The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

CHESIER RACES—FRIDAY,
The weather was even worse on the last than upon any
of the preceding days. Heavy rain began to fall early in
the-forenoon and continued without intermission during the
afternoon. The card was a barren one, and the fields were
miserably small. The only event to which ordinary atten-
tion was attached was the Stewards' Cup, for which five
started, and Little Stag, after pulling his jockey almost out
of the saddle, won easily, landing the odds laid upon him.
The other races ware productive of small sport, but the
suspicious riding of E. Taylor in the Selling Race called
forth strong remarks of disapprobation; and although the
boy .was not taken before the Stewards the matter was post-
poned for future investigation. Subjoined are details of the
day's running :
A Handicap Plate of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; the win-
ner to be sold for 80 sous, and the surplus to go to the
fund. Three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs.
Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, Bst ... . (Fordham) 1
Mr T. Smith's Mystery, 3 yrs, Est 31b
.. (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr Goodlass'a Pretty Girl f, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ....(Loates) 3
Mr Barber's The Cutler, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb .. (J. Snowden) 4
Mr Barber declared to win with Jack's Alive.
Betting—G to 4 agst Mystery, 2to 1 agst Jack's Alive.
Mystery made play for nearly two hundred yards, after
which Jack's Alive went to the front, was never afterwards
headed, and won by three lengths. Two lengths separated
the second and third, and two lengths divided the third and.
fourth. The winner was not sold.
The Hooton Stakes of 5 soya each, h ft, with 60 added;
winners extra. Half a mile. 17 subs.
Mr Saxon's Bonny Lass, 7st 131 b .......... (Midgley) 1
Mr C. Winteringham's Nothing More, 9st 1113 (inc. 51b
ex. (J. Snowden) 2
Mr J)ackson's Rondoletia, 7st 131 b
The betting opened at 3 to 1 on Nothing More, but closed
at 6 to 4 on Nothing More, and 7 to 4 agst Bonny Lass.
Tho latter made all the running, and won in a canter by
two lengths ; a bad third.
The Cheshire Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 30 added;
winners extra. About a mile and a quarter. 10 subs.
Mr Drewitt's Greenland, 3 yrs, Est 61b.. (S. Mordan) w.o.
The StewardeCup, of 200 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; penalties and
allowances. 1 mile and 7 far. 18 subs.
Mr Aepinall'a Littlo Stag, 3 yrs, 6st 12113 .... (Whiteley) 1
Mr Whittaker's Change, 4 yrs, Bst 91b .... (T French) 2
Mr Parr's Glendusk, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (carried 7st 41b)
3
Mr Barber's The Clown, 3 yrs, Get 121 b (Heslop)
(Loates) 4
Mr Rigby's Black Deer, 4 yrs, 7st 91b. (Challoner) 5
Betting-13 to Bon Little Stag, sto 1 each agst Black
Deer and Glendusk, NO to 8 agst The Clown, and 100 to
7 agst Change.
Immediately the flag fell Little Stag—who_ prior to the
start had been restive—rushed to the front, Change and
Glendusk heading him in the first 100 yards, after which
Little Stag took a clear lead, pulling hard, followed by
Glendusk, Black Deer, The Clown and Change. At the
half-mile post Black Deer took second place, Glendusk
going on third, Clown fourth, and Change last, the five
running in Indian file, at about a length and a half inter-
vals. They ran with little variation until passing the
Stand, where the "Stag" running wide at the Workhouse
turn, nearly unseated Whiteley, but before the others got
up Little Stag was set straight, and retained the lead. Half
a mile from home Change rushed past his horses, and round-
ing the Grosvenor turn took a slight lead of Little Stag,
who, however, recovered the leading pcsition in the
straight, and wcn easily by two lengths. The others
beaten off.
The Ladies' Purse, a Selling Race of 3 soya each, with 50
added, for all ages; penalties and allowances. Seven
furlongs. 4 subs.
Mr Jackson's Rondoletia, 2 yrs (£m), bat 121 b
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr 'Yardley's David, 3 yrs (£4O), Bst 51b.... (E. Taylor) 2
Mr Archer's Vindicta, 4 yrs (£10), Bst 121 b ...(Daniels) 3
Mr Barber's "Whip, 2 yrs (X 10), 6st 21b (G, Sayers) 4
Betting-6 to son David, 7to 4 agst Rondoletia, 10 to 1
agst any other.

David made play until within the distance, when Ron-
doletia got up, and Taylor mistaking the winning post, Mr
Jackson's horse won by a neck; Vindicta a bad third.
After the race some feeling was exhibited against the
jockey of David, who explained that he mistook the win-
ning post, and was also compelled to take a pull at the
horse in consequence of his hanging on the rails. There
was no bid for the winner, who was subsequently offered
for sale for X 25 by Mr Jackson. The complaint against
Taylor is to be be placed before the Stewards of the meeting
in London.
The Stamford Plate (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50
added; winners extra. Once round and a distance,
9 subs.
Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
(H. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib.. (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr Smith's Oulton Lowe, 3 yrs, 6st (Howarth) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Danaus, 6to 4 agst East Lancashire.
Won by two lengths; a bad third.
A Handicap of 50 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. ,
7 furlongs.
Marquis of Hastings's Tippler, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (T. French) 1
Mr 0 wen's Glasgow, 2 yrs, sst 71b (carried sst 911))
(Sayers) 2
Betting-2 to lon Tippler, who won in a canter by
three lengths.

Flash-in-the-Pan and the Chester Cup.

The following letter has been addressed to the
Editor of the Sporting Gazette :
Sir,—l think the result of the race for the Chester Cup
proves the necessity for some addition to the rules which
are supposed to regulate handicapping.
I venture to believe that no man will assert putting a
three year old weight upon an eight year old horse com-
plies with the spirit, meaning, or object of a handicap.
I do not wish to find fault with any person, but I do
think that a method which weights horses only according
to their performances, and without reference to their age,
in these days, requires revision.

We limit the lowest weight for a young horse, why not
then limit the lightest weight for an old one ?

So many men now keep racehorses who never kept a
donkey before, and who keep them for speculation, not for
sport, that this question of weights wants looking into and
regulating; for when weather as well as weight favours
the old horse, we have what we had oa Wednesday, at
Chester.

I think, as the lowest weight for the young horses is
limited to sst 71b, the lightest weight for horses of five years
and upwards should be 7st 101 b, for every race of a mile
and further.

No one could complain of such a rule, and all true sports-
men would rejoice.—l am, &c., H.
Leicester, May 5.

LONDON GAZETTE,—Lait Evening,

FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert
William Cumberbatch, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at
Berdiansk, to be her Majesty's Consul at Smyrna.

.
MAY 4.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. A.
Baesjon as Consul for Western Australia, to reside at
Albany, for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 6.
The following notification of an appointment to the Staff
is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of 3d
instant :—Colonel Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., to be Deputy
Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery, vice Colonel
Charles Bingham deceased.
Honourable Artillery Company of London—Sergeant
Francis Bryant Adams to be Ensign—Thomas Stevens
Barringer, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon.