The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

SHORT AND SWEET

A FRESH MAN.

Sporting Intelligence.

Age st lb
.. 3 6 6
.. 3 6 6

Age st lh
a 8 7
6 8 4

Age st lb
Octavia
Romeo
Weathercock 5 7 12 Omer Pacha
The Rajah ... ...... 4 7 7 Flying Duchess 3 6 4
Noisette 6 7 4 Anniversary
Mies Knight a 7 2 Blue Bell
Com. Charley ... 5 7 2 Bishop of Osna-
Georgiurn Sidus 4 7 2 burg
Treachery
Bf by Don John Woodcock 3 5 12
—Van Diemen's Coal Black Rose 3 5 10
dam
The Great Northamptonshire Stakes. Two miles. 79
subs., 55 of whom pay 5 sovs forfeit.

Age et lb
4 8 4
6 8 0
5 7 8
a 7 8
4 7 4
5 7 4
4 7 4
4 7 4

Sultan
Speed the Plough
Quince

Age st lb
Challow Boy 4 5 12
Lawn 3 5 7
Moorcock 4 5 7
Preston
Puck 3 5 5
Alice Wentworth 3 5 4
F by Birdcatcher
—Sacrifice .' . 3 5 2
Br to Folly.o'-the
Day
Omer Pacha
Bobby Taft
Prince of Orange 3 5 0
Absolution
Smack
Post Horse
Larerna 3 4 10
Nlidhope
Rataplan
Bolton
Paros 4 (pfl)
Falbeck 4 (pd)

Ariosto
Jack Sheppard..
Winkfield .....
Blooming Heather
Mary (71b extra)
Little Davie (sib
extra) a
Roscommon 5
Goorkah
Flatterer
Alembic
Paletot
Ladybird
Kaffir
Siding
Shoreham 4
Cossey
Besika
St. Clare
Freddy 4

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three•yr-olds 6st
101 b, four 94 21h, five 9st 101 b, six and aged lOst
two miles. To close on Tuesday evening next.
The Whittlebnry Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100
added by Lori Southampton ; two•yr-olds fist 41b,
three B,t 81b ; fillies and geldings allowed 3lb ; win-
ners of a sweepstakes amounting to 500 sovs with 10
subs 71b, of a 200 soy sweepstakes with ten subs 51h,
all other winners of plates or sweepstakes to the amount
of 100 cove 31b extra ; weights not accumulative
three-yr-olds which have started three times without
winning allowed 51b ; about three-quarters of a mile ;.
40 sub,.

Age st
Lawn (51b extra) 3 8 13
Oltenitza (slb ex.) 3 8 10
Rattler
cy.,un cIA Main.. 3 8 8
Merlin (Sib alld.) 3 8 3
Blue Rock (slb
allowed) 3 8 0
Hurdle

Age at lb
)Zarin 2 6 4
The Prophet 2 6 4
Western Power 2 6 4
Evening Star c 2 6 4
The Zouave
Lady Godiva c 2 6 4
Verona

Tricolor (sib ex ) 2
TheArnorousßoy 2
Somerset

Cantrip
.A iicia f
rhe Grey Dawn 2 6 1

Des.demorta

Cedric
Bro. to Donald 2
The Abbot 2
Painter
Broadcloth
Toffey
The Boarderer
The Avenger 2
Chev. dandustrie 2
Saladin

Sorceress
Festivity

_
Venus I 2 6 1
Cara Fatima 2 6
' A.nnot Lyle
Blue Mountain 2 6 1
Sis. to Spindle 2 6 1
Catty Queen 2 6 1
lone f 2 6 1

The Pytchley Stakes of 5 so'
the fund, for two•yr-olds a
To close on Tuesday evesi

va each, with 40 added from
,nd upwards ; five furlongs.
ng.

The Nene Stakes. One mile and a half.
Age st lh
Kingof Trumps... a 8 8

11 subs.
.Age st lb
Siding 4 6 4
Noisette
Treachery
Anniversary 3 5 3
Eloquence... 3 4 12

Alonz

8 ,0

Alembic 5 7 2
Weathercock 5 6 12
Master Slender a 6 7
Ethel bald

The Racing Stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added,
for three-yr-olds ; colts 8i1; 10Ib, and fillies Bst 61b ;
winners in 1856 s:b extra ; horses having started in
1855 or 1856 without having won up to the day of
running, allowed, if once 31b, twice sth ; OD@ mile ;
7 subs.

st lb I st lb
Stork
cby Bay Middleton, Prestbury (51b all.) 8 5
Slander (311) a 11.)... 8 7 I Bonner and Buxom
Queen's Head 8 6 (slb all.) 8 1
I
Crookshanks (slb all.) 8 5

The fixtures for the ensuing week are Catterick Bridge
and Coventry, on Monday and Tuesday ; Northampton,
on Wednesday and Thursday ; and The Hoo, on Satur-
day. The sweet-do-nothingness which tmfites have so
long enjoyed is therefore now interrupted, and the stir-
ring business of the racing season has commenced. I
shall not at present enter into an examination of the
Northampton programme, but shall reserve my remarks
on the probabilities until Monday. I will, however,
direct attention to the appointed sport at Coventry,
because it will be partially celebrated before I shall again
have an opportunity of addressing the reader.
That Mr. Merry will command a most successful
meeting is unquestionable, for, with the exception per-
haps of the C. C. at Shrewsbury, no one understands
better the art of " flattering" owners of horses. On
paper so many animals appear " well in" their respec-
tive engagements that the task of indicating the pro-
bable winners is not a little perplexing. Oa this occa-
sion I have no faith in my powers of vaticination. I
will, however, make a guess at truth. For the Handi-
cap Plate of 40 Sovs., Vestige appears to be so well
" in" that I fancy Mr. Merry must be inclined to give
" Ben" a turn. I shall couple that name with Twin
Shon Catti, as being the most likely to pull through.
Robgill and Flageolet are entitled to notice for the
Handicap of 20 Soya. Should the former start, despite
his weight, be ought to be capable of winning. The
items contained on Tuesday's list I shall discuss in my
next communication.
March 22.

PROGRAMME OF NORTHAMPTON AND
PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26.
The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 40 added, for
three-year-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold
for 600 cove, if demanded in the usual way, unless
exemption from beinz sold is claimed at the time of
entrance, the horses for which this claim is made are
to carry 91b extra. One mile. 3 suds.
Age et ib
Fisherman (91b. Tame Deer
extra) 3 7 1 Magus
The Stand Plate of 50 cove (Handicap), for three-year-
olds and upwards; the winner of any handicap after
the publication of the weights 51b extra. One mile

added ; the winner of any
appear 7ib extra ; one mil,
Age A lb
King of Trumps a 8 10
Sultan
Alonz ) , a 8 2
Fiatterer
Polydore .
Mary 4 7 6
Octavia
Roebuck
Gondoline 4 6 8
Neoptolemus 4 6 7
Chaltow Boy 4 6 5
Redemption
Moorcock 4 6 0
Treachery .. 4 6 0
The Delapre Handicap of 1
for three-yr-olds and upw
for 100 BOYS if demanded
Park Stakes Course (abo

Age st lb
Weathercock 5 8 7
John Barleycorn 5 8 3
Titormus 4 8 3
Plauible
Alcyone 4 7 10
Little Gerard 5 - 7 6
B c by Slane out

of Raillery 3 7 6
Eardrop 3 7 4

Racing Fixt

Coventry 24
Catteriek
Newhall Spring ...

Doncaster Spring 1
Abergavenny
Thirsk
Croston Park 8
Epom Spring lO
Durham l4

Nandi eap after the weights
and a quarter. 27 kiwis.

Age st lb
Herctilea
Merlin
Omar Pasba
Anniversary
TypLon
Bluebell 3 5 2
Laverna 3 5 2
Dolly Varden 3 5 0
Eloquence 3 5 6
Sirocco
Coal Black Rose 3 4 10
Lord Alfred 4 (pd)
Joshua

i soys each, with 25 added,
%rds ; the winner to be sold
in the usual way ; Althorp
It half a mile). 16 subs.

Age et lb
Prince's Mixture 3 7 4
Lady Goligbtly 3 7 4
B c by B. Middle-
ton—Slander 3 7 2
King Chat 3 7 0
Bonnets o' Blue 3 7 0
Bright
Oyster Girl 3 6 5
Surgeon• General

Ts for 1856.
,CH.

Quarry Gap 25
Northampton 26
The 1100 99

Newmarket C l4
York Spring 22
Harpenden 23
Mahon 24
Newmarket F S 2B

-
Chester Spring 6 1 Bath .20
Shrewsbury l3 1 Harpenden 23
Manchester .
South well ~ l5 1
JUNE.
Beverley
Ascot Heath 10 1 Bibury 25
Hampton lB 1 Stockbridge 2t;
Newton l3 1 Winchester 27
JULY.

Newmarket
Carlisle
Worcester Summer 3 I Knutsford 23
Liverpool ..
I
Nottingham 15 Goodwood 29

AUGUST.
Brighton
Brighton Club 8 York
Lewet
.11 Radcliffe 25
Wolverhampton. ll Derby 26
Reading l2 Egham 26
Ludlow 14 Stockton 2B
SEPTEMBER.
Warwick Sept 2 Cardiff 24
Lichfield
Lincoln 10 Manchester Autumn ...26
Doncaster 16 Newmarket F 0 30
Leicester 24
OCTOBER.
Kelso 1 Newmarket S 0 l3
I
Chester Autumn 7 Warwick Autumn ......21
Bedford 9 1 Newmarket H 27
Wrexham Autumn

NOV E

IBER.

Worcester Autumn 4
Tarporley Haut

Liverpool Autumn ......12
Shrewsbury Autumn ...18

INDEX TO THE CLOSING OF STAKES.
The Hoo March 22 Chester April 1
Mafton 25 I Ascot 1
Newmarket 25 Beverley
Durham

Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856.

MARCH.

Tullamore..

27
APRIL.
Curragh 22 I Westmeath 2B
MAY.
Elowth and Baldoyle...l3_l Roscommon 27

Tramore
Ballyeigh

JUNE.
2 Curragh 94
..17 I

JULY.
BeVewstown 8 Heath
I
Down R. Corporation 15

AUGUST.

29

Killarney

... .21
SEPTEMBER.
Curragh 2 ; Johnstown 23
Trarnore
Jenkinstowu Park l6 ; Limerick