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

BEDFORD RACES.-TUESDAY.

The PREPARATION STAKES of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 20
added ; three-yr-olds, lOst slb ; four, list 71b ; five,
12st ; six and aged, 12st 31b. Mares and geldings
allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs it
demanded. Gentlemen riders. Professionals 61b
extra. Once round and a distance.
Mr. Robinson's Black Swan, 4 yrs,. 11st 41b...

(Mr. Beville) 1
Mr. Price's Gossip, 4 yrs, list 4lb (Owner) 2
Mr. D. Lane's Apostate, 5 yrs, 12st 1113...(W. Smith) 3
Mr. Bloss's Pastrycook, 4 yrs, list 10Ib ..(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 soya each, with 25
added ; colts, Bst 7lb ; Hies and geldings, Bst 41h ;
certain winners extra. The winner to be sold for 50

sow, if for 40 allowed 71b. Three-quarters of a mile.
5 subs.
Mr. Drew's Vulcan, (401.), 7st 111 b (Gregory) 1
Mr. Smith's c by Wood Pigeon—Silistria (401.), Bst

(Sly) 2
Mr. T. Johnston's Miss Honey (401.), 7st 111 b
(G. E. Sharpe) 3
Mr. French's b f by Verulam, out of Calista (401.),
Bst llb (including 41b extra) (W. Abdale) 4
Hon. G. Onghley's Wave (401.), 7st 111 b ...(Norman) 5
Betting-5 to 2on Miss Honey. Won by two
lengths ; same distance between second and third. The
winner was not claimed.

The BEDFORDSHIRE STAKES of 20 sous 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 says 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 12lb (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 BOVS each, with 50
added by the Duke of Bedford ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies,

Bst 41b. - Certain winners extra. La.st half mile. 1
subs.
Lord Warwick's Gossip, Bst 41b (G. E. Sharp) 1
Lord J. Scott's Rambling 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, 3to 1 agst Thes-
Fully, 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 sovs each, with 25 added ; for
two-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights,
&c. Three-quarters of a mile. 4 subs.
Mr. Sare's Chords, 6 yrs (401.), Bst 7lb (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 s.it 10Ib) (Prior) 3
Mr. Knight's Speed, 2 yrs (401.), sst 71b (Bray) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Speed, 2 to 1 agst Chorus.
Won by a neck. Bad third.

The winner was not sold.
THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY).

ENTRIES for the QUEEN'S PLATE ; three-yr-olds, 7st
71b ; four, Ost ; five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 91b.
Three miles.

Yrs.
Ilex ~., 5 Lady Flora
Rataplan
Rackapelt
Perfidious
Pastry cook
John Bull

Yrs

First

at 1.30.

PONTEFRACT RACES.-TUESDAY.
PONTEFRACT HANDICAP.

The Deformed
Dr. O'Toole.—