The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-13 00:00:00

THURSDAY'S RACES.

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs. each, and only
5 ft, if declared, &c., to go to the owner of the second
horse, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (5 subs., 2
of whom pay 5 sovs. ft. The highest weight accepting
being 7st 21b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others
accepting in proportion.)

Mr. W. Hughes's Sophistry by Theon, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
(Charlton) 1
Mr. Harris's Ada, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Harding) 2
Mr. Rogers's Leybourne, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Rogers) 3
The following pay 5 sovs. ft, the weights being those
at which they were originally handicapped : Ephesus and
Conmore.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Ada, 6to 4 agst Leybourne.
A very fine close race up the cords. Won by a head,
and a head only between the second and third.
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sous. each ; 2-yr-olds, Est 121 b ;
three, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. First
half of Ab. M. The winner to be sold for 80 sous. if
demanded, etc. (6 subs.)
Lord Clifden's Oleastsr by Footstool, 2 yrs, Est 121 b

(Toovey) 1
Captain Lane's Cyrus, 2 yrs, Est 121 b .....,...(Rook) 2
Duke of Bedford's Jovial, 2 yrs, Est 121 b ...(Ealing) 3
The following also ran :—Cintra, Nightshade, Otranto.

Betting---2 to 1 agst Otranto, sto 2 agst Nightshade.
On drawing up to start, Oleaster bolted, and ran nearly
half-a-mile over the ploughed lands before he was
stopped. A good race in with the three placed, Oleas-
ter beating Cyrus when close on the post by a head.
A neck between second and third.

SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the
Jockey Club, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies,
Bst 41b ; winners extra. T.Y.C. (22 subs.)
Captain D. Lane's Alas, by Melbourne, Bst 41b
(Bartholmew) 1
Lord Bruce's f by The Libel out of Splitvote, Bst 41b
(Harding) 2
Lord Clifden's Nightshade, Bst 41b (Flatman) 3
The following also ran :—Rally, the Marquis of Se-
vi,gne Macduff, Margaretta, Adeline, Mary, Dianne,
Sheffield, Red Rose.
MATCH-Bst. 71b. each. Last half of Ab.M, 100, h ft.
Captain Little's m by Counsellor out of Miss Lucy, 5
yrs (Rogers), walked over and received forfeit from Mr.
W. E. Hughes Sophistry, 4 yrs, for which Charlton
weighed, but did not go to the post.

HANDICAP PLATE of 501. for three-yr-olds and upwards.
A. F.
Mr. Cooper's Desdemona, by lago, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
(J. Steggles) 1
Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Charlton) 2
Mr. Batson's Beauclerk, aged, Bst (Sly) 3
The following also ran :—Poodle, g by Dromedary out
of Apricot, Anvil.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Desdemona, 3to 1 agst Apricot
gelding, sto 1 each agst Beauclerk and Peacock. An
excellent race from the Abingdon Mile bottom with the
first two. Desdemona, although a good deal hung upon
by Peacock, achieving the victory by a head. Two
lengths between second and third.

With favourable weather and some remarkably fine
close racing the meeting terminated. In point of sport
it was decidedly the best Second Spring Meeting we ever
remember ; but in point of betting unquestionably the
very worst. Although almost within the shadow of the
great event at Epsom, scarcely a bet was laid on Tuesday
night, and not one worth quoting on Wednesday night.

LATEST BETTING, THURSDAY.
DERBY.
." 3to 1 agst West Australian
9to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken).
9to 1 agst Honeywood (taken).
11 to 1 agst Orestes (t 12 to 1).
12 to 1 agst Umbriel (t 14 to 1)
17 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (t 18 to 1)
30 to 1 agst Jerry Kent (taken)
40,000 to 1,000 was laid agst Jerry Kent in one bet.
In the morning 15 to 1 was taken to some money
about Umbriel.

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—Newminster pays forfe,

DONCASTER RACES.—On the recommendation of the
stewards and the Town Council Mr. J. F. Clarke is
appointed judge for the Autumn Meeting.

SHREWSBURY RACES,
YESTERDAY.

SALOPIAN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. About a mile and a
quarter.

Duke of Richmond's f by Touchstone—Cuckoo
(Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Copeland's Little Blossom (Marlow) 2
HERBERT STAKES (Handicap) of 5 sous, each, 2 ft.
About three quarters of a mile.