The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-20 00:00:00

BEDFORD RACES.-TUESDAY.

The PREPARATION STAKES of 5 sous each, 3 ft, with 20
added ; three-yr-olds, lOst 51b ; four, list 71b ; five,
12st ; six and aged, 12st 31b. Mares and geldings
allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sous if
demanded. Gentlemen riders. Professionals 61b
extra. Once round and a distance.
Mr. Robinson's Black Swan, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 41b
(Mr. Beville) 1
Mr. Price's Gossip, 4 yrs, list 41b _(Owner) 2
Mr. D. Lane's Apostate, 5 yrs, 12st 11b...(W. Smith) 3
Mr. Bloss's Pastrycook, 4 yrs, list 101 b ..(Wakefield) 4
Betting-5 to 2on Black Swan. Won easily by two
lengths. A neck between the second and third. Bad
fourth. The winner was claimed by Mr. Price, and
goes into Daley's stable.

TWO-TEAR•OLD SELLING STAKES of 5 sore each, with 25
added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ;
certain winners extra. The winner to be sold for 50

sous, if for 40 allowed 71b. Three-quarters of a mile.
5 subs.
Mr. 'Drew's Vulcan, (401.), 7st llib (Gregory) 1
Mr. Smith's c by Wood Pigeon—Silistria (401.), Bst
(Sly) 2
Mr. T. Johnston's Miss Honey (401.), 7st 11Ib
(G. E. Sharpe) 3
Mr. French's b f by Verulam, out of Calhita (401.),
Bst llb (including 41b extra) (W. Abdale) 4
Hon. G. Onghley's Wave (401.), 7st 111 b ...(Norman) 5
Betting-5 to 2 on Miss Honey. Won by two
lengths ; same distance between second and third. The
winner was not claimed.

The BEDFORDSHIRE STAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 5
only if declared, &c., with 70 added. The owner of
the second horse to save his stake. Extra weight for
certain winners. Two miles. 29 subs ; 21 of whom
pay 5 sovs each.
Mr. Webb's f by Verulam—Jennala, 3 yrs, Est 71b
(Prior) 1
Mr. G. Mather's St. Clare, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ...(T. Cliff) 2
Mr. Rogers' Miss Bolton, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (J. Steggles) 3
The following also ran :—Perfidious, Ilex, and John
Bu 1.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Ilex, 7to 2 agst Jennala filly, 4
to 1 agst Miss Bolton, 5 to 1 each agst St. Clare and
Perfidious. Won by a head. Two lengths between the
second and third, and a neck between third, fourth, and
fifth.

The TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 10 sous each, with 50
added by the Duke of Bedford ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies,
Bst 41b.. Certain winners extra. Last half mile, 10

subs.
Lord Warwick's Gossip, Bst 41b (G. E. Sharp) 1
Lord J. Scott's Rumbling Katie, Bst 71b (G. Whitehouse) 2
Mr, Ward's Chelmerton, Bst 71b (Thorpe) 3
Mr. S. Scott's ch f by Sir Tatton Sykes— Caroline,
Bst 41b
Captain Lane's Thessaly, Bst 41b (Bartholomew) 5
Betting-5 to 4on Rambling Katie, .3 to 1 agst Thes-
saly, sto 1 agst Gossip. Gossip got a long start, was
never approached, and won by three lengths. Four
lengths between the second and third, and half a length
between the fourth and fifth.

The TOWN STAKES, of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; for
two-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights,
&c. Three-quarters of a mile. 4 subs.
Mr. Sare's Chorus, 6 yrs (401.). Bst 71b (Nightingale) 1
Mr. Ward's May-day, 6 yrs (401), Bst 71b (Wakefield) 2
Mr. T. Johnston's Miss Honey, 2 yrs (401.), sst 71b,
(carried sst 10Ib) (Prior) 3
Mr. Knight's Speed, 2 yrs (401.), sst 71b (Bray) 4
Betting-5 to 4 eget Speed, 2to 1 agst Chorus.
Won by a neck. Bad third.
The winner was not sold.