The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-14 00:00:00

S PORTING IN TEL LIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING.
Acceptances for the Great Northern Handicap of 200 sovs
in specie, added to Sweepstakes of 29 sovs each. Two
miles.

Age st lb
Tabouret 5 8 12
Argyle ... ... 4 8 4
Ploughboy ... 6 • 8 2
Blacklock 5 8 0
Adolpl_us 4 7 13
Tarat,aa 6 7 13
Paul Jones ... 5 7 12
Acaster ... 4 7 11
Clemente... 5 7 6
Cap 5 7 5 Poison d'Or ... 4 7 5I

ado st lb
Young Fenton 4 7 3
Socrates 5 7 2
ltdalite ... 6 7 2
Wild Flower 4 7 1
Pinnacle ... 4 6 7
Torreador ... 3 6 7
The Bobby ... 3 6 3
Fearnought .., 3 6 3
Swansea 3 5 13
Lord Harewood 3 5 11

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.
April 11, at 9 n.m., Camel cut of 2000 Guineas Stakes.
April 11, at 5.15 p.m, night of Athol, out of all engage-
ments.

April 12, at 9 a.m., Albania (dead) out of all engagements.
April 12, at 9 a.m. Warlike, out of the Croydon S:eepla-
chase • Plate.
April 12, at 11.30 a.m., Winifred, out of all engagments.
April 14, at 9 a.m., Vausittart, out of all engagements.
-April 14, at 9 a.m., Duchess of Athole, out of Durham
engagements.
April 14, at 10.40 a.m., Swansea, out of the Monmouth-
shire Handicap; Abergavenny.
T h

e following names have b en given :—Mr t.icbwartz's
bI c (late Burgundy) by Claret, out of Just in Time, 3 yrs—
Shilling a Dozc,n. Mr G. A. 'Wheeler's b f by Mug John,
out of Christina (late Queen Anse), 2 yrs Ophelia. Mr W.
Bevill's b c by Thortnauby • - Blue Bell, 3 yrs— Barford ; b f
by Cambu,can, cut of Tabitla Bramble, 2 yrs—Dewberry;
y( arlegs: ch c by Newcastle, Sis or to Stafford Tyne-
mouth ; b f by Prime Minster, out of Nimble—Activity; b
f by Cambuscan, Tabitha Bramble—Nl'ait-a-bit.
FORFEIT LlST—Bright Weather's forfeit has been pail.
STELFLrCIIASE FORFEIT LlST—Domino's forfeit, 1868, has
11,1 en paid.

CII'Y BETTING. —Tit is atr.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
Even on Sabinus (taken)
.5 to 1 agst Wildbad (taken and offered)
sto 1 agst Blue Bell colt (offered)
3to lon four (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
3to 1 agst Sabinus (offered-100 to 30 taken)
10 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered)
100 to 7 bar two (offered)
20 to 1 agst Socrates (taken)
25 to 1 egst Paul Jones (taken freely)
TWO THOUSAND.
250 to 200 agst Kingcraft (taken)
7to 1 agst Sunlight (offered—take Bto 1)
Bto 1 agst King o' Scots (offered)
Bto 1 agst Stanley (offered)
9to 1 agst Astolfo (offered)—take 9to 1)
20 to 1 agst Alexander (offered)
500 to 15 agst Asterope (taken freely)
s'o to 15 agst Prince of Wales (offered)
40 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered)
DERBY.
7to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)
Bto 1 agst Kingeraft (offered)
15 to 1 egst Macgregor (offered--take 20 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Camel (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Bri.lgwater (taken and offered)
1000 to 40 agst Captivator (offered)
1000 to 45 agst Palmerston (taken)
30 to 1 egst Astolfo (taken)
1000 to 39 agst Exciseman (taken)
50 to 1 agst Alexander (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Claudius (offered)

SPORTING NOTES.
Bell's Life, in an article on " Coming Events," observes
that the scratching of Camel for the Two Thousand
Guineas, though it surprised some, is not, after all, a
surprise to persons who for some time have noticed
the way things were going. Now that Bridgwater is also
out of the race, Kingcraft will probably come
to a very short price ; but, adds The Life, let him come
to the post as he may there are many good judges who will
doubt his success ; but, as matters now stand, it is bard to
see from whence his conqueror will spring. From
- Nobleman and Goldsborough the writer of the
article seems to fear but little, and proceeds to say:—
Since the clever victory gained by King o' Scots at
Northampton, those who should know his capabilities ap-
pear to hold him in high esteem, but it is doubtful
whether he will be able to stay well, or to get home at all
in first-class company. The wisest course that can be
pursued for the present with regard to Mr. Merry's lot
will be to leave them alone altogether, but their not very
distant neighbour, Hawthornden, is not unlikely to see a
shorter price. Normanby continues to find some admirers,
Stanley is evidently held in good esteem by those who
know how he has wintered ; but it will require stronger
proof than at present exists to lead to the belief that he is
likely to follow in the footsteps of Pretender. As to the
Thousand Guineas it is not likely that Sunshine will be
-a starter, and if such be the case, Hester,
Asterope, Atlantis, Frivolity, Mahonia, and Cestes
alone read. like possessing any chance of' gaining thii
valuable prize. The only fear that the friends of Vespasian
would have for success in the Chester Cup, is the fear
that he might take it into his head to jump out of the
course. Socrates is a wonderfully good horse, and if the
horse he was three years ago, has all the appearance of
doing good business. Concerning William Day's string,
it may be as well to keep silent yet awhile, and, despite
the nibbling about Cap-h.-Pie of late, it is quite possible
that the unfashionable stable in which he is trained 'pos-
sesses a better representative.
In _an article on the crack three-year-old fillies, the
special commissioner of the Sporting Life comments on
seventeen'of the most distinguished fillies engaged in the
One Thousand, the Derby, the Oaks, and the St. Leger.
The commissioner considers Sunshine decidedly the best
of her year, and therefore if she comes well to the post, " I
prefer her chance for the Derby and Oaks to any other.
Hester .has done so well latterly that I must place her
next in order to Mr. Merry's filly for the Oaks, whilst to
Gamos I shall award third place. The One Thousand
should be won by Frivolity, if she is all right and in her
old form ; but it' not, I think Hester will be found good
enough to beat Mantilla and the others." -

FLOGGING GAROTTERS N ENVGATE.
Yesterday the well-deserved castigation of the lash was.
administered to five prisoners in Newgate, con-.
victed at the Central Criminal Court of robbery
with violence under aggravating circumstances of bruis
tality. The prisoners ;were Joseph Buck, George Hurley,"
John Bryan, Daniel Magan, and Thomas Sherwood—all
young men, powerfully built, with previous bad charac-.
tens from the police. It appears that a short time ago s
young gentleman, the son of a Dr. Budgett, was assulted'
in the public street, about one o'cfock in the morning,'
knocked down, brutally treated, and robbed of whatever,
valuables he possesied. For this crime the jury at the
Old Bailey found the five prisoners guilty, who were sen-;
tenced to different terms of penal servitude,'
ranging from four to fifteen years, besides being
awarded by the Judge the salutary and deterrent
punishment of flogging-25 lashes to the first-named
three, and 20 lashes to the two last prisoners. Calcraft
was the operator, and the hearty goodwill and vigour withl
which he carried out the operation showed that the old
man had lost none of his pristine power for awarding
criminals their due. Sheriffs Sir J. Causton and Paterson,'
Under-Sheriffs Crossley and Bayliss, Mr. Gibson, the
surgeon, and Mr. Jonas, the Governor of the gaol, wit-
nessed the proceedings. The rascals writhed and yelled
lu a fearful manner, and piteously begged to be spared.