a rough-looking pony, and having just returned from a cruise equipped in a suit more calculated for the deck of a fishing-smack in the North Seas than the cover side of the Hambledon Hunt. I ascertained from the huntsman that they had killed seven brace of cubs, and that Grasstead Wood, where we were to throw off, was a certain find. There was one of the field to whom I have not yet referred, but who deserves the most favourable mention. I allude to the Honourable Augustus Berkeley. In earlier days he was a first-rate performer in Leicestershire; and in that country, as well as the Cheltenham and Vale of Berkeley, where he hunted with his noble brother, the Earl Fitzhardinge, there were few, if any, better men. Indeed, we question whether at any time the "Brothers Berkeley," Frederick and Augustus, could be equalled. The captain has, however, of late years confined himself to the provinces, and now devotes his hunting time between Colonel Wyndham's, Mr. Richardson's, the Hambledon foxhounds, and Sir Horace Seymour's harriers. Upon the day I allude to, Captain Berkeley was mounted on a remarkably clever Irish horse, called "The Baby." If he was infantine in name, he was a "giant" in the field; for a more perfect hunter I never saw-a first-rate fencer, and fast enough for any hounds. No sooner did we find than the captain exclaimed-"Follow me!" but to say and to do are very widely different: however, at an humble distance I followed my leader, who went like a bird throughout the run. Were I to carry

on the metaphor of the bird, I fear I must admit that I looked more like a mud-lark than any other of the feathered tribe; for being mounted on a low pony, and the roads being extremely dirty, I was one mass of earth and chalk. Fortunately for me, for nearly three miles a road skirted the line the fox took; and there, with an eye upon the captain, who was leading across the country, I Macadamized it; nor was I left alone, for many, like the highwaymen in Macbeth's gang, seemed to say-"Let us take the road!" The "wily animal" being a novice, after running twenty minutes, was headed by a clod, and turned right back for the wood where we had found him. This was fortunate for the skirters and roadsters, for certain gaps at fences having been made, and bars of gates broken down, there was little difficulty in retracing our steps, which, with a slight diversion, we did to Grasstead Wood. Here, within a few yards of the cover, the fox was run into after a very pretty hunting run. Mr. Long, the huntsman, and the whipper-in, were well with the hounds throughout the day, and did their respective duties in the most praiseworthy manner. Everything was carried on in a quiet and sportsmanlike form; there was no riding over hounds, no unnecessary halloing; and although a chosen few, led by Captain Berkeley, were in the first flight, they were too much accustomed and devoted to the "noble science" to attempt (as we have seen some "fast ones" do) to hunt the fox themselves. In conclusion, sincerely do I wish success to the public-spirited master and his gallant pack; and hoping that next winter I may have the good luck to have another day with the Hambledon, I for the present take my leave of them.

We must now allude to the kennel, which is now occupied by Mr. Kent, the Duke of Richmond's trainer. Additional stables were

erected for the splendid stud of that truly popular nobleman, Lord George Bentinck, when he shone forth as so distinguished a patron of the turf. At the present moment, this stud, now the property of Mr. Mostyn, as also that of Mr. Gratwick, are under the care of Kent; and never can they be with a better man, or one more devoted to the interests of his employers.

Of Goodwood Races it will be unnecessary to speak at any length in this article. They are so well known, the sport has been so good, and the regulations carried out upon that course have been so warmly extolled by the whole press of the country, that any enlarged comment upon them would be superfluous. But as a matter of curiosity, and to prove that race-courses, like states and countries, have their rise and fall, it will be well to lay before our readers the turf proceedings of former years at this now celebrated spot, and compare them to those of the present time. Goodwood has eclipsed its former more successful county of Sussex rivals-Brighton, Lewes, and Mitchell Grove. The latter has been defunct some years; while the former, once the scene of royalty, the arena where the prince and his sporting companions kept the game thoroughly alive, is now going off in a galloping consumption. Lewes, too, shows now but a sorry shadow of its past turf glories. Goodwood Races were first established forty-five years ago. In the spring of the previous year the members of the hunt and the officers of the Sussex Militia arranged a meeting, and which accordingly came off on the 28th, 29th, and 30th April, 1802. Acting upon the well-known principle that the nearest way to a man's heart (and sportsmen are not exempt from this general rule) the Duke of Richmond of that day gave a splendid collation, and which is described as follows in the provincial press of that day-Chichester: May 5, 1802....." To the efforts of equestrian skill is to be added the princely and almost unprecedented munificence of the noble founder of the Goodwood Races, in providing the new erected stand, with a collation which might be entitled a general refrigarium, for the access was as easy as the reception was elegant and hospitable." The paragraph then proceeds to say"The thanks of the county in general, and of this city and its vicinity in particular, are largely due to His Grace the Duke of Richmond, for having thus munificently and liberally instituted an establishment of most material local benefit in every point of view, both as a source of pecuniary advantage to the inhabitants, and as a means of forwarding to notice and increasing the consequence of this western part of the county! We can only add our wish that the illustrious founder may for many years enjoy in health and happiness this promising scion, planted by his own hand-a wish in which we shall be joined by all true Sussex patriots." The duke, who was then threescore and six years, lived only four years after the establishment of this meeting, and it remained to his great nephew, the present owner of this princely domain, to bring the races to their present state of perfection. The old stand was a small wooden thatched building, in which, if a party of a hundred people were assembled, the races were pronounced to be extremely well attended. Great exertions were made for the first meeting; the sum of £313 public money was given, to be contended for, while the value of the

The Prince of

stakes amounted to £325, total £638 in three days. Wales sent his horse Rebel, by Trumpeter, and beat the Duke of Richmond's b. h. Cedar, by Gay, in a match for a hundred guineas. The late Earl of Egremont, as was his custom for many years afterwards, walked over for a sweepstakes of 10 gs. each. There were six matches, and a sweepstakes of 20 gs., and a hunters' plate, gentlemen riders. In one of the former, General Lennox, afterwards Duke of Richmond, and father to the present duke, appeared as an amateur jockey, and was beat by Major Maxwell. In the following year the races fell off, there being four hundred pounds less run for than at the first meeting. Lord Egremont carried off the only two sweepstakes, which amounted to £189. In 1804 the races were reduced to one day: two plates and a cup for hunters were alone contested for. From this period until 1825 the money given to be run for varied from £76 to £300, and the sweepstakes progressing from £63 to £632, which they realized this year. In 1826, although the money given retrograded, the sweepstakes advanced to £813. In 1827 the Drawing Room Stakes were first established; the money given amounted to £300, stakes, £1,706, which, with two matches of £50 and £30, gave £2,086 as the total sum of money run for. The following year there was a falling off by £100 in money given, £546 in stakes, and £30 in matches, leaving the total amount contended for £676 less than at the previous meeting. In the year 1829 considerable alterations and improvements were made in the course, and there was a great increase in the amount of money given, stakes, and matches; the "tottle of the whole" (as an economical member of the House of Commons was wont to call it) amounting to £3,285. In 1830, the new Grand Stand, which was erected from a design by G. Draper, Esq., of Chichester, (to which we shall presently refer) was opened, and the increase of stakes was to £785. The Drawing Room Stakes amounted to £1,130, the Goodwood Stakes £630, and the Cup £760. We must here remind our readers that the gold cups of 1829 and 1830 were carried off by His Majesty George IV's Fleur-de-Lis. In 1831 a plate of 100 gs. was first given by His Majesty George IV., to be annually run for. In this year the Goodwood Stakes amounted to £925, a 50 sovs. three-year-old stakes to £700, the Gold Cup to £740, and the Drawing-Room Stakes to £1,445. In 1832 there was a falling off in the Drawing-Room Stakes of £355, but an increase upon other stakes. Upon this and the previous year the Gold Cup was won by Lord Chesterfield's Priam. From this year to 1835 inclusive the amount run for averaged nearly £6,000. In 1837, it realized the sum of £11,145. For the last ten years the sport has increased annually, and the two last meetings have been unparalleled. In 1845 we find the following return :

In the above are included forfeits, walks over, and the winners' stakes; but not dead heats, or more than one heat for the plates, amounting, in addition, to seven races. The greatest winners (their own stakes included) were the Earl of Eglintoun, £5,185; Lord Stanley, £3,600; Mr. Wreford, £3,205; The Duke of Richmond, £3,172 10s.; Lord George Bentinck, £2,815; Mr. Gully, £1,752 10s.; Mr. Gratwicke, £1,150; Mr. Salvin (the Cup included), £1,040; Earl of Chesterfield, (the Chesterfield Cup) £630; Captain Harcourt (the Steward's Cup), £570.

We now proceed to notice a summary of results of the races of last year. In the course of the meeting there were thirty-three races, four stakes walked over for; a match that did not produce a race; exclusive of three dead heats: total value, £22,905, not including the Orange Prize. As it was Lord George Bentinck's last appearance at Goodwood, it may not be uninteresting to our readers to mention that the horses of this late princely patron of the turf ran forty-eight times: the total number of horses that started, including the walks over and the above-mentioned lot, were two hundred and fifty. The following is a table of the principal winners, arranged according to the amount of money won :

The Duke of Richmond and Lord George Bentinck divided the stakes in one race, which accounts for the fractions. The following statement gives a view of Goodwood Races as they were and as they are:

Total (37 years).... £11,750 5 £61,715 7 £4,365 10 £77,831 2

Last two years' total amount ran for, £47,805.

SPORTSMEN AND SPORTING MEN.

BY HARRY HIEOVER.

THE SPORTING MAN.

I have hitherto only mentioned the sporting man in a certain equivocal position in society, that enables him, with a portion of mankind, to rank in that equally equivocal character of a gentleman; not that with the well-born, well-bred, and right thinking, there really is anything equivocal in the attributes that truly constitute that character, or that there is any real difference in those essentials as regards the gentleman of 1646, or the one of the present era; but taking the world (or at least the population of our country) en masse, that a considerable difference between the opinions of the population existing at these distant periods does exist, I conceive to be quite palpable. Formerly birth, education, a constant devotion to honourable conduct, and constant association with gentlemen, were necessary preliminaries to ranking in that class; and this feeling pervaded all orders of society. But now we go a quicker way to work, and find a shorter cut to aristocracy. Who would now go through the dull routine of education? What younger son will in future cut his way to fame and fortune by his sword, when sharing in the cutting of a railroad can, with talismanic effect, bring him, in the world's eye, to a position once thought the prerogative of a chosen few? Who will urge their weary steps, with toil and danger, up the hill of fame, when he can tunnel through it, and thus render the transit from plebeanism to all the advantages (if not the reality) of aristocracy as sudden as the transit from London to Blackwall? albeit the traveller, on commencing his journey, might be one whose pristine ideas never soared beyond the luxury of a penny-a

miler.

Nor are railroads now the only roads to sudden fortune, and consequently as sudden elevation to its concomitant advantages. Who will, in future, seek the bubble, reputation, "at the cannon's mouth," or hazard life and limb to support the dignity of himself or family, when a little hazard at his own house can raise him to all the dignity now necessary to his comfort? None but the insane.

Our old acquaintance, famed La Manchas, knight, was a man of sane and steady purpose, if compared to the man of our days, who would contemplate leading a life of honest industry, and fighting the good fight to honourable independence, when, by being concerned in "selling a fight," he can jump to such a conclusion at once; and, from the mo ment the sponge is thrown up, he may throw up his cap, and say "Io triumphe!" He may pocket his gains; and if an affront may perchance be offered him, in good truth he can well pocket that too.

Some may be still found who would be hypercritical enough to cavil