THE SPORTING MAGAZINE; OR, MONTHLY CALENDAR, OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE TURF, THE CHASE, MAN OF PLEASURE, ENTERPRIZE, AND SPIRIT. Review of new Books relating to Performances of Old Pilot Sporting Coursing Challenge Retort to Ditto Anne Andrew v. Morrison, for a Breach of Promise of Marri Page 146 A Biting Baker Skaiting in St. James's and Hyde Rules of the New Boxing Club The Stroller; a new Club Eulogium on Card-playing A Puffing Barber Law-Defamatory Song-writing Sporting with Honours, &c. The Return of every Body to Town Rage for the Drama Wardle v. White, upon the ibid Warranty of a Horse 148 115 Cornwall. Wright, for ibid 122 123 ibid 124 On the Signs in the Metropolis 125 Extravagant Stage Trick 127 A new Anecdote of Quin ibid The Life, &c. of Colonel George Pedestrian and Drawing Matches 153 Comparative Speed of celebrated Horses 154 Chronological Register of the Death of the most famous Stallions Extract from a singular Will respecting a Dog Curious, Circumstance respecting a Doctor and his Man Correspondence upon Bull-baiting Love and Magic 134 ibid 155 157 ,ibid 158 160 ibid Colours worn by the different Jockies of Noblemen and Gentlemen 135 Exact Distances of the Courses at Newmarket 136 Boxing Correspondence between Account of Topham, the Strong Man 162 ibid Feast of Wit 138 Sporting Intelligence POETRY. All in full Cry-Extract from Dib- 164 ibid 167 Slaves by Choice 139 [Embellished with an Engraving of-FLYING LEAP, by Mr.SARTORIOUS; and an Etching of TAG, by Mr. HOWITT, London: PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS; And Sold by J. WHEBLE, Warwick Square, Warwick Lane, near St. Paul's; C. CHAPPLE, 66, Pall-mall, opposite St. James's Palace; J. Bоотн, Duke Street, Portland Place; JOHN HILTON, at Newmarket; and by every Bookseller and Stationer in Great Britain and Ireland. W. Justins, Printer, Pemberton Row, Gough Square. TO CORRESPONDENTS, A We have again to apologize to the Gentleman who sent us the Poem, entitled, "CAMPANOLOGY," but we shall endeavour to insert the whole in our next. A JOCKEY OF THE LAST AGE will perceive that we have paid the earliest attention to his favours; his discrimination will ever entitle his productions to the notice of every liberal-minded Sportsman. We are much obliged to the Gentleman who sent us the Copy of the List of the Jury presented to Judge Dodderidge.-We have added the epithet Grand, as thinking it eminently entitled to that distinction. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE, FOR DECEMBER, 1801. A Constant Reader of your amusing Miscellany, I observe, would esteem it a favour to be informed, whether the horse Old Pilot, the founder of the late Mr. Lade's stud, be living, and whether he is to be obtained as a stallion. This question, as far as I am able, I will, with much pleasure, satisfy. Sir Harry Harpur's grey horse Pilot, by Dainty Davy, ran an aged horse over York, in 1771, winning the City Subscription Purse, against Dorimant, Maiden, and Ancaster, and a balance, of some twenty pounds or upwards, from the purse of your very humble servant. He afterwards, the same year, at Doncaster, beat Phocion, Cannibal, and the famous Glow-worm; with which, certain knowing ones accommodated the Marquis de Conflans at the moderate price of twelve. hundred guineas. Every body has heard how the French stranger was taken in. He did not indeed catch the white owl, or prick in the belt, but he stood, gaping by while they threw the bull over the bridge. No doubt could possibly remain with the Marquis of his new bargain being bon marché, after having seen the wonderful fact of his beating, over the course, the famous Dorimant !!! But alas as they say in Suffolk, this French jockey perceived, when too late, that he had found a mare's nest, and had then nothing to do but to play with the eggs. A certain sportsman, with good eyes, no doubt, saw something pleasing in all this. But to return to York, where Pilot beat Dorimant, then the best horse in England; since he, the same year, beat those two celebrated horses, Shark and Dictator; we South-country jockies always get beat in the North. We were aware of it in this case, yet could not bring ourselves to believe that such a horse as Pilot could possibly beat us; being fully convinced that, on our own Newmarket dung-hill, (to use a vulgar phrase) Dorimant could give him ten pounds over the course. But travelling makes a vast difference; and, to say the truth, P 2 |