The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
THURSDAY.

The decision on the disputed race for the Cambridgeshire
was this morning given by the stewards of the Jockey
Club, and Catch'em-Alive declared to be the winner, Lord
Westmoreland bowing to this sentence, and withdrawing
his objection. We trust, therefore, that the matter is now
at. vest, •and though We caratot clAnpliment the authorities
at what is termed •' the head-quarters" of the turf on the
way in which the general arrangements of weighing, &c.,
are conducted there, we hope that, public attention having
been directed to the subject, we may hear no more of a
laxity of proceeding that would have brought discredit, if
not ruin, on a provincial meeting.
The D. I. Course always affords an interesting race, as
being a distance likely to try the powers of the horses en.
gaged. To-day Baron Rothschild's top weight Wingrave
made a good race of it with Mr. Saxon's Sweet 'Willie, the
former winning by a neck. Almaek repeated his Tuesday's
performance by easily cutting down the horses in the Han-
dicap Sweepstakes, for which King of Utopia was made a
warm favourite.

It was thought that Carnival with Bst on him was a safe
investment, but the winner turned up in the Giraffe colt,
who ran close up in the Cambridgeshire, thereby proving
the accuracy of the running in that race.
The remaining races call for no particular comment. A
dead heat between Country Maid and Lady Derby for the
Selling Handicap, the deciding one being won by Lord
Westmoreland's filly; and Fanfaron's easy defeat of
Tolurno in their match over the last mile and a half of the
Cesarewhch Course, wound up the day's racing.
The approaching sale of the whole of Lord Stamford's
racing stud was announced this morning.
Subscription Handicap Plato of 50 soya; for 3-yr-olds and

upwards. D.I.

Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 4 yrs, 9st Osborne) 1
Mr Saxon's Sweet Willie, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (H. Sharp) 2
Mr T. Hughes's The Reserve, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Mordan) 3
Mr. G. Lambert's Aurelian, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb (J. Goater) 4
Mr. Goddard's Petersham, 3 yrs, sst 101 b

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(J. Grimshsw) 5
Sir J. Hawley's Argonaut, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb (car Bst 101 b)
( Wells) 6
Mr. Barnes' Oberon, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Daley) 7
Betting-5 to 2 agst Wingrave, 100 to 30 agst Aurelian,
6 to 1 agst Oberon and Petersham, 100 to 15 agst Argo-
naut, and 100 to 8 agst Sweet Willie.

Argonaut jumped away with a long lead, followed by
Oberon, Petersham, Sweet Willie, and Reserve, Wingrave
lying off. They ran in these positions to the new ground,
where Argonaut dropped back, and Petersham was in-
dulged with the lead, which he retained for a few
etrides, when he was headed by Sweet Willie, who was
joined at the Old Duke's Stand by the favourite, the pair
finishing a close race home, Wingrave winning in the
last stride by a neck ; a bad third ; the others were
beaten off.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds, colts Sat 101 b,
and fillies Sat 71b. Ab. M. 6 subs.

Count F. do Lc,grange's Beatrix, Sat 101 b.... (Watkins) 1
Lord Stawford's New York, Sat 101 b
Betting-5 to 2on Beatrix, who made all the running,
and won by a length and a half.

The Apethorpe Stakes of 100 soya each, 50 ft; colts Bst 101 b,
fillies Bst 61b. T.Y.C. 9 sobs.

Tho Duke of Beaufort's Crythia, Bst 61b ..(Fordhana) w.o,
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds
and upwards. T.Y.C. 22 subs.

Mr. W. G. Craven's Almack, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (T. French) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Liston, 3 yrs, 6st 91b.. (A. Woodhouse) 2
Count F. de Lagrange's Vilatranza, 3 yrs, Est 61b

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(Li. Bell, jun.) 3
Lord Bateman 's Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs, Bst

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(Fordham) 4
The following also ran :—Lady Louisa, Welland, Monk,
Walloon, Bellman, Gorse, Newchurch, King of Utopia,
Comet, Peahen, Bright Cloud, Birdlime, Columbia, and
Deception.

Betting-2 to 1 agst King of Utopia, 4to 1 agst Queen
of Trumps, 6 to 1 agst Almack, 12 to 1 each agst Comet,
Bright Cloud, and Welland, 100 to 7 agst Birdlime, 100 to
6 each agst Walloon, Liston, and Villafranca. g
After several failures, Mr. M'George despatched them
from the post in close company, the lot running nearly in
line, King of Utopia having a slight lead, followed on the
upper ground by Almack, Columba, Queen of Trumps,
Gorse, and Villafranca, the next lot being headed by
Bellman, Walloon, and Welland. In these positions they
ran into the dip. where the favourite disappeared from the
front, and the lead was taken up by Queen of Trumps, in
company with Villafranca, who carried it on to the cords,
where Almack emerged from the ruck and headed the pair,
and won a good race by three-quarters of a lesgth, half a
length between the second and third, and a neck separating
the third and fourth. Columba was fifth, Newchurch
sixth, and Bellman next.

Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
and fillies, Bst Lb. The winner to be sold for 40 soya if
demanded, &c, T.Y.C. 6 subs.
Mr Astley's Balderdash, Bst 101 b (H. G timshaw) 1
Mr C. Flettor's Prescription, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2
Mr J. Day's Flaneur, Bst 10Ib „Judd)( 3
Mr Mansfield's Salvioni, Bst 101 b (Perry) 4
Bening-6 to 4on Prescription, 3to 1 agst Flaneur, and
6 to 1 agst Salvioni.

They raced together into the cords, when Balderdash drew
away, and won cleverly by two lengths, a like distance
separating the second and third.
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- Match. First half of Ab. M, 250, h ft.
Lord Annesley's sister to Ace of Clubs, 2 yrs, Bst 51b

(Aldcroft) 1
Mr Payne's Tomfoolery, 2 yrs, Bst 81b (H. Grimshaw) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Tomfoolery, who made play to the
distance, where the non-favourite came out, and won in a
trot by four lengths.

Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3-
yr-olds. A.F. 14 subs.

Baron Rothschild's Giraffe oolt, 7st E. Martin) 1
Mr Sutton's Glenorchy, 7st 91b (Fordham) 2
Mr R. C. Naylor's Carnival, Bst (Challoner) 3
Captain D. Lane's Blue Mantle, 7st 121 b (Daley 4
Mr R. Ten Broeck's Tornado, 7st 61b .. (Covey 6
Mr R. Ten Broeck's Summerside, 6st 121 b ....pita& 6
Betting—Even on Carnival, 3 to 1 agst the Giraffe colt,
5 to 1 agst Glenorchy, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
Stunmerside took a clear lead at starting, followed by the
Giraffe colt and Blue Mantle, the favourite, with Glenorchy
at his side, following next. On reaching the bushes Sum.
merside gave way to the Baron's colt, who half way down
was joined by Glenorchy and the favourite, the three run-
ning together into the-bottom, where the Giraffe colt bad
them both beaten, and won easily by two lengths ; three
lengths between the second and third. Blue Mantle finished
a bad fourth.

Optional Selling Plate of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds 6st 101 b,
3-yr-olds Bst 101 b, 4-yr-olds 9st 81b, s•yr-olds and up-
wards 9st 121 b. The winner to be sold for 100 soya ; it
entered to be sold for 80 soya, allowed 51b ; if for 50 sows,
121 b.

Mr H. Joico's Edward tho Confessor, 2 yrs, 5!1.t.121.1)

(Mordan
Mr J. Osborne's bro to Weatherspy, 2 yrs, 54 121 b (£50)) 1
Carroll 2
Mr G
oddard's Little Star, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (£5O) (Hubert) 4
The following also ran:—Mies Nightingall, Foreteller,
Miss Shepherd, Naros, and Miss Emma.
Betting-11 to Bon Edward the Confessor, sto 1 agst
Miss Emma, 8 to 1 agst Brother to Weatherspy, and 10 to
1 agst any other.

Brother to Woatherspy, Miss Emma, and Edward the
Confessor lay in front to the Abingdon Mile bottom, where
Miss Emma gave way and her place was taken by Little
Star. Rising the hill, Edward the Confessor took a clear
lead and won in a canter by three lengths ; a bad third ;
Foreteller was fourth, Miss Shepherd fifth, and Naros next,
Miss Emma was last.

Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 2.yr-
olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 soya, if
demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. 15 subs.
Lord Westmoreland's Country Maid, 3 yrs, jet 711)

(J.'Grimsiaw) f 1
Mr W. W. Baker's Lady Derby, 6 yrs, Oat
(J. Nightingall) t 2
Mr T. Ilucrhos's Pilot 4 yrs, 7st 71b.... (T. French) 3

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The folle-wing also ran:—Miss Livingstone, Maid of
Honour, Lirdfinder, Hedworth, Diploma, Devotee, Little
Savage.

Betting—Even on Pilot, 5 to 1 agst Country Maid, 8 to
1 c.gst Lady Derby, and 10 to 1 agst Miss Livingstone.
Country Maid, in company with Pilot and Lady Derby,

" We, the three stewards of the Jockey Club, in con-
junction with the keeper of the match book, having been
requested by the clerk of the scales to ascertain and de-
termine whether the jockey who rode Catch'em Alive
carried his right weight for the Cambridgeshire Stakes,
we are unanimously of opinion that he did carry it. We,
the stewards, therefore formally and finally declare
that Catch'em Alive is the winner of the Cambridgeshire
Stakes.
" COVENTRY.
H. G. Rous.
C. ALEXANDER.°
During the afternoon Lad Westmoreland informed the
members of the ring that he had withdrawn his objection to
thiadecision. The settling upon the race, which had been
delayed, will now take place this day.

-,LIVERPOOV-AZTUBIN MEETING:-

FRIDAY, Nov. 13.

Acceptances for the Great Autumn Cup, value 200 sous,
added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each. A
winner of any handicap after October 22, at 10 a.m., of
the value of 100 sous, 51b ; of two, or 200 soya, 81b; and
the winner of the Cambridgeshire Stakes 121 b extra, the
second 51b extra. One mile and three-cuartars.
Yrs st lb Yrs st lb
Fairwater .. 5 8 12 Golden Pledge.... 3 6 10
Croagh Patrick.... 5 8 9 Theresa .. 4 6 7
Aurelian
Balham 5 7 11 Sea King
Catch •'etn.Alive Trumps .. 3 6 4
(inc 121 b extra)... 4 7 11 Lady of the Isles.. 3 6 3
Camerino .. 5 7 9 Chaff 3 6 3
Gardener ........ 5 7 9 King Charming
Donnybrook .. 3 7 1 Year! Diver
Conundrum ...... 5 6 13 Trap
Somersault
Blithfield ........ 3 6 13 , Laertes
Earl of Surrey .... 4 6 111 Nebula
Dunkeld 3 6 11
The highest weight accept
raised to Sat 121 b, and the othi

ing being Bst 91b, it has been
)rs in proportion.

The Duke of Newcastle on Oxford Local

Examinations,

At the Town-hall, Nottingham, on Wednesday evening,
the Duke of Newcastle distributed the prizes and certificates
awarded by the University of Oxford to the successful can-
didates at the local examination held at Nottingham in June
last. The Mayor (Mr Birkin) presided. The Nottingham
Board was established in January, 1859, to carry out in the
Midland Counties the system of local examinations adopted
by the Universities.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE, after some preliminary re-
marks, said be believed that in this country all members
of the Church of England and every class of Dissenters
were agreed upon this—that any education, however good
in itself, must be defective, and must be indeed a thing of
evil almost, unless it was accompanied in some form or
other with instruction in the religious belief and in the faith
of Christianity, (Hear, and cheers.) A scheme had,
therefore, been lately introduced, and he believed and sin-
cerely hoped that is was working well, by which marks
could be given for examination in faith and religion with-
out infringing on the religious rights and feelings—nay,
the prejudices even if they would—of any dissenting sec-
tion of the community. (Hear.) He was sure that that had
been the great desire of the heads of the Universities, and
he did hope that it would be successfully carried out.
Now, he thought it would not be difficult to prove that in
that short period of six years these examinations had expo
rienced very considerable improvements—improvements
had been introduced into the system, but still greater im-
provements had been evinced among the pupils who were
examined. If they compared the present number of selec-
tions and rejections of candidates with those which took
place in the first year of these examinations in 1853 he be-
lieved that they would find the proportions exactly reversed
as far as the selections were concerned. That must have
arisen from one of two things—either that greater pains
were taken and greater efficiency obtained in consequence of
the exertions which were made both by scholars and by
masters, or else the standard of examination must have
been materially lowered. Now, he was confidently and
positively assured that the latter was not the case ;
that, on the contrary, instead of the standard being
lowered, it had been raised, and therefore they came to that
happy conclusion—viz., that the other alternative must be
correct, and that both by the exertions of the masters and
the pupils much greater proficiency is obtained—in fact,
double the amount of six years ago. An improvement had
been made also in the examinations, and especially in those
examinations which were called preliminary examinations,
and he deduced from that this also interesting fact—that
regard, and a great share of regard, is bestowed upon those
essentials of education which aro embraced in those pre-
liminary examinations,and that no showy accomplishments,
no preficiency in the more advanced stages of study, would
avail anything if there was a deficiency in those elements of
education which must be always the basis, whether they
spoke of the education of the higher, or the middle, or of
the lower classes, (Hear.) He did not know whether
now, but certainly no long time since, various objections
were urged against the principle of these examinations, and
not alone to these examinations so much as to the improve-
ment of education, because it was said that they were only
raising the vanity of young men, and inciting them to ob-
tain a smattering of a great number of subjects to obtain a
class of education which was greatly beyond their want,and
by those means raising their ideas of their own self-impor-
tance, and unfitting them for the important avocations of
life. Now, he utterly disbelieved that they produced any
such effect. lle had rarely seen vanity and false pride among
the really well educated and instructed ; but he had often seen
a very large amount of vanity among the grossly ignorant,
and still more among those who perhaps could hardly be
called ignorant,but whose education had been stopped at that
period of life when, in fact, it would almost be beginning.
He said, therefore, that he believed that that was a most
imaginary objection. There was another which perhaps had
more plausibility, and that was that it led to cramming.
Now, that undoubtedly must attend any examination which
took place under almost any circumstances. Ho believed
that if there was a system of education which was less open
than any other to the charge of cramming it was these Ox-
ford examinations. It prevailed in the Universities them-
selves, and whatever objections might be raised against it,
it was impossible to prevent it. It existed to a very great
extent, no doubt, in competitive examinations for offices
under the Government, and he was not one of those who
were prepared to stand up for cramming strongly ; on the
contrary, he admitted that it had its evil, and that it was
most unpleasant. He sympathised with any young man who
after an arduous and industrious course of studying any-
thing thoroughly, and after having gone to the bottom of
all his subjects, found himself thwarted in his endeavours
and overcome in the struggle by ono who had spent only a
fourth of the time, but who had by the instrumentality of
an astute master obtained in a short time, and also for a
short time, that acquaintance with the subject for which he
had been toiling so long. But, if he looked at the effect on
the community at large, he certainly was not ono of those
who thought there was so very great and vital an objection
even to cramming. If they regarded the individual him-
self, he was quite sure that nothing but good could re-
suit from it. Ile was, no doubt, a young man who would
not exert himself and apply himself With that persever-
ing industry which, in the long run, would be the re-
ward of every man, and he obtained those great advan-
tages, the development of his intellectual faculties to a
material extent and the strengthening of his working
powers, and be must retain a very considerable proportion,
even for years, of that learning which, no doubt, if more
steadily and better acquired, would remain with him en-
tirely, Another objection that had been raised to the exa-
minations was the effect they produced upon the masters.
It had been said that the consequence was that the masters
ould devote their attention to the able boys an I neglect
those whose powers were less acute, and endeavour to build
their reputation upon the success of the best by sacrificing
the less good. Now, in the first place, ho hoped and believed
that there were not many masters who would be guilty of
(Rear.) But, so far from believing
that very grave offence.
that to be the result of those examinations upon the masters,
he believed they gave them a healthy and useful impulse,
and kept up a pressure upon them which prevented that
weariness and a desire for cessation front work which all
all men must experience who devote many years of their
lives to the laborious and monotonous duty of teaching.
(llear, and cheers.) He should only say that he thought it
most honourable to the schoolmasters of this country—and
he was speaking, he hogged to soy. al: this of that particular
class of schoolmasters who came within the sphere of that
examination—it was most honourable to them that they had
persevered with so little reward to them, and bestowed their
labours so disinterestedly on the rising youth of this country.
He looked tipon it that wo greatly undervalued the status

and the character of the schoolmasters of this country. We
praised and admired our poets and authors of every class ;
we almost worshipped our military and naval heroes—we
reverenced the memory of our great statesmen, and yet we
forgot how much a great many of these owed to the early
tuition of the masters under whom they were placed, and
how much the country therefore owes to the exertions and
labours of these masters. (Cheers.) He believed, however,
that this class, like every other class, had improved, and
there was no doubt that up to a very recent time great im-
provement was necessary. The greater part of those who
were grown up to maturity and were present in that room
might recollect well what was formerly the class of a greater
portion of the middle class schools of England. He was
afraid that class was not altogether extinct, but, at any
rate, the class had improved, and there was a hope that
to a very great extant, the old class was dying out, He
alluded to that class of men Who kept what was called
" the commercial school." There wore many commer-
cial schools, but he alluded to one that was known more
particularly by that name—that class where " Com-
mercial" was written up in gold letters on a magnificent
ground, and where what used to be called by the odious
name "Genteel education" was duly administered under
some rule or other, whether the rule of thumb or whatever
it might be, he did not know, but some rule that never led
to any useful result. (Great laughter.) But how could it ?
Because what was the class of man who used to keep these
schools? He was not a man who had himself received a
liberal education; he was not a man who had, by preparing
himself for his profession in his younger days, fitted himself
for the discharge of his duties, but a man who had tried all
other professional pursuits and failed. (Hear.) It was a
poor good man who had failed in the grocery business, or it
was an equally worthy man who had made some unfortun-
ate speculation in the oil and colour trade. They were all
worthy men, no doubt, acute and intelligent men in their
different classes, bat Melt totally unfit for iustruoting-youth
for this reason, that they had never been instructed them-
Hear," and cheers.) They transferred from their
well ledgers those beautiful specimens of copper-
handwriting to the copybooks of their pupils, but
knew nothing but the merest smattering of bp:ewnlealyvtoeesnthat he really believed that a great number of their
smattering that only made the youth on entering
life likely to become one of the very class of which he had
been apeaking—viz., those imbued with vanity, on account
of the very little knowledge which they possessed. (Cheers.)
Well, there was another class—a very much higher class
—of schools throughout the country, but which had to a
great extent, from the progress of circumstances,
very
fallen from their high estate. He spoke of those once great
establishments, the grammar school of England. They
know-
ledge,achlar as
were scattered over a large portion of the land, and he
could see no reason whatever, but the reverse, why those
schools should not be to a very material extent transformed
into their former usefulness, regenerated and re-established
and made most useful institutions, especially in the great
towns of England. In conclusion, he could most gladly
wish all the pupils prosperity and happiness in life,
it would be futile to wish it to them, but he did trust that
they
would all struggle upwards, notwithstanding that they
would all have their own trials and difficulties before them.
They must not succumb to them. There was nothing more
ennobling, there was nothing more honourable, there was
nothing capable. of. giving higher gratification than a hard
struggle with difficulties, provided always that those diffi-
culties were not of our own creation. (Cheers.) That they
might overcome them he sincerely wished, and that they
might share among them such a portion of happiness as
God might give he equally desired. He hoped their career
would be one of probity and industry and of honour, so that
at the close of it they might merit, as he was sure they would
receive, the respect of their fellow-citizens, and obtain that
reward which, next to one, was the greatest they could re-
ceive—the approval of their consciences. (Loud and pro-
longed
cheers.)