The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE, FLAT, AND
HURDLE RACES.—FmnAy.
Match, 15 soya, list 71b each ; owners to ride. Two

miles.
Mr C. Coburn's Gaiety, 5 yrs, list 71b (Owner) w. o
A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 25 added
About two miles.
Mr Barter's Pilot, 5 yrs, 9st 7lb (car. 9st 81b) (J. Land)
Mr Griffin's Butterfly, aged, 10st 6 b (Mr. Wood) 2
Mr Bannister's Ace of Clubs, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (James) 3
Capt. R. Rhys's Surbiton, 5 yrs, 9st 81b (J. ttolman) 4
Mr E. Crawshaw's Climax, 6 yrs, 9st 61(car. 9st 81b)
(Waddington) 5
The following also ran :—Jacob, Ross, Vivandiere (late
Matilda), and Pine Apple.
Betting-6 to 5 agst Pilot, 7to 2 agst Jacob, sto 1 asst
Vivandiere, 8 to 1 agst Ross, 10 to 1 agst Butterfly.
Ross made play for a mile and a quarter, where he re-
signed the lead to Vivandiere, who was passed half a mile
from home by Pilot, and notwithstanding the rush of But-
terfly, Mr. Barter's horse won a capital race by a neck;
ten lengths between the second and third; Surbiton close
up. Vivandiere fell at the last hurdle, without, however,
injuring her jockey.
The Trial Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all
ages. About one mile (on the flat).
Mr Posnett's Jessie colt, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Ward) 1
Mr W. Wood's Captain Knight, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (car 7st
101 b) (W. Lomas) 2
Mr Lincoln's David Ann, 6 yrs, Bst .. (11. Taylor) 3
Mr Yardley's Mrs Nesbitt, 3 yrs, 6st 81b .... (G. Taylor) 4
Mr T. Griffith's Pass, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (car. ist 71b)
(E. Foster) 5
The following also ran :—Pretty Horsebreaker, The
Beau, Crisis, and Dermott Asthore.
Betting—Even on David Ann, 4 to 1 agst the Jessie
colt, 5 to 1 agst The Beau, 6 to 1 agst Dermott Asthore.
After a wretched start, Captain Knight, Dermott As-
thore, and David Ana jumped off in front; but the start
not being considered a proper one, David Ann was stopped,
as were several others, until the flag was observed to be
down. Dermott Asthore, having come in collision with
some of the spectators who had encroached too far upon the
course, fel!, and left Captain Knight with a long lead,
which he maintained to the last turn, where the Jessie colt
went up, and the pair raced home together, but the latter,
having morn "go" in him, won by a short neck; four
lengths between second and third. Whiteley was thrown
through coming in contact with Dermott Asthore, and two
other horses were also knocked out of their pace, but their
jockeys sustained no damage beyond a shaking. An ob-
jection was I,:dged against the winner, on the ground that
it, was "no start," but the official appealed to declared it
to have been a start. Crisis did not run, her jockey having
pulled up, thinking it was no start.
The City Steeple Chase (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50
added. About three miles and a half.
Mr T. Ivens's Sir William (h b), aged, list 51b
(G. Waddington) 1
Mr Bird's The Screw, 6 yrs, list (Thorp) 2
Captain H. Rhys's The Flat, aged, list 71b (Mr. Wood) 3
The following also ran : Wee Nell, Brtan Borhoime,
Sly Fox, Old Squire, Express, Forester, Premier, The
Leopard, and Prince Royal.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Sir William-4 to 1 agst Sly Fox-
-sto 1 agst Wee Nell-6 to 1 each agst The Flat and The

Screw.
After Express had lad over the water jump Sir William
took the lead, which he maintained nearly the remainder of
the distance, and won by six lengths; a bad third. Ex-
press, Premier, and Old Squire fell, the three jockeys being
afterwards carried in, but only Thick, the rider of Old
Squire, wee found to have sustained much injury.

The following entries were received at Chester up to 5
p.m. January Ist :
Nominations for the Chester Cup, run May 4. Distance,
two miles and a quarter—Accident, 4 years—Ace of Clubs,
s—Barbadoes, s—Black Deer, 4—Blackdown, 4—Black
Fawn, 3—Blithfield, 4—Blondin, 4—Brother to the Plover,
3—Brother to Rubini, 3—Catch'em Alive, s—Chaff, 4
Clown, 3—Coup d'Etat, 3—Doctor, 3-:-The Eagle, 4
Earl of Surrey, s—Early Purl, 4—East Lancashire, 4
Exchequer, s—Faree, 4—Farnham, 3—Flash in the Pan,
a—filly by Voltigeur, —Gardener, 6—Gillie, 4—Golden
Pledge, 4—Greenland, 3—Harvest Mull, 3—Joco, 4
Kemptown, 4—King Charming, 4, Knutsferd, 6—Lady of
the Isles, 4—Lady Superior, 4—La Toucques, 4—Limosiva,
s—Little Stag, 3—Lord Cochrane, 3—Mail Train, 3—Man-
fred, 4—Monk, a—Muezzin, 4—My Mary, s—Oldminster,
6—Persuasion, 3—Signalman, 3—Tattoo, 6—Tooi Tool, 3
—Voluptas, 4—and Welcome, 5.
_ . _ .

Nominations for the Liverpool Grand National Steeple-
chase, run March 9. About 4± miles—Amy, 6—Bantam,
a—Baron of Avon, 4—Bridegroom, a—Bryn Gwyn, 5
Cadet, a—Catspaw, a—Chamade, 6—Chester, a—Con
Cregan, s—Cygnet, s—De Reuter, a—Emblem, a—Emble•
matic, 6—Gladiator, a—lreley, a—Joe Maley, a—Lady of
the Isles, 4—Leading Article, a—Little Bob, 6—Malta, a—
Maritana, a—Martha, a—Mauchline, a--Merrimac, a—
Miss Emma, 6—Mies Maria, a—National Petition, a—
O'Cennell, a—Pallas Lass, a—Pine Apple, a—Real Jam, 5
—Reporter, s—Rockley, a—Rubicon, 6—St. Maximus,
—Salmon, —Satanella,6—SeriousCase, a—Silk and Satin,
a—Sir William, a—Switch, 6—Thomastown, a—Umpire,
a—Wee Nell, a—Wide, a—Wild Chieftain, 6—and Wor •
tester, a.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

JANUARY.

Manchester
FEBRUARY.

Harrow
Chelmsford Spring .... 16 Hungerford

M ARCM.
No. tingham Spring 1 Warwick Spring ...... 16
Derby Spring 3 Durham
Liverpool
Shrewsbury
Doncaster Spring

Croxton-park 1
Edinburgh Spring 2
Abergavenny 5
Thirsk 5

Epsom Spring ........
Newmarket Craven .... 11
Newmarket First Spring 25

Chester
York Spring
Salisbury.. l2
Bath

Manchester
rarpenden
Epsom

Ascot ..
Hampton l5
Newton
Odiham
Bibury .. 22
Ju

,NE
I Stockbridgo
Chelmsford.. 2B
Ne eicastle-on-Tyne
Worcester (Summer)
Ipswich
'LY.

Newmarket July
Carlisle .. 5
Abingdon ......
Liverpool July
Pontefract

Nottingham ..
Stamford
Winchester
Southampton
Goodwood • •
rITST.
' Plymouth
Derby
Lichfield
Stocktcn
Devon and Exeter
I Lichfield

Bright on .. 2
Brighton Club
Lewes 5
Reading
Egham
0 xford ls
York August 23

SECT;

Weymouth 1
Warwick
,September 6
Leicester 8
Doncaster
Bruen .. 19
OCT,
•
Northallerton .. 6
Newmarket Second Oct. 10

;MIEN..
Richmond
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn
Nawmarket First October 27

IBER,
Gloucester
Newmarket Houghton 24

NOVEMBER.
Shrewsbury Autumn

STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864,

FEBRUARY.

Carmarthen
Harrow
Cambridge