The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-09 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S.-THIIRSDAY.

The room was very thinly attended, most of the book-
makers who started en the " spring circuit" at the be-
ginning of the week having gone "to assist" at the
Nottingham meeting, after renewing with an encouraging
amount of success their practice at Coventry on Tuesday
and at Liverpool on Wednesday.
The subjoined list comprises all the bets that were
laid in the course of the afternoon :

GREAT METROPOLITAN.
100 to 10 agst Fandango (taken)
100 to 10 agst Pharsalus (taken)
200 to 16 agst Paletot (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 40 agst Marc Antony (taken)
250 to 5 agst Weathercock
Marc Antony is gone into the Danebury stable, to
be prepared for this event.

THE DERST.

150 to 2i agst St. Hubert (taken and afterwards
offered)
600 to 50 agst Grwculus Esuriens (taken)
625 to 25 agst Oulston (taken)
2000 to 30 agst Sir George (taken)

NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.—THIIRSDAY.
The TRIAL STASES of 5 soya each, with. 25 added ; for
three-yr-clds and upwards. One mile and a quarter.
12 subs.
Mr. Wood's Lady vernon, 5 yrs, Bst. 1 Olb (J. Prince) 1
Mr. T. Taylor's Black Pepper, 3 yrs, Est 71b (C miery) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Wantage, 3 yrs, Est 91b .. (E Forster) 3
Mr. Edwards's Sinai! Parcel, 4 yrs, Bst llb ...(Wells) 4
Betting—Even on Lady Vernon, 3 to 1 agst Black
Pepper. Won easily by half a length. A length and
a half between the second and third, and ahead between
the third and fourth. Pace good throughout.
The GRAND STAND HANDICAP of 5 soya each, with 25
added, the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 5 subs.
Mr. Mathers's Eva, 4 yrs. Bst 21b (T. Cliff) 1
Mr, T. Bancroft's Helmet, 4 yrs, 7st 121b...(Kendall) 2
Mr. Blythe's Poor Maria, 3 yrs, Est 71b ...(Midgley) 3
Mr. Coges's Massa Mango, aged, Bst 21b (J. Hal!) 4
Betting---5 to 4 agst Eva, 3to 1 agst any other. Eva
made all the running ; Helmet, who was last off, took
second place at the distance, and a good set-to ensued ;
he was beaten, hoN7ever, by half a length. Three lengths
between the second and third and between the third and
fourth.

The Nottingham Spring Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft,
and 3 only if declared, with 50 added. The second to
save his stake. Extra weight for certain winners.

One mile and a half. 45 subs., 15 of whom declared.
Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Learning, aged, 7st 91b (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. T. V. Turner's Miss Allen, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2
Mr. Mather's Whitelock, 4 yrs, Est 81b (T. Cliff) 3
The following also ran :—Sylvia, Black Swan.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Jack Leeming, 7 to 2 agst
Whitelock, 4 to 1 each agst Black Swan and Miss Allen.
Won easily by a length ; same distance between the
second and third ; bad fourth.

The Little John Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. ;
for two-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. Win-
ners extra. The second to save his stake, About
half a mile. 23 sub.,.

Mr. T. Parr's Coroner, Bst 71b (Wells) 1
Mr. Scadlock's Garnet, Bst- 41b ...(5. Steggles) 2
Mr. T. Taylor's f by Slane—Ostrogoth's darn, Bst 41h
(Ashmall) 3
Mr. Brown's Sister to Broughton, Bst 41b...(Charlton) 4
The following also ran :—Keepsake, Shelah, The Bold
Buccleuch, Frederick, Knighton, St. Arnaud.

Betting-5 to 2 agBt Bold Bnccleuch, 4to 1 agst
Sister to Broughton, 5 to 1 aost Garnet, 6 to 1 agst St.
Arnaud. A fine race, won by a head ; a neck between
second and third, good fourth.
The Park Stakes did not fill.

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.
Additional Particulars of the Grand National Steeple
Chase.—Betting at starting : 8 to 1 agst Trout ; 4 to 1
agst Miss Mowbray, 6 to 1 agst Dangerous, 12 to 1 agst
Needwood, 15 to 1 agst Bastion, 20 to 1 agst Peter,
Little Charley, and Maurice Daley, 100 to 3 agst Janu,.
and Garland. The winner, who was not in "the mar.
ket," ran well up in front throughout. Maurice Dairy
led over the last flight of hurdles, Free Trader be;ng
second, and Wanderer, in close attendance, third.
Half-way up the distance Maurice was beaten, and
Wanderer headed Free Trader. After an exciting
race in, the latter was beaten by tyro lenghte. Bad
third. Janus was fourth, and Dangerous fifth. Be-
hind them at long intervals came Burnt Sienna aid The
Nugget. Garland, Boundaway, Bastion, and Trout
walked in, in the order named. Miss Mowbrav fell at
Beecher's Brook the second time round, and way so se-
verely injured that she died soon afterwards. Her rider
was unhurt. In going up to the brook she was about
the middle of the ruck. Pimpern, who had three or four
mishaps early in the race, was pulled up before reaching
the stand the first time. Peter fell at the second fence
beyond Beecher's Brook the first time round, and Little
Charley and Needwood fell soon after leaving R,cclier's
Brook the second time. Half-and-Halt broke down.

On the course 1,000 to 20 was taken freely about Bol-
ton for the Chester Cup.