The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
STOCKBRIDGE RACES-THIS DAY.
ILkrcH.—Tippler beat Warwick.

STEWARDS' PLATE.

BlAckdown
Sydmonton
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Six ran.

Stewards' Plate—Lord Zetland, Lady Florence, Bugler,
CLeverette, Mail Train, Harcourt, Teneriffe, Redcap, Ack-
wc,rth, Grinder, Copenhagen; Tartar. Scarborough, Siberia,
Nukuheva, S,ydmonton, Cedric; Todleben, Brahma, and
Pantaloon, are here. Ely expected.
Troy Stakes:—Jack in the Green, Mrs. Pitt, Ischia., Mrs.
Day, Sweat Anne, Doralice colt, Salisbury, King Hal,
Miss Lavinia colt, Student, Adelina, Florida, Staghonnc',
Robin Hood, Grand Falconer, Sealskin, Stilton, Anubius,
Chibisi, Black Prince, and Bogum, are here.
Hastings Plate—Lord Douglas, Durham, Vabalathus,
Attache, Crytheia, Catalogue, Menace, Contract, Jane
Shore, No Name, Audax, Jassy, Merry-go-Round, Shrap-
nen, Blackbird, Senorita colt, Lady Egidia„ Cedric, Scar-
borough, Puebla, My Cob, Imogene, Lady Florence, and
Lansdowne, are here.

Danebury Nursery Stakes—Stockbridge, Mother of Pear],
Loaf Sugar, Store, Alberta, Arethusa, Venture, Nelly,
Slander, Miss Lavinia colt, ,and Matilda, are hero.

Portsmouth Plate—Sweet Annie and Mrs. Stratton are
here.

Uxbridge Stakes —Master Richard, Lord •Douglas
Durham, Vabalathus, Attache, Beadle, Catalogue, Tilt,
Lady Egidia, Viceroy, Filbert, Blackbird, My Cob, and
Lansdowne, are here.
Westmoreland Plate—Master Richard, Lord Douglas,
Golden Dust, Black Rock, The Swift, Filbert, Olivia,
Hersey filly, Kill 'em and Eat 'em, Scarborough, A. D.
Wavle', Defy, Lan sdown, Bow Bell, Tippler, Birch Broom,
and Merry-go-Round, are here.

SPORTING NOTE 3,

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THE OBJECTION AGAINST WINDHAM FOR THE
MEMBERS' PLATE.

Mr. Barber, the owner of The Clown, who came in second
for the Members' Plate, having legally objected to Wind..
ham, the winner, for having carried short weight, has since
withdrawn his objection, for what reason it is impossible
to imagine.

The conditions of the race were the following:—
" The Members' Plate of 100 sovs., added to a handicap of
5 sovs. each ; winners of any handicap value 100 toys. after
Juno 13 (at eight a.m.) 51b., of two ()roue of 200 sovs. 71b., or
of one stake value 300 sovs.9lb. extra (extreme penalty); the
second to save his stake. Newcastle Turn in (nearly one
mile). 22 subs."
Now Windham won the following race the previous
week at Liverpool :
"The Molyneux Cup (Handicap) for sll ages, of 300
sovs. in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs., with 100 added ;
a winner of any handicap after June 11 of 100 sovs. 51b.,
twice or 200101 b. extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 30 subs."
It will be seen at a glance from 'the above that
Windham won a stake value £4OO including his own
stake, or £390 without it. The conditions of the
Members' Plate were that any horse having won
300 sow. was to carry 91b. extra ; consequently, Wind-
ham having only carried 71b. extra, the race belongs
to The Clown, independent of the barber's withdrawal of
the objection. No horse having carried too much or too
little weight without a declaration to that effect can be re-
corded the winner. The Clown being the legitimate
winner of the Members' Plate is consequently disqualified
for the Gold Cup Stakes, as he ought to have carried 71b
extra, as the following conditions will Show :
' The Gold Cup Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft,
with 100 added ; the winner of the Northumberland Plate
91b, and the second 41b, or of any other handicap value 100
soya after May 31 (at half-past eleven) 51b, of two, or of
one stake value 300 soya 91b extra (extreme penalty) ; the
second to save his stake ; Newcastle Turn in.

As the Jockey Club lawi of racing are in force at New-
castle, I shall quote the 64th rule with reference to the
weight that Windham ought to have carried, which will
show that Windham is no more the winner of the Members'
Plate at Newcastle than the owner himself is, but that The
Clown is the winner :

RULE 64. In estimating the value of any prize no deduc-
tion shall be made, except of the winner's own stake and of
any sum or sums required by the conditions to be paid out
of the stakes to the owners of any other horse or horses in
the race—the entrance for a plate not to be deducted. And
every prize, not in specie, shall be estimated at its adver-
tised value in sovereigns, and if such value is not desig-
nated it shall be taken at the cost price. The winner of the
Queen's Vase at Ascot is exempt from any penalty for such
winning, unless this prize is specially mentioned in the
conditions of the race.

Those who backed the Clown for the Members' nate are
entitled to their money, and the same remark applies to
Curtain Lecture for the Gold Cup Stakes, as the Clown is
disqualified for not carrying 71b extra.
A similar case to the above happened two years ago at
Ascot, when Knowsleywou the Stand Plate, Umpire being
second. It was discovered on the Monday following that
the former had carried too little weight, and the race was
awarded to the latter.

A FRESH MAN.

Lamentable and Fatal Accident.

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We deeply regret to record a very melancholy and fatal
accident which has occurred in this island, and has caused
great distress in one of our most respectable family circles,
and very deep and general sympathy. The Rev. D. M.
Lempriere, chaplain of the General Hospital and Prison,
with his wife, children, and a lady friend, set out in the
morning on a picnic excursion to Bonne Nuit, and while
Mrs. Lempriere was walking along the ridge of one of the
dangerous precipices there, one of the children having, it
is supposed, ran too near the edge, in the attempt to save
the little girl from the imminent danger in which sho was
placed, Mrs. Lempriere herself slipped and fell over the
precipice. The unfortunate lady was dashed to pieces, and
her husband, who was a short distance behind, alarmed by
the cries of his little daughter, ran to the spot, when he
hadl the agony of mind to find his wife lying at the foot of
the precipice a lifeless and mutilated corpse. The following
is the evidence adduced at the inquest held on the body :
Sergeant Francis West, R.A., deposed that in the morning,
about 10 o'clock, while he was at work at the Bonne Nuit
Battery, St. John's, his attention was drawn to a person
falling down the slope to the beach. He looked through a
glass and saw a gentleman raising a lady, who appeared
insensible. He hastened immediately to the spot for the pur-
pose of rendering assistance. When he arrived he saw the
body of a lady in the arms of Mr. Lempriere. Witness
directed Gunner Davis, who had accompanied him, to run
and fetch water and a towel from the barracks. At the re-
quest of Mr. Lampriere, who was getting exhausted, ho
supported the lady until such time as a hand barrow and
rug had arrived. With the assistance of the gunner he
had the deceased conveyed to the nearest house in the
neighbourhood. Ho had examined the place where
Mrs. Lempriere had fallen. It was about 60 feet in
height from the beach, with a slops, of 40 feet, and
a perpendicular drop of from 13 to 20 feet. The
deceased did not breathe. She must have been killed in-
staneously. Mr. Lempriere showed his wife's hat to wit-
ness, and it contained about half a pint-of congealed blood.
She had fallen on her head on some stones imbedded in
the beach. He believed the skull• must have been severely
fractured. The pathway near the spot was very dangerous.
Gunner B. Davis corroborated the statement of the former
witness, and added that he saw the deceased fall from the
slope upon the beach. Mr. Lempriere was next examined.
He said—We loft town in the morning about 9 o'clock for
the purpose of spending the day at Bonne Nuit, and arrived
there in due course of time. After alighting from the car-
riage we went down the hill, when we came abreast of some
soldiers' wives who were on the slope, and asked them for
the pathway leading to the beach. We intended to bathe
the children. The servant went ahead, carrying pro-
visions, and I followed, carrying my youngest child.
My wife and a lady, our friend and companion, with two
children, followed in the rear. I looked round several
times to see how my wife and her companions were getting
on. Mrs. Lempriere told me to go on, and as soon as I had
deposited the child on the beach to come back and fetch
her. I proceeded a short way, when to my surprise 'my
eldest daughter, aged seven years, ran up to me and said,
"Poor mamma has fallen down the hill !" I ran to the
spot whore she should have stood, but I saw nothing but
her parasol. I ran down the path to the beach, and only
found a corpse there. I raised my poor wife's head ; but
alas 1 all was over. Death must have been instantaneous.
I was soon joined by two soldiers, who rendered every
assistance in their power. I inquired for a surgeon, but I
was told that none lived in the neighbourhood. The path
was narrow, but the descent was gradual, and no danger
apprehended. The pathway was not difficult, for the chil-
dren trotted along it with ease. I surmise that Mrs.
Lempriere must have got out of the path for the purpose
of protecting one of the children, who may have gone too
close to the precipice, and thus sacrificed her life to save
that of her child. The accident took place in an instant.
The mother fell with a shriek. Her maiden name was
Maria Jane Cones, and she was a native of St. Saviour's.
Her age was 37 years. Dr. Charles Le Vesconte Godfrey,
surgeon of the General Hospital, said he had examined the
body of the deceased lady. The whole of the cranium was
completely fractured, and there was no doubt but that
death was instantaneous. Marie Pincemen, a servant-maid
in the family of Mr. Lempriero, was at the place with her
mistress, but said sho did not see her fall ; she heard a
shriek, and that was all. Tho deceased has left six children.
The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death."-
-eey Paper.

A MAN GORED TO DE.A.TII.--On Tuesday a man
named James Diethley, at Barnsley, died from injuries re-
ceived on the previous Sunday by being gored by a bull.
A bull belonging to Ur. Hattersley having got into a field
in. the, occupation of his employers, he went up to put it
out. For that purpose he got hold of the ring attached to
the nose of the bull, when the animal -resisted and forced
him down on the ground, and then gored _him in a very
savage manner.