least double that sum in bets. In those days, we must remind our readers that the plates averaged from fifty to one hundred pounds, which will account for what in that time was looked upon as a large sum of public money to win, but which in ours would be trifling.

The death of Lord Foley in 1793, the friend in whose judgment Mr. Fox most confided, relaxed his ardour for horse-racing. His Lordship entered upon the turf with a clear estate of £1,800 a year, and £100,000 ready money, which was considerably diminished by his doings at Newmarket, Ascot, and Epsom. the Spring Meeting at Newmarket, in 1789, Mr. Fox is said to have won not less than fifty thousand pounds; and at the October meeting, at the same place, the following year, he sold two of his horses, Seagull and Chanticleer, for four thousand four hundred guineas. In the previous year, 1788, Mr. Fox and the Duke of Bedford won eight thousand guineas between them, at the Newmarket Spring Meeting. In the course of these races, Mr. Fox and Lord Barrymore had a match, which was given as a dead heat, and the bets off.

On coming into office with Lord North, in 1783, Mr. Fox sold his horses, and erased his name from several of the clubs of which he was a member. It was not long, however, before he again purchased a stud, and in October, 1783, he attended the meeting at Newmarket. The King's messenger was obliged to appear on the course, to seek one of the ministers of England among the sportsmen on the heath, to deliver dispatches upon which perhaps the fate of the country might have depended. The messenger on these occasions hid his badge of office, the greyhound, not liking that the world should know that the King's adviser should be amusing himself at Newmarket, when he should have been serving him in the metropolis. But Charles Fox preferred the betting rooms to Downing-street.

The race-horse of this country excels those of the whole world, not only for speed, but bottom. There is a great difference, however, between the present race and that of fifty or sixty years ago; for in those days four-mile heats were the fashion. The sporting records at the end of the last century give the following exploits of horses of that and previous periods:-Childers (known by the name of Flying Childers), the property of the Duke of Devonshire, was looked upon as the fleetest horse that ever was bred: he was never beaten the sire of this celebrated horse was an Arabian. Bay Malton, by Sampson, the property of the Marquis of Rockingham, won nearly £6,000 in seven races: at York he ran four miles in seven minutes forty three and a-half seconds. Dorimant, belonging to Lord Ossory, won prizes to the amount of £13,360. Eclipse was allowed to be the fastest horse that ever ran in England since the time of Childers; after winning largely for his owner, he covered, by subscription, forty mares at 30 guineas each. Highflyer, by King Herod, was the best horse of his day; was never beat but once, nor paid forfeit but once: his winnings amounted to above £9,000, although he only ran as a three, four, and five year old. Matchem

stands high both as a racer and as the sire of many of our most favourite horses: as a stallion he realized for his master more than £12,000 he died in 1781, at the advanced age of thirty-three. Shark won a cup value 120 guineas, eleven hogsheads of claret, and above £16,000 in plates, matches, and forfeits.

The Whip, supposed once to have been the property of Charles the Second, is of a very antique form; and the legend runs that the royal "father of his people," as he well might be called, presented it to some nobleman of his day, and whose arms it now bears. The handle, which is very weighty, is of silver, with a ring at the end of it for what is usually called a cord and tassel, but which, in this instance, is made of the mane of Eclipse, while the lash is made of the tail of that celebrated horse. There is no official record of the origin of the challenge for the whip, nor the year in which it was first made; but as the nobleman above alluded to was probably the Master of the Horse to the merry regal Giovanni of 1670, it is not unlikely that it commenced during that monarch's reign.

The following are the results of the respective struggles for this ancient trophy:

1756. Mr. Fenwick's Matchem, by Cade, won it, beating Mr. Bowles's Trojan. The odds fluctuated not a little; 2 to 1 at starting upon the winner, which varied to 5 to 1 on the loser. During the race it was, at the turn of the lands, Windsor Castle to a Highlander's bothie on Matchem. On being taken out of training, Matchem became a covering stallion, by which his owner cleared upwards of £17,000.

1764.-H.R.H. the Duke of Cumberland's Dumplin, by Cade, beat Lord Grosvenor's Pangloss, by Cade. 7 to 4 on the loser.

1768.-Lord Rockingham's Malton beat Lord Grosvenor's Cardinal Puff, in a canter. 5 to 1 on the winner.

1770.-Lord Grosvenor's Gimcrack beat Lord Rockingham's Pilgrim. 5 to 2 on the winner.

1775.-Lord Grosvenor's Sweet William beat Lord Abingdon's

Transit.

1777. Mr. Pigott's Shark received 100 guineas compromise from Lord Grosvenor's Manbrow, the noble lord retaining the Whip.

1778.-The prize was carried off by Mr. Pigott's Shark, beating Lord Ossory's Dorimant; Lord Abingdon's Pretender paying forfeit. 7 to 4 on Dorimant.

1781.-Lord Grosvenor challenged for the Whip, and named Potoooooooo; and no one being bold enough to enter the arena with this son of Eclipse, the whip was passed to his lordship.

1783.-In this year Potoooooooo retained the prize, beating Sir John Lade's Nottingham.

1783.-(October Meeting) Mr. Parker's Anvil beat Lord Foley's Guildford and Mr. O'Kelly's Boudrow, who fell lame. Anvil the favourite, at 11 to 8 on him.

1786. Mr. O'Kelly's Dungannon beat Mr. Wyndham's Drone. Anvil, sold to the Prince of Wales, paid forfeit.

1792.-Duke of Bedford's Dragon beat Mr. Wilson's Creeper and Lord Clermont's Pipator.

1794. Mr. Wharton's Coriander, by Pot8o's, beat Mr. Wilson's Creeper, who again ran second, realizing the lines of the poet :

"Vertentem sese frustra sectabere canthum,
Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo."

PERS. Sat. v. 71.

1795.-The Whip was challenged for in the Second Spring Meeting, by Lord Darlington, naming St. George; and no one being found to encounter the patron Saint of England, the prize was handed over to his lordship. It did not, however, long remain in the possession of the noble owner of Raby, as in the Second October Meeting of the same year it was challenged for by Lord Sackville's Kitt Carr, and passed into his hands.

1808.-Lord Grosvenor named his mare Violante as a competitor for the Whip; which not being accepted, it for the fifth time went to Eaton.

1815.-The Hon. George Watson challenged for, and came into possession of, the Whip, naming his horse Pericles.

1822. Mr. Lechmere Charlton took the prize without a contest, having challenged with his Orville horse Master Henry.

In 1823 Lord Foley named Sultan by Selim, and became possessor of the Whip. In this year Master Henry paid £400 in forfeits to Sultan.

In 1827 Lord Anson challenged with Sligo.

In 1828 Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter, 5 yrs. old, received forfeit from Lord Cleveland's Memnon, 6 yrs. old.

In 1829 Mr. Gully's Mameluke beat Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter.

The Whip may be challenged for on the Tuesday or Wednesday in the Second Spring, or on Monday or Tuesday in the Second October Meeting in each year; and the acceptance must be signed, or the Whip resigned, before the end of the same meeting. If challenged for and accepted in the Spring, to be run for on the Tuesday in the Second October Meeting following; and if in the October, on the Thursday in the Second Spring Meeting following, B. C., weight 10st., and to stake 200 sovs. each, play or pay.

At the First October Meeting, 1768, Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton, who died highly respected May 4, 1811, entertained a large party of noblemen and gentlemen, principally members of the Jockey Club, at Euston Hall, who then and there determined upon the purchase of what was in those days considered a splendid gold cup, to be called the Jockey Club Gold Cup; each member, twenty-seven in number, subscribing five guineas each. The late Sir Charles Bunbury-the George Bentinck of the turf of that day, as far as spirit and liberality are concerned-was appointed treasurer. The following are the names of the subscribers:-Dukes of Ancaster, Bridgewater, Grafton, Kingston, and Northumberland; Lords Barrymore, Bolingbroke, Grosvenor, Molyneux, Ossory, and Rockingham; Sirs Charles Bunbury, L. Dundas, John Moore; Colonel Parker; Messrs. Blake, Fenwick, March, Meynell, Ogilvy, Panton, jun., Pigot, Pratt, Shafton, Stapleton, Vernon, and Wentworth.

In 1768 Mr. Vernon's Marquis won the Jockey Club Cup, beating three others.

In 1769 Mr. Shafto's Goldfinder gained the prize, beating Marquis, the winner of the previous year, and four others; four paying forfeit.

On the following

In 1770 Mr. Shafto's Goldfinder walked over. day he broke down in his gallop, or he was to have started for the King's Plate against Eclipse. Goldfinder possessed great speed and power, was never beat, nor paid forfeit. He was sold to Sir Charles Sedley in 1771 for 1,350 guineas.

In 1771 the Duke of Cumberland's Juniper beat a field of four, three paying forfeit. But the cup was not doomed to grace the royal sideboard long, for in 1772 Lord Ossory's gr. f. Circe won it in a race reduced to a match; the Duke of Cumberland's Pompey paying forfeit.

In 1773 Mr. Foley's Pumpkin won it, beating two horses, two paying forfeit. One of the latter was Mr. Blake's Firetail, who in the preceding Spring Meeting had beat Pumpkin, 8st. each, R.M., 500 guineas. 5 to 2 on the loser.

In 1774 Lord Grosvenor's Mexico was proclaimed winner, beating two others; one paid forfeit. 4 to 1 against the winner.

In 1775 his lordship was again successful. Sweetbrier, by Syphon, walking over; it being his last appearance upon the turf. Sweetbrier was never beat. In 1790 he was sold at Tattersall's for 20 guineas.

In 1776 the star of good fortune still shone on the house of Grosvenor; Sweetwilliam, by Syphon, walking over for the cup. In 1777 Lord Ossory's Dorimant walked over.

In 1779 and 1780 Lord Grosvenor's Pot8o's walked over. The conditions are, that the cup may be challenged for on the Monday or Tuesday in the First Spring Meeting in each year; to be run for over the B.C. on Tuesday in the First October Meeting following, by horses, &c., the property of members of the Jockey Club; four years old carrying 8st. 7lb., five years old 9st. 2lb., six years old and aged 9st. 6lb. Each person, at the time of challenging, is to subscribe his name to a paper, to be hung up in the Coffee-room at Newmarket, and deliver up to the keeper of the Match-book the name or description of the horse, &c., sealed up, which shall be kept till six o'clock on the Saturday evening of that week; and if not accepted, or only one challenger, to be returned unopened; but if accepted, or if more than one challenger, to be then opened and declared a match or sweepstakes of £200 each, play or pay. If the challenge be not accepted, the cup to be delivered to the keeper of the Match-book, in the meeting ensuing the challenge, for the person who may become entitled to the same.

To be continued.

MR. LLOYD'S ENCOUNTER WITH A BEAR.

[We have been favoured with the following communication with reference to a bear killed by the no less esteemed than celebrated sportsman L. Lloyd, Esq., author of "Northern Field Sports," &c., &c., whose extraordinary encounter with another of these animals, we had the satisfaction of laying before our readers in our February number, as described by that gentleman himself, and who, we are much gratified in stating, we have reason for believing will be found an ccasional contributor to our future pages. The present communication is from the pen of another of our correspondents.-Ed.]

SIR, Perceiving in your February number an account furnished by my friend, Mr. Lloyd, of his frightful encounter with a bear, I think the following particulars may not be uninteresting to your readers. Mr. Lloyd, who has now returned to Sweden, was kind enough, a short time since, to take me to see one of these animals, which he had killed several years ago, after a most arduous chase amid snow and every kind of hardship, but which terminated at last in the death of the bear. The animal, when I saw it, was just then completed being stuffed, at Mr. Bartlett's, in Russell Court, Covent Garden, under the immediate superintendence and personal direction of Mr. Lloyd himself. On entering the rather confined shop of the former, I was introduced to the representative of the once alive animal-he was fixed upon a small platform, with his head a little stooping and turned on one side, the mouth somewhat open, displaying his formidable tusks and set of teeth, and in the attitude of rushing out from his concealment. Nothing could be more characteristic of the animal, under such circumstances of excitement and sudden surprise, than the position, and wicked expression (if I may use the appellation), which it presents. Upon first looking at the stuffed specimen, a full conviction strikes the mind of the spectator, that if he does not take care, the bear 'll be on him in a moment; and when my friend placed me in the best place to see the animal to advantage, the warning motto of the Lord of Bradwardine immediately occurred to me, "Be war' of the Bear."

The fierce expression of its "little pinking eyes," open-mouth coming on attitude, and perfect life-like appearance, made me imagine that at sight of Mr. Lloyd the bear must have again recognized him, and preparing for another attack, was saying within himself, "What, you are come again? but I'll not do this time as I did when we last met in my native forest in Sweden.' And here I cannot do better than quote the circumstances of its capture, as described in Mr. Lloyd's book on Northern Sports. After some introductory remarks, Mr. Lloyd proceeds to state :