Trout's Furze. After some little delay he was again found, 
•when he bent his course through Wilford, W ilmouut, along 
the tops of the Crohane hills, through Ballylusk, and finally 
earthed in an unknown shore at Kilbenny bog. This run was 
a distance of at least ten Irish miles, during which both 
hounds and horsemen went in that true “ go-ahead ” style 
which hits always distinguished the gallant “Tipp3." 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Sir ) — I s it etiquette to ride in scarlet when out with the 
harriers ? If not, what colour ?— Is Keut a good county for 
shooting? Yours, &c., Bod. 
COURSES. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
DECEMBER. 
Biggar Club (Lanark) 
Kenilworth 
llidgway (Lancashire) 
Spclthorne (Middlesex) 
Caledonian (Lanark) 
ft 
6 and 0 
7 and 8 
7 and 8 
14 
Mr. Tibbott 
Mr. Lawrence 
JANUARY, 185ft. 
Biggar Club (Lanark) 
Uho renewed trial between 
North-Western and South- 
western Coursers, at Ly- 
tlmm (Lancashire) 
23 
2D and fol. days 
FEBRUARY. 
Spclthorne (Wilts) 
Newmarket Open - • - • 
Biggar Champion (Lanark). 
Baron Hill, Beaumaris (Angle- 
7. 8, nnd 9 
12 
13 
Mr. Lawrence 
MARCH. 
Caledonian Open (Lanark) .. 
Biggar Open (Lanark) 
Itidgway ( Lancashire) 
15 
27 
LIMERICK COURSING CLUB.— Nov. 22, 23, and 24. 
Stewards- W. H. Barrington. Thos. Fosborry, John Bayly, jun., .Tomes 
Snaiffht anil P G- Barron. Esqrs. lion. See. and Treasurer; Jaine3 
Marshall, Esq. Judge: William Owens. Esq. Slipper : Tom Saunders. 
The second meeting for the season of the above club took 
place at Clorane, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 
week ; on each of which days the sport was excellent, the 
hares ’ beiug plentiful and exceedingly stout. The weather 
throughout was most favourable ; and it affords us much 
satisfaction to speak of the prosperous state of this club, 
which at present rauks second to none in the kingdom. 
The impartial decisions of Mr. 0wen3, the judge, are also 
worthy of notice. Appended is a return 
The Dickson Cup. For sixteen puppies of 1853. £2. 10s. 
each, p.p. Shillings towards expenses. 
Dr. O’Neill's r dGaltymoro beat Mr. Murray’s bk b Waterhen 
Mr. Payne’s w and f d King Cob the 2nd beat Mr. Spaight Bid High- 
Mr. lb'westropp’s bd b Wild Irish Girl ran a bye 
Mr Clinton’s rd Chummuchbeat Col. Dickson s bd d Tempest 
Mr. Murray’s bk il Woodcock beat Mr. Barrington's bk and w il Sultan 
Mr. it. Westropp's r ami w d Why Not (late Harry Hotspur) boat Mr. 
' Barrington's bd d Alma „ , 
Mr Fosberry’s rl) Hennio beat Dr. 0 Neills r d Peel 
Mr! Fosberry’s b d Humphrey May beat Mr. Spaighta f b Honeymoon 
Second Ties. 
King Cob the 2nd beat Galtymoro 1 Hennio beat Woodcock 
Wild Irish Girl beat Cbummueh | Humphrey May beat W by Not 
Third Ties. 
King Cob the 2nd beat Hennio I Humphrey May beat Wild Irish Girl 
Deciding Course. 
Humphrey May (by Landgrave out of Hill of Faughan) beat King Cob 
tno 2nd, by Neilson’s Jester (out ol hddlestons Lady Mary), aud 
won the cup. 
The Challenge Cup. For sixteen dogs, the property of 
members. £2. 10s. each, pp. Shillings towards ex- 
Mr^Fosborry’s bk d African beat Mr. Roberts's r and w d Waddy (late 
Mr Snaitfht’s bk td d Pounco beat Mr. Robert*’ a f d Ned Ilanigon 
Mr. liayly'a r d Bosphorus (late Mehemct Ali) beat Mr. Spaight a y td b 
Mr. Bayly’s r td d Bright May (late Woe Wonder) beat Mr. Payne’s r d 
Mr. Jomcs’s f b Little Grace beat Col. Dickson’s bd d Herman 
Mr. Fosborry’s bk b Hairpin beat Mr. I aym- s bk and w b I rotty Polly 
Mr James’s r d Norwesler beat Mr. Daniel s r b Bcdlanuto 
Mr Whitehead’s be b Ulyomer beat Mr Curley s bk b Swift 
Second 1 its. 
rounee beat African I HdtP'm beat Bright May 
Little Grace beat Bosphorus | Bloomer beat Norwestcr 
Third Ties. 
Pounce beat Little Grace | Hairpin beat Bloomer 
Deciding Course. 
Pounce (by True Blue, out of Purr-r-r) beat Hairpin (by Landgrave, out 
of Hill of Faughan), and won the cup. 
The Clorane Consolation Stakes. £1. 5s. each, p.p. 
Shillings towards expenses. 
Mr. Spaight’s y td b Puss beat Mr. Roberts’s r and w d Watty, Into 
Mr. Roberta’8°f d Nod Hanigan beat Mr. Payne’s rd Mortar 
Mr. Payne’s bk and w b Pretty Polly beat Colonel Dickson s bd d Herman 
Mr. Daniels s r b Bedlamite beat Mr. Curlings bkb bwiit 
Second Ties. 
Ned Hanigan beat Pu»3 . 
Bedlamite ran a bye (Pretty Polly being dr) 
Deciding Course. 
Bedlamite (by Orphan Boy, out of Empress) boat Ned Hanigan (by West- 
wind, out of Sham) 
Match. £25 each. 
Colonel Dickson’s bd .1 Herman beat Mr. It. Ivcrs’s w and r d Ivanhoe 
This was a most oxciting match ; both first ran au unde- 
cided course ; in the second attempt both dogs were blinked, 
but Ivanhoe again sighted the hare and caught her, after a 
most punishing course ; and on tho third occasion the result 
was as above stated. 
The Cork Southern Coursing Meeting will take place 
on the 5tb, 6th, and 7th of December; and the Mountams- 
towu Meeting, at Castletown Cross, on the 12th and 13th. 
The Newcastle West (Co. Limerick) Coursing Club will meet 
on Tuesday aud Wednesday, in the second week of January. 
Coursing.— Edw. Lloyd, Esq., of Rhaggatt, one of the 
bast breeders of greyhounds in the Principality, gave a day s 
coursing to a party of gentlemen from Ruthin on his lands 
in the parish of Bryueglwys, on Tuesday last, and ahowe 
them most excellent sport; 113 hares were started, a fair 
number of which succumbed to the speed of the dogs. 
Mr. and Miss Lloyd were both upon the ground, and, by 
their kindness and attention to the party, added much to 
the pleasure of the day’s sport. 
THE FIELD. 
S HOOT! MS . 
To the Editor o/The Field. 
Sir, — H aving been a subscriber to your paper from its 
commencement, and being fond of the ainusemeut of shoot- 
ing. I have often felt disappointed that none of your sub- 
scribers give us occasionally some of their good days' sport, 
with an account of rare shots, rare birds, or any other iutor- 
estiug particulars they may meet with during their shooting 
excursions. I was last week among tho bogs in Hampshire 
and Surrey snipe-shooting, but was much disappointed in 
finding so few snipes. I can only account for it from tho 
extreme dry autumn we have had ; tho bogs require more 
rain to get into good order for the long beaks. I had only 
six shots, killing four. I killed (dead) a brace of pheasants 
with No. 8 shot, aud a brace of birds. There is nothing like 
No. 8 for snipe ; but it is somewhat extraordinary to kill 
larger game with such small shot : and to do it, the gun 
must be first- rate. Talking of extraordinary shots ; I recol- 
lect being in Essex one October With a friend. Birds were 
very scarce and wild. We had walked nearly all tho day 
without getting a shot; when, on coming into a stubble, the 
dog stood, three birds got up wild, aud, although some 
distance apart, they crossed me in a line. I fired at tho first, 
which I killed, bringing down the other two at tho same 
moment ; the last bird must have beou nearly twenty yards 
off from the first. My friend, who was waiting for a shot, 
appeared much annoyed, aud grumbled at my luck. I hope, 
when I next visit the bogs, to be able to give you a more 
killing account. — Yours, &c., PERCUSSION. 
— A~ROOK OR A RUSSIAN ? 
[.Front the Times.] 
Sir, — E ven tho Russiau General admits the irresistibility 
of good riflemen. Arguments to prove it are unnecessary. 
The only question is how to increase their number on tho 
side of the Allies in tho East ? Allow me to raise this branch 
question, — Could not tho “ gentlemen of England,” who are 
notoriously good shots, aud their gamekeepers, who are 
usually “ better shots," because in more constant practice, 
form a corps of “ preservers," or the like, just for this war 
season ? One “good shot" would thus preserve whole regi- 
ments, aud from behind a few bushes half-a-dozen game- 
keepers would soon thin the Russian ranks of thoso who are 
the chief agents in prolonging this sod suspension of poace. 
There would soon come forward a numerous body of poach- 
ers to join in this enterprise ; for, bad os poaching is, ami 
bad as they may be who follow it, yet it is notorious to all 
who are conversant with the first temptations to it, that being 
a “good shot” often has drawn many aside from the lawful 
way of proving aud exercising their skill ; and it may bo that 
in these, as in every other line of life, the opening of oppor- 
tunity to exchange honourably into public usefulness would 
result in the double good — diminishing crime at home aud 
saving the brave defenders of right aud liberty abroad. At 
all events, I cast the thought upon the waters, believing that 
many would do what I, for one, would have done many years 
ago, but am now disqualified for, like heaps of others, who 
yet still feel the natural impulse of “ having been'' 
Not a Bad Shot. 
1135 
THE MINIE RIFLE.— A BOLD CHALLENGE. 
Mr. George Boedle, tho well known gunner of H.M.S. 
Excellent, having lately observed in a local paper that a 
practised shot was under a wager to hit a mark, man size, 
four times out of five, at a distance of 900 yards, has handed 
the following challenge to a provincial contemporary, with 
permission to make it public : — - 
" H.M.S. Excellent, Portsmouth, Nov. 13th, 1851. 
“Sir, — I n reference to the paragraph to which l have 
drawn your attention, I beg to state that I am willing to 
come down to Exeter and fire the regular service rifle, dis- 
tance 900 or 1,000 yards, for £20, my own money, against 
any person who will fire from the same ordnance— length of 
barrel, 2ft. 6 in. ; weight of piece, 121bs. ; charge, 4(drs. ; 
ball, conical. I will venture to say, that at 800 yards 1 will 
have ten successive hits, and at 1,000 yards nine hits out of 
ten shots; the only conditions being that tho breozo be 
moderato and tho atmosphere clear. — I am, &c., 
“ George Beedle. 
Providential Escape. — A few days ago a party of gentle- 
men were engaged in the sport of pheasant Bhootiug in the 
preserves belonging to T. B. Western, Esq., of I- cli\ Hall, 
Kolvedon, when a rabbit darted suddenly across tho path ; 
Henry Bullock, Esq., fired at it, when Mr. W. P. Honywood, 
whose near neighbourhood to the quarry had not been ob- 
served, received some of the scattered shot in bis log, the 
main charge passing within an inch or two of tho joint, a ho 
shots were skilfully extracted by Mr. ,T. S. Nott, surgeon, of 
Coggeshall, and we are happy to add that the worthy gen- 
tleman has not suffered any considerable inconvenience ex- 
cept a slight l ameness. 
cbisketT 
The arrangements of the new proprietor of Tiie 
Field afford an opportunity to the original “ Cricket ” 
contributor to its columns once more to resume his 
pen in behalf of the favourite pastime of his own 
mind, as well as a numerous body of the readers ot 
its pages. This department of the paper, consequently, 
will be carried out with the same spirit of impar- 
tiality as in former days, combined with vigour and 
energy and an amount of information not possessed 
by the masses of the present age. 
The period of the year at which the change of pro- 
prietorship has come to pass, will render it necessary 
that we should fall back a month or so in the opening 
of our retrospect of the “Doings of the Year,” and 
therefore under the subjoined heading we shall take 
OUR GLANCE AT THE SEASON 1854— No. I. 
As heretofore, the close of the month of October 
brings us to that period of the year when heavy 
dews, interspersed with rains, compel the follower 
of our sport to withdraw from the field and to 
lay up his bat till nearly four months of another 
year shall have passed away.. And this result calls 
upon our pen to direct attention to the leading am 
most interesting features of the year that is now 
drawing towards its close. 
Various and sad arc the remembrances of some of 
our readers as to the occurrences of the past sum- 
mer ; for whilst the war in the East has enlisted the 
services of many, so there have not been a few 
whose names were familiar in the cricket world as 
successful partakers in the game who have fallen vic- 
tims to cholera. Nevertheless, there has been no 
year in which there has been so much of cricket- 
playing ; and if there has not been so largo an 
amount of what arc termed exciting matches in and 
around the metropolis, there has been a vast increase 
of such contests throughout the provinces. 
It is utterly impossible to enumerate the legion of 
new clubs that have been formed, the members of 
which have not only held their almost daily practice, 
but have engaged in many matches. As in 1803 
so in 1854, much of the early play of the year was 
prevented or interfered with by the cold and wet, 
and even up to well in June, their was an absence of 
genial weather. Indeed, we may proceed almost up 
to St. Swithin’s-day, ere the atmosphere became so 
settled as that a cricketer could say, when he quitted 
home to participate in one of those annual matches 
which bring so many friends together in each year, 
that it promised to be a criekot-day. From a few 
days after the “ day of tears," there has not been 
many seasons during the writer’s long criokot life, 
now upwards of forty years, in which there has been 
such a lengthened continuance of beautiful weather, 
as in that of which we are about to recount the 
doings. In 1853 there were many men who played 
a great deal, but who, even at tho end of the 
season, failed to exhibit the fine bronzo skin 
which is usually the result of much practico in tho 
healthy and athletic exercise of cricket j whilst in 
the present year there were endless brown faces and 
hands, and other external appearances, which indi- 
cate the beneficial consequences of this most healthful 
out-of-door recreation. The unfavourable weather in 
the earlier half of the season in this, as in the preceding 
summer, prevented many old and middle-aged ama- 
teurs from disporting in their flannels. Their absence, 
however, was abundantly supplied, in respect of num- 
bers, by a large influx of younger men. Then tho 
matches of the All-England Eleven, in twenty-three 
different places, and those of the United Eleven, 
fifteen in number, all but one played in tho provinces, 
have as heretofore tended to the spreading of tho 
game. Several of these matches were played in dis- 
tricts were cricket was previously but imperfectly 
known, but their effect has been to render it ever 
since the most popular source of amusement of tho 
inhabitants. And so it should, and doubtless will 
become, in every corner of the United Kingdom as 
years roll on. As one indication of its increase we 
may mention that already the All-England Eleven 
have received no fewer than twenty -nine applications 
for matches for next year, in addition to the various 
county matches in which its respective members are 
engaged. Of these, ten are from new districts, and 
by the arrangements which tho Eleven have made, 
they will be enabled to accomplish the wholo of these 
proposals. Then there will be the contests wherein 
the United Eleven will be concerned, some of which 
no doubt will be in new districts. So that in 1855 
it may be anticipated that there will be a consider- 
able addition to the enormous cricket force already 
existing. 
Cricketing Stakes. — A t the Court at Bicester, before J. 
W. Wing, Esq., on Monday last., Thomas Rogers, publican 
anil dealer, of Kirtliugton, was, by Samuel Noodle, stono- 
qnarryman, of Gibraltar, Bletbhington, summoned for ten 
shillings, which it was alleged wore duo to the plaintiff on 
contract. Mr H. E. Massey, solicitor, conducted tho plain- 
tiff h case. Tho defendant appeared iu person. He denied 
tho liability. It appeared that the plaintiff and oue John 
Cato agreed to play a game at cricket for live shillings each ; 
tho cash was posted, the game played, and tho stake given 
up by the defendant, as it was alleged by the plaintiff, 
wrongfully. Tho plaintiff said ho won tho game, aud that 
he ought to have had the money. Defendant said the cash 
was placed iu and taken out of his hands by Robert Rogers. 
It transpired that tho wager had been made at defendant's 
house. He intimated that Needle had had his five shillings 
back. His Honour was of opinion, that under the 18th 
section of the 8th and 9th Vie., cap. 109, tho transaction 
was illegal, and that os it was a bet the action could not bo 
sustained. The defendaut applied for costa. Hi* Honour 
refused to allow them as it appeared ho allowed betting at 
his house. Tho judge intimated that, although cricketing 
was good, betting was bad. Plaintiff had a summons against 
Robert Rogers, referred to above, for a wager on the game. 
In consequence of his Honour’s decision m tho previous 
case, it was not proceeded with. 
A Correspondent informs us that a mare u. the posses- 
sion of Ethels ton Peel, Esq., has been rendered quite soimd, 
after a severe lameness, by Mr. J. Majors system of treat- 
Tub Mentor steamer, belonging to tho Menageries Irnpd- 
riales, which has just arrived at Marseilles from Alexandria, 
had onboard four magnificent Arab h<n-ses rntcndU for^e 
King of Sardinia. They belong to some ol the ti nest breeds 
in the East, and come from Bombay U> Suez and Aloxau- 
tlria. They are all stallions, and are intended to improve 
the breed of horses in Piedmont. 
