nothing paradoxical or bombastical. The Gallow Lean water, commonly called the Lean, empties itself into the Loch. Here is the place for the bait-fisher: he may slay until he is tired. Now it is not one trout out of four, to go as close as may be, that rises, which is hooked. Granting more, that 1600 dozen was the half of all the Loch contains a perfect absurdity, by the way-conceive these 1600 dozen going up the Lean to spawn, and think if you can on the product: sixteen thousand is but part of it. Gemmell told me, that in one favorable week he was with Admiral Hodgson, and the "tottle of the whole" was 53 dozen and odd. With such inducements as Dalmellington does honestly hold outand the neighboring parish and district of Straiton, abounding in lakes, in some of which the trout are larger-and it being no less true, that in the Carrick hills rise the Stinchar, Girvan, Ayr, and Lugar, besides numerous smaller streams, in which, at various periods and seasonable weather, salmon, sea-trout, and trout are to be found in numbersneed I apologise to the angling reader, however I may be condemned by others, by laying before his mind's eye a prospect which he has only to approach to realise !-I forgot to mention that there are fine char in Loch Doon, though shy; and salmon are frequently hooked, of course with trout tackle often lost. A middle-sized rod, fourteen feet, would, for a flying visit, be best: a pannier and portable landing-net; no flies-you will find the native ones kill best, and as they are a kind of perquisite to those whose power you are much in, it is policy always to use them; if a stay was intended, a light salmon and strong twelvefeet boat-rod would be best. Gemmell told me that some foreign Jew had discovered the art of obtaining the silk-worm gut three or four yards long, and that he had sent to London for some. Good dyed gut should be minded.-One point I beg to call attention to. the angler has friends somewhere, or permission to shoot, do not let him bring his gun or dogs with him. Of their grouse all proprietors are signally tenacious, and any appearance of an intention to take French leave might cause that to be angrily refused which would otherwise be cordially conceded. (To be continued.) Unless SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. Newmarket.-- His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Russia having presented the Jockey Club with the sum of £300, to be run for annually, the first race for it will take place in the Second October Meeting, and is thus officially announced :-" The Cesarewitch Stakes-a free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., with 300 added, the gift of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Cesarewitch; to start at the starting-post of the T. M. M. and run to the end of the Flat; the owner of the second horse to receive £50 out of the Stakes; ten to accept, or no race. The horses intended to be handicapped must be put down by their owners at Newmarket or in Oxenden Street on or before the Monday after Goodwoo Races." The inhabitants of Newmarket having subscribed £100, and placed it at the disposal of the Jockey Club, it will be run for on Monday in the Houghton Meeting as an addition to the Cambridgeshire Stakes (Handicap) of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. and only 5 if declared on or before the 14th of September; Last mile and a distance of B. C.-There are already 33 subs. This Stake was heretofore run on Wednesday in the Second October Meeting, but has been altered by desire of the Jockey Club, with a view to the improvement of the sport. Epsom. In 1841 the Oaks fillies will carry 8st. 7b. instead of their present weight, 8st. 4fb. The Pottery. Few Provincial Meetings possess greater attractions than the Pottery, which commences on the 6th of August, under the Stewardship of W. T. Copeland, Esq., M. P. and Alderman of London, and S. Rogers, Esq.-On the first day there are the Borough Stakes of 15 sovs. each, with 100 added; the Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. with 20 added; and a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. and 5 if, &c., with 100 added by the Stewards.-On the second day, to the crack Stake," a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and 5 if, &c., with 100 added by Alderman Copeland, there are 65 subscribers, with 31 acceptances; and to the Champagne Stakes of 20 sovs., with 50 added, there are 9 subs.-The concluding race is a Maiden Plate of 70 sovs. added to a subscription of 3 sovs. each. Thus it will be seen, that, of six races, three have 100 sovs. each added, and that a liberal addition is also made to the others. The Bloomsbury Question.-The Solicitors of Lord Lichfield and Mr. F. Craven, and Mr. W. Ridsdale, assembled at Mr. Justice Parke's Chambers on the 21st, to discuss the question as to where the venues in which the dispute as to the pedigree of Bloomsbury should be tried. Mr. Ridsdale was anxious to try in York; but to this the other party decidedly objected on the ground of prejudice in his favor; and an offer was made to move the venue to London, and try at the present Sittings after Term. To this, however, an objection was made on the part of the owner of the horse, from the impossibility of being prepared at so short a notice! The Learned Judge, agreeing with the objection to York, directed the venue to be changed to Liverpool, where the trials will take place in August. Deception. Mr. Day's objection to Mr. Fulwar Craven receiving the Produce Stakes at Bath, on the ground of Deception (the winner) going on the wrong side of a post, has been referred by the Stewards of the Races to the Jockey Club. Mr. Wreford has, however, withdrawn his objection to the pedigree of Deception, which originated in assumed incorrectness in the entry of Lady Stumps, her dam, who is maintained to be out of Ursula by Cervantes, instead of out of own Sister to her, foaled three years afterwards. Whether this can be substantiated or not, we offer no opinion, but rather opine the right of claim to the Stakes, if argued at all, will be on the article of nomination.-A nomination may be made in two forms: the first, by entering the horse with the sire and dam annexed, if the dam has a name by which she may be known in the Stud Book or Calendar-as Gay-lass, by Merlin out of Fawn: if not, the grandam must be mentioned-as ch. c. by Defence, dam by Bustard out of Bequest; and if the dam or grandam is not known, the sire of the horse, with such particulars as will be sufficient to identify the animal. The other mode is thus: if the horse entered be own Brother or Sister to any horse having a name in the Stud Book or Calendar, it will be sufficient to enter it as such-as ch. c. Brother to Delight. If the dam or grandam be Sister, or dam or grandam of any horse having a name in the Stud Book or Calendar, it shall be sufficient to name her as such. In this Rule of the Jockey Club is comprised all that is requisite to De observed in nominating a horse for Stakes, &c.; and as the objection to Deception is grounded on the presumed incorrectness of her dam's entry, and Deception herself has been nominated in strict conformity with the first mode of naming, which does not appear to take cognisance of such an irregularity in the grandam, we submit the public ought to be satisfied! with the pedigree as it stands in the Calendar.-Mr. Wreford, however, having withdrawn his objection, there is at present no case before the Court." The Palace Stakes at Hampton.-The Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Stradbroke (acting for Lord Chesterfield), and H. J. Rous, Esq., as Stewards of the Jockey Club, re-assembled at Mr. Weatherby's on Monday the 24th, to which day they had adjourned to afford Mr. Theobald an opportunity of giving an explanation of his conduct in regard to his desiring Mr. Curwen (on Pauline) "not to win" (see p. 229 of the present Number); but as Mr. Theobald was again non est, the Stewards delivered the following opinion:-"The Stewards of the Jockey Club, having taken into consideration the evidence in support of the charge against the owner and rider of Pauline in the race for the Palace Stakes at Hampton, and the explanation given by the former, in which he admitted that he ordered his jockey to lose the race to prevent his mare being claimed, are of opinion that the whole proceeding was fraudulent and disgraceful, and that bets on this race lost to Mr. Theobald or to Mr. Curwen should not be paid.” SALES OF BLOOD STOCK. At the Bibury and Stockbridge Meeting, part of the blood stock of the Hon. S. Herbert was sold by auction by Messrs. Tattersall, and realised the following prices :-Br. c. by Sultan out of Charlotte West, 3 yrs, 130g 3.; Caracole, own Sister to Carnaby, 3 yrs, 86gs. ; b. c. by Sultan out of Charlotte West, 3 yrs, 80gs.; ch. yearling filly by The Colonel out of Galatea, 60gs; b. f. by Mulatto out of Carnaby's dam, 2 yrs, 30gs.; br. f. by London out of Melbourne's dam, 2 yrs, 30gs.; and ch, yearling filly by Saracen out of Delightful, 22gs.-Several lots from the Stables were bought in.General Grosvenor's colt by Tantivy out of Blue Eyes was disposed of by private contract for 200gs.—The last day (Friday) another sale took place, but the only lot disposed of was a yearling colt by Camel out of Cecilia, bred by Mr. Finch, which obtained 200gs., with his engagements. Delos, Defender, Mulberry-wine, Seth, and Wintonian, were bought in. Bodach Glas was sold by private contract for 150gs. Mr. T. A. Smith has sold Emiliana and Torres Vedras to Mr. Sadler. Mr. Bowes, we regret to state, is about to retire from the Turf, and his valuable stud will shortly be disposed of. THE CHASE. Leicestershire. We have received the following from our valued Correspondent CLIO:-" After great uncertainty and various disappointments, Leicestershire is at last taken by Thomas Hodgson, Esq., a gentleman well known and highly esteemed in the Sporting World, having for years hunted the Holderness Country with great satisfaction, and possessing, it is universally acknowledged, the finest pack of hounds in England, having been fifteen years in making them, at great expense and trouble. We are very fortunate in getting such a man; but why such a country as Leicestershire should have been so long in the market is to me a matter of astonishment, without having a hundred candidates in hot contention for it, it being, as a Noble Duke observed the other day to a friend of mine, the most เ enviable position a man could fill in his estimation.' Now that the Chair' is filled, many will lament their procrastination in permitting such a prize to slip through their fingers: but let who would wish for it, we shall have nothing to regret, as Mr. Hodgson is considered of all others far the best man to shew sport. There has been an alteration since last season, which I think you will agree with me is an improvement. It was always thought that it was rather illiberal in the County Gentlemen and Landholders generally to take rent from the Master of the Hounds for the coverts, which was the case with one or two exceptions which shall be namelessthus not only participating in the finest sport in the world for nothing (as they did not subscribe to the hounds), but actually getting a very high rent for some of their worst land, it being an undisputed fact that gorse will grow luxuriantly where nothing else will. This spring, several of the county gentlemen met in Committee, and agreed to take the coverts into their own hands, which will be a saving to future Masters of £800 or £900 a-year. I hope soon to be able to send you every particular of Mr. Hodgson's arrangements, as I shall shortly meet him in Leicestershire." Aquatics. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. At the General Meeting of this Club in July, two 100 guinea Cups are to be proposed to be voted to be sailed for. The Queen's Cup is to be sailed for on the 12th of August. Several spirited Members of the Squadron have set on foot a subscription for the purchase of a Cup, to be called the "Victoria Challenge Cup," to be sailed for by vessels of all nations on the 20th of August in every year ; the winner to retain it till the following year: challengers to pay 10gs. to the Secretary, at the same time delivering in writing a description of his vessel, her name, nation, rig, and tonnage: the Cup to be placed in the hands of the Secretary on the 19th of August if there be a challenger.— When the entries and forfeits do not exceed 100gs., they are to be divided between the first and second vessels: if they exceed that sum, the second vessel to have 50gs., the first the rest. If the challenges shall be wholly withdrawn, the holder to receive the amount of all forfeits.-The vessels to be started from off Cowes Castle, round the buoys of the Brambles, Norman, and Royal George, Nab Light-vessel, and vessel off Yarmouth, and back again.-The Noble Commodore heads the list with a subscription of 10gs., followed by Mr. J. Weld, Mr. J. Stewart, and other Members, for the same sum. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The second Match this season for second-class vessels came off on Saturday the 22nd. The Royal Sovereign steamer was in attendance at nine o'clock at Adelaide Wharf for the purpose of conveying the Commodore, Members, and friends of the Club to witness the sailing. The morning was extremely unfavorable for the pleasure of the excursion, though better suited for the sport the wind very high, and the rain descending in torrents. The steamer got under weigh at ten o'clock, and on arriving at Greenwich the following vessels were at their stations : 1. Petrel .......................... 20 tons.... W. Egan, Esq. 2. Victorine........ 18........ T. and C. Stokes, Esqrs. 13 3. Lady Louisa T. Smith, Esq. Immediately after the Royal Sovereign arrived at Greenwich, Commodore Harrison, accompanied by the Treasurer and other officers, went on shore, carrying the Silver Cup, the reward of the successful vessel, for the inspection of Sir Thomas Hardy, Vice-Patron of the Club. It was of Silver-gilt, of 50gs. value, surmounted with the figure of a Sailor leaning on an anchor. On their return, everything being in readiness, the signal-gun was fired, the wind blowing fresh from S. S. W., and the tide running down very fast. On getting under weigh, with topmasts down, their whole appearance shewing that they expected a brisk gale, the Lady Louisa, having her sails standing, went off nearly a hundred yards a-head, the other three following, without any perceptible advantage to either, to Woolwich Reach. Here, however, the Victorine passed Louisa in admirable style; Fortuna third, and Petrel last. In this way they proceeded to Broadness Point, the wind blowing a stiffish gale, and the interest of the Match increasing in proportion. Fortuna now took Louisa's place, the Petrel some distance in the rear: indeed it was clear that the latter had no chance, and at Grays she fairly backed out of the Match, and was no more seen by her rivals in the race. The Victorine kept on her way rejoicing, and maintained her superiority to the flag-buoy moored at Cole House Point, two miles below Gravesend, which she rounded first at 2-30 P. M., followed by Fortuna at 2-40, and Louisa at 2-423. The weather now cleared up, and the company on board the steamer, who had hitherto been compelled to crowd below, began to shew on deck, but the Match had lost its interest, as it was evident, barring accidents, that the Victorine, from her superiority in sailing, must be the winning boat. And so it proved, for she came up in beautiful style, and rounded the flag at Greenwich at five minutes to six o'clock. Fortuna was 11 min. after Victorine, and Lady Louisa 10 min. behind her. Mr. Stokes went on board the Royal Sovereign, and received the prize from the Commodore, who addressed the company in a neat and appropriate speech. The Cup was then filled, and quaffed to the health of the Vice-Patron, and, having been duly honored by the lips of the company, was carried off by the winner. Several yachts accompanied the Match, and both at starting and coming in the River presented a gay and animating -The alteration in the result of the Match from what might have been expected at starting is referable to the state of the weather, the tonnage of the Victoriae and the Fortuna taking sensible precedence of the Lady directly the wind freshened. The Petrel, however, from her bad qualities, was left far in the rear, although gunnel under, and the heavier tonnage. Had the wind fallen off, the Lady probably would have resumed her place as at the commencement; but there was no luck, and the winner carried on stiffly to the finish. scene. THE ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB. The first Above-bridge Sailing Match of the season was contested on Thursday, the 13th of June, by three yachts of this minor Club, for a Silver Cup and Cover-starting from off the Temple Gardens, up round a distanceboat off Wandsworth Meadows, and back. Mr. Short's Diana, 7 tons, was entered, but drawn.-At three o'clock, Mr. J. Edwards, jun.'s Dauntless, Mr. C. Noakes's Marina, and Mr. Stanton's Sylph, each 7 tons, took their stations; and shortly afterwards, the Commodore (T. Hewes, Esq.) gave the signal from the starting-boat, when " up anchor, and away" was the general cry, Dauntless running up first, Marina second, and Sylph last, but all pretty close together. There was a stiffish breeze from the East, with a touch from the South, and as they neared Waterloo-bridge the River presented a most animated appearance from the number of boats in attendance. As they started, so they proceeded through the bridges till opposite to Battersea Old Church, where they all came abreast. In running up the Reach, Marina gained a slight lead, but on facing the Meadows they were again in line. Marina and Dauntless rounded the distance-boat at the same instant, Sylph close to their sterns. Marina then passed over to the South |