The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHACES.
AYLESBURY, TUESDAY EVENING.

Never within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has this town
assumed a more animated appearance than on the present occasion ;
men of all ranks, and horses of every description having been pour-
ing in from all quarters for the last three or four days, and at the
time we write numbers are still making their way ; as a necessary
consequence the place is qUite full, not a bed or stall is procurable
at any price, and no small portion of the anxious visiters have been
driven six or eight miles from " head-quarters" for accommoda-
tion, for themselves and their cattle. Time will not permit us to
give a full list of the arrivals ; and we can only give the names of
the Earl of Errol and Sir Seymour Blane (the Stewards) ; Earl of
Uxbridge, Marquis of Waterford, Count D'Orsay ; Lords Alfred
Paget, W. Lennox, W. Beresford, Nugent, A. and F. Fits.la-
rence ; Messrs. Lamb, Shakerley, Vyse, Bainbridge, Crommelin,
D'Oyls', Fairlie, P. Thomson, Learmouth, Baring, Charritie, Har-
court, Sheddon, Peyton, Stubbs, &c.
The first event of the week was the Heavy Weight Steeple-
Chase, which came off this morning at ten o'clock, the Stewards
having appointed so early an hour in order that the King's Stag
Hounds might afterwards meet (at half-past twelve) at Lillies, the
seat of Lord Nugent. The race took place for a Sweepstakes of
15 soya. each, 10 ft., for horses of all denominations, carrying
12st. 71b. each, over a line of country, not to exceed four miles, to
be marked out by flags, 100 sovs. being added to the stake. To
these conditions 15 horses were named, the only one drawn being
Mr. Firth's Lanrestina.

At nine o'clock the parties interested quitted the George Inn,
headed by the Stewards, and several other Noblemen and Gentle-
men ; the ground was then pointed out to them, and by ten o'clock
they had assembled at the starting post. The start was composed
of the following horses and riders :—Lord Waterford's The Yel-
low Dwarf (owner) ; Captain Lamb's Vivian (Captain Becher) ;
Mr. H. Bainbridge's Crusader (Captain Sheddon); Mr. T. Bain-
bridge's Speculation (Mr. Field Nicholson) ' • Mr. Armitage's Sa-
ladin (Mr. G. Powell); Captain Fairlie's Wing (owner) • Mr.
D'Oyly's Fugleman (ditto); Mr. Dickins's The Stranger (ditto);
Mr. Anderson's Rochelle (Mr. Bean) ; Mr. Anderson's The
Flyer (Mr. Galloway); Mr. Bryan's Red Deer (G. Rice); Mr.
Elmore's Grimaldi (Mr. J. Mason); Captain Willan's Redman
(Bradley).
Betting.-5 to I agst Vivian (taken); sto 1 agst Yellow Dwarf
(taken); 6 to 1 agst Rochelle (taken); 6 to 1 agst Saladin; very
little said about the others.

The line of country selected commenced in a field near Aston
Abbott's Hill, and, after a slight descent, traversed a vale for nearly
the whole of the remaining distance, the winning flags being placed
in a field belonging to Mr. Reed, on the Layton road, within a
quarter of a mile of Aylesbury, the last half mile being a gentle
rise ; the fences were numerous, and some of them severe, not a
few being double hedges. The river was crossed about a mile from
the start, and was not more than 10 or 12 feet wide, about half
the width of the part chosen last year. With the exception of
two very heavy ploughed fields, within three or four of home, the
whole was grass land—the line, indeed, was selected with admi-
rable judgment. A few minutes before eleven o'clock the horses
were started by Mr. Davis, his Majesty's huntsman. Vivian
sprung off with the lead, the others close at his heels or his side
till after the second fence, when Wing went in front at a strong
pace, followed by Vivian, Yellow Dwarf, Rochelle, Grimaldi, and
Redman ; Saladin and Harry were also forward, but laid more to
the right in a line of their own; Harry, however, fell at the third
fence, and Red Deer was knocked down at the next, and without
any other material change they reached the brook, which, narrow
as it was, proved a teaser. Wing was the first in and the second
out ; Vivian cleared it with all but his hind feet, and was first into
the next field; Grimaldi was next in, and stopped there for a mi-
nute or two, nor did any thing.clear it in style except The Stran-
ger and Rochelle, the former certainly performing the jump in a
most finished hunting-like manner. Saladin and Yellow Dwarf
were out almost at the same moment, and Redman in time to keep
his place. Vivian now resumed the lead, Wing, Yellow Dwarf,
Saladin, and Rochelle lying well up with him, all looking well, and
so they continued without any important change until about five
fields from the finish, where Vivian hesitated at a double fence,
Saladin being thereby enabled to get first over it ; Vivian cleared it
instantly after, and almost at the same thoment the Yellow Dwarf
and Rochelle were into the next field; these four got into the

ploughed field almost together, Saladin a trifle in advance, but each
looking well, Rochelle, perhaps, better than either ; Redman, Gri-
maldi, and Wing, were behind, but had no chance. In charging
a fence from the last ploughed field into a lane, Rochelle swerved
against a tree and was knocked down, his rider receiving a severe
contusion on the small part of his leg, and being completely put
out of the race; Lord Waterford was knocked down in the lane,
and was also put hors de combat, although he recovered ground
enough to obtain the third place. Saladin had the lead at this
time, kept it to the end, and won cleverly by three or four lerfgths.
Vivian beat Yellow Dwarf about the same ; Redman was fourth ;
Grimaldi fifth, and Wing sixth, the last two close together, but
all beaten off some distance from the winner—the others were
" nowhere." The distance was nearly four miles, and was done
in something under 13 minutes. The race, on the whole, was ex-
ceedingly interesting, and went off without wrangle or difficulty.
The winner was extremely well ridden by Mr. PowelL

EQUESTRIAN FEAT EXTRAORDINARY.—The lion. Craven
Berkeley determined to proceed to London on horseback, on
Wednesday last, when the stoppage of the Berkeley Hunt
Coach, at Andoversford, seemed to render his journey imprac-
ticable in that way. He completed the whole distance from
Northleach to London on one post horse in six hours.