Vol. IV.— No. 91.] 
Saturday, September. 23, 1854. 
[With Supplement, Price Cut , 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
THE ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB MATCH.— 
Drawn by T. U. ‘Wilson, 
BURNING OF THE FORT OF SOUBISH1K. 
HOSPITAL AT TCHOUROUK-SU. 
DESTRUCTION OF FORT TSHAS. 
"The chosen sport of a great and iv free people." 
rr . nr . , „ Opr Sailor Kino. 
' 1 1HIi late Doncaster Meeting is likely to be as memorablo 
X as any of its i>redecessors. With a large amount of 
racing, and most valuable prizes, if anything was found to 
cause disappointment or dissatisfaction, it certainly did not 
proceed from those entrusted with the management. 
Favoured by the most delightful weather, there was every 
prospect that the sport at the great northern gathering, so 
happily begun, would have been brought to a brilliant con- 
clusion. But it was to be otherwise. The unexpected result of 
the bt. Leger had occasioned an irritation of feeling, which, 
though subdued for a time, fouud a sudden vent at the ter- 
mination of the running for the Doncaster Stakes on the 
following Friday. We allude to the violent demonstration 
made against John Scott. That this well-known trainer 
should be reviled and assaulted on the scene of so many of 
CONTENTS. 
Racing— Turf Taik— Betting— Leicester and Bedford Races— Pro- 
grammes: Newmarket October Meeting, Northallerton Meeting 
” nllsa11 Mooting, Caledonian Hunt, Stirling Meeting, &c. 
Yachting— Royal London Yacht Club— Medway Club Regatta— Irish 
Yachting, &c. 
Rowino— Angling— O ra Opera Glass— Police, &e. 
OnicKET — Reports of the Matches played during tlio week, See. 
his former triumphs is a serious incident' in turf history 
Englishmen are supposed to be apathetic. Bo that as it 
may, excitement is nowhere seen in such force as ou a ‘ race- 
course. Let there be a close contest for any great event 
and shouts aro vociferated, hats thrown in the air, with 
a heartiness that proves the warm interest they take in 
the sport. At other times, though but rarely, when they 
conclude that they have been deceived, or deprived of a 
fair run, they hesitate not to . give utterance to their disap- 
pointment. But all attempts at personal violence, or even 
the approach of it, cannot bo too severely stigmatised. 
\\ hat might have been deemed a rough expression of honest 
feeling, is at once converted into a disgraceful outrage. The 
affair, it must bo presumed, arose from the easy victory of 
Acrobat m the Doncaster Stakes, after the sorry figure he 
made in the St. Leger. That it was a sudden ebullition is as 
fair to infer, os tho object of attack being fortunate enough 
to have -such powerful pugilistic aid at hand was un- 
premeditated. Taking it in any light, however, we fear that 
PRINCIPAL ILLUSTRATIONS NEXT WEEK 
Sebastopol. 
Views in the Black Sea and Baltic 
See. St c. Sec, 
it will furnish tho enemies of the turf with a weapon they 
will not fail to liaudlo on tho first promising oeoasioii.' Tluv 
i grave question now arises, was there any just, oauso for all 
tills t Was the Logor truly run > Tho answer can bo no 
other than a mutter of opinion, and necessarily distorted Ny' 
prejudice, unless a searching investigation at once take plaoiV 
In tho meantime, men will say tlmt, barring an accident, 
Arthur Wellesley and Scythian cannot boat Acrobat, and that 
Ivan is better, witli Job Marson on his back, than young 
Ash mall with two stono dead weight. They also declare 
that large sums were betted against tho son of Ithurlol, anil 
the layers stood tho chance out, devoid of fear, and nov.ir 
thought, of hedging. Tho best public performer, it must bo 
ad nutted, held by no means tho relative position in tho 
market. Whence this disfavour towards Acrobat? He had 
been beaten in a trial by Boiardo was tho accredited report. 
W ell, that, at least, is capable of proof. Hut Lord Derby 
started no less than three horses for the race, and omitted 
tho usual declaration with which ho intended to win. It 
