The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-31 00:00:00

Fleece.
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for 3 yrs-o'd
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b; those by stallions, Scc.,
allowed 4ks. Swinley Course:—Mr. J. Cookson's Tiger
Cat—Lord Exeter's Conde (4 lbs)—Lord Exeter's Tur-
ban (4lbs)—Sir J. Hawley's Queensberry (41b3)—Mr.
E. Haworth's Hector (41bs)—Mr. E. Haworth's Lady
Gray (dead)—Mr. Herbert's bc by Sir Hercules, out of
Empress (41bs)—Mr. Herbert's Teflis.
The Windsor Town Plate of 351. with 15 sovs. added
from the fund; 2 yrs old sst clb, 3 yrs 7st 10Ib, 4 yrs
Bst 81b, 5 yrs and upwards, 9st; mares and geldings
allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 1004 if demanded.
T.Y.C.

THURSDAY.
The Visitors' Plate of 1001, and 25 for the second
(handicap), by subs. of 5 soya. each. Once round and a
distance.
The Emperor of Russia's Plate of 5001., added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each; for 3•ye3r. olds, Est 101 b;
4 yrs, Bst 51b; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged. 9st 31b; mares,
&c., allowed 31b. To start at the Jup Post, and go once
round and in, about two miles and a half.—Mr. Fres.
Villiers na Surplice, 4 yrs—Lord Stanley's Canezou,
4 yrs—Mr. Crawfurd's the Cur, aged—Duke of Rich-
mond's Halo, 5 yrs—Lord Palmerston na Deerstalker,
4 yrs—Lord Glasgow na Elthiron, 3 yrs—Mr. J. B.
Day's the Hero, 6 yrs—Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp, 5
yrs—Lord Howth's Peep-o'day Boy, 5 yrs—Mr. Merry's
Chanticleer, 6 yrs—Mr. Molt's Collingwood, 6 yrs—
Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale, 5 vrs—Mr. B. Green's Flat -
catcher, 4 yrs—Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 5 yrs.
The New Stakes of 10 soya, each, and 100 added; for
two year old colts. Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b; winners,
previous to starting, of 1001., slbs extra, &c.—T.Y.C.—
Mr. J. S. Douglas's f Vice, Mr. Ford's Eunuch, Lord
E;linton's Zantippe, Captain Delme's Gillyflower, Mr.
T. Godwin's Wansdyke, Mr. Lowther's the Curate, Mr.
Pedley's Sweetheart, r. Merry's Sunflower, Sir Joseph
Hawley's Stirabout, Sir Joseph Hawley's Slang, Lord
Chesterfield's Penang, Baron Rothschild's b c by Pan-
taloon, out of Decoy, Mr. F. Clarke's Corbeau, Mr.
Copeland's Lass of Underley, Mr. Copeland's Caudle•
wick, Mr. Drinkald's Flare-up, Mr. Magenis's The
Secret, Mr. J. Sadler's Stockbridge Buck, Mr. Gre-
vine's Brington, Mr. Gordon's William the Conqueror,
Mr. Gratwicke's The Countess, Mr. Griffith's Miss
Spring, Major Martyn's Fernande, Mr. Dixon's Blar-
ney, Mr. B. Green's Cadger, Mr. B. Green's Michael
Brunton, Mr. Walker's Electricity, Mr. Drinkald'a
Remnant, Mr. Bristow's Truthteller, Captain Archdall's
Rose Pompon, Count Bathyany's Castenero, Count
Bathyany's Valentine.
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft;
for three-year-old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies. Bst 41b.
Old mile.—Colonel Anson's Don Juan, Sir R. Bulkeley's
Broadway Swell, Lord Chesterfield's Desdichado, Lord
Exeter's brother to Woodpigeon (dead), Lord Exeter's
c by Voltaire, out of Marmon, Lord Exeter's Testator,
Mr. Gulley's The Jester, Sir G. Heathcote's own brother
to Campanero, Mr. Jacques's Chantrey, Mr. Nevill's
Herbert, Mr. Payne's Calderstane, Lord Stanlei's Uriel,
Lord Stradbroke's Pylos.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; for three-years-old
colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; those by stallions, or out of
mares that never bred a winner, allowed 41135; if botb,
fibs. Swinley Course.—Lord Caledon's Dahcotah Chief—
Lord Chesterfield's c by Harkaway, out of Hinda—Lord
Exeter's Turban, 61b.—Lord Exeter's Skudar, 61b.—Mr.
Fox's Cambric, 61b.—Lord Orford's c by Cotherstone, out
of Mandane, M.—Lord Orford's Fire King—Mr. Payne's
b c, by Muley Moloch, out of Zenana—Mr. Combe's b f
by the Nob, out of Rosalind, 61b—Mr. Copeland's the
Grocer, 41b--Sir J. Hawley's Queensberry, 41b—Mr.
Mostyn's b f, by Colwick, out of Birdlime—Mr. Mostyn's
Stanton, 41b—Slr. Mostyn's br c, by Lanercost, out of
Irony, 41b—Mr. Shelley's Post of
Honour, 41b—Lord
Stanley's Strongbow, 41b.
The Stand Plate of 701. ; for three-years old, 7st 71b;
4 yrs 9st; 5 yrs, 9st Sib; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 121 b; mares
and geldings allowed 31b; if entered, to be sold for 4001.,
allowed 31b; for 3001., 71b; for 2001., 121 b; for 1001., 201 b.
Swinley Course.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-years old,
7st 21b; 4 yrs, 9st 21b; 5 yrs, lOst; 6 yrs and aged, hOst
51b. To start at the New Mile post, and once round.
FRIDAY.

300 Sovs., the gift of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, added to a Handicap of 10 sovs. each, &c.
S whitey Course.

st lb

st lb
BeHarden, 4 yrs 6 5
Faith, 4 yrs .
Strychnine, 3 yrs 6 3
Resolution, 5 yrs 6 0
Glauca, 3 yrs 6 0
Chicaneur, 4 yrs
The New Era, 3 yrs 5 13
Abd-el-I(ader, 3 yrs 5 11
Emma Donna, 3 yrs 5 10
St. Antonia, 4 yrs 5 10
Eugenie, 3 yrs
['sills, 3 yra 5 8
Glenalvon, 3 yrs.—
founseer, 3 yrs 5 7
Kissaway, 3 yrs 5 5
Repletion, 3 yrs 5 3
Dark Lady, 3 yrs
Newcourt, aged 7 2
Ars. Taft. 4 y rs . 7 2
Clarissa, 3 yrs
Chantrey, 3 yrs
Caricature, 3 yrs p ft
Latching, 3 yrs .....• p ft

Collingwood, 6 yrs 9 4
Inheritress, aged 8 10
Lady Wildair, aged 8 8
The Tartar, 5 yrs 8 6
Executor, 5 yrs 8 4
Wanota, 5 yrs
Vampyre, 5 yrs 7 12
Swordplayer, 4 yrs 7 12
Hotspur, 3 yrs
Athelstanf, 4 yrs
Blaze. 4 yrs 7 5
The Moor, 4 yrs 7 5
Wyke, 5 yrs
Radulphus, 6 yrs 7 0
Valentinia, 4 yrs 7 0
Tophana, 4 yrs
Hornpipe, 4 yrs 6 12
Maid of my Soul,

4 yrs 6 12
Gardenia, 4 yrs 6 10
gr c by Colwick, out
of St. Winifred 3yrs 6 9
Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs . 6 7
St. Rosolia, 3 yrs
The Wokingham Stakes of 5 sous. each, for three yrs
old and upwards—(Handicap.) Last three-quarters of
the New Mile.
Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, h ft.; for two yrs old;
colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b; winners of 2001., &c.,
51b extra; if twice that amount, 81b extra. Last half
mile.—Sir J. Hawley's Vesuvienne—Mr. Bowes's Ry•
binska—Mr. Thompson's Lammas Lass—Mr. C.
Hornsby's Ebury—Mr. Isaac Day's Electricity—Mr.
Payne's Sergius—Mr. Roll's The Black Man—Mr. E. R.
Clarke's Old Commodore.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft; for three yrs old;
colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. Old mile.—Mr. B.
Green's Abbot of Meaux—Mr. B. Green's Garrick—Mr.
B. Green's Pelham—Mr. Osbaldeston's Ravensbone—Mr.
Greville's Puffy—Mr. Payee's Eddystone.
The Borough Members' Plate of 50 sous., added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each; three yrs old, 7st; four,
Bst 41b; five, Bst 101 b; six and aged, 95t; winners once
this year, 31b; twice, 61b extra. The winner to be sold

for 150/. if demanded. The Old mile.
In the above we have included all the engagements
made up to the present time; in addition, there will be
the Plates, &c., which close on Saturday, and the
Wokingham Stakes, for which the horses will be named
on Wednesday in the race week. Seeing that in many
of the Stakes the horses are "dark," and that the Trien-
nial Stakes and Emperor's Vase excite very general in-
terest, we may fairly predict a good meeting for sport.
Her Majesty's presence on Tuesday and Thursday, in
anticipation of which the Royal Stand is undergoing
the usual course of cleansin and decoration, will, beyond
g
a doubt, insure a great and fashionable attendance.

PEDESTRIANISM.
J. BRIAN (OF LONDON) AND J. STEADIKAN (0F
EPSOM), SEVEN MILES, FOR 25 SOVS. ASIDE.—A drive
through nine miles of Surrey, to the well-known town of
Epsom, on such a day as shone yesterday on the bright
spring leaf and the spear-like points of the green crops,
that seemed almost to grow under the pleased gaze of
the wayfarer, was in itself a sufficient treat, without the
journey.
This of sport at the end of so pleasant a
This was our thought as we, being fortunate enough to
miss an Epsom train, took to the road at Croydon, and
bowled through the park scenery which lies between the
placeafter
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week's
andtesek sadjoining the neate
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from
rn its
its once-famedlnow so
chalybeate spring. Arrived in the well-known locality
newly-
pointed clock tower, and its lately-thronged King's Head,
imuch
better
we were soon made aware that there was something un-
usual going on, by the presence of not a few London
" particulars," a ditto stage coach, with a most intoler-
able cornopean, a crowd in the village-street, and a
dozen
there,
alreadyo f
Brian verbal
an d by signal. The men
were patronizing
Amato Tavern,
while Steadman put up
.at the White Hart, facing the
house in times past identified with the name of Lumley.
The betting was extremely languid; the London man
having the call at 3 to 2, then 2 to 1, and 5 to 2 at last
offered, "just to give the layer an interest in the race;"
but few were found, even at these tempting odds, to ac-
cept the invitation. In fact the favouritism was absolute,
and the rurals would not " back their opinion," though
they talked confidently about the "lasting" powers of
their townsman. It may be here mentioned that Stead-
man is a strong, hardy-looking young fellow, 5 feet 11
inches age, and of powerful build.
Hampton, in March 1846, when
the Epsom novice, Powell gave him two minutes' start
in seven miles. He also %I/9n a snuff-box in a match at
Copenhagen House of six miles, defeating Brian, Jaques,
Molloy, Dixondefeatedheight, and Diamond,
i
2oefar s o f n
July of last year. In
,
a match at the Beehive, won by ,jnues,
he was, however,
unsuccessful. His opponent, Brian, is well known as a
surprising ,little fellow, of 5 feet 3 inches, and his de-
feats of Thomas (10 miles), the Brecknorth Novice (16
miles), Shortland (7 miles), and Wright, at Greenhithe (6
miles), are wall remembered. Between four and five
the men went up to the start, on the London road, about
a mile and a half from The town, and were quickly set
going. For the first half mile they kept together at a
most extraordinary pace, the little Londoner exhibiting
a wonderful stride and incredible elasticity; while Stead-
man, though doing all he knew, appeared, by the con-
trast of his superior stature, to walk short and hampered.
At about nine hundred yards Brian got in front, and
soon made a gap of fifty or sixty yards between them,
at the turn of the first two miles (covered by Brian in
16 minutes 9 seconds). The latter was once 120 yards
ahead. Steadman smiled and worked amain, but he
seemed not altogether in tip-top condition. At four
miles (done in 32 minutes 49 seconds) Brian was 170
to 180 yards first. Five miles were completed under 41
minutes. From this time Stead man's pace slightly im-
proved, and Brian's decreased; indeed, as the latter was
more than 200 yards beforehand, there was time and to
spare before it was practicable to catch him. At six