The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

Sporting Intelligence.

NEWMARKET HOTJGHTON MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

Optional Selling Plate of 501., for three year olds and
upwards. The winner to be sold by auction, Ise.
Cambridgeshire Stakes Course (1 mile 240 yards).
Mr. Mellish's Noisette, 6 yrs (501.), Bst...(Fordham) 1
Mr. Flintoff's Blossom, 5 yrs (501.), 7st 121b(T. Cliff) 2
Mr. Stevens's Questionable, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 71b (Prior) 3
Mr. R. I'Anson'a Berezina, 4 yrs (501.), Tat 7lb
No betting.

(Charlton) 4

Won by ahead ; bad third. Owing to the dense fog
Berezina nearly ran over the chains at the Red Stand.
The winner was bought in for 80 guineas.
Sweepstakes of 19 sovs each, for three year olds and
upwards. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs if de.
manded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.)
Lord Wilton's Dramatist, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Cresswell) 1
Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Whittaker's Teddy, 3 yrs, st 71b (Bearpark) 2
Corin, Sulpitia, and Mary Ann also ran.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Dramatist, 4to 1 each agst
Teddy and Tams Deer.
Won by two lengths, the same distance between the
second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr.
Mellish.

Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for three year olds and up-
wards. The winner to be sold for 150 soya, if de-
manded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. 5 subs.
Mr. Harrison's Spinster, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Bearpark) 1
Mr. T. Walker's Oltenitza, 3 yrs, 7st 71b...(Kendall) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Frederick, 4 yrs, 3st 21b (Prior) 3

Imposture and Pyrrha also ran.

Betting--6 to son Oltenitza, 3to 1 aget Spinster.
Won on the post by a head ; three lengths between the
second and third.
The sport wai most unexpectedly suspended. A dense
fog prevailed during the morning, rendering it impossible
for the spectators to see objects at a distance of 20 yards.
The first race, for which four horses started, was run at
the time appointed, but the jockeys were unable
to distinguish the course. One of the horses, Bere.
zina, went nearly over the chains at the Red Stand,
and the other three narrowly escaped coming into
contact with the posts and rails. The second event
took place at an interval of about an hour, on the flat,
but the fog had not cleared up, and the spectators were
not able to see the horses until they were close upon
them. Still a third race was run, with manifest danger
to jockeys, horses, and spectators, and the Stewards
then, very properly; ordered 'a discontinuance of this
pursuit of sport " under difficulties."
The races have never, we believe, been thus postponed
at Newmarket through inclement weather within the
memory of the oldest turfite. In 1836, on the first day
of the Houghton Meeting, men were employed to clear
the snow off the Criterion Course ; and in 1846, so dense
was the fog that the Course was marked out by sawdust.
Oddly enough, another lapse of ten years takes place
before the sport is again interrupted by unpropitious
weather.

The eight undecided races were postponed until this
day (Thursday), and the unclosed Plates and States for
this day are withdrawn.

SPORTING NOTES.

FOG-BOUND.

The oldest inhabitant has had his memory sorely
taxed to recollect when Newmarket Races were before
postponed, and of course the circumstance is not within
his recollection. He is certainly a most aggravating
authority, and should be made President of the Know-
Nothings. My remembrance cannot furnish me with
an instance of the sports at head-quarters having been
before suspended on account of the skiey influences. In
1836 the snow had to be swept off the course before the
races could be run ; in 1846 the course had to be tracked
out with sawdust ; and now, in 1856, the races had to
be entirely stopped. What will happen in 1866 the
imagination may help the reader to guess. The first
race which was run over the Cambridgeshire course was
seen by few people. Not even the horses could be ob-
served looming in the distance, and the whole lot of
them narrowly escaped running slap into the Red Stand.
Two more races were held on the " flat," and then the
" Admiral" gave orders for the sport to be discontinued,
much to the annoyance of a popular baronet, who wished
to have his match run off. The people then left the
heath, and got back into the town as best they could
through the fog and mist.

I have not time to enter into particulars of the Cam-
bridgeshire running. My pick—Vengeance and Elo-
quence—were second and fourth. Mr. T. Parr, and
Messrs. T. and S., to whom Malacca really belongs, are
the principal winners. The reports about Vengeance
being sold were, after all, founded on truth, and the
reader may be prepared to hear of his removal to Findon.
This change of ownership superstitious people seem to
fancy accounts for the horse's running second, for his
present proprietor, like Mr. Peeryburgh, who was al-
ways very near making a joke, has throughout the
season been very nearly pulling off a " great thing,"
but has been destined to obtain the barren honours of
econd place. Pole Star did not go very well in the
market, and took no prominent part in the race. The
delay which was caused in getting the horses off was
most vexatious. Some of the jockeys were most refrac-
tory, and I hear that two of them have been fined 201.
each.

The Nursery Handicap was published last night, and
it caused much dissatisfaction. Of the seventy-nine
entered thirty-one have been left in, and they have been
divided into two classes. For the first class I fancy
Farmer's Daughter filly and Gaberlunzie. For the second
class Companion and Rowlade.

The unclosed stakes which stood for to-morrow
(Thursday) have been withdrawn to make way for the
races not decided to-day. In all probability, therefore,
the meeting will extend over Monday next.
A. FRESH MAN,

Newmarket, Wednesday night..