The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-01 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

A Selling Steeple Chase (Ilancl!eap) of 3 sous each, with
25 added; the winner to be sold for 40 so/5; about two

miles and a half.
The Innkeepers' Plato (Handicap) of 40 sovs ; winners
after Nov. 29 71b extra; about two miles and a half.
Age st lb Ago st lb
Ilyfisher ... ... a 13 0 The Guide .., 4'lo 7
Sir Bobby ... ... a 12 2 Vindicator .. 6 10 4
Lady Douglas ... 6 11 9 Queen Mary ... 5 10 0
Cutler .. ... a 11 7 Confusion „. 6 10 0
Pine Apple ... a 11 4 Whitehall ' .... 6 10 ' 0
Triumpher... ... 5 11 2 Pirat© ......4 • 10 0
Liston ~, ... 6 10 12 Glycino •.. ... 4 10 0
Tartar ..... 5 10 7 Broadway ... a 10 0
The Berkshire Hunt Cup, for horses bona fide tho property
of gentlemen, farmers, and tradesmen residing within
the limits of either the South Borks, Old Borks, Mr.

The Stand Open Selling Stakes of 10 sovs each, h forfeit,
with 25 added; three. year olds list, four.l2st, five 12st
71b, six and upwards 13. st; the winner to be sold for 150
sovs; if for 100 sovs alloWed 71b, GO 141 b, 40 211 b; two
miles.

The Sutton Donington Welter Stakes of 5 sovs each, with
50 added; the second to save his stake; 144 71b each ;
winners 71b extra; maidens allowed 51b; Trent Bank
Stakes Course about four miles.

THE YORK GIMCRACK CLtin..7- On Tuesday last the mem-
bers of this club celebrated their "centenary" anniversary
at Harker'sHotel, when a party of about sixty gentlemen sat
down to a sumptuous dinner. Thomas Hodgson, Esq., was
in the chair, and Mr. G. Hilton in the vice-chair. Amongst
the company was observed J. Roper, Esq., the chairman of
the York Race Committee and the president of the Gimcrack
Club ; W. Hodgson, Esq. ; J. Jackson, Esq. ; Alderman
Wade, Alderman Weatherley; J. Holtby, Esq. ; Hoggard,
Esq.; Dr. Hornby ; C. Harker, Esq.; Tongue, Esq. ; R.
Gould, Esq.; E. Thompson, Esq.; A. Thompson, Esq. ;
L. Foster, Esq. ; H. Loy, Esq. ; W. Walker, Esq.; R. Dale,
Esq. G. Dale, Esq.; T. Ellis, Esq.; W. Simpson, Esq. ; G.
Nelson, Esq., &c. In proposing "Success and Prosperity
to the Gimcrack Club," the'Chairman explained that its
origin was closely identified with the turf. About 100
years ago, when four-mile heats were in fashion, there was
a celebrated horse named Gimcrack, which belonged to
Lord Bolingbroke, and ran at York and other meetings in
the north, and although he was under 14 hands 1 inch, be
succeeded in winning 25 races, besides a great match in
France against time, doing 22 miles and a half within the
hour, for a very considerable sum—an extraordinary feat
in those days, when races wine loss numerous than in the
present dalya.tteArlyt
theyone thinaideenthlye
beenclub manenenti,nilglys,wwebreenmtobree
edtubt loey pro_
frequent ;
winner of the 100 soya, contributed by the club to the
Gimcrack Stakes at the York August Meeting, out of which
the winner contributed threndozeanneo7vsfehnceihanalgtmhptwhagaatsn
din-
ner. This year Mr. Chaplin carried off the stake with his
pro-
spectss
of York Races for the
3carroiittiiinongna
ocoltse pro-
posed. i nlkthlovoal es,
taanteddt hdantrignegn gentleman's
syeartarnr ahwewesertnef
stand
deaisrepardoy
fmorisoincga,aranatdietnhabtythtbeensewprisunbgs
per-
fectly unique in ita design. In addit.ion to a saloon and
private boxes on the elevation, there aro a suite of rooms
on the basement opening
on to a terrace, raised about six
feet from the ground and six feet wide, ex g tendin the who‘e
length of the building. This terrace
will be guarded from
the enclosure by an elegant iron railing, and those sub-
scribers who resort to it will have a full view of the course,
whilst they can readily converse or transact business with
the members of the ring just below them. During the
evening Mr. John Jackson, in returning thanks after the
proposal of his health, expressed his desire in every way to
promote the prosperity of the York meetings; and decided
upon adding 100. sous to a stake to be called the Fairfield
Stakes. The announcement was received with loud cheer- j
lug. The conditions of the stakes have not been agreed
upon, but in all probability it will be for two year olds, and
will be run at the next August Meeting:.
GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE CIIASES.—As soon as the
locale was fixed no time was lost by Major Dixon in issuing
his programme, and it
is in every way worthy to
strengthen the Liverpool Grand National Meeting. Three
races will be run on Thursday, March 7, and thersame
number on the following day.G ld Cup' the
haveran
Stakes, the Challenge Cup, and Sweepstakeslist
alread secured a fair number of subscribers, who will
i et
doubtlts be increased tenfold before the day of closing;
February 15.
requested to re- I
DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—
IStakes, with
and the Betting
100 soya added ; the Clumber Stakes,
mind our sporting friends that trlenHaore wful l
will b •
Tues-
day next. No doubt Doncaster Spring
asYorkegteatly Room Stakes, with 50 added, will close and name on
im-
proved by bins' held in the same week Sprlng.
• in a Selling Race at Croydon, tvas not
The Duke of Ibunilton's steeple chase mare, who came
from Franco to run
take back, therefore he transferred
tllo,ht corm,
he
to
litDo the care of T. Brown, of Stockbridge.
;„,.kger, who was so much fancied by the public for the
Derby of 1864 will stand during
Kill ensuing season at ld.r.
Lindsay's, Derry Boy House, yleag,h. His valuable
blood is likely to make him a useful addition to the list of
sires in Ireland.
Mr. 1.. If. Jones has named his yearling filly by Young
Melbourne out of Wensley, by Colsterdale, purchased lately
of Sir T Sykes, Bart., " Amendment."
GENTLEMEN RIDERS.—Mr. Edwards writes to inform us
that he has ridden 26 winners this season, not 25, as given
in a late impression.

Johnny Land, the steeplechase rider, who fractured his
leg while riding Seven and a Half in the Stewards' Cup at
Chertsey, is, wo aro pleased to state, progressing favour-
ably.

Mr. John Nightingall purchased Gorsehawlr, the steeple
chaser, for -50 sovs from Mr. Dphick, oa Wednesday last,
but ho resold him to Mr. W. W. Baker.
NEWTON, 1867.—The Golborne and Lyme Park Stakes
did not fill, .and will be re-opened. , This meeting is
altored to the 29th of May,, to avoid clashing with Stock-
bridge.

Pearl Diver, G yrs, The Monk, aged, and Lord Douglas,

sons.

Viscount Curzon, M.P.
(From Belly's Magazine for December.)
High among the popular and fashionable masters of
foxhound's of the present day ranks the above nobleman,
-who succeeded, a few years back, Mr. Selby Lowndes, in
'tbeinitstership of the Atherstone ; and,- as we have .gone
throuzli the ranks of the. senior M.F.H.'s, his lordship
.cqrues-ou, in rotation for illustration and record.
`) 'Lsrd- Curz6n - is -lbe eldest son of the Earl Howe, the
,deSeendant of the well-known Owiral of that name, who
fought the celebrated naval action which bears his name
to this hour, and which is ranked in the chronicles of
our fleet as being on a par, in point of importance, with
that of the Nile, and Sir John Jervis, afterwards bettor
known as Lord St. Vincent. The subject of this sketch
pw,ausliaedmuecnattedfma. t
sEotuoln azlieCehsitoistrsheihmsu,rcNi, vih
earnd h e
theas familysat
in
estaleS are situated,- for sOrtio'years. - Lord Curzou's career
as tispartSman is-not difficult to trace, for it has been con-
fined-to the Atherstone, in connection with which he has
been brought by force of natural circumstances. For a
young nobleman, who was not a member of a family which
had produced previous masters of foxhounds, to enter upon
a country which had been hunted by Mr. 0 3baldeston, Sir
Bellingham Graham, Mr. Anstruthlr ThomPaon, Lord
Anson, and Mr. Selby Lowndes, wits submitting himself
to be tried to a very high form. And 11,/ linty be said to
have succeeded as well as could be expected, considering
that when he came into possession of the country he 'was
like the heir to a dilapidated estate, for all he ce"uld boast
of having was the bare walls of a kennel, built with_ that
lavish regard to expanse which so :characterised the late
Lord Anson, or, as we should more correctly state, Lord
j Lichfield. Still, where there is a direct communication
between the heart and the pocket, with a terminus at the
I bank, both kennels and stables are never-very long tenant-
! less ; so by draughts from Mr. Meynell Ingram, the-North
j Warwickshire, and the South Wilts, the former were re-
filled, while John Darliy, of Itu,by- Was the recruiting,
Officer for the latter, and, it is needless to say,
with the very best results to all parties concerned ;
far during the four seasons Lord Curzon has
carried the horn, the turn-out of horses and hounds Las
been such as to convey to• those who- have • hunted with
him, the impression that ho knows his business better than
could have been conjectured from his short.apprenticeship,
while the good feeling which prevails in the hunt is much
strengthened by his conduct in the field, which combines
I courtesy with firmness ; consequently, what is termed +,a
scene in the Atherstone country " is an unheard-of event.
For some time the Atherstone wernalmost as dire sufferers
from kennel lameness as her Majesty's steghounds, owing
to the nature of the foundations ;•but by adopting the plan
of the late Charles Davis, at Ascot, of having the floors of
the lodging-houses taken- up, the- subsoil--taken -up, and
yellow clay substituted, the disorder has been in a great
measure remedied. In the field Lord Cnrzon makes no
pretensions to being a bruising rider, but he is invariably
near enough to his hounds to know what they are about ;
and with Dickens for his huntsman, and a stud of twenty-
three first-class hunters, he has shown himself equal to
the occasion ; and when his mastership terminates, he will
be said to be one of the pleasantest and best done of any in
the annals of the Atherstone. Lori Curzon, we should
add, is married to Miss Sturt, daughter of the late Mr. H.
G. Sturt, of Critchill, and' is, moreover, brother to the
Duchess of Beaufort, the Countess of Westmdreland, and
the Hon. Lady Kingscote; but alhough thus associated
with such distinguished racing families ho newer evinced
any taste for tho Turf.

The Franklin Expedition.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

beg leave to enclose copy of a letter which
I have just received from my father, Mr. 11. Grin-
nell, of New York, giving the late 4 information
from the American Arctic explorer, Mr. C. F. Hall,
who has been gudeavourin g during the last three
years, solely by the assistance of the Esquimaux, to
reach King William's Land, with the hope of dis-
covering the journals of Sir John Franklin's expe-
dition. As the facts related in Mr. Chappell's let-
ter maybe of interest to those connected with Arctic
affairs, I venture to transmit it to you for publica-
tion.—l am, &c., C. GRINNELL.
180, Piccadilly, Nov. 30.

"New London, Connecticut, United
States, Nov. 16, 1866.
"Dear Sir,—The steam-whaling bark Pioneer, Captain
Ebenezer Morgan, from the northern seas, arrived at this
port yesterday ; as this vessel fell in with Mr. C. F. Hall,
the Arctic explorer, and yet brought no letters from him
to his friends in the United States, I forward you Captain
Morgan's statement of his interview and the success of Mr.
Hall in his researches among the natives of the north-west
coast of Hudson's Bay. The Pioneer reached the bead of
Repulse Bay, north of Rowe's Welcome, on the 26th of
July last; here they met Mr. Hall and his party of Esqui-
mau', all in good health at that time, engaged in fishing.
His faithful adherents, Joe and Hannah, who aro well
known to you, with some ten other natives, form his family
or troupe. He had at that time no white man in his com-
thoroughly inured to the Esqui-
and
mau' killed one
facespany . Mr.
hear Hulle e wasws
fromnl chheamffee.c toile abgaadi npassed to in eet
e familiarwin ter
very comfortably, being
mode of life, and having with his resources secured
ustationnim e; he
depots of provisions extending far into the
a great many
deer were found in great abundance. Ho had established
amplewha e lszutsptpflaills, andof f oaondo tahtert hthisis
interior, to be used in case of necessity.
,‘ Last spring Mr. Hall made a journey north-west to-
wards Committee Bay and King William's Land, but found
the natives of that region so treacherous and jealous that
he was forced to return when within 100 miles of his pro-
posed destination. This animosity and feud is between
the different families and tribes of the Esquimau', who all
carry weapons secretly, and do not hesitate to kill each
other for any real or supposed injury; some of them threat-
ened the life of Mr. Hall and his party,. and they were
obliged to return back. Mr. Hall has secured a great many
relics of the survivors of the Franklin Exploring Expedi-
tion, together with some important documents which he
believes to have been penned by Capt. Crozier, and has
information of the location of others, which he is deter-
mined to obtain, believing them to be of much value to-
wards clearing up the, mystery of the fate of the unfortu-
nate survivors of the Erebus and Terror. Mr. hall is con-
tinually adding to his stock of inf ormation, and the object
of his search being further known among the natives, ho
is gathering nearly all the time fresh traces and new proofs,
to establish previously known facts. Among other thing's
he has heard of the location of a boat turned bottom up,
under which are the dead bodies of 17 to 25 white men,
with their hands and feet all cut off. The natives claim
that the mutilation was not done by them, but by some of
the white men who were wrecked. The tradition of the
Esquimau' is that a rebellion broke out among the sur-
vivors, who were endeavouring to reach Hudson's Thy, and
that all but three were murdered ; that these three remained
among the natives, working their way towards white set-
tlements, but that they finally died before reaching them.
Captain Morgan furnished Mr. Hall with such thingsl as he
needed from his ship, and states that two or threemeri-
can whaling vessels will winter at IL.pulso Bay this sea-

" Ir. Hall expressed his great gratitude and regard for
those
tube hail aided Lim at home to undertake his plans of
discovery, and said that he was determined to carry out Lis
plans, and
conclude Lis explorations in that quarter the en-
suing year. Ho wished very much to organise a small party
of six or eight white men, fully armed, to accompany hint.
Le could then travel with impunity, and reach the utmost
limit of his desires. It is not impossible that such a party
can be made up from the ships' crews wintering there.
" Mr: Hall was preparing to send home by the Pioneer
many relics, his journals, letters, &c. The ship moved some
intending
50 miles for a better whaling ground, fully
• ding to
return to Repulse Day ; but owing to the ice was unable
to do so. This will account for the fact that she did not
bring anything iron Mr. Jlall direct.
Hoping these items may prove of interest to you, I re-
main Very, truly yours,

" RICHARD IL CHAPPELL.
" Henry Grinuell, Esq., New YorV

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morni uq, 9h. 25m.—Afternoon, Oh. 58m.
10h._32m.—Afternoon, llh. 6m.
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