easy death would be a charity to the forlorn creature, compared with its being torn to pieces by dogs. The universal defect of moral instruction in the case of justice towards beasts, for the rising generation, is one of the foulest blots in our religious system. In fact, collectively speaking, neither young nor old seem to be aware of any such duty, knowing and practising nothing of it beyond the name.

On another occasion of sauntering through the streets, I observed a man inclining towards the middle age, well dressed, and apparently surrounded with all the comforts of existence, driving in his gig a most miserable and worn down horse. It had the appearance of a discarded post hack or mail coacher, purchased cheap at a repository sale. The wretched beast, from weakness probably, or from the slippery connection between a wide webbed iron shoe and the polished surface of the pavement, made an unavoidable blunder. Up started the whip in a moment, and to work it went, with the most cruel and home directed cuts, from the arm of the long-visaged and white-livered driver, his eye at every stroke gleaming with ideotic and groundless vengeance. I had the pain to see this man several times afterwards, driving the same poor horse, and always urging him to the utmost of the powers left bim by a life of severe labour, with repeated cuts of the whip. The dejected and despairing countenance, the hollow flanks and gaunt limbs of this poor animal, chilled

me

to the very heart. Poor wretch! hard has been thy lot, night and day, throughout thy miserable existence; how long yet are thy miseries to endure? That any man can be so base and mean

hearted, as to draw his luxurious gratifications from the most exquisite sufferings of a beast, which has such powerful claims upon his humanity and justice! How different was the high souled, although thoughtless and irregular sentiment of a poor carman, who had a wife and children to maintain. He was hired to one of those fellows who purchase worn out horses from those who slaughter them, in order to work out the poor remains of their existence, with renewed, and generally the most cruel labours, The carman complained that he could not get the horses on, and his master ordered him to purchase a whip of the severest kind. The poor fellow did so, and then had not the heart to use it, but left the cart and horses at a public house door to the care of the landlord, swearing, that so long as he had health and spirit to go upon the highway, he would never earn his bread out of the agony and blood of wretched beasts. I have even heard of gentlemen putting horses to plough, which were sold to the dog kennel.

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When of late the case of the poor stag was brought forward, which had its limb purposely dislocated, in pursuance of a barbarous and unnatural custom, now longer it is to be hoped in existence, the repeated appeals to the public in condemnation and for the correction of such infamous practices, were said by some persons to be made in the spirit of bigotry! Alas! there is ever too bigotted an attachment to low, interested, and selfish gratifications, to give way even to the most vigilant and reiterated correction. The volunteers in this cause, must ever be few; the duty most thankless and discouraging; yet the humane will

exult in the consoling fact, that considerable progress stands upon record. Vox HUMANITATIS.

for any other purpose, with one or two exceptions; and it was supposed the proprietor's circum stances were much injured by an attachment to so worthless a breed.

SHIRE.

leggy horse, more resembling the Barb in form, than the Arabian.

SIR,

gazine.

THE Rev. Miles Gale, describing Kighley parish in the year 1713, observes, that "a traveller through this parish shall not meet with half a mile of level ground; only at the East end of the town, is a field of plane earth, containing 114 days' work and one quarter, round which horse races are some times made. I have seen an old borse run with ten men at certain distances, delivering of a handkerchief one to another, when the horse lost. At another time, a horse with twenty men, when the men lost. The course was a mile and half round."

vicious disposition, always chained to the manger, by a secure and particular contrivance. In the field, nothing dared approach him but a lamb, between him and which there grew a mutual attachment, and I have seen the lamb butt with his horns, a fly from the shoulder of the horse. A malkin, in the shape and dress of a man, was put into the field, and this savage horse tore it limb from limb.

After the dispersion of this stud, some of the yearlings in which had been sold at the hammer, at five crowns and thirty shillings a-piece, Chillaby fell into the hands of Hughes, the famous horse manager at the Circus, which had been recently built and opened, in opposition to Astley's Amphitheatre.

Astley himself, indeed, bad not been many years removed from Cuper's Gardens, near the river.Hughes tamed Chillaby sufficiently for his appearance on the stage of the Circus, where the mad horse was ridden by the Professor, who got credit by disciplining him, as it was said to have been compassed chiefly by patient and mild me thods. He was, however, never ventured to be ridden abroad, until

SIR,

gazine.

FORTY years ago, Mr. Jennings bred from an Arabian called Chillaby; the various produce from this horse was good for nothing for the turf, and too slight

accident:-A person, who vras greatly assistant to Hughes in his affairs, used constantly to borrow a horse of him, whenever he wanted one. Calling one morning at the Circus with that view, when Hughes was from home, and no-.

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body about the stables but a lad, the person, whose errand the boy very well knew, said he would chuse a horse for a morning's ride; and looking around, fixed upon one, which the boy, either from roguery or through ignorance, saddled and led out for him. The gentleman rode away gently to Croydon, without any extraordinary occurrence, or feeling the least apprehension of danger. On his return, the horse backed with him into the door of a public-house, but with some assistance he moved forward again, and the accident appeared merely such as might be expected in a strange horse. Nothing farther remarkable occurred, until, approaching the Circus gate, up ran Hughes, open-mouthed to bis friend. Gracious God! Why you have got upon Chillaby! At the mention of the horse's name, which the rider had never once suspected, he let go the reins, and dropped off, as if he was shot, scampering away as though he thought the horse would pursue him.

Is Mr. Jennings still living? There was a report some time ago, that he was engaged in some literary undertaking; but there might be some mistake, from a similarity of name. I am, Sir, yours, &c. &c. TURF.

Bourne Bridge.

ON THE NECESSITY OF IMMEDIATELY FLYING A KITE, OR LETTING OFF A BLAZING COMET UPON THE TURF. ADDRESSED TO SPORTING NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN.

My Lords and Gentlemen, IT is too generally agreed, that

the interest of the turf is in a state of stagnation-that things

run taper at Newmarket-that bet. ting flags-and that many persons in various professions, who used to attend a race now and then, and bet their ten, twenty, or one hundred guineas, have now discontinued the practice, as not finding a sufficient stimulus, either of interest or amusement, in the pursuits of the turf. It is even averred by the knowing ones who have lived in times past, that the horses of the present day have degenerated, and that we have not for many years bad a horse of high form, or to be compared with the celebrated racers of former days. The same is averred of races to attract the general notice of the public, which always have a great effect; some such are now wanted. For example, such as the old match between Lord Derby's Laburnum and Dr. Neale's Fleacatcher, or the more recent one between Hambletonian and Diamond. A popular match of such description, over the course, at some distant period, is now wanted, to rekindle the curiosity and fix the attention of sportsmen of all ranks, more particularly in the metropolis; that at every coffee house and place of meeting, where money is usually betted, a popular and favourite object may be found to bet upon, with plenty of scope in the distance of time, for variations in the rate of betting, the very essence of profit in this line, to those who know how to profit by them. It may be said, there are always plenty of matches and sweepstakes, of distant determination, which is fact; but to many of these no sort of public notoriety is attached, and few bets are made upon them, until the race time arrive; and therefore a single match, well known, popular, and fashionable