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sent it is a very nice thing with either of the three. The Hadji shares with Toxophilite the pull of the Derby business, and has a very rising look. The demonstration in his favour has been decided; very and is only surpassed by the fondness still evinced for Adamas in the Chester Cup. He continues all the rage, with the Peer here again handy. Botany and Melissa, however, have on the whole "the next best" of it: the latter is wonderfully well in. Indeed, if either Adamas or this mare can be brought back to their three-year-old-form the race should be all over but shouting. The patchy appearance of our table needs no further interpretation.

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CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.-(Run April 16.)-9 to 1 against Schiedam, 4 yrs., 7st. 2lb.

GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.-(Run April 13.)-8 to 1 against Lord Zetland's Vedette, 4 yrs., 8at. 7lb. 12 to 1 against Mr. Verner's Turret, 3 yrs., 4st. 7lb. 12 to 1 against Mr. Nichol's Warlock, 5 yrs., 8st. 10lb.

GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.-(Run April 16.)-9 to 1 against Mr. Rigby's Borderer, 4 yrs., 7st. 9lb. (incl. 51b. extra). 10 to 1 against Mr. J. Barnard's Wrestler, 3 yrs., 6st. 3lb. (incl. 5lb. extra). 100 to 6 against Mr. R. Sutton's Black Tommy, 4 yrs., 8st. 21b.

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THE O OMNIBUS.

"There he sat, and, as I thought, expounding the law and the prophets, until on drawing a little nearer, I found he was only expatiating on the merits of a brown horse."-BRACEBRIDGE HALL,

The Two Thousand-The Meetings of the Month-Stud Gossip-Sporting Literature-Sporting Pictures-The Mutton-Chop Question-Mr. Rarey's Cruiser Soirée The Tubney Hound Show-The Tubney Sale-Hunting Changes-Mr. Farquharson's Wind-up.

It was a glorious sunny morning when we jumped up, and bent our way to the Great Babylon towards the East. Shoreditch is not an amusing place, but one thing did set us a thinking. Not a year since a splendid silver plate was presented to a curate of one of the City churches, with a flaming inscription; and yet there it was, actually exposed for sale in the window of a pawnbroker's, within a stone's-throw of the very church where it was earned. And so wondering whether it had been exposed there on purpose that it might be bought up for very shame, and presented over again, we reached the station. bold Waddy" reigns there no more; but though the porters, as of old, are few and poor, there is little to grumble at. Still we can hardly agree with the above hero, in a statement we once heard him make, that he had travelled all over the kingdom, and proved to demonstration by his stop watch, that the Eastern Counties keep the best time going.

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Rooks, of which there are this year an enormous number, were cawing and eddying everywhere, around quiet granges and halfembosomed farm-houses; and a swan sat quietly on her raised sedge nest in the midst of a still bulrush pool, while her mate "floated double, swan and shadow," with one black leg twisted on to his back beside her. We have seldom seen a Two Thousand race excite so little interest and conversation. Still it was a good one for the bettors, as nearly fifteen horses were backed at one time, or another for it. In the town there was the same sort of apathy. People would have it that both the cracks ran untried, though some few considered that Toxy had tasted The Peer on Saturday behind the Ditch. The Premier's zeal for Turf Reform was also considered to have received but slight illustration by his not scratching his horse till so very late. If a small man had done it, would not the "virtuous indignation" oracle have been worked among the magnates? Scott's party seemed to think far more of their Hepatica chance; and Mr. Padwick's said with truth that a rough gallop with Arsenal and Eclipse, who were known to be in form, from their Craven running, was enough to show Goater what were the longitude and latitude of Clydesdale. Neither party looked happy. The touts began to mutter about Fitzroland; but, as of yore, the Newmarket trainers did not know that they had a good Two Thousand horse in the town, and were not on him. Of the two-year-olds we heard but little. William Day is said to have a thrice-proved private flyer in Palm-leaf,

and the Maltonians talk with rapture of the beautiful proportions of the Four-leaved Shamrock by Daniel O'Rourke. The Black Doctor, looking bigger and better in every way, though not quite so smart as of yore, was being led up and down the street; and Tommy Ashmall was wasting hard for his lucky Governess mount. Saunterer in his yellow sheets was one of the first racers we saw going off for the heath, and then Wells (who seems to waste capitally to 8 st. and says he can get 3 or 4 lbs. less) rode down street with his bridegroom father-in-law at his side, in all the glories of a Great Metropolitan victory, and a Torquay marriage and honeymoon. They knew pretty well about Fitzroland, and so did many of "dangerous Sir Joseph's" friends; but they also knew that he was a bad beginner, and that a little disturbed them.

When we got to the Heath we were met with the news that Saunterer had fairly walked in for the £50 Plate under 9 st. 3 lbs., and given Kestrel a year and 17 lbs. and Apathy 21 lbs. Chilman, who looks after him, was on him, as he thought he understood his humour better than any of them, and his idea on this head came up trumps. The first symptoms of life we saw about the Ditch stables was Massaniello, half-brother to Ignoramus, walking about in bandages, and our impression of the policy of putting down £50 for him was not a favourable one. We quite envied Sam Rogers as we watched him shed his long coat under that sultry sky, and mount Forerunner; but the Secretary at War's chesnut is rather pretty and short, and will give anything with any form very little great trouble. Then there was Ravenstonedale, a remarkably fine dark chesnut colt. "Ephesus over again," said a friend at our side; and he never spoke a truer word. He is, however, not quite so high on the leg; but his trial mare Florence had just been well beat, and we thought of him no more. Then we looked behind, and little knots were gathering all along the beech-wood. First one opened, and Nat in the Grafton "all scarlet" emerged, and came down the Bunbury mile, smartish. Still, though the distance was too far for us to say much, we were not impresssed, perhaps, from a previously conceived notion, that the Whitewall lot are weak this year. Knot second opened, and out came a bit of yellow on Lord of Lorn, who went most beautifully; but we have long since put on paper, as our readers know, our notion of his capacity to get more than a T.Y. C. course. The party said that Special License had tried him to their hearts' desire, to get the Rowley mile; but when is not the wish father to the thought in these instances? Clydesdale cantered up behind the pair, and we fled from our coign of vantage to meet them at the post. Schismatic in the straw came up the other way, but we hardly got a look at him. Charles the Second had the same heavy shoulder he had last year, and was weak and loosish in his quarters, larger than they usually are, but like nearly every Dutchman we ever saw, with the word miler stamped on every limb. It was said Nat had liked him; but we have always heard that trying horses is not Nat's forte. In fact very few jockeys are good judges on this head. Coxwold was a mere weakish backed pony, and we really thought it was a guinea to a penny against him getting to the Bushes. We can only adopt the expression of a weekly paper, that Happy Land was like "a wretched little black rabbit in a high state of perspiration ;" very shabby about his croup, and held his head quite high. His stable backed him now, but some will say that

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