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PRAY WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN WITHOUT HIS RECREATIONS 
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list of illustrations. 
\MVfF MEAT, WINNER OF THE OAICS.— Drawn by H. Halt.. 
L ^FACES AND SHORT FACES; OR, POSTING THE DERBY 
L0 WINNER'S NAME OUTSIDE OUR OFFICE WINDOW.- 
Drawn by T. H. Wilson. 
PRIZE TURKEYS, THE PROPERTY OF JOHN FAIRLIE, ESQ— 
Drawn by H. Weir. 
PORTRAIT OF F. ERWOOD, THE RACQUET PLAYER. 
FISHING SKETCH— Drawn by BracRWELL. ETC. __ 
©ATES ©F RASES, 
JUNE.— Ascot Heath 
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Hampton . 
Knighton . 
Carlisle 
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Ludlow 
Bibury Club 
Stockbrldge 
W lnclicster 
JULY. — Ncwmarkc 
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Barnstaple . . 
Lancaster >• 
Odiham 
Harrogate .. 
Mansfield .. 
Liverpool . . 
Abingdon . . 
Ipswich 
Stourbridge 
Newton 
Stamford 
Nottingham 
Great Grimsby 
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Knutsford . . . 
IUdclift'o . • • • 
Deritend Pool . . 
AUGUST. — Brightoi 
Airdrie . • • • 
Durham . ■ ■ • 
Brighton Club . . 
Rlpon 
North Staffordshire 
Yarmouth .. ... 
Rending . . . . 
Lewes 
Wolverhampton 
Eghsin .. .• 
Folkestone .. .. 
Paisley .. •• 
York 
Hereford . . • • 
Ecclcs 
Chelmsford 
Derby . . • • • • 
Plymouth . . . . 
Lincoln .. . • 
SEPTEMBER.— Wi 
Lichfield 
Western Moetin„ 
Rochester and Chatham 
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Saturday, June 10 , 1854. [With Dome Supplement, PriceJ^ 
PRINCIPAL ILLUSTRATIONS NEXT WEEK. 
CONTENTS. 
Racing.— Turf Talk— Tattersall's-Ppovting Miscellaneous. 
YACinfica.— List of the R.L.Y.C.-P.W.Y.C. Match-Club Meet, 
ings, &c., &c. 
Cricket Nottingham t'. All England, &e. &c. 
Our Opera Glass.— A dclplii, and other Theatres. 
The War— N ews from ttic Black Sea and Baltic. 
Letter Bao Books— Ciiess— Angling, &c., &c. 
Doncaster 
Pontefract 
Bedford 
Leicester 
Manchester Autumn 
Lanark 
Newmuvkct First October 
Walsall 
Northallerton .. .. .. 
OCTOBER —Kelso . . 
Chester Autumn .. .. 
Yorkshire Union Hunt •• 
Wrexham . • • ■ • • * • * * 
Newmarket Second October . . 
Royal Caledonian Hunt . . 
Warwick Autumn 
Richmond 
Newmarket Houghton Meet... 
Worcester Autumn 
NOVEMBER— Epsom Autumn 
Liverpool 
Cowbridge Hunt 
IRELAND. 
JUNE.— Curragh 27 
JULY— Ballegcigh 
Down Royul Corporation . . 
AUG.— Ileatli and Maryborough 1 
Kilcock J 
Bellewstown 
Carlow 
SEPTEMBER.— Curragh .. o 
Tuam 
Tramore Strand .. 
Roscommon 
Limerick 
OCTOBER.- Johnstown ., 
Cashel 
Curragh 
Down Royul Corporation 
Fcnnoy 
STEEPLECHASES TO COME, 
r , an ai Caen— The Grand Steeplechase to close on June 2Gtli ; 
July 30 and 81 ^ e C ^gge3leehMB and Consolation Prize to close 
a! — 'JAHi r\f Tlllv 
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on the 30tU of July. 
PftwMilfrp Hunt. 
The Rabbit Warren— Drawn by H. Weir. 
The Queen’s Cup.- D rawn by T. H. Wilson.. 
The Ascot Cup— D rawn by T. H. Wilson. 
I Tire Royal Hunt Cup— D rawn by T. H. Wilson. 
A Croydon Bask rtpoll— D rawn by H. K. Browne. 
T Uf»F TALK. 
“The chosen s. o« of a great and a free people.” 
Oub Sailor Kino. 
I rrrtE audience at an American theatre were not one 
1 I whit more surprised, last month, because the author 
of « She Stoops to Conquer" did not appear at their call, 
than the racing public have been at their inability to dive 
into “ the great secret " of the British year. It » 8 
that we see that secret unriddled by a smalt, lengthy, 
short-legged horse, so thoroughly adapted for the quaint 
course & had to travel over Our i.nprcss.ons we must 
confess, were always against his chance as we thought 
him a thin-backed animal last year, while the Bay Middle- 
ton and Defence blood which courses in Ins veins has 
always struck us as being much more conducive to 
speed than stoutness. Be that as it may, Bay Middleton 
mastered Gladiator, Slane, and Venus on-three of the 
stoutest horses of the day— over the Old Derby Course; 
and we saw Meteora, who is not only by 
strains back to Partisan on her dam s side, fanly shuttm 
up in the Oaks a full distance from home. How true it is 
I t hat there is no golden rule about breeding? Attei bung 
..MINCE-MEAT," WINNER OF THE OAKS. PitAWS « n. 
