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VOL. III.— No. 64.] Saturday, March 18, 1854. [With Supplement, Price 6 d. 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PORTRAIT OF SACKCLOTH, winner op Tire Waterloo Cop. 
LUCY— A Hosting Sketch. 
BAKER'S PHEASANTRY, Chelsea. 
PORTRAIT OF THE LATE MR. JUSTICE TALFOURD. 
CONTENTS. 
Racing.—' Turf Talk— Tattersalls— Race Returns— Weight*— and Sport- 
ing Miscellaneous. 
Hontinq. — Fixtures and Crack Rims — Poem : Lucy. 
Coursing.— Meetings of the week, and description of "Sackcloth." 
Yachting.—' Tlie Match on Wednesday next. 
Rowing. — Matches appointed— Proposed Grand National Regatta. 
Cricket— Angling— Freemasonrt. 
Letter-Bag — Books—' Theatres— Chess. 
Orioixal Articles Nows of tlio Week— Post-OlHeo Absurdities— 
Earttistopper, Chap. vt. 
Parliamentary So umary— Field of War— Gold Fields— Foreign 
and Colonial— Police— Metropolis, &o. 
Agricultural Talk— Markets— Societies and Institutions. 
CHIEF ILLUSTRATIONS NEXT WEEK. 
A Cossack Post— Approach of the Turks. 
A Good Sort for a Long Day. 
A Hunting Sketch. 
TURF TALK. 
“The chosen sport of a great and a free people." 
Oun Sailor Kino. 
TT has become such an inveterate habit, both with peers, 
1 baronets, and commoners, during late years, to adver- 
tise that they are “ going abroad," or “ about to quit tbe 
turf,” and having thus culled their stud, to start off again 
with a longer string and better luck than over, that we 
cannot feel altogether sure whether Monduy was really in- 
tended 08 the final close of the Duke of Richmond’s thirty- 
three years’ career as a turfite. We rather fancy, however, 
that it was. Young John Kent (looking very well again) 
was in attendance, and William Day, along with one of his 
masters, was very busy bidding for several of the lots, though 
we believe that Pharos was the only one knocked down to 
him. Mr. Greville and Mr. Morris were also among the 
principal race - owners beneath tile rostrum. Harbinger 
was the first of the nine lots. ITh was put in at 100 gs., 
and finally sold for 235 gs., — the Marquis of Conynghain’s 
groom, so it was said, being the purchaser for bis lordship. 
We conclude be goes to the stud, and certainly his racing 
career, 10 wins (0 of them walks over), making £2,214, and 
19 defeats, has not been a brilliant one. lie is a very fine 
horse, wilh;the exception of a peculiar screw about his loins, 
which always made his quarters look as if they had not 
originally belonged to him, and out of symmetry with the 
remainder of his form. It was very observable in his racing 
career, hut ho had gone to his stable again, and Pharos was 
under Mr. Taltersall’s notice when we reached the yard. 
This pretty son of Touchstone has lost his peacock looks, and 
does not seem one wliit better furnished, or bigger, than he did 
on the Derby day. Some would have it that lie wus tender 
on bis off loro foot, but wo fancy there was nothing in it, 
and eventually some bold man was found to begin ul 70 gs., 
but not one was bold enough to go beyond 125 gs. Tbe 
Van Troinp colt out of Reel is a belter looking colt than we 
expected, like bis sire about the foreliund, and much better 
in the back than any of his stock which we have as yet 
looked over. However, “ 25 gs. without his engagements” 
met with no response, and lie was returned on to the Duke’s 
hands. This is rather an odd comment on Van Tromp’s 
stock in the second year of their roouimr. Lord Nuus seems 
to think differently, as wo see that bo has sent liis mure 
Integrity, by YunTromp, to Crozier, who is Van Tromp’a 
half-brother. Hlood told as little for rather a pretty two- 
year-old colt by Ited Hart out of Refruction, but he did 
just fetch “ 25 gs. without his engagements." The two- 
year* old Robert do Gorhum colt, which was the lust to bear 
the “ yellow, red cap, and gold tassel," looked so fourth- 
rate in every way, that we wondered why it should 
ever have been sent to Salisbury. No ono would give *• 29 
gs. without its engagements ” lor it, so it wus sent away. 
However, absence leut enchantment to some adventurous 
spirit, who wus excited into saving 10 gs. (so tlio auctioneer 
thought), and then declared, when she ctimo buck, that ho 
had only said 9 gs. He was taken ul Ills word, and 
eventually the hammer full at 18 gs. Thu nicest thing of 
the lot was a two-year-old chestnut roun colt, by Cliutiium 
out of Evasion, with two whitu stockings, and very lengthy 
and racing- looking altogether, lie begun at 3li go., uud 
tlio hummer fell at 51 gs. 8oino little dispute arose, umJ the 
biddings recommenced uud euded at 5(i gs.; uud a whisper 
went round that Hen Laud, the steeplechaser, hud given tho 
lust nod. If the chestnut only races hull so well lor ins owner 
as The Painter could jump Welsh walls for him, lie will bo 
a rare prize. The Epirus filly, out o! Reel, wus u very well 
crown animal, bud lotclu.-d Wl g- s 'mt tluvo wua u better 
competition for her yearln g huli-ulMw, who was inoro to 
our mind, as far us racing points wero concerned, and run 
tlio gamut from 29 gs. to 56 gs. Tho Retraction yeadlng 
[37 gs.) was a nice bit of blood, und W. Day bid u good 
deul lor the Heel yeurling, who finished at 6(J gs. but tlio 
Coral filly was a little stunted tiling, more like u ruggo 
Exmoor pony in its cout than uny thing else. Wo couclut/ 
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