The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN 'MEETING.
The non-appearance of any of the Derby "..cracks" for
their engagements in the Biennial this afternoon robbed the
card of much of its interest, and caused speculation to be
languid in the extreme. The Scottish Chief, Cambuscan,
Forager, Blair Athol, Ely, &c., were all absentees, and
nothing of any great note remained in. On some of the
favourites this non-fulfilment of their engagements had a

prejudicial Eff.;ct, driving them back in the betting. People
are generally suspicicus of the " bottling-up" system, and
apt to think something is amiss when a horse declines a
good stake. Only six events were on the card, commencing
with the Sale Stakes, which the favourite, Master Richard,
carried off in the commonest of canters. The 50 soya
_ . .

Sweepstakes saw a great favourite discomfited in Crisis, on
whom the talent laid 3 to 5 ; but Young Rapid proved too
much for her, winning, after a very game race, by a length
and a half. The 100 sovs Sweepstakes again saw Goater's
stable running first and second, Rouge Crosse repeating her
yesterday's victory, with Rigolboche well up. Battaglia,
one of the best looking among the 2-yr-olds at Lord Stam-
ford's sale last year, ran very unkindly. 12 runners came
to the post for the Biennial, erivateer, Acolyte, and Echo
being trusted with most money; but they were squandered
by Masquerade, a stable companion of the first favourite for
the Derby, not mentioned in the betting. The issue of the
race brought Scottish Chief to 6 to 1 for the Epsom event.
The Newmarket Handicap was won by the favourite,

Guerilla. The weather has been magnificent.
The Eighth Sale Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft ; colts, Bst
101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b; those by stallions or out of mares
that never bred a winner allowed 31b, and those bought
for less than TA) guineas allowed 31b ; for less than 100
guineas, 6113. A.F. 12 subs.
Mr John Day's Master Richard (91b), Bst 11b.... (Judd) 1
Mr Naylor's Quarantine (6,6), Bst (Challoner) 2
Duke of St. Albans' Coeur de Lion (31b), Bst 71b
(F. Adams) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Master Richard, sto 1 agst Coeur de
Lion, and 7 to 1 agst Quarantine.
The favourite, lying is the centre of the three, jumped
away with a strong lead, which he increased as; he reached

the " Bushes-hill," where he had both his horses beaten,
and cantered home the winner by 30 lengths, emir de
Lion was pulled up some distance from home.

Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sous each ; for colts, Bst
101 b, and fillies, Bst 71b. D. M. 6 subs.
Mr Craven's Young Rapid, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) I
Mr Merry's Crisis, Sst 71b
Baron Rothschild's Evelina, Bst 71b
Mr T. Stevens's Faith, Bst 71b (Fordham) 4
Betting-6 to son Crisis, 7to 2 agst Evelina, and 4 toil
apt Young Rapid.
Crisis cut out the work, having Young Rapid on his
right, with Evelina and Faith on the lower ground. They
ran thus inta the cords, when Young Rapid drew away
and won very cleverly by a length and a half, a like dis-
tance separating the second and third. Faith was a bad
fourth.

Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3.yr-olds ; fillies,

Bst 91b. D.M. 6 subs.
Mr Henry's Rouge Crosse
Mr Savile's Rigelboche (Fordham) 2
Mr W, Robertson's Battaglia
The betting opened at even on and closed at 7 to 4 agst
Rouge Crosse, 2 to 1 agst Battaglia, and 5 to 2 agst Rigol-
boclte,

The three ran abreast for a short distance, when Rigol.
boche, in the centre, drew slightly in advance, and came
on with the running to half way in the cords, where
Goater brought up Rouge Crosse, and won a good race by
half a length; Battaglia finished a bad third,
First Year of the Sixth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10
says each, with 100 added, for yearlings of 1862; colts,
Bst 10lb ; fillies, Bst 61b. The owner of the second horse
to receive a sum fqual to 10 per cent, on the whole stake,
and the owner of the third horse a sum equal to 5 per
cent, R.M. 60 subs.
Mr Merry's Masquerade, Ss i 61b (II. Covey) 1
Lird Westmoreland's Signalman, Bst 101 b (S. Adams) 2
Mr btarkv's Izaak Walton, Bst 10Ib.. ... (A. Edwards) 3:
Mr Night's The Count, Bst 101 b
The following also ran : —Echo, Wooden. ft, Verger,
Washington, Calista cat, Privateer, Acolyte, ana Skef-
fington.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Acolyte, 4to 1 each agst Privateer
and Echo, 10 to 1 agst Verger, 100 to 8 each agst the Calista
colt, Izaak Walton, and Signalman, 100 to 6 agst the Count,
and 25 to 1 agst Washington,
After two or three failures they got away nearly in a
line, Privateer with a slight lead; but after running 100
yards he was pulled back, and the running was taken up
by Signalman, closely attended by Masquerade, Skeffing-
ton, Izaak Walton, and the Count, Echo and Washington
on the extreme right lying next, with Acolyte next, Ver-
ger and Woodcraft acting as whippers in. They ran thus
with little or no alteration into the Abingdon Mile bottom,
where Masquerade drew slightly in advance of Lord West-
moreland's colt, and came on in advance to the cords, Sig-
nalman wide on his left, being second, followed in the
centre of the course by Izaak Walton, The Count, Acolyte,
Skeffington, and the Calista colt. Half-way up Adams
came with a rush, but failed to reach Mr Merry's filly,
who won very easily at last by two lengths; a length and
a half between the second and third ; a neck separating
the third and the fourth; Acolyte Ras fifth, close up, Skef-
fington sixth, the Calista colt seventh, and Echo next.
The last lot comprised Verger, Privateer, Washington, and
Woodcraft.
Plato of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 a ; and fillies,
Bsl 71b ; winners extra. First half of Ab. M.

Mr Savile's La Mechante „..(J. Mann) 1
Mr C. Alexander's Cordelia (Challoner) 2
Baron Rothschild's Sister to Breeze (Wells) 3
The following also ran :—Pam be Civil, Conjuror, Ve-
dette colt, Wicket, Prairie Hen colt, and Whisky.
Betting-5 to 2 agst La Mechante, 7to 2 agst Sister to
Breeze, and 6 to 1 each agst Wicket and the Vedette colt.
Sister to Breeze, with Cordelia and La Mechante in close
attendance, made the running for the first 200 yards,
when the favourite drew slightly in advance, was never
after headed, and won .in a very easy manner by a
couple of lengths, Sister to Breeze finished an indifferent
third. The ethers pulled up past the post at wide in-
tervals.
The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya each, 15ft, and 5 if
declared, with 100 soya added, and 50 from the Town
Fund, for 3.yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. From
the starting-post of the R.M. to the end of B.C. (lm.
6f. 67yds.) 54 subs., 19 of whore declared.
Mr Savile's Guerilla, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Wilton's Wandering Minstrel, 3 yrs, sst 91b
(Herbert) 2
Mr. E. Brayley's Outlaw, 3 yrs, Gst (S. Mordan) 3
The following also ran :—Echo, Asteroid, Magnum
Bonum, Fantail, Oscar, Odine, Ac' eon, Farce, and Bay
Celia filly.
Betting-7 to 2 agat Guerilla, sto 1 agst Asteroid, 7to
1 each agst Outlaw and Acton 8 to 1 agst Bay Celia filly,
10 to 1 agst Wine, and 20 to 1 each agst Wandering Min-
strel and Farce.
Oscar, with Guerilla and Wandering Minstrel on his left,
was the first away, and came on with the running, followed
by Magnum Bonurn, Asteroid, Outlaw, and Odine, the
others lying wide en their right, being headed by Actaeon,
Fantail, Farce, and Echo to halt-way across the flat, where
Magnum Bonurn took second place, and followed Oscar to
the turn of the lands, where the two were beaten, leaving
Guerilla with a clear lead, followed by Lord Wilton's colt,
Actman, Farce, and Asteroid, the latter looking as well as
anything as they came up the hill. On reaching the site