The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-08 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty' Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of

EPSOM SPRING MEETING.

CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP vf 15 sovs each, 10 ft,
and only 5 if declared, with a bonus of 150 sovs
added ; the owner of the second horse to receive 25
sovs. out of the stakes. Winners extra. Mile and a
quarter. (81 subs, 23 of whom declared.)
Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3yrs, sst 131 b (Wells) 0 1
Mr. Rogers's Pancake, 4yrs, sst 21b (Steggles) 0 2
M. Lupin's Jouvence, 3yrs, 4st 121 b (carried sst 51b)
(T. Sherwood) 3
The following also ran :--Longbow, Prime Minister,
Conmore, Glenluce, Evadne, Convulsion, Alleo, Calot,
St. George, Jack Leeming, Surprise, Charlegry, Stam-
ford, Ida, Madam Landeau, The Varmint, Snarry,
Jullien, Appleton, Miss Emma, Little David, and Sister
to Singapore.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Ethelbert, 7to 2 agst Long-
bow, 5 to 1 agst Pancake, 10 to 1 each agst Jouvence
and Madame Landeau, 12 to 1 agst Varmint. A
straggling start. Stamford jumped off with the lead
but after the first hundred yards was deprived of it
by Calcot, who carried on the running to the mile-
post. Little David, Jouvence, and Jack Leeming
then went in advance with the favourite, and Pan.
cake in close attendance. At Tattenham Cor-
ner Little David and Jack Leeming dropped off, and
the favourite and Jouvence went on together, followed
by Pancake. At the Stand, Pancake beat Jouvence
and challenged Ethelbert, in the last stride reached him,
and the struggle ended in a dead heat. Jouvence was
a length and a half behind him. The others scattered.
Deciding heat.-6 to 4on Ethelbert, who waited on
Pancake to the Stand, where he began to gain upon her,
caught her when close at home, and beat her by a short
head.
TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ;
colts, Bst 61bs : fillies, Bst 4lbs. Half-a-mile. (11 subs.)
Mr. Gullivar's Village Lass, Bst 41b (Crickmere) 1
Mr. Y. King's Mouser (late Ellen) Bst 41b (Charlton) 2
The following also ran :—Ch c by Napier, Nightshade,
Pollard, Epaminodas, Spinaway, Himalaya, Winkfield,
Citizen.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Spinaway, 7to 2 agst Nightshade,
4 to 1 agst Mouser, 4 to 1 agst Himalaya, 5 to 1 agst
Epaminondas. Village Lass made the running through.
out, and won very cleverly by a length and a half.
Nightshade was third, and Spinaway fourth.
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES (HANDICAP) of 25 sovs.
each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, with a bonus of
350 sovs. ; the owner of the second horse to receive
50 sovs. out of the Stakes ; winners extra. Metro-
politan Stakes Course, two miles and a quarter. (12G
subs., 62 of whom declared.)
Sir C. Monck's Gadabout, 3 yrs, sst 71b ....(Carroll) 1
Mr. C. Peck's Richmond, 4 yrs, sst 91b ...(Ashmall) 2
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contentment, 3 yrs, 4st 71b
(Fordhara) 3
The following also ran :—Cariboo, Candlewick, Miss
May, Terpsichore, Allegro, Defiance, Exact, Abdallah,
Madeline, Pug Orrock, Happy Joe, Snowdon Dunhill,
Ireland's Eye, Peggy, Psaltery, Pantomime, Deerhound,
Tobolski.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Contentment, Bto 1 each agst
Gadabout, Snowdon Dunhill, and Ireland's Eye, 10 to
1 agst Pug Orrock, 20 to 1 each agst Richmond, Deer-
hound, and Terpsichore. A good start. Snowdon Dun-
hill immediately went to the front and made strong run-
ning, Pug Orrock and Gadabout being alternately second
and third until they passed the Old Mile_ichon
Postmd, and; the for-
mer then gave way, and Deerhound, R
Defiance took close order in the wake of Gadabout, now
second. At Tattenham Corner the favourite,- who had
been lying seventh or eighth, began to drawforward.
Snowdon Dunhill maintained the lead
totheroad, where
he was beaten. Richmond then went on closely attended
by Gadabout and Contentment ; the latter was beaten
on reaching the Stand. Gadabout caught Richmond in
admirable style, and at last defeated him by three-quar-
ters of a length. Half a length between the second and
third. Defiance, beaten off, was fourth.
SELLING STAKES of 3 soya. each, with 50 added; optional
selling weights. New T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a
mile. (16 subs.)
Mr. Darling's, jun., Puritan, 4 yrs (301.), Bst 71b
(301. )
K7sar.t.y.a(nr:aawlrll))ing2l,
Mr. T. Fryer's Shipwreck, 3 yrs
The following also ran :—Palma fill
Sabra, Wedlock filly, The Varmint, Lady
Sam, the Violet, Polly Burns, General daritaertbe,l, SUwnecelte-
heart, Merriment.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Puritan, sto 1 agst Shipwi4ck,
6to 1 agst Polly Burns. Puritan led to the distance,
where Shipwreck went ahead, but in the last five or six,
strides Puritan caught him, and he was beaten on the
post by a head. Polly Burns a bad third. The winner
was afterwards bought in for 1891. 1
RAILWAY PLATE of 50 soya. (hand' for all ages.
New T.Y.C. Three-quartersB of a mile.
(handicap),
Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6(Charlton) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Chilton, 3 yrs, yrs,6 41bst (Wells) 2
Mr. Barlin. g's Union Jack, yrs, 6st 21b...(Jaggert) 3