The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-15 00:00:00

Betting-7 to 4on Wicket.

The non-favourite cut out the work to the top of the hill,
where he was joined by the favourite, who headed him in a
few strides, and won very cleverly.

Subscription Plate of 60 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ;
weight for age. The winner to be sold for 300 soya if
demanded, &O. Horses entered to be sold for 150 110 Vb

allowed 71b. D.M.
Mr R. Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 5 yrs (£300), 9st 41b
(Fordham) 1
Mr J. ()Acme's Mantrap, 3 yrs (£3oo),_7st
.61b

Whiteley) 2
{r J. Wood's Custard Castle, 3 yrs (£150), 6st 121 b
(Boxall) 3

Betting-6 to 4 agst Mantrap, and 2to 1 agst Peignoir.
The favourite, in company with Custard Castle, made
play into the cordq, where Fot dham brought up Peignoir,
and won a fine race by half a length; a bad third.
Second Year of the Tenth Aske Produce Stakes of 60 soya
each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1860 ; colts,
fist 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; those got by untried stallions or

out of untried mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance.

D.M. Seven subs.
Mr John Osborne's Dr. Rooks, (31b) (Whiteley) 1
Capt, Christie's Prescripion, (31b)..., (J. Grimshaw) 2

Betting-6 to 4on Dr. itooke, who made all the running
and won in a canter by three lengths.

The Claret Stakes, a subscription of 200 soya each, k ft, for
4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillie4, Bst 51b. The owner
of the -second horse to withdraw his stakes. D.I. 7

subs.
Lord Glaszow's Rapid Rhone, Bst 101b....(Fordhara) 1
Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clitden, 8!t Nib (J. Osborne) 2
Sir J. Hawley's NVoldga, Bst 101 b
. _

Betting-4 to lon Lord Clifden, and 9to 2 agst Rapid
Rhone.

They ran abreast for the first quarter of a mile, when
Rapid Rhone went to the front, and made the running at
an improved pace to the Old Duke's Stand, when Woldga
was beaten, leaving the favourite in attendance upon Lard
Glasgow's colt. Half way up the hill Osborne made an
effort to get up, but failed, and was beaten easily by ten
lengths ; bad third.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts,
Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst 61b; winners extra. I),M,

Three subs.
Mr Merry's Effie, Bst 61b (Covey) w.o.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst 61b. P.M. 3 subs.

Lord Statnford's Leicester, Bst 101 b (J. Mann) w,o.

MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB.

The annual general meeting of the Jockey Club was held
at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Craven meeting.
Present—Lord Coventry, the Hon. Admiral Rous, and
Mr. Alexander (stewards) ; Lord Annesley, Count Batthy-
any, Mr. Batson, Lord Courtenay, Mr. W. G. Craven, the
Marquis of Hastings, Captain D. Lane, Mr. Lowther, Mr.
Payne, Mr. Savile, the Duke of St. Albano, Lord West-
moreland. and Lord Wilton.
Lord COVENTRY, the chairman, informed the meeting
that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had done them
the honour to express a wish to become a member of the
Jockey Club. His lordship then moved that his Royal
Highness be forthwith elected without ballot.
The motion was seconded by Admiral Rous, and carried
by acclamation.
A ballot afterwards took place, and Viscount St. Vincent
was elected a member of the Jockey Club.
The accounts for the sear ending December 31, 1863,
having been presented and passed, Mr. W. G. Craven was
appointed a steward in the place of the Earl of Coventry,
who retired by rotation.
Mr. George Payne was appointed a member of the Ben-
tinck Fund Committee, in place of the Duke of Richmond,
who retired by rotation. The.members now are—the lion.
Admiral Roue, Mr. C. Alexander, and Mr. W. G. Craven
(stewards of the Jockey Club) ; the Earl of Chesterfield,
the Duko of Beaufort, the Earl of Portsmouth, and Mr. G.
Payne.

THE NATIONAL HUNT AND KILDARE HUNT

RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

This brilliant meeting of the Irish sporting nobility and
gentry was concluded this afternoon, having furnished
such an amount of sport as has never before been wit-
nessed in one day in Ireland, and which elicited a uni-
versal desire for the perpetuation of the meeting in its
pristine integrity. The Grand Military Steeplechase
created immense interest among the officers quartered
in the garrisons of Dublin and its vicinity, but was

won easily by Tony Lumpkin, the property of Coit) n,
Forster, who has long been attached to the Staff
of Lord Carlisle. The Downshire Cup, the ether great
feature of the afternoon, furnished a magnificent contest
between Cameo, Lottery, and Montpelier, there being only
three heads between them. The winner is the property of
Mr. M`Denongh, the celebrated steeplechase rider of former
days, and was steadily ridden by Captain Ricardo, whose
efforts to finish were much marred by his horse's saddle
turning round in the race. The Welter Stakes was another
fine race; but the accident which occurred to Forager and
his jockey, Captain M'Craik, rendered the issue one of the
chances of war. Tile weather was lovely, the attendance
very great, and the appeal to the local hunts for support so
successful that a great increase will be made to the stakes
for next year, and the programme will be entirely revised.
The company included the Marquis and Marchioness of
Waterford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Conyngham, the
Marquis of Downshire, Lords Dunkallin, ClJncurry, Clon-
brock, Huntingdon, Hastings, EArlsfort, Clariva, St.
Laurence, Clanmorris, and Doneroe ; Baron and Baro-
ness de Robeck, the Hon. E. Laseellet!, the Hon, F. Cll-
- the Hon. Colonel Cotton, Sir WcAkins Wynne, Sir
John Power, Sir Thomas Bourke, &c.
The Naas Plate of £lOO (a handicap), with selling allow-
ances. Two miles and a-half.

Captain Beresford's Signal, 5 3 rs, 9st 31b.... (Murphey) 1
Mr M, nahan's Topsy, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) 2
Mr Hanlon's Fairy King, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (P. Igoe) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Forrest, Spider, old
Dieppe.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Signal, 2to 1 agst Topsy, and 4to
1 agst Fairy King.
The lot got away in a cluster, and upon passing the Stand
Miss Forrest held a slight lead, closely waited upon by
Topsy and the favourite. Upon reaching the next fence
Miss Forrest refused, which threw out Topsy. The lead was
then assumed by Signal, who went on with the running to
the wall, wheie Topsy again headed him. The pair, closely
followed by Spider, cleared the three last fences together,
and half way up the distance Murphey called upon the
favourite, who answering very gamely won easily by four
lengths, two lengths between second and third. The win-
ner was bought in for 110 guineas.
The Orand Military Steeplechase of £3OO, added to a sweep-
stakes of £5 each, for horses the property of officers on
full pay in the army or navy, or on the Staff in the United
Kingdom, and in their possession six weeks before the
race. The winner of a handicap steeplechase value £lOO
excluded. Weight for age, About 3} miles.
Col. Forster's (4th Dragoon Guards) Tony Lumpkin, aged
aged (Nlr. Laurence) 1
Capt. NV. Cunningham's (11th Hussars) Stiltun, aged,
list 6lb .. (Owner) 2
Mr Ainslie's (let Dragoons) Miss Arthur, 5 yrs, 12st 21b
(Captain Smith) 3
The following also ran :—Charity Boy, Lady Douglas,
St. George, Katie, Dark Lurker, The Fizzer, Ironsides,

Vesper, Nora, Duster, Spatchcock, and Charlie.
Betting.-2 to 1 each agst Tony Lumpkin and Miss
Arthur, 6 to 1 agst Charity Boy, and 8 to 1 each agst Ves-
per and t)ark Lurker.
The start was an excellent one, all getting off on terms of
perfect equality. Miss Arthur and Charity Boy were the
first to show in front, having for their neighbours Vesper,
Spatchcock, and Tony Lumpkin. In this order they
streamed along the meadows, exciting the admiration of the
spectators from the admirable naknner in which they took
their fences• No alteration of any importance occurred
until going down the far side of the stand, where Ironsides
went through his horses and led, his immediate followers
being now Tony Lumpkin, Spatchcock, and Vesper. The
brook being safely got over, Ironsides, atter going some dis-
tance, bolted, • and .-3patchcock went on with tile running,
and Tony Lumpkin, who had stopped at the wall, taking it
afterwards, made up his lost ground very quickly. Three

fences from home Stilton had drawn into the front rank,
which closed up, and a slashing race home ensued, Tony
Lumpkin winning very easily by three lengths; a length
separated second third ; Lady Douglas was fourth, and
Spatchcock fifth,
The Downshire Cup, a piece of plate value £lOO, pre-
sented by the Marquis of Downshire, with £2OO added to
a sweepstakes of 10 sove. each; winners extra. About
31 miles.
Captain Williams' • Cameo, 5 yrs, I_2st 121 b
(Captain Ricardo) 1
Mr C. T. Couper's, jan., Lottery, aged, 13st (Mr Knox) 2
Mr M'Grane's Montpelier, uged, 12st 131 b.. (Mr Blake) 3

The following also ran:—The Fawn, Yellow Leaf, Con
Cregan, and Wood Bird.
Betting.—G to 4 agst Con Cregan, 3to 1 agst Montpelier,
4 to 1 agst Xellow Leaf, 5 to 1 each agst Lottery and Sata-
nella, and 10 to 1 apt Cameo.
_ _

Yellow leaf took a strong lead, Lottery lying second, and
Cameo third The wall was taken in capital style, and no
change occurred until they came to the back of the Stand,
where Cameo took up the running, followed by Montpelier
to the brook, with Satanella and Con Crcgan at their quar-
ters. In this way they reached the double bank, the same
order continuing to the wall, where Wood Bird was beaten.
No change occurred until two fields from home, when
Cameo, Montpelier, and Lottery joined issue, and a magnifi-
cent race resulted in the victory of Cameo by a head, a like
distance separating the other two.
Handicap Plate et X3O, presented by Lord Otho Fitzgerald
for horses the property of farmers of the county of Kildare:

Winners extra. 21 miles.
Mr Jackson's The Nigger, 6 yre, list 71b .... (Brady) 1
Mr Mosllie's b m, by Wanderer, 6 yrs list 71b
(Murphey) 2
Mr Russell's Fitajameg, 4 yrs, 10.1 71b, carried lOst 131► i
(Owner) 3
The following also ran :—South Green, Brown Plover,
and Rosewood.

Betting-5 to 4 eget Brown Plover, 3to 1 eget South
Green, and 5 to 1 aget Wanderer.
Rosewood made play, with Fitzjames and Wanderer in
close attendance ; the former made the running for three-
quarters of a mire, where she gave way to Fitzjames, who
then held a commanding lead until within three fences of
home, where he was collared by Wanderer and The Nigger,
the latter coming with a wet sail halfway up the distance
overhauled the leaders, and won very cleverly by three
lengths, Fitzjames being beaten a like distance for second
place.
The Welter Stakes of 4100, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
sovs each. Weight for age. About three miles over the
Downshire Course, including the 4ift wall.
Mr Nixon's Pyrites, h b. 5 yrs, 13st 71b (Capt. Tempest) 1
Mr Sarturis's Sultan, aged, 14at (Owner) 2
The following also ran :—Arab Boy, Muswell 11111, The
Tanner, Madcap, Hard Times, Arthur g, Red Robin, Gray
Plover, Vulture, Strongbow, Trapper's Daughter, and
Forager. _ _ .

Betang—Even on Forager, 5 to 1 aget Hard Times, 7 to
1 agst Pyrites, and 10 to 1 aget any other.
Immediately the flag fell Hard Times rushed to the front,
but after the first fence he was passed by Sultan, the
favourite lying third. Next to these came Trapper's

Daughter and Vulture, the zest, with the exception of Mus•
well Hill (outpaced), biang welt up. The lot cleared the
wall in fine style, Gray Plover alone making a mistake, but

being quickly caught and remounted, he again joined the
body of horses. Passing the Stand, Sultan led, with Trap-
per's Daughter, Hard Times, and Forager at his quarters.
In this order they travelled to the double bank, which was
jumped without any mistake, and the wall was taken equally
well. On entering the straight the race was left to these
four. The contest looked like ending in a match between
Forager and Hard Times, but owing to the crowd closing
in Forager bore down upon Hard Times and drove him over
the ropes, fortunately without causing the rider any injury ;
but Forager fell, and rolling over him, gave him so severe
a fall that great excitement for some time prevailed relative
to his recovery, Pending this mish3p Pyrites came with a
rush, and, passing Sultan, won cleverly by a length and a
half. Medical aid was immediately called in to the assist-
ance of Captain M'Craith, who after the delay of an hour
was removed to his hotel, and pronounced, although
severely shook, to have no bones broken.

YORK SPRING MEETING.
TVESDAY, MAY 10.
The Flying Dutchman's Handicap.
quarter.
Age st lb
Limosina
Flirtation
My Mary
Borealis 4 8 2
Brighton
Berkeley
The Monk a 8 1
Donnybrook 4 8 0
Prince Plausible 6 713
Anfield
Tourist
Onesander .. 4 7 12
Dunkeld 4 7 12
Fantaron
Fantail
E,,rly Purl .„ 4 7 10
Matured 4 7 61
Forfeits to be declared on ti
published Ap

One mile and a

Age at lb
Newmarket
Alice
Dualla
Bonny 801 l
Stockm{in
Count Cavour
Merry Maid 6 6 9
Guardsman
Little Stag
Bradamante 3 6 6
Loafer
Gondola 3 6 2
nahometan
Goldylocks
Vacuna colt
Sea 80y.....
Lytham 3 5 12
.he 19th of April. Weights
mil 13, 10 a.m.

The last week's rai►way receipts, ascertained up
:o this day, are, in, round figures, as under :

_ . .
1864. 1863.
North-Western
Great Northern
Groat Eastern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 36,050 32,530
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
North Eastern 65,614 49,746
Bristol and Exeter
West Hartlepool
Glasgow and South •Western 8,819 8,373
Great South-Western (Ireland)
These returns compared with those of the same
period of last year are with few exceptions of a
favourable character. The North Western shows
an :increase of £6,182; Great Northern, £9,785;
Great Eastern, £2,310 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
£3,520; South Western, £1,091; Midland, £4,561 ;
South Eastern, £62; North Eastern, £5,768; and
the Great Southern Western of Ireland, £976.
The Brighton, however, has fallen off £3,158 ; the
West Hartlepool, £403 ; and the Great South
and Western..of Ireland, £Bl3.