The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HARPENDEN MEETING—FRIDAY.
The pleasant meeting in Hertfordshire always claims a
large attendance, but on no previous anniversary has such
a truly enormous gathering taken place. The weather was
June like, and the racing of an interesting nature. Though
the enclosure had been enlarged since the last meeting it
was almost impassable, such was the throng of company,
and the course on either side was lined with drags and open
carriages, in which the gentry of the neighbourhood ap-
peared quite in Goodwood style. Derby betting which
took place is only noticeable for the rapid advance of
Oppressor, who, after being supported at lessening prices,
finished at 12 to 1,9 to 2 was offered against Gladiateur,
the backers of the French horse standing out for half a
point more. Full details of the day's sport are appended :
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; weight
for age, with selling allowances. One mile.
Mr. York's Lytham, 4 yrs (X 500), lOst (Custance) 1
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Sisyphus, 3 yrs (X 200) Bst 51b
(S. Ilibberd) 2
Mr. Fisher's Reindeer, aged (£200) 9st 10Ib (Morris) 3
Affection, Qui Va La, Ethelred, and Lord Waldegrave

also ran.
Betting-7 to 4on Lytham, 6to 1 each agst Lord Waldo-
grave and Reindeer, 10 to 1 agst Qui Va La, 100 to 8
offered agst Sisyphus.
Affection made play, followed by Qui Va, La, Reindeer,
Sisyphus, and Lytham to the turn,whero Lord Waldegrave
rushed to the front, and bolting into the furze, took out
Qui Va La, Affection, and Ethelred, the lead being left
with Lytham, who continued in front for the next three
hundred yards. •Afterwards Sisyphus took up the running,
and Lytham, waiting, came out opposite the Stand, and
won cleverly by a neck ; Reindeer was a bad third ; and
Ethelred, Affection, and Lord Waldegrave trotted in
fourth, fifth, and sixth ; Qui Va La walking in with the
crowd. The winner was not sold.
The Herts Hunt Cup (Handicap), a plate of 50 soya, for
horses the property of farmers ; the winner to pay 5 sovs
to the second. Two miles.
Mr. Robert's Blemish, aged, 12st 41b (Mr. Hobson) 1
Mr. S. J. Bond's Sequence, 4 yrs, 12st (Owner) 2
Mr. Barker's Woodpigeon, aged, 10st (Mr. Wood) 3
British Prince, Slattern, and Merry Boy also ran.
Batting-2 to 1 agst British Prince, sto 2 agst Wood-
pigeon, 5 to 1 each agst Blemish and Sequence.
Woodpigeon, with Sequence and Blemish, made play to
the mile-post, where Woodpigeon dropped back, and
Sequence held a slight lead to the distance ; there Blemish
headed Sequence, and won by four lengths; four lengths
separated the second and third.
The Rothamstead Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added;
weight for age, with selling allowances. One mile and
a half.
Mr. F. Fisher's Triumpher, 4 yrs (X 25), Bst 61b (Hibberd 1
Mr. Beadman's Threadbare, 3 yrs (£25), bat 41b (S. Mordan 2
Mr. Keeson's Eastbourne, 3 yrs (£25), 6st7lb (Heartfield 3
Corinthian Tom, Sentinel, and Camillus also ran.
Carroll weighed for Mr. B. Land's Hecate (3 yrs, 6st
41b), and hor number was hoisted on the telegraph board ;
but her late owner, Mr. J. Coney, being in the forfeit list,
the filly was not allowed to start.
Betting-2 to 1 each agst Sentinel and Threadbare, 4
to 1 agst Triumpher, 6 to 1 agst Eastbourne.
The three placed ran in front throughout, and after an
exciting race from the distance Triumpher won by a head;
Eastbourne was a bad third ; Corinthian Tom and Sen-
tinel finished close together next, and Camillus was
beaten off.
The Two-Year-old Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added;
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. T.Y.C., four furlongs
and a half.
Count F. de Lagrange's Puebla (bred in France), Bst 71b)
(Edwards) 1
Mr. Hartley's Alberta, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b ex.) (Payne) 1
Mr. G. K. Dyke's Bayleaf, Bst 71b (Prior) 2
The following also ran :—D.achess of St. Albans, Actor,
Emma, The Squire, and Life Guardsman.
Mr. T. Stevens objected to Ambition on the ground that

the filly had not been properly described. Admiral Rous
having decided that the filly ought to have been entered
as by Brother to Bird-on-the Wing (foaled in 1853), thero
being two stallions fn England of that name, Ambition
was withdrawn, she being disqualified for the race, and all
future entries similarly described.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Emma, 9to 2 agst Alberta, sto 1
(at first 5 to 2) agst Duchess of St. Albans, 6 to 1 each agst
Actor and Puebla, 10 to 1 agst Life Guardsman.
Puebla made nearly all the running and won by two
lengths, and a length separated the second and third ; Life
Guardsman was a fourth, Actor fifth, Duchess of St.
Albans sixth, Emma seventh, and The Squire, beaten off,
last.
The Harpenden Handicap, of 10 goys each, sft, and only 3
if declared, with 100 added. Two miles. 32 subscribers,
11 of whom declared.
Mr. Wodson's Jevington (late Saute Ruisseau) 8 yrs,
6st 61b (Carroll) 1
Mr. J. Abel's Brown Stout, aged, 7st 81b (Clement)) 2
Mr. Lincoln's Lord Conyngham, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Kenyon 3
The following also ran :—Turcos, Under the Cloud,
Edinburgh, Confederate (late Walpole), Velute, Jeannette,
and Jack Jukes.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Velute, 3to 1 agst Jevington, 6to 1
agst Lord Conyngham, 7 to 1 agst Brown Stout, 10 to 1
each Jack Jukes and Turcos.
Lord Conyngham made play for half the distance, when
Confederate went on with the running, followed by Brown
Stout and Turcos to the distance, where Jevington, who
had been lying fourth, came up, at once took a clear lead
and won in a canter by five lengths ; Lord Conyngham was
a bad third; Jack Jukes fourth, Turcos fifth, and Edin-
burgh last.
The Whsathamstead Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added ;

weight for age, with selling allowances.
Lord Westrucr.land's Doeford, 3 yrs(£3 0), 7st 101b(Morris 1
Mr. F. Fisher's Novice, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 91b...(Heartfield 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Qui Va La, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b (Kenyon 3
The following also ran ;—M.aster Shutt, Chicken Hazard,
Eugenie, Fravolina, Star Cross, and Cupid.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Doeford, 4to 1 agst Novice, sto 1
agst Eugenie, 6 to 1 agst Qui Va La.
Doeford made play, Qui Va La and Novice lying well up
to the road, where Qui Va La took a clear lead till half-way
within the distance, where Doeford and Novice challenged,
the former getting his head in front opposite the enclosure,
won a fine race by a short head;' a length divided second
and third; Hazard was a bad fourth,
_Fravolina fifth, and
Cupid next ; Eugenie was last. The winner was sold to
Mr. W. King for 135 guineas.

A Handicap Plate of 100 sous, for all ages; winners extra.
About one mile and a quarter.
Mr. York's Lytham, 4 yre, Oat (Custance) 1
Mr. Wodson's Boleno, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Carroll) fi 2
Mr. T. Horwood's Zara, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Gregory) 3
The following also ran :—Queen Bee, Vigilant, Sequence,
Fugleman, Elsinore, The Turner, and Hurrah.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lytham, 9to 2 agst Queen Bee, 6to
1 agtt Hurrah and Boleno, 7 to 1 each agst Vigilant and
The Turner, 100 to 8 agst Fugleman.
Queen Bee made play to the bend, where she ran out, and
Zara was left with the lead, which she retained to the road,
where Lytham, with Boleno on his right, came to the front,
and, after an exciting finish, the pair made a dead heat of
it. Zara was a bad third, The Turner fourth, Hurrah fifth,
Queen Bee sixth, and the others beaten off.
Deciding Heat.-11 to Bon Lytham, who waited until
within the distance, when he headed his opponent, and
won by a length.
The United Hunt Cup, for horses the property of gentle-
men, farmers, or tradesmen residing within the limits of
either Lord Dacre's or Malden's country. Two miles.
Mr. Atkinson's Warnford, 4 yrs, list (Mr. Henry) 1
Mr. Hawkes's Mistress O'Grady (h b), aged, 12st 31b
(Mr. Church) 2
The following also ran :—Charley Grey, Madelon, Cork-
screw, The Hack, Brelby, and Wrangler.
Betting-3 to lon Warnford, who waited until within
three furlongs from home, when he went to the front, and
won in a canter by six lengths. Mr. John Brown's Briton,
5 yrs, list 101 b (Mr. H. Brown) came in second, but was
disqualified for not producing a certificate ; and Mistress
O'Grady, who was a bad third, was placed second.
The Scurry Stakes of 2 soya each, with 25 added, for all
ages ; winners extra. T.Y.C.
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Chelmsford, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 71b
(Hibberd) 1
Mr. J. H. Kelly's Ephemera, 5 yrs (£2O), Bst 61b(T.French) 2
Mr. W. W. Baker's Geraldine, 3 yrs (X2O), 7st 71b (Morris) 3
The following also ran :—Corinthian Tom, Thais, Star
Cross, Wild Duck, and Flight filly.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Chelmsford, and 3to 1 (at first 7to
4) agst the Flight filly.
Chelmsford made all the running, and wogs bS a length.
Three lengths separated the second and third. Corinthian
Tom was a bad fourth, and Ephemera fifth. The others
were beaten off. The winner was bought by Mr. Sacul for
120 guineas.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
DERBY.
9to 2 agst Gladiateur (offered)
6to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Archimedes (taken)
10 to 1 Agit Wild Charley (taken)
12 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken freely)
12 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Longdown (taken)
20 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered)
25 to 1 agst Bedminster (offered—take 100 to 3)
1000 to 30 agst Broomielaw (taken)
1000 to 22 agst Kangaroo (taken)
100 to 1 agst Richmond (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Zephyr (taken)
1000 to 71 agst Eltham (taken)
5,000 to 100 was wanted that Mr. Chaplin runs first
and second with Breadalbane and Broomielaw.

TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING.
THE DERBY.
9to 2 agst Gladiateur (wanted)
15 to 2 agst Archimedes
12 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered—take 13 to 1 freely)
45 to 1 agst Kangaroo