's y and w tl Drunken Tom beut Lord Drumlanrlgg's blc d 
Mr. Hill's be d Earl Grey bent Mr. Ron's f d Planet 
Mr. Murray's r d Heather Jock beut Mr. Glover's bk and wb The 
MuUl-timt-cnn-do.it. 
Secoxd Ties. 
Last-of-ni! beut Drunken Tom | Karl Grey beat Heather Jock 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Beattie's f d Last-of-nll beat Mr. Hill’s be cl Earl Grey, and won 
tho .stakes. 
n chance in the race. Among the host dogn were Mr. Blick’s 
Steamer nnd Lightning, also his black pup, Sambo; Mr. Pell’s 
Jenny Lind. Sherry, and Old Port; Mr. Wliiteumn’a Young 
Winacre; Mr. Davis’s Ilandie Dinmont; Air. Ilipwcll’a Neck- 
lace, Wildfire, nnd many others, whoso pedigree ranks high. The 
sport throughout was first- rale, and the arrangements snu- factory 
to all concerned. In the course of tho day several matches came 
oIT. Air. Du Vis's Dandle Dinmont heat 31 r. Poll’s Jenny Lind, 
with nothing to spare, after a well contested run. Mr. Pell's 
white bitch wns in. 'itched against Mr. Davis’s brindle puppy, but 
it was undecided. The best and most interesting course during 
the day was between .Mr. Blick’s Steamer nnd Air. Hipwell's 
Necklace, but Steamer, having youth on his Mde, \vns too many 
for the old bitch, and came off victorious. After this trial they 
had two more bouts, nnd tho owner of Necklace passed sentence 
of death upon his once favourite. Tho Stipulated number of limes 
being dispatched (viz. seven) on tho Stanford Hall estate, the 
company wended their wav to tho farm of Mr. Pell, at Kitwortli. 
w hero there was somo good coursing ; but us the dugs h id the 
steel taken out of them in the former part or tho day, only two 
more hares were added to the killed. A laughable affair happened 
in front of the hull : a fox went nwuy, hotly pursued by tho long 
tails, but lie iniide Use of a friend in bis difficulty by starting n 
hare, and, having seen that all was right, milked into a spinney, 
looking over bis left shoulder. The sport was kept up till after 
five o'clock, by which time both bipeds and quadrupeds appeared 
to have had enough of it ; nnd as the shades of evening wero 
closing, each sportsman wended his way homewards, highly 
pleased with the sports of the day. 
COURSING FIXTURES. 
(WEATHER permitting.) 
MARCH. 
Place. 
1 Date. 
Judge. 
Southern Club (Upton) ... 
II. Duggan, Esq. 
North Cowton (Yorkshire) 
7 
Mr. Miller. 
Hordley, Salop 
Mr. Warwick. 
Kirigway Club (Lytlinm).... 
Mr. Watson 
Oswestry. Salop 
Mr. Warwick. 
Spiff rial Union 
14 15 
Mr. Owen. 
Caledonian Open 
16 
Mr. Nightingale 
Altcar Club 
16 17 
Limerick Club 
1 22 23 
II. Duggan, Esq. 
North Union (Antrim) .... 
28 
Blggur Open 
i 29, &c. 
Scorton 
Mr. McGeorge 
NOVEMBER. 
Caledonian St. Leger 
1 16 
TUPvF TALK. 
CONCLUSION OF THE DIG OAK, OR U1TKR, WARD OK 
LANARKSHIRE COURSING CLUB. 
Jcdoe : Mr. Nightingale. Supper : Mr. White, Jan. 
Tub Sandi lands Stake. 
Mr. Swan's bk 1> The Gift boat Mr. Johnston's w bk b Mary 
Mr. Swan's 1 b The Pest beat Mr. Curror's bk w t it Harlequin 
Mr. Ilyslup ns rw d Troublesome Jock bent Mr. Ewing’sbkd Lampoon 
Mr. Crosbies f b Jessie Graham heat Air. Ewing’s bk d Italian 
Second Tins. 
Troublesome Jack bent Tho Gift 1 Tho Post beat Jessie Graham (dr.y 
Third Tibs. 
Troublesome Jack and the Pest, after an undecided course, divided the 
stake. 
NORTH BERWICK AND DIRLETON CLUB. 
Dirlbton Stakes Foil Puppies. 
Mr. T. Begblc's bk and w t d Rex beut Mr. II. Dean’s w and bk b 
Lucev Glitter 
Mr. J. Callander ns r d Illusion (1) bent Air. J. Curror's f b An- 
nette (Ur) 
Air. G. BullHc's r d Pibroch bent Mr. J. Rulmes's bk and w b Useful 
Air J. Rulmes's w d Vcrura beut Mr. J. Gordon's be and w b Glen- 
llvet 
Air. J. Handvsido's f d Melbourne beat Mr. J. Curror's f d Babiy 
Mr. J. HandyHde's r b Pcep-o'-day beat Mr. J. Kuimcs's w d Valiant 
Air. J. Gibson '8 f d Eglhigton (1) bent Mr. J. Gordon's r and w d 
Gclcrt 
Mr. J. Gordon's be and w b Glenorclilo beut G. Baillie's be and w d 
l’iper (/Dundee 
Second Ties. 
Itcx beat Illusion I Pibrocli boat Vemm 
Egllagton beat Melbourne | Glenorchlc beat Peep-o’-dny 
Third Ties. 
Pibroch beat Rex | Eglingtoii bent Glenorclilo 
I)r.i iding Course. 
Mr. Gibson's KgllngtoD, by Spring out of Shepherdess, beut Mr. G. 
Baillie's Pibrocli, by Citadel out of Fancy, uud wmi tho stakes. 
Mouth Berwick All- \<ik makes. 
Air. G. Baillie's bk and w d Castor bent Mr. T. Begblo's y b Regina 
Mr. J. Gordon’s bk and w b Gleg beat Air, 11. Deansbk d Cairn- 
gorum 
Mr. J, Gordon’s b nnd w d Glcnfullocli Air. J. Callander's r b Agnes 
Mr. J. Callander (ns) bn b Swallow ran a bye. 
Second Ties. 
Oleg beat Castor I Glonallloe'u beat Swallow 
Deciding Course. 
Gleg and Glenlalloch divided. 
Champion Ai.l-aok sStaKb?. 
Mr. W. Baillle Jun. ns f d The Baron beat Mr. T. BcgbJe nsw and. 
bd b Oaks 
Air J. Callander ns f d Sport bent Mr. J. Gordon's r b Gudewife 
Mr. W. Baillle Jun n- bk li Ballet Dancer beat Mr. J. Curror’s bk 
and w d Harlequin 
Mr. J. Gordon's f b Genovcvn beat Mr. W . Wilson ns b d Baron 
Second Tier. 
The Baron beat Sport | Bullet Dancer beat GcnevcVa 
Decidino Codbak. 
The Baron and Ballet Dancer divided. 
Cocrhk a AT Mankord Hall— (tho seat of Lady Bray). — 
On .Monday lust a select parly met on the above domain to chase 
the licet Jiurc. The day was nil aunsliinc, and the Country all 
grass — and in most excellent running order. It wns Air. Poll's 
day . there was plenty of hares, hut they cut out the running so 
tieincndouAly, tbut none but the fastest dogs stood the shadow of 
It would be nn insult to ourselves and our racing readers 
to hoist our usual motto, when the whole turf talk of the 
past week has been concentrated on a great steeplechase. 
Still, whether it is that they catch the infection from their 
Irish neighbours, — who are such perfect devotees to the 
sport, that the word “arrangement” finds no place in their 
vocabulary, — or that steeplechase handicapping is destined 
especially to flourish in the soil where it first struck root, 
it is quite certain that the Liverpudlians enjoy these 
carnivals amazingly. Those at a distance who imagine 
that the Liverpool line of country is essentially a dillienlt 
one, would be very much undeceived if they walked over 
it. In fact, it is the easiness of the fences which makes 
the line all the more fatal to horses, as they jump sonmeh 
the more carelessly in consequence. 
Hence, walking over the line with an old hand, ridicu- 
lous as the fences seemed, there was hardly one with 
which he could not connect some tale of a terrific purl for 
a rider, or a broken back for a horse. 
The start is ’made in a stubble Held abutting on the top 
end of the course, and after a run of 150 yards', comes the 
first fence, which is a little ditch and a single rail. Then 
comes a field of wheat, with a little diteli and bank, which 
separates it from a six or seven hundred yards stretch of 
plough, with a flight of common rails half way. Out of 
this is a deep ditch and a low rail, and then the flags slant 
across the sharp corner of a field of seeds, between which 
and another field of seeds is a little hank. Then comes a 
good 250 yards stretch across a ploughed and harrowed 
fu-ld, right up to Beohev’s brook, which consists of a rail, 
a ditch (pretty deep), and a low hedge. Bearing short to 
the left, to keep off the canal, the course then lies across 
three wheat and two grass fields, by the side of the canal, 
in which, although there is one pretty fair drop fence, the 
obstacles throughout are different combinations of ditch, 
hedge, and rail, and of a very light description. The 
horses reach the bottom end of the course, close by the 
canal bridge, and having crossed the road, proceed for 
nearly half a mile without a fence of any kind. Opposite 
the. distance, however, on the training course, is a strong 
post and rails plashed with thorns, null about 100 yards 
beyond it, the celohrated brook, which seemed to have 
nearly two and n-hnlf feet of water in ir. The same 
round is run over again, with this exception, that the 
horses win up the regular course, and jump a flight of 
hurdles, well plashed with thorns at the top, as they pass 
the distance. 
The “ legitimate” events which preceded the great one 
of the da) had very little apparent hearing on future 
events. Alonzo looked immensely improved since last 
year, and in very fine, hard condition, lie is so stout 
and muscular altogether, that lie strongly reminds ns of 
the Recently deceased Blcnipo. At starting, he led at a 
slow pace till the canal turn, where Phcebe took up the 
running, llalf-way up, Wells give her a strong pull, nnd 
came again, but we fancy Sharpe left something in his horse. 
'Only four out of eighteen showed fof the Ain tree Plate. 
Sir Robert looked like a great varmint whipper-in sort of 
horse, and stout enough to have carried the late Lord 
Alvnnley crashing across a Melton country. Warwick 
went remarkably well ami low, and was honoured with 
large blinkers; Imt lie nnd the chestnut never “ roomed a 
nigh,” the lad on Andromache making a very resolute but 
unsuccessful effort to catch Songster. Only one out of five 
could be found to face Yewtick,*in spite of his 4 lbs. extra. 
This grandson of Tomboy is a remarkably neat, well-fur- 
nished colt, very much of the Elthiron build; hut wc should 
;ancy that he is not very quick. The Iugo filly was higher on 
he leg, with long, slanting thighs, and rather tucked up 
but slie does not seem very quick, though she made c 0 otl 
use of the Slbs., and pulled nicely through. A buzz then 
went forth that the Miss Mowbray game was played out 
and that the pen hud been drawn through her name- h ’ 
as every one seemed to feel that “arrangements” were th 
rule and not the exception, the fact took’no one by surprise 
Twenty out of the forty on the card placed themselves* 
under Lord Scfton’s guidance at the starting post. Jjj . 
lordship was riding the favourite horse on which wc hml 
seen him leading the field on at Allcnr the day before and 
started an animal of his own, by Foig-a-Ballugh, which 
walked in alone about live minutes after everything else 
On the whole, we were not disappointed with the field 
although there were many horses in it which we should 
have thought dear for ordinary purposes at 35/. Geraldus 
was a showy, upstanding, grey animal, who performed of 
yore in the Chester Cup. Peter .Simple looked the picture 
of life, as Captain Little with James Mason at his <sj(] c . 
stripped oft' the sheets ; but when it was seen that Tom 
Oliver was not to get. stick in hand, on to “ the old buffer '• 
but had transferred his attentions to Maurice Daley, wfi,, 
looked wonderfully well, very few anticipated a run with 
him, though they fully relied on Ids powers to “come 
home,” even under twelve stone. He was clipped to a 
light mouse colour, and looked as fresh as we have ever 
seen him, but, like Ccrito, lie has had his day. Each have 
won three great prizes in the Liverpool district, and each 
fell within twenty-four horn's of each other. Burnt Sienna 
looked too light for the heavy w ork before her, and Cock- 
crow was a nice level chc-tnut horse, much neater made 
than his great-brother, Chanticleer ; hut lie showed no 
greater capabilities in his new vocation than he did when 
Job Mut'son handled him for the Liverpool St. Leger three 
years since. Wc are sorry to hear that there is great 
doubt whether his lordship’s regular jockey, ltyan, will 
ever vide again. Oscar is a smart looking hunter, with a 
thin tail, up to no great weight, mid seemed to walk rather 
weak. Muley, if we remember rightly, was a neat narrow 
sort of mare, and one of the party, we forget which 
seemed more like a fourteen-hand brown pony than any- 
thing else. Criihhs was a nice level little animal, and Denny 
Wynne wore an air of very great confidence. Spring was 
light, and rather tucked up, while Bedford was a lengthy 
short-legged animal, with a frame as powerful as an ele- 
phant’s. The parade was very beautiful, hut when they 
had all got off, and settled to their work, it soon became 
evident that Bourton was merely waiting, and giving all 
over like a winner. Two horses were so thrown in the 
first round, that they only appeared on the winning field 
about 300 yards a-head of the great body of runners on 
the second round. Once safely on the course, Tasker felt 
his horse, and never went up till near the last hurdle, 
which he charged, on the inside, nearly abreast with his 
two competitors. This jump was beautifully achieved, and 
he rose at it under his list. 12lbs. with as much courage 
as if lie had hardly gone a mile, and drew right away from 
them as soon as lie lmd landed. Me is a fine, lengthy, 
powerful horse, so like wlmt the Lord Lieutenant was last 
year, that at a distance wc could not have distinguished 
between the two. llis lore-legs are, however, very bad, 
especially the near one, the coronet of which had been 
slightly penetrated. Besides this, either a thorn or a 
stake had givi n him a slight tear, several inches in length, 
down the inside of the off thigh. Nothing could be more 
easy than his victory, as Tasker, who rode him with the 
most admirable steadiness, had never once pricked or called 
on him throughout. In fact, it was emphatically “ his day,” 
and lie went like a whirlwind: nearly all the rest, as the 
Lancashire men express it, being sadly “ squandered " 
after the first three miles, lie is by Drayton, and was, we 
are told, bred by the “Veteran Vevcrs.” An almost 
fabulous sum was stated to have been won by his party, 
and Trout in a Trot,” for the Doncaster, became tho 
popular cry. Poor Bedford, wc hear, was shot where he 
tell. Crabbs was the “ popular candidate ” at Liverpool, 
hut his trainer Fowler had recovered too recently from a 
severe illness to ride him; nnd Abdel-Kader did not reach 
the scene of his ancient triumphs, ns he had met with a 
railway accident between Dublin and the Curragh. De- 
spite all these .casualties, there is little doubt that the best 
horse won, and that 7 lbs. more would not have stopped 
him. Then Hey for Doncaster ! 
r 
T A T TE USA LL’ S.— Mox day. 
Speculation on the Liverpool Grand National was carried on 
with considerable spirit. The horses, in most donum. I were 
Cralifis and llalf-nnd-Ilnlf — ;hc fm mcr ill Kioto 8, 11 to 1, nnd 
tinuliy 10 to 1, nnd the latter at. 12 ami 11 to 1; Crnbhs Wns, 
however, much the stronger of the two. Bourton was very linn 
at the odds quoted, but Miss Alow bray was evidently tottering— 
COO to 100 was laid in one Let. Home money was put on Cock- 
crow at 20 in 1, nml two or three poucys were entrusted to Burnt 
Sienna, at 25 to 1 ; Peter's average price was about 100 to (i 
Al kt urn 1 oi.it an Si a k ns.— 500 to 25 taken about Muscovite, 
ami C25 to 25 about ltutnplim ; nothing e-so mentioned. 
CiiBSTEn Get’. — Newininsier was" bucked for 50/. at 20 jo 1, 
odd* which were repeatedly offered agnnst' The Star of Surrey, 
who appears to have reached tho culminating point, uml L 
beginning to grow dim. 
Two Thousand Guinea Starks.. — A slight reaction took 
place with regard to’lloiardo — *1' iU to 100 was booked. 
JhmuY.— Ant' crut wns still suffering from the blows which 
had been recent!;.' dealt upon him at the club— 5 to 1 was now 
nnd then taken. Imt only to u comparatively small amount; tho 
opposition which lie Inis experienced may, however, be yniy.) 
“ ruse do course.” King Tom was bucked for upwards of bod- • 
at 7 to 1, and Dervish improved a point or two; after loin 1 bad 
l) 00 u laid to 50/., 14 to 1 was t.-uen to the like sum. 1,000 to e 11 
taken about Ruby, 550 to 25 Acrobat, 400 to 10 twice and L" :HI 
to 30 ,Mnr?ya», 2.000 to 00 Be*sus, and 1,200 to 25 The Early' 
Bird. Closing prices: 
Liveicihol Grand National Stceplucuasb 
r. to 1 agst Mr. 1'. Mason * Miss Mowbray (taken) 
7 to 1 Mr. Moseley's Dourton (t) 
10 to 1 Mr. Cotgreuve's Crnbbs — 12 to 1 taken freely 
11 to I Mr. Bigaell s Half-diul-Httlf (t) 
12 to 1 Mr. J. Williams's La lanza Lmlra (t) 
)1 to 1 — - Mr. James s Maurice l)alvy (t) 
Jo to 1 Mr. T. Mason's Oscar (t) 
10 to 1 Mr. Llnells Peter (t) 
20 to 1 Lord Waterford's Cockcrow ft) 
20 to l M. Doluniare's Lutly Arthur (t) 
to 1 Mr Slater a Burnt Sieim.i (t) 
40 to 1 Lon] Sefton's bi g by Fiiughn-Dullagh (t) 
GREAT MeritOROLITAN' STAKES- 
25 to 1 agst Mr. Gravities Muscovite (taken) 
25 to 1 Mr. T. Purr’s Rataplan (t) 
Chester Cur. 
20 to 1 agst Mr. A- NiChol's Newminstcr (taken) 
20 to 1 Mr. Howard's Star of Surrey (offered) 
Two 'fuoLSAXD Guineas Stakes. 
4 to 1 agst Lord Derby’s Boiardo (taken) 
