The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL SPRING
Acceptances for the Grand N
cap) of 20 soes each,

Emblem
Umpire..
Liahtheart

Age st lb
.. a 12 8
.. a )2 7
.. a 12 6

Reporter • .
Thomastown
Arbury ••
Sir William ..
Jealousy
Sinkin.; Fund
Catapaw
Jerusalem ..
Medora
Bridegroom
Sampson ..
Harry
Bantam
errinafte
Wee Nell ..
Satellite
Mauchnne •
T,eCz.r ..
Serious Case ..
Rubicon
Romeo
Amy

.. 5
.. a 12 0
.. a li 12
.. 6 11 10
.. a 11 10
.. a 11 10
.. a 11 lo
.. a 11 10
.. a 11 8
.. a 11 8
.. a 11 8
.. all 8
.. a 11
.. a 11 6
.. a it 6
.. a 11 6,
.. a 11 4
.. a 11 4
.. all 3'
.. 611 2
..,a 11 0
.. ti 11 0

MEETING—MA-gm 8.
"ational Steeple Chase (handl-
, h ft, with 100 added.

Satanella
Sr. Maximas
Wifie ••

Age at lb
.. 5 10 12
.. a 10 12
.. a 10 12

Cadet .. a 10 12
Leonidas • • .. 6 10 12
West End •• 6 10 12
Bell's Life .. 6 10 12
Gladiator .• .. a 10 10
Malta . .. a 10 10
Rooke the Gardener 6 10 10
Ireley .. a 10 10
Rockley • • .. a 10 10
Bryn Gwyn .. 5 10 10
National Petition .. a 10 8
Real Jam •• 5 10 8
Sir Stephen .. a F) 7
hmblematic .. 6 10 6
Brian Borhoime .. a 10 4
Bacon of Avon .. 4 10 2
Ocean Witch .. 5 10 2
Martha •• a 10 0
Miss Maria .. a 10 G
Cygnet • • .. 5 10 0
Corsair • • .. 4 10 0
Lady of the Isles .. 5 10 0

To'Urn° .. .. 511 0 Silk and Satin .. a 10 0
Surbiton .. •• 5 11 0 Chester • • .. a 10 0
Little Bob .. .. all 0 Miss Emma .. a 10 0
Worcester .. .. all 0 British Grenadier .. alO 0
Portland .. .. alO 12 Leading Article .. alO 0
Acceptances for the Liverpool Spring
Cup (handicap), of
100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. About
a mile and a half.

Age st lb
The Kuave .. 5 8 8
Argonaut. .. 5 8 6
Aurelian .. .. 6 8 4
Costa .. .. 5 8 2
Blond in .. • . 4 8 0
Carisbrook.. .. 5 7 13
Berkeley .. .. 5 7 10
The Monk.. .. a 7 10
Gardener .. 6 7 10
Welcome .. 5 7 7
Fontenoy .. 4 7 6
Donne Canna .. 5 7 4
Bosh .. .. 5 7 3
Joco .. 4 7 2
Trojanus .. • . 4 • 7 0
Black Deer .. 4 7 0
Warminster .. 5 7 0
The Clown .. 3 6 10
Acceptances for the Sefton
to a sweepstakes of 5 Sc
Age st lb
Helper 6 9 8
Argonaut .. .. 5 8 11
Ellerton 6 8 11
Donnybrook .. 4 8 5
Gardener .. .. 6 82
Blondin 4 8 2
Farfalla 5 8 0.
Poland .. 4 7 11
Zuleika 6 7 6
Weatherspy 4 7 5
Bosh 5 7 • 3
East Lancashire .. 4 7 0
The Clown .. 3 7 0
Arbutus 3 6 8
Waterloo 3 6 8
Persuasion 3 6 8
Buckland 3 6 8
Strawberry Hill .. 4 6 7
Cutaway . 3 6 7
Voluptas .4
6 6
Independence a 6 6
Moulsey 3 6 6
Acceptances for the Handicap
with 40 added.
Age st lb
Emblem a 11 12
Pot Pou'rl 5 i 1 8
Shropshire .. 6 11 7
Lincoln .. a 11 7
Sinking Fund a 11 3
Satellite a 11 3
Old Squire a 10 12
Tolurno 5 10 12
Komeo a 10 12
Amy .. 6 le 12
Serious
MerrymanCasealo 8
a 10 10
Dunraven 6 10 8
West End 6 10 4
Remunerator a 10 2

Age Et lb
Flash in the Pan .. a 6 10
St. Lawrence .. 5 6 8
Dark Lily .. • • 4 6 8
Farce • • •• 4 6 6
Merry Maid • • 6 6 6
Jack's Alive • . 4 6 3
Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 3
Truant • • •• 4 6 2
The Doctor .. 3 6 1
Alpheus .. •. 3 6 1
Claxton •• •• 3 6 0
King of Clubs .. 3 5 7
Naxos •. .• 3 5 7
Farnham .. .. 3 5 7
Veterinarian .. 35 ,
Fanny Seaton .. 3 5 17
Macbeth .. .. 3 5 7

aandicap of 100 sous, added
Iva each. Six furlongs.

Age et lb
Crisis, by Aleppo.. 4 6 5
Ghillie oallarn .. 3 6 5
Claxton .. .. 3 6 2
Prescription. .. 3 6 2
Rose .. 3 6 1
Danaus .. 3 6 0
Tooi Tcoi .. 3 6 0
Abbott .. .. 3 5 12
Jane Shore .. 3 5 10
Lobelia .. 3 5 10
Dishonoured .. 3 5 10
Alice Leigh .. 3 5 8
Dilston 3 5 8
Tomfoolery .. 3 5 7
Coverdale .. 3 5 7
Dovedale .. 3 5 7
Wild Thyme .. 3 5 7
Veterinarian .. 3 5 7
Naxos .. .. 3 5 7
Macbeth .. .. 3 5 7
Helen .. 3 5 7

Hurdle Race, of 5 sous each,
1. Two miles.

Age st lb
Emblematic 6 (0 2
Marble Hill .. .. 5 10 0
Speedy .. 5 10 0
True Heal .. 4 9 9
Over the Sea .. .. 5 9 9
Soothsayer .. a 9 4
Chester.. .. a 9 4
Baron of Avon .. 4 9 4
Mistake .. 4 9 0
Cutler .. 5 9 0
Topsy 5 9 0
Amain 6 9 0
Southerly Wind 5 9 0
Corsair a 9 0
Cygnet .. .. 5 9 0

CI ry BETTING—TUESDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE,
10 to 1 agst Emblem (taken)
12 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken)
25 to 1 apt Medora (wanted)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.

10 to 1 aget Blithtield (offered)

CITY AND SUBURBAN.
40 to 1 agst Exohequer (taken)
40 to 1 agst Kemptown. (taken)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
11 to 2 agst Fills de l'Air (offered, take 6to 1)
6to 1 agst Cambuscan (wanted)

CHESTER CUP.
16 to 1 agst Accident (offered)
20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered)
25 to 1 agst Anfield (taken)
25 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken)
33 to 1 agst Greenland (taken)
50 to 1 agst Crisis (taken and offered)
100 to 1 agst Costa (offered)

THE DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offared)
13 to 1 agst Paris (offered)
14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken)
16 to 1 agst Forager (offered)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.

The election of members to serve on the committee and
other business matters occupied the principal share of
attention this day, and betting was extremely dull, the
investments made on the horses being of a very trivial
character. Closing prices :

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE
10 to lon the field (offered)
16 to 1 agst Bantam (taken)
18 to 1 aget Portland (taken)
40 to 1 agst Reporter (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6 aget Accident (offered)
20 to 1 agst Anfield (offered)
20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered)
THE DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered)
THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
50 to 1 aget Mr. Gibson's nomination (taken)

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETlNG.—Tuesday the Bth March
has already been announced as the opening day for this
meeting. There are now but a few unimportant items
wanting to complete Mr. Topham's venture, and the ac-
ceptances for the Grand National, which have been framed
on the new principle, must be exceedingly gratifying to
lessee of the course. Last year the number of subscribers
was 72, out of which 21 paid forfeit, and the lowest
weight was 9st, which weight was subsequently raised 111 b
fllpsots3telba
"content:'"content:'This year the number of
at
, who ran with 12st) being
entries was increased to 86, and the forfeits to 25, while the
lowest weight was 10st. It will be seen from this that in
handicapping for the coming Liverpool Grand National
Steeplechase Handicap the imposts have been raised 141 b.
With the exception of Major Wombwell's Bell's Life, who
carries a 61b penalty for winning the Windsor Open Steeple-
chase last Saturday, the weights, through Emblem accept-
ing, remain as originally published. Four forfeits are
announced for the Spring eu_p,
seven for the Handicap
Hurdle Race, and ten for the Sefton Handicap.

THE MODERN FARMER.—The farmer now acts
on scientific principles and with scientific precision,
instead of by blind guess-work. His operations are based
on the researches of the naturalist, the geologist, the che•
mist, and meteorologist, and are executed by machinery of
the most ingenious and elaborate construction. Steam has
been introduced to plough and to.thrash. Drilling, sowing,
reaping, and stacking are.. performed by machine-power.
The amount of capital required for agricultural enterprises
has, of course, risen considerablY—a thrashing-machine,
costing three hundred pounds, has supplanted the old shilling
flail ; a steam-plough, at eight hundred pounds, is gradually
being substituted for the two-guinea plough. The yearly
bills for artificial food, for stock and artificial stimulants for
thp soil also run up to a high figure.
The change in the
system has been attended by as great a change in the men
—the old type of the British farmer, dogged in his adherence
to tradition, contemptuous of the teachings of science, and
ignorant of men and things
idle to argue, beyond his own county, with
i
whom Arthur Young found it
Rue, and whom he
longed to convince with his stick, is fast going the way of
the Dodo and Dinornis. In his stead, we have a
of business, who has personally examined the
well-educated, intelligent gentlemanworking of the farming system both of his own and
, a shrewd man
other lands, who reads Liebig in the original, who has the
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practice, and who has spirit and sense to venture his capi-
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ate still in a discreditably low condition; but the increasing
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to sharpen their faculties and improve their position;
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