The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER RACES.

DONCASTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.—Up
to the present
time the at rivals of " man and hors•e" are not, very nu-
merous, but many lodgings and boxes are engaged, and,
should the present fine weather continue, a good average
meeting may be anticipated. It is out of our rower as
yet to forward a complete list of the horses that will be
here in the course of the week, but we have ascartained
that the following have already arrived. or will be here,
in the course of Monday:-_.

SCOTT
Sir C. Monek's Gaiety (Cast
Steel filly)
Sir C. Monck's Vanish
Colonel Anson's Lazarillo
Colonel Anson's Martext
Colonel Anson's Crusade
Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack
Mr. Bowes's Bro. to Lunedale
Mr. Bowes's Miasma
Mr. Bowes's Mowerina

KENT'
Duke of Richmond's Lothario
Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary
Mr. Mostyn's King of Morven
Mostyn's Planet

JOHN D.
Mr. Pvdley's Cossack
Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure
Mr. Fedley's Lady Mary

Lord Warwick's YardiQy
Mr. Meesou's Jovial

PECK';
Sir R. Bulkeley's Montnensier
Sir R. Bulkeley's Miss Orbell

BLENKIIa
Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin
Mr. Mostyn's Swallow

FOBER
Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
Lord Eglinton's Eryx
Lord Eglinton's Nerissa

'S LOT.
Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin
Mr. Jaques's Check-taker
Mr. Hill's Punch
➢ir. S. Conway's Christopher
Mr. F. B. Price's Whitewall
Mr. G. L. Fox's Philosopher
Mr. Stevenson's Black Dwarf,
Captain Kennedy's Sir 'Patton
Sykes

LOT.
Mr. Mostyn's Surplice
Mr. 211o$tyn's Load Atone
Mr. Mostyn's Dawdle
Mr. Mostyn's Slander
.Y'S LOT.
Mr. Peciley's Miss Burns
Mr. J. Days The Hero

T. DAWSt
Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale
Mr. Harrison's Lady Mallorie
Mr. A. Johnstone's Pair Helen
Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses
STEBBINI
Mr. B. Green's Assault
Mr. B. Green's Traverser

LOT.
Mr. Critclilev's Lym©
Mr. Little's -Convict
LOT.
Mr. S. Hawke's Now Era
MajDrYarburgh'sSallyMaggs

IRN'S LOT.
Mr. Alostyn's Sagacity
Mr. Mostyn's Winchester

LOT.
Lord Eglinton's Da Witt
Lord Eglinton's Astrxa

N'S LOT.
Mr. Brooke's Luminous
Mr. Meiklaun's Lightning
Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle
Mr. Meiklam's Alliance
IS'S LOT.
Mr. B. Green's Sylvan (c by
The Saddler, out of biotin-
tain Sylph)

There will also be Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, Mr. E.
Peel's Spithead, Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, Mr. A. W.
Hill's Volley, Mr. Copeland's Arthur, Mr. Irwin's Horn
of Chase, Mr. I'. Parr's Sylvanus, Lord Chesterfield's
Cherry, Lord Chesterfield's Mainbrace, Mr. Cooper's
Slug, Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Discontent, and f by
The Provost, out of Miss Whip

The betting rooms were opened this afternoon, and a
few names put down; but business is not likely to com-
mence in earnest until Monday.

Tattersall's sales commence on Tuesday, and will con-
tinue until Friday inclusive ; an immense number of
horses will be put up.

DONCASTER, SUNDAY EVENING.—The only arrivals
since our last are Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Discon-
tent, and f by Provost, out of Miss Whip; Mr. Merry's
Chanticleer, Pilgrim, and King of the Forest ; Mr.
Cooper's Slug,. and Lord Strathmure's Brocardo and
Crown Prince.
Dawson's, Kent's, John Scott's, and lleseltine's, have
not yet arrived. Clementine is expected to-morrow.
but from the
call of Cos-
ftTerhsemreadhea:s
wneotoobleleenot atihiyat btehteti nftgoldashas
theyet,
Cos-
sack, and that Planet, Foreclosure, and Van Tromp, are
likely to be better favourites. The weather continues
extremely fine.
LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END.
ST. LEGER.
Even on Cossack (the field 1,000 to 15 agst Jovial—t
for choice) 1,000 to 15 agst Swallow
sto 1 agst Foreclo- 1,000 to 15 agst Black
sure—taken D warf— taken
6to 1 agst Planet 1,000 to 15 agst Horn of
6 to 1 agst Van Tromp Chase—taken.

THE CUP.
6 to 4 on The Hero—offered.
THE DONCASTER CUP.

The wonderful and gratifying improvement which has
been effected in the tastes of all classes, is in no work of
art more strikingly manifest than in the form and design
of the valuable pieces of plate, properly termed "cups,"
given at our several race-meetings. Twenty or thirty
years since they were so many bank notes, or, by cour-
tesy, so many guineas; or, where they took another
form, a mere pot, urn, or measure of fine silver,
or silver gilt, occasionally containing the " balance"
in bard cash. Ilow contrasted is the racing cup
of modern days. It is now an elegant, elaborate, and
frequently a most exquisite work of art, designed
by artists at the top of their profession, and executed
by workmen with a precision and delicacy which is
hardly to be surpassed—if at all surpassed—by the most
celebrated labours of the great Italian school in its best
days. It has been our duty—a very pleasing one, cer-
tainly—to notice many such works of art, and congra-
tulate the public on the reciprocal benefits which the
arts have conferred on the racecourse, and the race-
course on the arts; and on the patronage which artists
have received in connexion with racing from the good
taste and interference of a worthy class of persons, who
may, with great truth, he called "noble sporting gen-
tlemen." It is now our business to mention the most
recent production of this kind, and we are glad we can
speak of it in terms of unqualified approbation—we
mean the Doncaster Cup, which will be run for next
Thursday, on the famed course of which it bears the
name. The cup this year has been modelled by a
veteran in the service of the arts, viz., Mr. Cot-
terell, than whom no artist is more capable of
producing those beautiful c ques trian groups or
statuettes which ornament the mansions of noble-
men and men of rank and fortune connected with
the turf. The cup this year is a vase. The outline is
Greek, but it is enriched and embossed in the manner
of the fifteenth century, and ornamented with ara-
besques. The ornaments do not take from the purity
of the design, nor is the elegance of the shape destroyed
by too profuse an introduction of details. The cover of
this vase is surmounted with a group of three human
figures and two horses, the rule of composition being
preserved very felicitously, whilst the introduction of a
date tree, which rises abeve the group, assists the general
effect, removes bluffness, and gives the whole an elegance
and grace. The principal fl ure is on horseback, and
represents Richard Coeur de Lion at the battle of
Ascalon. The warlike monarch is habited in a Norman
hauberk or chain mail, and wears on his head the
peculiar helmet at the time of the crusades. lie is
armed with a heavy battle-axe, having the crescent-
silspe a weapon in the use of which he is said
tohavdebelxadcelled. With this deadly instrument he has
overthrown one of his opponents, who, with his horse,
is prostrate beneath the horse of the monarch. With
his shield, the angular buckler of the Templars, on which
are emblazoned three leopards, he wards off the attack
of a Saracen apearwan. The whole group is full of
energy and animation, and the respective character of
the combatants is well preserved. The design does
credit to the artist ; nor must the labours of the workers
in the silver of which it is composed be overlooked. It
is one of the best specimens of workmanship in the
precious metals yet
produced, and will add to the well-
established reputation of Messrs. Garrard, of the H ty-
market, at whose establishment it has been produced.
CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING.—THIIRSDAY.
The racing was of a first-rate character, and the atten-
dance greater than on either of the preceding days.
Sweepstakes, 10 soya., h ft, with 30 soya. added. Water-