Painted for the Owner by COOPER, R.A. THIS is the only animal yet dis- that bears any resemblance to the animals of Europe. It has been found in every portion of that large territory that has hitherto been visited, and from the accounts of the natives, it is certainly indi- genous. It is not, however, an inhabitant of the neighbouring is- the strongest affinity are the dog the latter than the former. In its movements it is active and swift, its limbs are clean and well shaped, and in its character it is wild, but fierce only when attacked, or in pursuit of its prey. The natural food of the native dog consists of the young kangaroos, the opossums and the kangaroo rat, with which the extensive plains and hills of New South Wales abound; but it is quickly attracted by the presence of sheep, attacking them while at pasture; and sometimes scaling the weak inclosures in which they are collected during the night. The depredations of the native dog are not less dreaded by the settlers of A mediately when pursued by dogs, but when overtaken defend themselves courageously, and inflict severe wounds on their pursuers. Their colour is generally light or pale brown, lighter under the belly, with a patch of white under the throat. The feet and inside of the legs are likewise white. Native dogs have been found of white and black or dark brown; but the light brown is their predominant colour. In height they are nearly two feet, and in length three. The head and countenance greatly resemble those of a fox; the ears are short and erect; the eyes quick and lively, but capable of an expression of great fierceness when the animal is pursued or restrained; the tail is long and bushy, and greatly resembles a fox's brush. Few instances have occurred of these animals being tamed. One of them has long been domesticated in the town of Sydney, in New South Wales, but it was always shy and sullen. The dog from which this portrait was taken was caught young, and in its wild state, in the month of January, 1820; and although it was gentle and playful in its disposition during the voyage from New South Wales to this country, it never seemed to forget its natural appetite for sheep and poultry. communication relating to those who have moved, or are known, in the sporting world, I inclose you a few observations on the late RıCHARD BAYZAND, Esq. whose career was prematurely cut short, by a malignant fever, which attacked him at his lodgings, in Cheltenham, bidding defiance to all medical skill-and he died on Friday, the 29th ultimo, sincerely regretted by a numerous circle of friends. AMICUS. THE above-named gentleman was the only child of the late Charles Bayzand, Esq. of Little Buckland, in the county of Worcester, who, dying when he was young, left him an estate near Bibury, in Gloucestershire, and appointed his brother, John Bayzand, Esq. of Buckland, his guardian and protector. How far the uncle executed the trust committed to him, is not for me to determine; but certain it is, that he did not bestow upon his nephew that education to which his situation and expectations in life entitled him; and the loss of it was felt and lamented by him to the last hour of his life. With a good natural understanding, and with faculties certainly clearer than what fall to the lot of most men, Mr. Bayzand would have requited the pains which might have been bestowed upon him; and, perhaps, instead of (no easy task) merely MEMOIR OF THE LATE RICHARD Confining his ideas to what is called BAYZAND, ESQ. making up a book" on the Derby and the Oaks, he might have been a more useful, and a more valuable member of society. That check, however, which was given to the expansion of his mind, in early life, was not only never removed, but it gave him a want of confidence in himself, and in his own judgment, in the common oc currences and transactions of life, that induced him to submit to, and be decided by, the opinions of others, in matters where he himself might otherwise have been more competent-thereby subjecting himself to the bias of self-interest, which is too apt to creep into the decisions of others. That he was a sufferer from this cause he had too much reason to be convinced, when it was unfortunately too late. ficulties, and vexation, which it brought upon him. Mr. Bayzand was a sportsman; and he may be said to have inherited his sporting character from his father, who was reckoned one of the best gentlemen riders of his day in that part of the country, and generally had a horse or two in training, His uncle also kept a capital pack of harriers at Buckland, and was an excellent judge of a horse; and although he may not It is not that I wish to be the have considered it necessary to biographer of my late friend-nei- make a scholar of his nephew, yet, ther do I wish to draw a moral in this respect, he did not fail to infrom his life. His remains are struct him, and he may be said to scarcely cold in his grave; and his have turned his instructions to a death is a warning to us all. Only good account, for he sold his horses in his forty-third year-of gene- for large prices. His judgment of rally temperate habits-he had a hunter was much looked up to, every promise of a long life. It and was certainly, in most respects, was, however, denied to him, and correct; but he was too fond of he is gone! but not without leav- large horses, and sometimes aping behind him one useful lesson- peared to purchase them, as a grato be content with the lot in which zier would an ox-by their weight. we are cast. His might have been He was a heavy man it is true, ridjustly said, by one half of the ing nearly fifteen stone; but he was world, to have been an enviable one. not aware that in all animals perPossessed of property worth at fection lies between the two exleast twenty-five thousand pounds, tremes, and a good big horse is not with ten thousand more in rever- to be met with often in any man's sion; a single man, with a most life. He was a very good judge of complete single man's residence, hunting, and knew well how to get situated in a sporting country, sur- to hounds, though by no means a rounded by nearly two hundred straight-forward rider. He, howacres of excellent land, which he ever, generally contrived to see a farmed himself, and farmed it well-run, and could give a good account what more could he want? Unfortunately, however, he was not content, and he purchased an estate in his neighbourhood for seventythree thousand pounds. The purchase was supposed to be a good one, and he refused seven thousand pounds for his bargain. The times altered; the speculation failed; and it may be truly said, that the remainder of his life was embittered, if not shortened, by the dif of it when it was over; but fond as he was of the sport, and always anxious to promote it, he was never known to ride " slap up" to his hounds, for an hour, more than two or three times in his life. Although Mr. Bayzand always had a turn for racing, he can scarcely be said to have been " on the turf," never having had more than three or four race horses, and now and then a hunter's-stake horse; but he was well known in the betting ring. For the last twelve or fourteen years of his life he regularly attended the Newmarket meetings, Epsom, Doncaster, &c. and, from beginning in a small way with a pound or two at Bibury, when he first started in life, he came to stand a thousand on a race. He was, however, a cautious better, and I have reason to believe, had he received all his winnings, he would have been one of the few gentlemen who are not losers by the turf. Though a good paymaster himself, he suffered many heavy losses, and was minus some thousands by bad debts. He was one of those who took the odds to the winning of three thousand pounds from an unfortunate gentleman who destroyed himself in consequence of his having betted so heavily against Sir C. Bunbury's celebrated horse, Smolensko, winning three events. Of this sum, Mr. Bayzand never received a shilling, but was, of course, obliged to pay the money he had hedged to make himself safe. He had the satisfaction, however (and he often was heard to express it), of thinking that he was in no-wise instrumental to the sad catastrophe which befel that gentleman, for on the evening but one before he committed the fatal act, he called upon Mr. Bayzand, at Ibbotson's Hotel, in Vere-street, and asked him what time he could give him. He replied, "your own time; but I wish you could let me have four hundred at Tattersall's, on Monday." Betting against three events, and such events,* appeared like bespeaking the money'; but, on the other hand, betting against such a horse as Smolensko was for his year, could not but be a dangerous speculation, and so it proved to be. Mr. Bayzand also lost a large sum in 1814, by that rascally business at Doncaster, when Belville was drawn for the St. Leger Stakes, on pretence of being amiss. Although, as I before mentioned, Mr. Bayzand was well known in the ring as a betting man, and appeared rather more accessible to the betting tribe than some of his friends wished or approved of; yet his character, as an honourable man, stood unimpeached. By a little more than customary civility towards these gentlemen, he may have flattered himself that he obtained information which might have been beneficial to him in his betting speculations, but his friends were of opinion that he paid dearly for it, in more ways than one. However, "I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.' Mr. Bayzand had virtues which do honour to our nature. He was no man's enemy: he was remarkable for the steadiness and sincerity of his friendship; and nothing appeared to give him more pleasure than to forward the wishes of his friends. He was not one of those ephemeral beings which buzz about a man in the sunshine, but quit him the moment he retires into the shade-who estimate his worth by his dinners, and his virtues by his possessions :but of him it may be truly said, that his regard for his friend was undiminished, if not increased by his misfortunes; and if, from untoward circumstances, his own door was shut against him, Mr. Bayzand's was open to him, as also was his purse. Human nature, however, is a * The 2000gs. Stakes, Newmarket Stakes of 700gs. at Newmarket, and the Derby of 1425gs. at Epsom. matters of this nature he was extremely improvident, and unmindful of the main chance. He lent considerable sums of money to his friends, to be repaid on distant contingencies; but by neglecting to insure their lives, he was, in more than one instance, a heavy sufferer. His practice in the betting ring should have informed him that a hedge" is sometimes as necessary against the chances of human life, as against those of a sinew giving way in a race horse. When the late Mr. Corbet hunted Warwickshire, Mr. Bayzand always resided at Stratford-on-Avon during the hunting season, and was much looked up to as a sportsman, by that highly respected and much lamented gentleman. He was a member of his Club; and when Mr. Corbet gave up the country, he was often heard to declare that he should never enjoy hunting again, as he had done. For the last two or three seasons he resided at Cheltenham, where he hunted with Colonel Berkeley's hounds, and the Colonel was very kind and attentive to him. Few men, in an humble situation in life, with disadvantages such as he had to contend against, may be said to have made his way better in society than did Mr. Bayzand. There was an unaffected simplicity of manner about him, added to extreme inoffensiveness of conduct, which, if they did not gain him friends, could not gain him enemies; and if he had not more than his share of the former, he had very few of the latter. Generally speaking, I think I may be allowed to affirm, that he was a popular man in the circle in which he moved, and his death will be much regretted. MONMOUTHSHIRE CAVALRY RACES. To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. SIR, IN compliance with your request, that your readers would send you an account of any sporting events that have taken place in their neighbourhood, I forward you the following, which you will insert in your Magazine, if you think it worthy of a place there. On the 5th of this month, after the Monmouthshire Yeomanry Cavalry had finished their usual annual training, four stakes were raised by subscription amongst the members of the troop, to be run for by any trooper's horse that had attended at every parade during that muster. As nothing of the kind had been anticipated, no horses were in better than hack condition, and it was therefore thought better that it should be a run in, and not heats. All the horses (eight in number) were to start for the first stakes, and so to run on till they won, the winner of one stakes not being allowed to start again: all horses to carry twelve stone, and to be ridden by members of the troop, and each winner to give a guinea to the second horse. The first stakes was won by Mr. Whe |