The notice of the weather and company at the commencement will suffice for the three days, and enable me to describe the racing without interruption. Tuesday. A sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for three yr. olds, New T. Y. C. brought out the Leger nag, Redshank, in opposition to a small field of bad horses, viz:-Lord Berners's colt, out of Camarine's dam, Col. Peel's Arsenic, Mr. Sowerby's St. Luke, and Lord Exeter's Lady Anne. By dint of whipcord and steel, John Day managed to keep the Camarine colt in front for three-fourths of the distance, when Redshank shot by him and won by a length without being called upon. 2 to 1 on the winner, and 5 to 1 agst. Camarine's dam; Boyce rode the winner. A match for 100 sovs. h. ft., T. Y. C. was well contested between Lord Lichfield's Toss-up, (Delphine colt), 8st. 7lb., and Lord Exeter's Jemmy, 8st., and won by the former by half a length. 5 to 4 on Toss-up, who was jockied by John Day. The July stakes brought out one of the smallest fields ever seen for this popular race, and I am inclined to suspect that they are not exactly the sort to find much favour for Derby or Oaks. The start was confined to the following seven, and without the customary annoyance of false starts, produced one of the closest races ever seen:-Lord Exeter's Brother to Beiram, Col. Peel's g. f. by Sultan, out of Fille de Joie, Lord Chesterfield's Venilia, Lord Orford's f. by Mulatto, out of Ascot's dam, (Angelica), Mr. Wilson's ch. c. by Comus, dam by Figaro, Mr. Pettit's b. c. by Tranby, dam by Abjer, and Sir S. Graham's f. by Shakspeare, out of Twatty. The last odds were 11 to 8 agst. Fille de Joie, 3 to 1 agst. Venilia, 5 to 1 agst. Brother to Beiram, and 6 and 7 to 1 agst. the Mulatto filly. Brother to Beiram, whose forte, I should say, is speed, not stoutness, made the running, the others lying well up with him till hear the cords, where he was joined by Venilia, Mulatto filly, and Fille de Joie filly, Venilia on the outside, and the first to show distress; these four ran home nearly in a line, Brother to Beiram having a slight lead till right upon the chair where he stopt, and enabled the Fille de Joie and Mulatto fillies to catch him, and make a dead heat of three! (a similar circumstance occurred in the First Spring meeting, 1829, between Miss Craven, Oppidan, and Corsair, and in the Houghton meeting, 1815, between Quinola, Asmodeus, and Osman, the deciding heats being won by Miss Craven and Quinola); Venilia ran them in to a neck, and the other three particularly distinguished themselves at the wrong end. Robinson rode Venilia, and says he should have won if his mare had not been run against; and lookers on assert, that when Brother to Beiram stopt he nearly knocked the Mulatto filly out of her stride or she would have won; others declared The Colonel's filly had just won, and both Lords Exeter and Orford were so impressed with the idea, that the dead heat was between their nags, that they rode up to the judge to announce their intention to divide the stakes. "First catch your hare," says Mrs. Glass. The dead heat did not disturb the confidence of the Fille de Joie party, although a moment's reflection must have convinced them, as it did me, that of the two the Mulatto blood was the most likely to run on; but in racing, as in all other matters, fashion governs all things; and had Lord Orford's filly been in Cooper's stable, and vice versa, the odds would have been 5 to 4 instead of 7 to 2 agst. her. Before running off the dead heat the betting was 5 to 4 agst. Fille de Joie, 5 to 2 agst. Brother to Beiram (t.), and 7 to 2 agst. Mulatto filly, laid freely. Lord Exeter's colt again made all the play, Nat keeping Lord Orford's mare in reserve till near the cords, where she ran by him and won cleverly by a length; Fille de Joie was beaten half a length from Brother to Beiram. The winner is in the Oaks. In the evening there was a little business done on the Good wood cup, at 9 to 2 agst. Hornsea, and 5 to 1 agst. Bran (taken eagerly), and on the stakes, at 4 to 1 agst. Rockingham, 10 to 1 against Pussy, and 10 to agst. Oak-Apple. Redshank and Vulture quoted at 8 to 1 each for the St. Leger, and Trapball reported amiss. Wednesday. A kind of fast-day, except for Mr. Newcombe's hawks, which were allowed to have a "shy" at the crows to make up the afternoon's amusements. The only legitimate race was for the D. I. plate, which was won by Mr. J. Peel's Uncle Toby (Nat), beating Lord Exeter's Lucks-all, Sir M. Wood's Amesbury, and Col. Peel's Castaway, after a slow run race. Even on Luck's-all, 7 to 4 agst. Amesbury, and 4 to 1 agst. my Uncle. The want of sport this afternoon is very properly attributed by Bell's Life to the present system of naming-the remedy suggested is simple, and will probably be adopted. The betting market was rather lively in the evening on the Liverpool cup, General Chassé having several friends at 6 to 4, and Verbina at 10 to 1, Mündig at 6 to 1, and not in force. Rush and Jacob Faithful backed for the Goodwood stakes at 10 to 1, 13 to 1 each offered agst. Oak-Apple and Felix, and 20 to 1 agst. Lucifer; Trapball not so bad as suspected, and no offer agst. him higher than 10 to 1, Redshank at 8 to 1, Vulture at 10 to 1, Beeswing at 12 to 1, and Rachel at 13 to 1. Gladiator and Wedge as before. Brother to Bay Middleton backed for the Derby at 10 to 1. Thursday. The racing to-day was plentiful, and good enough to make up for the deficiency yesterday. The first event was the Town Plate, last mile and a distance of B. C., for which Redshank, Taishteer, and Mr. Bond's c. by Tramp, out of Neva started; the odds being 6 to 1 on the Leger nag; he humoured his companions by walking with them for about twenty yards, started off at, for him, a mere canter, got rid of them long before they reached the dukes' stand, and won by four lengths. He is a very fine goer, and is sure to run forward at Doncaster. Boyce rode him. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for two yr. olds., the winner to be sold for 50 &c.-T. Y. C., the following started :-Mr. Thornhill's c. by Emilius, out of Surprise, Lord Chesterfield's c. by Shakspeare, out of Eva's dam, Lord Exeter's f. by Priam, out of Varna, Col. Peel's br. f. by Edmund, out of Medora, Mr. Irby's c. by Shakspeare, out of Clansman's dam, and Mr. T. Carter's c. Caricature, by Shakspeare. Even on the three Shakspeares agst. the field. A close and beautifully contested race between the four first named, and not half a length between them at the finish, Mr. Thornhill's (jockied by Conolly) winning by a head, and Lord Chesterfield's being second; the winner claimed. The Chesterfield stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. for twoyr. olds.-Last half of Ab. M. ...... .... ...... 1 2 3 Lord Exeter's Brother to Beiram, 4lb. extra.-Conolly.. General Yates's Grand Cairo, by Camel Sir M. Wood's ch. f. by Langar, out of Isabelle The following were not placed :-Mr. Greville's Mariette, Lord Exeter's c. by Redgauntlet, out of Augusta's dam, Mr. Newton's c. by Cetus, out of Brillante, Col. Peel's gr. f. by Sultan, out of Fille de Joie, Gen. Grosvenor's Laodice, and Mr. Cookes's Winford. Grand Cairo was all the go, large sums being laid out upon him at evens and 11 to 10; Brother to Beiram and Laodice stood at 5 to 1 each, and were backed for a trifle, while the crack filly of Tuesday (Fille de Joie) was not even mentioned. Brother to Beiram again made the running, and was in full sail to the hill when Grand Cairo drew upon him, the 4lb. bringing them together at the betting stand; Brother to Bairam, however, answered the call, quitted his opponent after running a few yards, and won cleverly by a length; Sir M. Wood's filly made a rush at the end, and was placed third by about half a length from Grand Cairo; Laodice, Redgauntlet colt, also laid forward, but Winford and the Cetus colts were several lengths astern. A handicap of 15 sovs. each between The Glama 8st. 7lb. Bodice (the Whalebone one), 8st. 4lb. and Juliana 8st. 4lb. was a very sporting affair, and won by the former by a head, with one of those desperate rushes in which Robinson, as well as Chiffney, is so successful. The betting was rather heavy at evens on The Glama, and 13 to 8 agst. Bodice. The running of this mare is surprising, when it is considered that only two months ago she astonished her trainer by dropping a colt foal by Patron. The meeting terminated with a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two and three yr. olds, which was won easily by Jemmy, (Conolly) beating Mr.Hunter's gr.f. by Gustavus, out of Peggy, two yrs. old; Mr.Newton's Cetus colt, Mr. Clover's b.f. by Emilianus, out of Chamois, two yrs. old, and Mr. Walker's Vandenhoff, who was the first beaten; 6 to 4 agst. Vandenhoff, and 2 to 1 agst. Jemmy. Newmarket, July 20. Your's &c. W. G Nimrod's Northern Tour. (Continued from page 167.) "Hæc olim meminisse juvabit."-VIRGIL. "When time, who steals our hours away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay And half our joys renew."- -MOORE. ON Monday the 9th, by the kind attentions of Mr. James Blackwood, I was enabled to see some of the principle lions of Edinburgh-" The modern Athens," as this seat of learning and philosophy is now called; which certainly sounds better to the ear than the "modern Babylon," as our Metropolis is designated, chiefly by reason of its great extent. Holyrood Palace (with which most of my readers are, no doubt, so well acquainted, that a description of it would be to them" tedious as a thrice-told tale,") was our first object; from whence we proceeded to the High-school, a splendid building on the Calton-hill, and thence to the Register-office, which is out and out the most elegant public building I have ever yet seen in any country which I have visited; and very unlike some I could name, in which may be found "Windows and doors in nameless sculptures drest, With order, symmetry, or taste unblest; Forms like some bedlam statuary's dream, The craz'd creations of misguided whim." We then walked into the Parliament-house that was-the Court of Session that is. In other words, we got amongst the lawyers, than which, they say, there is only one worse place in which a man can find himself. My chief object here was to have a sight of Lord Jeffreys, who did so much honour, not to fox-hunting, but to sound learning as well as the general literature of our country, when editor of the Edinburgh Review. And in truth he is well worth looking at, for a countenance or an eye more expressive of intellectual powers cannot I think be imagined. I forgot to ask before which of the three or four judicial big-wigs I saw this day sitting in the judgment-seat, Williamson once appeared as a witness in a horse cause, as thereon hangs rather an amusing tale. On being called on for his testimony, he put his spectacles on his nose, and pulling a large book (his hunting diary) out of his pocket, began to read:-" the hounds met this day, my lord, at Haddon-rig, and we found our fox at ten minutes past eleven," when his lordship informed him that all extraneous matter might be dispensed with, and desired him to confine himself to facts. NO, LXIV.—VOL. XI. 2 F It was my intention this day to have heard Professor Wilson lecture, but learning from Mr. Blackwood that he was indisposed with a cold, I thought it prudent to await a fitter opportunity. I finished the morning then with a lounge in Mr. Inglis's stables, which was rendered more than usually agreeable by meeting several of my sporting friends in them, who had arrived in Edinburgh to attend one of the periodical dinners of the Royal Caledonian Hunt Club. Amongst them was Mr. Campbell, of Saddel, who had seen a run that morning with the Duke of Buccleuch's hounds, and who, accompanied by his Grace, had ridden to Edinburgh after hunting-the distance just fifty miles. Nor was this all. Mr. Campbell rode the same number of miles the next morning to meet Lord Elcho's pack! So much for the charms of fox-hunting; but what other pastime would be purchased at such a sacrifice as this? My notice of Edinburgh would be very incomplete, were I to pass over without, remark, this justly celebrated Club, of which the King is patron; and which consists of most of the noblemen and gentlemen now resident in Scotland. It was instituted in 1777; and it appears that the oldest member of it is Mr. Baillie of Jerviswood-i.e., of Mellerstain, where he now resides. I was given to understand that the funds of this club are very considerable, notwithstanding the numerous acts of beneficence which emanate from them; and the honour attached to an election to it is shown by the number and rank of the several candidates. It undoubtedly towers far above all other hunting or racing clubs, perhaps I may venture to say, in Europe. The annual autumn meeting is held (having been first fixed upon by ballot) at different places in Scotland, when, as all your readers know, there is much excellent racing, and where the fox-hounds of the county attend. It was last year at Ayr, where those of Lord Kelburne attended; and, as I was informed by a friend who partook of it, showed some very good sport--" unusually good, indeed," were his words-" for that time of the year." Like the fablers of antiquity, I wander from country to country; but, unlike them, I state nothing that I do not know, or have good reason to believe, to be true. I have already mentioned, that the result of my meeting Mr. Whyte Melville, at Chester-hall, was an invitation to his house in Fife, for the purpose of seeing the Fife-hounds; and I was also given to understand, that there were other houses in his neighbourhood whose doors would be open to receive me-amongst them that of Sir Ralph Anstruther, Bart., of Balcaskie, represented to me as just the sort of person I should like to visit-the well-bred, but unaffected country gentleman and sportsman, and keeping what is called an excellent house, in other words, a good larder and a good cook. But my first start from Edinburgh was to Mount Melville, and having sent my servant and horses forward on the Tuesday, I found myself on the morning of |