Marcs 25.] 
THE FIELD. 
269 
-"TT borrow! For the Handicap, the only horses backed with 
• t were Cleveland ond Contentment ; and for the Steeplechase 
8 F ir J, j 0 _ The Trout mid Needwood. There was an improve- 
00 i!n Defiance and Little Jem for the Northamptonshire, — the 
mCU was olso backed freely for tho Great Northern, — and 
vwea a very strong commission to back Banlbec for the 
& Cup. Latest prices 
W,ut« icKsniKE Handicap. 
-i to 1 Cleveland (taken) 
l o Contentment (t.) 
j Buttress c. (taken) 
Wakwick Steeplechase. 
, t0 i agst The Trout (taken) 
] i Z- Oscar (taken) 
4 * i Needwood (taken) 
KoitTiuMPTOSsninE Stake.?, 
j to 1 ogst Deflancc (taken) 
t ° i _I_ Lamprocles ( taken) 
' ° \ Little Jem Oaken) 
” , 0 j rnneake (taken) 
Great Northern. 
11 to 1 agst Vlrngo (taken) 
15 to 1 Deflance (takon) 
Cn ester Cop. 
20 to 1 on the Field (offered) 
25 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken) 
1000 to 10 Duchess of Lor- 
raine c. (t.) 
!000 to 30 Contentment (t.) 
Derby. 
0 to 1 agst Dervish (taken) 
16 to 1 Wild Huntsman 
(tuken) 
20 to 1 Marsyas (taken) 
28 to 1 Acrobat (taken) 
Monday. 
Monday 
Wednesday 
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. 
Races. 
Newcastle-on-Tyne I Wednesday Northampton 
Spring | Thursday Northampton 
Steeplechases. 
Birmingham I Thursday Beckford 
Tanlield | Friday Bath 
Jloimnatioits, Hrigjrts, anb gtrcpfitnKS. 
NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT.— Wednesday. 
The Great Northamptonshire Stakes. Two miles (117 subscribers, 
69 of whom pay 5 sovs each). 
Kingston 
Hungcrford 
Ncwmlnstcr 
Mountain Deer. . . . 
Chief Justice .... 
Bed Lion 
Deflance 
Daniel O'Rourke.. 
Trifle (hb) 
Elcot 
Haco 
Natpecker 
Aldford 
Koh-I-Noor 
Dove 
Windsucker 
Mr. Sykes 
The Mayor of Hull 
Ticton (pays) .... 
Diomedia 
Jacqueline 
Veteran .......... 
St, Faith 
Janey 
st lb 
st lb 
9 
0 
(.Hinder 
G 
7 
8 
13 
Pancake 
G 
5 
8 
7 
Beni la 
6 
4 
8 
4 
Don Quixote 
6 
3 
8 
4 
John Bull, by Old England . . 
6 
0 
8 
0 
Sine qua non 
ti 
0 
7 
12 
Bracken 
6 
0 
7 
12 
The Star of Surrey 
5 
12 
7 
9 
Horatio 
6 10 
7 
8 
Caliph 
5 
9 
7 
8 
Ptolemy 
5 
5 
7 
6 
El Dorado 
5 
4 
7 
5 
Shunting 
5 
2 
7 
4 
Alabama 
5 
2 
7 
0 
Brother to Little Swift .... 
5 
0 
7 
0 
Lamprocles 
5 
0 
G 
12 
Jujube 
6 
0 
6 
10 
Jacob Petler 
4 
13 
G 
10 
Sister to Aphrodite 
4 
13 
C 
8 
Roebuck 
4 
11 
6 
8 
Marc Antony 
4 
11 
6 
7 
Jephson 
4 
11 
6 
7 
Little Jem 
4 
11 
Thursday. 
Acceptances for Earl Spencer's Plate. Certain winners extra. 
Five furlongs. 
age st lb 
Ephesus 6 9 2 
King of Trumps 6 9 0 
Pelion 4 8 13 
Trime Minister 6 8 10 
Snowdon Dunhill 4 8 9 
Vanderdecken 4 8 6 
Filbert 4 8 4 
Koh-I-Noor 5 8 4 
Invasion 4 8 2 
Grief a 7 12 
The General 4 711 
Romeo 4 7 10 
Bourgeois 4 7 8 
Little Tom 4 7 7 
Gage d'Amour 4 7 6 
Vouchor 4 7 5 
Mayday 6 7 4 
Balmoral 3 6 13 
Phrygia 4 6 12 
age st lb 
Alas 3 6 10 
Cyrus 3 6 10 
Twinkle 3 6 10 
I Duchess of Lorraine c.. 3 6 10 
Foxhunter 3 6 8 
Mousev 3 0 7 
Austrey 3 6 7 
| Wclham 3 6 6 
Jephson 3 6 6 
1 Red Rose 3 6 4 
1 Paulino 3 g 2 
Prevarication. 3 6 2 
Roebuck 3 6 0 
Rally 3 5 12 
Field-Marshal 3 5 n 
Topsy 3 5 9 
Conspiracy 3 6 8 
Adelaide 3 5 8 
THE BIRMINGHAM AND WARWICKSHIRE HUNT 
STEEPLECHASE. 
A TLATE OF £100. 
Mr. Davy’s eh m Orian, aged 
Mr. Graham's eh g Popularity, aged 
Mr Psmterton’s b h Tcddlngton, 
6 yrs 
Mt. Pemberton's b h October, 6 yrs 
Mr. Lowe's ch m Little Bird, aged 
Mr Johnson nas ch g Ottoman, 
aged 
Mr. Richardson's chm Northamp- 
tonshire Lass, aged 
Mr. Lowe’s br g by Bath, hb, age 
Mr. Hassell's b g Frondebccuf,5 yi 
Mr. Hassell's ch g by Callfornh 
6 yrs 
Mr. Jennings nas Signal, aged 
Mr. Lucy's b g Singer, aged 
Mr. H. Oldham's ch g Harry, age 
Mr. Choyce's b g Yeoman, aged 
Mr. Stretton nas br g Autocrat 
BIRMINGHAM FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. 
Acceptances. 
st lb 
Slashing Painter (£20).... 10 6 
Labyrinth (£20) 10 4 
Theodlne (£20) 10 3 
Widow Maehree (£20) .... 10 O 
Linnet (£60) 0 10 
st lb 
Tulip (£80) o io 
Tom Bowling (£20) 9 0 
Grnziella (£40) 0 9 
Stretford Lass (£20) 0 0 
BATH RACES. 
Weights for the Somersetshire Stakes. 84 subs. 
v . . nee st lb 
age st lb 
Chief Justice.... a 0 0 
J 1 ' 11 Lion 5 o o 
Qeorgey 4 e 6 
Rataplan 4 8 10 
t eo P°' d 6 8 10 
lu "R of Trumps 5 8 0 
a™* 5 8 0 
Marc Antony 3 0 0 
Don Quixote 4 0 4 
Dr. O'Toole 3 0 4 
Hope (li b) 4 0 2 
Narcissus n 7 p 
Revolver 5 7 ]2 
Lady Bird 3 0 0 
4 7 10 
Pantomime 470 
I2T“ 1 l * 
Amos 3 5 13 
Victor, by the Hero .... 3 513 
Brother to Little Swift.. 3 5 13 
Cable 3 5 12 
te hBown 7 s 
Adeline 3 5 12 
Lady Emily 4 5 10 
2 clr V ,1 “ 5 7 0 
Sledmere, by Melbourno 3 5 10 
Sandhurst 4 7(1 
Jjutpecker 4 7 5 
Contender 3 5 10 
R ack Doctor 0 7 4 
Llndrick 6 7 4 
Austrey 3 6 10 
Lianforda .. 4 7" 
,ll ® rfa U 0 7 0 
Sups* 8 0 13 
Morning Star 5 6 jg 
Gelding by Don John— 
fes i Si! 
{ ■ is 
Lincoln’s Inn 3 5 7 
F. by Touchstone— Mus- 
covite’s dam 3 5 7 
i III 
Surgeon General 3 5 7 
"> bla 4 0 10 
\ i ? 
1 S l 
Miss Bolton 3 5 4 
Sampson (h b) 3 5 4 
Pollard 3 5 4 
Jephson 3 5 4 
F. by Verulani— Jenala.. 3 5 4 
Brigadier 3 5 0 
CHELTENHAM SPRING MEETING. 
Grsnd Annual Steeplechase Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 5 
only if declared by the 21st of March, with 100 added; a winner, 
after the handicap is made, of a clear 100 sovs, 51b, 200 or upwards, 
71b extra; about four miles; 20 subs. 
st lb 
st lb 
Lord George 11 9 
The Marquis 1 n i 
Spring jo 2 
Trout 10 0 
Sam Hood 9 $ 
View Halloo n « 
8 pay 6 sovs. 
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, 1834. 
BATH STEEPLECHASES. 
Acceptances for tho Grand Open. About four inllos. 
_ , st lb 1 
The General n 0 
st lb 
Victress jo 0 | 
F armer 9 g | 
Thirteen pay forfeit. 
MORN. 
• ir. m. 
Mar. 2S, Saturday 11.37.. 
„ Hi, Sunday o n.. 
„ 87, Monday ns.. 
,, 28, Tuesday 1.88. . 
EVEN. 
II. M. 
. 0. 0 
. 0.48 
. 1.38 
. 2.18 
Star. 29, Wednesday. 
„ SO, Thursday.. 
„ 81, Friday 
Apr. 1, Saturday... 
uonx. 
u. u. 
... 2.38. 
.. 3.10. 
.. 3.54. 
... 4.18. 
txtx. 
. 3L54* 
, 328 
. 4. 1 
. 4.34 
To find Hion Wateh at tho subjoined places, take the above time at London 
unclgc, and add or subtract tho time in the following Table. 
Beverley Meeting— Tho Kingston-npon-Hull Stakes, for all ages, of 
5 sovs with 25 sovs added; three quarters of a mile.— The F.ast Riding 
Handicap Stakes of 6 sovs with 40 sovs added; 1 mile and n quarter.— 
and the Beverley Cnp of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs 
li f and 3 if declared (two miles), all close on the 1st of April. There 
are already 15 subscribers to the latter stake. 
Radeliffe Races are fixed to begin on Monday, July 31st. There will 
be three days sport, and tho programme will shortly be published. 
SPORTING MISCELLANEOUS. 
SUBTRACT FROM LONDON Dill DOE. 1 
ADD TO LONDON nRIDOX. 
11. M. 
Brighton... . 3 u 
Boulogne 7 41 
Calais Q 10 
Chester Bar.. 3 37 
__ If. M. ! 
llanrioh a 37 
Ipswich a 7 
Lowestoft 3 37 
Margate 3 3 
11. M. 
Amsterdam.... 0 83 
Antworp 3 is 
Brest 1 311 
Brtdport 3 S3 
Cherbourg 5 93 
Cardigan 4 63 
Cork a aa 
Downs 3 38 
Exmouth 4 18 
Fowi j . 1 v 1 
Guernsey 4 33 
Hamburgh 3 S3 
II. M. 
Humber.roth. 
of 3 33 
Land's End. . . 9 33 
I. cllli 0 18 
Mil font Haven 3 38 
Plymouth.. . 3 28 
Rotterdam.... 0 G3 
Torbay a 68 
Weymouth. .. 4 93 
Whitby 1 38 
Wisbeacli 6 93 
Youghal 3 83 
Dublin 2 M 
Dover Pier.. 3 87 
Dunnosv 4 33 
Gravesend.. . n 37 
Greenock... .. 9 99 
Greenwich . . o 9» 
Havre 4 18 
Noro 0 88 
Ostend 1 is 
Portsmouth . . 3 37 
Ramsgate 3 47 
Shorchnra 3 83 
Southampton 9 37 
Spithcad. 4 37 
TURFI AN A. 
Birdcatclier heads the list of sires at 60 gs, while Nut- 
with is at £50 ; Melbourne, Surplice, and Bay Middleton 
are at 40 gs ; Flying Dutchman at £30 ; Alarm and Touch- 
stone at 20 gs ; Phlegon at £20 ; Pyrrhus the First at lfi gs ; 
und Weatherbit and Sweetraoat at £15. The Don- 
caster Gazette statea that among the early bets In his 
£10,000 book, Mr. Harry Hill laid £10,000 to £250, at 
Doncaster Spring Meeting, against Lord Derby ’s The Pro- 
fessor, for the Derby of 1855. Wo observe that Mr. John 
Newton of Sedbury, near Richmond, Yorkshire, lias a no- 
mination to Melboumo for sale. 105 gs was made by the 
sale of winners at Coventry Spring. Harrow Steeplechases, 
it seems, will really take place on the 11th and 12th of April. 
The once promising Homebrewed is dead, as well as a year- 
ling filly by Orlando out of Volley, which broke its leg at 
the Royal Paddock. A cotemporary states that poor Bees- 
wing was subjected to most brutal treatment by the man 
who drove her to Eaton Paddocks. No doubt Mr. Ordo 
will take steps to punish him. It was as sad an end to 60 
great a career as Mameluke had, who died a cab-horse. 
Miss Bowe and Acrobat’s dam have gone to Joe Lovell, who 
seems likely to have a 6trong season. Miss Bowe has been 
very lucky with her foals. Her last year's Hero filly died, 
and she miswd in 1839 and 1841, but all her other 
twelve foals lived, and included Strongbow, Iris, Longbow, 
and Boiardo. Barbelle has had a colt foal to Orlando, which 
is only her eighth, as, in 1842-54 inclusive, she has missed 
five times; and had ill luck with her foals as well, before 
they could be trained. A cotemporary states that John 
Scott is to have Leatherhead Downs to hinself in future. 
1940 horses started in England during the 1853 season, 
and 260 in Ireland. Solyman started 35 times, and won 16. 
“BouRTON/’says th e Racing Times, “is giving indications 
of a 1 leg,' and will be breaking down, unless he is allowed 
some rest, and it is the knowledge of this that induces book- 
makers to take the odds so freely as they do every time he 
shows.” The same paper, speaking of Newmarket, says, 
“Phaeton is the lion of the Heath ; he has a daily increas- 
ing number of admirers, who calculate with confidence on 
his ability to win the Two Thousand.” 
0 |Mr. Land has named the chestnut colt he bought from 
the Duke of Richmond, Dartmouth. Mr. Bignell, in a long 
letter to our sporting cotemporaries, complains bitterly 
of Oliver’s conduct at Liverpool. lie says in the latter part 
of his letter — “The race commenced, and both horses fell 
lame, and when the jockeys pulled up and dismounted, not 
one of Oliver’s men was there to take charge of the horses ; 
the consequence was that they walked about nearly two 
hours exposed to the cold, as the boy who had charge of the 
keys of the stables was absent. I never saw Oliver after the 
race, although I remained in Liverpool until the Friday, 
nor have I seen him since. When I sent to Aintree, near 
Liverpool, for the purpose of having the horses brought to 
London, they were in a most deplorable state. Thero was 
but one rug, in the shape of clothing, to cover both horses. 
The man who had charge of them refused to give them up; 
therefore they were detained several days before Oliver sent 
the necessary instructions to have them delivered to my 
agent.” The Racing Times says that Mr. Bignell has in- 
stituted legal proceedings against Oliver upon other grounds. 
An Eagle, measuring seven feet four inches from tip to 
tip of his wings, and weighing ten and a quarter pounds, 
was killed on the 5th inst. by Mr. Peter Parslow, upon the 
farm of Hon. Benjamin Enos, at De Ruyter, Madison 
county, United States. It was of the species known as the 
Brown Eagle, and is to be sent to the State Cabinet of 
Natural History, to be stuffed and exhibited in that col- 
lection. 
A Fish and Fowl Story. — The Oswego Times eaya 
that Mr. Alton, a fisherman, engaged the other day at Dun- 
kirk hauling his trout nets, was surprised to discover an in- 
habitant of the water fastened to them, weighing about two 
pounds, covered with feathers, with small webbed feet at the 
extremities, a feather instead of a finny tail, and a head 
much resembling the Teal duck. This apparent amalgama- 
tion of the fish and fowl was taken at the depth of seventy- 
two feet of water. 
Enormous Salmon. — A correspondent in London writes, 
— “ I have just seen a monster salmon, which my friends in 
the north might like to know something about. It is ex- 
hibiting at the shop of Mr. Charles, the eminent fishmonger 
of Arabella Row, Pimlico. It weighs 701b9., and was taken 
in the Rhine. It measures 54 J inches from nose to tail, and 
is in girth 31 £ inches. — Inverness Courier. 
Capture of a Whale. — A whale, of the finner species, 
measuring between 70 and 80 feet, has been captured in the 
North Sea, by two smacks. It was towed into the Humber 
on Saturday morning. 
The Epsom Metropolitan Steeplechase has closed with 18 
subscribers, and the Free Handicap Hurdle Race with 14. 
Weights to be published on the 27th inst. 
Nine have accepted for the Free Handicap Hurdle Race 
at Cheltenham. The Free Handicap Steeplechase did not 
fill, and a Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. 
added, will be substituted, and close tho night before. 
Twenty are entered for the United Hunters’ Stakes, and 
six for the Grand Military Steeplechase.. 
CLUB MEETINGS, 1854. 
April 1, Saturday ..Meeting of tho Royal Harwich Yacht Club. 
“ 1, Tuesday ....Meeting of tho London Model Yacht Club, at 
Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet-street, at hair-past 
7 P.M. 
>i 5, Wednesday .Meeting of the Birkenhead Model Yacht Club. 
„ 19, Wednesday .Monthly Meeting of tho Liverpool Yacht Club, 
May 2, Tuesday ....Meeting of the London Model Yacht Club, nt 
Andorton’s Hotel. 
n 24> Wednesday (Queen's Birthday), Annual Meeting of tho ltoynl 
Victoria Yacht Club, at tho Thatched House 
Tavern, St. Jiimes's-street, 
June 6, Wliit-Tucsday. .Meeting of the London Model Yacht Club, at 
Anderton's Hotel. 
SAILING MATCHES AND CLUB REGATTAS, &c. 
April —.—Match between the Idas, sailed by Mr. Gunner, and tho 
Albatross, sailed by Mr. Bemcustlo. Course, Blnckwall to Graves- 
end and back. 
April 13.— Opening Trip of tho Prlnco of Wales Yacht Club. 
April 29.— Opening Trip of tho Royal London Yacht Club. 
April 29 — Opening Trip of the London Model Yacht Club 
May 3rd — Private match between Jessica and Sirocco, L.Y.C., pro- 
vided it blows a single reefed breeze 
May 20 — Royal London Yacht Club— First match of tho Season for 
Third Clnss Yachts. Last day of entry, May 12. 
May 22, Monday.— First mutch of the Royal Thames Yacht Club — 
Cutter Yachts only. 
June 20— Royal London Yacht Club— Second match of tho Season 
for First ond Second Class Yachts. Last day of entry, June 13 
July 6, Thursday. — Second match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club— 
Sohooners only. 
July 18, Tuesday.— Annual Regattn nt Lowestoft, Suffolk. 
FIRST MATCH OF THE SEASON. 
On Wednesday last, the 22nd instant, the Gannett 
Steamer, Capt. Newton, with the broad pendants flying of 
Commodore Tuckwell, Vice-Commodore Williams, and 
Rear-Commodore Gordon, left London Bridge Wharf at 
twenty minutes to eight o’clock, a.m., for Erith, calling, en 
route, nt Greenwich, Blnckwall, and Woolwich, for “ stores” 
and visitors. The gathering together of some fifty yachts- 
men was the result, and at ten a m. the Blue-Eyed Maid 
and the Irresistible were started from Erith Bay, to sail 
the match referred to in The Field of last week. The 
Gannett accompanied the match throughout, keeping as 
close to the racing yachts as might be without “ stopping 
their wind,” or pnddling up a swell to impede their pro- 
gress. The early morning was hazy, but before the start a 
brisk N. E. breeze delighted all present, and the sun shone 
forth as if the month were May, not March. The Meander 
yacht and the Blue Belle were present, and on board the 
Gannett we observed Commodore Bemcostle, Vice-Com- 
modore Ivnibbs, Vice-Commodore Williams, Rear-Com- 
modore Gordon, Mr. Turner (Treasurer of the Prince of 
Wales Yacht Club), with Messrs. Greening, Wilson, Crabb, 
Knight, Farley, Bonner, Huxstablc, A. Bcrncastle, H. 
Williams (Treasurer of the London Model Yacht Club), 
Gibbins (who was gunner “for this day only ”), Ayck- 
boume, and other gentlemen too numerous to mention. 
In the outset of the match the Irresistible parted her top- 
sail yard, and after taking in the sail, struck her 
topmast, by and by fishing the yard and resetting 
it. In the opinion of many, the Irresistible sailed 
better without her topsail than with it. She is cer- 
tainly a capital craft for beating to windward, though 
carrying this day not quite the jib we should recommend 
her to patronise on future occasions. The Irresistible 
being about double the tonnage of her opponent, 
took the lead at the commencement of the match, though 
having the leeward station, and she kept this proud posi- 
tion till her yard broke, when the Blue-Eyed Maid passed 
her to leeward and took the van. Prior to this, indeed, 
just at the start, Blue-Eyed Maid made an injudicious 
tack, but “all’s well that ends well.” Shifting her fore- 
sail for a smaller one, was, on the other hand, good sea- 
manship, but this did not prevent the Irresistible from 
again getting the lead, though the Maid was first at 
Gravesend. Here a Sardinian frigate at anchor attracted 
considerable attention. We passed her at 1 1 h. 25m., the 
racing boats being then just to windward of the Gannett, 
and on the Essex shore. 
Between this point and the Four Gun Battery on the 
Kentish shore, in the Lower Hope, the jockeying between 
the two yachts was conducted so honourably and with such 
skill, that both owners deserve the highest credit for the 
way in which they handled the tiller. Near this battery, at 
12h. 15m., the Irresistible again got to windward and then 
again ahead, and off Mucking Light shifted her jib in very 
smart stylo. Here a blanket would have almost covered 
both boats, and the excitement on board the steamer was 
intense. And here the Blue-Eyed Maid, though to leeward, 
got ahead. The jockeying was renewed off Mucking, 
and created great amusement. We almost feared a colli- 
sion but none occurred. The Gannett now pushed on and 
let go her anchor abreast of the Chapman Head Light, 
and the yachts, keeping her on the port hand, thus 
rounded her, — 
b. m. 
Blue-Eyed Maid * • • . 1 53 
Irresistible 1 58 
The Maid had thus got six minutes ahead in beating and 
reaching down, and in running back she set a balloon jib, 
and met the Irresistible coming down, passing her to 
windward. Barring accidents, the race seemed now over, 
