The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-05 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLISENCR.

CROYDON BICOOND SUMMER MEETING.

THURSDAY.

The fall of rein in the forenoon materially affected the
attendance en the course to-day, both of the profesionals
and of the (moral public' Wised the wad promoted
quits a meagre appanage of company, and the muse was
very thinly peopled, except in the vicinity of the
lists. The going was in bests, order, but still bar=
the rasing was scarcely up to yesterday's quality. Pressed-
inp commenced with the Maids. Swipe , for
which Mr. It. Porter's Traveller was ma& a very hot
favourite, on the strength of his previous performances,
and hie tine strapping appearance. He got a good deal
the worst of the start, but being a great lumbering horse
he could not climb the bill, and was dead beaten on pass-
ing the enclosure ; the fielders' godsend, Sanborn, winning
in a common canter. The Selling Stakes was
productive of some very curious proceedings in the ring
with regard to Bouquetine, whom there was • mama
rush to get on. At the first blush rive to four was laid
v. ry freely on her, bet altortly before the flag fell her price
veered round to 20 to I against her, • fact which may
speak for itself without further comment of the parties
who bad the pulling of the strings. In the race there
was a perfect storm of exclamations from the speotaton
on the stand, on the riding of the mire, who seemed as
if she could gallop away from her opponents at the dis-
tance • but notwithstanding the apparently attentions
inertiOns of her jockey she finished third. The Innkeepers'
Plate brought off the good thing selected by the talent
in Venturer, who fairly out down his field at the finish
like • thorough race horse, albeit he gave lumps of
weight to everything in the race. The Croydon
Handicap was • regular touch-and-go affair, the winner
shooting to the front from the start, and allowing nothing
to overtake him, running more generously than he has
ever hitherto done. Ache, the winner of the Cambridge-
shire of 1866, was not able to make the show of a fight
from end to end, thus further proving her incapacity to
stay over • severe course. The Selling Handicap upset •
couple of pots in Pharaoh and Hop Leaf the winner turn-
ing up in the despised Lorenzo di Ls di, who, with 71ba
leas on his back, cut an ignominious figure in the Inn-
keepers' Plate. The lest race, the Shirley Plate, fell
through from the absence of the competitors entered, to
the no small gratification of the spectator., who were
getting drenched through by the rain, now coming down
in torrents. Appended are details :
THM MAIUM nwespermres of 5 40%11. each, with 30 added ;
for 3-yr olds and upwards, who have never won 50 sour. ; mares
and geldinp allowed Sib Oise mile. le subs.)
Mr. Rowland's Ransom (Collett) 1
Mr. IL Porter's Traveller (Mordsu) 2
Mr. J. Lowe's Chariveri (Pepper, 3
The following also ran : —Maid of Burghley, Airdrie, and The
I Laird.

Betting : 7 to ♦ on Traveller, 3 to 1 agst Airdrie, 6 to 1 agst
Meerut, and 10 to I bar three. After one or two ineffectual
attempt, a good start was effected, hansom getting away with
the lead, followed by tharivari, Traveller, Airdrie, and BLa4l of
Burghley, the last of all being The Laird. No change occurred
till rounding the baud for home, whon Traveller, who had been
lying off, Improved his position, but was beaten at the hill, and
Ransom, who was never caught, won easily by two leagtha tha-
rived was a bad third, Bald of Burghley fourth, and The Laird
was lest throughout.
. _

Mitiamot B?AL of 6 son each, with 30 added, for all ages;
the winner to be sold for 50 soya Halt a mile.
Mr. Webb's Oballue (Jas. Clark) 1
Mr Wood's Lillie (Coslett; 2
Mr. It. Bebnettl Bouquetitee • (E. smith) 3
_ . Albatross also ran.

Betting : 7t04 on ATllat7r;m, 4to laget Ciladice, 20 to I agit
Betthustithe (at flnit sto 4 on). Albatross made play, followed
immediately by Olathe. and Lillie, Botiquetiere bringing up the
rear, till reaching the toot of the 1111, when the quartette Joined
Issue, and after a good race home Olathe won by half a length,
• head only separathig second and third, Albatross being close
up, a good fourth. 'The whiner was sold to Mr. Sams ior Iv°
guineas.
Tint INNKRIPELS. PLATE of 40 SOTS. Fire furlongs.
)fr. H. Wright's Venturer 'Peppier; I
11r. Bromagrovifs Benefactress (Jeitrery) 2
Mr. W. Ford's Lionel
The following also ran : —llop.leaf, Lupus, Queen Mtn, King
of the Forest, luberitonoc, and Lorenzo di Lana
. .

WeaibeiiiieWi;il;;4l;;;;cfoi:l;tici;ing to his being found
lame he did not go to the poet.
Betting: 7 to 4 agst Venturer, 4 to 1 eget Benefactress, 6 to 1
aut Lionel, 0 to 1 apt Lupus, and 10 to 1 apt Hop Leaf.
Weather Isle's number was hoisted, but was taken down shortly
afterwards. The delay at the post was most vexatious, and
lasted more than three-quarters of an hour, owing to several
breaks away, and the persistent retail -if King of the Forest to
Join his bones. At last the lot were got away, Benefactress
getting a slight lead for the first hundred yards, when Venturer
took up the running, followed by Benefactress and Lupus, the
rest lylne in a cluster, with the exception of King of the Forest,
who was several lengths lu the rear. At the foot of the hill,Ven-
turer was headed by Benefactress, who carried on the running
to the commencemeut of the Stand enclosure, where Venturer
again went to the front, and outstripping his pursuers, won by
half a length, a length dividing second and third. Inheritance
was a good fourth, Lorenzo di Lard' fifth, ,Queen Ebbs Math,
Hop Leaf seventh, King of the Forest eighth, and Wine last.
Tint CROYDON liknDICAP of 15 movs. each, 10 ft, and I uoly if
declared, with 100 sort added: winners extra. About one mile
and a half. (11 subs., three of whom declared;
Mr. Williams's Therndyke (Marsh) 1
Mr. Watts's Summertime (Clement) 2
Mr. Webb's Aetna
Arabia and Romney also ran.
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Betting : 7 to 4 'gest Aidaa, 2 to legit Therndyke, 5 to 2 eget
flummertime, and 4 to 1 eget Amble. Immediately after the
start Therudyke went to the front, and rounding the turn,
placed a dozen lengths between himself and the field, next to
him being Summertime with Actwa a couple of lengths in i ear
of the pair, the others being ou -paced. At the far side of the
course summertime went up to Thorndyke, but inumednitely
afterwards the latter shot out again, and leading the others a
hare and hound race, won in a common canter by nee lengths,
the same distance separating second and third, the other two
being beaten off, Romney being hut.
Sews° HANDICAP of S gore. each, with 26 added, for all
ages ; winner to be sold for 40 eon. Three-qaarters of a mile.

(:I nabs.)
Mr. Rdwards's Lorenzo di Lard!
Mr. F. Barnes's Hop Leaf
Mr. Rover's Inuendo
The following also ran: —Albatrou, FAlntrg, Pharaoh, and
Toby.
Betting : 6to 4 agst Pharaoh, 3 to 1 sad Hop Leaf, 5 to 1 agst
Inuendo, 10 to 1 agst Albatross, audit to 1 agst Lorenzo di Lan&
Hop Leaf jumped away with the lead, followed by Inuendo and
Albarroas, WI the half distance, where the three placed Joined
Issue, and after a good run home, Lorenzo di Ludt won by •
head, a dead heat for second place. Pharaoh was an indifferent
fourth, Albatross fifth, and Toby last.
THE SHIRLEY PLATS of 50 sova, for 2-yr-olds ; colts. Pat 101 b
Biller, lid 71b winners extra. Five furlongs. This race became
void in conseaeuenos of there being no hurler on the ground.