The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES-No. CCOLXXXIII.
A telegraphic communication received from Liverpobol
this morning reports a slight fall of snow last night, Liverpool
not of sufficient consequence to put the course out of
running order ; and without there is a severe frost or au
increased downfall between now and to-morrow, the
ground, though heavy, will be in a tolerably fit state for

the engagements to be run off.
The first stake on the card is the Trial Stakes of 5
sous. each, 30 added by the Earl of Sefton, for three- •
years-old and upwards (one mile and a quarter). This
stake closed on the Ist of January with five subscribers,
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who must name to-night at seven o'clock.
The second stake on the card is the Liverpool Sprig
Cup of 100 sous. in specie, by subscription of 10 soil.
each, h ft, with 60 added (one mile and three-quartet
Weathergage, the pride of the contented party, Ilea'
the list with Bst 71b, and, moreover, heads the bettisig
list, and being in good form will run very foray
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Cariboo's starting I consider doubtful. War Hawk an
Chaseaway, I presume, will give place to Lalage*
Trousseau and Richmond will probably stay at hon.'
Kitefiyer, at Est 131 b, ought to be in a proximate P°Bl-
- to the winner. Stebbing's lot will probably be rt
presented by Timid Fawn. Bellewstown, with 6st 121,",
looks very formidable, and should the ground be heal',
—which is almost certain to be the case—he and Dell'a
will doubtless struggle home in the first and see°
places. Little Davie's chance, at Est 61b, is put cow;
pletely out by the two animals just mentioned. Happy
Joe has some admirers, and so have several others alm/-'
the light weights ; but, with the exception of Monsoge?,
they possess no chance of victory. Master Norton ils'r
very favourably at 4st 101 b, but, having done no to
will not run. In short, the race will be confined_e
Weathergage, Kitefiyer, Bellewstown, Doubt, and -51111,,
soon (if he runs)—BELLEWSTOWN and Doubt being T.'

most likely occupants of the leading positions.
The Grand National Steeplechase of 20 sovs.
ft, &c., with 100 added (about four miles), has °,7;
tained sixty-two subscribers, thirty-four of whom 04,,'"
accepted. About a score will, in all probability, eof
the post. Sir Peter Laurie carried the top weight
l 81b. His party are uncommonly confident, ancl_''A.
Holman will have the mount. A. couple from 33'61",
shaw's stable in the shape of Vainhope, steered W to
Stevens, and Bourton, with S. Darling up, will hell),„
farm the field. The money is entirely on the latter,
upon a large outlay, has advanced to the position Of DI:,
favourite. They say they have got the measure of e'le,j4
horse in the race, and book the matter as a foreg°",
conclusion. Both of Dockeray's horses run. Both W.,0
figured in the position of first favourite, and both hs',
been backed to win a large stake ; but so little of the'
owners' intentions have become known beyond the bolo;
dary of the stable, that until yesterday it was by,.,0
means certain which would be the horse. The voripo
seems to be decided, however, now, and Oscar, ridden
by Mr. Goodman, is to be the animal. lam giveg-nfo
understand that the jockey originally named for
Mowbray is to be superseded by Mason. Lucy Net:
although in first-rate form, and having Frisby's 2'13,8'
tance, is getting much too stale to win a race like J11:1
Tom Oliver has the guidance of old Peter Sis
Peter's day has passed away. Maurice Daley,
Charley Boyce up, will, no doubt, finish as he did last
t year—very close to the winner. Victress has behe
backed for a large stake by her owner, and, under
management of Tasker, will, it is expected, go threugg
her lesson very well. Duc-an-Durras, I presunle,rl .1 •
be the only one started to represent the Emerald
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and I consider Lord Waterford's chance with him wool.
the best he has ever hid with any horse at Live*" or
The Duck, as he is called, will be ridden by BY 311,1„r.
Wynne—the former most probably, the latter being 10'14
stood to be engaged for Abd-el-Kader. The last-i1am.,,,/
horse, although reported to be very short of work, in 70
humble opinion is game enough to run most of the other° r .
a stand-still. View Halloo will be ridden by W. 4-relb;
but, notwihstanding this, will finish in the crovra• hire
rest require little or no consideration, Betsy prig l'-hirs
perhaps the best. Crabbs, ridden by W. Fowler, .ct,o
been backed for a good deal of money ; and Benech t
chance has also been invested on to some extent
low price. White will be his jockey. Tipperary..l7
will be ridden by T. Ablett, and the General by irr_,e„v,
In conclusion, in my opinion, Oscar, Maurice Drlii
Duc-an-Durras, and Abd-el-Kader ought to finish be.
front, OSCAR being the actual winner. A good race
tween the other three for second place.
The betting this morning is much the same as the re'
turn from Tattersall's last night.

THa DERBY.—Messrs. Greville and Payne have Il;
horses engaged in the Derby at Littleton, under the
care of

W. DILLY,
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one of whom—Mr. Payne's br PINDUS, by Epirus 0
of Wapiti—is out of training, or soon will be—at least t
fancy so—his legs being very indifferent.
Mr. Payne's b c WAR WHOOP, by Lanercost out
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Valentine, has appeared five times before the public Pi,
not obtained a single victory. Will not go to Epp'
presume.
1.4000
Mr. Payne's 1) c SPEED THE PLOUGH, by CothB.-01- es,
out of the Farmer's Daughter, has run three,„to.7o,
winning once. His first appearance was at .`"itirood'
where he finished a good fifth to Orestes for the soot
cote Stakes. His second essay was at the Neicfn the
Houghton Meeting, where, carrying Bst 71b, be 100
Criterion by half a length, beating West 11-11,9"„ th),
(second), Filbert (good third), North Pole (good nolo
Sittingbourne with 6 lb extra (fifth), Amazon and race
(half-distanced.) He owed his victory in thiis f:10
entirely to the badness of the pace and grounu• Gisg'
last appearance was two days afterwards, for thed„,be
gow Stakes, for which—the pace being very g°°ll.9o°
finished a bad third to West Australian. Thi9 t
will probably represent the stable at Epsom,
have very little chance. out
Mr. Greville's b f EXHIBITION, by Bay Middl. iet°l3;fit)
of Industry, has run once, and divided a stake
License. She will not figure in the Derby fray. out Mr. Greville's b o DON PACIFICO, by Don Je".40:0
of Dispatch, was sold some time ago, and /08
abroad, I believe. he 000
The following nominations are disposed of in the jell
decisive style :—THR LION, nominated by Mr. 1.4,1_1 gr,
being out of training ; ST. DENIS, nominated hi .0,
Carew, having died in December • THE CONP1010,00?
nominated by Mr. Cookson, broke his leg in
last October, and was immediately destroyaVsecpli:
Batson's b c GAROTTE, by Cotherstone, out of rtiv Isll
dilla, nominated by Mr. Pedley, trained by 300,, Du
Horseheath, and but a third-class horse ; at".`„f the
Ayling's ch c RATTLE, by the Fallow Buck, ollt:irooll
Rambler, may be as bad as the rest, for what
his whereabouts being, on my part, undiscoveral3le.
- H. WADLOW,
of Stanton, near Shiffnall, has Lord Caledone's coot of
Simoom, out of The Queen, and b c by Simoom' 1.,10
Fortress, under his care. I know nothing favololt 0
the latter, but the former is well worth a long gin"
very good outsider. Neither have run as yet. Pt'
On Thursday I shall conclude, with King's ann"erbf ;
Dawson's lots, my Analysis of the Seventy-fourth r till
and on Thursday proceed to a summing up, givalloser
names of those most likely to figure as starters, class
according to their presumed pretensions, with a govraiett
view of the present state of " the case," and rol,l"foring/
which is, or rather will be, founded on the best ID
tion obtainable.
THE SPIRIT OF THE -
sob'
MESSRS. HOWARD AND CLINTON request theireboo•
scribers to back No. 25 for Doncaster SteePleoing,
They should get on at once. This is a good stitbl!,
and, barring accident, sure to come off. The Eros
money is on. Liverpool events no Chang
yesterday's advertisements. They hope 51) cti°
well on No. 9 for Metropolitan, and on their se eoliocof
ts*
for 1,000 Guineas and Derby. Fees to metrot_
1/. is ; to Derby, 2/. 2s—Address, H. & C., Fos °
Coventry-street, Soho. e
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WETHERBY, FEB. 28.—The following - hohoe • d
scratched in the Wetherby Handicap Steepleccfs.,•ol3'
Labereth, Lizzy, British Yeoman, QuicksteP, an
Lottery.th
to as
COVENTRY STREPLECHASEEL—This meeting, on
cancelling of all bets, unless mutually renewed'

adjourned to the 18th of April.
after;
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—YeSter.,-,.0 i,
noon the most intense excitement was created °'
neighbourhood of Clare-market, in consequeZceohoPe;
rumour that Mrs. Elizabeth Stringer, 61, oide
street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, had committed stlit'be car
cutting her throat with a razor. On ineinirAbat Nit
lowing facts were ascertained :—lt appeare" "Ar ah°",!
Stringer (the husband) on coming home to aln,P„n-
half-past one o'clock, was horror struck at als`—eut
his wife extended on the floor with her threator
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three_ several places, and her clothes and the 11°00
rally saturated with blood that flowed from the Si being
and having a razor firmly clenched in her hal' the l°"
perfectly unconscious and unable to stand frail ROO
of blood. Assistance was procured, and thetarwberee
nate woman carried to King's College 14osp
0,
she was placed under the care of 1- the lrri
house surgeon • but from the extensivenature °bores
juries which she inflicted, there are very little "t,
her recovery. Her husband states that she bastoot s
ear
a very desponding way for the last few days, ,On h
much so as to require a strict watch to be 013"
moTvEemue ,GRAVEYARD REFORMER.—The Aft'
former always comes at last; and to day Of
otbiffe'l
Walker, the Churchyard Reformer, it
has
ctoorg_.„riaittet_.,
been petit
to witness, during his lifetime, the triumph beeu 11/0t
Long, and persevering, and disinterested have , but I'oo
labours, and fierce and bitter were his opPerolltsthe 0°11.4,
a whisper of opposition or dissent was heard I'l seeretyle
Lord Palmerston, proclaimed .the
of Commons, on the 11th inst , when the Howe Lope
_i.„Aa ell; 0
be—as Mr. Walker has year after year asserw— waisen s.O
to the metropolis of the empire--a pest and a -13.0011;01.
be tolerated no longer. The upholders of the!! ot
their prototype in Shakspere's gravedigger. house last
churchyard officials, compares the grave to "
graveyards of e
ejecting " poor Yorick," and other tenants, w„ is 0011,,
ing till doomsday ;"c while, at the very nrviiiietat- e reTu
for newcomers ! In most of our large t0wn5e,_:1,.....004"
name that the dead " rest" in consecrated 3"'"..
head Obsenrer.