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PROGRAMME OF THE WALSALL MEETING. 
Wednesday, September 27. 
The Innkeeper* Stake* ol 3 sovs each, with 20 added. Three-yr-old*. 
6 st 121b; four, Sat ; five, S*t 71b; six and aged. Ost; mares and 
geldings allowed 31b. A winner once In 1854 to carry 31b; twice, 
Mb: thrice or more, 71b extra. Heats. Once round and a distance. 
To close and name on or before the 25th of September. 
The Members' Stakes of 3 «OT* each, with 25 added. Three-yr-old*. 7*t 21b; 
four, ssttilh, five, 9»t; six and ngeil, Ost 61b; mares and gohlinga 
allowed 2lb. With certain penalties ami allowances. Tho winner to 
be sold for £100. Heat*. Once round and a distance. To close 
and name the same ns the Innkeepers' Stake*. 
The Bradford Handicap of 5 SOVS each, 3 ft, and one only If declared, with 
50 added. A winner of any Handicap of £100 after tho weight* arc 
declared to carry 5lb extra. About two miles. 
age st lb 
Bull's-eye 6 7 13 
Lady in Waiting r> 7 0 
Time it liens 0 7 4 
bright Phccbus .. 3 7 2 
Clio .. 3 ft 2 
THE FIELD 
age st lb 
Lancashire Las* 4 8 8 
Magnet 4 * 2 
Morning Star 6 8 0 
ch m by Ith Uriel, Jam by 
The Saddler 5 7 13 
Seven pay £l each. 
The SwLllers' Stakes of 3 bovs each, with 20 added by the saddler* of 
Walsall. Threc-yr-olds, 7stlilb; four, fist Dlb; five, !tst ; six and 
aged, Ost 71b; inures and geldings allowed 3lb. The winner to be 
sold for £70. Selling allowances. One mile and a half. To close 
and name the same as the Innkeepers' Stakes. 
Trthmday. 
The Raiheay Plate of 3 nova each, with 20 added by the lessee of the South 
Staffordshire Railway. Threc-yr-olds, 6*1 121b; four. 8»t ; five, 
fist 71b; six. fist 12lb; aged. Ost; mares and gelding* allowed 31b. 
A winner once in 1854 to carry 31b; twice, 5lb; thrice or more, 
71b extra. Heats. Once round and a distance. To dose and name 
the same as the Innkeeper*' Stake*. 
The Tradesmen's Plate ok 3 *ov» each, with 25 added. Threc-yr-olds, 
7st 1011 1 ; four, fist 121b; live, Ost Olb; six. Ost 121b; aged, 10»t ; 
marcs and geldings allowed olb. Two miles. To close and name the 
same as the Innkeepers' Stakes. 
The I lather tan Handicap of 8 *ov* each, 2 ft, and only 1 If declared, with 
.10 added. A winner of nny handicap after the weights ore declared 
to carry 6lb extra. About two miles. 
ago st lb I ago st lb 
Lancashire Lass -t 8 7 Hetty Pockets 4 7 7 
Bull's-eye 6 8 1 Liberty u 7 0 
ch in bv Ithurlel, dam by Battery 4 7 8 
The Saddler 6 8 0 I Clio 3 6 2 
Might pay £l ouch. 
The Consolation Stakes of 2 sovb each, with 1 5 added. Thrcc-yr-olds, 
fist 21b; four. Oat 41b; five, Ost I lib; six and aged, lOst; marcs and 
geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for £40. Selling 
allowances. Heat*. Once round und a distance. To close in the 
evening of the first day's races. 
ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT AND STIRLING 
MEETING, 1854. 
The Caledonian Handicap of 16 BOV* each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared 
on or before Wednesday the 27tli Inst, with 100 added. Tho winner 
of any stake worth £200, hi* own stake included, betwixt that day 
and the day of publishing the weights, to carry 6lb oxtra. Two 
miles. 
Ilcd Lion 6 
Little Jack a 
Pitfall 4 
The Skinner 4 
Bracken 3 
Ammonia 6 
Audubon 4 
Colsterdale 
lirtxey 
age st lb 
0 
7 12 
7 11 
7 11 
7 0 
7 ft 
7 0 
7 0 
7 
7 4 
7 4 
7 2 
7 0 
0 11 
0 0 
0 £ 
0 2 
Should the highest weight accepting be under fi*t 71b, it will bo raised 
to that weight, aud the others In proportion. 
The Stirling Stakes of 10 sovs each. 6 ft, and only 3 If declared on or 
before tiie 27th Inst., with 60 added. The winner of any Handicap 
subsequent to the publishing of the weights of £100 value to carry 
till,, of two. or of the Caledonian Handicap, Olb extra. The second 
horse to save Ids stuke. One mile and a half. 
ngc *t lb 
Peggy 4 7 6 
Neville 3 
Morning Star 6 
Merry Bird 6 
Aribbas 3 
Amalgamation 3 
The Jealous One 3 
Bianca 3 
The Spinner 3 
Pitfall. 
Vindex 
The General 
Maid of Team Valley .... 
Peggy 
st 
11. 
ngc 
st 
lb 
4 
N 
7 
Friar's llnll 
ft 
12 
£ 
8 
2 
Morning Star 
ft 
10 
4 
N 
II 
Neville 
ft 
8 
a 
7 
10 
Arihhas 
. 3 
ft 
6 
ft 
7 
8 
Gipsy Bov 
0 
6 
r, 
7 
H 
Delusion (late Motley) . 
. 3 
ft 
3 
■t 
7 
K 
Bianca 
ft 
3 
4 
7 
ft 
Tho Jealous Ono 
. 3 
ft 
0 
a 
7 
2 
Garrulity 
. 3 
6 
10 
£ 
7 
2 
The Spinner 
5 
10 
4 
7 
2 
Mandrienrdo 
r> 
10 
6 
7 
0 
Plurnix 
6 
7 
4 
7 
0 
Penitent 
6 
7 
4 
rt 
12 
Should the highest weight accepting be under fist 71b, it will be raised 
to that weight, und the other* in proportion. 
WHITEHAVEN. 
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2 (ith and 27tb. 
irAitildNn Plate of 50 sot*, added to a Sw eepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, 
and 3 only If declared. The second to save his stake. Certain 
winners extra. Twice round ami a distance. 
ago st 11: 
St, Andrew 4 fi 7 
Dalkeith 6 8 3 
Young Hack 3 7 13 
Angelo 4 7 ft 
Juney 
liOilncad 
Maid of tho Tees. 
The Sheriff 
ago st lb 
4 7 7 
3 7 7 
3 7 7 
3 7 1 
Three pay £3 each. 
The Tradesmen's Plate of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, with 40 
added. A winner of any Handicap of £100, after the weights are 
declared, to carry Mb extra. Twice round. 
ago st lb 
St. Andrew 4 8 7 
Dalkeith 5 8 1 
Young Hack 6 7 It 
Hairthom 4 7 7 
Angelo 4 7 7 
Four pay £3 each. 
•Taney 
Maid of the TCes S 
Seducer 3 
The Sheriff 3 
age st lb 
4 7 5 
MONMOUTH MEETING. 
Thursday and Friday, September 28th and 29tli. 
The Militia Plate. 
The Chippenham Stakes. 
age st lb 
Alp a 8 7 
Morning Star 3 8 0 
Gaylad, h-b a 8 6 
Postulant 4 8 6 
LaJulve 4 7 13 
Magnet 4 7 13 
Eden 0 7 11 
age rt lb 
Jonathan Martin 3 7 6 
Waterfall 0 
Merlin 5 
Bright Phoebus 3 
Lurley 3 
Master Horton 3 
7 3 
0 13 
6 10 
0 7 
5 11 
Nine pay £3 each. 
PAIN’S LANE (SALOP). — Monday, September 25. 
Pain’s Lane Handicap of 5 sov* each. 2 ft, with 50 added. Twice round 
and a distance. 
age 
st lb 
7 10 
7 10 
age *tlb 
Bordeaux 
Ferret 
.... fi 6 2 
Block Doctor 
o 
7 l 
Liberty 
.... a fi 2 
LcJuif 
7 0 
La Belle 
.... 4 0 2 
7 0 
Minerva 
. . . . 4 6 0 
ft 10 
Handsome Buck .. .. 
.... 3 5 7 
Itch 
ft 10 
Go A wav 
.... 3 6 0 
Lumley 
ft 8 
Bright Phcebus 
.... 360 
May Day 
Thirteen pt 
y £2 each. 
LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1858. 
First Day . — Lord Glasgow's ch c by Surplice, out of Clarissa, ngst Lord 
Derby's Pyrrhus the First, out of Tour dc Force, fist 71b each. Three 
quarters of a mile. £300, h ft. 
1857, ’58, ’59. 
First Day . — To run at two years old in each year (colts fist 7lb, fillies, 
fist 4lb), the produce of Lord Glasgow's Clarissa agst the produce of 
Lord Derby's Tour de Force. Three quarters of a mile. £300, h ft. 
Produce to live a fortnight, or no race. 
BRECONSHIRE. 
The Dreconshxre Stakes of 6 sovs each, 3 ft, only 1 If declared by the 27th 
of September, with 60 added. 
age st lh 
Gavlad a ft 0 
Slooping Partner 0 8 4 
Noisette 4 8 4 
Tower 6 8 4 
Tho Ferret £ 7 12 
Minerva 4 7 8 
Betty Pockets 4 7 6 
Jonathan Martin 3 7 0 
Heats. One mile and a half. 
age st lb 
Bright Phoebus 3 7 1 
Lora John..... 3 
Merlin £ 
Susannah 4 
Ginger, h-b 4 
Master Horton .. 3 
Fanny, by Lanercost. ... a 
7 
6 12 
0 12 
0 12 
0 10 
C 8 
IRISH TURFIANA. 
The programme of the Curragh October Meeting has just 
been published, by which we perceive that nineteen events, 
including three Royal Plates, the Paget, Sligo, Cesarewitch, 
Kirwan, and National Produce Stakes, are set forth for 
decision. The last-named will be worth over £400. 172 
horses are weighted for the three classes of the Trainers' 
stakes. The Corinthian Race, which usually winds up the 
Curragh meetings, is omitted from the programme this year, 
probably on acoount of its not having filled on the two last 
occasions. 
The Ballinarobe Races are fixed for the 26th and 27th 
insts., under the stewardship of G. G. O. Higgins, Esq., 
M.P. ; G. H. Moore, Esq., M.P.; Captain Gough, 7th Dra- 
goons ; G. Martin, Esq., and Thos. Edwood, Esq. Mr. Hig- 
gins, the county member, has, iu the handsomest manner, 
presented a Gold Cup, to be rqped for over hurdles. There 
are to be three races each day. 
The weekly meetings of the Committee of Management of 
the Irish Metropolitan Steeple Chases are, as usual, held 
each Tuesday evening. Subscriptions are fast pouring in 
from the nobility, gentry, and trading classes ; so that there 
will be no dearth of the “ sinews of war ” at Confy Castle, on 
Monday and Tuesday, the 9th and 10th of October. We are 
glad to perceive that the Marquises of Waterford and Conyng- 
ham, the Earl of Clonmell, and Captain the Hon. J. W. H. 
Hutchinson, have undertaken to act ns stewards — names 
sufficient to lend to the meeting a degree of importance 
never exceeded at any similar gathering in the sister king- 
dom. The Citizens’ Gold Challenge Cup will, when finished, 
be a beautiful specimen of native workmanship. It is manu- 
factured from gold found in Irish mines, and is wrought by 
Irish hands. We had almost forgotten to mention that the 
programme will bo augmented by four Corinthian Races, got 
up by the military ; so that, with five events each day, as 
good a two days’ sport as could be desired is in store for the 
citizens of Dublin on the above dates. 4 
The inhabitants of Balia (Co. Mayo), bad a quiet little 
gathering on the 8th inst. There were two events decided : 
the first, a sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, 10 sovs. added, won 
by Mr. Rutledge's Fanny ; and the second a Bweepstakea of 
1 sov. each, 5 sovs. added, by Mr. T. Nally's Miracle. 
The Palmerstowu (Co. Dublin) barriers will commence 
hunting on the 29th of the present month, on which day 
they will meet at Castlebaggot. Mr. Wm. Lynch has again 
undertaken tho mastership. 
The members of the Limerick Coursing Chib will meet for 
the first time this season at Derrycastle, on the 17th and 18th 
insts. Their second meeting will take place at Clorane, on 
the 22nd and 23rd of October : and their third at Glenstal 
Castle, on the 19th und 20th of December. 
ago st lb 
ago st lb 
Waterfall 
... ft 11 0 
Miss Pranks 
. 0 10 £ 
Betty Pockets 
Dhustono 
. 4 10 fi 
Gossip 
Empress Catherine. . . 
. 3 i* 12 
Alleborclio 
Susanna 
. 4 11 12 
The Deformed 
Gr&zlclla 
.800 
Monmouthshire Stakes. 
age *t lb 
age st lb 
Tfttcrstonc, li b 
Newbold 
Minerva. . . 
4 ft IU 
Morning Star 
.... 6 7 11 
Waterfall 
.000 
.. .. 4 7 fi 
The Merlin 
.606 
.... 4 7 1 
Lurley 
. . 3 0 0 
.... ft 7 1 
Master Horton (Into A 
a- 
.... 0 0 13 
lcntiniuu) 
..367 
.. 3 0 13 
Nine pay 
£" each. 
County Members’ Plate. 
ogc st lb 
ngc st lb 
.... ft 0 o 
hr c by t an Tromp. out 
.... a 8 4 
| Moonbeam 
.... 5 8 3 
Quotionnblo 
.255 
.... 4 7 7 
eli f by Py rrhus the 1 irst 
..470 
1 out of Olive Oil . . . 
..263 
J ovkct 
.... 1 7 4 
Wood foul 
Suranna ... . 
... 4 ft i> 
| Myrtle 
.. 2 5 0 
GrazU.Ua, h-b . 
... 3 0 4 
I Pope Joan (paid) ... 
.. fi 0 1 
pole Star 
* ~ ‘i* 
COUBSINQ FIXTURES. 
SPORTING MISCELLANY. 
The Devon and Somerset Stag-hounds will meet on 
Tuesday, Sept. 26th, at Harford ; on Tuesday, the 28th, and 
ou Saturday, the 30tli, at Dulvertou, each day at half-past 
nine o’clock. 
Capture of an Otter near Abingdon. — One of those 
rare occurrences iu the neighbourhood of Oxford, the cap- 
ture of an otter, luis just been effected by a keen old sports- 
man named Benjamin Lee, residing at the old turnpike-gate- 
house, on the Chatham-read. The auimal was taken by 
means of a rabbit-trap, set at the bottom of the shallow part 
of an unfrequented stream (belonging to J. S. Phillips, Esq., 
tho worthy owner of the South Oxfordshire Hounds), running 
along the bottom of the Mill-hUl, Culharn. The captive has 
been placed iu the farm of that gentleman, and is doing well. 
It will, however, be some little time before it recovers from a 
wound inflicted iu the log, where it was caught. Wo under- 
stand this is the fourth of the species which has been caught 
in this locality, one of which now forms an object of interest 
iu the stuffed collection at the Abingdon Literary Institute. 
Another afforded considerable sport to the hunting fraternity 
a few years since, and, doubtless, will be remembered by 
some of our readers ; and a third is now the property of a 
gentleman at Watlington. 
The Emperor an! Empress will, it is said, on the return 
of the latter from Biarritz, reside for some days at the palace 
<>f Compu'gue. Great preparations are already being made 
for the reception of their Majesties; and the hunting estab- 
lishment has been sent to Compiegne. 
Biggar Open (Lannrk) 
Cotnbermere Open (Cheshire) 
Huggate Open (York) 
Border (Roxburghshire) 
Wiltshire Champion (Ayles- 
bury) 
Market Weighton ( Yorkshire) 
The Baron Hill (Beaumaris, 
Anglesea) 
Blackpool (Lancashire) 
Caledonian Open (Lanurk) .. 
Dairy and N. of Ayrshire .... 
N. Berwick and Dirleton (Ber- 
wickshire) 
S. Lancashire Open (South- 
port) 
East Surrey (Surrey), 
Scooton (York) 
permitting.) 
ER. 1 854. 
DATE. 
JUDGE. 
3 
Mr Dunlop 
;t and t 
4, 5, and 6 
5 and 6 
Mr. McGcorge 
Mr. A. Bennett 
16, &c. 
17 
Mr. A. Bennett 
18 and 19 
Mr. Warwick. 
18 and 19 
19 
25 and 26 
Mr. Dunlop 
26 
Mr. Nightingale 
25, 26, and 27 
Mr. A. Bennett 
26 and 27 
Mr. Lawrence. 
26, & C. 
Mr. Norval 
NOVEMBER. 
Malton Open (York) 
1 , 2, and 3 
Kidgway (Lancashire) 
Nithsdaic and Galloway Open 
2 and 3 
St. Leger 
Cardington Club (Bedford- 
2 and fol. days 
shire) 
7, &c 
Spelthome Puppy Cup ( Wilts) 
9, 10, and 11 
9 and 10 
Altcar Club (Lancashire) — 
Newmarket Open 
13 
Caledonian St. LegerfLnnark) 
Ashdown Park Champion 
16 
(Berkshire) 
20 
Sundorne (Salop) 
22 and 23 
ChatsworthOpen( Derbyshire) 
Newcastle, Northumberland, 
22 and 23 
and Durham 
28, 29. and 30 
Coquetdale ( N orthumberland i 
Not fixed 
Mr. McGcorgo 
Mr Watson 
Mr. A Bennett 
Mr. Lawrence 
Mr. A. Benuett 
Mr. Nightingale 
Mr. A. Bennett 
Mr. A. Bennett 
Mr. Warwick 
DECEMBER. 
Bigger Club (Lanark) 
Ridgway (Lancashire) 
Spelthorne (Middlesex) 
Caledonian (Lanark) 
5 
7 and 8 
7 and 8 
14 
Mr. Lawrenco 
JANUARY, 1855. 
Biggar Club (Lannrk) 
The renewed trial between 
North-Western und South- 
Western Coursers, at Ly- 
tham (Lancashire) 
23 
29 and fol. days 
FEBRUARY. 
Spelthorne (Wilts) 
Newmarket Open 
Biggar Champion (Lanark).. 
Baron Hill, Beaumaris (Angle- 
7. 8, and 9 
12 
13 
Mr. Lawrence 
MARCH. 
Caledonian Open (Lanark) .. 
Biggar Open (Lanark) 
llidgway (Lancashire) 
15 
27 
North Union Coursing Club. — The members of this 
club will meet at Antrim, on Wednesday, the 11th October 
next, when the vase and cup will be run for. Tho Puppy 
Stakes will also bo run for on the occasion. The president 
is the Viscount Masaarene and Ferrard, and the judge is Mr. 
Owen. 
The Moors and Forests. — T he notes from the moors are 
becoming more scanty. The fact is, the birds are so very 
strong that he is a fortunate sportsman indeed who can man- 
age to make a fair day’s bag in double the usual time. The 
sport is, accordingly, very harassing. This is the general 
tenor of the reports from the moors in this quarter. Iu 
Ross-shire, better success has been had. From that county 
our correspondent, writing on Saturday, says : — “ During tb>- 
last week we have had most favourable weather for following 
the sports of the moors ; the birds, to be sure, are becoming 
very wild, but, considering the advanced period of tho season, 
sportsmen are bagging daily up to their expectations. The 
Fannich shootings are, as usual, keeping up their character. 
Mr. Windham aud Colonel Stratford, in company, on Monday- 
killed forty-five brace grouse ; on Tuesday, forty-seven brace 
aud a half. On Wednesday, the same gentlemen went out 
deer stalking, when three noble stags fell victims to their 
unerring rifles— one of them a royal stag, one with ten points, 
aud one with eight points, this last said to be nearly as heavy 
as the royal. Ou Thursday and Friday the same gentlemen 
bagged upwards of sixty brace grouse. Mr. MiUurame 
out deer stalking on Thursday in Lochluicart, and was very 
successful ; killed one stag and a roe-buck. The following <>*) 
Lord Ashburton killed a very fine roe-buck. On the btrata- 
vaich shootings, F. Pryor, Esq., is getting on an average, u 
his own gun, from thirty to forty brace. E. Vaughan, E*L 
of Wyvie, on Wednesday killed 200 mountain hares, beside 
grouse and other game. Captain M’Kenzie Ord, mid V* 
Campbell had ft day’s grouse shooting on the t .orrjm » 
shootings, and bagged seventeen brace grouse and five uar _ 
S. M. Boulderson, Esq., aud Col. Toddenham. m the 
covers, on Wednesday last, brought down two stags and o 
doe. The Marquis of Bath, and party of three guns, k> 
300 mountain haws on Tuesday last. The Marquis iag« 
excellent sport among the deer. Partridges are said to 
uncommonly numerous, and strong. — Ban/ Journal. 
