To the EDITORS of the SPORTING MAGAZINE. Gentlemen, by inferting the following YOU'LL oblige an old correfpondent, JEUX D'ESPRIT On two beautiful Young Ladies, though small. yet of perfect fymmetry, calling themselves Little Ponies, my As driving little nags the ton is, Fairy Camp, Nov. 9, 1795. ANSWER. Queen Venus having lam'd her doves, To his divine commiffion true, Mab Redoubt, Nov. 17, 1795. BONNY KITTY, OBERON. Written and Sung by Mr. Dibdin. W 'HEN laft from the Straits we had fairly caft anchor, I went bonny Kitty to hail, With quintables flor'd for our, voyage was a spanker, And bran-new was ev'ry fail. * By poetical licence, the elegant name of ELIZA, is, in this place, not admiffible. But But I knew well enough, how with words fweet as honey, They'd bilk us poor tars of our gold; And, when the fly gypseys have finger'd the money, Thebag they give poor Jack to hold. So I chac'd her, d'ye fee, my lads, under falfe colours, Swore my riches were all at an end, That I fported away all my good-looking dollars. And borrow'd my cloaths of a friend. Oh! then had you feen her!-uo longer with honey, 'Twas-varlet audacious and bold, Begone from my fight; fince you've spent all your money, For Kitty the bag you may hold. With that I pull'd out double handfuls of fhiners, THE SPORTING MAGAZINE: OR, MONTHLY CALENDAR Of the Transactions of the TURF, the CHASE, and every other Diverfion interefting to the Man of Pleafure, Enterprize, and Spirit. Ornamented with 1. A capital Portraiture of GREY DIOMED, the property of his Grace the Duke of Bedford; 2. An excellent defcriptive Print of GOING OUT IN THE MORNING (being the first Plate of a Series of Engravings, intended to be given on the Subject of HARE HUNTING. Montrofe to come at Newmarket LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, By E. Rider, Little Britain. And Sold by J. WHEBLE, No. 18, Warwick Square, Warwick Lane, near St. Paul's; John Hilton, at Newmarket; and by every Bookfeller and Stationer in Great Britain and Ireland. TO THE READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS OF THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. TO an Antiquarian Sportfman we are much indebted for his valuable Account of the public Games of Greece, and shall confider ourselves highly obliged by receiving his promifed Continuation. A conftant Reader shall have a Place in our next. We are forry to inform Little B. that by fome Accident or other, his Lines on Marriage are mislaid; we fhould have attended to them laft Mouth, had it not been for the prompt Infertion which the nature of the Articles, contained in our laft, required. Abstract of the Acts respecting Duties on Post-horses, &c. is under Confideration. We have no doubt as to the Originality of the Account of the Crocodile and Antelope, it certainly has never appeared before; and we are much obliged to Mr. T. for his kind Withes toward us; but, as Friends, we would advise him not even to think of making public an Article, which carries Falfhood and Contradiction on the very Face of it. Description of the various Kinds of Pigeons, fhall have due Attention. We are under the Neceffity of deferring the Communication of B. M. till next Month, when it fhall have a Place. To the Gentleman who was kind enough to favour us with the curious Account of the famous Chace of Charleton, we are highly indebted; his Vellum Manufcript shall have every poffible Care taken of it. An Old Fox-hunter will find his Favor inferted in Qur Next. Anecdotes of the late John Elwes, Efq. is come to hand, and shall be attended to. 1 |