The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY -EVENING, JULY 17, 1861

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ABINGDON RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous, for all ages
Winners extra. Straight run in. About half a mile.

LATEST BETTING.

Mr. Trowson's Tarragona, 3 yrs, 7st 101b(J. Nightingall)
Mr. Waller's Marcellus, 3 yrs, 7st
Mr. E. Bowers's Lord of the Manor, 6 yrs, 9st 21b
(J. Mann) 3
Tho following also ran :—Little Dick, General Outram,
Commander, Summer Breeze, Maubourquet, and Stowell.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Lord of the Manor, 4to 1 agst Mau-
bourquet.
The three placed lay in front throughout; a good race
between Tarragona and Marcellus from the distance, end-
ing in favour of the former by a neck ; two lengths between
second and third; Summer Breeze and Commander wens
next.

ST. LEGER.

10 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken)

GOODWOOD CUP.
7to 1 agst Fairwater (taken freely)

A Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added;
the winner to be sold far 40 soya; winners extra. About
one mile and a distance.
Mr. Saxon's Paresseuse, 3 yrs, 7,t 21b
Mr, Nightingall's The Priest, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Nightingall) 2
Mr. Richardson's Pinkeye, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Covey) 3
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Tramper, 2 yrs, Gat 2lb (Muifitt) 4
Mr. J. Brown's Quicksilver, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (car Bst 71b)
(Evans) 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Paresseuse, 2to 1 agst Pinkepoe,
and 4 to 1 agst The Priest.
The two latter made the sunning alternately to the dis-
tance. where Paresseuse came out and won easily by a
length; a bad third. The winner was bought by Mr. Nel-
son for 60 guineas.
The Abingdon Stakes of 15 save eaeh, 5 ft, with 50 added,
for 2 .yr 'olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; certain penal-
ties and allowances. T.Y.C. Three quarters of a mile.
25 subs.
Count F. de Lagrange's Armagnac, Bst 10Ib (Mann) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Santhal, Bst 101 b.... (G. Parsons) 2
Mr. J. Clark's Naomi filly, Bit 10lb .. (Midgley) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Armagnac, who made all the running
and won easily by three-quarters of a length ; a length
and a halt between the second and third.

A Handicap Sweepstakes of E soya each, with 25 added;
winners extra. About tiree-quarters of a mile.
Mr. J. B. Stark-y's Nativity,l yrs, Sat (S. Adams) 1
Mr. Ward's Rapture, 4 yrs, Btt (H. Covey) 2
Mr. Howell's Consternation, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b.... (Arnold) 3

Mrs. Spicer—l paid all the expenses.
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The following also ran :—Su-biton Hill, Peru, Fanatic,
Brown Betty, and Yanworth.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor, 7to 2 agsl
Nativity, 6 to 1 agst any other,
.. _

Nativity made play, fillowed by Consternation and Rap.
ture to the distance, where Rapture went up, but failed to
overhaul Nativity, who won c.everly by half a length; a
bad third ; Brown Betty was fourth, and Lord of the
Manor fifth.

A Sweepstakes of 3 sots each, with 20 added; weight for
age, with selling allowances. About one mile.
Mr. Deacon's Willie the Beau, 2 3rs (£3o),6st 31b (Plumb) 1
Mr. E. W. Taylor's Alba, 3 yrs (X3O), Bst (Pegg) 2
Mr. Brayley's Knightsbridge, 4 yrs (X3O), 9st lib (Page) 3
Mr. Bowers's Sybil, 2 yrs (L3O), 6st .. . ... (E. Tailor) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Knightsbrilge, 4to 1 each aget Willie
the Beau and Sybil.

Willie the Beau and Alba weni away in front, were never
caught, the former winning cleverly by half a length ; the
favourite, who was in trouble a long way from home, was
a bad third : the other two were pulled up as they passed
the post. , The winner was bought in for SO guineas.
The Culham Stakes of 10 sous each, sft, and 2 only if de
dared, with 50 added ; winners extra. About one mile
and three quarters. 13 subs, three of whom pay 2 sous

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each.
Mr. J. Clark's Don Cossack, 6 yrs, 7st 61b (Cannon) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Violet, 3 yrs, 6st
.. (Hunter) 2
Mr. J. Stephenson's Turn of Luck,3 yrs, 7st 21b (in 71b ex)
(H. Covey) 3
The following also ran :—Don John, Traveller, Octo■
roon, and Liberality.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Turn of Luck, 4to 1 each agst
Liberality and Violet.

Liberality, Traveller, and Turn of Luck lay in front to
the turn for home, where the two former cut it, and Don
Cossack and Violet joined the favourite, Mr. Clark's horse
winning a good race by a head ; half a length between the
second and third ; Liberality was fourth.

BETTING ON THE COURSE,
GOODWOOD STAKES.
'8 to 1 agst Szthistn (taken)
100 to 7 bar one (offered)

LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.-WEDNESDAY,

The attendance showed a vast improvement, not only
upon that of the opening day, but on that of last year. The
grand and other stands were well filled, a large number of
racing men was in the enclosure, and the card promised,
what it afterwards afforded, a very nice day's sport. Spe-
culation on the Cup assumed an air of increased activity
before the racing began, and Neptunus, who was at a dis-
count on the previous evening, was so firmly supported that
he soon rose to half the price then offered against him. The
sport commenced at two o'clock with a maiden victory for a
very nice lad, a son of the well-known jockey Harry Bell,
and an apprentice in the great French stable at Newmar-
ket. A " gentlemen riders' " race found np gentlemen to
ride it; the Cup produced a field of eleven and a ivory
truly run race, and the lessee may congratulate himself on
an eminently successful Cup Day.
The weather was fine throughout, and each event came
off punctually at the time appointed.
A Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, sft., with 80 sous added.
Certain penalties and allowances. One mile. 7 subs.
Count F. de Lagrange's Odine, Est (EL Bell, jun.) 1
Mr. W. G. Craven's Wild Duck, 3 yrs, Bst 41b
(Fordham) 2
Mr. Melville's Kill or Cure, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Doyle) 3
Betting-11 to 10 agst Odine, and 7 to 4 agst Wild
Duck.

Kill or Cure made the running, will Wild Duck second,
to the canal side, where Odine passed the other two, and
led into the straight. Kill or Cure was beaten beforereach-
ing the distance, where Wild Duck approached the young
one, but failed to overhaul her, and was beaten easily by a
length; bad third.

The Welter Cup of 40 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
sovs each (2 ft.) Winners extra. Gentlemen riders.
Jockies, 51b extra. One mile. 11 subs.
Mr. T. Hughes' Real Jam, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b., in. 51b ex.
(Hughes) 1
Mr. Smith's Garibaldi, 3 yrs, Bst 51b, in slb extra
(Edwards) 2
Mr. T. Hunt's Jacob. 6 yrs, lOst 91b, in 111 b ex. (n nod) 3
Mr. Meek's Cygnet, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (in 51b ex).. (Hobson) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Real Jam, and sto 2 agst Gari-
baldi.

Garibaldi made all the running, until inside the distance,
where Real Jam went up to him, was in front at the stand,
who won very cleverly by a length, Jacob was a bad third.
A. Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for 2-yr•olds
and 3-yr-olds ; certain allowances. Five furlongs. 7
subs.
Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b.... (G. Noble) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Merry Hart, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (Doyle) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Rod in Fickle, 3 yrs, Bst 61b
(Goater) 3

Betting-7 to 4on My Mary.
The three cantered abreast until they had entered the
straight, when they began to gallop, and Rod in Pickle was
the first beaten. The other two quitted him at the distance,
and My Mary won cleverly by a neck.
The Liverpool Cup, in specie, value 200 sovs, added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft. Winners
extra. The second received 50 sovs out of the stakes.
Two miles. 78 subs, 44 of whom declared.
Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Fairwater, 4 yrs, Bst_ 31b

. - .(Fordhara) 1
Mr. R. Boyce's Carisbrook, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (in 101 b ea.) _ _

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(Challon:er) 2
Mr.W. Disney's Borabardier, 4 yrs,7st 91b (H. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. F. Swindells Millionaire, 5 yrs, 7st llb (T. French) 4
The following also ran :--Corona, Rara Avis, Seville,
Ophelia, Sister to Stafford f, Lady Ripon, and Neptunus.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Carisbrook, sto 1 agst Fairwater,
6 to 1 agst Lady Ripon, 8 to 1 each agst Neptunus and
Seville, 9 to 1 agst Sister to Stafford, and 20 to 1 each agst
Millionaire and Ophelia.

A good start was made at the firet attempt, when Nep-
tunus, Carisbrook, and Fairwater led off, but before reach-
ing the stand Sister to Stafford, Rara Avis, and Ophelia
were in front, Lady Ripon being last. After rounding the
stable turn Fairwatei passed the leading horses and im-
proved the pace, Sister to Stafford hit the rails and fell at
the Mile-poq, Carisbrook and Millionaire took second and
third places at the Bridge turn, and the tail began to be
very long. Bombardier shortly afterwards ran into the
fourth place, and Lady Ripon entered the straight abreast
of him. Carisbrook then went nearly up to Fairwater,and
Lady Ripon dropped back beaten. Fairwater continued
her lead to the end, and won cleverly by a length ; Bom-
bardier was a bad third, and Millionaire fourth. Corona
and Seville walked in; no other passed the post, We
lament to say that little Thomas's leg was broken in his
fall, but he was doing well at 6 o'clock, his limb having
been set.
The Mersey Stakes of 15 sovs each, with 50 son added;for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 71b, Second
saved his stake. Winners extra. T.y.c. 8 subs.
Lord Stamford's Livingstone, 9st lib (51b ex) (Edwards) 1
Baron Niviere's Dirt Cheap, fist 12Ib (slb ex)
Grinishaw) 2
Betting-5 to lon Livingstone, who took the lead from
the post, increased it at the enclosure, and won in a canter
by four lengths.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 sovs added, for all
ages. Optional selling weights and allowances. One mile.

4 subs.
3 M y(Challoner) 1 r. Newland's Peneus,
Lord Westmorland's Serenade colt, 2 yrs, Est 41b (21b
over) (C2O) .. : ............... (French) 2
Capt. Christie's Sweet Jessamine, 3 yrs, 7st 9lb (21b over)
(X2O)
Betting-11 to 8 on Peneus, 5 to 2 agst Serenade, and 3
to 1 agst Sweet Jessamine.
Peneus made his own running, and won with the greatest
ease by half a length ; a neck between the second and third.
The winner was bought in for 85 guineas.
A Handicap Plate of 50 Soo. Winners extra. Three
furlongs. 16 subs.
Mr, Smith's Garibaldi, 3 yrs, sst 71b Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 3 yrs, Bst ........ (G. Noble) 2
Lord Sefton ns Rod in Plods, 3 yrs, Est 81b (car.6st 91b)
(J, Doyle) 3
Betting—Even on Rod in Pickle, 2 to 1 agst Garibaldi,
and 6 to 4, afterwards 4 to 1, agst My Mary.
Rod in Pickle led to the distance, where Garibaldi went

up, followed by Mary, and the light weight won without
trouble by a neck; three lengths betwen the second azid

DERBY.
50 to 1 agst Blithfield and King of Utopia

LAW-THIS DAY.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.)
SPICER V. SPICER.
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This was a petition presented by the husband, a surgeon,
the son of a butcher, for the restitution of conjugal rights ;
the respondent pleaded, in reply, cruelty, and prayed for a
judicial separation.

The respondent, Phcebe Grant Spicer, said she was mar-
ried to the petitioner in 1854. On the way to church Mr.
Spicer took off the ring with which she had been previously
married, and said it would do again, as he had not pur.
chased one. She expressed a wish that a new ring should
be bought, and petitioner accordingly bought one in the
Edgeware-road. After the marriage Spicer became very
cool, and while they were at Killarney her husband struck
her violently; after that he had threatened her with a
carving-knife, and told her he would lead her a hellish life.
The reason he married her, he said, was for her money.
Her husband, she said, ill-treated her from the hour they
were married until the separation took place.
In cross-examination she denied twitting her husband
with being the son of a butcher, and also that she struck
the broom against the fire-irons to imitate the marrow-
bones and cleavers. Thay travelled about a good deal, but
she knew of no place at which they stopped at which she
was not most grossly ill-treated by her husband.

A. Juror—On the occasion of the travelling who carried
the purse ?

Mr. Day, a chemist and druggist, said in 1854 he was an
assistant to Mr. Spicer. On a Sunday morning about six
weeks after marriage, he recollected a cry of murder in the
house. He went to see the cause of the disturbance and
found Mr. and Mrs. Spicer quarrelling. He heard Mr. Spicer
call his wife a - fool, and afterwards saw him strike her.
He had also heard him threaten to throw a dinner plate at
her head.

Mrs. Everett, a lodging-house keeper at Harwich, said,
in 1855 Mr. and Mrs. Spicer occupied apartments in her
house for about two weeks. One day she heard a cry of
murder come from Mr. Spicer's room: She (witness)
went to see what was the matter, and found them both
fighting on the floor. Mr. Spicer got up as she was enter-
ing, and said to his wife " I'll do for you yet." He also
called her names unfit for publication. _

(The case was proceeding when we went to press.)

POLICE-THIS DAY.