The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-01 00:00:00

sporting.

A CLIPPInG RUN WITH THU 844011100 H VALI Fa-
notlntin —The meet on December 24th was /Audio,. I
Bridge, where • large field, including miry stron !era
from different hunt a, met the hounds. A ahiiigton W od
was first drawn, and • good fog warn moon ushennelleil.
Braking cover at once, the hounds Slowi at his brush,
he took a stir fht lone over the beautiful enols.sr,s to
Stone Farm. Fhe scent ring breast high, nothing but
a good horse nou'd possibly live will. the 11, MOS.
"Onward" wirs the cry, rot loving the town of Y. o•il
Jost on our right, " helloes to nirnri" w. the order of
%be day. The hounds fairly rated their fog from scoot
to view, and hard him in the open, slier., fit.
simples, without a moment's check, a. was Vier seen.
Y ACIITI SO.—The Daet Nalle obsesses that the noble
notional sport of yachting belongs of equal right to
England and America; in other ertntrioe it scan eintie ;
&melte Englishmen on either shore of thereon it is of
native growth. The hear of ita origin belie,
to
England, and the gallant ernhatants for the Atlantis
prise have handsomely aeknoaledged the elsasic rand.
nesl of the movers of the Solent by making their
mode:vows off the Sore Yacht Squadron Hon.% at
corm it wa. at Cowes that yachting, a. • rport,
Inan ; and the "Royal Yacht Club" was the first
society of gentlemen to whom the privileges of • plc...Yrs
navy were accorded by the Admiralty, in sonsideration.
no doubt, of the or, ous advantage to the State of
encouraging ihe conatruction by private owners of the
finest models of rival architecture, and the employment
id the searirrat seamen. The Koval Yacht Myrrh on,
and its excellent compeer., the Royal Victoria and
many other clubs round our corts, now employ
annually seversl (bourn& of roman, many of shorn
belong to the Neva! Reserve, and annually turn out
from the bridling' yards some of the finest ere on, ans of
construction afloat, famous fur all the qualities of
cruisers. Surly no national sport can be more worthy
of encouragement Anil admiration than this; none con
be healthier or ni inner in itself, none more sin viceohle
to the State, none a free from the parasitical ries he
which POMO other 'porta are unfortunately debarL Bat
we are reminded, and we trot the gentleruen of our
yacht slabs hereminded, by the brilliant exploit of the
three A modems yachts, that Engloh yachting has not dor,
all, or nearly all, that was riposted of it for the en-
couragement of the bent War of seaman, and tha &in-
struction of the twat innlels, for yachts may he aonei.
dered our models of swift and handy raft. In these
important respects our friends at New York have
surpassed as altogether. They build finer vessels, and
make • manlier use of them. The America—a very
inferior craft to the schooners which have just crossed
the Atlantic through December gale, in little more
than 13 days—not only beat every yacht in English
waters, but riettally taught our English yachtsmen how
to mat their fore and aft sails Sot, and to hold • good
wind are kau'ed. To the credit of our yaehtemi
they were net aahrone 1 to learn ; and a decided im-
provement in the build and rigging and riling of our
yachts 1,14J1 perreptable two year. after the match of the
America. Let us h ice that the memorable mat-bet
the llenrietta, the Vt. San, and the Fleetwing will excite
the English gentlemen who live at home at ease on board
their yachts, to entcrpriee of equal pith and moment.
There is in the bold- ens of this venture, in the largeness
of the otakea in the vigour and surer of the affair,
something that appeals irreaistihly to the admirstion of
all inns, of English blows, and we rejoice that the Lords
of the Admirality should have to gracefully anticipated
the desire of their countrymen to do honour to these
gallant visitor., and to make them feel, as they ought
to feel, at home in Esglish water.