The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-23 00:00:00

DONCASTERIiACES.

(BY EXPRESS.)

THURSDAY.
The Two-yr. Old Stakes of 20 sovs . each ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies2lb. T. Y. C. 34 Subs.
1
Lord Westminster's b. c. by Pantaloon, out of Puff.•— „
Duke of Cleveland's c. by Voltaire, out of Matilda
Sir. Skipsey's hr. c. Slashing Harry .....................
Five other started. Won easy.
The Three-years-old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft.
Colts, Est.
61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. St. Leger Course. 44 Subs.
Mr. W. Scott's Scroggins, brother to St. Giles .........
Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny ... ...............
Duke of Cleveland's c. by Langar, out of Matilda ....••
Won easy.
The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft., for three yet"
colts, Bst. 61b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner of the bSt.
Su s• _
Stakes to carry 41b. extra. St. Leger Course. Walked over 5
Col. Westenra's Wedgedd,'"
A Cup, value 300 gs, given by the Stewards, with 50 sous. a
Lord Westminster's Touchstone, 5 yrs ... ............ ••• `,
Lord Chesterfield's Carew, 3 yrs... ........................
Mr. J. Day's Venison, 3 yrs. ... ...........................0
Mr. Orde's Beeswing, 3 vrs .................................0
Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse, 5 yrs ..................
Mr. Richardsou's Flying Billy ............................ u
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Won easy.
Doncaster, Thursday M °Nig'
DONCASTER CUP, P.P.
6 to 4 on Lord Westminster's Touchstone
3 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing
4 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Venison
Offers to take 10 to 1 about Chasse.
TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. tint.
6to 5 agst Slashing Harry was taken to a large ame ht
Doncaster, Wednesday the
With comparatively little to attract them in the iTsood
company on the course was numerous, and the Gran,eed-
scarcely less full than on Tuesday ; the weather was
ingly fine and the sport moderate. cid 0,
The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. •, for three-year-0
Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. Mile and a half. 5 Subs.
Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Vathek J. Day
Duke of Leeds's b. c. Jericho .............................. 0
Mr. W. Turner's Blackburn .. ............................ ;bek,
Betting-6 to 4on Blackburn, and 3to 1 agst vialek was
The favourite made running to the distance, where at the
passed by Jericho ; he in his turn was headed by Vathek
Stand, and beaten easily by a length.
three, 101 b.
first hese
The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 for the
and 10 for the second, added by the Corporation ;
6st. 121 b. ; four, Bst. • five, Bst. 71b. ; six and aged, 81''',; 55b5'
The winner to be sold' for 200, &c. St. Leger Course.
Mr. Lonsdale's Gipsy, 4 yrs Holmes
Mr. Thompson's b. c. Algiers, 6 yrs .................-•••• 3
Mr. Allen's Shepherdess, 6 yrs .. "'' 4
Mr. Cook's Misfortune, 3 yrs ... .........
Mr. S. Fox's Manta, 4 yrs ...
6 to 4 on Gipsy, who led throughout, and won ill aptittiedt
the last three being completely tailed off; she was c "of the
and immediately after sold for 5001., so that the ow-net
second made a better thing of it than if he had won. the first,
Renewed Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 ter tbrel
and 10 to the second, horse, added by the Corporat;looA 95t.
yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 91b. ; six and age"
Two miles. Ten Subs. 1
Mr. Skipsey's The Bard, 3 yrs.
Mr. Fox's Miss
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Laura, 3 3rs ........................ 3

Mr. Turner's b. c. Blackburne, 3 yrs ..................••" 4
Mr. Houldsworth's Centurion, 3 yrs ...... ........... gran,
Before it was known in the Stand that he would n° 'oBrd,
several persons backed Carew, and laid 2 to 1 agst The vrtaill
two or three parties who had taken the trouble to asec&ires
what had weighed showing no remorse of availing theniv," iras
of their knowledge. As soon as it transpired that Ca;easily, /
not going, the betting changed to 6 and 7 to 4, and, :),I1 latter
to 1 on The Bard, and 4 to 1 agst Miss Laura; 111/
made play till within the distance, when The Bartt.„—d,
ran a few strides at her side, quitted her at the St 7.,
won easy. To prevent a recurrence of the mAn°lll,..ked IP,;
tioned above, we would suggest the propriety of a In, a'ostedellr,
being sent the moment the jockeys are weighed, ;use
in the Grand Stand; no one would then have au °-
backing horses without getting a race for their !nen ei%,,,riessj
The Corporation Plate of 601., the second to receive .21 ei;jsr
three yrs, 6st. 71b. ; four, ist. 91b. ; five, Bst. 31b.; 1_2,, toile.'
Bst. 101 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, •tr-
Mr. Bestow's Abercrombie, 3 yrs
Mr. Dawson's Prince, aged
Mr. Cook's Misfortune, 3 yrs
Sir J. Boswell's Butterfly, 4 yrs
Major Hancock's Bedouin, 3 yrs
Mr. C. Peek's Miss Ball, 4 yrs Po°
G. Taylor
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First Heat-6 to 4 agst Abercrombie, 3to 1 agst., Xfier.
and 4to 1 agst Miss Ball. Second Heat-5 to 2e"
crombic, who won both heats easily.
TIM CLIP.
Touchstone the favourite, as neither the Queen of Trumps °Pt
Elis will run.
THE ST. LEGER SETTLING. welt&
With respect to the settling this morning we are enl wet
speak favourably. It went off very smoothly, and ajt pS St•
two or three are unable to make good their deficienelibeir
present there does not seem to be any apprehension estftecl to
meeting them in full within a short period. As vre .haPe
our last Lord Lichfield and two or three of hig friends Os
won nearly all the money. Scott's party has lost a little'ttia;
bulk of the losses coming out of the pockets of the be;i001
men generally. The value of the stakes is 2,075 L ached'
what we mentioned yesterday. The news of his success re! or
Lord Lichfield in the theatre of Lichfield at nine o'clocl%.,tot
same evening, and was received by the audience with
cheers. Mr. Orde has refused 1,000 guineas for Beeswit#
There were several sales of racing stock this morning ht Or
out of the immense number of lots put up not above eig"
ten were sold, and those at very low prices.
THE DONCASTER WATER PARTlO'efets
In the double hope of economising time and expense pro,
persons started for Doncaster by the Hull steamers, the plc"'
i‘ q
in • •pr s havitp, held out the inducement of low fares, er, 1
passage," and a promise to express" them to
Donca~ too
by any " extraordinary accident," they should reach Prof, f
late for the coaches. A comfortable party of forty tole%
board the Vivid on Saturday morning ; but, in consolutioo
a strong easterly breeze, did not reach the Humber te sale(,
save the tide. They were then put on board a smalleres_soes;
and arrived at Goole just in time to be too late forthe
sehippe:
Not to lose valuable time, they were immediately re;.,ol,i°_,
into a splendid canal boat, out of which they were drie; .
few minutes by an inroad of the water. They were tßoog
pressed" to New Bridge in a coal barge, where, fers aoall'et'
treacherous water, they were huddled into even, like o,cloc
a market-cart, and safely delivered at Doncaster at 511;nifortil;
on Monday morning. Another party was still more moridg,
nate. The London quitted her moorings at Londoll_
early on Thursday morning, and at eleven o'clock coot,
night the passengers (more than 200), instead of bewusocoier
fortably between the sheets at Doncaster, )vere ceorYfonbce;;
fortably deposited on a sandband at the mouth of th elevf a
where they continued, at the peril of their lives, t forts°
o'clock on Saturday morning, with the additional eoe.,. Ive!,
pack of hounds running about the deck in all direction'ero eel
might the unlucky passengers complain that they vi
reached. the
,
Five hundred and ninety vehicles entered Doneas'"
St. Leger day from the Sheffield road alone.

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Mr. Every's bl. g. Old Pack... ........................................................ ..walked .. '1 3
The Town Plate of 501. walked °l,a(lf
Mr. Loud's ro. tn. Bodice
A Hurdle Match was won by Lieut. M. Dawson'! h' °
ibeo;"--lerP
Graham, beating Lieut. Place's b. in. Gypsey ; rode "Y
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HEATON PARK RACES—LOOT APPv-
Match, 200, h. ft. One mile.—Mr. Osbaldiston's
9st., against Mr. Robinson's Whale, Bst. 31b.
LEONARD'S HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD
tOle.
WEDNESDAY. gots,
A Plate of 50 sovs., given by M. Briscoe, Esq.' -- 1
round and a dce. . 1
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Mr. Stubbs's ch. g. Edward, 4 yrsi, 9sta nst. 81b...111athe'v" 4
Mr. Shelly's br. c. The Pepe, 3 yrs, 7st. 101 b ......... 5 4
Mr. Sadler's b. g. Tally-ho, aged, 9st. 811) ............... /
Mr. Brown's ch. c. Colossus, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b........•
The winner was claimed.
Mr. Taunton's
TShauelniteoyn's,,TFicakirelta,NN:yr3s,y6rss,t.7sl:l.b... .. G' ""---' ''
5
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St. Leonard's Plate of 50 sovs. rfloper „ 2
Mr. Forty na. Gameboy, 5 yrs, 9st. 41b. ...
••• .............. . 3 (Ira,
Mr. Borrodaile's Ace of Diamonds, a.g-e'd
A Hunter's Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added' 1
1'
round and a distance. Berber a 2
Captain Fairlie's Spicy, aged, Ilst. 41b ...Capt. 46' 5
Mr. Mathews Vandyke, aged, list. 41b..•• ............. ..
v
Mr. S. A. Graeme na. St. Leonards, list. 41b ...... •••
ir• A 014;
SHREWSBURY RA CE S—Tu.gs+hArce y'"
The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., for "-arter• 1,
colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Mile and 10001 2
Mr. Fowler's Heron ... ........................ •••
.... ••• 5
Mr. E. Peel's Morison .................................. •••: . . b,
Mr. F. R. Price's Stafford ................. ... ....... •
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~.9-5.t... .............. .ii...esith 0..0
The Innkeepers' Purse, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 oci 1 /
Mr. Barrow's Catharina, 6 yrs, 9st flopw° OAr
Mr. Price's Ludford, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b
Lord Stanley's Amuratli, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b ............. :•;iidea,
The Shropshire Hunt Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with %rota, 1
horses not thoroughbred. Heats, mile and ol /
Mr. Slaney na. Astbury, 4 yrs, list. 81b ~H0g.... . 3 ,;,
Mr. Griffith's Caractacus, aged, 12st. Illb ............... 9P.
Sir R. Hill na. Lot, 4 yrs, list. 81b... ....................
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Herold 's opera of Zampa has been tranglatne;'cith
,if se.
the Russian language, and was performed at °le fir
great success. a OP is
On Wednesday evening last, a lime-bil,rnan or
dently went down the lime-kiln to adjust the suro,e'fire haw
rb,
technically termed, to bring the fire up quicker (t"of clishntuoic
ing been lighted the day before), the consequence of c,orroe
ink; the upper strata, occasioned a quicker escart° ~,001 to
acid gas, and the poor fellow was soon rendered ;mm4 a
his moans were heard, and an immediate olartnrsst o'o to
mon, Simon Pearse and William Clark, who we they
doll in-
short distance from the kiln, soon arrived, and w they fe
ea, $
get him out, but 0 soon as they reached the man
_wooer bief
sensible; a labourer of the name of Collier then iri,aadicerf she
rope being first fastened round his body and aundono°f ill
over his mouth, he descended and fixed a rope r°,thout na the
bodies and returned; this plan was repeated wrionn ronPogos
effect, but on his third descent, after fixing the ..,1-thotd A re'
last body, he fell insensible, and was drawn uP an, lA' ty
coofulrisfee,tboutanoinmaetxipoonswuraes
rteostpourerde.air,maenddictahleajc_ll,nr;_aolreoirot
procured,for Rice, Pearce, and Clarke, but twin "
of no avail. —Sherbor ne Journal.