The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TAT rERSALL'S.-IVIoNDAy.

The sensation created' by the fall of De Cla re, the
sometime leading favourite, and within the last fortnight
backed for several thousands, served to stimulate curio.
sity, and to increase perplexity. On the Stock Ex change
in the morning 4 to I was ominously laid, and in lo se than
au hour afterwards some of the City division were bold
enough to increase the odds tenfold, 40 to 1 twin g cur-
rently offered. At "The Corner he was quite out; of the
betting—he was evidently irrecoverably "gone.'' The
next surprise was occasional by the announcemer.t that
Rifleman was too lame to start. It is stated that on Sa-
turday morning he was quite sound and well, but in the
afternoon was found to be '; dead lame." The vacan-
cies thus caused were opportunities for Lord of the
Isles, Wild Dayrell, and Kingstown to obtain prefer-
ment, and their friends worked zealously and s,uccess-
fully. Lord of the Isles, at 2 to 1, became first fa-
vourite ; Wild Dayrell, at 3 to 1, was the second ; and
Kingstown, at 9 to ‘,2, was the third. • The investments
on each were to some hundreds. Atone time, 70 to 40
was repeatedly taken about Lord of the Mks, but
at the close of the business 2 to 1 was current iv offered
on the field ; 800 to 200 was taken once abonit•Kings-
town. Paros advanced to 10 to 1, and a marked im-
provement was manifested in the respective positions of
Flatterer and Dirk Hatteraick ; the former %vat backed
at 20 and 10 to 1, And the latter at 30, 25, and. 20 to 1.
The Oaks betting presented no feature of imp% niance.
CLOSING PRICES.
DERBY.

2to 1 agst Lord of the Vies (t. and ofl'ared)
3to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (t. to some mo iey)
9 to 2 agst Kingstown (taken)
16 to 1 agst Paros (taken)
16 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken)
20 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken)
25 to 1 agst Rylstone (oaken)
1000 to 10 each agst Bison, Courtenay, and &rood.
Saraband, Benhams, Saucebox, Gulliver, and Ram-
bling Katie are scratched.
The following notice was posted at 5 o'clock :
"Rifleman is so lame that he cannot start.—(Signed)
GEORGE OSBALDESTON."

It wag a moot point with many of the member!! whe-
ther the above notice was tantamount to an official de-
claration. There can, however, be no doubt that aa bets
about Rifleman after the notice was posted are void, and
that he is to all intents and purposes " scratched."
OAKS.
sto 1 agst Nettle (taken)
5 to 1 agst Blooming Heather (taken).
6 to 1 agst Dame Judith (taken)
6to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken)
7to 1 agst Capucine (taken)
10 to 1 agst Clotilde
10 to 1 agst Marchioness (take 12 to 1)
15 to 1 agst Chalice (taken).
Rambling Katie and Morgan La Faye are scratched.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MEETING, JUNE 27.
Acceptances for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles.
85 subs., 47 of whom declared.
Age st lb 1 Age st lb
King of Trumps... 6 8 7 Lady Tatton 3 6 1
Grand Inquisitor 4 7 11 Whitelock
Early Bird 4 7 9 Sicily
Vindex
Aribbas
Exile of Erin 4 7 3 Freddy
Dalkeith - 6 613 Bolton • 3 5 6
ITewbold

Gamekeeper
Bianca .....

Neoptolemus 3 5 3
General Pictim 3 5 3

Waverley
St. Care...

Mice (late Alice
Laycock)

Lady Alicia
Louvat
Elastic
Nell
,Gwynne 3 5 1
Siding 3 4 13
Steelyard
Sis to Singapore 3 4 10

Aing being under 8t 71b, it
ght, and the others in pro-