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THE FIELD. 
m ost difficult circumstances, occasionally. Each day the 
hospitable proprietor of Derry Castle entertained a large 
party of friends and visitor* ; and the meeting terminated 
in the happiest manner. Long Slip. 
SPORTING MISCELLANEOUS. 
TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. 
Tho first thing of importance in the treatment of a horse ill, 
that his stable should be light, clean, and well ventilated. 
If a stable is dark, partial or total blindness of the animal is 
the consequence. The window should be towards the south, 
so that tho horse when resting in the day time may have the 
benefit of the sun’s rays, which are as necessary to him as to 
man. When tho stable is very light the inner walls should 
Hot be lime whited, as tho light reflected from a white 
surface is highly injurious to the eyes ; they should be a 
dark-grey or stone colour. The next most important thing 
to be considered is ventilation. The door should be at the 
north end of tho stable, and the window at the south, or, 
whatever points of the compass they are situated at, so as to 
be opposite to each other ; they will thoroughly ventilate 
the stahle when the horse i3 absent. Different modes of 
ventilation have been tried, but the two that have answered 
best have been tho simplest. The one was having three or 
four panes of glass taken out of the window, putting per- 
forated zinc in their place. The other was by taking a brick 
out of each of tho side walls, every six feet, taking care to 
have the holes made as near the roof as possible, by which 
means a thorough, though gentle, draft was always kept up, 
not enough to give a horse cold, but ample for ventilation. 
A moment’s consideration as to tho necessity of pure air 
shows the utmost importance of ventilation, and yet men 
will continue to keep their horses in dark and unventilated 
Btables. Ventilation is as necessary in winter as summer, 
and there is less risk of injuring horses by cold than by in- 
haling impure air. The horse inhales atmospheric air and 
expires carbonic acid gas, one of the most deadly of gases to 
animal and vegetable life, which, if the stable is not pro- 
perly ventilated, become mixed with the pure air, and is in- 
haled again and again, and lays the foundation of diseases 
innumerable. 
The next consideration i3 cleanliness. There is an old 
Baying, “that cleanliness is next to godliness and if it is 
so with man, it is equally so with cattle. Many persons 
believe, or pretend to believe, that the more cattle stand and 
sleep iu their old filth, the more they thrive. This is an 
error of ignorance or idleness — perhaps both. Farmers 
defend this mode of allowing a horse to live and sleep in its 
own filth, on the ground that by so doing he improves the 
manure ; as if the value of the manure was to bo compared 
with the value of the horse. Brick and stone floors are the 
best for Btables, slanting towards the gutter which carries 
off the urine. The inclination of the floor should be an inch 
and a half to a yard. Litter should always be allowed for 
a horse to stall upon, as it is easily removed, and a little 
water thrown down occasionally will keep the stables free 
from smells. Outside the stable, a tub should be sunk 
with suitable openings, so that the urine that leaves the 
Btable may be collected, and if a little Bulphuric acid is 
added occasionally, nothing can exceed its value as a manure. 
The more room a horse has in its stall the better, and if it 
can have a loose box, so much more will he thrive. All wet 
litter in the horse's absence ought to bo taken out of doors 
and dried, and then, when thoroughly dried, will form a 
good bottom for a fresh bed. The next consideration is 
the horse’s food ; this should be oats, beans, and hay, of the 
best quality. Some persons give their horses musty corn 
and bad hay, because it is cheaper ; but perhaps they are 
not aware that it is tho most expensive way possible to feed 
horses, for with bad food you buy (whether you bargain for 
it or not) indigestion, general debility, and diseases too 
costly to purchase into any stable. The quantity of corn 
per diem that a horse ought to have depends upon his work ; 
if he is worked daily he ought to have as much as he will 
eat. Water is as necessary to a horse as food, and horses 
are found to thrive better by having water ad libitum than 
by being stinted. The best way is to have the manger 
divided, so that the corn may be iu one half aud the water 
in the other ; by this plan the horse takes the water as he wants 
it, and not when it is offered to him. The plan of having 
the water iu the manger has been tried by a great number 
of the London merchants and found to answer admirably. 
W. A. 
Woodcocks. — Woodcocks have made their appearance 
in this county early this year. Mi-. Holdsworth, shooting 
in company with Mr. Frederick Hockin, killed a fine bird on 
Saturday, Oct. 14, at Kiugswear, near Dartmouth. Another 
woodcock was killed at Thorverton a day or two before. — 
ExcUr Gazette. 
A Storting Incident. — Two gentlemen wei-e lately shoot- 
ing in company, when one of them, to the alarm of his friend, 
made a spasmodic start back and sharp cry, and in a trice 
discharged first one barrel aud then the other of his fowling- 
piece, at some near at-haud object on the brow of a bank or 
face of a moss-hag. It was two addei-3 of unusual size, 
which were coiled up and hissing as for a spring at the sports- 
man, when they first caught liia eye and made him start 
back, shout, and shudder, as stated. One of them measured 
two-and-a-half feet, the other two feet. The latter was the 
thickness of a lady’s wrist . — Inverness Courier. 
Rare Bird. — On Saturday last a specimen of that very 
rare bird, the bittern or mire-drum, was shot on the Possil 
estate, in the immediate ueighbourood of this city. The 
bittern ( Ardea Stellaris ) is so very nearly extinct in this 
country that it is believed that nearly half a century has 
elapsed since there has been a similar instance of one falling 
under the aim of the sportsman in this part of Scotland. It 
It is a beautiful bird, resembling the heron in shape, but 
smaller, and coloured like a woodcock, and is remarkable for 
the obstinate defence it makes when wounded. This speci- 
men, being only winged, sprang at the face of the sportsman ; 
and, although he was nearly six feet high, the bird actually 
tore a piece out of his shirt-collar. Thompson, Southey, 
Scott, and other poets, have written of this wild and solitary 
bird, bo remarkable for its lonely habits, and the peculiar 
and loud booming sound it makes in spring, aud few birds 
Lave been invested with more poetic interest and mystery. 
The bird has been presented to Mr. Dougall, gunsmith, 
Gordon-street, who, we dare say, will be happy to show it 
to lovers of natural history, and it will doubtlessly be most 
carefully preserved . — Glasgow Constitutional. 
Singular Capture of a Woodcock — A few days ago 
Mrs. Hammill, of Saltland-house, Rivers'-sido, was crossing 
the courtyard adjoining the house, when she observed a 
woodcock on tho ground, which she immediately captured 
without much difficulty. Tho bird was a very fine one, and 
did not appear to be at all wounded. 
Sport on the Casti.e Menzies Property. — The annual 
battue of Alexander Duncan, Esq., Castle Meuzie3, com- 
menced on Tuesday, the 17th, aud eudod on Thursday, the 
19th. Sir Robert Menzies and his brother, F. N. Menzies, 
Esq., of Tiriuie, were at the head of tho party. Game of 
all kinds (including roe, hares, partridges, grouse, pheasants, 
and rabbits) was very numerous. Tho party killed upwards 
of 650 head . — Edinburgh Cournot. 
“ Fox v. Hare." — Wo understand an open rupture has 
arisen between two lauded proprietors of this and adjoining 
parishes. The one wishes to preserve foxes ; tho other cares 
uothiug about foxes, and is even suspoctod of tho dire 
offence of destroying them ; but game, and especially hares, 
are preserved, until they have become a nuisauce to the 
farmers in the neighbourhood. However, there has been an 
open rupture between the two squires, and we shall probably 
great game case, " Fox V. Hare, 
soon hear something of the groat { 
iu our courts of law . — Cambridge Press. 
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 
Oct. 94, Ssturilay H 9 (133 Nor. 1. W< Jiuxlsr 
„ 20, Sumta; 7. II 7 4* ,, 9, Thurrtny . . 
„ 111), Mumlajr MW 11.22 „ 3. Frlilnr 
„ 31, TucKifty 10.7 IU.4U .. 4, S.uur.l»jr . 
ro rixo 1 1 lull W*rnn M the inlijolncd plncci. Uko the nbme time 
mid add or subtract Ihv lime la tho folio* Ins Tab 
.. 1.90.. .. 1.18 
nt Loudon HrUlgo, 
r mow uikdom i 
■ minikin unman. 
thoso members (and to those only) who may have fur- 
uished tho Honorary Secretary with twelve postage en- 
velopes, with name and address already written thereon, 
and have subscribed also ono shilling for the Printing Fund.” 
[It will be understood that this is an alteration merely of 
the present Goueral Rule, No. 12.] Tho nomination of 
officers for tho eusuiug year will also take place, the election 
to follow at the December meeting. The present officers 
are eligible for re-election ; but as the Commodore, from 
private reasons, declines to re-servo, it is particularly re- 
quested that uo member be put in nomination to hold office 
without his qualifications being first maturely considered, 
and his oicn sanction obtained, by tbo member who proposes 
him. Three gentlemen ore spoken of, for tho office of 
Commodore, the Vice-Commodore having again declined to 
be promoted. 
YANKEE YACHTING. 
REGATTA AT NEWPORT. 
I send you, at my earliest leisure, a report of tho regatta 
at Newport. Tho day was all that could be desired, a strong 
breeze from the north-east enabling the yachts to make ex- 
cellent time, and thoroughly testiug their several abilities. 
At ten o'clock, on the arrival of the steamer Blaokstono 
from Providence, the steam yacht Fire fly took her station 
off Fort Adams, with tho judges on board, who recorded tho 
time of tho boats as they passed. In half an hour they wero 
all iu motion, accompanied by nearly one hundred sail boats 
of all shapes and sizes. Tho superiority of tho Maria was 
apparent from tho start. Sho took the lead, and kept it with 
the utmost ease. The contest between tho other boats was 
more exciting. 
The stake-boat was placed some twenty-five miles at. least 
from tho starting-point, thus making the distance sailed fully 
fifty miles iustead of forty. The second prize of $, 100 , the 
amount of the eutronco money, was token by the Ella Jane, 
of Harltcm, as by the conditions of the race it was not con- 
tended for by tho boats belonging to the New York Yacht 
Brighton — 
Boulogne .... 
Culnu . . . . 
Chcator Bur , 
Cowei 

Dover PJ.r . . 
Dutu 
. I 0 Ilinrlcli 9 37 
. 9 41 | lpiwlclt 2 * 
. 9 10 Lowestoft 3 37 
, 3 37 Margnt' 
. 3 32 N ccillc, 
. 9 88 
Noi 
3 87 Oilcnd 
4 3! 1’urumoulh ... 
Grove ml 0 37 llanusaU) — 
GroonocU 9 221 Skoronaut ... 
Greenwich .... 0 20 Southampton. 
Havrt 
4 22 
0 M 
1 13 
2 27 
2 47 
2 32 
9 27 
Am.t»nlai 
Antvorp 
Tlrwt 
Brlil port 
Cherbourg 
Cardigan . 
Cork 
l’ow in — 
Kamoulh 
Font) 
. 4 ID | Splthwd 4 37 II Hamburgh 
i . . 0 83 llumhor, mill. 
. . . 2 1 1 | of 3 23 
... 1 9t> i I. anil’. Knit ... 2 21 
.... 3 Dll Leith 0 18 
. . .. D 31 51 Ilford Haven 3 34 
... 4 83 Plymouth . . . 3 2S 
. . . 9 21 I llulletdoin ... II 03 
.... 3 8S 'Turbo* 3 55 
.... 4 18 Weymouth ... 4 93 
. . . . 3 33 Wldthy I 38 
4 23 Wilt) each .... 5 93 
3 S3 | Y oughal 3 83 
CLUB MEETINGS, 1854. 
November 1. — Meeting of the Lilley Club, at 8 p.m., at the Nell Gtvynne. 
November 1. — Meeting of the R.T.Y.C., at the Bedford Hotel. 
November 3. — Meeting of the Prince of Wales Yacht Club. 
November 4. — Meeting of the Royal Harwieh Yacht Club. 
November 7. — Meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, at the Club- 
house, Duke-street. 
November 7. — Meeting of the London Model Y'acht Club at Anderton's 
Hotel. 
November 8, 15, 22, 29. — Meeting of tho Lilley Club. 
November 1 4. — Meeting of the Anglesey Club. 
November 20. — Meeting of the Royal London Yacht Club. 
November 23. — Annual Dinner 6f the Royal London Yacht Club. 
December 1. — Monthly Meeting of the Prince of Wules Yacht Club. 
December 2. — Monthly Meeting of the Royal Harwieh Yacht Club. 
December 5. — Monthly Meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club 
December 5. — Monthly Meeting of the London Model Yacht Club, at 
Anderton’s. 
December 0 . — Weekly Meeting of the Lilley Club, at tho Noll Gwynne, 
at 8 p.m. 
December fi.— Monthly Meeting of the Royal Thames Y'acht Club, at the 
Bedford Hotel, Covent Garden. 
December 1 3. — Meeting of the Lilley Club. 
December 18. — Monthly Meeting of the Royal London Yacht Club. 
December 20. — Meeting of the Lilley Club. 
December 27 ( Wednesday ). — Eull Meeting of the Lilley Club, being the 
last for the year 1854. 
♦ 
ROYAL THAMES Y'ACHT CLUB. 
The monthly meeting of the Royal Thames Y’acht 
Club will be held at the Bedford Hotel, Covent-garden, 
on Wednesday evening, the 1st of November, at half-past 
eight o'clock precisely, when the following gentlemen will be 
ballotted for : — Francis Ord Marshall, Esq., Island of Java ; 
Gustavus Kamig. Esq., 18, Au3tin-friars ; John Draper, Esq., 
81, Great Winchester-street: William Henry Author, Esq., 
Cumbridge-terrace, Clapham ; Henry Knight Furnell, Esq., 
148£, Fenchurch-street ; Richard Taylor Jarvis, Esq., 20, 
Chaucery-laue ; J. R. Fenwick, Esq., Temple ; Bowyer Mew- 
burn, Esq., Richmond-place, Whitehall ; William James 
Patterson, Esq., Bristol ; Captain William Marjoribanks 
Hughes, 21, Great Cumberland-street, Bryanstou-square ; 
Erie Rudd, Esq., 29, Lincoln’s Inn-fields ; E. Drury Butts, 
Esq., Conservative Club ; Heury Wheeler, Esq., Boliugbroke 
House, Waudsworth-conimou ; George Wall, Esq., the Keu- 
nels, Worthy, Haut-s : Joseph Radford, Esq., Duke-street, 
Grosveuor-squore ; Edward Mackcson, Esq., PurthenouCluh. 
The following notice of motion, by Harrison Chilton, Esq., 
will be brought forward for discussion, viz. : “ That no 
shifting ballast, sliding keels, or other machinery, be allowed 
to be used by yachts sailing in the club matches.” Members 
and their friends who intend to dine at the monthly club 
dinner, on Wednesday, the 1st of November, will enter their 
names in the house-book on or before two o’clock on that 
day. Each member may introduce one friend. Dinner at 
six o'clock precisely. We may announce, for the convenience 
of new members, that the secretary attends at the club 
rooms on Mondays, Wednesdays, ami Fridays, from two to 
five o'clock, p.m., to receive subscriptions, &c. 
The following vessels of the Royal Thames Yacht Club 
are now for sale : — 
Zephvretta Schooner .. 180 
Lily of tho Test . Ditto l»l 
Vestal Ditto 75 
Intrepid Cutter 00 
Guerilla Ditto 45 
Streamlet Ditto 30 
Cygnet Ditto 35 
Daring Ditto 31 ! 
LONDON MODEL YACHT CLUB. 
The next General Monthly Meeting will be held at 
Audcrtou's Hotel, 164, Fleet-street, on Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 
at eight o’clock precisely, when the following gentlemen 
will be balloted for : — Lieut. Maturviu, R.N.. 42, King-street, 
Woolwich; Mr. A. Ford, 6. Hemming’ s-row, Chariug-cross ; 
Mr. W. Reed, Northbury House, Barking, Essex ; and Mr. 
Alfred Moore, 11, Park-place, Paddington-green. Among 
the notices of motion we find tho following from the 
Honorary Secretary ; — “ That a List of the Candidates for 
Admission, and notice of the business intended for the 
ensuing Club Meeting, ho printed about tho iniddlo of every 
month, and forwarded by post, during tho current year, to 
Secret Cutter .... 25 
l)ai»y Ditto 18 
Sunbeam Ditto 18 
Diuvolo Ditto 15 
Watcrwitch .... Ditto 15 
10 
Sloop Maria 
. 118 tons 
Sloop Kiln Jane . . . 
89 ton* . . . . 
Sloop Julia 
. 80 toil 8 
Schooner Haro ... 
. 80 tons — 
Schooner Cornelia . 
. 78 tons 
Sloop Gertruilo ... 
09 tons .... 
Sloop Una 
5.8 tons . . . . 
Schooner Mystery - 
. 10 tons . . . , 
Schooner Spray ■ ■ • 
37 tons . . . 
Sloop America 
. 29 tons . . . 
llurlu'in. 
New York Yacht Club. 
Philadelphia. 
and the time occupied by each boat iu tho race ; — 
Start. Return. Ti 
n. M. 8. U. 51. 8. It. 
Mima 
.. 10 
19 
30 .. 
.. 3 
12 
30 .. 
.. 4 
53 
00 
Julia 
.. 10 
21 
•10 . . 
.. 3 
21 
64 .. 
.. 6 
03 
14 
Una 
30 
50 .. 
.. 3 
47 
33 . . 
.. 5 
10 
43 
Haze 
20 
10 .. 
. . 3 
40 
35 .. 
.. 5 
20 
25 
Sprav 
.. 10 
31 
IS .. 
.. 3 
59 
m .. 
.. 6 
27 
52 
Gertrude .. 
. . 10 
15 
00 . . 
.. 3 
49 
39 .. 
.. 5 
34 
37 
Irene 
21 
10 .. 
.. 4 
01 
11 .. 
.. 5 
37 
01 
Ella Jane .. 
. . 10 
23 
46 
.. 1 
00 
13 .. 
.. 5 
42 
28 
Mystery . . . . 
.. 10 
22 
00 .. 
.. 1 
04 
37 .. 
.. 6 
42 
37 
Cornelia — 
.. 10 
29 
13 .. 
4 
20 
33 .. 
. . 6 
50 
60 
America . . . . 
.. 10 
19 
40 . . 
.. 1 
23 
53 .. 
. 0 
01 
13 
Tlio Maria took tho first prize, a silver pitcher, value $500. 
The Ella Jane took tho second, $100. — Yours, 
Providence. 
•«* TTe shall /eel obliged by the Secretaries of “ Rowing Clubs," and others 
foneartling their Appointments of Matches or Notices of Meetings to 
come, at their early convenience. 
MATCHES APPOINTED. 
November 10. — Cambridge University Kour-oared Races commence. 
November 20. — T. Cole (the Champlou of tho Thames) and J. Mes- 
scugcr, of Toddiugton, to row from Putney to Morlloke, for £200 a 
side. 
November .— Robert Newell and William Poeoek, to row from Putney 
Bridge to tho Ship at Mortlakc, for £25 a side. 
Match between Manoky and Rolls. — Tho long-talked of 
race between R. Mancey and J. Rolls, for £20 a side, took 
place on Monday, and created considerable interest. Their 
rival pretensions had boon repeatedly questioned by their 
friends, aud tho preliminaries of the match were succeeded 
by bets to a stiffish amount, at even. Tho course was from 
Putney to Mortlake. Rolls first mode his appearance, and 
had a “ shower-bath ” iu his boat, which we opine is a bad 
way of takiug it, when a fellow is going to row a wager. 
His adversary was a better judge, and stopped till the rain 
was over, which certainly gave him an advantage. Upon the 
signal being given, both started evenly aud well, and wero 
scull aud scull, with alternate shoots, till, nearing the Crab 
Tree, both rowing extremely plucky and well. At the Crab 
Tree Mancey began to show a superiority of strength, the 
lumpy water iu Corney Reach giving him an advantage of 
a clear leugth and a half, which lie never lost, and but little 
increased. Tho pace was remarkably good, ouly twenty- 
five minutes being occupied. Rolls’s cutter kept consider- 
ably too far behind him. 
Stud of Napoleon the Third. — Both the Emperor’s 
stud aud establishment at St. Cloud and that at Boulogne 
are under the superintendence of the premier piquerur of his 
Majesty, Mr. Gamble, whose thorough knowledge of tho 
points and treatment of tho animals under his care is well- 
known to the English sporting world. Tho general control 
of the stud is confided by the Emperor to Colonel Fleury, 
Premier Ecuycr to his Majesty. In the saddle room are seen 
two gorgeous saddles and bridles, presented to the Emperor 
by the Sultan, the saddle-cloths of which are most richly 
embroidered with gold, all the mountings being of solid 
gold, and the bit of silver-pit. One of these saddles, Ac., 
was used by the Emperor wheu riding out ono day with 
Prince Albert. Its value h estimated at 250,000 francs. 
Another splendid saddle, with crimson velvet scat, was a 
present from Abd-el-Kndcr, with three Arab horses. The 
imperial carriages and liveries arc of dark green ; the former 
are all manufactured in Paris. Few things grieved Louis 
Napoleon more than being obliged, when President, to break 
up his stud and dispose of his horses; but now that his 
exalted position supplies him with the requisite resources, 
he loses uo occasion of obtaining the best English horses 
that money can procure. 
