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Female Jockeyship.-Victoria is said to be one of the most accomplished "lady equestrians" of the day. A letter from Odessa says that her example has excited a passion for horsemanship in the ladies of Lesser Russia to an extraordinary degree. The writer affirms that there is not a lady in the whole province, with any pretension to fashion, who, in imitation of her majesty, has not at least one saddle-horse, and that some keep as many as six. He adds, "At the Cherson races of the seventh, all the horses that ran, not only belonging to the ladies, but were ridden by their owners, dressed in fancy habits, and wearing caps a la Reine Victoria. The number of horses entered was no less than eighty, most of them native breeds, which were brought to the course attended by numerous grooms in liveries, gaily decked with gold and silver lace. The first grand prize, a silver cup, valued at one thousand five hundred roubles, (about six thousand francs.) was won, by Fedore, a bright bay mare, belonging to the beautiful Countess Naritschin, and ridden by herself; and the second prize, a pair of silver candlesticks, with five hundred roubles. (about two thousand francs,) by Boujan, an entirely black horse, ridden by Madame Natchajen, a native of Castellacio, in Naples. What would the gentlemen of the Union course say to this female jockeyship! Shade of Hannah More! What are we coming to?

N. Y. Mirror.