“PRAY, what is a gentleman without his RECREATIONS?” 
Vol. III.— No. 69.] 
Saturday, April 22, 1854. [With Supplement, Price 6d . 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
THE PASHA'S RECEPTION ROOM AT ORSOVA. 
MONKEY ISLAND. 
THE CELEBRATED FRENCH RACEHORSE, AQUILAR. 
AN ARABIAN HORSE. 
INCIDENT OF A STEEPLECHASE AT LA MARCHE. 
TllEGONWELL FRAMl’TON. 
CONTENTS. 
The Tdrp— N ewmarket Craven Meeting— Rothtniry, Union und Or. 
moml Hunt Races— Nominations and Weights for the Groat 
Northern Hundicap. 
Hunting Capt. Tait's and Mr. Drake's Season— Beaufort Hunt. 
Coursing.— Fixtures. 
Yachting.— Prlnco of Wales, Royal Mersey, London, and London 
Model Yacht Clubs. 
Rowing.— O xford and Cambridge Race— Patterson and Taylor. 
Our Opf.ra Glass.— The Princess's — Drury I.ane — Haymarket - 
Adelphl— Olympic— Lyceum— St. James's— Cremorne, &c. 
CniCKKT.— Matches at Lord's— Murylobono Club — Kidderminster— 
Bicester, Ac. „ _ . 
Field op War— Capture of Prizes; Nows of the Enemy; balling of 
Troops; Soldier s Wives, &c. 
Original Articles -New. of tho Week; A Warning Video; ' "Utto 
Ilnimlanl," Letters from Paris; "Goldfinch," &c. 
PRINCIPAL ILLUSTRATIONS NEXT WEEK. 
Panoramic View of Revel. 
Rrvki. from the Mole. 
Scene from tiie Boulksqiu. at tub AdBlPhi. 
Plan op Newmarket Heath, ‘.Ac , Ac. 
“Tho chosen sport of a great and a free people.” 
Our. Sailor King. 
N EWMARKET Heath, with its brown, parched, glassy 
surface, presented more completely this week the idea 
of “ blasted heath,” than we ever remember to have seen 
before. Hence the excitement of the week (if there was 
any) turned more on the amount of startling scrntchings 
at the eleventh hour, than on the horses which showed ou 
the occasion. The Duke of Bedford’s stable was re- 
markably lucky on Monday. Student and Weathercock 
are both gentlemanly-looking, but very moderate; while 1 
Sittingbourne seems lengthened out, and improved in 1 
every way ; in short, he is an animal such as one seldom 1 
sees stripped; and, as we anticipated last week, Pelion | 
had not a chance with him. A glance at the latter during 
the Northampton meeting, was enough to convince us that 
it will take him many a long day to be the Pelion lie 
once was. We doubt, in fact, that he will ever he himself 
again, as his illness last autumn, and the shukincss of his 
legs, have been dead against him. 
As far as we can hear, Lord Clifden’s stable is in no 
great form. On Tuesday, Bumby made another of his 
quiet rider and trainer hits with Baalbec, who has a strong 
Chester Cup party, nnd Sir Robert Pigot lollowed up his 
ancient Essedarius luck, by winning the Newnmrket Stakes 
with Coup d' Rial, to tho immense delight of his Newmarket 
neighbours. Oddly enough, Dellanco nnd Virago were 
both in the town for it ; but, on second thoughts, both 
departed by tho same train on the morning of tho race. 
When wo also heard that the pen lmd gone through 
Bracken, and that Adine had been seized with sudden 
indisposition, wo did think that the way was pretty well 
cleared for Veteran. However, although Aliek Taylor 
has wrought a great improvement in him, he 1ms beon 
FISHING STATIONS, No. YI. — MONKEY ISLAND. — Drawn by T. II. Wilson. 
BRAY WATER FISHERY commences at Brond Place, lialf-a-mllc below Maidenhead Rridee ami lerminates a ‘ f piirtleul^^ Jack, V7bcl! I’ercb, Roach. Dace, and 
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THE GEonoE 1 "l WWJSS Angfo’X” Utbttd in tUo cent,, rf .be FLbory, larni.1.0, Pun,., B»«. 
Train, JiffiKSf’SfSi. W„.,rn lUIhrny, nr. running .11 an,; bn. those *bo „nd It enrenumt to go b y Ml. Son.l, W„l„n R.tl W , MU go. tin Omn.bn, (ran. Windsor .0 
. j Bray, which meets the half-pan four train. T. H. W. 
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