The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-09 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER MEETING, FRIDAY.
Handicap Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added; 7 fur-
longs. 5 subs.
Mr. M‘Ghee's Mountain Buck, 3 yrs, Est 101 b
(Whiteley) 1
Mr. G. Angel's Vigil, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Clement) 2
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, 7st 12 b (Stamford) 3
Mr. W. Owen's Brilliant, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Kendall) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Vigil, 3to 1 agst Mountain Buck, 6
to 1 agat Cutler, and 100 to 4 agst
Cutler cut out the work, followed by Brilliant, Vigil, and
Mountain Buck, to the Dee side, when Brilliant suddenly
disappeared from the front, and his place was taken by
Mountain Buck, followed by the favourite. Rounding the
lower turn, Cutler ran wide, which let up Mountain
Buck, who came on with a clear lead, and won in a canter
by half a length ; two lengths between the second and
third. Brilliant was beaten off.

After the race Kendall was ordered to appear before the
stewards, who, after investigating the case relative to his
manner of riding Brilliant, issued the following decision :
" We, the stewards of the Jockey Club, having seen Ken-
dall pull up Brilliant when he was full of running, suspend
him from riding wherever the Newmarket rules are in
force."

The Hooton Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst filb ;
winning penalties and maiden allowances. The second re-
ceived 30 soya out of the stakes. Halt a mile. 29 subs.
Mr. H. Owen's The Doctor, Bst 121 b (J. Goater) 1
Mr. Merry's Calliope colt, Bst 101 b (Challoner) 2
Mr. Hodgman's Virginia, Bst llb (H. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran : --Lord Zetland, Prescription,
Frondeur, Oulton Lowe, La Belle Ferronniere, and The
Tyke.

Betting-5 to 4on The Doctor, 4to 1 agst the Calliope
colt, 8 to 1 agst La Belle Ferronniere, and 10 to 1 agst any
other.

The Callicope colt jumped away with the lead, and car-
ried on the running at a strong pace, followed by Prescrip-
tion. The Doctor, Virginia, and Oulton Lowe. At the
Grosvenor turn Prescription gave way to the favourite and
Virginia, who were followed by La Belle Ferronniere and
Proscription into the straight, where The Doctor deprived
Mr. Merry's c it of the lead, and won in a canter by halt a
length ; a bad third ; La Belle Ferronniere was fourth, and
the others, who were pulling up as they passed the post,
were very widely spread.
The Cheshire Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 60
added ; winners extra. About 1 mile 3 furlongs. 14
subs.

Mr, Gordon's Johnny Armstrong. 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Doyle) 1
Mr. Johnstone's Lady Ripon, 5 yrs,7st It lb
(Challoner) 2
Baron Niviere's Dirt Cheap, 3 yrs, 54 121 b ((irimshaw) 3
Sir J. Hawley's Cowley, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Drew) 4
Betting-6 to 4 each agst Cowley and Johnny Armstrong,
and 5 to 1 agst Lady Ripon.
Dirt Cheap, with Johnny Armstrong in close attendance,
made running at a strong pace, Lady Ripon and the favou-
rite bringing up the rear. In this way they rounded the
Castle turn, when Johnny Armstrong came out and wou in
a canter by three lengths ; a bad third.
Handicap Plate of 60 sovs. Half a mile.
Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. T. Allen's Geduld (11 b), 2 yrs, sst 71b (Howarth) 2
No betting.
Antipodes made the whole of the running, and won in a
trot.

The Ladies' Purse of 3 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-
olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Six fur-
longs. 6 subs.
Lord Coventry's Folly, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£3o)_ _ _

Mr. Barber's Jack's Alive .',
3 rs Grimshaw) 1
y , 7st 101 b (J
gso)
Stamford) 2
Mr. T, Cliff's Queen of Clubs, 3 yrs, 7st ( 121 b (£5O)
Capt. Christie's Netherdale, 2 (H. Taylor) 3
yrs, 6st lib (£5O)
. Adams 4 Mr. Hart's Dublin, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (£5O) (S
(K enyon)) 5
Betting---6 to 4 agst Netherdale, sto 2 agst Queen of
Clubs, 6 to I each agst Folly and Jack's Alive.
Won by a length and a half; a length between second
and third, and the same distance between third and fourth.
The winner was sold to Captain King for 62 guineas.
The Stewards' Cup of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of
5 Boys each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, Weight for
age, with certain penalties and allowances. The second
received 20 soya out of the stakes. 1 mile 7 furlongs.
25 subs.
Mr. Merry's Buckstone, Bst 91b ............ (Challoner) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Asteroid, 5 yrs, 9st 91b (inc 51b extra)
Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Fairwater (Wells) 2
, 5 yrs, 9st lib
Mr. Elliott ns Gardener, 5 yrs, Oat 41b
(Drew (Fordham) 3
) 4
Mr. Ashworth's Dr. Syntax, 3 yrs, bat 51b
.. (J. Adams) 5
Betting-5 and 6to 4 eget Asteroid, 100 to 40 each agst
Buckstone and Fairwater, and 100 to 8 agst Dr. Syntax,
Gardener cut out the work at his best pace, Asteroid
going on second, Dr. Syntax third,with Fairwater and Buck-
stone bringing up the rear. On rounding the Castle turn
Syntax dropped back, and his place was shortly after-
wards. taken by Fairwater, Buckstone following at her
girth On rounding the Infirmary turn, Asteroid, finding
the pace insufficient, went to the front, and came on with a
clear lead, followed by Gardener, Fairwater, and Buckstone
to
and the turn into the straight, where Gardener was beaten,
Buckston in waiting for the favourite to the
by a length ; a bad third, Gardener fourth,
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half distance, where Challoner brought him to the front,
Syntax b easilyaten off. After the race Mr. Manning, the
atrnardi nweronof Asteroid, in the absence of Sir J. Hawley, lodged
an objection against thewinner, on the ground of not having
carried sufficient weight. The case was gone into by Lord ,