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

Acceptances for the Sefton Handicap of 100 soya; added
to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Six furlongs.

st
Hesper ..Ag 6e lb
9 8
Argonaut .. .. 5 8 11
Ellerton 6 8 11
Donnybrook .. 4 8 5
Gardener .. .. 6 8 2
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
he 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
. a 1: 12
.511 8
~ 6 11 7
a 11 7
.a t 1 3
a 11 3
. a 10 12
. 5 10 12
. a 10 12
. 6 le 12
. a 10 10
a 10
. 6 10 8
.. 6 10 4
a 10 2

Age st lb
Crisis, by Aleppo.. 4 6 5
Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 5
Claxton .. 3 6 2
Prescription .. 3 6 2
Rose .. .. 3 6 1
Danaus .. 3 6 0
Tooi Tool .. 3 6 0
Abbott .. 3 5 12
Jane Shore .. 3 5 10
Lobelia .. 3 5 10
Dishonoured .. 3 5 10
Alico 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
Elelen .. 3 5 7

Hurdle Rao, of 5 sous each,
, Two miles,

Emblem ..
Pot
Shropshire ..
Lincoln 44
Sinking Fund
Satellite .4
Old Squire ..
Toluriao
Romeo ..
Amy .. .4
Serious Case ..
Merryman ..
Bunraven
West End ..
Remunerator ..

Age st lb
Emblcmatio 6 10 2
Marble Hill ,„ .. 5 10 0
Speedy 5 10 0
True Heart .. 4 9 9
Over the Sea ~ •• 5 9 9
Soothsayer . a 9 4
Chester.. ~ a 9 4
Baron of Avor. .. 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

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

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.

10 to 1 aget Blithfleld (offered)

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

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

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

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

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TuEsnAr.

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 ETEEPLECHASIL
10 to lon the field (offered)
16 to 1 agst Bantam (taken) •
18 to 1 agst Portland (taken)
40 to 1 agst Reporter (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6 agst Accident (offered)
'2O to 1 agst Anfield (offered)
20 to 1 agat Blaekdown (offered)

THE DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered)
THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson'a 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
by means of 1 Ist 31b (Medora, who ran with 12st) being
the highest imposted " content." This year the number of
entries was increased to 86, and the forfeits to 25, while the
lowest weight was lOst. 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 Cup, seven for the Handicap
Hurdle Race, and ten for the Sefton Handicap.

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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-mac) ins,
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
the soil also run up to a high figure. The change in the
system has been attended by as great a change in the men I
—the old type of the British farmer, dogged in his adherence
to tradition, contemptuous of the teachings
whom Arthur Young found it idle to argue, and whom he
is fast
longed to convince with his stick, of science, and
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practice, and who has spirit and sense to venture his capi-
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