The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-23 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TILE ST. f.F,GER.

Selim colt led off, kept in front, inakitig steady runnir.7, and
was never headed. Ile made his own,, race all the way, and
won easy by two lengths. Scott rode the winner ; Clift, Hum-
phrey Clinker ; Dockery, Androgeus ; and T. Lye, His Grace.
The Four Year Old Sweepstakes of 50 soy. each, 20 ft. ; colts
Bst. 7th.; fillies, Ilst. 41b. St. Leger course. Eight subs.
hlr. Lambton's Buzzard walked over
The Gold Cup, value 350 guineas.; free for any horse ; 3 yr
olds to carry 7st. ; 4 yrs, Bst. 31b. ; 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b.; 6 yrs
and aged, ffst.: the winner of the St. Leger to carry 31b. extra.
Two miles and five furlongs.
Mr. Whittaker's br. h. Lottery, bY Tramp, 5 yrs
Mr. F. Craven's b. c. Longwaist, 4 yrs -,
Mr. Lumley's gr. c. Falcon, 3 yrs -
Six others started, I)ut were not placed, and 37 were drawn.
This race created, unusual interest, from the known good
quality of the horses engaged.
Betting before starting--:-7 to 4 agst Lottery ;sto 2 agst Ce-
dric.; 7 to 1 agst Longwaist ;. 8 to l'agst 'Figaro ; 10 to I agst
Falcon ; 10 to I agst Crowcatcher ; 10 to 1 agst Zalot ; 15 to I
agst Starch ; and high odds agst Duncombe's filly.
Zealot led at starting, but was' told out before they had gone
more than 100 yards ; then came up Lottery in a resolute man-
ner, and made the most slashing running we have witnessed for
a long time, every inch of the ground home. About a quarter
of a mile from the winning-post, Longwaist neared him, and
challenged : a desperate struggle ensued, and continued nearly
neck and neck to ending, when Lottery won the cup by only a
head. On the decision of the race, the gold cup,
Whose princely maw,
" A dozen victims slain of "gen'rous port
44 Would scarcely fill,"
was purchased ,of Mr. Whittaker by the Hon. Mr. Petre, but
we have not heard for what sum.
The All-age Stakes of 10 sovereigns each and 25 added by the,
Corporation, 3yr olds, 6st 71b ; 4yr olds, 7st 91b ; syr olds,
ilst 61b ; 6yr olds and hged:Bst 121 b. ' St. Leger CoUrse.' (9
Subscribers.) The winner to be sold for 200, &c.
Mr. F. Lumley's br c Borysthenes, 4 yrs - - 1
Mr. Wortley's ch f Carmelite, by Comus, 3 yrs - 2
Five others started, but were not placed. The only betting
heard was 5 to 4 agst Diadem.
Carmelite took the front, and made most severe play till within
a distance and a half from home, the others lying very snug
together. Borysthenes then let loose, and won cleverly by nearly
two lengths.
SWAFFHA3I RACES.—FIRST
The Gold Cup. Two Miles.
Mr. R. Wilson's Isabella

2

Colonel 'Wilson's Daphne
air. Blips's Cataline •

- , Dedlington Stakes.
•
Colonel Wilson's Daphne -
Mr. Bliss's Catahne - -
Mr. Wilson's Cataline - -

• The Town Plate.
Mr. Roger'si ch. f. by Catton -
Lord Orford's Shacabac - ...
Colonel Wilson's m. by Partisan -

3 2
2 3

ROTHERHAM RACES—LAST DAT—FRIDAY, SEPT. 16.
A Handicap Purse of till sov. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Foster's b. m. Gipsey - - . ' - 1 1
Mr. Brookfield's ch. h. Chance - - - 2 2
31r. Watson's br. rn. Bonny Nell - - - 3 3
A very good race. Chance the favourite.

WENTWORTH MEETING—SUFFOLK.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22.
The Wentworth Stakes of 60/. by subscription of 8 soy. each ;
eight subscribers. The Owner of the second horse to receive
back his stakes. . .
Sir T. Haslam's Parachute - - - 1 4 0 1
Mr. H. Udney's gr. c. Osmond. - - 3- 1 0-2
Colonel Smith's Vapour - -.- 2 2dr
Mr. Goodchild's Amelia - - - . 433 dr
'Mr. Turner's The Reverend
~ -•-. 6 dr were distanced-by running out of the Course. After the
' dead heat P, .to 4 on the winner.
Plate of .501. for Hunters.
Mr. G. Batson's Peggy - - - - 1 1
Alajor Forsyth's Union - - - 4 2
Mr. Harrison's Pilot . - . - ' 2 3
Mr. Woodward's Tempest - - - - 3 4
Mr. Anson's Woful . - - - - •6 dr
The Hack Stakel was won by Mr. Clitheroe's Spaniard,
beating four others. -

GRAND FOOT RACE.
The interesting forty-tniles race between Mr, R. Robinson
and Captain Lethbridge, for 200 sov. took place early yester-
day morning, at Ashbury Park, Essex. The parties, who are
first-rate pedestrians, started at the opposite ends of four miles.
A gentleman of the name of Duckenfield made a bet of 50/.
with Mr. Robinson that' he would beat the winner, and start
two hours and a half after the pedestrians, with one horse.—
The pedestrians performed as follows :-
11.013INSOIL M. S. LETHBRIDGE. M. S.
Four miles - 29 '2O Four miles - 29 15
Ditto - - 29 21 Ditto . - 29 24
Ditto - - 29 29 Ditto - - 29 21
Ditto - - 29 22 Ditto - - 29 24
Ditto - - 29 35 Ditto - - 29 34
Ditto - - 29 45 Ditto - .. 29 -47
Ditto - - 29 501 Ditto - - 29 49
Ditto - - 29 'll6l Ditto
Ditto - - ' 30 48
Ditto - - 31 40

.• 30 62
Ditto - . 30 20
Ditto - .32 20

4 Si 6 I
The horse performed fifteen n
teen in the second, when the ov
chance of winning. The pedest
and sport, and was spititedly
it was won by not morii than 201

H 5 0 5
miles in the first.hout. and six-
wner pulled him back, and no
trian race excited much interest
aintained until the finish, when
10 yards.

CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 22.—We are happy to
find that. the Commissioners are endeavouring to procure
a new contract for lighting this town with gas during the
ensuing winter. We have been too long accustomed to the
advantages of gas, to be satisfied with recurring to the old mode
of oil lamps, now adopted as a substitute ; anti we hope that in
a few weeks gas lights will dispense a brilliancy at least equal
to former seasons. A monument of very chaste design was last
week placed in Culford Church, to the memory of the late
Marquis Cornwallis.—(There is no University Intelligence in
the Cambridge Chronicle.)

DONCASTER RACES.—Wednesday Night, 12 o'Clock.
Such was the extraordinary attraction of the Races yesterday,
that the road from Doncaster to the,'course was crowded with
equipages, in a continued litre. for upwards of an hour and a
half, ard the ektensivepaths on each side were completely lined
With well-dressed females and others journeyinlvto the course.
In the town, the streets might be compared to Holborn and the.
neighbouring streets, thropged with passengers on their route
to Bartholomew Fair At an early hour in the morning the
betting men assembled in groups in different parts.of the prin-
cipal streets, where they kept till the doors of the new betting_
room were opened, when a rush took place, and it was Idled to
excess in a few minutes; indeed, net a twentieth part of the
subscribers could get in. Those remaining outside then as-
sembled in clusters, as on Newmarket heath, which in some
degree impeded thepassage of the numerous hematite:A, coaches
and six, &c. ; and thus it continued till-about half.past twelve,
when a great many of them moved off to take their stations in
the grand stand. The course presented a picture of unexamoled
grandeur, and seemed as if the noble and wealthy of the /and
had concentrated here ; for' so magnificent an assemblage of
rank, beauty, and fashion, is not within the recollection of the
oldest man on the turf.

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So neat was the interest excited by this stakes, that the odds
have oeen looked after with avidity, not only on the Continent,
but in the East and West Indies. The race yesterday was a
beautiful spectacle. As the horses. successively came up to
the post, and took a, canter pursuant to regulation, the
greatest anxiety was manifested The overwhelming inte-
rest of the moment absorbed every • feeling, and all eyes
were fixed with an intensity. of gaze on the, noble creatures
on ,which so Many hundreds of thousands depended. When
all were assembled for the start, the beauty of the-racers,
and the motley but lively colours of the, riders, had a -very
picturesque and brilliant appearance. We -have repeated-
ly heard of Gentlemen proprietors. making scarcely any ad-
dition to their jockies' demand' of five • pounds for riding a
winning horse, and as often heard of very handsome com-
pliments., even amounting to hundreds, by the more liberal;
but we never knew a greater instaflee of unbounded liberality
than -occurred yesterday .in the proprietor of Homer and Daunt-
less, who enaliled: both-his jockies (Chifiley and Goodison) to
stand on the winning of Homer tbr the St. Leger, the sum of
1,0001. to nothing each ; or, in other words, if Homer Won,
each was to receive a gratuity of 1,000 sovereigns.—The course
this day appeared- in the same splendid style as yesterday, and,
we think, was quite as numerously attended. The sport was
as follows : •
The Foal Stakes of 100 guineas each, h. ft.; colt, Bst. 71b.;
fillies, Bst. 411). One mile and a half. Eight subscribers.
Mr. Petre's b. c. by Seiim,'out of Juliana - -
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Humphrey Clinker, by Comus
Houldwiirth's hr. c. His Grace -
------- gr. c. Androgeus, by Minos -
Sir W. Milner's hr. c. Pilgrim, by Androssan
• Iletting.—Humphrey Clinker against the field.