Thursday, November 2.-A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two and three yr. olds.-T. Y. C.

Mr. Bland's Handy Dandy, 2 yrs. old.-Boyce..

Mr. Thornhill's Munchausen, 2 yrs. old...

Mr. Knight's Oté, 3 yrs. old....

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Col. Peel's Rosabel, 3 yrs. old; Mr. Higgins's c. by Y. Haphazard, out of Snail, 3 yrs. old; Mr. Bond's Candia, 3 yrs. old; Mr. Fischer's ch. f. by Rowton, dam by Sam, out of Morel, 2 yrs. old; also started, but were not placed.

Betting: 2 to 1 agst. Rosabel, 7 to 2 agst. Oté, and 5 to 1 agst. Handy. A fast run race, and all in a line for four-fifths of the distance, till Handy Dandy put the best leg foremost, and won by a length. Rosabel looked like winning when she reached the cords, but burst a blood-vessel and stopt. Like many other I congratulated “facetious Jemmy" on his good fortune, but was soon undeceived-he is not the real Simon Pure it seems.

Match, 100 sovs. h. ft.-T. Y. C. Corban, 3 yrs. old, 8st. 7lb., agst. Osprey, 2 yrs. old, 8st. 21b., and the betting, notwithstanding the great weight given, was very brisk at 5 to 2 on Osprey. Corban, jockied by Conolly, made all the running, and, as the youngster never got to his head, ran honest, and won cleverly.

Match, 50 sovs. h. ft.-T.Y.C. Anne Boleyn, 8st. 3lb., agst. Kensington, 7st. 7lb., or putting it in another shape, Capt. Rous versus Mr. Bond. The result is obvious-Anne Boleyn was the favourite, and won easy. Like Col. Peel, the Captain is a dangerous customer to deal with in "matches."

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for two yr. olds.-Ab. M.

Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus.-J. Day..

Col. Peel's Paganini

Lord Exeter's Mecca

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A very spirited betting race. Paganini the favourite at first, then the grey, who, after two or three fluctuations, left off with the call, the offers being 5 to 4 agst. him, and 6 to 4 agst. Paganini. The grey made first running, but as the speed was only moderate, Paganini took it from him, and spun along at a slashing pace, with the hope of cutting down the grey-the latter, however, was now trying his hand, or rather his leg, at more than the regular T. Y. C. distance, and could afford to wait. "Honest John," therefore, kept very quiet till they were half way up the ropes, when he went to work vigorously, caught his horse close to the post, and won a desperate race by a neck. of the losers insisted that Pavis was too hard on Paganini—I think, on the other hand, that he had no other chance than by making it a strong

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Match. 100, h. ft.-A. F. Lord Suffield's Cowboy, 8st 7lb. (G. Ed

wards), beat Lord Exeter's Comate, 8st. 2lb. by six lengths. 5 and 6 to 4 on Comate.

Match, 100, h. ft.-A. F. Mr. Thornhill's Mendizabel, 8st. 71b. (Conolly), beat the Duke of Portland's Brute, 7st. 9lb., by a neck"rather too close to be pleasant.' 3 to 1 on the winner.

A Handicap Plate of 501.-D. J., was won by Turban, 8st. 91b. (G. Edwards), beating Rienzi, 7st. Elb., by ten lengths. Even betting. Friday, November 3.-A Handicap of 10 sovs. each, for two yr. olds. --First half of Ab. M.-was won by Wimple, 7st. 5lb. (Rogers); beating the Hawker filly, 8st. 71b.; Smelt, 8st.; and Hannah, 7st. 12lb. A very smart quick race, and won by a head only. Betting: 6 to 4 agst. Hannah, 7 to 4 agst. Hawker filly, and 5 to 1 agst. any other.

A Handicap of 10 sovs. each, T.Y.C., was won rather cleverly by Mus, carrying 8st. 7lb. (Rogers); beating Dudu, 7st. 13lb.; Candia, 7st. 4lb.; Avon, 7st. 2lb.; and Caliph, 8st. 71b.; by half a length. 6 to 4 on Mus. Caliph looked rough in his coat, and quite unfit for racing; not that his form, at the best, is good enough for Newmarket. The Nursery Stakes, D. M., with a smaller acceptance than usual, afforded a most excellent race; the following started: Hooghly, 6st. 71b.; filly by Priam, out of Joanna, 6st.; Kirtle, 7st. 21b.; The Hydra, 8st. 10lb.; Anchorite, 7st. 9lb; Chymist, 7st. 4lb.; and H. B., 6st. 7lb. As we have heard no other reason assigned, we take it for granted that the backers of Chymist were influenced by his running for the July Stakes, and yet that, if looked into, was bad enough; at one time he was backed at evens, but as the start approached and the supporters of the field "came out," he dropped to 13 to 8, Joanna finding favour at 4 to 1, and The Hydra and Hooghly at 5 to 1. The start was so well managed, that the lot got away and kept in compact order until within a hop-step-and-jump of the post, where Hooghly, with Wm. Day on his back, contrived to poke his neck in front and keep it there till all danger was passed. Joanna was second, and Kirtle a good third. The Hydra, looking much below concert-pitch, and therefore the less able to carry weight, was loaded-only 8st. 101b! being 31lb. more than Hooghly carried, and 381b. more than the Joanna filly;-a pretty severe punishment for beating a few moderate horses.

A succession of admirable handicaps, three of them won by the Duke of Richmond, had an appropriate finish in the Audley End Stakes, which derived increased interest from the unexpected and extraordinary nature of its termination. It was contested by Magician, 4 yrs. old, 8st. 7lb.; Turban, 5 yrs. old, 8st.; and Adrian, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 3lb.; the last odds being 7 to 4 on Magician, 7 to 2 agst. Turban (t.), and 7 to 1 agst. Adrian. Turban, a rough and ready horse of surpassing stoutness, cut

out the work at his best pace; Magician following at his heels to the distance, where (contrary to orders, I understand) Chapple took him alongside; Pavis was now hard at work on his horse, while Chapple, with arms and legs motionless, appeared to have the race in hand-and so it remained right up to the chair; Turban struggling gallantly to the end, and Magician's jockey keeping perfectly quiet in his saddle. Scores left the ground under an impression that he had won by a couple of lengths, and were not a little surprised on learning afterwards that Turban had won by a head! How to account for so unlooked for a result, we cannot tell. Some say that Chapple thought he had it all his own way, and did not discover his mistake till the time for redeeming it was past; while others assert that the horse requires to be kept tight in hand, that he was dying away every stroke, and that if Chapple had moved he would have stopped instanter. Neither party, however, threw out the slightest imputation on the honesty of the rider.

Saturday, November 4.-The great proportion of matches in this day's racing, renders my task an easy one; indeed, two or three of the "hay and straw kind" are scarcely worth noticing. The first was for 30 sovs., between Mr. Bland's f.Wet-Day, by Priam, out of Whimsey (W. Boyce), and Mr. Price's Miss Colford, 8st. each.-T.Y.C.-The former won cleverly by a length. 6 to 4 on the loser. A second for 50 sovs., T.Y.C., between Lord Exeter's Corban, 9st. (Conolly), and Mr. Pettit's Anne Boleyn, 7st., was won by the horse by a neck. 6 to 5 on the mare. No. 3 was for a "cool hundred" (it was very cool), over the same course, between Paganini, 8st. 121b. (Pavis), and Elf, 8st., and was won by Paganini cleverly. Even betting. To give variety to the sport and keep the blood in circulation, we were now trotted to the other side of the ditch, where, to increase the novelty, that gallant sportsman, Gen. Grosvenor, proved victorious over a host of foes." (We should heartily rejoice to see him win the Derby.) The race was as follows: Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yr. olds.-B.M. Gen. Grosvenor's ch. c. by Buzzard, out of Icaria, 7st. 12lb.-Pavis Lord Egremont's br. f. Sister to Helga, 7st. 21b.

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Mr. Gratwicke's b. f. by The Colonel, out of Frederica, 8st. 6lb.; Mr. Rogers's b. f. by Longwaist, dam by Soothsayer, out of Miss Eliza Teazle, 8st. 2lb.; Duke of Richmond's b. c. by Tranby, out of Conciliation, 7st. 12lb.; Duke of Richmond's b. f. Wimple, 7st. 81b.; and Mr. Bond's ch. c. Kensington, 7st.; also started, but were not placed.

Betting: 3 to 1 agst. Conciliation, 4 to 1 agst. Sister to Helga, 9 to 2 agst. Longwaist filly, and 6 to 1 agst. Wimple. A close run race to the hill, when the Frederica filly, Wimple, and Kensington declined. The Buzzard colt went on with the lead, and won cleverly by a length. Sister to Helga swerved at the finish, or she would have been very near winning.

Match 40 sovs., T.Y.C., Mr. Thornhill's Lady-fair (the Isabel filly of Sir M. Wood's stud), 3 yrs. old, 9st. 12lb., agst. Mr. Greville's Falconbridge, 2 yrs. old, 4st. 12lb.-only 5st. for the year. The two yr. old, however, has not of speed in his composition, and was beaten off before he had gone 50 yards. 5 and 6 to 1 on the filly; Conolly rode her.

A Handicap of 25 sovs. each, D. M., was won by Mus, 8st. 6lb. (Rogers), beating Mendizabel, 8st. 4lb., by a neck, and Gertrude, 7st. 4lb., by several lengths. 11 to 8 agst. Mus (t.), and 5 to 2 agst. each of the others.

Match, 25 sovs., first half of Ab. M.—Mr. Bond's c. by Shakspeare, dam by Emilius, 7st. (Pavis), beat (can you believe it?) Mr. Greville's Taglioni, 9st. 3lb., by a neck. 6 to 5 on the loser. The ironical congratulations of the gentlemen were received very complacently by Mr. B. "What's the hodds I don't win the Derby?"

Match, 100 sovs., h. ft., T. Y. C.-Lord Exeter's Kirtle, 7st. 9lb. (Conolly), beat Lord Lichfield's Cassandra, 8st. 7lb., by a neck, after a severe race. 11 to 8 on Kirtle.

Match, 50 sovs., D.M.-Lord Exeter's Hibiscus, 8st. 2lb. (Conolly), and Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap, 8st. 7lb. (Robinson), ran a dead heat; one of the finest races ever seen. Plenty of money betted at evens.

A more brilliant day's sport than this it has never been my fortune to witness, nor has there been any meeting for many years in which the difficult office of handicapper has been so ably filled.

Newmarket, November 7, 1837.

A CUT IN PASSING.

Yours, W. G.

A FEW years back a little boy well known in the Royal Hunt, who had distinguished himself and pony on several occasions, happened on one of them to be very near a certain royal personage who has lately become king of an independent state.

His Highness, who was always well mounted, outstripped the boy and his pony across a field, but on coming to the fence he pulled up; and while craning at it, the boy, who was now at his heels, exclaimed, "If you don't like it, get out of the way!" This request, though made in a style very unusual to the ear of royalty, was complied with by his Highness, who probably thought that he was unknown to the young Nimrod. But not so; for the urchin, with a significant look, shouted as he crammed his pony at it, "You're a pretty fellow for a Duke!"

GALLERY OF CELEBRATED SPORTING CHARACTERS.

No. XIX.

GEORGE PAYNE, ESQ.,

MASTER OF THE PYTCHLEY HOUNDS.

THE last portrait placed in our gallery was of a sporting character from the "Turf"-Lord Suffield; the portrait preceding his lordship's was that of Sir Vincent Cotton, whose vocation is the "Road;" the present is that of a warm-hearted follower of the "Chase." A wealthier man might he have been had he confined his pleasures to the field, and had he never breathed the pestilential atmosphere of a place not to be mentioned to ears polite, which upon earth is the cause of fraud, cozening, and strife, and is "typically" used, as the Rev. Boatswain Smith says, to express a scene of riot and confusion. Why will gentlemen, by entering, antedate their doom? But, alas! it is the nature of man to be prying into futurity, and endeavouring to anticipate its enjoyments. The road to the grand place is broad, and well-paved-with good intentions;-hold hard, then, gentlemen, no occasion to cross and jostle,there is ample room, and the pace of old Time seems quite fast enough.

George Payne, Esq., Master of the Pytchley, Northamptonshire, entered at an early age on his sporting career; and as he is of an ardent, generous, and unsuspecting disposition, he quickly attracted the attention of those cool, calculating sharpers, with whom sporting is a matter of business, who live with systematic temperance in order to keep their heads clear, and who make their calculations so deliberately, and watch their opportunities so warily, that the man of warm impulse, who bets or plays from an undefinable love of excitement is certain to lose when opposed to them at any game of chance. Mr. Payne, after losing immense sums, chiefly at hazard, partially forsook for a while the regions of Pandemonium, and went more frequently on the turf,-for the purpose, we suppose, of inhaling a little fresh air. On the turf he was also uusuccessful. He broke up his stud, rather a large one, in 1830; but he has since usually kept a horse or two at Cooper's. Mr. Payne, unfortunately for himself, but to the great gain of many others, is passionately addicted to play; his favourite games are piquet and whist, and though a skilful player, he is, on account of his ardent temper, by no means a match, at a long sitting, for cool and clear-headed adversaries who are equally well acquainted with the game. It is said that, at the card-table and on the turf, he has lost the immense sum of £200,000, and thus reduced an income of £20,000 per annum to about a quarter of