THE SPORTING MAGAZINE; OR, MONTHLY CALENDAR, OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE TURF, THE CHASE, MAN OF PLEASURE, ENTERPRIZE, AND SPIRIT. [Embellished with an Engraving of Sir SOLOMON, by ScoтT; and London: PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS; And Sold by J. WHEBLE, Warwick Square, Warwick Lane, near St. Paul's; W. Justins, Printer, Pemberton Row, Gough Square. TO CORRESPONDENTS. I. I. B. has been peculiarly happy both in the time, and execution of his Parodies on the Peace, inserted in the Poetical department of the present number. His Picture of the AGE WE LIVE IN, especially "Mobs upon the leveling plan, Practising the Rights of Man, Led by scribbling knaves astray, Luminaries of a day, &c. &c." being a genuine description of some noisy speech-making Demagogues, and the late low, illiterate Democracy, does credit to the Author's candour and discrimination, The Correspondent who sent us the History of the Horse in England, will perceive we have paid the earliest attention to his favours, and we shall be happy in their continuation. Ludicrous Innovations in Sign painting, transmitted from our old friend A. B. at Stambourn, in our next. His Poetical favour upon the Season in September, is to be found in page 55 of the present number. We are much obliged to VERITAS, for the Portrait of Penury, which he has copied for us in Leicestershire; see page 7.-From what we have seen and known, we can scarcely imagine that his colouring is too high. carried 4lb. more than Hambleto nian, and 7lb more than Diamond: The effect of so much additional weight is well known to sportsmen ; so that, taking all the circumstances into the account, it is no easy matter to say which ought to stand foremost. We are enemies to races against time, but cannot help regretting the want of more accurate accounts of the time in which the most celebrated horses have run (against other horses) the distance of four miles, from Childers down to the present time, a period of eighty years, during which, great attention has been paid to the breed of horses in this country. A knowledge of this, might enable us to judge whether the breed had improved of degenerated. Eclipse was so very superior to every horse of his day, that, to have minuted him in any of his public races, would have given a very inadequate idea of his utmost speed. We have never heard that it was done either in his public or private trials, and should be much obliged to any Sporting correspondent, who could favour us with wellauthenticated information on that head. Many are of opinion that he was equal, if not superior, to Childers, to run four miles, and carry twelve |