The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

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Northampton
.
Windsor Spring 4
Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6
Newmarket Craven 8
9 j
Curragh

Chester (continued) l.
York Spring 7
Salisbury 9
Doncaster Spring
Bath

JU.
Ascot Summer -4
Windsor Summer
Manchester Summer

Stockbridge l9
Chelmsford -i
Newcastle
Cu rragh
Worcester Summer ,7
Ipswich 27
LY.

Hampton l3
17
Bibury Club► lB

Carlisle 2
Newmarket July 2
Pontefract
Reading • • •• 9
Liverpool July Meeting 10
Rungerford
Nottingham July

Down Royal Corporate l7
S Wilford

Huntingdon.,
Winchester ..
Southampton
Goodwood

23
23
25
30

Goodwood (continued) 1
Ripon
Brighton
•• 6
Brighton Club 8
Lc wes
E'-hum .. . l3
Wolverhampton l3
Stockton
Oxford ..... 15
hustings

York August
Dover
West Drayton 22
Plymouth... . 23
Canterbury - 27
Lichfield
Derby Summer
Woymouth
Tunbridge

SEPTAMBER.
Warwick
Margate
Curragh
Leicester
Abingdon 5 Newmarket Ist October 24
Doncaster

OCTOBER
Northampton Autumn. 1 Curragh
Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket Houghton
Newmarket 2d October. 7 Worcester Autumn 29
Cheltenham l5

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867.

JANUARY.

Manchester
FE BR.

1
VARY.
Harrow Spring
Derby

Carmarthen • 5
Birmingham l2
Windsor

MA:
Liverpool Spring
Grand Military
Chertsey
13
Malton
••• •

Croydon Spring
Cheltenham Grand An 2l
Bromley

AP.
York l7
SevonoakB

Kildare Hunt

Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick

COURSING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
DECEMBER.
Name. Judge. Days of Running
Corrio, Lockorbie ... ......... Mr. Warwick
JANUARY, 1867.
Huntingdon Club ............... Mr. Warwick l7 2,
Lincolnshire, Ho!beach ...... Mr. Spafford
Coole, co. Cork (Open) ......
Third S. Lancashire, (South-
port (Open) .................. Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11
Spelthorne Club ............... Mr. Warwick
Border Union (Longtown)
Cumberland ................ Mr. Warwick l5, 16
Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford
Altcar Club, Lancashire
Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton22, &c.
Little Crosby Mr. Welding
County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford
Ridgway Club, Lytham
FEBRUARY.

Ilufford, Lancashire
Cardiff Club ' Mr. Warwick l4, 15
Waterloo, Lancashire ...... 20, 21, &a
Tamworth, Staffordshire
MARCH.
Irish Grand National (Open),
county Louta
Ardrossan, Sharphill
South Lancashire (South-
port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, 15, &c
Leinstor (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Springall— 19, 20
Scottish Open, Lanarkshire --..
SEPTEMBER.
Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick
OCTOBER.
Ancaster and Willoughby,
Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford

6, 7
7, &c.

HOW TO ARRIVE AT A VERDICT.— Colonel
Myddelton Biddulph, M.P., and the trustees of the Wem
Bronygarth Road not being able to settle the amount of
compensation for land amicably, the matter has been set-
tled by a jury. And it 'would appear that the 12 gentle-
men who composed the conclave were much divided in
their notions of the value of the colonel's land, some con-
sidering that £75 was sufficient compeiisation, and others
holding the opinion that £450 was not too much. After
nearly two hours' "deliberation," the knotty point was
decided by a stroke of genius on the part of the foreman,
who suggested that each should put down on a slip of
paper the amount he considered a just satisfaction of the
claim, and when they had done so he would add up the 12
sums, and the division of the total by 12 should be the
amount awarded. This proposal was received with de-
light, every one would be represented in the decision, the
idea was carried out, and Colonel Biddulph was awarded
£l6s.—Oswestry Advertiser.

POISON FOiWHALES.—A new method of catching
whales is now being tried with considerablesuccess, science
having contributed to its discovery. Our readers are well
aware of the deadly effects of the Italian poison called
curare, or woorali, concerning v4liich we have often had
occasion to record the most interesting experiments, espe-
cially in mentioning the attempts made to useit as a specifio

for lockjaw, its peculiar action consisting in relaxing the
muscular system. Strychnine is a poison producing the
contrary effect, the excessive contraction of that system,
or, in other words, tetanus, or lockjaw. It is a curious
fact that by the conjunction of these two agents, so dia-
metrically opposite in their effects, a poison is obtained
that will kill almost instantly if only administered in the
dose of half a milligramme per kilogramme of the animal
to be subjected to its action, provided its weight do not
exceed 10 kilogrammes. If larger the dose must be pro-
portionately increased. M. Thiercelin, the inventor of
this poison, composes it by mixing a salt of strychnine
with one-twentieth of woorali. To apply it to whale fish-
gun gunpowder contained in an explosive shell
fish-
ing, ho makes the compound up into cartridges of 80
grammes (au ounce) each, which is enough to kill an ani-
mal of 60,000 kilogrammes weight. Each cartridge is im-
budded in the
powd
which is fired off on the whale. In a late whaling voyage
10 whales received such missiles, and all died within from
four to 18 minutes after the infliction of the wound. Out
of these 10 whales six were cut up for their blubber and
whalebone. Their remains were handled by careless men,
who frequently had scratches and sores on their skins, and
yet not one of them suffered the slightest injury, a circum-
stance which shows that the poison cannot be transmitted
from the fish to the men. Its poisonous action on the
whale is, however, so great that practically the dose will
have to be diminished, so that the death of the creature
may not be so sudden. We should not forget to state that
two out of the 10 whales above mentioned were lost by one
of the many accidents incident to whaling, and that two
others were of a kind that is not worth fishing for.— Galig.
natai's Messenger.

Thirsk . ll
Durham
Newmarket Ist Spring "
_'2
Catterick
Chester 3O
.Y.

Harpenden
Epsom Summer
Newton 2l
29
Croydon
29