... #11orting. FIELD SPORTS N THEIR HIGHER ASPECTS. (F rons thle 11eqt of 8`cotlsmd Moagaszine fo' Decembers') AMID the cesntinually-aslvancing science and enlight' enmot f ci ge which, essentisilly at corlninril- one, mighit thereby be concidered tho mnore unlikely to prodluce such at result, it is curious to observC trie interest, amnountinc_ to a passqion, witls which sale~ ports sre iii t his ...

... 'fl)Orting. 'I'11 Li.oNAIDOr IlAltlEls.- ]lesatl, in the Field, ?? hounds met at Derrypatrick on the 19th inslant, wfhen, after drawing for a conside. rable time, they at lengtiI found; t o' no away at a great )ia(re for the G(rairge, then turinig, male 'or the hills of Galtuie, the Taco being first-rate, and for about Forty minutes-where, unlortunately, their game was coursed by a cur dog. ...

... #11ortil1q. MIOUNTAINSTO\'N .MIEE'lINd-DECEMnr.R 10TH, AND 1]TII. Stowards-Marquii of Conyogham, Earl of Bee- tive, ?? Lord Lurgan, J. L. Naper, M. Arcladll, MI.P., Esq., J. N. Waller, Esq., G. A. Pollock, Esq., Judge-Nr. Owens. I'he abuve club met yesterday at Castletown Cross, and notwithstandiing the recent heavy raiis the large pastures in that locality were ir good order. The sport was ...

... fitortillo. SCENT.-A vorrespiudent of the Field savs-' I have often, when oit withi harriers, heard the r un neis declare thalt a hat flang att a bare, oven when nearly diead beat, and une hounds running high, will stop thep senit.'' Grrtousr..-'Patlander, in the Field, remarlks- A friend and I who hitive a mountain in the North of Ireland, anil which we Irave nut shot for thle last three ...

... . #110.rtiliff. HUNTIN(, APPOINTMIENTS. KILLULTAGII HAaRIEas-Wednesday, 3rd, Green Mount; Saturday, 6th, Ballymacash-half-past eleveu each day. Rouis HUNT-Tuesday, 2nd December, Dunboe; Friday, 5th, Croagh-eleven o'clock each day. LECALE 'HAoRRsu.s-Monday, Ist Deccmber, at Kilmegan; Thursday, 4th, at Ballynarry- AntiAan COUNTY HOUNDS-December Ist, Minter- burne; 4th, Crossdall; 8th, ...

... ,flyorfiltq. THnOMAS AssnETON SINesT, ESQ.-Decidedly the most interesting opening day of this seaot has bee the meet at Tediworth i-louse, on the 30t Octo- ber, wvhen some Sco assembled to greet and slare the hospittslity of the father of modern foxhontet'sl; unsurpassable sqlire, I'Tonnos Assheton Smith, it, a ateeI of fox- the for ty-fourthl yealr of hlis reign as at iS plclas0d hounds ...

... 141yortilig. STATISTICS OF RACING. I'IT is computed that there are upwards of 200 thorough-bred stallions, andI ,120brood mares, whichl produce foals annually, of these there are generally three in the first class of race-horses, seven in the secold class; and they descend gradually in the scale to the amount of 180, oll,..hajf of, wvhicl lnover catch the judge's eye; tile remainder alre ...

... - flwrfillff. STACI lTNTtNO -iBaroen Rothschild's hoounds have beets sltotsilg i; extcelent sport in the Vale of Ayles- bury. On MondaV last thev mlet at Pitchcot, when the meet wns *raced by thle presence of too fair equestrians-the Baroness ?? de Rothschild and rtus. Massey. The dI (til untried hitId) was turned out in the large liill in front of Farmer Vine's house, who availed hiniself of ...

... #11otsi . HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. ln.LLULTAOG HARRst1S._-Wednesday, l/)th Dec., Ballyhill; Saturday, 13th, Castlerobin. Half-past eleven o'clock each day. LiLCALr HARRIERS-.5MOday, 8th instant, Bally- kinlar; Thursday, 11th, Castlescreen. Twelve o'clock, sharp. ROUTE HUNT.-To meet at eleven-Tuesday, 9th, Ball y tibbert; Friday, 12th, Causeway. LOUTn HouNDs.-Tuesday, Dec. 9th, Dunany; Friday, ...

... %portiti MIcrVNTAINSTOWN CoutlsINGo Ct LUB_.Tlhee' will be a mreeing, of the merbet's of the MountaiinstoWn Coulrsing Club, at Castleton Crr's,, on WVednesday ant'ThLhrsday, the lilth and 1th of Decembitr. TI11 EAIL OF YAsBt) SOUOII'S 1HlOUNDS_-By n me- moratli ur in theit prisstssion) of he! Eail of Yert borouglh, dated April 20, 1713, it is ngreed between Sir Jehtt Tyrwhitt, Charles ...

... I _port__ ?? HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. KIt.LULtTAGII HARI1IERS.-s Wednesday, Dec. 31, Bllalvdonaghv Bridl e, Saturday, 3rd January, Billy- macash-half-past eleven o'clock. IOtUTV H ?? -Tuesday, Dec. 30, Ballymoney. I.ECcAs. H. Aniitns.-i\io;;day, Dec. 29, Mon carmgh; Thursday, Jan. 1, Brigh.t-twelve o'clock. ENCISKITLEN HARRIEnS..-'uesday, Dec. 30, Col, -ha lif-nast eleven u'cl aik. LOUTni HoUNDs. ...