The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

That the opening of the season at Newmarket has
ceased for some time to possess the attraction it formerly
boasted of is a fact too apparent to admit of contradiction.

Time was when the Craven was nearly as eagerly looked
forward to as the First Spring is now, and when the Rid-
dlesworth was an important race, as bearing on the issue of
the great Epsom event. Now the Riddlesworth has almost
disappeared from the programme, and the Port, the Claret,
and the Column show much diminished fields. All inte-
rest and all speculation centres now on the Guineas, and a
few Produce sweepstakes to give vitality to the meeting.
The card was but an indifferent one to-day. Wingrave,
good horse though he is, could not give away all the weight
he was asked to do his younger competitors, and suc-
cumbed at the half distance to Sir Roger and Pirate, the
latter outsider winning a good race by a head. The Grin-
der made a very easy affair of the 50 sovs sweepstakes for
maiden horses, with only Mongrel to oppose him, but it is
anything but a sequitur that the race for the City and Su-
burban is therefore over.

The Handicap Plate over the T.Y.C. was the only large
field of the day, and produced a good deal of subscription,
the betting undergoing some fluctuations. Tragedy had to
yield the premiership to Pantaloon before the flag fell, and
became a very warm favourite, landing the stake after a
race with Viceroy rather cleverly. The mostinteresting
event was the meeting of Puritan, Brahma, and Catalogue
in the 25 soy Sweepstakes, the race being supposed, from
Catalogue's running this year, to lay between the two for-
mer.aPuritan certainly appeared to be winning at the dis-
tance, but failing soon after left Catalogue in possession of
the lead, who landed the Marquis of Hastings's colours in
the race for the third time to-day, easily.
The attendance was rather meagre.
The Craven Stakes of 10 soya each, with £5O added, for
3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age, with certain
conditions. A.F. 3 subs.
Mr. H. Savile's Pirate, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (cfsoo). _

(J. Grimshavr 1
Mr. Merry's Sir Roger, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (£500) (H. Covey 2
Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 6 yrs, 9st 91b (71b extra
(Wells 3
Mr. T. Naylor's Maharajah, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (£500)
(Norman) 4
Mr. Carr's Silverlocks, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (£1.00) ...(Gibbons) 5
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Betting--6 to 5 agst Wingrave, 3to 1 agst Sir Roger, and
6 to 1 each agst Maharajah and Pirate.
Silverlocks, with a slight lead of Maharajah, Sir Roger,
and the favourite, led across the flat, but on reaching the
Bushes Pirate, who had hitherto laid away, came past his
horses with a wet sail, and held the lead into the Abingdon
mile bottom, where Grimshaw indulged him with a pull,
and waited upon Sir Roger, who led Wingrave half way
in the cords. Pirate was then brought up, and won a fine
race in the last stride by a head ; Wingrave, who was
stopped when his chance was out, finished a bad third.
The others were beaten off.

Sweepstakes of N soya each ; h ft for 3-yr-old colts, Bsl
101 b, and fillies, Bst 51b; withcertain allowances. R.M.

5 subs.
Marquis of Hastings's The Grinder, Bst 61b (Fordhara) 1
Capt. Machell's Mongrel, Bst 61b (Edwards) 2
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Betting-5 to lon The Grinder.
After the first half dozen strides the favourite went to
the front, and won with the most consummate ease by
three lengths.
Match : both two yrs old ; last half of R.M. £5O.

Mr. Preston's Emma, Bst 101 b (Woodhouse) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Bavaria filly, 7st 101 b (Morris) 2
Betting-11 to 10 on the Bavaria filly, who led into the
dip, where the non-favourite came out and won easily by a
length.

Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C.
Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (car.7st 51b)
(Cannel 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Viceroy, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (H. Covey 2
Mr. Cherry's Disappointment, 6 yrs, 7st (Sayers 3
The following also ran :—Trap, Dawdle, Oakapple,
Hawkshaw, Atlas, Mrs. Somerville, Flageolet, Bessie,
Tragedy, Weaver, and Water Lily filly.
Betting-5 to 2 (at first sto 1) agst Pantaloon, 7to 2
agst Tragedy, 100 to 12 agst Viceroy, 10 to 1 each agst
Disappointment, Trap, and Dawdle (the latter opening at
4 to 1), 100 to 8 agst Hawkshaw, and 20 to 1 agst Atlas.
Tragedy on the left was the first away, and came on with
a slight lead of Pantaloon on his right ; Dawdle, Disap-
pointment, and Hawkshaw, who ran in a body into the
dip, when Pantaloon appeared in advance, and with Viceroy
at his quarters, ran in company to half way in the course,
where Lthe favourite obtained the best of it, and won an
exciting race by a neck ; Disappointment finished a bad
third, Flageolet was fourth, Trap fifth, Mrs. Somerville
sixth, and Bessie seventh ; then came Dawdle, Tragedy,
and Hawkshaw. The last two were Atlas and Oakapple,
the latter having broken down.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds, to carry 6st 71b;
and 3-yr-olds, 9st ; f. and g. allowed 31b. The winner
to be sold for £2OO ; if for £lOO, allowed 71b. T.Y.C.
6 subs.

Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Cobweb, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (£100)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. W. G. Craven's Fury, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (X 100)
(Tribe) 2
Mr. H. Savile's King-horn, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (£100)
(J. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. IV. E. Jones's Seam, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (£100)
(F. Arnull) 4
Mr. Hodgman's Voltigeur-Barazina, 2 yrs, sst 111 b
(£100) (Heartfield) 5
Betting.-5 to 4 agst Cobwell, sto 2 agst Fury, and sto
1 agst Kinghorn.

Fury got away with a clear lead, followed by Kinghorn
and the favourite into the cords, where the latter came
through and won easily by a length ; a bad third.

Sweepstakes of 25 soy; each, for -olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; maidens at starting allowed
71b. T.Y.C. 8 subs.
Marquis of Hastings's Catalogue (Pordham 1
Count Batthyany's Puritan (Custance 2
Lord Westmoreland's Brahma (J. Goater 3
Mr. Elphinstone's Lady Valentine (Challoner 4
Betting-5 to 4on Brahma, sto 2 agst Puritan, and 4to
1 agst Catalogue.

The latter lying wide on the extreme right got away
with a slight lead, the favourite on the left, following next
with Puritan and Lady Valentine in the centre of the two.
They retained these positions until they reached the cords
when ;Puritan joined the leader, but dying away in the
next half dozen strides, he was beaten easily by three
lengths. A head separated second and third.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10ft for 3-yr-olds
and upwards. D.M. 8 subs.
Mr. Hodgman's Verdant, 3 yrs, sst 71b ...(Heartfield) t 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Golden Dust, 5 yrs, 7st 121b(Cannon) f 2
Mr. Hugh Smith's Guardsman, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Morris) 3
Captain White's Rattler, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Sayers) 4
Captain J. King's Gem of the Sea, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b

(J. Goater)
Mr. W. Morris s Jessie, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (Lynch)

Betting-5 to 2 agst Guardsman, 4to 1 agst Golden
Dust, and 5 to 1 each agst Verdant and Rattler.
Guardsman cut out the work into the cords, where he
was headed by Golden Dust and Verdant, who finished a
fine race home with a dead heat ; Guardsman finished a
head in the rear of the two. The others beaten off.

Deciding heat—Betting-5 to 4 on Verdant, who won in
a canter by four lengths.
The Fifty-first Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs each, h ft;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; mares or stallions that
never produced a winner allowed 31b ; if both, 51b. Ab.

M. 3 subs.
Mr C. Alexander's Jack o'Litntern (Fordham) 1
Mr. Mercy's Cantata (Challoner) 2
Betting-2 to lon Jack o'Lantern, who won easily by a
length.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst John Davis (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Liddington (taken)
sto 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
50 to 1 agst Joker (taken)
THE DERBY.
7to 1 agst The Duke (taken)
7 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
10 to 4 agst Liddington (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken)