The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-06 00:00:00

SUN,

THE

again, when they found by the quickly returning
light that they had bad a false alarm. We also heard
that there had been over all that line of the country
such excessive rain that day that our party, enabled
by the lighthouse steamer to take up the peculiar
position we did, was probably the only one that had
had the good luck to make any accurate observations
a circumstance the more fortunate, inasmuch as that
was the earliest part of Europe visited by the shadow
in its progress from west to east."

SPORTIN G N OTES.
No. C.
ODDS AND ENDS CONCERNING BRIGHTON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sm.—To-day's races u ill be decided ere this appears
in print, therefore I will pass over them and touch upon
to-morrow's. The Brighton Cup will be contested by
Landgrave, Pitsford, The lieriot, and, perhaps, Ninus.
General opinion, or, in other words, the betting market,
predicts that they will pass the poet as I have placed
them. My opinion is already scattered far and wide..
The Marine Stakes, although bodied a certainty for:
Freedom, will not be won by her I The Goodwood horse
(Harbinger, I believe), or the Flash of Lightning colt,
will catch the judge's eye before Mr. Payne's Daughter
of Liberty. In addition to this trio, the Pelerine filly
will be found among the runners. The betting this
morning is uncommonly brisk, speculation being in full
swing at the following prices:—Brighton Stakes-3 to 1
agst Narcissus; 7 to 2 agst Westow; 4 to 1 agst Back-
biter; 7 to 1 each agst Cossack and Lord George; 10 to
1 agst Cmus. Pavilion Stake:s,-3 to lon Freedom; 7
to 2 each agst Sulky and Hampton, the former decidedly
mischievous. Brighton Cup—Even on Landgrave; 2to
1 agst Pitsford, taken freely; 4 to 1 agst Niuus; 6 to 1
agst the Heriot ; 6to 1 agst Nutcracker. Marine
Stakes—Even on Freedom, take 6 to 4 ; 6 to 4 agst
Harbinger; 5 to 1 sgst Spark. Trial Stakes-6 to 4
agst The Squaw; 5 to 2 each agst Duster and Margel-
line filly. Great Yorkshire Stakes-7 to 4 agst Nancy,
take 2 to 1.

Aug. 6, 1851.

I am, Sir, yours, &e.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE.
RIPON RACES.—TUESDAY.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.3
The Grand SLakos.

Captain Flash ... ... ... ••• ••• ... 1
Sir Charles Napier ... ... ••• ••• ... 2
Won by a neck.
The St. Wilfrid Handicap.
Mrs. Birch ••• •••
Lady I-ana- off ... ••• •••
Little Fawn ... .. ... ... ••• ... 3
Fire ran. Won by a length.
The Amateur Stakes.
Prudery ... ,
... ••• I
Joe Sutherland... ... ••• ••• ... O•• 111 f • 2
Won by a length.
STOKE-UPON- TRE NT RACES.—TUESDAY.
[BE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
The Newcastle Stakes.
Tame ... ... ... ••• ••• •.. ... 1
Director ••• •• •• •

Three ran.
The North Staffordshire Stakes (Handicap).
Lady Bibina ... ... ... ... ...
Young England .., ~, ~, ...
Calculator ... ... ...

Alms ...
Nell Gwynne

The Hanley Stakes.

The ►Meese
Aldgate

___ ...._
The Tradestnen'a Plate.

BRIGHTON RACES.
BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEVEN o'cLocK.7
The following plates, &c., closed this evening at six
o'clock:—

Trial Stakes.

Duster, 3 yrs—The Squaw, 3 yrs—Cheerful, 5 yrs—
Margellina filly, 3 yrs.
Hotel-keepers' Plate.
Gloom, 3 yrs—Tordesillas, 4 yrs—lracundus, 3 yrs—
Guardsman, 3 yrs—Eurus, 3 yrs—Hurry-scurry, 3 yrs
—Margellina filly, 3 yrs—Exeter, 3 yrs—Hippogrift 3
yrs—Preslaw, 4 yrs—Abdalluh, 4 yrs—Handsome Doe,
4 yrs—Timid Fawn, S yrs—Ella, 3 yrs—Mignon, aged
—Catalpa, 3 yrs.

Stewards' Plate.