The Press.
London, England, 1854-06-03 00:00:00

Sporting.

EPSOM RACES—TUTSDAT.
The CRAVEN STAKES of 10 BOYS each, with 50 added.
Mr. T. Parr's Defiance (Haman) 1
Mr. Cooper's Lascelles 2
The WOODCOTE STAKES of 10 soya each, with 100 added,
for two-3ear-olds.
Mr. T. Powell's Flatterer (Yates) 1
Mr. Saxon's Mary 2
Mr. Drinkald's Monge
. .

The following abi-o ran:—Catastrophe, Kettleby, The
Hind, Plausible, Scipio, Trireme, Katie Stewart.
Betting : 7t04 ou Flatterer, sto I against Mary. Won
easily.
The EPSOM SUMMER HANDICAP of 15 SOTS each, with 100

Mr. Allen's Atwell (Wells) 0
Mr. Saxon's llazlenut
Mr. l'Auson's Braxey 3
A fine race from the distance with Ilazlenut, Axwell, and
Braxey, ended in a dead heat with the first two. Briuey
beaten a head only.
After the last race of the day Atwell walked over, Mr.
Saxon receiving one-third of the stakes.
The HORTON STAKES of 5 sous each, with 50 added.
Mr. Clarence's Remnant.... ( C orderay ) 1
Mr. Bailey's New Brighton 2
The MANOR PLATE Of 1(k) sovs.
Mr. Megson's Roebuck (Wells) 1
Mr. Saxon's liazlenut 2

Thirteen ran.
The HEATHCOTE PLATE of 50 son.
Captain D. Lane's Ephesus.. (Bartholomew) 1
Lord Palmerston's Austrey 2
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WEDNESDAY—THE DERBY.
A aplendid morning and day, following upon a succes-
aion of mostinclement weather, tempted vast throngs to the
downs on the Derby day, and the successive events passed
off without an accident to diminish their eclat. The first
race was the
The CABEW STAKES Of 5 sews each, with 50 added.
Captain Lane's Ephesus ( liartholemew) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Defiance 2
Mr. Edward's Sylvia.

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Betting: 5t02 on Ephesus, 3to 1 agst Defiance. The
race throughout was between these two ; Ephesus taking
the lead, ma ntaining it to the end, and winning cleverly
by three quarters of a length.
After came the great feat of the day,
THE DERBY,
for which splendid prize twenty-seven competitors came
to the post. The coup d'ceil at this moment was extremely
picturesque. The thousands of spectators surging up
against the rails—the vast masses on the hillside—the
multitude crowding the inclosures and the Grand Stand—
had their eyes immediately rivetted, as it were, on one
point, the starting-place. Slowly, and in a compact form,
the horses proceeded towards it from the paddock, the
colours of the riders having a gorgeous effect in the broad
sunshine. At the very first signal a benutiful start was
effected. Hospodar immediately went to the front with
Marc Antony, Canute and Wild Huntsman heading the
ruck, about the middle of which were Mr. Gully's two,
Dervish, King Tom, Marsyas, New Warrior, and the Earls
Bird. On nearing the turn, Wild Huntsman ran tip to
Hospodar, and Dervish lay about sixth, Marc Antony
and Canute then dropping off. At the road, both Hos-
podar and Wild Huntsman were beaten, and a new COE)*
bination of form and colour in front added excitement to
excitement. Hermit now took the lead, followed in close
order by Andover, King Tom,
Dervish, Knight of St.

JUNE 3, 1854.

ueorge, Marsyas, Early Bird, and New Warrior. Andover
waited to the half-distance, when he went ahead, followed
by King Tom, who made a very resolute effort, but was
beaten easily by a length. Half a length betweeu the
seeoed and third, and a neck between third and fourth.
Dervish, Marsyas, New Warrior, and Wild Huntsman were
the neat four. Autocrat was last off by several lengths.
He went to the post merely. for the purpose of saving beta
about his starting. The winner ran in Mr. tinily's name,
and was ridden in his colours, but he is the joint property
of Mr. Padwick and Mr. Gully—the former, better known
on the turf by his nom de course " Mr. Howard," was his
nominator on this occasion.

The horses were placed in the fallowing order at the
finish :

Mr. Gully's Andover
Baron Rothschild's King Tom (Charhos) 2
Mr. Gully's Hermit (Wells) $
Mr. Copperthwaite's The Early Bird (Aidcroft) 4
The following also ran :—Dervish, Autocrat, Woodcote,
Hoapodar, Welham, First Lord, Mere Antony, Middlesex,
Canute, Winkfleld, Punchbox, Grey Plover, Neville,
Bracken, New Warrior, Papageno, Knight of St. George,
Alembic, Rodomeli, Coup &Etat, Wild Huntsman, Cham-
pagne, Mamas.
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Betting at starting: 5 to '2 agst Dervish, 7 to 2 agst
Andover, 10 t 3 1 agst King Torn, 12 to 1 each agst Wild
Huntsman, Hospodar, and Neville, 20 to 1 each agst The
Hermit and Early Bird, 25 to 1 agst Mamas, 40 to 1 each
agst New Warrior, Knight of St. George, and Canute, b 0
to 1 each agst Alembic and Bracken, 1,000 to 15 apt
Middlesex, 1,000 to 10 each agst Vielham, Grey Plover,
Papageno, Woodcote. and Champagne.

There were 217 acceptances for the race, and the total
value of the stakes contested for is 6,9501.

Of the four minor races which succeeded, the Epsom
TOWN PLATE was won by Mr. Stanley's Mishap, with
Roebuck second; the Ersom Cm., by Mr. Morris's Kingston,
with hataplau second; the I)uRDAM, by Vaultress ; and
ipe GEEAT Eiunurruni Puan, by Assayer.

TUURSDAr.
The El4lOll FOUa•YZIR OLD STLIMS of 50 WWI each.
Duke of Bedford's Dahchick (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. Mundy's Tobolski
The TWo•YEaR-oLD Stakes of 10 Boys each, with 50 added.
Mr. Gulliver's Bessie .. (Yates ) 1
Duke of Bedford's Para

The GRAND STAND MATE of 100 goys.
Mr. Rogers's Miss Bolton (J. Rogers) i
Mr. Allen's Atwell
The SELLING STAKES of ti sous each, with 50 added.

Mr. Cookson's Pebble ( Palmer) 1
2 Mr. Saxon's Emperor

HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of WO guineas, fur mares.
Mr. Greville's Adine ( Flatmsa) 1
Lord Zetland's Comfit
Mr. Combe's Testy
Betting : Even on Adine, 2 to 1 against Testy. Won
by twenty lengths.

The COBHAM PLATE of 50 BOYS (handicap).
Mr. J. Barnard's Eliza ( Fordham)
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco

FRIDAY.
The OAKS.

Mincemeat
Meteora
Bribery

Fifteen ran.
MEMBERS' PLATE.

Defiance

Noisette

Four ran.

Xate anb Volta.

A THAMES WATERMAN, John James Cowson, rowed
M. Hedeman, a foreigner, from the steamer by
which he had arrived in St. Katharine's wharf to
Blackfriars-bridge. M. Hedeman was alone, with
no more than the " regulation " weight of luggage
with him, but on arriving the man, hoping evidently
to impose on a stranger, demanded 20s. as his fare,
the legal extent of his demand being only is. 6d.
His passenger remonstrated, and after some bar-
gaining paid 10s., under a threat of having his bag-
gage detained. On reaching his hotel M. Hedeman
was advised to summon the waterman, who accord-
ingly appeared at the Guildhall on Monday, and was
fined 40s. and costs by Alderman Kennedy. The
worthy alderman intimated his intention to visit
severely all such offences, particularly when practised
towards foreigners.
AN AGED PETITIONER, W. Mowbray de Mowbray,
said to be ninety-three years old, applied for protec-
tion at the Insolvent Court on Saturday last. He
had formerly been a merchant in Liverpool, but was
now supported by his friends, and sought to be pro-
tected from process on account of a
.single debt
amounting to 471. There had been much litigation
in the county court and elsewhere on account of this
debt, and Commissioner Phillips now granted an
interim protection, to be renewed regularly upon the
payment of quarterly instalments for its discharge.
THE LATE ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDEN for the
district chapelry of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, was
referred to Dr. Phillimore, at an Arcbdeaconry Court
of Middlesex, for adjudication. The circumstance
attending that election obtained considerable noto