Related article: engagement of Gentle Ida in France, it was deemed judicious to decline the challenge. Four miles at Sandown Park was sug- gested for the distance by some one who, like most of us, would be delighted to see such a race within convenient distance of town. No one, however, seems to have suggested the propriety of providing a stake to be run for, it being taken for granted that the owners will put down a sum of, say, 2,000 sovs. apiece. They are not only to find the horses and jockeys, but the stakes as well, in order that the public shall see an interesting race. And because Mr. Bottomley does not immedi- ately fall in with a one-sided arrangement like this, his lack of good sportsmanship is hinted at. He is to pay the piper, but the public are to call the tune. Newmarket Craven.— After the Eastertide crowds it was a plea- sant relief to turn Buy Xylocaine Spray one's steps, which is metaphor for journeying by Great Eastern special, to Newmarket. It is always sad to see old customs, though they be but superstitions, falling into abeyance, and it is my painful duty to record a waning belief in the efficacy of the salute to the Ditch. The reverential raising of the hat having failed to produce the desired effect on the Monday's account, salutes the reverse of dig- nified are coming into fashion Z7^ baily's magazine. IMa¥ with, one learns with horror, satisfactory results so far as the winning of bets is concerned. Happy those habituSs of New- market Heath who are in their graves, in that they are spared such desecration as this. It may as well be admitted sooner as later that the prominent figure of the meeting was once more Sloan. He was not obtru- sive on either the first day or the second, contenting himself with winning a couple of races on each day. But on the third day he came out with a performance that nearly matched what he did at the First October Meeting in 1898, when he won five races in succession. This time he won four consecutively, the first three being for the same owner. Sir Waldie Griffiths, for whom Sloan had five winning rides on the three days, out of eight successes. Last days at Newmarket are not, as a rule, remarkable for the quality of the racing, so Sloan on two occasions has to be thanked for providing excitement. Whether the bookmakers thanked him or not I Xylocaine Topical have not heard, but I incline to think that they wished him further. In the way of horseflesh, we saw Trident following up the form he left off with last season at Derby by winning the Forty- first Biennial with gst. 51b. His was a taking appearance ; much more so than that of Solennis, who won the Craven Stakes, the last race of the meeting, on the tiring Ancaster mile, which shows no horse, even when a winner, at its best. Harrow rather upset matters by winning the Column Produce Stakes, beating St. Gris somewhat decisively at Slbs. 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The fox was headed, of course, that goes without saying, at Ashby, but when after some hesitation he was forced away, hounds which had shown no great scent in covert raced outside. Xylocaine Ointment 5 The field need not have been so eager, for after all most of them were left behind, and but a chosen few lived with hounds in the short and merry burst that followed. Changes. — When the new edi- tion of the ** Hunting Directory" makes its appearance next year there will be a good many changes among the hunt servants to record. Jem Cooper has had to retire from active work for some time to come, and Brown fills his place. Mr. Hardy, of the Atherstone, will have a new Xylocaine Eye Drops huntsman next season in Whitemore. It is with great regret that I note that Lord Willoughby de Broke's health still remains very luisatis- factory. Xylocaine 2 Injection Tom Firr's testimonial was a great success, the amount, £'3,200, being not unworthy of his great career in the field and is the kennel. There are not many packs which have improved more on the flags than the Quorn. 1899] •* OUR VAN. '» Xylocaine 10 Pump Spray 377 Another scarcely less leading figure among huntsmen is that of Frank Goodall, of the Kildare. For twenty-nine seasons he has been a hunt servant, always valued and respected, and never for a day absent from his work. He was with Lord Middleton for five years as first whipper-in. At twenty-two he became hunts- man to the Meath for Xylocaine 4 seven years. Then for two years he hunted Sir Watkin Wynn's, and showed sport which is still remembered, and then came to the Kildare, where he has remained ever since. Naturally a testimonial will Xylocaine 5 Gel be got up for him, Topical Xylocaine and it will pro- bably be a large one. Another much-esteemed huntsman who has had a testimonial is Scott, of the Albrighton, who leaves; as Mr. Munro will hunt his own hounds, as he has done with so much success in East Sussex. The Eastbourne.— This pack has had a fair season, but like most others nothing extraordi- nary. Foxes have been scarcer, in all the countries which share the South Downs, of late years than of old, for the gorse coverts