The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB.

A general meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at
Newmarket after the races, on Wednesdq, in the First
Spring Meeting, for a ballot and other business. Notice of
motion by Lord Coventry : —To alter rule 20 by adding to
it the words as quoted below.
20.—When a person takes a nomination for a stake in
which the forfeit is to be deehred by a particular time, and
does not declare forfeit by the time fis,d in the articles, he
shall thenceforth be considered to have taken the engage-
ment on himself, and his name shall be substituted for that
of the original subscriber, " and the purchaser of a year-
ling with his engagements may, by paying into Messrs.
Weatherby's hands, on or before the Ist of November,
when the horse is one year old, the amount of the forfeits
of all the different stakes in which he is engaged, have the
nominations transferred into his own name, provided
always that at the time of such transfer the original nomi-
nator is not in default for stakes or forfeits."

CROYDON SPRING MILITARY AND OPEN
STEEPLECIIASES.--THURSDAY.

The Innkeepers' Plate (Ilancticap) of £00; winners extra

About two miles and a half.

Capt. Machell's Leonidas, aged list 121 b.... (C. Boyce) 1
Mr Yardley's The Screw, aged, lOst lib (E. Pratt) 2
Mr C. Peck's Ballyvasey, aged, list .... (B. Land, jun.) 3
The following also ran ;—lronsides, The Don, Forest
Hind, and Charley Grey.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Leonidas, sto 1 agst Ironsides, 6
to 1 each eget The Screw and Billycasey, 10 to 1 bar four.
Ironsides showed the way, but was soon passed by Charley
Grey and The Don, who went on first and second to the
fence, on the top of the hill, which Charley Grey refused, and
The Don soon gave way to 13allycasey and the favourite, the
pair passing the enclosure in close order, with Ironsides
third, The Screw fourth, The Don (who refused the fence
on the course), with Charley Grey and Forest Hind tailed
off. No further change occurred until a quarter of a mile
from home, where The Screw passed both Ironsides and
Banycasey, but never reached Leonidas, the litter winning
easily by a couple of lengths; Ballycasey was third, half a
length from The Screw; Ironsides cantered in fourth; the
others did not pass the post.

A Selling Handicap Steeplechase Plat© of 40 sous, fur all
ages ; the winner to be sold for £4O. About two miles
and a half.

Mr B. Land's Diadem, aged, lOst 101 b .. (J. Land)

Cumberland and The Screw also ran.

Betting—Even on The Screw, 2 to 1 agst Diadem, 3 to 1
agst Cumberland.
The favourite led to the hurdle jump (t mile and a quar-
ter from home), where she blundered, rolled over, unseated
her rider, and broke away, the other two (Diadem holding
a slight lead) then kept well together un.il the same fence
was reached a second time, when Cumberland overleaping
himsel, pitched en to his head, and Diadem came in alone.
The winner was not sold.

The Grand Military Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya each,
10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added, for horses
the property of and to be ridden by officers on full or halt
pay. About three miles. 11 subs.
Major Wcrubwell's Bell's Life, aged, 12st 71b
(Mr. Coventry) 1
Mr Hare's Whirlwind, aged, lOst 71b .. (Capt. Smith) 2
Capt. J. VibArt's Übique, aged list 101 b ..(Mr Griffith) 3
Mr Mageunis's Vesta, aged,..
51b...... (Capt. Knox) 4

The following also ran :—Nabob, Westender, and Useless
Brute.

Betting-6 to 5 agst Ball's Life, sto 1 eget Vesta, 6to
1 each agst Westender and Ilbique, 100 to 12 eget any
other (. ffered.) _

Bell's Life led for the first quarter of a mile, when he re-
bique
well over soon held a long lead ; Whirlwind and the favou-
rite took all except U
rite getting over at a second attempt went cn second
with him; the latter getting
and third, Nabob a long Way from the two, fourth, with
Vesta filth. Westender would not face the fence, and Use-
less Brute soon afterwards refused, and unshipping his
rider was pulled up, and with Westender came a near cut
home. Crossing the i n
• ece of ploughed land on the hill,
Übique gave way to Whirlwind and Bell's Life, who from
this point had the race to themselves, Nabob having
come to grief a mile from home, and neither Übique or
Vesta could reach the two, Bell's Life winning easily by
three lengths; Vesta fell at the last fence, and Übique
passing her obtained the honour of being placed a bad
third; Vesta cantered past the chair fourth; the others did
not pass the post.
Windsor was struck out of the race on Thursday, at
12.55.

A Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for
4-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age; selling allow-
ances. About two miles.
Mr Blencowo's Paddy, aged, 12st (X. 50).. (Mr Mumford) 1
Mr Eli's Bravo, 6 yrs, list 71b (Z3O) (J. Searle) 2
The following also ran :-01d Man, Perfect Cure,
Nereus, Gamecock, Sunbeam, Gin Sling, Almeria, and
Cumberland.

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Betting-6 to 4 agst Sunbeam, 9to 4 agst Nereus, Bto 1
agst Cumberland, 100 to 8 agst Paddy.
Cumberland made play, followed closely by Nereus, Per-
fect Cure, unbeam, and Almeris, Paddy leaving the re-
mainder, This order was maintained for tho first half mile,
when Cumberland gave way to Perfeot Cure, Sunbeam,
ndered at and fell, and Sun-
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beam, Nereus, Almeria, and Cumberland, all following his
example, came down a cropper, and for some time it was
feared several of the horses and riders were injured, but
such was not the case, as all the let were soon on their legs,
and nothing beyond a s.evere shaking resulted therefrom.
Paddy, after these mishaps, steered clear of the fallen
horses, and came in alone; Bravo cantered in a bad second;
tho others did not pass the post.
The winner was bought by Mr, Saltmarsh for 72 guineas.
The Open Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added,
for hunters, do. ; 12st each ;. with penalties and allow-
ances. About 3 miles. 13 subs.
Mr Blencowo's Acrobat, aged, 12st 71b (inc 71b ex)
(Mr Mumford) 1
Mr Simmons's The Wrangler, 5 yrs, 12st.. (Mr Jenkins) 2
Mt Tompkins's The RejectedQ,
uaegeend,,
Cltraoty7dlobn(,inbcra7vlbo
(B. Land, jun.) 3
Mr Temple's White Stockings,. !ged, 12st (J. Land) 4
The following also ran : --Fusilier, Fencsr. Lady Blanche,
,exa)nd
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1 sach agst The Rejected and Fu•ilier, 100 to 8 bar four.
The favourite, with The Wrangler, The Rejected, and
White Stockings, had the race to themselves a mile from
home, shortly atter which Acrobat h.aok a strong lead, and,
getting over his fences without mistaks, won easily by a
length ; Thu Ittje cted a bad thi,rd ; White Stockings was
fourth ; the others heade4 by. Sawney, beaten off a long
way. Bracknell shipped his bridle soott after starting, and
his jockey havitig disu,ounted, the horse went for some dis-
tance riderless.

YORK SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY, MAY 10.

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Acceptances for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap. One
uiilc and quarter.

Age st lb
Limosina
Flirtation
My Mary
1
Brighton
5 8 1
The Monk a 8
0
Donnybrook 4 8
Anfield
Tourist
Ouesunder 4 7 12
Dunkeld 4 7 12
ti 4 7 6
tyvv market

Age st lb
Alico
Merry Maid 5 6 9
Guardsman
Little Stag
Bradamante 3 6 5
Loatcr
Gondola
Goldylocks
Vacuna colt
Sea Boy 'I 5 12
Lytham 3 5 12

Weights for the Somerset!

7e Stakes of 25 sows each, 10ft,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The East and West Junction Harbour Bill and the
Holborn Valley Improvement Bill were read a second time.
The Salop Fire Office Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Lord COLVILLE, of CULROSS, presented two peti-
tions, one from Barbadoes, and another from Tobago,
praying for a reduction of the sugar duties and the sup-
pression of the slave trade, or tailing that suppression, a
differential duty in favour of tree labour sugar.