COLT BRED

BY

LORD BOLINGBROKE.

FROM A PAINTING BY MR. STUBBS.

Engraved by Mr. SCOTT, in his

best manner.

THE HE original painting from which this print is taken, is one of the most beautiful ever seen. -We no doubt shall, at some future period, obtain the name and subsequent performances of the colt. At present, we have it only in our power to state, that the original picture was given to Mr. Monnet, when he was last in England, in 1766, by Lord Bolingbroke. The horse was painted by Stubbs; the landscape, by the celebrated marine painter, Vernet; and the two figures, the dog and the sheep, by Boucher, first painter to the King of France.

OX HUNTING.

MR. WARD'S HOUNDS.

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lars of the late singular chase with Mr. Ward's hounds, who hunt the Daventry and Northampton district, and have for years, in the excellence of the hounds, and the celebrity of the riders, been held inferior to no one establishment in the kingdom with sporting amateurs, the hounds, horses, and men, are too well known to need the aid of literary panegyric. On Monday, the 2d of January, soon after throwing off, with a numerous field, they unkenneled at Marston Wood, between Welford and Harborough; breaking covert favourably for the pack, they went away well at him, the scent laying breast high, over Sibbertoft, Stothorpe, Theddingworth, Laughton, Lubenham, and Foxton ; where, luckily for both hounds, horses, and horsemen, he had nearly run into a coursing party. Catching sight of the greyhounds he instantly headed, and, foiling his pursuers, brought the hounds to a short check; but, by their indefatigable exertions they soon hit him off again: and upon settling to the scent, renewed their former speed, and soon ran to a view, but of short duration; for,

accommodate our friends with every recital of sport worthy their attention; we feel, a double pleasure in the present opportunity of communicating authentic particu

over Saddington, Smeaton, Kibworth, Fleckney, Wistow, Newton Harcourt, Glenn, Oadby, Stoughton, Great Stretton, Norton, and to Galby. Here it was for a Y 2

few

few minutes thought, he had a chance to beat them, for a change in the atmosphere, or the soil, so varied the scent, that the hounds gradually slackened their pace, and absolutely picked it along in cold hunting for more than an hour, over Frisby to Billesden, and under the covert side of Billesden Coplow, over Cold Newton, Skeffington, and Tilton on the Hill, where they hunted up to him in a style of persevering excellence exceeding description. Upon his being hallooed from the hedge row, they took to him with renovated vigour; and, clapping at him pretty close to his brush, he had no alternative but to run short, being too much exhausted to face a new country; when, after another burst of a quarter of an hour, most of the time in view, he was killed in the most sporting-like manner, having led a chace of four hours and a quarter, through twenty-six parishes, and derived no advantage from covert but once during the whole. The

distance from Marston Wood to the

furthest point the hounds reached, is in a straight line, said by the natives of the spot, to be twentyseven miles: but the circle they ran is impartially said to be between thirty-five and forty. Bolder riding was never seen, and many never saw the end of the chace: that, however, was no disgrace. The hounds were unavoidably left at the kennel of Lord Sefton; and Colonel Ward, with the true and invincible spirit of a sportsman, placed his huntsman in a postchaise and four, and taking a seat by the side of him, arrived at Boughton about 11 o'clock in the evening, to hunt the next day, which they did, and had another good run.

[The foregoing is from a Correspondent who can best describe

a Fox Chase of any gentleman we know. If the following are not written in the same sportsman-like manner, it is because they are acquired from other sources, and from those more accustomed to write than to ride. This, however, will not apply tơ the next short article, but to some of those which come after it.]

THE DUKE OF GRAFTON'S

HOUNDS.

THE Duke of Grafton's hounds, as they are still called, though now resigned to Lord Southampton, met at the Hyde, Hengrave, on Monday morning, 27th ult, to a very dred and fifty horsemen, among full field, consisting of one hunwhom were, his Grace, the Earl of Euston, Lord Southampton, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Brome, and of the neighbourhood. They did almost all the principal gentlemen not find, however, till after two o'clock, near Ixworth; when, after a hard run of above two hours, took to earth, and escaped the viand it being nearly dark, Reynard gilance of his pursuers.

MR. NEWNHAM'S HOUNDS.

ON Monday, the 10th instant, a bag fox was turned out by Knight's rails, before Mr. H. Newnham's hounds, of Newtimber, Sussex. The field displayed upwards of fifty horsemen, and many of rank, to enjoy the diversion which Reynard promised to bestow. The morning, though the wd blew fresh from the North, was not altogether unfavourable; and Reynard, on being exposed to his pursuers, went off in a capital style: taking a North-east direction, he passed Mr. Drew's barn, and took over Barncombe Hill, where, inclining to the left, he soon after crossed the Honfield Road, took the whole

length

length of the Downs by the Devil's Dyke, dashed through the Furze Field at Southwick, and made briskly for Mr. Bridger's plantation, where, the dogs being hard at his brush, he nearly threadled the cover, crossed by New Shoreham Church, and stood on for Erringhamshaw; but being headed by a shepherd's dog ere he could gain his point, he turned suddenly off to the left, and boldly took to the river, a short distance above Old Shoreham Bridge, the hounds following him through the water in the most spirited and handsome manner. Unfortunately the tide being at flood, the current was so strong, that Reynard's attempts to reach the opposite shore proved fruitless, the dogs surrounding him about the centre of the river, speedily terminated his life, and then left his body to the sport of the wind and tide. The sportsmen in general were highly satisfied with the morning's diversion; an hour and thirty-five minutes they had ran without check. The only regret expressed was by some intrepid riders, who at all risks had determined, if possible, to be in at the death, that circumstances would not admit of their gallantry disputing the honour of the brush.

YORKSHIRE HOUNDS.

AN extraordinary fox chace took place in the North, the middle of this month. The fox was uncovered about two miles from Doncaster, and led his pursuers to Notall, in Nottinghamshire, a distance of sixty miles. Four sportsmen were in at the death.

STAG HOUNDS.

THE latter end of December, Mr. Barwell's stag hounds roused a deer near Lumley Seat, on the bor

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On Friday, the day before Christmas day, the Prince of Wales's harriers, at Brighton, threw off near the race stand. The field was very respectably attended, and some very excellent sport ensued. gentleman, of the name of Cottle, a staunch sportsman, and one of the most constant attendants of the hunt, in returning home through Patcham, his horse, at a sudden blaze of light from a blacksmith's forge, started, and fell. The rider, through his spur entangling in the saddle-cloth, as the horse rose, hung dangerously suspended with his head towards the

ground;

MATCHES AGAINST TIME.

To the Editor of the Sporting Mag

SIR,

azine,

Send you the account of a match against time, for insertion in your Sporting Magazine. I remain, Sir, Your humble servant, C. C. Dorchester, Jan. 18, 1803.

A CHESNUT hackney mare, a descendant of Sir F. Pooles Staring Tom, the property of Mr. Triggs, of the Swan, Chichester, was lately matched against time, for a trifling wager, to go from the market-cross in the above city to the fifteen mile stone on the Portsmouth road, and back again three several times, making in the whole ninety miles, in nine hours, allowing the animal for rest and refreshment three hours.

She

accordingly started at five o'clock yesterday morning, and went the first thirty miles in two hours and 15 minutes: started again at nine, and performed the second thirty miles in two hours and twenty minutes: was started the third time at a quarter

before two, and completed her task at five minutes before four; having been only six hours and forty-five minutes on the road; two hours and a quarter within the time assigned. A boy aged only ten years, son to Mr. Meads, of Chichester, rode the mare with great ability, and with much apparent ease,

ON Thursday the 13th, a bet was decided between Pepper, a butcher, and Wood, a baker, of Dover. They started on two fine horses, that had been prepared for the purpose, from the Red Cow, at Dover, for Hythe, about eleven miles distant, and were attended by a vast concourse of people. Wood's horse fell down about three quarters of amile from Hythe, and the butcher was in about four minutes

before his antagonist. The race was performed in forty minutes, and many bets were depending.

A YOUNG tradesman of Lincoln has wagered twenty guineas, p. p. that he rides a certain mare, now in his possession, from Lincoln to Manchefter, and back again, in fortyeight hours. He is to start on Wednesday the 9th of February, or pay forfeit. The odds, at present, are in his favour. Manchester is about 90 miles from Lincoln, so that he will have 180 miles to travel on the said mare in the above time. Should the roads and weather prove good, he is likely lo accomplish the task.

BOXING.

UESDAY the 18th instant

was fixed upon to be a busy day among the bruisers. O'Donnel, the young Irishman, who is considered by his countrymen as the redeemer of their reputation in the boxing line, was matched to fight Henigan, a new candidate for pugilistic fame, near Dulwich, for twenty guineas aside. Tom Johnson's brother, known by the name of Jacklin, made the match on the part of Henigan. On the Monday, Jacklin and his hero were surprised by a visit from Amstrong, one of the officers from Worship-street. They were both taken before the magistrates there, who obliged them to find sureties in L.400 each to keep the peace for six months. Henigan, however, considering this restriction might prove a fatal blow to his rising genius, determined at all risks to give his opponent the meeting, and accordingly repaired to the spot, accompanied by several hundreds of his associates, who ap plauded his resolute spirit. O'Donhell not being acquainted with this movement,