the field. 
considered to have achieved lus b ^\^ 
Buckhurst Stakes at the Craven 6 The 2,000 Guinbaa 
Baalbec and Phaeton ^ of moat persons, 
must be still freak m the r Hermit and Middlesex 
Bouwdo started at 5 to 4 on n ■ aud Champagne. In 
at the finish ™ ™ 1 subsequent Frida>% ho was 
the Newmarket Stakes, on e and Middlesex again 
nbad fourth ; no on y the liberty of precedence. 
befoMhnn, but Ar-Jloni. ^ Stftke8> beating El 
At Goodwood three-o uOTters of ft length, his other 
Dorado cleverly by t ^1 princo ArthuPf and the Physalis 
coT Favourably ns this performance may be viewed, it can- 
not be forgot that Cock-Pheasant, giving twelve pounds for it 
l mad. a dead heat of it with El Dorado for the Burgh cy 
Stakes at Stamford. Taking the whole of Boiardo * i™ , 
therefore, into consideration, it cannot warrant the osjumi 
lion that, he alone has ft ehanco of carrying off 
At one time ho laboured under the imputation of w . sthn-, 
but that charge at least seems to have vanished mto air. 
That he is no more than a mile-horse his victory fit Goo l 
wood must satisfactorily disprove. But MU. looking to 
antecedents, we can hardly reconcile to omjelvcs the 
position he holds in the betting, and we must rejgrd ith 
suspicion the sudden rush by which he attain^ l it, ■ » 
a loudly asserted, however that a t ia hw i taken plow 
at Malton, when the son of OHando and J^ss Bowe ou^ 
paced the whole team. This smocks something of the 
rive credence to in respect to turl anairs . ai *-»» 
present moment it seems ns if they would i baA Acrobat 
against the field for the Great \<nkshire Stakes, but we 
shall be in the hands of many of our readers befor e the re uU 
of the race can be known. Should Acrobat win with anything 
like ease, hU turn of favour may come, or k m 1 
doomed still to linger in the shade of the great Bomrdo , , if 
defeated wo may presume that 100 to 1 will go bogging. 
Despite these fitful starts of cloud, storm, ^d^nahme tho 
Legir is still an enigma, but we doubt not that John bcott 
1,0 \^rkTs ^holding her rich carnival of sport, and bidding fair 
to iSdo her honourable rival, Doncaster ? but as the meeting 
fills so late ill tho week, wo are able only to cast a Burned 
trl mce on the events already decided. The matchless Virago, 
fes a matter of course, made the Yorkshire Oaks her own ; 
her appearance having scared away all racing .»'eapectability 
from the field, a brace of less than mediocrities went to 
contest the 40 eoivs for second, but even there, too, the t 
was all one way. . , . -p, n’Tnnlo 
By some unaocountable error of judgment D . O Tj oie 
effcer having several times been bcateu at a 
baidicaps, was thought good onougli to win the Great JoM 
and South of England Biennial Stakes. He was made the 
favourite at 3 to l! and finished seventh m the race -nmuU 
field often. Mctooras victory, like that of Mi 
year at Goodwood, was ft BCoro in favour of the Northern 
stables. Rifleman maintained lus reputation ihy h ttmj the 
mark for tho Convivial Stakes, though the | ij{ tU ° t 
Cavalier, even at a 51b allowance, was hardly wh.it the most 
enthusiastic supporters of the Touchstone colt expected, oi 
^ThTBnerfl filly, now iamofi EiUmu-e hu 
horflme t winning tho ChMtorfleKl H,ndicap mi the 
Couuty Plate. The Ebor Handicap has witnessed the 
triumph of Grand Inquisitor, who furnishes another instance 
of thi uncertainty of the test of public running. Beaten 
easily by Ivan as a two-yr-old, he was nowhere in the Maiden 
Plate won by Jetty Treffz at Manchester in June last. He 
became °& ^tiling favourite at the eleventh hour to the 
discomfiture of Heapy. who lias literally 
on the heads of his unfortunate backers, till they wore finally 
handed over to the tender mercies of the Grand Inquunt tor. 
The Black Duck Stakes afforded n proof of the pluck that 
constitutes an EngUsb .porUmsn ; out of 
1,000 so vs each, four came to the post andllambli g ‘ 
f ,und her way home in advauce, to the full satisfaction, it 
may be presuLd, of Lord John Scott Foidune.hawevei^ 
is still at odds with Lord Glasgow ; u his bnm .of 
he paid forfeit for one, and was beaten in the other Jack 
Sheppard’s making booty of the Prmce of M 
tend to increase the number of the Lord of he I«Jj8 ^Ihcren^ 
The acceptances for tho Great ^ orkshire Handicap are 
declared, amounting to forty-one ; among the numhor the 
winner of to-day. Grand Inquisitor, is to be found at the lig 
impost of 5st 81b. The Cleveland Handicap lias closed with 
an acceptance of twenty-three. 
There arc several meetings during the coming week, though 
but few of them possess more than a local interest. The 
most important are Derby, Lincoln, and Chelmsford. 
dates of races. 
AUGUST.— Ecdes 
Sudbury 
Chelmsford 
Derby 
Leominster 
Lincoln .. 
SKI’TEMItt'Tt.— I/Citb • 
Chenille (Staffordshire) - 
Bungay 
Warwick 
Weymouth 
Lichfield 
Western Meeting- ■ — 
Rochester and Chatham . 
Marlborough 
Doncaster 
Totness 
Dover • 
Pontefract 
Bedford 
Leicester 
Newport. 
Manchester Autumn . . 
M Lanark 
2(> Chesterfield 
2H Newmarket First October 
29 Walsall 
, 29 I Monmouth * 
31 Northallerton 
. 1 Perth 
t OCTOBER.— Kelso 
! 6 Chester 
. & | Shoreham ■ ■ ■ • . * 
7 Yorkshire Union Hunt 
, 7 Wrexham , • • ' 7 
7 Newmarket Second October .... 
7 Royal Caledonian Hunt 
‘ s Warwick Autumn 
12 Richmond • ■ • ■ • • • • • • 
13 Newmarket Houghton Meeting. 
11 Worcester Autumn •• • 
; j,, NOV KM HER. — Epsom Autumn 
. ifi Liverpool 
. 2u Cowhridge Hunt 
2i Shrewsbury Autumn 
. 21 
STEEPLECHASES. . 
NOVEMBER. — CowbrldgcHunt 8 I OCTOUER.-Wanvick 
Shrewsbury • • • 10 1 
IRELAND. 
SEPTEMBER.— Curragh & i Curragh 
Jcnkinstown Pork *" 

Johnstown 
Roscommon 
Cahirccveen 
OCTOBER.— Cashel 1U 
Carrieiutiaeross 
Fermoy 
Limerick ■■••• 
Down Royal Corporation 
NOVEMBER— Armagh 
IRISH STEEPLECHASES. ^ 
OCTOBER.— Tramoro 2 I Limerick 
— 
TATTERS ALL’S.— Monday. 
Although there was little activity In the betting to-day, yet some of 
the operations were to n high degree important. . .. l li c 
For the Great Ebor Handicap, licapy experienced a further decline 
untn loo to 3 was reached; in fact, so unfavourable an opinion was 
Wft jie A7 V '—The almost forgotten Boiardo came out with such n rush 
that at one time, he was as good a favourite as anything for this event. 
was offered bar one.’ The principal investments which were made with 
regajf to Boiardo were at W and 10 to 1. 376 to 25 were taken twice 
■r i - >»%“•»> 
Vv o'Todc The odds quoted against Ivan and Champagne were taken 
m only smMl sums. In fhd early part of the aDernoon 500 to 40 was 
taken about King Tom, but towards the close 1000 to 5 was betted with 
; n eage^wMch palpably betokened that even 
derod extremely problcmaUcaL 000 to 200 was taken about Scott s 
“lot." . 
The room was very thinly attended. 
Ortat Ebor Handicap. 
6 to 2 agst The Grand Inquisi- I 10 to 1 agst Kingston (take 12 
„ . . Tros% lt) 16 to 1 Merrybird (t) 
S to 1 Dr? OToolo (t freely) | 100 to 3 Heapy 
SI. to 1 aRst M ar iey Hill (t) 
33 to 1 Dr. O'Toole (t) 
1000 to 5 King Tom (t A off) 
QUO to 200 Scott's lot (t) 
500 oven on Boiardo agst The Trap- 
per (t) 
7 to 1 agst The Trapper (t) 
0 to 1 Boiardo (10 to 1 1) 
14 to 1 1™"$.,. . 
15 to 1 Acrobat (t) 
1000 to 60 Dervish (oil ) 
30 to 1 Champagne (t) 
No Derby betting. 
MANCHESTER.— Tuesday. 
There have boon some important changes in the betting since our last. 
Heapv who has been unhealthy in tho market for some time, has gone 
to 40 U i, friendless. Grand Inquisitor. Doctor O'Toole, and Tros 
were the only horses in force this morning. For the bt Leger Dervish 
has receded to 15 to 1, while l.is stable companion has been freely 
backed at 10 to 1. In others we have little change to notice. 
Ebor Handicap. 
10 to t Kingston (l) 
Leamington Stakes. 
Tl,c Dundas Stakes of 60 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 
5 sovs each. One mile and a quarter. 1 3 subs. 
Mr. F. Gill's Bourgeois, l»v British Yeoman. 4 ym, 6st 4lb, Gill 1 
Mr! R. Harrison's King of Trumps, 6 yns, 8st01b, Cartwright 2 
Mr! Milner's Gropeshot. 4 yn, 7st9lb •• Ashmall 3 
Mr T. Smith's Sir Rowland Treuchanl, 0 yrs, 8st, 
Mr II Robinson's Billy Richardson, 6 yrs, bst »lb, G Waddington. 
Mr! Dawson’s Itch, 4 yrs, 7*t 21b, Aldcroft. 
Mr. I' Anson's Braxey, 6 yrs, 7st, Wells. 
Mr. Morris's Dove, 4 yrs, Ost 81b, Kendall. 
Mr. Edwards's Dagobert, 4 ym, Ost 21b, J. TVaddingtom 
Count Batthyany s Determination, 3 yrs, Ost, Stamford. 
Mr. Sanderson's Coiln, 3 yrs. Cat, T. Cliff. 
Betting— 7 to 4 agst King of Trumps, C to 1, each, ngst Grapcshot 
and Dove. 8 to 1, each, agst Bourgeois and Corin, aud 10 to 1 agre 
Dagobert Bourgeois made nearly all the running, and, after a smart 
race in with King of Trumps and Grapcshot, won by a neck ; a head 
only between the second and third. Dagobert was fourth Braxey 
fifth Itch sixth. Sir Rowland Trenchard seventh, Dove eighth, Deter- 
mination ninth, Corin tenth, and Billy Richardson lost 
Afuteh, 300, h ft. Last mile and a quarter of the Old Course. 
Lord Derby's Umbriel, by Touchstone, or Melbourne, 4 yrs, 8st .lb, 
received ft from Lord Glasgow's barbatus, 1 yrs, 8st 91b. 
The Yorkshire Oaks of 15 sovs each, 5 ft. with 100 added. For 3-yr-old 
fillies 8st 71b each. Various penalties and allowances. The second 
to receive 40 sovs out of the stakes, and tho third to save her stake. 
One mile and a quarter. 95 subs. .. , . , 
Mr. Howard's Virago, by Pyrrhus tho l irst, 8st 111b (mcluiL ^ 
M r. Jones's Adelaide, by Melbourne, 8st . .... • • • ■ • 2 
Mr J. Osborne's Lady Lambton. by Sleight of Hand^t Tlb, g 
Betting — Any odds on Virago, who led throughout, and won in a 
canter by two lengths. The third beaten off a long way. 
The Convivial Stake* of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added. For 2-yr-olds. 
Colts 8st 71b ; fillies, 8st 2lb. Certain allowances and penalties. 
The second to receive 10 per cent, out of the stakes, and tho third to 
save his stake. T.Y.C. . , 
M r. Osbaldeston's Rifleman, by Toutlistone, 8st 81b, Flat man 1 
General Anson's Cavalier, 1st 31b . “ 
Mr. J. Osborne's Lord Alfr ed, 8st 51b J- 0sb “"'“ J 
Mr. Melklnm's Sicily, 8st 41b • • • • ■ • ....Tom pieman 4 
Mr. Merry's Cock of the North, 8-st 31b, Knott. 
Mr. Balding's Thetis, Tst 131b, Whiterboum. 
Mr. W. H. Brook's Vanessa, 7fit 131b, Ashmall. 
Mr. Calt "ii's The Knight of the Village, 8st 3lb, Pearl. 
Mr. C. Peck's Jgo, Tst 131b, Chnrlton. 
Mr. C. Peck's T lie Cropper. 8st31b, Holmes. 
Mr. H. T. Thomson’s Barroda, 8st 31b, Basham. 
Mr. T. A. Wilkinson's Chelmerton, 8st 31b, Thorpe. 
Mr. Wofflnden’s Fortuneteller, Tst 131b, lYovor. 
Mr. Worthington's Lady Palmerston, ret 61b, MTutoliouse. 
Lord Zetland’s Fandango, Sst 61b, J. Marson. 
Mr. J. Whitworth's Rylston, 8st 6lb G. Oates 
Mr. J. Osborne’s Lady Tatton, 7st 131b, Carroll. nn , 
Betting— 6 to 4 on Rifleman, 8 to 1, each, agst Lady Palmerston and 
Rylstone, 12 to 1 agst Sicily, 100 to 7, each agst Cavalier and 
Chelmerton. Rifleman obtained the lead, and, after a very fine set-to 
with Cavalier and I.ord Alfred, he achieved the victory by a nccli. 
The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 60 added. 
Captain O. V. Haroourt's lEllermire 2 
Mr Ewbank S Snowdon Dunhill ; " "i o^bonm 3 
Sir Charles Monck's Hunca Munca •••'“ 
Betting — 5 to 4 agst Hunca Munca, 5 to 2 agst Ellcrmire, 4 to 1 ofl. 
agst any other. Won cleverly by half a length. 
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. 
Mr. Gully’s Hermit, by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs ■ ■ Well 1 
Mr. R. Beilby's Merry Monk, 3 yn 3 r= 
Betting— 2 to Von Hermit, 3 to 1 agst Defiance, 10 to 1 agst Merry 
Monk. Won cleverly by two lengths. 
The Burgundy Stakes of 100 sovs each, h f t 
Sir C. Monck s Vindex, 8st 71b . . . . . • • • ^ \ 
Duke of Bedford's Sittmgboarne, 8st 71b. i 
The betting opened at 6 to 5 on Sittmgbourne, but closed at J to 1 
on Vindex. Vindex won by half a length. 
Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. 
Mr. Montague's Tadeaster „ 
Mr. J. J . Henderson's Jenny Wren . . - -••••-■ U ' ; o 
Mr. T. Hesscltine's b c by Fitzallen out of ta ta s dam 3 
Betting— 7 to 4 agst Motley, 3 to 1 agst Mirobeau, 3 to 1 agst 
Tadeaster. Tudcaster won by a neck. Bad third. The winner was 
afterwards sold by auction to Mr. Pickering for 330 guineas, the fund 
thereby realising £3 16. 10a 
Showery weather, and the attendance of general company conse- 
quently somewhat scanty. Sport abundant and highly interesting 
Speculation brisk. By the bye, some means ought to be adopted to 
prevent the admission of “Welchers" into the betting enclosure; to- 
day the ring was infested with them. 
Since last year some excellent improvements have been made In con- 
nexion with the Subscription Stand; and every attention has J>een 
paid to the condition of the running ground, which is in capital orde . 
LATEST BETTING. 
Great Ebor Handicap. 
n to , Tros 1 1" to 1 agst Dr O Toole 
Mol — Grand Inquisitor I 16 to 1 Amalgamation 
b to 1 Kingston 
3 to 1 agst Boiardo 
12 to 1 Midsummer 
If, to i Acrobat 
20 to 1 Champagne 
20 to 1 • 
- Hermit 
St. Lege r. 
20 to 1 agst Ivan 
20 to 1 Tros 
30 to 1 Mariey Hill 
Derby. 
Crows can count Three and no more.-A few months 
since we were (says the Olive Branch) riding m a stage-coacli 
with several gentlemen, when the conversation turned upon 
the subject of crows, aud many interesting anecdotes were 
related/ One gentleman said that lie knew that crows could 
count — at least ns far :es three— for he had often proved it. 
Being troubled with crows in the field, he had often attempted 
to shoot them ; but they knew what ft gun was as uell se-> h 
did ;.ud therefore kept out of lus reach. He then concluded 
to put a small booth in the field, and place some carnoli-a 
dead horse — within gun shot. From this place lie supposed 
he could fire at thorn when they alighted to cat. ^ henexer 
he would enter the booth the crows would all sit upon the 
distant trees, and not oue would come near until he was gone ; 
then all would alight except the sentinel, who remained to 
give warning if danger approached. The gentleman, finding 
his plan to fail, thought he would deceive them. So be 
took his son with him to the booth, concluding that when 
thev had seen oue go away, the crows would think the coast 
clea 7 r and descend to the bait. But when his son left the 
booth a crow Hung out ‘‘caw caw, caw" (there goes one), but 
not a crow would leave his place. The next day the gentle- 
man took two pel-sons with him to the booth and then lot 
them depart one at ft time. The crows on the trees saw 
the first, and cried out “ There goes one m their own pecu- 
liar dialect ; then, when the other went, ' There goes tw o, 
but they would not light, for they had counted thre3 when 
they entered. The day following, the gentleman took three 
others With him. When they went out one by .wjto 
tried, “There goes one, “ iherc goes two, ‘“Jf® 
three;" and when these men were out of w*ht *ho> nil 
aliriit -d mid the guy of the fourth m»n did it - work. I nc 
’ 1 ft tr-Llhi'. thing had been tried repeatedly, 
r *«.**,*-C , 0Wl)COU id count as far aa three, but 
Jed. When they will ascend to tho 
ies i» yet to be ascertained. 
10 to 1 "ii the field offered 
7 to 1 tiffrt Trapper (off) 
10 to 1 Boiardo (t) 
12 to 1 Ivan (t) 
14 to 1 Acrobat (U 
15 to i Dervish (t A off ) 
St. Leger. 
33 to 1 agst Mariey Hill (t) 
33 to 1 Doctor O Toole (t) 
40 to 1 Hannibal ft) 
60 to 1 Aribbas (t) 
Derby. 
10 to 1 agst Gneculus Esurlens(t) | 20 to 1 agst Rifleman (t> 
♦ 
YORK AUGUST MEETING.— Wednesday. 
Second Year of the First Gnat North awl South of England Btcnnial 
Stakes of 10 sovs each, li 17, with 20 added. For 3-yr-olda Colts, 
Sst 71b fillies Sst 21b. Various penalties and allowances. 1 bl- 
ow ncr of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent on 
the w hole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent, on the 
whole stake Two miles, over the Old ( ourte. \i* subs. 
lfird Zetland s Ivan, 8st 4lb . .... v n umbv 3 
K w miiKeieyi uuihkui.im.o-. ■ ■ • 
Mi H. Hill s Dr. OToole, 8st 4lb, A. Day. 
M. J tjsbomc s Seducer, 8*t <lb, Ashmall. 
K R ?m! SaK 
Baling— 3 to l apd l>r. O'Toole, 7 to 2 agst Middlesex, 4 to 1 1 agst 
Metoora 6 to 1 agst Aribbos (t), 6 to 1 agst Scythian (off ), and 10 to 1 
f.yfX Ivan (off) Won very cleverly by a neck, the second beating the 
Sd two lengths. Bad fourth. Scythian wws filth ; Sister ol Mercy 
!j,th - Dr O'Toole seventh; Seducer and numguffin the next two; 
Middlesex in the extreme rear. In the first year (1653) it was won at 
Goodw ood by Marsya*. by threc-quaWM. of ft length ; 
King Tom third; Trump Queen a good fourth; Nahomi fifth, Dr. 
O'Toole sixth. 12 ran. 
Match. 300. Lut mile and a quarter. 
Mr. Groville's Mimcorite, by Hetman PlotvtV, 5 yrs, ( 
Lord < ; laegow's C xracara, by Birdcatcher, 6 yrs, 8 -17 lb, A. 
Betting— 4 to 1 on Muscovite, who waited until they were opposite 
tlic Stand, when lie w ent up and won easily. 
IRELAND. 
TUAM (Co. GALWAY) RACES.— Thursday, August IT. 
( Concluded from our last. ) 
of 3 sovs each, 25 sovs added. Weight for age, be. Two mile- 
rnari over four 4-feet walls. Won In two heats by Mr. French's 
: ci.. Thomas Burke's Eloiae, Tst 2lb. Balhnafad won the first 
heat easily, and the second by half a leng th, but ^i^^ha«n8 
been proved against his jock ( Mograne ), Alexia was aw arded 
and making stron g running for the third, won it e asily. 
TRAMORE (Co. WATERFORD) STRAND RAC 1> 
Wednesday, August 16. 
n, Raihcay </*»*«.) rm . «. *. »»- 
Mb. Mr. Spencer's Faith, lost 71b, and Mp ' won in 
Stewards' Handicap of 10 sovs. Ovc mdc 1 and a half 
three heats by Mr. Rice's b m Camilla, 6 yrs, lOst rib (Maiierj, 
Mr Purcell* Waterford, list. 
■ -♦ 
il'rigljtS; Smninntinns, nni ftrrcptnnrrs. 
PROGRAMME OF CHELMSFORD RACES. 
Tuesday, August 29. yy r 
The Mark's Halt Stakes of 10 sovs each, wdth 25 added 7 _ five , 
Hollywood, Esq. Threc-yr-ol.ta. Ost 1.1b; f ou* 1 ? uia i.lens 
list 81b; si* and aged, list Ulb; m and g nlowed-llb^ Cen . 
allow ed 41b. upwards, 7lb. The winner to be sold for A ■■ 
tlemcn riders, qualified ns for the Anglesey Stakes at G 
professionals, «lb extra. Mile • MT. . 
S4?SS»V, ) S.b^ KW" ow 
, li-b, aged ‘ 8y " 
