Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-30 00:00:00

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SLOUGH-STEEPLE-CHASE; PEE. 8.
The , SLOU,C4I PLATE (Handicap) of 60sovs ; winners after
thetpablication of the.weights, 71b. extra; 2sovs entrance.
About three miles. Eighteen subs.
• st lb st lb
Young Ragman
Curate
'll 0 Theedine
10
Confidence
The Premier
Lord Oswald
Slasher .
Alfred the Great • ' 10 10 Haphazard
Head or Tails (h b) , lO 7 Peru
Nicholas
The METROPOLITAN HANDICAP STEEPLE-CHASE of
100 SYS'S, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 SOTE each, 3 ft., to go
to the fund, and to be remitted at the time of entry, other-
wise such nomination will not be received. Winners of any
handicap steeple-chase after the publication of the weights,
81b extra; the second to save his stake, and the winner to
pay I.ssors towards the expenses of the course. About Olive
miles and a half. If a less number than Mx start, only
half the money will be added.
st lb
11 7 Venison
11 4 Curate
10 10 Tartar
10 8 Physician
10 8 Heads or Tails (h b);
10 4 Ring William
9 12 Athlete...
9 10 Congreve
9 10 Shylock
9 10

st lb
9 7
§ 7
.... 9 4
9 4
... 9 0

Huntsman
Kibworth Lass .
Omar Pasha ..,
Goldsmith
Abd-el-Kader
Little Charley
Magenta
Dusty Miller
Tumbler
Tamworth
The RAILWAY PLATE (Handicap) of 5 save each, with 30
added by the Great Western Railway Company; winners
after the publication of the weights 61b extra; winners to
pap 5 soya towards the expenses of the course. About two
miles.

8 12
8 12
8 12

The Premier
Confidence
Dayton '
Ribbonman..

st lb
11 9 Illustrator
11.7 Rufford
10 12 Acton'Clate Nailer)
10 12 Dame Quickly

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lo .8
10 8:
18 7
8 8

STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1860.
Carmarthenshire Feb. 7, 9 Shrewsbury March 8, 9
Slough , B, 9 Birmingham l2, 13
Nottingham 2l Pembroke Annual l3
Derby Midland
Gullane 25 Folkstone - 20, 21
Tenby 2B Warwick
Tenby March 1 Military (N'tliampton)...29, 30
Liverpool 6, 7

Mr. C. Gleave, of Knutsford, has matched his black mare
Kit against Mr. J. S. Kinsey's Black Diamond, to trot in
harness from Knutsford to Warrington Bridge and back, the.
distance being 22 miles, for £l5 a side. The match to come off
on Wednesday next, at ten o'clock.
Turret, 5 years, while taking a small hurdle in his practice
at Epsom, got severely staked, and died instantly. "
"Argue," in the Morning Post, says he regrets to hear that
old John Day is ina very. declining state of health.
whichA dispute has arisen in a northern stable, is, it is said,
likely to lead to some legal proceedings, and a dissolution of
the stud, and the disposal of a prominent Derby favourite,
unless the exertions of friends can effect an amicable arrange-
ment. •
An American paper of the 7th instant states that Young
Bannon, owned by the Illinois Importing Company, has died
of lock-jaw on the farm of John Crowder, in Sangamon county,
111. He was bought in England in 1857, at a cost of $7,000, and
was considered the finest horse in Illinois, and one of the finest
in the United States.
The Grimston stud, which cost the late Lord Londesborough
SO much anxiety and expense to attain its present state of per-
fection, will be sold on the Monday after Epsom or Ascot. The
horses in training, consisting of Summerside, 4 years ; Ellerton,
2 years; and Gavasrl, 2 years, will be brought to the hammer
at Hyde-park-corner on Monday next.
S'r John Arnett, Ml. P. for Kinsale, purposes to give a cup,
value £5O, for the first horse, and a handsome silver collar for
the first hound, that conies in at the end of a " drag hunt" of
five miles, across country, and not over the flat, as intended at
Newmarket. The qualifications necessary to render eompeti-
tors eligible are simple : the horse must be a hunter, and his
rider a gentleman! The match is to come off in the middle of
February.
Flying Buck, the celebrated winner of the Champion Stakes
at Melbourne, and Theorem, were sent to New South Wales in
1828, by Admiral Itous, who likewise imported into that colony
a Persian mare and an Arabian stallion from Madras. It did
not turn out a good speculation for the Admiral, as the sale'
money was invested in the then newly-formed Bank of Aus-
tralia in Sydney, which broke, and the Admiral was sued as
one of the shareholders by the London Bank of Australia for
£120,000, and paid a heavy penalty in acquittance.
Tits CELEBRATED EBILIOS.—Few horses enjoyed greater
reputation on the turf and at the stud than Emilius. Mr.
Jaques hired him from Mr. Thondtill's executors on the break-
up of the ltiddlesworth stud, for his opening season (1847), at
Easby Abbey, for £lOO, and owing to his great age insured
his life—the first policy of the kind ever issued by the office—
for that amount, which curiously enough " fell in," owing to
the horse dying in the August of that year, aged twenty-seven
—it may be said from over-kindness, in consequence of one of
the grooms having given him, as an extra treat, a feed of whole
oats, which the poor old fellow was unable to masticate. He
lies buried in a small paddock by the river side, formed out of
the Abbey ruins ; •uul an old crosiered tombstone (supposed to
be that of a cardinal) placed in the wall denotes the resting
place of one of the most celebrated heroes of the British turf.
Mr. Jaques has preserved some mementoes of the old horse--
his shank bones, which resemble ivory, form the silver-mounted
handles to a "round of beef knife and fork," and two of his
feet have been converted into a snuff-box and inkstand.
Horses in training by W. Tempest, at Chester :—Spring,
aged ; Malton Messenger, aged ; Polly Peachum, 5 years;
Emerald, 4 years ; ch. f. by Nutwith out of Gardenia, 3 years.
The following horses are scratched :—Newmarket Handicap :
Joskin. Northamptonshire Stakes : Joskin, Plumper, Foretop.
City and Suburban : Plumper, Accurate.
The number of present subscribers to the Cleveland Handi-
cap, at Shrewsbury Spring Meeting, is, 25; the Corporation
Plate (handicap), 55 ; the llawkstone Cup (handicap), value
100 sovs., 9 ; the Shropshire Sweepstakes (handicap), 32 ; and
the Stewards' Cup (handicap), 53.
LIVERPOOL. STEEPLECHASE LOTS.—C. Green : Abd-el-Kader,
Lord Oswald, Sepoy, Miss Harkaway, Physician, and King
William. E. Eatwell : The Curate, and
Nicholas. E. Weever :
Ghika, and Gala colt. T. Dolby : Emigrant, Maria Agnes,
Luck's All; and Johnny.
Mr. E. Parr's horses in training, consisting of three two and
three year olds, are to be sold by auction at Ivy-lodge, half-a-
mile from the Farrington-road station, to-morrow morning.