914 
THE FIELD 
The two clover Irish-bred fillies Helena and the Deformed, 
are announced for sale by auction, at Tattersall's, on Monday 
next. Both have accepted for the Cambridgeshire, and, at 
the weight, Bhould have a fair chance of winning. They are 
represented as sound, and doing good work. The Deformed, 
we know, has been doing her work lately, and in a very 
artistic manner carrying off more than one valuable prize ; 
Helena has frequently been an excellent friend to the fielders, 
bringing them safely through when least oxpected. 
The programme of tho Chester Autumn, on Tuesday and 
Wednesday next, does great credit to the skill and exertion 
of Mr. Topham. Tho added money will be upwards of eight 
hundred sovereigns, and, as the present fino weather gives 
promise of continuation, we may expect to sec another 
agreeable reunion on tho banks of the Doe. But, Chester 
has become so renowned for its racing, that success must 
follow, as a matter of oourse. Kelso puts forth attractions 
at the same time, but, from tho distance, is not likely to 
interfere with tho sports on tho Roodec. The Yorkshire 
Union Huut Club and Wrexham hold their meetings later 
in the week, and are sure to afford a satisfactory wind-up of 
sport preparatory to tho great oncountor at Newmarket 
Second October. 
THE NEWMARKET AUTUMN HANDICAPS. 
Tue Cesarewitch. 
It was a wise step, one much needed, when the Jockey 
Club stewards strengthened the Second October and Hough- 
ton Meetings at head-quarters by establishing tho Cesare- 
witch and Cambridgeshire handicap events. 
Fifteen summers have rolled adown the swift gliding 
stream of time since the Earl of Miltown's pet mare Cruis- 
keen (the dam of ltusHborough, who ran Voltigeur the dead 
heat for the great northern tussle of 1850) netted the first 
prize over tho long course, two seasons prior to her successful 
throw in for the envied Cup on tho time-honoured Oestrum 
Iloodeo ; and tho race lias increased in interest and perplexity 
every successive campaign siuco then. It is remarkable, 
though, that among the successful animals enrolled there is 
not one aged horse to be found, and that tho six-yr-oldB have 
only triumphed twice, and the five-yr-olds but once — -the 
preponderance being in favour of the three-yr-olds, who have 
won seven times, the four-yr-olds triumphing in five instances 
only. The heaviest successful weight, too, was 8st 41b, car- 
ried on its second anniversary by Clarion, 4 yrs, but he 
journeyed with 41b over-weight ; whilst The Cur, 6 yrs, bore 
the handi capper’s own impost of 8st 31b. With the exception 
of 8st carried by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, the full brother to 
tho celebrated Irish Birdcatcher, and which included the 101b 
penalty for hiR Leger achievement, these are the ouly in- 
stances in which the winners have figured at 8st or upwards. 
Coranna, 4 yrs, however, who, like Cruiskeon, subsequently 
drained the Chester Cup, got homo in trumph with 7st lllb 
in 1843 ; and The Baron, also of Irish extract and allied to 
Birdcatcher, and now the stud don of the French Govern- 
ment, gained the laurels with 21b less, including his 101b 
Leger penalty. The throe-yr-old Arcanus won with Set 41b 
in 1842, and Legerdemain, also of the same ago, with 6st 71b 
in 1849, the brace being the lowest iu the scale of weights; 
the next iu rotation, but on the ascent, being the last year's 
winner, Haco, 3 yrs, at 5st 121b, who carried 131b lesa than 
Weathergage, the ohaznpion of the preceding year. Thus 
have the laurels been swept away ; — 
Year. Winner. st lb 
1839 Cruiskeon, 6 yrs 6 6 
1810 Clarion, 4 yrs 8 0 
1841 Iliona, 4 yrs 6 11 
3842 Arcanus, 3 yrs 5 4 
1 843 Coranna, 4 yrs 7 11 
]844 Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs 8 0 
1845 Tho Baron, 3 yrs 7 0 
1840 Wit’s End, 3 yrs 6 2 
Year. Winner st lb 
1847 Giuvrouoh, 4 yrs 7 0 
1848 Tho Cur, fl yrs 8 3 
1840 Legerdemain, 3 yrs.... 5 7 
1850 Glauca, 4 yrs 7 7 
1-51 Mrs. Taft, 0 yrs C 0 
1852 Weathergage, 3 yrs — 0 11 
1853 liaco, 3 yrs 6 12 
The handicap this year has not given that satisfaction os 
could be wished ; but “ doctors will differ,” and the task of 
allotting weights becomes more difficult each successive 
racing season, particularly for these autumnal trysts. For 
tho Cesarewitch fifty-four only accept out of one huudred 
and fifty-one ; and 6eventy-eight out of oue hundred and fifty 
in the Cambridgeshire. In the former list, as it Btands now, 
we have a solitary aged candidate, five six-yr-olds, eight fives, 
ten fours, and thirty three-yr-olds ; the non-acceptors com- 
prising one aged horse, a couplet of six-yr-olds, fourteen fives, 
eighteen fours, and Bixty-two three-yr-olds. The highest 
weight accepting is the premier one of the original handicap, 
viz., 9st 71b, and tho lowest, a range of seventy pounds. 
The appended list will not only afford the interested 
reader the whole of the acceptors, and tho names of their 
respective trainers, but bIiow the gradation of weights 
allowed by Rataplan to his array of compeers: — 
Horse. 
st lh 
Trained by 
Rataplan, 4 vrs 
..9 7 . . 
. W. Hopkins 
gives to 
A'llno, 6 vrs 
-.8 7 . . 
. Dockomv 
... Ulb 
Knight of St. George, 3 vrs . 
..8 5 . . 
. Longstatr 
... 101b 
Hungerford, o vrs 
..8 4 . . 
. W. King 
.... I7lb 
Muscovite, 5 yra 
« 3 .. 
. Doekerav 
Rattle, 4 yrs 
..8 3 . . 
.. Roe 
. ... 1811) 
. . T. Tavlor 
Balrownie, 4 yrs 
..8 1 .. 
. . J. B. Day 
Omoo, 3 yrs 
.. T. Taylor . 
Indian Warrior, 5 yrs 
.. 7 12 .. 
.. Longstatr 
ltobgUl, 8 yrs 
..7 9 . . 
. W. Hopkins 
Koh-i-Noor, 5 vrs 
..7 8 .. 
, .1 Dawson 
Joe Miller, 5 yra 
..7 7 . . 
. W.Div 
Scythian, 3 yrs 
..7 7 . . 
. J. B. Day........ 
.... 28lb 
Scherz, 3 yrs 
..7 7 . . 
. Collison 
Domino, 3 yra 
.7 5 .. 
. Abrahams 
..7 4 
Ethelwolf, 5 yrs 
.. H. Bradley 
.... 351b 
. Sup 
Black Doctor, 0 yrs 
.. Abraham 
.... 371b 
Mrs. Bird), 6 yrs 
.. Elliot 
Rodclitfe Hero, 4 yrs 
.. Elliot 
C ibin Boy, 4 yrs 
. . Elliot 
Amalgamation, 3 yrs G 9 .... T. Dawson 40lb 
El Donulo, 3 yrs .. G 7 .... J. Scott.. 421h 
Ptolemy, 3 years 
.. J. Buuiby 
.. 441b 
The Jealous One, 3 yrs 
.... G6.. 
.. T. Dawson 
.. 44 b 
Phaeton, 3 yrs 
.. .. U 4 .. 
.. Harlock 
.. 451b 
.. II. Wodlow 
.. 4011. 
Brown Brandy, 3 yra 
.... 6 3 .. 
. . Woolcot t 
.. 4011) 
St. Clare, 3 yrs 
.... G 3 .. 
, . H. Wadlow 
.. 461b 
Candlewick, aged 
*i 2 .. 
.. II. Wadlow 
.. 471b 
C vlamus, 3 yrs 
.. A. Taylor 
Kidnapper, 3 vrs 
.... 6 1 .. 
.. Brookes 
.. 4Mb 
Burlington, 3 yrs 
.... 0 0 . . 
. . .1 . Scott 
.. 491b 
Poodle, 5 yrs 
.... 5 12 .. 
.. Stephenson, jun. . . 
.. 611b 
Diana, 3 yrs 
.... fi 12 .. 
.. J. B. Day 
Star of Surrey, 3 vrs 
.... 5 11 .. 
.. J I! Dav 
.. 62 l> 
Tro»,3yrs 
.... 5 11 . . 
.. G. Abdalu 
. .. 621b 
D O . :j vrs 
....511 .. 
.. Pickering 
.. 62lb 
Stiletto, 8 yrs 
., T. Dawson 
Horse. 
Barrel, 3 vrs 
Naomi. 3 yrs 
Jomelad, 3 yrs .... 
st lb 
5 7.. 
Trained by 
.. Abrahams 
5 
7 .. 
.. Dixon 
5 
6 .. 
. . J. Osborne 
6 
6 .. 
H. Wadlow 
4 
12 .. 
.. A. Taylor.. 
4 
7 .. 
. . Stephenson, Jun ... , 
, 701b 
Itodo-moli, 3 yrs 
These weights, it must bo understood, are inclusive of 
penalties incurred up to tho close of last week only. 
From the above array it will be gleaned that the maximum 
and minimum imposts, now , aro 
Highest. Lowest. 
Aged bones 0>t 71b Cst 21b 
Six-yr-olds 8*t 4lb (1st 1211) 
Five-yr-olds 8st 71b 5st 121b 
Four-yr-olds.... fist 71b 6st 511* 
Three-yr-olds 8st61b 4s t Tib 
being a range of 51b among tho old animals, 201b among the 
Bix-yr- olds, 371b tho fives, 441b tho fours, and 541b the threes. 
Prior to analysing tho acceptance bevy, we must give a 
parting glance at tho muster roll of “ non-contents.” Of the 
two aged horses, the premier-weighted oue, the French bred 
Voyageur (late Mazuline) declines 8st, oven weight with the 
three-yr-old Old Noll, who also dissents, and of the brace of 
Hix-yr-olda erased, Sleeping Partner, 7st 71b and Iantho 6st 
91b, the latter accopts iu tho Cambridgeshire at a pound 
more. Fourteen five-yr-olds arc struck out, leaving oight in, 
the unfortunate Kingston declining 9st in both encounters, 
King of Trumps, 8st 91b and Oat ; Aquila, 7st 51b and 7st 61b ; 
and Merry Bird, 7st for each ; whilst Little Harry, 8st lllb, 
stands for the Houghton affair with 71b less ; The Nabob, 
8st 101b with lib more; Bird on the Wing with lib less; 
Khadidjah, 7st lib with 21b less ; and Scarecrow, 7st with 
21b less. Of the eighteen dissentients belonging to the four- 
yr-old team, Defiance, Haco, The Reiver, Coomburland 
Stathesmon, Hobby Horse, Pharos, Jacquctiue, and Dove, 
also decline the Cambridgeshire imposts. Little David, 8st 
101b and Ethelbert, 7st lllb, however, accept in the latter 
at lib less. Two-thirds of the three-yr-olds are “found 
wanting" in the acceptance list. Virago, Andover, King Tom, 
Tho Trapper, Old Noll, The Hermit, Marsyas, Wild Hunts- 
man, Tho Spinner, Hospodar, Neville, Stern, The Cripple, 
Tom, Sine-qua-non, Saducor, Grey Plover, Doctor O’Toole, 
Baalbec, Epaminondas, Apollonius, Pumicestone, Merry Monk, 
Gamekeeper, General Breezo, Empress Catherine, Amos, 
Caliph, Jack Frost, Selina, Ludwig, Motley, tho California 
filly, and the Strife filly, not liking their respective 
allotments in either of the handicaps ; but, Dervish, de* 
dining 7st 101b for this, accepts in the Cambridgeshire 
at 31bs more ; the Pontiff, 7st 71bs at tho same weight ; 
Shakespeare, 7st 71b at 91b less, Lady Bird, 6st 101b at 31b 
loss, Hercules, 0st 91b at the same weight, Claret (by Join- 
villo) 6st at 41b less, Miss Sellon, 5st 51b at lib more, Stone- 
henge, 5st 41b at the same weight, Valeria, 5st lib at lib 
more, Violet, 4st 101b, and Rodo-meli, 4st 71b, each at the 
same weight, and Bluebeard, 6st 51b at 7lb less. Why 
Ivan should decline with the same weight as Scythian, and 
a 121b allowance from the Knight of St. George, if the two 
latter have a chance, wo cannot make out, unless the stable 
aro sanguine with Tros ; and it is somewhat strange to us, 
also, that Grey Plover (the brother to Chanticleer) should 
decline a 271b receipt from the Leger victor, or Kingston 
decline meeting Rataplan with a 71b allowance, after twice 
beating him, and giving him weight. A dozen accopt that 
were not engaged in the Cambridgeshire, and thirty de- 
cline ; whilst of the double entries there are forty acceptors, 
and sixty-five dissentients. 
The fifty-four “contents" aro furnished by twenty-seven 
stables, viz., five from H. Wadlow’s, four each from Abra- 
ham’s, J. B. Day’s, T. Dawson’s, and J. Scott’s ; three each 
from Ulliot’8 and Longstaffs; two each from Dockeray’s, 
W. Stephens’s, W. King's, J. Osborne's, T. Taylor’s, A. Tay- 
lor's, and the junior Stephenson’s ; and one each from G. 
Abdale’s. H. Bradley's, J. Bumby'a, Brooke's, Collison's, W. 
Day's, Joseph Dawson’s, Dixon’s, Harlock’s, Pickering’s, 
Roe's, and Woolcote’s. Of the Stanton “ lot,” the Prime 
Minister has to give his stable companions Eva and St. 
Clair, the former of the couplet penalised, 131bs each, the 
veteran Candlewick a stone, and the Medal, 251bs. The 
senior Day’s quartette comprises a four-yr-old, and a trio 
of three’s, Balrownie allotting 81bs to Scythian, and 311bs 
each to Diana, and Star of Surrey. Abraham’s accepts 
with a brace of throe years olds, and a solitary four and 
six-yr-old, Domino giving a pound to Cobnut, 261bs to 
Barrel, and half a stone to Black Doctor. John Scott's 
three-yr-olds, the little Bracker, El Dorado, and Burling- 
ton, receive 21b, 61b, and 131b, respectively, from Ammo- 
nia, 5 yrs. Of Dawson's string, Amalgamation allows 41b3 
each to La Belle and the Jealous One, and a stone to the 
brother to Italian (Stiletto). LongstafiTs Leger winner being 
mulcted 121bs, is now half a stone and 121bs higher in the 
scale than Indian Warrior and Eulogist ; aud the six-yr- 
old Mrs. Birch, in Elliot's stable, figures at only 21bB more 
than Redcliffe, Hero, and Cabin Boy, a brace of fours. Of 
Dockeray’s five year old couplet, Adine gives Muscovite 41b. 
llungerford allows his juvenile companion Middlesex, 151bs ; 
Typee (T. Taylor's) 41b to Omoo ; Rataplan (W. Hopkin- 
sou's) 21b to Rabgill ; Calamus (A. Taylor’s) 181b to Lin- 
coln's Iun ; and Poodle, 5 yrs (Stephenson's) 191b to Rodo- 
meli, the minimum-weighted of the handicap. Of the 
thirteen horses who are solitary representatives of their 
several stables, Rattle, 4 yrs, gives Koh-i-Nor, 5 yrs, 91b ; 
Joe Millor, 5 yrs, 101b ; Scherz, 3 yrs, 101b ; Exact, 4 
yrs, 161b; Ethelwolf, 5 yrs, 171b; Ptolemy, 3 yrs, 241b; 
Phaeton, 3 yra, 271b ; Brown Brandy, 3 yrs, ‘2st ; Kidnapper, 
3 yrs, 301b ; D. O., 3 yrs, 341b ; Tros, 3 yrs, 341b ; and 
Naomi, 3 yrs, 381b. 
As we merely intend this article as a preliminary one to 
the more immediate discussion of the actual merits aud 
chances of the aooeptors, which portion of our task shall be 
duly performod in the succeeding waif, we may observe, in 
conclusion, that the candidates which have already appeared 
in tho betting comprise- b? 
Ammonia, bv Tho Ugly Buck— Retort J - Scott. 
Halrowtiio, by AlUUMKUle - Haricot s dam Day, son. 
Burlington, bv Bay Middletou-Ada Mary's dam.. .. J. Scott. 
Barrel, by Faugli-a-Ballagh— Delolno Abrahams. 
Bracken, 'by Venison, dam by Little Red Rover J 
Calamus, bv Raton— Laira Tn> -lor - 
Claret, by Joinvillo— Chapedie Rouge J. Obonio. 
Cobnut, by Nutwith— Glonara Abrahams. 
I). O , by Pompey — Mcaux’s dam Pickering. 
Exact, by Birdcatcher — Equation Rogers. 
Indian Warrior, by Napier- Janetta Longs tan. 
Joe Millor, by Venison— Witticism W- Day. 
Klduaiiper, bv Melbourne - Gipsy — Brookes. 
Knight or St. George, by Birdcatcher, dnmby Hetman 
PlatofK ••••• Longstatr. 
La Belle, bv MiUcoVui— Manoeuvre - - T. Daws on. 
Muscovite,' tiv Hetman I'lutolT, dam by Camel Dockoring. 
Poodle, by Ion— Ma Stephenson, jun. 
Trained by 
RadclifTe Hero, by Gamcboy— Wasp Elliot, 
Rataplan, by The Baron — Pocohoutas Hopkins 
Rodo-meli, by Orlando -Beeswax Stephenson, Jun. % 
Scherz, by Tho Provost — Frende Collision. ' * 
Star of Surroy, by Harkaway— Pergularia Day. sen. 
Immediately after our discussion of the Cesarewitcli fare 
we Bhall turn to the Cambridgeshire carte blanche. 
Sept. 27, 1854. Prraoa. 
Life in the American Prairies. — A few hours after 
leaving, the prairio near the horizon seemed to be moving 
with long undulations, like the waves of the ocean. Unablo 
to account for this singular appearance, I looked with my 
telescope, when, to my surprise, I discovered the whole 
prairio towards tho horizon alive with mustangs. Soon after 
they could bo seen coming towards the train. Major Emery 
at this time was iu advance of mo about half a milo with his 
portion of the waggons. We saw tho long lino of mustangs 
approach him, and soon after pass beforo, the whole herd 
following after, and extending as far as the eye could roach 
across the prairie. The mules became restive, aud wa could 
Bee the teamsters hurrying forward the waggons for protec- 
tion behind each other. On went the great stream, and the 
next moment ono of the mule-teams in advance sprang from 
the train and dashed off at full Bpeecl after and among tho 
wild horses. The teamster in vain tried to restrain them . 
It was all to no purpose. Away they went, John Gilpin like, 
the waggon, with 6ix mules, followed by all the looso 
animals that were driven with the train, which had also 
partaken of tho stampede. The herdsman, in order to catch 
the runaways, left the train and went in pursuit, making 
altogether the moat exciting spectacle we had yet witnessed. 
The chase continued for a mile ; for the mules in the wag- 
gons had become perfectly frantic with fear, surrounded as 
they were by equally frightened mustangs, aud all bounded 
over the prairie at their utmost speed. Seeing the danger, 
our men put on the lash, aud we hurried forward to render 
such aid as lay in our power. The men of the other party 
fired at the herd, which had the effect of breaking the line, 
and turning it iu another direction. The frightened herd 
made directly for us, in the same long line, the termination 
of which we could not see, as it lost itself far iu the distance. 
I now became alarmed, fearing a general stampede among 
our mules, for nothing oan restrain these timid creatures 
when frightened. If they cannot take their waggons with 
them, they become so frantic that they will tear themselves 
from their harness and flee away. Our first precaution was 
to close up the waggons, so that only those in the first ono 
would see the mustangs. The mules of the Becond were 
placed alongside of the foremost waggon, the next by the 
side of the second, and so on to the last, each waggon thus 
protecting the team that followed it. We now locked the 
wheels of all, aud men stood by the leaders to restrain and 
quiet them. As I had no inclination to be carried off against 
my will among a herd of frantic, wild horses, after the 
fashion of Mazeppa, I dismounted and hitched my mule to a 
waggon, and with several others ran with my fire-arms to 
meet tho advancing steeds, which were now nearly upon us, 
led off by a fearless stallion. We discharged our arms at 
them as they approached, and, fortunately, with good effect. 
The leader was turned, and the avalanche of wild horses 
swept by us like a tornado, much to our relief. We held iu 
for a few minutes until the herd had passed, when we un- 
locked our wheels and hastened forward to the first of tho 
train, which had halted. By the time we readied it, the 
runaway waggon and mules, with those who had been iu 
pursuit, were just coming up, after a most exciting ohase. 
Fortunately, no one was injured, and our animals were all 
captured and brought back, except one, and that one of tho 
most valuable horses belonging to the party. This animal 
was ridden by the waggon-master, and when in full pursuit 
of the runaways, he stepped into one of tho burrowing-places 
which abound on the prairies, fell, and threw his rider over 
his head. Thus freed from restraint, ho joined his wild 
brethren and disappeared on the prairie, with his saddle, 
bridle, and trappings. — Bartlett's Personal Narrative. 
Liyino with a Broken Neck— T he Brattlcboro (U.S.) 
Eagle gives some singular circumstances in connexion with 
the attack by an enraged horse, on Mr. Brigham, of St Johns- 
bury, showing that the breaking of the neck does not of 
necessity cause immediate death. The fracture of the neck 
compressed the spinal marrow so violently os wholly to pre- 
vent it from affording any communication between the brain 
and the body. As a consequence the whole body below the 
fracture was paralysed, deprived alike of sensation and tlio 
power of motion. But he retained the full possession of his 
mental faculties, and conversed intelligently. Not only this, 
but by means of the nerves not involved in the calamity ot 
the spinal marrow, the brain kept up its communication 
with the vital organs, and maintained the exercises of their 
functions for nearly two hours. But the manner in which 
those functions were exercised was very unusual. Especially 
was this the case in regard to respiration. Ordinarily this 
is carried on mainly by the action of the intercostal muscles 
upon the riba, and as these rise and subside, inspiration and 
expiration |take place. By the injury of the spinal marrow 
those muscles were deprived of their ordinary nervous stimu- 
lus, and consequently were wholly inactive. Ihe whole 
labour of respiration was assumed by the diaphragm, which 
faithfully performed its duty, while the internal walls of the 
chest remained motionless. In this manner he continued to 
breathe during the brief remainder of his life. 
Buffaloes by the Acre. — A member of Governor 
Stephen's Northern Route exploring party, in a long commu- 
nication to the St. Louis Republican, written from the head 
of Yellow Stone River, says of the incidents of the party 
thus far “ On Sunday, after a march of ten miles, the 
buffaloes were reached. They were estimated by some as 
high as 500,000—200,000 is considered as a very low esti- 
mate. Drawing up the train at our usual halt at noon, a 
large herd were about lialf-a-mile ahead. The hunters, six 
in number, were immediately despatched, well mounted on 
spare horses reserved for that especial purpose and tbe 
whole, train had an opportunity to witness a buffalo-hunri 
The hunters dashed in among the herd, picked out the fatte 
of the crowd, and then separating the selected ones from the 
herd soon dispatcher! them. In an hour the waggons wei e 
sent but a small distance from the route to receive 
choicest pieces of buffalo. In the next two daysmarchthe 
hunters were kept some distance ahead to keep off the buff- 
loes ; it was tbe ouly way the safe passage of the train i cou 
be insured through tbe sea of flesh. The pack-mules and 
spare animals following on the train, being too numerous to 
be separately led, were hard to control ; and, despite 
precaution and care, one horse and four mules were lost 
they getting mingled with the herd. 
