The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-28 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
There was about the usual attendance on the Heath this
(Tuesday) morning. Thalestris proved herself a stayer in
the Fifteenth Triennial by making all the running and
winning in a canter, the favourites, Early Purl and &a-
mender, being beaten at the hill. The Hopeful looked a
rather open race for the young ones, who, from the penal-
ties, met on pretty equal terms. The result was a grand
turn for the fielders, Puritan most unexpectedly defeating
the two cracks, Gardevisure and Kate Hampton, by a head,
after a slashing race. The chief event of the first day is
always the Great Eastern Handicap, one of those T.Y.C.
scrambles that everybody condemns, while everybody
gambles on them. Always bringing together large fields,
with a great probability that the first away will be also the
first past the chair, they are the greatest uncertainties, an
outsider generally disappointing the favourite's backers.
There was the usual delay at the post, the Hersey filly and
Vandervelde getting away in front when the flag fell, a
Grimshaw, who was riding Gemma, waiting with great
patience until the last moment (she being of an uncertain
temper), when he brought her out, and after a fine race with
Cadeau and Vandervelde defeated the former by a neck.
An interesting meeting between Ely and Baragah, in the
Grand Duke Michael, in which the former was tha victor,
brought the day's racing to a close.
There was very little speculation on future events beyond
the advance of the Calista colt to the premiership for the
Cesarewitch, and Thalestris, after her easy win in the
Triennial, coming somewhat into favour for the same
event.

Third Year of the Fifteenth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10
sovs each, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b.
The second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent,
and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent on the whole

stake. D.I. 39 subs.
Lord Coventry's Thalestris (.1. Adams) 1
Count Batthyany's Turcos (Fordhatu) 2
Mr Bowes's Early Purl (Abbmall) 3
Mr Cartsright's Scamander (Custance) 4
Captain Machel's Prince Leo 800
Betting-5 to 4 agst Early Purl, 2to 1 agst Scamander,
6 to 1 agst Thalestris, and 10 Fer 1 each agst Prince L?e 800
and Turcos.

Thalestris got away with a clear lead of a couple of
lengths of Scarnander, who was follow° 1 by Turcos and
Early Purl on the left. They ran in these positions to the
new ground, when Early Purl drew forward, and on the
retirement of Mr Cartwright's colt at the commencement
of the rails ho became second, but in turn gave way to
Turcos half way up the hill, but who was never enabled to
reach the leader, who won with great ease by three lengths;
a bad third.

The Trial Plate of £5O, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs
each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight fcr age, with
selling allowances. A.F. 11 tubs.

Mr Day's Watchbox, 2 yrs, 6.t 71b (car Gat gib) (.£500)

(B:Ad arLa) 1
Mr Merry's Effie, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (£500) (H. Covey) 2
Mr Mundy's Fanny, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (£500) (Morris) 3
The following also ran :—Cobweb, The Tyke, Oneida,
Jessie, Nimrod, Lytham, and Guerilla.
Betting —6 to 4 agst Watehbox, 100 to 15 each apt Effie
and Jessie, and 8 to 1 each agst Tho Tyke and Fanny.
Tho favourite, in company with Effie, Jessie, Cobweb,
and Fanny, got away in advance and ran in close company
to the bushes, whereWatchbox and Effie singled themselves
out and finished the race home, the former, who always had
the best of it, winning cleverly by a length. Fanny finished
a bad third, Nimrod was fourth, and Lytham fifth. The
next division was headed by Jessie and Cobweb.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, and 5 ft if declared,
&c., to go to the owner of the second horse, for 3 yr .olds
and upwa, ds, T.Y.C. Seven E, übs, one of whom pays
5 soya ft.
Mr Dark's King of Clubs, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Morris) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Usher, 3 yrs, Bst 21b.... (Morgan) 2
Mr Hughes's Tiptoe, 5 yra, Bst 3lb (T. French) 3
Capt. Machell nas Viceroy, 3 yrs, Bst 31b.. (A. Edwards) 4
Prince D. SultyktAl's Belle of the Vale, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
(Milord) 5
Betting-0 to 4 agst King of Clubs, 2to 1 agst Usher,
and 10 to 1 each Viceroy and Belle of the Vale.
King of Clubs, on the left, was the first away, and made
the running, having Usher and Tiptoe as his immediate
followers into the cords, where the former drew away and
won very cleverly by a length. Tiptoe finished a bad

third.
The Hopeful Stakes of 40 soya each, h ft, for two-yr-old
colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 81b. Winners extra, with
certain allowances. The owner of the second horse to
receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. The last half of Ab.
M. 39 subs.
Count Batthyany's Puritan, 9st 51b (including 91b extra)
(Custance) 1
Mr J. Palmer's Kate Hampton, Bst Sib .. (Norman) 2
Mr Sutton's Gardevisure, 9st 31b (in. 91b extra)
(Thomas)
The following also ran :—Cordelia, Todleben, Lady
Egidia, Houri, Tilt, Doge, Queen Mary, Shrapnel!, Fravo-
lina, and Venus.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Gardevisure, 9to 2 agst Kate
Hampton, 100 to 12 agst Shrapnell, 10 to 1 agat Todleben,
100 to 6 agat Venus, and 100 to 5 agat Puritan.
After a few failures they were despatched iu close com-

pany, Kate Hampton, with Cordelia and Gardevisure, hav-
ing a slight advantage, closely followed by Puritan, Houri,
Shrapnell, Todleben, Lady Egidia, and Venus to the bushes,
where Cordelia gave way, leaving Kate Hampton with a
clear lead of the favourite, the pair being joined halfway
down the hill by Puritan, who headed them in the cords,
and won a fine race in the last stride by a head; a like dis-
tance separated the second and third ; Shrapnell finished
fourth close up, Cordelia was fifth, and close in her wake
came Todleben, Lady Egidia, and Queen Mary, the last
two being Tilt and Fravolina.
The Great Eastern Railway Handicap, a sweepstakes of 15
sous each, 6 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards; winners extra. The owner of the second horse to
receive 25 soya out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 130 subs.

Lord Stamford's Gemma, 5 yrs, Bst .... (H. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Cadeau, 4 yrs, 64 21b (Hulme) 2
Count Batthyany'S Vandervelde, 3 yrs, 6st 41b

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(J. Smith) 3
The following also ran :—Exchequer, Vivid, Woldga,
Soapstone, Biondella, His Excellency, Bertha, Almack,
Zora, Crytheia, Echo, Gold Dust, Baliverne, Myrtle, Noc-
turne, Balornock, Hersey filly, Confederate, Armadillo,
Clairvoyante, and Isca.
Betting-6 to 1 agst Hersey filly, 10 to 1 each agst
Woldga, Myrtle, and Gamma, 100 to 8 eget Cadean, 100 to
7 agst Vandervolde, 100 to 6 agst Exchequer, 20 to 1 each
agst Crytheia, Echo, and Almack, 25 to 1 each agst Vivid,
and Confederate, 100 to 3 agst Soapstone.
Upwards of three-quarters of an hour was lost at the post
before Mr M'George was enabled to lower his flag, when
they got away in an extended lino across the course. The
Hersey filly, on the right, being the first away, came on
slightly in advance of Biondella,Yandervelde, and Woldga,
and in the centre were Gemma, Myrtle, Cadeau, Almack,
and Exchequer, the others, who were headed by Crytbeia,
Confederate, Clairvoyant°, and Echo, lying close in their
rear, the last of all being Isca, who got badly away. As
they neared the hill the Hersey filly dropped away, and the
running was taken up by Vandervelde, closely attended by
Cadeau, Myrtle, Gamma, and Woldga, who ran so wide that
it was with difficulty their precise positions could be dis-
cerned, but as they entered the cords the count's colt ob-
tained a decided advantage, which he retained to within a
dozen strides of the chair, where he ran out upon being
called upon, which let up Gamma and Cadeau. The three
finished a fine race, Grimshaw, by patience alone, landing
Gemma the winner in the last stride by a neck, Cadeau
obtaining the second money by a head from Vandervelde,