Vol. IV. — No. 84.] 
Saturday, August 5, 1854. 
[With Supplement, Price Qd . 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
MR. GARRARD’S GOODWOOD CUP. Drawn by T. II. Wilson. 
EMBARKATION OF BASHI-BAZOUKS. 
THE IMAM (MAHOMEDAN PRIEST) BLESSING BASIII-BAZOUKS 
AT THE SERA SKIER AT, CONSTANTINOPLE. 
ENCAMPMENT OF BASHI-BAZOUKS AT VARNA, THE 25TH OF 
JUNE, 1851. 
CONTENTS. 
Racing.— T urf Talk— Brighton nnd Radcllffc Meetings— Programmes— 
Sporting Miscellaneous, tee. 
Yachting.— R oyal Western Yaclit Club Regatta— Meetings of the 
Clubs— Yarmouth Regatta. 
Rowing on the Thames. 
CiucKet.— M utch at Lord’s— Games In the Provinces, &c. 
Our Off.ha Gi.Ass-Closlng of the AUelphl. 
Lkttbr Bag— Off Dats— Freemasonry, Sic., tfcc. 
RRINCIPAL ILLUSTRATIONS NEXT WEEK. 
FniiNcn Tr:ops at ADitiAKoru;. 
Fisntxo at Hampden, Coxxecticot, U S. 
Floatixo Town at Caxtox. 
View of Batoum, Brack Sea. 
&c. Ac. Ac. 
DATES OF RACES. 
AUGUST— Rlpon 7 
North Staffordshire 8 
Reading 8 
Lewes 10 
Tonbridge 11 
Heaton Norris 11 
Wolverhampton 11 
Egham 16 
Folkestone 17 
Paisley 17 
Plymouth 17 
Hurtlcpool 17 
Yarmouth 22 
York 23 
Hereford 21 
Eccles 23 
Chelmsford 29 
Derby 29 
Leominster 29 
Lincoln 31 
SEPTEMBER.— Warwick .. 5 
Lichfield 7 
Western Meeting 7 
Rochester and Chatham . . . . 7 
Doncaster 12 
Dover 11 
Pontefract 18 
Bedford 19 
Leicester 20 
Manchester Autumn .. ..21 
Lanark 22 
Newmarket First October ..26 
Walsall 27 
Northallerton 28 
Perth 28 
OCTOBER— Kelso 3 
Chester Autumn 3 
Yorkshire Union Hunt .. .. 5 
Wrexham 5 
Newmarket Second October . . 9 
Royal Caledonian Hunt .. ..11 
Warwick Autumn 17 
Richmond i 
Newmarket Houghton Meet. . . 23 
Worcester Autumn 31 
NOVEMBER. — Epsom Autumn 2 
Liverpool 7 
Cowbridge Hunt 8 
Shrewsbury Autumn .. ..14 
IRELAND 
AUG.— Heath and Maryborough 1 
Kileock 
Galway H 
Hellewstown li; 
Carlow jg 
SEPTEMBER. -CuiTagl. .. 5 
Tuam 19 
Tramore Strand 21 
Roscommon 25 
Limerick 28 
OCTOBER. — Johnstown.. .. 3 
Cashel 10 
Cuiragh 17 
Down Royal Corporation . . 21 
Fcrmoy 24 
STEEPLECHASES. 
Nov. 9.— Cowbridge Hunt. 
MR. GARRARD’S GOODWOOD CUP— Drawn ut T. H. Wilson. (Seo Page 722.) 
TURF TALK. 
"Tho clioson sport of a great and a lYeo 
poople." Ouk Sailor Kino. 
T)UIUHTON, tlio usual attendant 
D on Goodwood, stands about mid- 
way In thu racing season; ho that, 
though wo began ns far buck us tlm 
first of February at Newton, wo 
have an equal amount of sport to 
look forward to ns that which wc 
have pnsreri. Many and many u 
sharp contest, with unlooked-for 
results, may thoroforo bo expected 
before tho thorougli-breds finally re- 
tire to their winter quarters. 
Another impostnnt handicap, on 
Wednesday, loll to tlm lot of an ex- 
treme outsider; making up tlm 
fourth within three weeks; Ammo- 
nia. at Liverpool; St. Andrew, at 
Notl inglmm; Brihory, at Goodwood ; 
and Wink field, at Brighton. How- 
ever much the book-makers may 
sigh over the decadency of specu- 
lation, Issues like tlieHo must n fiord 
them no inconsiderable quantity of 
consolation. Tho system of liuudi- 
cappiug has furnished tho truo 
arcanum of tnoney-making to thoso 
who bet round, und understand their 
business. In proof of tills assertion 
let us turn tosomo of (lie cliicfovcnta 
of the year. Jacquollno Blurted at 
25 to 1 for the .Vortliumptonshiro 
Stakes; Coup d’Ktnt was unracn- 
tinned for tlio Newmarket Handicap; 
25 to 1 was tlio leust offer ugninst 
Epaminondqs for the great betting 
race of tlio souron — the Chester Cup; 
Snowdon Dunldll wuswithont a prico 
for the Union Cup at Manchester ; 
Little Hurry won the Ascot Stakes 
at 10 to 1 ; Brocket tin: Iloyal Hunt 
Cup at 15 to 1 ; nnd Grapesliot 
carried off the Northumberland 
Piute at 12 to 1 against him. Tho 
principal exception wan in the chbo 
of Virago, tlio favouritu for the Me- 
tropolitan, and who shortly after- 
wards becurno thu winner of tlio 
Grout Northern Uundicup ut (3 to 4 
on her. 
The victor of tho Uiighton Stakes 
did a clever thing ns a taro-year-old, 
with 7 st 31b on Ins buck by clearing 
Epaminondtis ut the sumo weight, 
by a length fur tho Baron's Stakes 
THE GOODWOOD CUP. 
The third ** cup ” for Goodwood is from the manufactory of 
Mr. Garrard, of the Huymarket, and represents an Arab 
horseman receiving a pitcher of water in the desert from a 
Woman stationed by tho side of a well. Tho artist lias intro- 
duced a child, a she-goat, and a kid, with good accessorial 
effect ; two palm trees wave over the heads of all these and 
render the general composition very pleasing. Mr. Cotterilb 
by whom the whole has been designed, during bis recent visit 
to the East, had many opportunities of seeing oriental scenery 
»nj costumo, and lie has availed himsolf of his exporionce to 
produce figures full of truth and accurately characteristic. The 
omale, the horse, and the Arab who is on his back, are as 
close to roality as art can dopict, and render the “ cup,” !n- 
ependeutly of its intrinsic worth as a piece of precious metal, 
•xtremely valuable. 
Hares IN the East. — An olfieor with the army in Tm key 
says : — “ It is a curious fact, that during the whole eiego of 
Silistria hares were to bo found in the adjoining vineyards. 
Our chasseurs killed one not 300 yards from the bastion, 
where the briskest firing was kept up. Tho storks also never 
left their nests, built on houses, which were riddled with shot 
and splinters.” 
All the divisions remain in precisely tho same condition 
Most of them are occupied in inventing such expedients for 
amusing themselves and killing timo as tho resources of the 
country afford. At Devna, where tho light division are staying, 
with the cavalry and artillery, spirited horse-races take placo 
every week, and the famo of their “summer meetings,” as 
they are called, is pretty well spread throughout the forces. 
“ Divisional Soirees " have also been got up of a most amus- 
ing and jovial kind, and with them, at least, the time passes 
pleasaally enoagh. The 2nd division, under Sir Do Lacy 
Evans, which lies midway between this and Devna, have got 
up 39010 capital ruces, which take place weekly. Last week, 
the officers subscribed 3Uf. towards tlio prizes, which, h* a 
matter of course, were closely contended for. The other day 
they had a grand battue, and about a thousand of tlio men 
turned out to beat the country for gnmo, but their camp fires 
and hands had been in the neighbourhood too long, lor no 
particular success attended the expedition. Tlio proceeds of 
the whole day’s sport were only two Imres. 
The Moons, & c. — Disease is still continuing among the 
grouse in this neighbourhood, having spread to tlio young 
birds, ond it is feared that tho sport tills year will he inferior. 
Hares are, however, very plenty in this quarter. In Perth- 
shire the young broods of grouse are •uffuiingso much from 
a disease, which is supposed to bo tapeworm, (hut In sumo 
districts there will be a total failure of young birds. Ureenock 
Advirtiser. 
Pa rtr i OGE 9 . — We are informed that tlio grouse on tho 
Pickering moors are very scarce, many broods having been de- 
stroyed by thunder storms. Partridges; however, are num<H> 
ous and strong on the wing. 
