19 OCTOBER 1861, Page 20

An advertisement in last week's Bell's Life deserves commemora- tion.

It announces that a "splendid picture" will be given to the winner of a two-mile walking match that is to be held at Chalk Farm race-ground, on Monday, October 28. Some idea of the pro- bable " splendour" of this work of art may be gathered from the naive statement which follows : "The picture can be seen on the