la *hla f koraea it that time; bat we believe we trr Hlr John Johnstone, who. in taking a drop-fence very little understood, and THE OF AHEBICA. THE TURF IN ENGLAND. ¦ear Btelchky, Staffordshire, the other day, *u on- UFB IH8UBAHCE. information Is apt to leao to some H0ESE8 conrM in saying that they hare mora titan doubled of to the prejudice or life misimdersuan^ 10 a to I860 fracturing hw collar bona a tw^ber. price, ud that Itondrad dollar bone his rib# Toe honorable Baronet wax removed hither Haw life lM>ruci C-Hrt. every building lnaured by a^ora°J?i;r-n??p^ipanylire Tkflr Prcwnt Value, with SeeewUese W'auld above in una marine now. FIMI OM IffM CONESPONKIT. rail and houae in Belgrava waa certain to be oonaumedmaurauc-^ forty bring $200 per conveyed to hw own Sjm-tM it la M to Breeding for Speed for Ike Km4 m< difficult lor oonaua enume¬ Ike (>ru< m4 square. where death put a period to his sufferings on jeara, eae* to aee that the ..?of"5a***?*. 1*1 however, NtdMal Mc«pl« Chut, Put the 8Mb Inst. Hlr follower of ud HaUettawr-Iaeaas** inaumnoe would be aua Track. rators to the value of horaes in other than IHuktt. John wm a veteran i««Ma mat the greatly to give any Praeit->M«TCMiu la the D*1mi the hounds, having imbibed a love for the chaae in AKM-CMt «r Life #^e"*rml""" company would not Among tUo great industrial intereata of tbla coun¬ a general way, as none other than an expert in the Cheater Cap, the Two Thoaaaad his youth which he cherished and carried luto the ,"WMC*rPrf. make a charge for their annual rlalc, keep m in tinder aad Aim^BhImi la 18®8-KlTalrr large reserve on band the Jer- try the home may be considered as standing t^j» horseflesh is competent to them in snch a UiiflMw and IfU aiaeas ef Wild OM green old age at which he haa passed away accumulating agalna classify Derby. circomstanc«s so name in my New aa4 Thai* laereaala* tain eveut of future conflagration. Thla ia u» foremost rank of animal productions. For m^ay aa indicate painful. Another Aa«i| CaaipaatM on way to their true worth. Ohio, Illinois, far the Foraer, af Per* Games far the obituary this week is that of Mr. W. Stebblng, one Tie Remedy. principle which the reserves in We yearn he has been constantly increasing in numbers New York and took the lead Latter. of Belladrw for Dath. of the lathers of * and the BxtriTiftaM. baaed. Death 1* a certainty, which w|°s*Sheacb Indl-inu Indiana, Pennsylvania De»«w*ee modern betting of Everybody baa noticed the elegant atructures or vtdual will »«" and value so rapidly and with such constant accre¬ as horse and the is that Feb. I860. originator of the system, now so popular, order happen at an uncertain raising States, probability London, 37, laving against Like too many pio¬ iron, granite and marble wMcn are going up on for the company to protect Itself^pe^.from ultimate tions that the number of the horoca now. in the they still retain It The next sections is talked of In circles yearlings. insolvency the premiums must be great breeding Nothing »t present sporting neers his enterprise impoverished his resources, Broadway, erected by two of the llle Insurance com¬ enable the hlgli Uiutcd States will faU little short of »,000,000 in are Missouri, Kentucky and Texas. Tha war drew bnt the grand national steeple chase which will be such "flyera" as the Flying Dutchman. Voltlgeur company to do bualneas for a long ee the and ta and Leddinsrton the of the annuals panies of New Torn, and everybody Has remarked of years and atui Dave cash euough on hand.to \ aggregate, representing money heavily on those States, but having four or live ran for on the Aintree, near Liverpool, next Wednes¬ being first vide for all future losses. coat of carry tame the enormous sum of of against which he plied his pencil, their successes that toe foundations of thoae building* are laid deep The annual upwards years to recuperate there is no doubt they will show day. The immense amount of speculation to which lightening his to the tone of Beanies of ing a risk or temporary insurance from year w> to the whole amount of purse £90,000. and solid, with the evident intention on the part ls only about one-mlrd or jj- $2,ww,000,000, nearly equal a favorable amount of increase. Iowa. Michigan this event has given rise; the discussion it excites possessing the famous Flatcatcher the deceased New one-half of the annual our national indebtedness, and more than the whole gentleman had a substantial Interest In several their builders of thflr lasting till Macaolay's premfum. and the law. of this State wmrM» and Wisconsin were also large breeding Statea, among all classes of the . community who are in any remainder to remain In the amount of ibe of California, und stables, including a proprietary share In Knight of Zealunder sits on the ruins or the new Bast river Uandaof rtew»mpanf gross' gold product and are yet so, their numbers having nearly way attached to sports, and the absorbing Interest St. Oeorge, the St. I winner. To readers and be invested m bonds. great jester bridge, hereafter to be built, and exclaims, If a sees «« probably of Uie world daring the time which has doubled since 1M0. in the Southern States, Which is taken In the result conclusively that of the past, veneration the name of (Jedrge White- company lit to InvestmoriKa^orrea.l«>^a part of the re»er> Few who prove house must to the Chaos of nuiL who cm trace the void, n valuahle building* which wlU command ahi«l been occupied in raising these animals. the devastations of tha rebellion, the which be familiar. He, too, belongs And o'er thle darkneu cut a lonar notwithstanding steeple chasing is recovering popularity .*«*>.. . and rem lor years to that the annual past, having died at Lichfield, whither ne had re¬ And "her* U" or "wu" where all i* Kt, constantly increasing read this article have ever imagined there are more horses now than are There for a of It had lost. The fact is due on on saddle uy doubly ulsht? not this a safe Investment, especially when wecome^«**« required. period years tired, the luth lnst. His exploits In the or words to the aforesaid value of auy annual product In this country should'' never has been a of horses. Much this no to the excellence of the were numerous and brilliant, from his suocees on that effect; and perhapa scarcity ordinary occasion, doubt, the came so nearly approximate the vaunted resources of our of the best blood, however, was captured during the hanalcup, to which I alluded when it first appeared; Kmperor, in 1KM, when he carried off the Km- everybody has wondered where the money ever be¬ Vase at Ascot, to his Hobble Noble awl from or how such benevolent and liberal cor¬ gold fields, which politicians are parading war by the Union troops, and by tola means many for It Is a credit to Mr. Tophain, and in eviver for the Blue purely Ssror's triumphs, while he rail second Mn the fore the public as the moans of pay.ug onr national of the finest horses of the South found tneir way that In contrast to bis Chester Riband on Hotspur In 18*9. and on Marlborongli porations pay immense dividends to policy¬ respect singular Buck two holders and to the widows «lebt. into the Western and Middle Statea, where they have but in a to the changed years later. He was a rider of great judg¬ pay such large policies performance; greater degree ment and pluck, and his private character wag as and of those to in¬ Fifty year; ago the standard price of horses was been turned to most account in circumstances under which the race Is now run. was orphans who had the foresight profitable improving lrreproarnable as hw professional excellence sure their lives before off their mortal very low, |luo beiug considered as much us a hrsi the ordinary local or sectional stock. The There was a time when the fences were so high that lndispuiab,e. Another popular jock lias come to shuffling coil, class animal was worth, unless in exceptional cases, grlet a second tune. It will be remembered that In and thereby leave their wives in a financial condition duty It is to regulate and i Pacific States have also contributed tneir jumping and weight carrying power were the chief Lord his collar bone, a suranoe. a »4100 ooo in atocwe we had much the same Lyons' year Custance broke which enables them to live without in They req»ire ^ notwithstanding very quality share to the general aggregate, California requisites for success, and when, no misfortune which with hto engage¬ talcing shop- or bonds to be made withd^oa>tthem aa preliminaryp to of horse consequently, sadly interfered work from the or in tobacco then as now. subsequent breeding has having in i860 but 100,610 horses, whereas animals but experienced and clever hunters were ments for the remainder of the season. News tailors' shops working transacting the l)U*JneKa * ith ^p^ive his in a different reached the that a second severe accident had factories. All this Is somewhat and In¬ Stales, and they also ^ valuation of developed powers direction, now she numbers probably 600,000, the effects of the "in it." when the height of city mysterious orn emcats of the and the Nowadays, however, belhllen him this week while hunting with the Cot¬ and so also is the fact that there are hun¬ all the policies In force, and aw galloping saddle nag of that day war on breeding not having reached that remote tbe obstacles has been considerably curtailed, a tesmore dismounted and explicable, expenses, Incomes and ^ lieI)t 0f rua has been pack. But, although dreds of well-dressed men of talkative transformed into ttie trottiug horse geglon. to the Introduction of very flue stal¬ class of horses have a chance of winning, rudely shaken, his admirers wlu be gratified to learn very habits, several companies. jreneni ao enforced owing larger that in are that all unsound and.lsn^to a.e of the present. We had at that time in this lions at au of her a is "served" as well as and he flrst report was overoolored, as Cmrtanoe's possessing the suaoUtr rnodo, whose pockets Smwtni^ early period history large pro¬ speed jumping ability tuese two » 1 . « some of the blood that had ever injuries are so slight that he will not be precluded well filled with forth the immense driven from l?!?]iaand fneifcctuel country highest portion of the horses bred In that State are strength, and the prize very commonly falls to can¬ from a or two across country before pamphlets setting guarantee against all wiuiciitJ'®c ,aniea. rue pub- been from having spin to be obtained In the )n llrH 8. j imported foreign parts. It was then rich very superior animals. A great many horses were didates who, alter an Inglorious career on the flat, entering upon the legitimate programme of I860. advantages by insuring partic¬ dahed reports enable ev ery one In ^ and fresh and became disseminated ular which they have the honor to are insurauce to examine tor niuu* widely through- drawn from the Eastern States at the commence¬ are set to "cross country" work, can clear their company repre¬ ^ have done oat the such horses as the win- sent, whose rates are the whose asset* are and boameaa of every country by Diomede, ment of the war, which was an advantage to them, fences well and show their racing training in the IN ENGLAND. lowest, more to place our insurant..; u>m ,anies In a sound nor of the THEATRICALS the to less* ulld lt is first English Derby m 1780; his descendants, as by that means they got rid of a great deal of worth¬ "run in" over level ground. It was at one time largest, already amounting sometlilng condition tlian ail other BirArchy and und that most than fifty millions, and whose annual dividends will one cause of their unexampleaprProsperitype ttnd the Duroc, Messenger capital less stock. Since then they have been breeding a bet¬ feared that the event would be prostituted The Urn ma In London.American Artists In Eng- Old to of others that have wholly one on the sure road to wealth. And not confidence which the puniio horse, Medley, say iiotlnug ter class of horses, and with so much energy tnat from the purpose for which it was designed. The Abroad.New and Old Paces. put any land, where no tiieuialrej n over iuo a Plays in this but In town and vil¬ govern left fuvoraoie impress on the liufse of the present It is believed the aggregate number in those States rearing of great hunters and the victories of Emblem Feb. ISM. city only, aliuostVery insurance companies » ai^rv^oau* The descendants of Diomode to this arc London, 26, lage of the United States, these of life men. without a und aterilngsteri of paid up day. day lar exceeds that of 1*60. Thfe attention of breeders and Emblematic were deplored as likely to inaugu¬ a few itenfe of theatrical news on this colporteurs ^ngle Ww.e the ru of the race as have Perhaps insurance have become so common that In many capital, can organise a lm£_liwui*n *y, ing spirits course, they has been turned particularly in the direction of rate an order of things in which thoroughbreds side of the water interest readers; and, as policies, pay extravagain omecrJj r,tnce.if been -bred tor that In the same may yonr places it Is said that the In the streets are heard a-11''*?to ui the nn- principally specialty, trotting stock, and by the introduction of betier would have it entirely their own way and give no 1 am neither author nor my boys ihe doings and condition >i coinpany as those of have been bred for trot¬ actor, manager, critic, ofBUenw, a way Messenger bred stallions than they had formerly they are now chance to the hunting element. The victories of notes shall be at least free from that and un- singing:. penetrable myatery waei8trom of the ting. The no vehicle "envy I w*nt to be an »jmt It systematic plunder Southerner, having trotting producing some very fine horses, although there is such animals as t'ortolvm, Salamander and The charitableneiis" which too often mark the comments And with the agent* eland, court of Chancer and v^tlniized policy and the roads being of inferior descry A policy lu proepect . to for *hem«*l
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