SPANGLE,

A favourite Poney, belonging to the late PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

WE have this month selected as

an embellishment to our work the portrait of Spangle, a favourite poney, the property of her late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, as taken by Mr. Chalon, the well-known artist. The lamented Princess had four of these ponies, of which the one here exhibited was esteemed the most beautiful; and it was among her Royal Highness's greatest pleasures to drive them in a low phaton round the grounds of Claremont, during her residence at that delightful spot. A correct view of the mansion and lawn form the back view of the picture.

CURE OF A GREYHOUND.

To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. SIR,

THE greyhound Champion was

attacked on the 22d ult. when in high condition, with a disorder very much resembling the disease that the celebrated greyhound Lochinvar died of. On perceiving him unwell, he was bled largely, and twelve grains of calomel and five grains of jalap, inade into a pill, was given immediately, and about three hours the bleeding was repeated, owing to an unusual quickness of breathing, which had the appearance of internal inflammation taking place on the lungs; a strong liquid blister was applied to the

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cheek and sides, and in this stage of the disorder, the eyes appeared to sink much, and life seemed nearly extinct. In the course of a few hours, the blister had the desired effect in bringing on external inflammation to a great extent, which gave relief, and an injection was thrown up, which assisted the opening pill in cleansing the bowels of secreted bile of the consistence of bird-lime. The following morning the calomel was repeated, with an ounce of castor oil, instead of the jalap; and the dog supported during the day with mutton broth made into gruel with oatmeal, and one drachm of nitre mixed in it; and in the evening he was put into a warm bath, which seemed to change the whole system for the better, as he appeared more lively in his eyes, and his breathing more easy. The following morning, for the first time since the attack, he got up and ate some gruel with small pieces of meat mixed in it, which was given to him three times a day, until he recovered, which was on the sixth day; and he is now, in as fine condition as any greyhound in England. I agree with Mr. John Lawrence-a family surgeon, or veterinary surgeon, in all diseases of animals.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

AN OLD HUSSAR.

that whether the horse is bad or good, signifies little, if he be only properly weighted; in the knowledge of which lies all the merit of racing.

That this mode of racing is not attractive is certainly deducible from his own confession, that Newmarket is but ill attended, a circumstance which cannot arise from the breeders of racers in the north not chusing to attend them, for fear of being beaten in the south, inasmuch as the Newmarket racers are always beaten in the north-of which Doncaster and York stand, in proof annually and continually. But I apprehend it is not this fear of being beaten over the fair turf of Newmarket Heath, but what occurs in the stables before they get there. The name of Choak Jade is sometimes visible long before they reach the spot itself.

That the best horse should naturally be compelled to carry the weights proper and proportionate to his age follows of course in his progress through his racing life; but the subject complained of, and which eventually levels them with common and indifferent racers is, the continued plan pursued at Newmarket, of matching first at one weight and then another; and the same in regard to distances, in the hope of a trifling gain, till the horse is beaten and all his former

WORTH NOTHING.

To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine.: SIR,

A Correspondent in your ingenious publication, who signs himself" A BIT OF A JOCKEY," in meaning to reply to the observations in my letter, certainly corroborates all that I observed; for he allows that gambling is the sole directing principle which governs the racing at Newmarket; and

winning, perhaps, fifty pounds.

Whatever, therefore, Mr. Editor, your correspondent, "A BIT OF A JOCKEY," may say, there can be no doubt that all the fair ambition of having an excellent and unbeaten horse, at Newmarket, is never thought of; and that no horse can continue long unbeaten, while gambling and plunder are the Order of the Day" there; and that it is in the north only, with such names

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as the Duke of Hamilton, Earl Fitzwilliam, Sir Mark Sykes, Mr. Henry Peirse, and Mr. Watt, that the pride remains of keeping up the character of a racer, while their own remains uncontaminated by the interference of suspicious trainers or black-legs. ANTI-LEG.

THE ADVANTAGES OF A COUNTRY OVER A TOWN LIFE.

To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. SIR,

As

S the possession of landed property seems the ultimate reward and supreme distinction of merit of every kind, as well as the qualification necessary for many public offices; it does not seem wonderful that as soon as a general peace is established, that the desire to purchase it should become general likewise. The possessors of the greatest property in the funds well know, that though it may afford them many of the comforts and even luxuries of life, it gives them no distinction in their own country, or qualifies them for the enjoyment of many of those exercises which constitute the health and the amusement of rural life. In truth, the being only the tenant of landed property affords a species of freedom and an enlarged range of

business which the confinement of commercial concerns does not allow even to the wealthiest owner of funded property.

View, for instance, a broker in the Alley, shut up in the heat, and the smoke, and the fogs of a sea-coal atmosphere, hurrying up one staircase and down another, and crossing every now and then the street that leads to the Bank, up to the ankles in black dirt; and then see how little health and free air are connected with his acquisi

tion of wealth and even at the end of a long and successful life, how little he has enjoyed "those common benefits of heaven," assigned to the inhabitants of the country,

On the other side of the picture, behold the farmer breathing the pure air" at early morn," over the labours of his farm, riding about, as lord of the land, to inspect the works of his husbandmen; and in the acquirement of his property, subject to no confinement, but enjoying all the returns of fine seasons and health-inspiring weather, and while he adds to his property not sacrificing his constitution.

If to this advantage is to be added the opportunity of occasional sporting, (supposing him to be a qualified farmer,) there can remain little doubt that the tenantry of land and the pursuit of gain in the country, is much more attractive than a city can afford in the engagement of a commercial business. From these circumstances may be drawn the proof, why land is held so valuable.

SYLVANUS URBAN.

A Few days since I was riding to

see a race between two pedestrians, when I was overtaken by a gentleman, whom I have always esteemed a knowing sportsman.In our way we came to a piece of turf, when at his request we tried the speed of our nags: I was on a six-year old horse, sixteen hands and half an inch high; he was on a mare, six years old, not more than fourteen hands three inches high; we were nearly the same weights, and my horse, as I conceive, beat him easy. In the course

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