The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-12 00:00:00

►SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

READING RACES.— THuRsDAT.

CAVERSHAII STAKES of 5 Boys, each, 2 ft, with 25 added.
Straight run in, nearly three quarters of a mile. 16
subs., 5 of whom pay 2 Boys, each.
Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye, by Harkaway, 3 yrs,
Bst 21b (A. Day.) 1
Mr. Lister's Maidstone, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b (Kendall) 2
Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, 9st...(Bartholomew) 3
Mr. 'Williams's Leybourne, 5 yrs, Bst 1 11b.. .(Yates) 4
The following also ran :—m by Counsellor—Miss Lucy,
Tame, Shipwreck, b f by lon—Palma, Prevarication.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Narcissus, 4to 1 agst Maidstone,
Even on the two. Maidstone, Narcissus, Leybourne,
and Ireland's Eye, ran in close company throughout. At
the half-distance Ireland's Eye took a slight lead, which
he maintained to the end, winning very cleverly by a
neck. A head only between the second and third.
Tame and Prevarication, beaten off, were the last two.
READING STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added,
for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b ;
certain winners extra. Half-a-mile.
Mr. Wauchope's Calliope, by Oakley, Bst 3lb
(Kendall) 1
Mr. Brown's Balmoral, Bst 31b (Crouch) 2
Mr. Howard's Glenstrae, Bst 71b (H. Goater) 3
Mr. Clark's colt by Sir Tatton Sykes—Starlight Bess,
Bst 71b) (Bartholomew) 4
The following also ran :—Mark Anthony, Rosaline,
Epinician, Jack Frost.
Balmoral, with Calliope and the favourite well laid
up, made the running to the half-distance, where the
favourite was beaten. Calliope immediately challenged
Balmoral, and a good race with the two ended in favour
of Calliope by a length. The second beat the third two
lengths. Rosaline and Starlight Bess colt, close to-
gether, were fourth and fifth. The rear lot got badly off.
PLATE of 20 sovs (Handicap). Half a mile.
Mr. Dilworth's The Queens Own, by Robert de
Gorham, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Kendall) 1
Mr. 'utBsotfsPibalma (H. Goater)
mr, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 3
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The following also ran : Nonsuch, Lady Isabel, Cloak,
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Ham, Woodyeates, b fby the Emperor out of Mogu-
listen.
Betting—Just at the close Queen's Own was made an
immense favourite ; 6 to 4 was taken freely, and 4 to 1
offered against any other. The favourite made all the
running, and won in a canter by six lengths ; half a
length between second and third. Woodyeates, well up
with the latter, was fourth.
INNKEEPERS' STAKES (HANDICAP) of 1 esovs each,
h ft. and only 2 if declared, &c., with 30 added.. The
owner of the second horse to receive back his stake.
Certain winners extra. One mile and a half.
Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfall, by Cataract, syrs, Bst 31b

(Wakefield) 1
Mr. Hewitt's Wilmont, 6yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2
Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, 4 yrs, 7st llb ...(Castleman) 3
Mr. S. Scott's La Malheureuse, 5 yrs,ist 131 b

(Holloway) 4
The highest weight accepting being Bst 41b, it was
raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.
FORBURY STAKES were won in three heats by Mr. T.
Smith's b c by Touchstone out of Epilogue, 2 yrs (301.)
sst 21b (Elder), beating Sir W. Booth's Alabama, 2 yrs
(301.), 4st 131 b (H. Sopp), Mr. Drewe's Shipwreck, 3
yrs (301.), 6st 131 b (Crouch), and three others.
The winner was afterwards sold by auction to Mr.
Liley for 125 guineas, the fund therebyrealised upwards
of 1001.

The meeting from first to last was the best ever known
at Reading.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
EBOR HANDICAP.
6 to 1 agst Pantomime (t)
6 to 1 Catspaw (t)
8 to 1 —• Adine (t)
' DERBY.

1000 to 50 agst Blight (t)
First Lord is expected to join John Day's string at
Danebury.

STAFFORDSHIRE RACES.-YESTERDAY.

FOAL STAKES.

Field Marshal
Sister to Maid of Delamere
COPELAND HANDICAP

Gladiole
Lady Amyott

Five ran.
HURDLE RACE.

Spring ..
Theod in e

Four ran.
BOROUGH HANDICAP.

Knight Errant
Massaroni

Seven ran.

DONCASTER.