The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-15 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The great sensation in sporting circles last week has been
the disqualification of Knowsley for the Queen's Stand
Plate, and the nullification of all bets on the Fernbill Stakes,
won by Tomato. With regard to the former, it appears
that Knowsley took the maiden allowance, to which he was•
not entitled, and no sooner was the Earl of Glasgow made
aware of the error than he at once resigned all claim to the
race; consequently, as bets and stakes are inseparable in
such cases, those who backed Knowsley were placed in the
unpleasant, position of having to pay, whilst the backers of
Umpire, on the other hand, unexpectedly found themselves
winners instead of losers on the race—a result that altered
many accounts from the "losing" to the "winning" side..
Nor, except in a few instances, was the decision, though a

" sore blow" to the bookmakers, cavilled at; for imme-
diately on Lord Coventry appealing to Admiral Rous, as
to whether there could be any ground for withholding pay-
ment on the race, and receiving a reply in the negative,
the settling thereupon was instantly proceeded with. In the
meantime, the question relative to the bets on the Fernhill
Stakes, won by Tomato, had been under investigation by
the Hon. Admiral Rous, Mr. Gerard Sturt, and Mr. On-
slow, the two latter acting by deputy; and when it was an-
nounced that Mr, Sturt and Mr. Onslow were in favour of
declaring all bets on the race off, in opposition to the opinion
of the Admiral, who publicly protested against the decision,
as being " directly opposed to racing law, and setting a
most dangerous precedent," such an exhibition of popular
feeling was witnessed as we never before remember at Tat-
tersall's. Admiral Rous's protest was coincided in by at
least two-thirds of those present, and the bookmakers,
almost to a man, declined to settle on the race. The case
will undergo further investigation.
The bill of fare for Odiham races, which commence to-
morrow, is of greater extent than usual. There are BLS
items on the list. The Hurstbourne Stakes has 17 engaged,
the best of whom I expect will turn up in Starbeam, even,
with his Vbs. penalty. Gibraltar, from the forward position
he obtained in the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, ought to
credit his owner with the Odiham Handicap, his most
dangerous opponent being Blondin. For the Dogmersfield
Park Stakes I have most fancy for Faith.
On Wednesday the Bibury Club holds its meeting. The
Biennial has 88 horses engaged, amongst whom are several
that have been heavily,backed for next year's Derby. From
the amount of money that Ackwortb has been entrusted
with in good quarters, he must have my confidence. The
Bibury Stakes will fall to Rubicon. The match between.
Adventurer and Libellous will be an exciting race, but the
hitter will find the distance too far. For the Stockbridge Cup
neither Buckstone or Scottish Chief are likely to put in an
appearance,and as Myrtle has such a pull in the weights over
all the other horses engaged,l cannot doubt thesuccessofl►lr
Ten Broeck. The Biennial will fall to Mr. Merry with.
the aid of Gladstone. The Beaufort Handicap has an
acceptance of seven only out of 40 handicapped, and the
last on the list, Kingswood, 3 yrs, 6st 51b, is decidedly best
in, for he meets Carisbrook, 4 yrs, Bst I2lb, with nearly a
stone the best of the weights, and the latter should beat alI
the others. The Danebury Nursery Stakes, a free handi-
cap for two year olds, T.Y.C,, is a new race for the second
day, and the acceptance is more respectable than that for
the Beaufort Handicap ; still, J. Day may spoil it, as Red-
cap, 7st, is almost turned loose, and whatever beats him
should win. The Westmoreland Plate, one mile, is a weight,
for age race, and Flying Fish, having been fortunate enough
to escape a penalty, she should have no difficulty in winning,
supposing the stake is good enough to attract Lord Stamford.
In the Stewards' Plate there are certain penalties and al-
lowances ; but they are not so heavy as to altogether pre-
clude the good horses from running; so, in all likelihood,
Asteroid, Atherstone, Fairwater, Buckstone, Stradella, and
Zetland will join in the contest, and perhaps Tim Whiffler
may also be tempted to try to wipe out the defeat inflicted
on him by Mr. Merry's horse at Ascot. Buckstone beat
Asteroid easily at Chester at 141 b, and they now meet at
71b, which, with the two severe heats so recently taken ortf
of the former;at Ascot, gives Sir Joseph Hawley's horse Et
great pull now; and, as he has to give Stradella only 171 b,
instead of 281 b which he gave her for the Chester Cup, it
stands to reason, despite the French mare's equivocal
performance on the Roodee, that Asteroid is the best worth,
trusting on this occasion.
The other events to be decided are scarcely of any
im-
portance.
Although the Northumberland Plate stands for decision
next week, no demonstration of any importance has yet been
made in favour of any of the horses engaged, as much as, 10
to 1 being still offered on the field. At present I can see
nothing with more formidable pretensions to carry off this
rich stake than the three top weights, namely, Carbineer,
Caller Ou, and Adventurer, giving the preference to the
former, as I cannot forget his gallant struggle with Tim
Whiffler in the Gold Vase at Ascot last year, where "'Tim's
only beat Carbineer by a short head.
A FRESH MAN•

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY.
Speculation on the future moves along but slowly. For
the Northumberland Plate Brighton was Ikea freely.
a-
vourite, and any advance upon 9to 1 was taken .
Marigold is not in much request here, and the prices
quoted below might have been obtained against any of the
others at the close. Odds were laid and offered that Adven-
turer did nrit Fee the starter. Closing prices :
9to 1 agst Brighton (taken and offered)
10 to 1 bar one (offered)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
12 to 1 agst Caller On (taken and offered)
14 to 1 agst Doeloot (taken)
14 to 1 sgst Clarior (taken)
(taken)
16 to 1 agst The Monk (taken)
16 to 1 agst Daniel O'Connell (taken)
3136
ttoo
11 agst
agst
King
and o
20 to 1 agst Brilliant (offered)
26 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken)

The Grand Metropolitan Rifle contest at Wormwood
Scrubs, which commenced on Thursday, as previously
stated, was concluded on Saturday. Notwithstanding the
unpropitious state of the weather, there was a large attend-
ance,
and some good
the second, £l5, shooting was made. In the first com-
petition of the Metropolitan Stakes,
value
about 200 competitors for the lS 13rize' £loo,
The first there
Pze*
were
£25, was won by Sergeant Gibbs, Bristols Rifles,
by Lieutenant Marriner,
West Middlesex
45; and the third £lO, by Private Seymour, Queens
(Westminster), 44. The following were the other chief
prizes :—Fourth competition—Five shots at 500 yards, all
comers, any rifle ; first prize, £lO, to Private Symons, South
Middlesex, 20. Sixth competition—Five shots at 500 yards,
long Enfield rifles ; first prize, £lO, Private Kennedye, 29th
(North Middlesex), is. Seventh competition—Fiv shots;
at 200 yards, all corners, any rifle; first prize, £lO, Ensign,
Beating, St. George's, 19. Ninth competition— First prize,
£lO, Captain Cooper, 16th Middlesex, lo marks. T's
enth,
Competitiou—Firstprize £lO, Ensign Benting, St. George,
17 marks. Eleventh competition (Sweepstakes)---First
prize to Private Sandford, St, George's, 19 marks. The
first series of extra prizes were competed for at 503 yares :
—First prize, Sergeants Andrews, 11th Middlesex, 16 marks;
second, Lieutenant Kerr, 7th Surrey, 16 marks; third,
Private Mackenzie, St. George's, 16 marks ; fourth, Private
Kennedy, 29th Middlesex, 16 marks ; fifth, Sergeant An-
de
Queen's (Westminster), 15 marks. The other extra
prizes A ere shot for at 200 yards, and resulted as follows :
...._i r
is
prize, Captain Sarsons, Queen's (Westminster), 19
or n t
marks; second, Sergeant .Andrews, St. George's, 16 marks ;
third, Private Leete, Queen's (Westminster), 16 marks;
fourth, Private Fellowes, Victories, 16 marks; fifth' Lieu-
tenant Marriner, West Middlesex, 15 marks. Ti;e at.
rangements made by the comm#tee-wue most satisfactory,