The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-14 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TUBC*

28.
BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES, MirterE -
Weights for the Birmingham Annual Steeplechas: 0
st lb • 9 9
Peter
............. 8
9
Vain Hope lO 12 Betsy Prig ............ „ 8
Bourton lO 11 Voyager ...............
,v, 7
Oscar lO 9 Ringleader. ........... vn 6
Abd-el-Kader
9
Carrig lO 5 Toth of Tuam ..... . ... n
Tipperary Boy
Victress lO 2 Benedict ............••• 9n 5
The General
9
Maurice Daley lO 0 .Geraldus ............. v 0
Maria Day lO 0 Sam Hood .......... 0
. : Slattern , 913 Ringdove .. :. . .... 9. ... is
Forest Lad
Forfeits to be declared on or before March 16.,,,bt
[We have been requested to state that Mr. Cartvrrib
does not accept with Maurice Daley.] - •
‘4O,
A Free Handicap Steeplechase ; acceptances to be_.:;
nified on or before the 16th of March, to S. tg'il,o
' Leamington •if entered to be sold for 60 sous. bP,
time of accepting allowed 71b ; 50, 101 b ; 30, 141 b• Ily
t
o
st lbi 0 9
Young Lottery (paid) 11 10
Dearest Mae lO 12
The Screw . 10 7
Quickstep lO 7
Nom-de-Gurre lO 4

Gulnare ...............
Hazard ....
The Witch
Ottoman
Harlequin

........
9
.......
9
9

Trust-me-Not
Kilwick
Tom Tough ~..
Bullfincher
Widow Machree
The Unknown
lodine ...
Chorister
Cashier

10 4
10 2
10 2
10 0
10 0
.••• 9 12
• 9 11
• 9 10
9 101

i
Harkover 9 "
Tipton Slasher .** 9 'f
Susan **** 9
Telegraph 9
6
Labyrinth 9
,;
Lizzy 9
Countess
Vestress. ...... • ....... 9

VEIGHTS FOR THE S
CHI
M A R 0

;'l`. ALBAN'S STEEPLE-
H .29.

st lb
Vain Hope ll 0
Ploughboy lO 11
Oscar lO 9
Abd-el-Kader. lO 7
Carrig lO 2
Shinrone lO 2
Quickstep 9 12
Dearest Mae 9 12'
Trust-me-Not 9 10
Dandy Jem 9 10
The Dean 9 6
Forfeits to be declared m

gt , 1b
Poll ''' 9
Contractor ............ 9 6
Viscount ............... 9 6
Ta1i5man.......... ... .. 9 6
Little Charley ... ... ..
9 6
6
Gulnare .. . ...........
.. n i
Sam Hood ............. u
Rachael— ............ 9 4
Perjury 9 %
................
i,
Young Lottery (dead) 10

or before the 15th inst•

CHIPPING NORTOI
MATh
Acceptances for t]
st lb

V STEEPLECHASES,
cH 22.
he Free Handicap.

st 11)
n 1
Unknown lO
v 6
1
Stanley 6
Nimrod lO 6
Blue Dick - ¢
10 0
Countess
Pay the Way ... ......• ,1,;1 g
YoungLottery(dead) l'

Peter Simple (includ-
inglolb extra) 13 0
Ploughboy l2 0
Rejected ll 5
Forest Lad ll 2
Friendless lO 12
Reindeer. lO 7
Contractor lO 7

THE DERBY STEEP]
Weights for the M
Yrs st lb
Peter a 11 8
Peter ... . a 11 2
Vain Hope a 10 11
Warner a 10 8
Bourton a 10 8
Oscar .. . a 10 6
Lucy Neale a 10 5
Shirone a 910
Weights for thi
st lb
10 10
10 5

iECHASES, Nasal 23'

idland Steeplechase. t
Yrs lb
s
9 10
Melford 5
9
9
View Halloo 0
Daphne 6 0
Friendless aB 9
15
Springs 5 15
Ringdove a 8 7
Newman Noggs 5

Le Hurdle Race.

Sir Robert
Caurire
Sir Harry (late Sca-
pulary)
Quickstep
Giraldus

st lb

Thellero(lateWood- 9 8
fold) 9 b
Lizzy ................
Harmony S °
Gerard S I‘3
c by Drayton

9 13,
9 12
9 10

THE STEAM-SHIP AUSTRALIAN.

PLYMOUTH, MABCII I,l'p°
The Australian steam-thip, Captain Hoseason,
made a successful trial trip round the Eddystone YesA'e,s
day, under the inspection of the Dock-yard autlw—titi-
and Captain Henderson, R.N., proceeded on her deg
nation at five p.m. Among the passengers on bow d,
the numerous staff of the chartered Australian 114
Mining, Importing, and Refining Company, cons its
of its general manager, Capt. Henry Baker, It•N'',l le,
metallurgist and assayist, Mr. Charles Watt, of Lon.° a
Mr. Charles Braithwayte, Mr. J. Harford Mullingl :1
about twenty well-selected engineers, assistants, nt of
mechanics, who take with them a large amount j.
with iron houses, tents, waggons, and the re4,n g.
site apparatus and implements for assaying and snnt'ili
The men appeared in excellent health, and alluded t
satisfaction to the prospects before them,
los
pecially as they are to participate in the Fettiele
of the undertaking. It appears that up to this
no systematic course has been pursued, by the tea
nary gold diggers in Australia, who have contenetal
themselves with that portion of the precious thou-
visible to the eye, and have thrown away man/ e-
sand tons, because they presented no immediate rier
fit, while this very refuse is said to contain a '
te •
proportion of gold than what had already been extra that
It is to the extraction from this abandoned deposit d in
the company are about to direct their attention, an red
order to insure success they have very prudently 'o•
the valuable services of Mr. Charles Watt who L''''',l4l
vented an economical mode of extraction, the
LT
which the expensive practice hitherto followed, ko
use of quicksilver, is avoided. However, to lilate
surety doubly sure, the company have taken eiretlio
secure to themselves a large freehold estate in
et
county of Argyle, in a well-known auriferous diso`This
The man, they say, is the greatest benefactor tlana
fellow-man who can produce from a square yard °I tto
the greatest number of grains of wheat, and nex bie
him we may place the otie who can extract from a cup
yard of earth the largest amount of grains of g d
this point of view, the contemplated ingenious an, the
dustrious course propounded by the promoters or
Chartered Australian Company, is well worth chiefs
mendation. We have seen a list of the directory. tiA
counts among its members some of the most substail
or
city
pa nrodvii)nucseins
.e s i kWe es
hmaelnl
bwehtor
ualrye
pre a
sb ee
dfound hereafter i n tileo r
"e success of this legitimate enterprise.— Wester"

Caurie

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.— We have authol
to contradict the statement that Sir Richard MaYni ,„e
about to retire from the Chief Commissionership rtl"-
There is not, nor. has ever been, any foundatiOn for Btic
a report,72imee.

SPORTING NOTES.---No. CCCLXXXIX.
_ iWARWICK SPRING MEETING.
The present week is replete with sport, no less than
two flat race, and five steeplechase meetings being on
the list of fixtures. Warwick is marked for to-morrow
and Wednesday ; Narbenth, to-morrow ; the North Tr°
Great Annual Steeplechases, on Wedneiday
Coates races, on Thursday ; the Grand Military Steeple-
chases at Leamington, on the same day ; ,and the Carp'
warth and Warwick Grand Annual Steeplechases) on
Friday. Of course, the principal attraction to the me'
tropolitans will be the'races and steeplecha,ses in War.
wickshire ; the first day's races of which I shall now
comment upon. The first race on the card is announced
to be run off at half-past one, .and is the Trial Stakes of
10 sovs. each, with 50 added (the mile course). Long:
bow's name figures among the entries, but I understand
it will not be among the starters. I presume that Poodle
will not be pulled out for this stake with the greater
attraction of the handicap on the following day in view.'
more especially as he is not in the best of conditioi!.,
DEFIANCE is the only other celebrity in the race ; an
he runs, which is not altogether certain, of course, "

WM.
The Woodcote Stakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft. (five fur.
longs), has, with one exception, an entirely dark entry,
consequently, considering the backward state of preps
ration which most horses are in at the present time, iti
a work of no ordinary difficulty to select a winner. int;
Stanley's Mirabeau is a very promising animal, but not
as forward in his work as he might be. miss }Kitt/
Cockle filly is slightly fancied by her stable. Oleaster
promises good things. The Uncleared and the Petestas
filly are but indifferent animals. The ch c by ~„
het.;o'Gaunt, he receives Sibs, ought to be somew
about the mark ; and to him or OLEASTER I shall Itt
for the winner, though not at all confident of having '-
the bull's-eye.
The Willoughby Handicap will probably have Beit
six or seven starters. Sir Robert is the top vreig ig
lOst 121 b. I almost fancy the distance (two xrdies/„„
a little too far for him. Trifle, with Mr. .T. Parr -1,1:
if he runs, will be sure to finish in a place. Old P°ll-,,
at lOst 51b, ought to make the top weights sat;
Smuggler Bill has his chance completely disposed ef.,,a
Gaylad 121bs less, who has beaten him before, '""t
will do so again. Peter Simple is out of his eleteee
here. The same remark will apply to Tom Garet
Tipperary Boy, and the Hero. The King of Troyll.„1
a respectable rider up—always a dubious case in t '
u"--
gentlemen jock races—ought to be first or second.
race, I fancy, will terminate in favour of DOUBT or the
KING OP TROY. in
The Free Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft., &o.
mile) will probably be contested by. Forester, lier°
Knight of the Thistle, Odiham, Priam the Third, 71,
~.w"
Idas gelding, Feramorz, Blackjack, and perhaps PrTI
and Burndale. The race,- in my opinion, will be ee'rick
confined to Heroine, PRIAM THE THIRD, and 13''' As
JACK, with probably the last-named, the third Prialn
the winner. - -
The Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 20 aaaed (five firm
longs), for two year's old and upwards, with ~ge
Farmers' Plate of 50 sovs with 10 to the second ha—
for hunters, do not close aid name until this evening'.
• Mr. H. T. Thompson's three years' old, br c, by Pirizi;
tish Yeoman out of Nurseling, has been named
British Farmer.
Leamington races are announced to take plaeeme:
Easter Tuesday, March the 29th, over the LealnieriTof
new race-course, which is oval, and 250 yards 011,"
a mile in length, with a straight run in of 385 yare.":_jg,
Jennings, and J. Worthington, Esqrs, are the stewai—io„,
and Mr. Fallowfield the judge. The Leamington
dicap and Hurdle Race close and name to Mr. A1k3131°,;z4
c.c., 115, Warwick-street, • Leamington, on or er""
Wednesday next.