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that there was no cross or foul play, and that the dead heat must be run 
out. The betting at starting was now 11 to 10 on Camarine. Rowton 
made running at a good pace, Camarine waiting very patiently till within 
the distance, when she crept up; at the Stand she was alongside, and 
directly after headed Rowton, winning very cleverly by two lengths. 
Friday, June 22. 
His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for hunters that have 
gone eight runs with his Majesty's Stag Hounds in the last 
season. Two miles and a distance. 
Count Matuscewicz’s Lawn Sleeves, 6 yrs. 11 st. 12 lb. - 1 
Lord Lichfield’s Dunton (half bred) 6 yrs. 11 st. 12 lb. - 2 
Latest state of the odds for the Doncaster St. Leger. 
9 to 1, Lord Kilburne’s Retainer 
9 — 1, Mr. Richardson’s Zany 
10 — 1, Mr. Beardsworth’s Ludlow 
12 — 1, Mr. Gully’s Margrave 
12 — 1, Lord Cleveland’s Trustee 
• 15 — 1, Mr. Fox’s Julius 
16 — 1, Mr. Yansittart’s Pcrion 
20 — 1, Mr. Walker’s Francesca 
20 — 1, SirR.Bulkeley’sBirdcatcher 
25 — 1, Mr. Walker’s Conrad 
jfHiscrUauua. 
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. 
The degree in which the blacksmith deviates from the more 
laborious formation of common articles out of common iron, by the 
ordinary processes of forging, welding, riveting, &c., depends, in 
a great measure, upon his situation, and the employment of the 
people in his neighbourhood. In large towns, where whitesmiths 
and other classes of artificers abound, the blacksmith is perhaps 
seldomer engaged in their more appropriate, and to him not 
unfrequently less lucrative avocations. Indeed, so unprofitable is 
this occasional transition from the forging of black to the finish¬ 
ing of bright articles regarded in the north, that there exists an 
apopthegm to the effect that, “ The smith that is a blacksmith 
and a whitesmith too, maun gae shoe the goslings." Not¬ 
withstanding, however, this significant hint to the maker of 
horse-shoes to keep close to one business, it is generally observed 
that the Scotch blacksmiths enter more largely into the manufac¬ 
ture of miscellaneous articles than their English fellows. 
It is, however, in villages remote from the large towns that 
the blacksmith may be seen to assume not merely his real im¬ 
portance as a mechanic, but his relative consequence as a member 
of society, by presenting that factotum character, which not only 
indicates that he is an indispensable artificer in iron and even 
steel, but which has led to his figuring in poetry, romance, and 
even music ; for who has not heard of the “ Harmonious Black¬ 
smith " of Handel, the “ Wayland Smith " of Sir Walter Scott, 
and the u Wat Tyler " of Robert Southey ? Besides the appro¬ 
priate business of farriery, including the doctoring as well as 
