Vol. IV.— No. 83.] 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
THE GOODWOOD CUPS. — Drawn by T. II. Wilson, 
A CROYDON BASKETFUL. — Drawn bv II. IC. Brownb. 
TIIE SCHOONER MATCH— LOWESTOFT REGATTA.— Drawn by 
T. H. Wilson. 
OATES or RACES, 
JULY. — Radcliffc .. . 
.. 31 
Eccles 
.. 29 
JDoritcnil Pool 
.. 31 
Chelmsford 
.. 29 
Newton Abbot 
Derby 
AUGUST.— Wenlock 
.. 1 
Leominster 
Brighton 
Lincoln 
.. 31 
Airdrie 
SEPTEMBER. — Warwick 
.. 5 
Durham 
.. 3 
Lichfield 
.. 7 
Brighton Clnb .. .. 
.. 4 
Western Meeting .. .. 
.. 7 
Ripen 
.. 7 
North Staffordshire .. . . 
.. 8 
Doncaster 
.. 12 
Reading 
.. 8 
Dover 
.. It 
Lewes 
.. 10 
Pontefract 
.. 18 
Tonbridge 
Bedford 
Heaton Norris 
.. 14 
Leicester 
.. 20 
Wolverhampton .. .. 
Manchester Autumn 
.. 21 
Egliam 
Lanark 
Folkestone 
Newmarket First October 
.. 20 
Paisley 
Walsall 
Plymouth 
Northallerton .. 
Hartlepool 
»*- th 
Yarmouth 
York 
Chester Autumn .. .. 
Hereford 
Yorkshire Union Hunt . . 
.. 5 
Saturday, July 29, 1854. 
CONTENTS. 
Racing. — Turf Talk — Goodwood Meeting— Meetings of tlio Week— Pro- 
grammes -Sporting Miscellaneous, &c. 
Yachting. — Royal Western Yacht Club Regutta — Meetings of tlio 
Clubs — Yachting In Ireland, &c. 
Rowing in Ireland— Matches on the Thames. 
Cricket. — Mutch at Lords' — Games In the Provinces, &c. 
Oor Opera Glass .— 1 "The Old Chateau." 
Letter Bag— Ope Days — Freemasonry, &c,, &c. 
[With Supplement, Price 6 d . 
PRINCIPAL ILLUSTRATIONS NEXT WEEK. 
Mr. Garrard's GooDWoon Curs. 
Portilut or His Lath ltorAL IHoonkss tiib Duke or Suah x, 
Grand Master.. 
tkc. &c. &o. 
Wrexham .. .. 6 
Newmarket Second October . . 0 
Royal Caledonian Hunt .. ..11 
Warwick Autumn 17 
Richmond 18 
Newmarket Houghton Meet... 23 
Worcester Autumn 31 
NOVEMBER. — Epsom Autumn 2 
Liverpool 7 
Cowbrldge Hunt 8 
Shrewsbury Autunm .. ..14 
IRELAND 
AUG.— Heath and Maryborough 1 
Kilcock 
Galway 
Bellewstown 
Carlow 
SEPTEMBER.— Curragh 
Tuam 
Troraorc Strand .. .. 
Roscommon 
.. 23 
Limerick 
.. 28 
October.— J ohnstown .. 
.. 3 
Cashel 
.. 10 
Curragh 
.. 17 
Down Royal Corporation 
.. 24 
Fermoy 
.. 24 
STEEPLECHASES TO COME. 
July &0'''aJ3]. — Cnen — ThvG and' Steeplechase to close on June 2Gtlit 
the »econil StmmlBcUaifl and Consolation Prize to close 
on the 30th of July. 
Nov. 9. — Cowbrldgo Hunt. 
TURF TALK. 
"The chosen sport of a groat ami a free people.'* 
Oun Sailor King, 
G OODWOOD’S gigantic mooting absorbs tlio attention nfni 
connected with the turf ; nor is this to bo wondered ill 
wl on wo consider the number of largo races, (ho sums tnvcstm 
on tho issue, and tlio iufluonco they inu»t burn on futur 
events With tlio Derby uml Oaks in porspoctlvo, the on 
counter of so many two-your-oliln from North and Suit 
would alone form an object of iho greatest Interest ; hill 
when we odd to that iho several handicaps on varloti 
courses, each atablo anxious to obtiiln a lino from tin 
other as a guidance to forthcoming coiltOats, and with tin 
entry for tlio Cesarewituh mid Cunibridgusliiro so near u 1 
hand, til > Goodwood gathering may well ho deomud oao of lie 
most important, us it has long boon tho mod delightful 
features of the your. Dirk Huttornlok lias rodoomol 
• ho fame he lost at Liverpool. Starting at groiter olds 
than offered against ony one of his five opponents,! h ii 
