Vol. IV.— No. 98.] 
ILLUSTRATION. 
ARCTIC GROUSE BROUGHT TO ENGLAND, BY DR. RAE. 
“The chosen sport of a great and a free people.” 
THE SPORTING WALLET. E ‘ h '°- 
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) 
The Newmarket “ series" being concluded, the legitimate 
season may now fairly be said to have reached its close. This 
b figures show a falling off at head-quarters, compared 
with the last campaign ; but, during the half-dozen meetings, 
las. mg twenty-seven days, we have had 949 competitors for 
191 races, the clear value of which amounted to £43 415 
viz. : — * ’ 
Craven Meeting 
F. S. Meeting .. 
S. S. Meeting .. 
F. O. Meeting . . 
S. O. Meeting 
Houghton .Meeting 
Days. 
. 6 
5 . 
. 3 . 
. 3 . 
Races. 
Stakes. 
34 
... 140 
29 
... 102 
14 
. .. 50 
ID 
... 04 
39 
... 193 
60 
. .. 301 
Worth. 
. £8,950 
10,325 
1,165 
6,890 
8,600 
8,585 
m, , TOtal V". 27 191 »49 £43,415 
ine above amounts, however, are irrespective of match 
forfeits and compromises, which are heavy. We shall allude 
to those, and other matters connected with the Newmarket 
meetings, in a future number. 
Saturday, November 11, 1854. 
CONTENTS. 
Racing. Turf Talk— Liverpool Autumn Meeting— Armagh Steeple- 
chases — Programme of Shrewsbury Autumn Meeting— Hoylakc 
Meeting— Turflana— Hunting Appointments, &a See. 
YACHnNG— R owing— Shooting— Letter Bao— O en opera Glam, St c. 
THE FIELD OF WAR.— Despatches from Admiral Dundns and 
Lord Raglan — Official List of Killed and Wounded — French Official 
Despatches— Miss Nightingale— Hospitals at Smyrna, Constantinople, 
and Scutari— Letters from the Camp and the Trenches. &c„ Stc. 
The recent accession of the Duko of Beaufort, and others 
of the “ nght stamp," to the Jockey Club, must bo hailed 
with pleasure by all who have the true interest of the Turf 
at heart ; and we earnestly hope that there will be a speedy 
revolution of things at head-quarters. 
An alteration in the time of closing the Doncaster St. 
Leger entry, aud also in the conditions for the Doncaster 
Cup, is contemplated. Both are needful. The first-named 
event would not only bo benefited by the entries being made 
at the same time as the Darby and Oaks, but by penalising 
the first and second for the Epsom Colt prize. A larger field 
would be ensured. 
Andover and Virago have given Bay Middleton and 
Pyrrhus the First a very seasonable lift, as their service 
prices have been increased to 50 and 40 guineas. Cousider- 
ing the position the son of Sultan and Cobweb has long held 
in the list of sires, and the excellent running of Andover 
and the Hermit, we are not surprised at the Danebury rise ; 
but the figure for Pyrrhus strikes us as being too heavy an 
advance. In 1852 his price was 12 guineas; last season it 
was 16 guineas; but, although neither Aribbas, Catastrophe, 
Constancy, Deerstalker, Epinician, Freddy, Harriet, Harmony, 
King Alfred, Lamprodes, Neoptolemus, New Warrior, 
Ptolemy, Pyrois, Village Lass, have reflected the speed and 
[With Supplement, Price 6 d . 
PRINCIPAL ILLUSTRATION NEXT WEEK. 
Fwhino Stations, No. 9. Drawn dt T. II. Wilson. 
Stc., Stc., Ac. 
stoutness of their sire as yet, ho has advanced 24 guinea* 
more. The latter fillv, it will bo remembered, was his only 
successful offspring last year, winning thrice out of ton 
essays, and netting but £555. On the other hand, Bay Mid- 
dloton had sixteen winners last season, who wou thirty-eight 
races, and realised £9.700. Melbourne, Orlando, aud Lancr- 
cost, alone outvied him, and their produce netted £21,475, 
£14,695, and £10,425 respectively. Pyrrhus the First, it 
must be admitted, however, has not, in his earlv stock, had 
a chance of affording us any decisive proof of his tran’seen- 
dant qualities as a sire, for the visits paid to his harem at the 
commencement of his career did not embrace the names of 
any very aristocratic patronesses. Notwithstanding this 
heavy rise, we think ho will have a good season, and a much 
better class of visitants than hitherto. Wo hope ho may, 
for ho deserves it. _ Stockwell, Kingston, aud Newminsteri 
will make their aibul during the coming season, in the stud 
paddocks at Burleigh, Middle Park, and Tickhill Castle. It 
is doubtful whether The Reiver will not shortly bo added 
to the list. There is a wide difference in the 250 guineas h® 
recently fotched and the 1600 guineas Mr. Shelly gave for 
him. Virginia, the dam of the clipping Virago, and the 
daughter of Rowton and Pucella, is again in foal to Pyrrhu* 
the First, and was recently sold for 400 guineas. 
