and stronger on the wing, and the young pheasants no longer rising with that impudent impunity to tempt his fame in sport or his pocket in penalty. The dog and gun then are at the pinnacle of their glory; and as the grouse goes to August and the partridge to September, the gay pheasant is brought or marked down as "October's Own." -- The scene thus appropriated illustrates, according to our idea, the very acme of pheasant-shooting-that to be had out instead of in cover a difference in the matter of truly exciting sport almost as great as that between a fox in or out on the same terms. To hunt up the hedgerows and other good out-lying, after the woods have been well beaten-to find and pick up your birds one after another as they come-to witness the beautiful working of the setters as they turn to hand or whistle-the clever hit and well backed-the pretty rise and open shot. All this, "if you ask me," hold a superiority over the mechanical, crowded woodwork, as great as that of champagne over cider or claret over port. In all field-sports where the dog is employed, whether it be hunting, coursing, or shooting, we hold the ability he evinces as the very first feature in the amusement; and really rather than shoot over the pack of twolegged, under-bred animals some of our grandees march out with, we should follow Nimrod's plan under the same circumstances, and turn to talking politics with the farmers. Our fashion of carrying on the war against October's Own may be, perhaps, deemed singular; but we lean to the opinion that the first principle of true politeness is every man pleasing himself; and in pleasing ourselves, we think we might possibly please the farmers too. If we rest content to find one brace of pheasants in the hedgerow, instead of one hundred brace in the cover-if we have one keeper to do his own work, instead of twenty men to do it for him—and if we breed for sport, and not "for sale," as they say at the Corner,-if we preach and practise all this, we may outlive Lord George with them yet. THE FINE ARTS. THE BRITISH STUD. Camel and Banter. Engraved by J. Harris, from a painting by J. F. Herring, sen. London Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly.-Apart from the merits of this series of subjects-of which the present is the fourth-as a work of art, it is of great importance, as preserving the portraits of the most celebrated blood of the present era. The character of the British racer is no more now what it was so far as we have the means of judging-in the days of Volunteer, Sancho, and Gimcrack; and they were symbols of the Desert stock whence they sprung. Whether our quality be better or worse is not a present question; to spirited publishers, like the Messrs. Fores, who make valuable collections, and hand them to posterity to admire and emulate, a grateful debt is due, which the public is rarely slow to recognise-we hope in the present instance it will be as readily honoured. This is an admirable sketch, both in design and execution. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Aquatics. DEATH OF THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH, COMMODORE OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. Our aquatic friends, and, indeed, the sporting world in general, have sustained a severe loss in the death of Lord Yarborough, for many years a patron and active participator in most of our field sports, but more especially devoted to yachts and yachtmen. In obtaining every possible advantage to be gained for this national and laudable amusement his lordship was as indefatigable as successful in his exertions; while in making and strictly enforcing proper rules and regulations, rewarding and providing for able seamen, and increasing the passion for raising the character of the 'sport, Lord Yarborough occupied a position on the wave very similar to that Lord George Bentinck has so lately left on the turf. To show how high in esteem his lordship's labours were held in the highest quarters, we need but remind our readers of the broad pennant by which " the Commodore" was distinguished. In addition to the honours awarded him here, we may give another to his lordship's fame as a sportsman, in the fact of his being at the time of his decease master of one of the oldest packs of foxhounds in England—the Brocklesby. In short, the Yarboroughs have all and always been sportsmen; and whether we look to the Kestrel, the Brocklesby hounds, or "Brocklesby Betty," in her day the most renowned and wonderful mare on the turf, we must allow the claim to be equally good. Lord Yarborough died suddenly on the 10th of last month, at Vigo, and on board the Kestrel, in which he left Cowes on a cruising expedition in July. He was in the sixty-fifth year of his age. It is rumoured that the Earl Fitzhardinge is about to get up a new Yacht Club, and also that there is a probability of a "Royal Welsh Yacht Club" being established, with the Prince of Wales's feathers as the bearings on their colours. The latter ought surely to come to something, if only to commemorate the newly-made midshipman, whose flag they have sworn to sail under. Verily, yachting is at a præmium ! ENSIGNS OF ROYAL YACHT CLUBS.-1846. 1. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.-White Ensign of H. M. Fleet. 2. ROYAL THAMES.-Blue, with Crown. 3. ROYAL WESTERN.-Blue Ensign of H. M. Fleet. 4. ROYAL KINGSTOWN.-Red, with white cross. 5. ROYAL VICTORIA (RYDE).—Red Ensign of H. M. Fleet. 6. ROYAL CORK.-Red, with Harp within Union. 7. ROYAL SOUTHERN.-Blue, with Southampton Arms. 8. ROYAL HARWICH.-Blue, with Lion Rampant. 9. ROYAL EASTERN.- Blue Ensign of H. M. Fleet. Cricket. CAMBRIDGE (WITH BOX AND HILLYER) v. ENGLAND.-This match, as it turned out, one of the last "lions" of the season, was played out on the 14th and 15th of September, when "the foreigners" were just beaten, and that's all, the last man of the victorious party going in against half-a-dozen runs. As will be seen by the score, the players comprised the names of the most celebrated men of the day; while, in interest, it was from first to last as exciting as the run out of a dead heat. England:-Hon. F. Ponsonby, 25 and 0; A. M. Hoare, Esq., 9 and 0; A. Mynn, Esq., 14 and 1; C. G. Taylor, Esq., 4 and 7; Fuller Pilch, 2 and 5; O. C. Pell, Esq., 9 and 0; Dean, 2 and 0; R. T. King, Esq., 10 and 19; I. M. Lee, Esq., 9 and 1; A. K. George, Esq. (not out), 3 and 9; W. Sykes, Esq., 5 and (not out) 15; byes, &c., 11 and 8: total, 162. Cambridge:-Boning, 17 and 1; Foster, 5 and 0; Fenner, 5 and 7; Box, 26 and 19; Diver, 0 and 15; Hillyer, 1 and 6; Pryor, 1 and 5; Ringwood, 0 and 1; Arnold, 1 and (not out) 13; Hayward, (not out) 4 and 17; Hoggis, 6 and (not out) 1: byes, &c., 6 and 5: total, 165. ENGLAND V. MANCHESTER.-In this match, played on the ground of the latter, the odds were floored very signally, eleven picked men of England beating eighteen of Manchester in one innings and thirty-one runs. Considering "the beaten cocks" have merely a provincial reputation, we shall confine our summary of the score to that of England, which will be foundthanks, perhaps, to bowling and fielding-amongst the heaviest of the year. England :-Dean, 10; Dorrington, 7; Martingell, 18; Pilch, 62; Guy, 20; A. Mynn, Esq., 22; Sewell, 11; V. C. Smith, Esq., 22; Butler, 20; Hillyer, (not out) 0; Clarke, 14: byes, &c., 23: total, 228. ENGLAND V. LEEDS.-Here, again, numbers were outnumbered, though not with quite so "palpable" a hit, the dozen and a half from Leeds taking a second innings to satisfy them. For the same reason as before, we quote but one score. England:-V. C. Smith, Esq., 34 and 0; A. Mynn, Esq., 5 and 9; F. Pilch, 6 and 7; Dorrington, 2 and 15; Clark, (not out) 1 and 0; Guy, 1 and 15; Hillyer, 2 and 1; Butler, 24 and 0; Martingell, 0 and 15; Sewell, 6 and 20; Dean, 3 and (not out), 1: byes, &c., 18 and 45: total, 230. Leeds losing the match by 72 runs. As a commentary on some of the play in the above matches, we have great pleasure in borrowing the following from that worthy weekly, Bell's Life: "In consequence of Mr. Felix being unable te leave town to play in the late matches in the north, the England eleven solicited Mr. V. C. Smith, of the University of Oxford, to favour them with his assistance, which that gentleman kindly consented to do; and for his very efficient services a silver cigar-case, subscribed for by Messrs. Á. Mynn, G. Butler, W. Clarke, J. Dean, W. Dorrington, J. Guy, W. Hillyer, W. Martingell, F. Pilch, and T. Sewell, was presented to Mr. Smith, at a dinner at the Haunch of Venison Tavern, Leeds, at the conclusion of the match in that town. There was a large party present; and Mr. Smith, on receiving the tribute of respect, observed that he should cherish the token of the good opinion of " the Players of England" in days to come with all the fervour and earnestness of his youthful days, and with a sincerity of feelings not easily to be surpassed." DEATH OF HAWKINS, THE CRICKETER.-" Charles Hawkins, who for some years was one of the Sussex crack eleven, expired at Petworth, his native place, on Wednesday last, in the twenty-ninth year of his age. By profession he was a hair-dresser. He came out as a cricketer in 1838, when he played in the grand match between Sussex and All England in the Brighton Grounds, and in which Sussex came off victorious. Hawkins proved himself to be not only a smart and first-rate hitter, but admirable at the field. At the point he was without a rival. As soon as his fame was established, he was engaged by the club for the Marylebone Ground, where, we regret to add, he speedily contracted those habits of dissipation which resulted in consumption, and brought him to a premature grave at the end of a wasting illness of two years' duration." The foregoing is from the Brighton Guardian. It must not, however, be supposed that dissipation is by any means a common failing with our " players;" on the other hand, experience proves that poor Hawkins was but the exception to a rule of a reverse character. |