The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-05-19 00:00:00

Sporting Inutligrnct.

&LS OF LORD STAMFORD'S HUMS STUD.— ADO 1
sale of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington's bunting
stud, consequent on his lordship having tookpooll %ha
master-ship of the Quorn bounds, tea Owe as Saturday
at the kennels. Quorndon. There were SO lon,
'rehouse of Lord Stamford'. brace of favourites,
Bradgate (now white with age) and the folhouad
Albert, who will never be parted with. The special
trains brought in a large number of parnme of high
rank from various parte of the country. Of the fro:-
bounds Colonel Clews haa taken the greater Flirt of the
original pack, the remainder being bought in by Sir i
Welkin W. Wynn, Bart. Among the company on the
ground were the Earl end Coentses of Stamford tad
Werringicu,, Count Bettliyany, Sir J. C. Fowles Bent.,!
Sir R. , Lord Mandeeffeld, Lord H. Bentina, the
!tartlets of Hastinp, Lord Burners, Weasel Marriott,
Colonel Hood, Equeffy to his Rona Hitrunothbe
Yrisee of Wale.; Colonel Clews, the Duke of
Lord Middleton, Capt. Huncombe, Lord DSC" Sir F.
Johnson, Lord A. St. Maur, Visisount Ingestre, he.
Alter Mr. Tattersall had sommented on the Ins stud 1
to be presented, and intimated that It was the in-
tention of the Earl of Stanford to continue to rabseribe
lantelY to the Quern Hunt, notwithstanding that he
bad resigned the snacitership, the ode of the different ,
animals was proceeded with. The fle• appearance of
the homes elicited general admiration, and the bidding
throughout was very spirited. Colossi Hood,
for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, par=
Bootjack and Right Man, the former for 500, and the
latter 110 guineas. The Earl of Dudley gave 400 for
likirester, and Lord Henry Bentinok the mine asnoent for
rhcenix, both capital hunters. Rocket was purchased
by the Marquis of Hastings for 481.1 guineas, and Charm.
wood was knocked down to the same nobleman at the
price of 460 guineas. Lord Statinford's once favourite
hunter Trumpeter had a imerve of WO pet aeon
tint, and no offer in advance of that sum having
been made, he was returned to his stable. The whole
eighty lota realised 16,846 guil.eas, being an average of
187 guineas each horse.

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VILLAMOOII ATTnITT TO ISJURI TRU DIMPT
FA VOOKITII.-It is only (says the SPoreing 460 three
persona who have owned • Derby favourite that san
tell the deacon to be overcome and the coati* re-
quired in the preparation and p/loping of the "crack."
lifer,y infamous attempts have been made in former
Weal to "get at" and destroy horses having important
.aagegements. Old Calabar was not the first who had
been subjected to the maiming of the hemmer, and
.our readers will not need to be reminded of the effectual
manner in which Buccaneer was " settled" for the Two
Thousand in 1860. Kettledrum, prior to the Darby,
had also • narrow imeape' as, but for being disturbed,
some scoundrels bad almost completed an attempt to
break into his stable, with the intention of lapwing
Colonel Towneley's horse. Indeed, • Derby favourite
mast be oatebed by • hundred eyes ; be must drink
no water wakes gold fish have been swimming there's,
for fear of poison, or the thimbleful of antimony whisk
Palmer carried in his hand that be might "door" his
owe hones quietly without the cogniesnos of his trainer.
Lord Clifdieres position at the bed of the Derby bt
het, el course, brouot trader the mashinallol
*be professioaal sbleri Some men weld afford
thousands and thousands of poseds to get the favourite
-" settled." so as to prevent his success in the Derby.
When Dundee was such a tremendous favourite, his
atsellent trainer, Mat Dawson declared that he bed
semeell had any sleep for weeks—snob was the MMus,
sanity of looking alter the raving Derby favourite.
An infamous attempt has bees made at Telscombe,
user Lewes, when Lord Chides is trained, to injure the
kale. The pun adopted in this iambuses was ingenious
I. in rurality, and oonstitetes another diaper in the
history of the nobblers' art, During Saturday bad
Banday, mow miscreants out holes in the turf on the
exercina posed at Telecom* and Ailed them up with
sharp Sate It is plain that the oh** was to injure
Lord Chid* his stable compaaleu The Orphsa, and
the remainder of Lord St. lassenffs bones. Forts.
sandy the evil intention lune boa cemplilely free-
sL sia a sharp look-ent will be kept for the intent.
Lord St. Violent *thoris. as to state WA he will
gin SIG 3 reined toaay person or persons who will
sappily the coressem, lalamaslos to Ised to the die-
revery sad ecieviseiee el She cianders.

TO PRINTTAS.

NvAzinen—Twoa .COMPOSrrOBS
(well sequalotod with Johbiag). • TURN.
OVER, sad Two APPIIIINTICES. " •"`
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