The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

OXFORD RACES-FRIDAY.

The Innkeepers' Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 eovs each, fur all ages ; winners extra,

Straight half a mile.
Mr Wood's Pupil, 5 yrs, 7st 81b
Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 4 yrs, 7st 81b ..(I'. French) 2
Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, 83t 41b (Custance) 3
The following also ran :—Cranbury, Flatterer, Bolero,
Arcus,Worthless, The Doe, Don't Come Late, Lady Fanny
Cavendish, and Lady di Vergy.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Birdfinder, 100 to 30 agst Cran-
bury, 9 to 2 (at first 3 to 1) agst Pupil, 8 to 1 agst Gipsy
Girl, 10 to 1 agst Don't Come Late, 100 to 6 agst The Doe.
After a number of false starts they were creditably de-
spatched, Gipsy Girl in a few strides took the lead, fol-
lowed by Pupil, Birdfinder, and Don't Come Late, almost in
a line, to the half distance, where Pupil went to the front
and won by three-parts of a length ; a head separated the
second and third, Worthless was fourth, Cranbury fifth,
Lady Fanny Cavendish sixth, Flatterer seventh, Don't
Come Late eighth, The Doe ninth, Lady di Vergy tenth,
Match-200 sovs, h ft. Three-quarters of a mile.

Mr Hodgman's Ilawkshaw, 3 yrs, Bst ilb....(Fordham) 1
Mr Brayley's Rappel, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Cowley) 2
Betting-11 to Bon Hawkshaw, who waited on the non-
favourite till within 50 yards from the judge's box, when
Fordham got Hawkshaw's head in front, and finally won by
a neck.

The Princess of Wales' Stakes of 200 sous in specie, for all

ages. Three-quarters of a mile.

Mr J. Wood's Rose, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (J. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Coventry's Umpire, aged, 9st (J. Adams) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Black Lily, 6 yrs, 7st 31b.. (Herbert) 3

The following also ran :—Golden Dust, Gamecock, ➢Solly
Carew, Manchester, Barter, Confederate, Countersign,
Idler, The Warrior, .tEtna, Widen, Vandervelde, Alea, and
North End.

Betting-7 to 2 each agst Manchester and Rose, 100 to 15
each agat Black Lily and Umpire, 8 to 1 agat The Warrior,
100 to 8 agst Gamecock, 100 to 7 agst .Etna.
Rose made all the running and won in a canter by three
lengths, a head only separating the second and third, oa-
sian was fourth, Molley Carew fifth, The Warrior sixth,
and the last of all was Vandervelde.

The Stratton Audley Nursery Handicap of 100 sous, added
to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds. Three-
quarters of a mile.
Mr Handley's Saloon, 6st 111 b (Carroll) 1
Mr Nightingall's Discretion, 7st 51b.. (Jas. Nightingall) t
Mr Night's Lovelace, Gat 51b
The following also ran :—Chimney Sweep, The Scheldt,
(foram, Czarina, Endsleigh, Lord Roland, Scylla, Maggie,
Protectionist, The Brigand, Threadbare, and Queen Bee
colt.

Betting--4 to 1 agst Brigand-7 to 1 each eget Discre-
tion, Chimney Sweep, and Czarina-8 to 1 egg Threadbare
—lOO to 8 each agst Saloon (at first 10 to 1), the Queen
Bee filly, Goram, Scylla, and the Scheldt-20 to 1 agst Pro-
tectionist.

After numerous failures The Scheldt made play, followed
by Discretion, Lovelace, Saloon, and Chimney Sweep, until
approaching the distance, where Lord Coventry's colt and
The Scheldt dropped from the front, whereupon Discretion
was left with a clear lead. Opposite the stand Saloon and
Lovelace came with a rush, and Saloon getting up in the
last stride won by a head ; Lovelace also collaring Discretion
on the post finished a dead heat with her for second place;
Goram was fourth, Chimney Sweep fifth, and at the head
of the others, who came past the judge in scattered order,
was Scylla.

The City Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous, added
to a Sweepstakes of 5 nova each; winners extra, One

mile,
Mr Notley's Clementi, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (S. Adams) 1
Mr H. Holman's Manchester, 4 yrs, Bst 51b tin._ slb ex.)

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(J. Holman) 2
Betting-4 to lon Manchester, who made the running
until opposite the stand, where Clementi challenged and
won a good race by a neck.