The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-MorIDAT.
,• • DERBY. •. . •
_,
3 101 agst Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble
9, to 2 eget Mr. J. Arnold's Little Harry-take 5 to :1
10 to 1 agat Lord Orford's Alooran
141 to
0 to
1 agat 1 agst
Lord Eglinton"i Claverbonse Duke of Eiehmorid's Harbinger
16 to 1 agst Lord Ribbleadale's Kingston
18 to 1 agat Mr. Stebbing's Alfred the Great—taken
yesrredsaty;sierim
G yesterday.. 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. S. Hawker's Womersley—taken and
afterwards offered
30 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps—
friendless
30 to .1 agst Mr, J. M. Stanley's-Orelio
30 tol agst Lord Zetland'd Auer •
30 to 1 agat Mr. Boweee_Daniel O'Rourke
40 to 1 agst mi.. Dorrien's Chief Baron-Nicholson
50 to 1 agst Lord Ribbleadale's Nabob
50 to 1 agst M. Barton'S The Surveyor
Filing and Father Thames were declared not to start
was .sho n to get on Little Harry,
and large sums we
e laid Ou at an average of sto 1;
not a fraction abosio.9 to 2, was obtainable at the close.
This movement affected most of the Other " first-class"
favourites, and very little was laid out on them. We have
quoted the highest offer against Hobbit) Noble-7 to 2
would have been taken. He reached Watford between
ten and eleven in the morning,' and was sent thence by
van to Epsom. Next to Little. Harry the'run was chiefly
on Stockwell and Womersley; both left off at an im-
prOisment on the prices previously quoted. The King of
Trumps, Augur, Orelio, and Chiet Baron Nicholson,
'were friendless.

OAKS.

6 to 1 egst Duke of Richmond's Red find
6 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Songstress
7 to 1 agst Sir C. Monk's Gossamer
15 to 1 agst Mr. Wright's Bird-on-the-Wing
Flirt is declared not to start.
The above quotations aro made from offers—the race
is almost a dead letter.
EPSON' RACES.

The following horses, in addition to those mentioned
yesterday, have reached Epsom :—Bordeaux, Gossip,
Desdemona, Senorita, Plot, and Lord eliesterfiold's Oaks
filly, by Hetman Platoff, cut or Infilelity.
The King of Trumps passed through York yesterday
en route for Epsom.

AQUATICS.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.
The championship of the Thames—the first of the
three great sporting events of the week—was contested
yesterday, and so extraordinary a boat race was never
seen. After the most gallant struggle on record, from
the first to the last, over a course el neatly four miles
and a half, the champion of the Thames and Tyne' the
hero of nearly half-a-hundred desperate conflicts, the
pride of the. Thames, sustained a defeat—
.. " Sic transit gloria mundi."
It had been thought that ho was as good as ever—that
nothing in the shape of humanity could wrest from him
his " mastery o'er the flood;" and so sanguine were the
expectations of his friends, that Robert Coombes, of
whom we speak as he who held the proud distinction,
was, at the moment of starting, absolutely backed by
many at 2 to 1; and a very large amount of money has
changed owners upon the result, which was certainly un-
expected by the very best judges of aquatics.
Some notion may be formed of the interest the match
created when we mention that no less than ten steamers,
some densely crowded with persons, accompanied the
match, to say nothing of the thousands of persons ranged
along the course and in every description of craft. It
was a great prelude to, with all the excitement of, a
Derby day, and amply repaid was the vest concourse by
the unparalleled struggle for superiority.
The match was for 2001. aside, besides the honorary
distinction we have before mentioned; and the competi-
tors, Robert Coombes the champion owl many years'
standing, and Thomas 'Cole of Chelsea, o aspired to
that honour. The former has been before the public for
the last twenty years, and earned such extraordinary
reputation for pre-eminence in this art, that many, de
spite his being in his 43d year, considered him inviecible.
Ho had, step by step, ascended the ladder of fame by de-
feating the greatest men of each succeeding year, until
nobody was left to beat. In the course of last seasn
ac-
he
had occasion to impart some of his principle pr
tice of training to his yesterday's upponent, who Wtiff
at that time taken under his charge to be got in
condition against Robert Newell, and tee pupil, as the
result has shown, was superior to ghee receptor. Of
Cole but very little was known, so ittlhat hundreds
did not scruple to impute to himself and backers a pretty
considerable share of arrogance in supposing that he
could contend, with any chance of success, against so
formidable a rival. Cole bad won Doggett's ceat and
badge four years ago, and had since beaten Chitty, of
Richmond, at least a fourth-rate man; and with so little
on record to recommend him as a doer, it can scarcely
c
be wondered that the circumstane love ot ce et a paqueti sport,
rivate gentle_
man backing him, purely for th
was considered a bold step. The match had been about
since the early part of the winter, and both Men had
paid the most scrupulous attention to their training, the
result of which was, that they both came to the starting
post yesterday in the most beautiful eenditien. Coombes,
who has in his time beaten eleven-stone
and men
Ili; , is"sowin.,
, aa we
have already said, in his 43d year,
weight was 9st 111). Cole is 25 years old, and is half
a stone heavier.
The distance contested was from Putnee-bridge to
Mortlake, and the sttendance of spectiors was the
greatest we ever eater at each a race. Betting was brisk
at 6 and 7 to 4 on Coembes, and in some instances ea.
larged to 2 to 1.
At a little after five o'clock both men rowed to their
stations, Colo having the choice,
and
yalta was Mid-
dlesex side of the centre arch. R
Coombes; Salter for Cole; and Mr. E. umpire for
Searle
officiated as referee. Coombes dashed his culls kindly
in the
Royal
the
s pi
water with almost the rapidity
of lightning, and
which he
h then they
g. men ever so
lead of something like a quarter len and took a
retained but for about twenty
were scull and scull, and no two a
ably displayed the perfection of style, while their pace)