The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB.

A general meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at
Newmarket after the races, on Wednesday, in the First
Spring Meeting, for a ballot and other business. Notice of
motion by Lord Coventry :—To alter rule 20 by adding to
it the words as quoted below.
20.—When a person takes a "nomination for a stake in
which the forfeit is to be declared by a particular time, and
does not declare forfeit by the time fixed in the articles, he
shall thenceforth be considered to have taken the engage-
ment on himself, and his name shall be substituted for that
of the original subscriber, " and the purchaser of a year-
ling with his engagements may, by paying into Messrs,
Weatherby'e hands, on or before the Ist of November,
when the horse is one year old, the amount of the forfeits
of all the different stakes in which he is engaged, have the
nominations transferred into his own name, provided
always that at the time of such transfer the original nomi-
nator is not in default for stakes or forfeits."

CROYDON SPRING MILITARY AND OPEN
STEEPLECHASES.-THURSDAY.

The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of £5O; winners extra.

About two miles and a half.
Capt. Macholl'a Leonidas, aged list 121 b.... (C. Boyce) 1
Mr Yardley's Ths Screw, aged, lOst 7,b .... (E. Pratt) 2
Mr C. Peck's Ballycasey, aged, 1 lst (B. Land, jun.) 3
The following also ran :—lronsides, The Don, Forest
Hind, and Charley Grey.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Leonidas, sto 1 agst Ironsides, 6
to 1 each aget The Screw and Ballycasey, 10 to 1 bar four.
Ironsides showed the way, but was soon passed by Charley
Grey and The Don, who went on first and second to the
fence, on the top of the hill, which Charley Grey refused, and
The Don soon gave way to Ballycasey and the favourite, the
pair passing the enclosure in close order, with Ironsides
third, The Screw fourth, The Don (who refused the fence
on the course), with Charley Grey and Forest Hind tailed
off. No further change occurred until a quarter of a mile
from home, where The Screw passed both Ironsides and
Ballycasey, but never reached Leonidas, the latter winning
easily by a couple of lengths; Ballycasey was third, half a
length from The Screw; Ironsides cantered in fourth; the
others did not pass the post.
A Selling Handicap Steeplechase Plate of 40 sous, for all
ages; the winner to be sold for £4O. About two miles

and a half.
Mr B. Land's Diadem, aged, lOst 101 b (J. Land) 1
_

Cumberland and The Screw also ran.
Betting—Even on The Screw, 2 to 1 agst Diadem, 3 to 1
agst Cumberland.
The favourite led to the hurdle jump (a mile and a quar-
ter from home), where she blundered, rolled over, unseated
her rider, and broke away; the other two (Diadem holding
a slight lead) then kept well together until the same fence
was reached a second time, when Cumberland overleaping
himae'f, pitched on to his head, and Diadem came in alone.
The winner was not sold,
The
Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya each,
10if declared, with 100 added, for horses
Grandft
and Militarys only
the property of and to be ridden by officers on full or hall

pay. About three miles, 11 subs.
Major Wcrebwell's Bell's Life, aged, 12st 71b
(Mr. Coventry) 1
Mr Hare's Whirlwind, aged, lOst 71b .... (Capt. Smith) 2
Capt. J. Vibaree Übique, aged list 101 b (Mr Griffith) 3
Mr Magennis'a Vests, aged, Ilst 51b...... (Capt. Knox) 4
The following also ran :—Nabob, Westender, and Useless
Brute.
Betting-6 to 5 agat Bell's Life, sto 1 agat Vesta, 6to
1 each agat Westender and Übique, 100 to 12 agat any
other (~ffered.)
Bell's Lite led for the first quarter of a mile, when he re-
fused,and took all except Übique with
him; thelatter getting
well over soon held a long lead ; Whirlwind and the favou-
rite getting over at a second attempt went on second
and third, Nabob a long Way from
the two, fourth, with
Vesta fifth. Westender would not face the fence, and Use
less Brute soon afterwards refused, and unshipping his
rider was pulled up, and with Westender came a near cut
home. Crossing. the
piece of ploughed land on the hill,
Übique gave way to Whirlwind and Bell's Life, who from
this point kad the race to themselves, Nabob having
come to grief a mile from home, and neither Übique or
Vesta could reach the two, Bell's Life winning easily by
three lengths ; Vesta fell at the last fence, and Übique
passing her obtained the honour of being placed a bad
third; Vesta cantered past the chair fourth; the others did
net pass the post.
Windsor was struck out of the race on Thursday, et
12.56.
A Selling Steeplechase of 3
nova each, with 25 added, for
4-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age; selling allow-
ances. About two miles.
Mr Blencowe's Paddy, aged, 12st (,£50).. (Mr Mumford) 1
Mr Eli's Bravo, 6 yra, Ilst 71b (30) ........ (J. Searle) 2
The following also ran :_Old Man, Perfect Cure,
Nereus, Gamecock, Sunbeam, Gin Sling, Almeria, and
Cumberland.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Sunbeam, 9to 4 agat Nereus, Bto 1
agst Cumberland, 100 to 8 eget Paddy.
Cumberland made play, followed closely by Nereus, Per-
feet Cure, t.,unbean3, and Almeria,
re-
mainder. This order was maintained for the first half mile,
when Cumberland gave way to Perfect Cure, Sunbeam,
and Nereus, the three )laving a
Paddy leaving the
clear lead to the hurdle
jump, which Perfect Cure blundered at and fell, and Sun-
beam, Nereus, Almeria, and Cumberland, all following his
example, came down a cropper, and for some time it was
' feared several of the horses and riders were injured, but
such was not the case, as all the lot were soon on their legs,
and nothing beyond a severe shaking resulted therefrom.
Paddy, after these mishaps, st a
eered eler of the fallen
horses, and came in alone; Bravo cantered in a bad second ;
the others did not pass the post.
The winner was bought by Mr. Saltmarsh for 72 guineas.
The Open Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added,
for hunters, ; 12st each; with penalties and allow-
awns. About 3 miles. 13 subs.
Mr Blencowe's Acrobat, aged, 12at 71b (inc 7lb ex
(Mr Mu)
mford) 1
aged, 125 t.... (J. Land) 4
Mr Simmons's The Wrangler, 6 yrs, 12st.. (Mr Jenkins) 2
Mr Tompkins's The Rejected, aged, 12st 71b (inc 71b ex)
(13. Land, jun.) 3
rSatn°:c-k-iFngUs'ilier, Fencer, Lady Blanche,
MTr Theemfopliloew'sinWg halistoe
Sawney, Bracknell, Gipsy Queen, Croydon, Bravo, and
The Unknown.
Betting-6 to 4 agat Acrobat, sto 1 agst Bracknell, 7to
1 each agst The Rejected and Fusilier, 100 to 8 bar four.
The favourite, with The Wrangler, The Rejected, and
White Stockings, had the race to themselves a mile frem
home, shortly atter which Acrobat took a strong lead, and,
getting over his fences without mistake, won easily by a
length ; The Rejected a bad third d; ,White Stockings was
fourth ; the others headed by Sawney, beaten off a long
way. Bracknell shipped his bridle soma after starting, and
his jockey having dismounted, the horse went for some dis-
tance riderless.

YORK SPRIN

G MEETING.

TVESUAT,
Acoeptatces for the Fl ]
milyie and

MAY 10.
)utehman'a Handicap. One
quarter.

Ago pt lb
Limosina 5 8 12
Flirtation 6 8 8
My Mary 5 8 5
Brighton 5 8 1
The Monk 8 1
Donnybrook 4 8 (L
Anfield 4 7 121
Tourist
Onesander
Duukold
Newmarket

Age st lb
Alice
Merry Ilaid 5 6 9
Guardsman
Little Stag
Bradamante 3 6 5
Loafer
Gondola 3 6 2
Goldylocka
Vacuna colt
Sea Bey, , , ,35 12
Lytham 3 5 12

WeiO for the Sogacrotghi:

Stakes of 25 sO7O 10ft,

SECOND EDITION.