The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
CHESTER RACES.

The following horses, besides many others, were expected
to reach Chester by Sunday evening : -
Al ival, the Dart, T'Auld -Squire, Jovial, Elemi, Lord George,
Gwalior, Lord Saltoun, Inheritress, Annandale, the Emerald
Isle, the Magnet, Mackie, Godfrey, Pinkedkindess, Poynton,
Deloraine, St. Leon, Susannah, Tribute, Philip, Abdiel, Pre-
mier (3 yrs old),
Sir Martin, Vanish, Kismet, the Stinger,
Burlesque, Claribal, the Cur, Sweetmeat, Miles's Boy,
Moonlight, Princess Alice, the Lamb, Beverlace, Miss Norton,
Restoration, Curb-Chain, St. Lawrence, So Nice, Farthing
Candle, Miss Burns, Mendicant, Bourton, Adminis-
trator, Chertsey, Lady Mary, Blontpensier, Camera
Obscure, Winchester, Sagacity, Swallow, Nerissa, Plaudit,
Dulcet, Watchdog, Queen of the Tyne, Banana, Arthur,
Sylvanus, Emigrant, Maid of Lyme, Pal, Mermaid, Flahow.
lagb, Clermont, Mickey Free, Horn of Chase, Erin-go-bragb,
five or six of Lord Chesterfield's, &c.
The Assembly•room at the Royal Hotel will be opened as
a Subscription Betting Room during the races, and for this
purpose will be found one of the most convenient in the
kingdom. The course, which has been much improved since
last year, is represented to be in good order, and the meeting,
should the weather continue favourable, promises to be a
brilliant one
LATEST BETTING AT TIIE WEST END.
CHESTER CUP.

7 to 1 agst Dulcet 20 to 1 agst Clermont—taken
7to 1 agst Al endicant I and aft. off.
12 to 1 agst The Lamb—taken'A to 1 agst Erin-go-Bragh—t
and aft. oft'. 25 to 1 agst St. Laurence
18 to 1 agst Newcourt—taken 25 to 1 agst Mickey Free
20 to 1 agst Camera Obscura 25 to 1 agst Inheritress
25 to 1 agst Annandale
Tim CHESTER Cur DAY.—Some misconception hating
arisen with regard to a proposed special train from. the
Euston-square station to Chester on the Cup day, it will be
as well to mention that nothing has yet been determined
should the directors resolve on starting one, it will in all
probability leave at six in the morning.
DURHAM RACES.—FEIDAY. _ _

The Two Tears 6ld Stakes of 10 guineas each, with 20 sous.
added ; colts, Bst 31b ; and fillies, Bst. Three quarters of a
mile. (4 Subs.)
Mr. B. Green's Miss Margrave .(W. Oates) 1
Mr. R. Hesseltine's Doll .. . 2
Captain Boyd'a Sybil
Captain Pott's Jea10u5y........ 4
Von by half a length.
The Cup Stakes of 10 guineas each, 3 yrs old, 6st 10Ib ; 4 yrs,
Bst 31b ; byra, Bst JOlb; 6 yr, and aged, 9st ; mares and
...

geldings allowed 31bs. Two miles. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Ewbank's Louisa Newsll, 3 yrs (Longstaff) 0 1
Mr. W. Cranston's Comme it fent, 3 yrs 0 2
Mr. Bell's Quadruped, 4 yrs
Mr. Jaques's Nell Cook, 4 yrs
Mr. Johnstone's Calista, 4 yrs
6to 4 agst Louisa and 6to 4 agst Comme it Faut. A fine
race ended in a dead heat between the favourite.
Deciding heat.—Even betting. Won on the post by a
head.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each; p p, with 25 added ; 3
• yrs old, Bst ; 4 yrs, 9st; 5 yrs, 9st 6lb ; &c. Heats, one
mile and a quarter.
Mr. Ewbank's The Helmsman, 5 yrs ...... (Bumby) 0 1 1
Mr. Jaques's Nell Cook, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b..
Mr. Spearman nd bf, by Inheritor,4 yrs. sst 111 b 3 2 3
Mr. Dawson's Pleasure Trip, 4 yrs, Est 111 b
Mr. Dawson's Tribute, 3 yrs, 6st.
Mr. Kitching's Lucy, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib 0 dr
Three well contested heats.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
CHESTER, SUNDAY Evstinta.
Arrivals since our last :—Evenus, Jolly Beggar, Master
Downes, Pantasa, Morocco, Dipthong, Mermaid, Glen Sad-
dell, Naworth, Buckstone, Patriot, Tom Tough, Rowland.
Bruce, Cheapside, Bannockburn, Lady Lurewell, Enchantress.
Sir Tatton Sykes, Regalia, Pam, gi ewcourt, Ladv Wildair,
Woodpecker, Clumsy, Jenny Wren, Cherry, Headsman.
Agnes, Fair Rosamond, Pic Nic, Wolfdog, Infringe, Golden
Bee, Spithead, Elizabeth Sharston, Hooton, Osprey, Mar-
low, Foreclosure, Free Lance, Alliance, Trojan, June, Brown
Fly, Yellow Rose, Smuggler Bill, Hawkstone, Congress.
Arachne filly, Tommy Moore, c by Tory Boy out of Mamsel
Otz.—No betting.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The most important race of the year, that for
the Derby Stakes, will, ere another month is sped, be
recorded in the annals of the past, and one of the
strangest Derbies on record, with all its ups and downs,

will be irrevocably settled.
Consequent upon this, it is quite time I divided the
" corn from the chaff," we having passed through two
of the three great tests, in the shape of the Craven and
First Spring Meetings at Newmarket, by which we
analyse the merits of the Derby nags; the remaining
test, the Dee Stakes, will be settled during the present
week at Chester, after which I shall be able to give my
final opinion on the " great card" of 1847.
That division of the nominations which have either
directly or indirectly received their quietus in going
through the " two tests," are out of training, or known
as non-starters, or, if starting, without the ghost of a
chance, are the following, viz.—lngoldsby, Don Caesar,
Seducer, Jesuit, Lazarillo, Jack Musters, Spem Gregis,
Black Satin, Rehearsal, The Questionable, Abyssinian,
Eger, Gabbier, Villiers, Crozier, Sloth Coulternil,
Severus, His Serene Highness, Seljuck, Luxor, King of
Morven, Projectile, Lord George, Jemala, Jolly Dick,
Cottisford, Bedlam, Saddlevvorth, Tim Whiffler, Premier,
Papa, Allertonian, Dromedary, Bedouin, Legatee,
M‘Grk gor, Tartar, Silver Eel, Resolution, Themis, Va-
lance, Toga, Marmora and Mantle colts, Voronetz, colt
by Harkaway, George Barnwell, The Precocious Youth,
Crassus, Rauthos, Caps, The Queen, Miss Bacon, Mir-
millo, Verres, Heart of Oak, Siege of Troy, Buckskin,
Tantivy, Weebit, Bellerophon, Atlantic, Timonr, Ray-
ner, Sir Walter Scott, Tom Fool, Sir Martin, Johnnie
Armstrong, Bit Nibble, All tatter'd-and-torn, Hard Bar-
gain, Whetstone, Typhon, Deloraine, Daring, Shawn
Buidhee, Para Shastha, Redwing, colt by The Saddler,
Mangosteen, Fickle colt, Retort colt, filly by The Sad-
dler, Sister to Cobwtb colt, Lancer, Wildboy, Old Eng-
lish Gentleman, King of Naples, Oregon, Veneer,
Wolverton, View I follow, Mold,. colt, Outpost, Vampire,
Rob ltynd, Meaux, Cutaway, Broadsword, Hornet, Ab•
did, Bowstring. Socrates, Hemsley, Brodie, Bt.ndigo,
Dubiin colt, Marpessus, Mr. Newman, Little Muley,
Eldon, Sir Peter Laurie, Clarendon, Pl.ae`nis, The
Riever, Tallt ho, Derildes, Sagamcre, colt by the Pro-
vos', Morak; Dor, and Fannus; leaving sixty from
which to pick the winner. This lot I will sift next Mon-
day. I cannot help remarking, en passant, that Day's
this year is by far the most formidable lot, and that
Rent's string, so pelted and poked through the winter,
is all moonshine.
The success which has attended all my prognostications
this year still stands by me; for I not only foretold the
winner of the " Two Thousand," but placed the first and
second correct for the " One Thousand," and should, in all

probability, have been (queen>, successful in the New-
market Stakes, had not Epirute suddenly fell amiss. As
I predicted, War Earle was second, and received his
quietus, so far as his Derby chance is concerned. Cos-
sack won easily, and added another sprig to the Dane-
bury wreath. This race, as a contemporary states, was
the truest run this year; and the winner (mark my
words) will be John Day's Derby horse.
The annual sport on the R')oileie at Chester begins at
half-past one en Tuesday, will the Grosvenor Stakes,
which must be won either by Pantasa or Burlesque.
The Chesterfield Stakes, for three yrs old, will have
ten starters; most probably the following animals:—
Aliwal, St. Leon, Juvi..l, Sagacity, Premier, Watchdog,
Ahdiel, Lady Lurewell, Moonlight, and Susanna. Of
these, Aliwal, Watchdog, Lady Lurewell, and Susanna,
will form the front rank at the stand; Susanna ot Watch-
dog finally winning, with nothing to spare.
A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for two yrs old, will
have an Enchantress among the field, also Lucy Ashton,
Glen Saddel (a very fine cult), Buckstonc, The Stinger,
and Boyerlac; and the public may look out for a stinger
in Colonel Anson's colt or Enchantress; Beverlac being
close up.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each will be won by Butter-
ton or I{awkestone.
On Wednesday the good old town of Chester will be
disturbed from its wonted propriety by an influx of the
London and Manchester divisions of the sporting fra-
ternity, for the express purpose of witnessing the ex-
citing struggle for the " Coop," as the natives term the
" Tradesmen's Plate." The field for this race 7111 be
composed of the following with but few deductions or
additions, viz

at lb st lb
Sweetmeat, 5 yrs
'Sir Tatton Sykes, 4 yrs 8 11 Flahowlsgh, 5 yrs
Inheritress, aged......... 8 8 'Clumsy, 5 yrs ..
Dulcet, 5 yrs ... 8 81 Chertsey, 5 yrs . ..• ••• 6 12
Mendicant, 4 yrs ...... 8 o,*Cawrouch, 4 yrs ... 6 12
Annandale, 5 yrs
I -
St. Lawrence, aged 7 101 Emigrant, aged
Neweourt, aged ...... ... 7 10*The Magnet, 5 yrs 6 7
Queen of Tyne, aged ... 7 9\ Sylvanus, 5 yrs
Lady Wildair, 5 yrs ... 7 8' Farthing Candle, 4 yrs 6 2
Arthur, 5
yrs ... 7 7 Camera Obscura, 4 yrs 6 0
Fitzallen, 5 yrs
Princess Alice, 4 yrs
*Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs 7si The Lamb, 4 yrs ... 6 0
Mickey Free, 6 yrs 73, Chatterbox, 4 yrs
*Ratcliffe, 6 yrs 7 3*Regalia, 4 yrs 5 8
Pal, 4 yrs .. ... 7 2 Banana, 4 yrs 5 7
4 11
7 0 Sir Martin, 3 yrs...
Plaudit, 5 yrs
b f 1 sta ters
with an asterisk e dou t u r .
awirei;gfhrtosm, from the feather weights, Sir
'Marian Woodpecker,
554,13,3:r
yrs
67
130 CEimeremraoindt ao: eyxr!
... 3.-.r.s.
44
49
Those marked
I select
middle
Saxizel
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weights,
t , A n nlainadganleet,
IN ith these, I think I can pull
Martin and Clermont.
aaFromnndd cLatahrodeye
rhaeliaorvi
through, and shall not be at all surprised should the race
come olf thus—Sweetmeat first, Sir Martin Rand, and
bid-
scorn; and
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Clermont third.
Her Majesty's Plate will find its way into the pocket
of Sir C. C(;ekerell with Congress.
On Thursday Wolfdog will he Premier for the Dee
Stand Cup, w ith Aliwal and Bannockburn near the mark.
The Dee Stakes will bring a few Derby and Oaks pets
to the post, including llontpensier, Neriasa, Miles's Boy,
and perhaps the Horn of Chase and Wanota. The best
of this lot, in my opinion, is Montpensier; with him and
Mr. Pedley's I'll stand to win.—l am, Sir, &c.
\ April 26. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
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KING'S COLLEGE.—Saturday afternoon the annual
distribution of prizes took place in the medical department
of this institution. His Royal highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Earl of Elelim, the Bishop of Landon, the
Bishop of Winchester, the Rev. Dr. Sheppard, and the
Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of the College, were present.
1 The Bishop of London presided. A report was read,
which gave a most encouraging view of the prosperous
state of the school. A number of prizes were then given to
those students who had made the greatest protlciency in their
various departments of medical study, and a vote of thanks
1 being given to the Right Hon. Chairman, on the motion of
the Duke of Cambridge, the meeting separated.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE —We
understand that a marriage is immediately to take place be-
tween the Lady Alexandrina Vane, the highly accomplished
daughter of the Marquis and Marshioness of Londonderry.
and the Earl of Portarlington, whose recent acccession to the
extensive family property in England and the sister king-
dom will he fresh in the recollection of our readers.
THE TELEscoric FUNNEL.—We understand that
the telescopic funnel adopted in the Sidon, Blenheim. and
other ships, is the invention of our talented townarnan, Mr
William Halls, professor of dancing, son of Captain Halls,
R.M. We hear that the same gentleman has invented a
percussion fuze, which will secure the bursting of a stiell the
acisigig it waits tie(4ect,...gamphi, zhvra,,k.