2 W Brighton R. Plymouth Regatta. s 7 46

3 T Durham Races.

4 F Torbay Regatta.

r 4 28

Moon HIGH WATER rises & London Bridge. sets. morn. | aftern. h. m. h. m. h. m. 7 SETS 6 30 6 50

afternoon

8 10 58

7 10 7 35

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s 7 42 10 Morning. 9 15 9 50

0 25 0 55

r 4 3111

0 510 2511 10

r 4 34 13

2 13

s 7 35 F

1 25 1 50

RISES after noon

9 14 3 55 4 15 9 29 4 35 5 0

8 T Royal Regatta, Southampton. 9 WR. Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde. 10 T Cr.-M.C.C. v. Sussex, Horsham. s 7 32 16 11 F Tunbridge R. Staines Regatta. r 4 40 17 12 S Grouse Shooting begins. 13 Linth Sunday after Trinity. r 4 4319 14 M Cr.-Kent v. Eng., at Canterbury.s 7 24 2010 15 T Egham R. Carnarvon Regatta. r 4 47 21 10 20 16 W 17T Plymouth Races. Paisley Races. r 4 5023 11 15 18 F Guildford Races.

8 15 8 50 s 7 162411 56 9 30 10 10 r4 53 25 Morning. 10 5011 25 Tenth Sunday after Trinity. s 7 1226 0 47 No tide 05 21 M Cr.-Notts v. Eng., at Nottingham r 4 5627 1 48 0 35 1 0

27 S Elebenth Sunday aft. Trinity,r 5 6 4 8 29 4 10 4 30 28 M

29 T Chelmsford Races. Derby R. 30 W

31 T Lincoln Races.

MINCEMEAT.

WINNER OF THE OAKS, 1854.

ENGRAVED BY E, HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY HARRY HALL.

BY CASTOR.

Mincemeat, bred by Mr. James Cookson, in 1851, is by Sweetmeat out of Hybla, by the Provost, her dam Otisina (sister to Lanercost) by Liverpool-Otis by Bustard (son of Buzzard)Gayhurst's dam by Election.

Sweetmeat, bred by Mr. George Clarke, in 1842, was by Gladiator out of Lollypop, by Starch or Voltaire. Few even of our youngest turfites will require to be reminded that he was a first-class racehorse; while in the stud he already ranks, in addition to the Oaks winner, as the sire of Bridesmaid, Brown Brandy, Comfit, Guava, Honeywood, Jujube, My Fancy, Pastry-cook, Peppermint, Sugar Candy, Sweetness, Trifle, and others. His stock, then two-year-olds, first appeared in 1851.

Hybla, bred by Mr. James Cookson in 1846, never appeared on the turf, while her first foal is the trump-card now in play.

Mincemeat is a light bay filly, with a neat blood-like head, straight neck, good shoulders and back-a little high on the rump, and drooping towards the tail. She has fair-sized quarters, very clean hocks, knees, and legs, but not over large arms or gaskins. She is altogether rather a light-looking mare, and perhaps a better one than her appearance would warrant us in supposing.

PERFORMANCES.

In 1853, Mincemeat, then two years old, made her first appear. ance at Goodwood, where, ridden by S. Rogers, and carrying 8st. 4lb., she ran second to Mr. Gully's Andover, 8st. 7ib., for the Molecomb Stakes of 50 sovs. each &c., T.Y.C. Mr. Knowles's The Caliph, 8st. 71b. (3), Lord Exeter's Amos, 8st. 7lb. (4), and Mr. Payne's Strutaway, 8st. 4lb., also ran.-10 to 1 against Mincemeat, who was beaten a length and a half.

At Newmarket, First October Meeting, ridden by Rogers, and carrying 8st. 3lb., she ran a dead heat for second place with Count Batthyany's Campstool, 8st. 71b., in the Rutland Stakes, of 30 sovs. each, &c.-turn of the lands in, won by Lord Exeter's Delia, 8st. 3lb. Lord Exeter's Amos, 8st. 7lb., also ran.-Even on Mincemeat. Won by a length.

At Newmarket Second October Meeting, ridden by Charlton, and carrying 8st. 1lb., she won the Bedford Stakes of 50 sovs. each, &c.— from the Ancaster Post to the Duke's Stand, beating Mr. Payne's Spinaway, 8st. 11lb. (2), Lord Exeter's Phaeton, 8st. 7lb. (3), and Mr. Mare's Switch, 8st. 4lb.-The winner not mentioned in the betting. Won by two lengths.

In 1854, at Epsom, Mincemeat, ridden by Charlton, won the Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 8st. 7lb. each, &c., a mile and a half, beating Lord Derby's Meteora (2), Lord Bruce's Bribery (3), Mr. Gregory's Lady Bird (4), and the following not placed :-Lord Derby's Sortie, Mr. Howard's Diana, Mr. Payne's Strutaway, Mr. Batson's Malmsey, Mr. B. H. Jones's Reveillé, Mr. A. Nichol's Honeysuckle, Mr. Combe's Apropos, Mr. Osborne's Hopeful filly, Mr. Brown's Balmoral, Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap, and Lord Palmerston's Austrey. -Ten to one against Mincemeat, who won in a canter by a length and a half.

SUMMARY OF MINCEMEAT'S PERFORMANCES.

In 1853 she started three times, and won once :-
The Bedford Stakes at Newmarket, value clear...£350
In 1854 she started once, and won once :-
The Oaks Stakes, at Epsom.....

4125

£4475

Mincemeat's only engagement is in the Great North and South of England Biennial Stakes at York, where with a 5lb. penalty she is arrayed against Scythian, Acrobat, Dervish, Lady Bird, Meteora, King Tom, Ivan, and others. She paid in the Thousand Guineas Stakes, and in the Stewards' Plate at Stockbridge.

Mincemeat went into training as the joint property of her breeder, Mr. Cookson, and Mr. D. Holmes, whose decease occurred only a short time previous to her great victory. The mare was trained so far by Goodwin, already favourably known at Epsom for the form in which he had brought out another Oaks winner, Rhedycina, in 1850. The success of Mincemeat, however, was by no means anticipated by the party, the filly having been lame in the foot only a fortnight previous to the race, and advertised, in fact, for sale by private contract within a very short time before winning. She has since been brought to the hammer, at Newmarket, in the July meeting, when she was knocked down for 850 guineas to Baron Rothschild, who was one of her chief backers for the Oaks.

The Oaks of this year, like the Derby, introduced one of our most successful jockeys to the great honours of the turf. Though few more frequent winners throughout the country, this is Charlton's "first blood" in the three great events of the year. It will be remembered that he was within one of the Derby of this same seasonhaving reached second in it on King Tom for his first master, the Baron.