The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCLXXXVIII.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The result of the great Ebor Handicap having
favoured the first favourite, Adine, upon whom so largo
a sum of money has been invested sicoe Thursday last,
it is expected it will be a very stiffish settling, and dead
against the book-makers. Mr. Greville is in great force
this time at York, having had the extraordinary luck
of carrying off the Ebor St. Leger with Frantic, and the
Yorkshire Oaks and Ebor Handicap with Adine. Both
these animals are perfect pictures of condition. The ,
largest field for many :years that has started for
the Ebor Handicap went to the post yesterday; the race
however, was confined to a select quartette, who, from
half way up the distance, raced in rather closely; Adine
winning, somewhat cleverly, from Lady Amy oft by half a
length; the latter beating Haricot half a length for second
honours. Bilberry, notwithstanding the feather on her
back, finished a very indifferent fourth, Little Harry,
and a cluster of four or five being close upon her heels.
Adine's victory does not bear upon any stake that is at
present closed.
The Queen was closely run in by Young Beverlac for
the Prince of Wales' Stakes, winning, with anything but
ease, by half-a length from the young gentleman. Ann
Eliza and Lady Vernon were very close up, the rest
of the field, including Auld Acquaintance, were out of
the fray at the half distance.
Vindex won the Colt Sapling Stakes with ease. The
other races require no comment. _ _

The betting yesterday and Wednesday evening on the
St. Leger has been, as I prognosticated, in favour o
Daniel O'Rourke; who, notwithstanding that he Lia:
receded three points in the odds in consequence of his
defeat on Wednesday, has been pretty nearly the only
horse supported, and, for the most part, in large sums.
Stockwell has only occasionally been inquired after,
and Songstress' price is merely a nominal one, no genuine.
support having been awarded to her of late. Harbinger
has come with a bit of a rush from the outside division
into the leading lot, and his price cannot be quoted at
more than Bto 1. Augur has soon followed his stable
companion into obscurity, both being scratched for this
event.
As far as I can ascertain ;the field for the Great St.
Leger will be composed of the following:—Daniel
O'Raurke, Kingfisher, Stockwell, Lapidist, Trousseau,
Harbinger, Alfred the Great, Caracara, and, perhaps,
Songstress or Longbow, Claverhouse, Maidstone, King
of Trumps, Bermuda, and the Major.
Next week is wonderfully prolific in racing meetings,
not less than eleven occurring in four days. Radcliffe is
marked to come off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day; Taunton, Barnsley, and Barnet, on Monday and
edsadyayanadnt,riTdahyu;rsadnayd;Trivaeirstloeyn
Tuesday; Westbury and Egham on Tuesday and Wed-
in all conscience. I shall not touch upon these meetings
to-day, but shall make a point of considering Radcliffe
andnane sdd Bostonay ;CanterburyDerbyo nTool Thursday; rTCVs dheaudyrns; plenty of sport for one week
races to-morrow, as they begin on Monday, my accounts
not having come to hand at the present time.—l remain,

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THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
yoßs R ACES.—THIIRSDAY.
The Bramhans Park Stakes of 100 soya. each, 30 ft, for
syssold ; colts, Bst 71h; fillies, Bit 31b; winners
's Freestone, Sat 71b ...(Poole) walked over.
Mr. Payne
extra, one mile and a half. (6 Subs.)
The Great Ebor Handicap of 20 soya. each, 15 ft, and
only 5 if declared, &C.; the winner of any handicap,
value 100 tsovs. subsequent to tbe publication of the
weights to carry 61b, of two 91b, of three 14lb; the
winner of the Goodwood Stakes to carry 101 b extra;
no horse to carry more than 141 b extra; the winner to
pay 25 sous. towards expenses, and the owner of the
miles, on the OlddeCourse. Course. (90 Subs, 51 of whom paid
second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes; two
5 soya. each.)
Mr. Grevillo's Adine, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Rikcards) 1
Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott 3 yrs, sst 71b (Wells) 2
Mr. J. Anson's Haricot, 5 yrs, Est 131 b (J. Osborne) 3
Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (J. Marson) 0
Mr. J. Brown's Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst (F. Matson) 0
sLordtr. Eglinton's (J. Mann) 0
Mr. Cooper's Montague, 6 yrs, 7st
ppolytus, 4 yrs, 7st (Basham) 0
131 b ...(A. Cowley) 0
Mr. Oliver's Sir R. Trenchard, 6st 101b...(Charlton) 0
Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden, 5 yrs, Est 31b (Ashmall) 0
Baron Rothschild's Hyacinth, sst 121 b ...(Chillman) 0
Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 3 yrs, sst 111 b ...(T. Smith) 0
Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Carroll) 0
Howard's
Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ...(Hiett) 0
Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Jaggard) 0
Tlittile Harry, Est
Mr. Meiklam's Cleveland, 3 yrs, 4st 13Ib ...(Bates) 0
Lord Glasgow's cby Ithuriel, 43t 121b...(J. Goater) 0
Mr. W. Hale's Bilbury, 3 yrs, 4st (Fordham) 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Mine, 7to 1 agst Sir Rowland
Trenchard, 11 to 1 agst Bilbury, 12 to 1 agst Sackbut,
12 to 1 agst Little Harry, 15 to 1 agst Odessus and
Montague, 20 to 1 each agst Haricot, Weathergsge, and
Cleveland, and 25 to 1 against any other. Won by half
a length, the same between second and third, Bilbury a
bad fourth, Little Harry fifth. Run in 3 min. 33 sec.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya. each, with
50 added, for two yrs old, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b,
winners extra; the winner to pay 10 soya. towards ex-
penses, &c. T.Y.C. (31 Subs.)
Mr. Woffenden's The Queen (Templeman) 1
Mr. Thomas's Young Beverlac (J. Matson) 2
Mr. Richard's Ann Eliza (Bumby) 3
Mr. W. Stebbing's Lady Vernon
Mr. Bowes's Auld Acquaintance (A. Day) 0
Sir H. Boynton's Wings of a Dove (Charlton) 0
Mr. Farrance's Miss Emma (H. Goater) 0
Lord Glasgow's Miss Norton (F. Butler) 0
Mr. Halford's Eliza (Whitehouse) 0
Mr. Jaque's Catspaw (Bartholomew) 0
Duke or Richmond's William Rufus (Flatman) 0
Mr. J. Wilkinson na Lord-Lieutenant (F. Marson) 0
Betting-6 to 5 agst the Queen, sto 2 net Ann
Eliza, and 6 to I agst Auld Acquaintance.
Won by half a length, three parts of a length between
the second and third, and a head between the third and
fourth. Run in 1 min 9 sec.
The Eglinton Stakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, and 100
added, for two yrs old, 7st; and three yrs, M.; mares
and geldings 41b; winners extra. One mile. (31
Subs.)
Mr. J. Osborne's Exact, bat bib 0 ( sborne, jun.) 1
Duke of Bedford's Maidstone, 3 yrs, 9st (F. Butler) 2
Mr. Jaques's Auchinlock, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Wells) 3
Mr. Dawson's Anteverta, 2 yrs, Est 101b...(Charlton) 4
Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (A Lad) 5
Mr. Chilton's Audubon, 2 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 6
Lord Zetland's Grapeshot, 2 yrs, 7st (Metcalfe) 7
Betting—Even on Exact, 7 to 2 agst Maidstone, and 4
to 1 agst Evadne. Won easy by a length. Run in
1 min. 51 sec.
The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft, for two
yrs old colts, Bst :lb. T.Y.C.
Sir C. Monck's Viudex...... (T. Ewart) 1
Mr. Howard's Eulogist (A. Day) 2
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Mr. Sykes (Bartholomew) 3
Lord Chesterfield's Mocassin (Flatasan) 4
Mr. Jaques's Pitfall (Butler) 5
Mr. Morris's Youthful Days (Basham) 6
Betting-5 to 4 agst Viudex, 3to 1 sgst Mr. Sykes,
and 4to 1 agst Eulogist. Won in a cantor by two
lengths. Run in 1 min. 8 sec.:
The County Plato of 100 soya., added to a Sweepstakes
of 15 soya. each, 5 ft; the winner to pay 10 soya to-
wards expenses. T.Y.C. (29 Subs.)
Mr. J. Osborne's Lambton, Est 121 b (J. Osborne) 1
Mr. Halford's Prime Minister, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Marlow) 2
Mr. Howard's Vaultress, 2 yrs, Est 91b (A. Cowley) 3
Mr. Fowler's Forester, 6 yrs, 9st 3lb (W. Sharpe) 4
Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (J. Masson) 5
Betting-6 to 5 agst Vaultress, sto 2 agst Lamb-
ton, and 5 to 1 each agst Prime Minister and Voltigeur.
Won in a canter by a length. Run in 1 min. 8 sec.
Tho Lottery Plate of 25 sous., added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 sot's. each, for three yrs old and upwards. One
mile.
Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady in Waiting, 7st lib (J. Mann) 1
Mr. Jaques's Vivandiere, Bst 111 b (1001)...(Flatman) 2
Mr. Pedley's Conrad, 3 yrs, 7st (301) (Charlton) 3
Mr. Morris's Priam the Third, 3 yrs, 7st...(Basham) 4
Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, eat 121 b (501) (T.Osborne) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Priam the Third, sto 2 agst
Lady in Waiting, and 4to 1 agst any other. Won by
a length. The winner was sold for 135 guineas.
ST. LEGER.
No betting. Augur is scratched.
The-races commence te-morrow at one o'clock. The
Great Yorkshire Stakes is fixed for ten minutes past two.
YORK, FRIDAY.

LATEST BETTING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.
Even on Stockwell
6 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's two
ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 agst Stockwell
4 to 1 agst Songstress—taken
6 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke
11 to 1 agst Harbinger

Advices from Guatemala to the Ist of July give
accounts of the fatal injury sustained by the cochineal crop.
It had been got in, and the whole would not exceed 3,000
serons (of 1501 b.), while the total last year was 13,251
serons. The destruction bad been caused by a kind of
plague which had attacked the insect, and had not only
killed the majority, but had caused a mixture of the dead
with the perfect grain that would materially lessen the value
of what had been saved. Of the 3,000 serons, 2,475 had
been exported, and there remained very little on the market.
For this a dollar per lb. was the price demanded. It also
appears that in the stores for preserving the insects for next
season's seeding the disease had begun to manifest itself, and
great fears were entertained that next season's crop would be
worse than the present. The accounts are likewise unfa-
vourable with regard to the young indigo plants, as the
ravages of locusts were causing serious damages. The
prices demanded were consequently such as to check all

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business.
A DANGEROUS PRIZE.--One day last Wecilliria;
two little boys from the village of Dodmill were s ° '
htrwhich
over B!ythe Moor one of them caught a heron, iv!
_. 1-10
he eagerly ran to his compamion to show him
ground,theorizv
had no sooner, however, placed the bird on thee.es,
• which it
it drove its bill into one of the other Y than
pecked quite out, depriving him of sight b°ll
s it is a matter of
l'helinjured eye.
The surgeon who examined the wound :f
surprise that the bill of the bird did not pierce the poor little
fellow's brain.—.Kelso Chronicle.
vrAic.--NVORCESTER,
MB FORGERY BY A. CLErtG:rti:charged with forging
THURSDAY.—The Rev. Jaraes tsebifor 300/., upon which he
the acceptance to a bill of iaxtl---w. s. F. Hughes, attorney,
obtained a sum of 2551. fro En r:
brought up again yesterday
and coroner of Worcester, •
"8 ded for final examination on
afternoon, and formally ra' 33: ns are to
thebe brought from the
Monday next, whenparty represented
witness
London railway stations to p L
er of the bill in question is not,
by the prisoner as the dralv rovOu:
him a clerk at the Nine Elms station
as was represented by r ,
__Aon.
nor at any other station in .1.0.,mk&