course, superficial. But, from my hair being cut very short, and the fangs of the beast thus readily passing through it, I escaped being scalped, as would almost inevitably have been the case, had I worn it in locks or clusters after the Swedish fashion.

Happily, however, I was so little disabled by the injuries I had received, that I contrived to make my way late the same evening (the accident having occurred within less than two hours of sunset) to my quarters, a distance of some eight or nine miles, and, with the exception of the last two, when I used a horse, either on my skidor or on foot.

But, for a long time subsequently I suffered from my wounds, and the weakness consequent on loss of blood; not sufficiently so, however, as to prevent me (though I admit it was a great effort) from taking the field again four days afterwards.

Sweden, June 15th, 1844.

L. LLOYD.

SWEETMEAT.

THE PROPERTY OF ARTHUR W. HILL, Esq.

ENGRAVED BY E. HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY J. F. HERRing, senr.

In introducing Sweetmeat as the very best horse, perhaps, not merely of his year, but his time, plain fact supplies us with such a profusion of sound argument as to warrant our turning at once to it. In all the grand essentials of a good race-horse-bottom, pace, pluck, and luck-the three-year-old running of our present hero tends to make him pretty nearly perfect; while these abilities have forced him up, like a true genius, from the very lowest to the very highest ranks. In accomplishing this desideratum, he has enjoyed no great assistance from time or place, but has rather stolen gradually into renown, in a manner which, generally speaking, promises far more for its being lasting than if he had blazed forth all in a moment, like a Merry Monarch or a bit of Phosphorus. This, by the bye, reminds us that Sweetmeat has neither crowned nor commenced his career by that usual sine quâ non, winning the Derby; the only, and really, as we think, the best reason to be given for such a deficiency is in the plain fact, again, that he could not run for it.

Pedigree.

Sweetmeat, a brown colt, was bred by the late Mr. George Clark, in 1842, and is by Gladiator, out of Lollypop by Starch or Voltaire, her dam Belinda (sister to Laurel) by Blacklock, out of Wagtail by Prime Minister-Orville-Miss Grimston by Weasel-AncasterDamascus Arabian-Sampson.

Gladiator, the sire of Sweetmeat, was bred by Mr. Walker, in 1833, and is by Partisan, out of Pauline by Moses. He never ap

peared in public but once, when he ran second to Bay Middleton for the Derby; Miss Sarah, Napier, Prize-fighter, Peter the Hermit, Joan of Arc, Hope, Quebec, Harriet, and others, are also amongst the good stock as yet out by him.

Lollypop, bred by Major Yarburgh, in 1836, ran three or four times tolerably well at three years old, and retired to the stud on the close of that season, where, in 1841, she produced her first foal, Theriacus, by Emilius, a child of great promise that never performed it; and, in the year following, a second colt foal, Sweetmeat, that has done a deal more than ever was expected of him. In this same year, and but a few months after the birth of Sweetmeat, came the death of Mr. George Clark, into whose hands Lollypop had shifted, and the whole stud being submitted to the discretion of Messrs. Tattersall, the dam was knocked down for fifty-three guineas; Theriacus, to Mr. Gully, for two hundred and fifty guineas; and Sweetmeat, to Mr. A. W. Hill, for twenty-one guineas!-the lowest figure but one in the twenty-eight lots of thorough-bred stock put up.

Sweetmeat is a dark-brown colt, quite free from white, and not more than fifteen hands and a half high. He is altogether a very racing-looking nag, although possessing no peculiar points. His head is neat, and well set on to a light neck; his shoulders are strong, and well inclined back; large fore and back ribs; high withers: strong back and loins; long quarters; full in the gaskins; good arms, thighs, and hocks, with excellent flat legs and sound feet. He has an excellent temper; and, in short, every quality generally considered requisite for both running well and running on.

PERFORMANCES.

In 1844, Sweetmeat, then two years old, made an opening at Liverpool, where, ridden by S. Darling, jun., he won the Stanley Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 30 added, for two and three-year-olds (fourteen subscribers); beating Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey (2), Lord George Bentinck's Miss Elis (3), and the following not placed:-Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden, Sir R. Pigot's Lass of Gowrie, Mr. Williamson's Doctor Husband, Sir J. Gerard's Pluto, Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, Lord Stanley's Zephon, and Mr. Watts' Pickpocket: 4 to 1 agst, Sweetmeat, who won by a length. At Wolverhampton, ridden by Calloway, he won the Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added (sixteen subscribers), beating Mr. Copeland's My Mary (2), and the following not placed:-Mr. E. Peel's Frances, Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery, Sir J. Gerard's Pluto, Mr. Cook's Yellow Boy, and Mr. Davis's bay filly by Harkaway, out of Miss Newton: 3 to 1 agst. Sweetmeat, who won by a length. At Wrexham, ridden by S. Darling, jun., he won the Champagne Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., for two and three-year-olds, beating Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney (2), Mr. T. R. Price's Missey (3), and Sir W. W. Wynn's Sir Jasper : won easy. At Nottingham, ridden by Calloway, he ran second to Sir J. Gerard's Pluto for the Two-year-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added, Lord Chesterfield's Stitch third, and Mr. R. Bell's bay filly by Romulus fourth: won easy.

In 1845, Sweetmeat, ridden by Arthur, won the Trial Stakes of 10

sovs. each, with 50 added, at Warwick Spring, beating Sir C. R. Cockerell's Rodney (2), Lord Warwick's Roebuck (3), and Mr. Ford's The Attorney: 5 to 4 agst. Sweetmeat, who won by two lengths. At Bath, ridden by Abdale, and carrying 5st. 13lbs., he won the Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared, with 100 added (eighty-three subscribers, fifty-two of whom declared), beating Mr. King's Young Lochinvar, five years old, 7st.. (2); Lord George Bentinck's Pug, three years old, 5st. 5lbs. (3); and the following not placed :-Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence, aged, 8st. 10lb.; Mr. Bastard's Captain Flathooker, six years old, 7st. 6lbs. ; Mr. Ongley's Roderick, six years old, 7st. 2lbs.; Mr. Dixon's Glendower, five years old, 6st. 10lbs.; Mr. W. Scott's Agriculture, five years old, 6st. 5lbs.; Mr. Henderson's Comet, five years old, 6st. 4lbs.; Captain Delme's Temerity, five years old, 6st. 3lb.; Mr. I. Day's bay gelding by Mazeppa, out of Busk, four years old, 5st. 7lbs.; Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy, three years old, 5st. 4lbs.; Mr. Osbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose, three years old, 4st. 4lbs.: 6 to 1 agst. Sweetmeat, who won by a length. At Shrewsbury he walked over for the Salopian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. (five subscribers). On the same day, carrying 6st. 3lbs., including 7lbs. extra, and ridden by Dufflo, he won the great Cleveland Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 if declared, with 100 added (forty subscribers, 19 of whom declared), beating Mr. Mostyn's Milton, four years old, 7st. 6lbs. (2); Mr. Hill's Salopian, three years old, 5st. 11lbs. (3); and Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, four years old, 6st. 4lbs.: won by a length: Mr. Hill declared to win with Salopian. On the next day he walked over for the Wynnstay Stakes of 10 sovs. each (four subscribers), and divided the forfeits with Mr. Davis's Princess Royal. And, on the third day, ridden by W. Arthur, and carrying 6st. 11lbs., including 7lbs. extra, he won the Innkeepers' Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and only 5 if declared, with 50 added (twenty-eight subscribers, sixteen of whom declared), beating Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, five years old, 8st. 3lbs. (2); Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, three years old, 5st. 5lbs. (3); Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, five years old, 6st. 12lbs.; and Mr. Minor's Rodney, three years old, 5st. 6lbs.: even on Sweetmeat, who won by nearly a length. At Ascot, ridden by Whitehouse, he won Her Majesty's Gold Vase, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each (fifteen subscribers), beating Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel (2), and the following not placed:-Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, Mr. Ford's Fuzbos, and Mr. Parry's Zanoni: 5 to 4 agst. Sweetmeat, who won easy by two lengths: Mr. Hill declared to win with him. On the Thursday, in the same meeting, he walked over for the Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft. (eight subscribers). At Liverpool, ridden by Arthur, and carrying 7st. 4lbs., he won the Derby Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 80 added (fifty-two subscribers), beating Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, four years old, 7st. 4lb. (2); Duke of Richmond's Lothario, five years old, 8st. 6lbs. (3); and the following not placed:-Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, five years old, 8st. 7lbs.; Mr. Meiklam's Philip, five years old, 8st. 4lb.; Mr. Jaques's Semiseria, five years old, 8st.; Captain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, five years old, 7st. 8lbs.; Lord Eglinton's Quebec, five years old, 7st. 7lbs.;