The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-28 00:00:00

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

GORHAMBURY RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The late hour at which the races finished prevents our enter-
ing so fully into detail as the general excellence of the meeting
lyould justify. We have only time to state that the weather
was delightful, the company as fashionable, and much more
numerous than on Tuesday, and the Sport, if not first-rate, good
enough to satisfy those who were not fastidious. The following
are
the names of some of the principal visitors :—The Duke of
Dorset, the Duke of Rutland ; Lords Jersey, Southampton,
Albemarle, Uxbridge, Maidstone, Grimstone, G. Rentinck,
Alford, Macdonald, 111 arch, Osgley, Craven ; Ladies Verulam,
Albemarle, Essex, Craven, Uxbridge, and Eleanor and Con-
;alree Paget ; Sir F. Johnstone, Col. Peel ; Hon. H. Rous,
• Grimston, R. Grimston, H. Grimsten ; Captains Gardnor,
utiver, Beauchamp, Vyse, Williams, &c.
The Stakes for next year have received a considerable number
subscriptions. There will be two races for horses to be
urickleo by Officers belonging to the Household 13rigaile and
the quartered at Windsor and Hounslow, in addition to
Plates,
&c.
orhambury Stakes, a Hunters' Stakes, and the usual
11,./l
The following is a return of the racing yesterday :
The Town Plate of 501. ; 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b. ; 5 yrs,
9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b ; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; and horses that never won before naming, 41b; heats,
I IT. Y. C ; the winner to be sold for 200/., &c.
CaPtaitt Gardnor's Barabbas, 4 yrs
Faulconer's March the First, 5 yrs
Mr. Smith's Maid of the Mill, 5 yrs
ll'. Higgins's Bedford, 4 yrs 3 0
The following also started :—Mr. Coleman's Bristolian, 5
I'4; Mr. Nightingale's Ada, aged ; Mr. Balchin's f Clematis,
yrs; Mr. Reynard's Ringleader, aged ; Mr. Preston's Drog.
"la. 4 vrs : and Sir R. Gill's Foreign Lass, 6 yrs (drawn
later the first heat).
Barabbas was the favourite, made the running in both heats,
And won easy.
'lbe Clarendon Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added.
Cherry-tree mile. (7 Subs.)
Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Rogers 1
Lord G. Bentinck's Dreadnought, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
Mr. Coleman's Chymist, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
air, phillimore's c•Tiny, 3 yrs, fist 71b
Kingstr.n's Appleton Lass, 4 yrs, Bst
The Kingsbury Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added ; I Ist
101 b ; winners extra ; the winner to be sold for 120, &c.
Stand Course in. (6 Subs.)
M. Brand's Obelisk, aged, list 101 b ...(Hon. J. Villiers) 1
!fr. Beauchamp's The Queen, aged, 12st
"Jr. Maynard's b g Juniper, 4 yrs, list 41b
Mr. Alexander's b f Perfidious, list 131 b
M.
Price's
gr h The Baron, 12st 31b
sto 4 asst Obelisk. The Queen made play, followed by
The Baron to the new ground, where he broke down, and Ju-
niper took his place. The favourite waited half way up the
distance, where he went in front, and won easy.
The
Town Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. V.C.
(3 Subs.) -sat, •
Dur,,ke of Richmond's Confusionee
The Stand Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added; the winner
to be sold for. 200, &c. Stand Course. (6 Subs.)
• Curwin's Isabella, 5 yrs (Mann) 1 1
T Drogheda, •r. Booth's Mahnaman, 5 yrs
3
2 2
toir. Preston's 4 yrs
ai...
r. Coleman's Kensington, 5 yrs

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Air, De Winton's Outcast, aged 0 dr
, Isabella was the favourite, and won in a canter ; she was
"tiraed.,

ASCOT HEATH, 1840.— TUESDAY.
The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweepstakes
of 20 soy's. each, for three years .ld, &c. Two Miles.
Lanercost, 5 yrs ; Sir G. Heathcote's b f by Huntingdon,
oaf
~(4 Beauty, 3 yrs Dejanire, 5 yrs ; Duke of Cleveland's
t"Y r.milius, out of Farce, 3 yrs ; Theon, 3 yrs ; Little Wonder,
VII; Abracadabra, 3 yrs ; Amurath, 3 yrs ; Jeffy, 9 yrs ;
''t. Francis, 5 yrs ; Euclid, 4 yrs ; Gambia, 3 yrs ; Mr.
b c by Mulatte, out of Melody, 3 yrs.
Nandicap for the Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only
Ave if declared by Monday next ; 100 sovs. will be added if
three start, and the second receive 50 sovs. if 15 accept.
5 Caravan, 6 yrs, lOst ; Arctic, aged, Bst 131 b; Quo Minus,
dre, Bst 131 b ; Hyllus, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Talleyrand, 5 yrs,
°,lx 91b ; Jenny Jones, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Cruiskeen, 6 yrs, Bst
; Clarion, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; Joamima, 5 yrs, fist 21b ; Con-
4:tsionie, 4 yrs, Sit 21b ; Daedalus, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Gipsey,
A yrs, 7st 131 b ; Tamburini, 4 yrs, 7st 13Ib ; Oronooka,
yrs, ist 131 b ; Melody c, 3 yrs, ist 121 b ; Turquoise f,
7, yrs, '7st 111 b ; Chilson, 4 yrs, 7st 101 ; Auburn, 4 yrs,
7st 81h ; Chymist, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb ; 10, 4 yrs, 7st 71b; Pergamus,
t
yrs, 7st 71b ; Conservator, 5 yrs, 7st 41b ; Science, 4 yrs,
7st !lib ; The Drama, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; br g brother to Pleni-
;tentiary, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; Ann Boleyn, 5 yrs, 7st llb ; Little
)o,,,°ilder, 3 yrs 7st ; Naworth, 3 yrs 7st ; Glenlivat, 4 yrs 6st
'4°l eby Actaeon, out of Evans, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ; Revoke,
Os, 6st 101 b ; Nicholas, 3 yrs, 6st 7lb ; The Currier, 4 yrs,
711)_; br cby Bustard, out of Venus, 4 yrs, 6st ilb ;
a yrs, Est 41b ; Bob Peel, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; the Ant, 3 yrs,
Rt
Rath ; Dreadnought, 3 yrs, Est ; Half-caste, 3 yrs, 6st ;
te`Panla, 3 yrs, sst tub ; Hellespont, 3 yrs,. sst 71b ; Mul-
ejieo,2 Yrl,sst 61b ; Darkness, 3 yrs, sst 41b. The Dey of
'6lers, 4 yrs, and Rory O'More, 4 yrs, have paid.

Br. THURSDAY.
"Makes of 50 sous. each, 20 ft, for two-yrs-old colts, Sat
Sib • and fillies, Bst 21b ; the winner of a sweepstakes 31b
4xtrl- T. Y. C.
Mr, Ree's Decision, Colonel Anson's Lady Sneerwell, Mr.
"Titasou'a Coronation, and General Grosvenor's Miss Anny.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
Th
1411 IPPODROME, 1840.— WEDNESDAY WEEK.
11:Pedrome Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft., and 5 only
if d
p ee'ared on Tuesday next, with 300 sovs. added by the
__roprietor ; the second to receive 50 sovs Gut of the Stakes.
Nearly two miles out and home.
o,retic (h b), aged, Pat llb; Combat (h b), aged, Bst 121 b;
6 yrs, Bst 91b ; Jenny Jones, 4 yrs, Bst 81b ; Meroan, 6
pat 61b ; Cruiskeen, 6 yrs, Bst 51b ; George, 5 yrs, Bst 41b;
;111usionee, 4 yrs, Bst 4lb ; Clarion, 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; Prize-
rwer, b), 6 yrs, Bst 31b ; Dardalus, 5 yrs, Bst ; Fitzambo,
VII, 7st 121; Chymist, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b; Appleton Lass, 4
ill': 7st 10lb ; Auburn, 4 yrs, 7st Sib ; Hahneman, 5 yrs, 7st
t
cit • Slang, (h b), aged 7st 71b; Glenlivet, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b ;
Vase, 4 yrs, Est 81b ; The Currier, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ; Black
yi,", 3 yrs, 6st 81b ; Red Rose, 4 yrs, 6st Slb ; Maroon, 3
; Nicholas, 3 yrs, Est 81b ; Grey Milton, 3 yrs, 6st
Ant' 4fltsroy, 3 ytyrast-tllto ; Nawatth, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; Ths,
, 3 yrs, bit 41b ; Dreadnought, 3 yrs, 6st • Columella, 3
J", sst 121 b ; Abracadabra, &yrs, sst 51b.

HAMPTON AND MOULSEY HURST, 1840.
FIRST DAY.

Handicap for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 20 soy. each,
10ft., and 5 only if declared on Tuesday next ; with 50 soya.
added, if three start ; the second saves his stake. Two
miles. The winner of the Gorhambury or Ascot Stakes,
71b extra.
Epirus, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b ;.Lugwarden, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b ;
nyllus, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b ; Ruby, 6 yrs, 9st 7th ; Mervan, 6 yrs,
9st 61b ; Jenny Jones, 4 yrs, 9st 31b (including 71b extra) ;
Ilandboy, 5 yrs, 9st ; Turquoise, f., 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 10, 4 yrs,
81b ; Richard Roe, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ; Slender, 5 yrs, Bst
751,b ; Appleton Lass, 4 yrs, Bst 71b; Guardsman, 5 yrs, Bst
Slang, (h b) aged, Bst 51b ; Jim Crow, aged, Bst 51b ;
Catamaran, aged, Bst 51b ,• Le Belazza, 4 yrs, Bst 51b;
b
tristolian, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ; Anne Boleyn, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ; The
'lnn, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Conservator, 5 yrs, Bst; Robin (h b),
;//"i_ed, Bst ; Brush, 5 yrs, 7st 71b; br c by Bustard, out of
Vents, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; c by Langra, dam by Confederate, 3 yrs,
Tat 71b ; Wings, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ; Canace. 4 yrs, ist 41b ;
Speed, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; Lyster, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb ; Muleteer,
Est 71b;
Est 91b ; Columella, 3 yrs, Est 91b ; Darkness, 3 yrs,
Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware and the Constantia
colt have paid.

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