The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-29 00:00:00

HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.

Aurifem
Licymnia ...
Courtmantle..„,

I

Five ran.
SPRING OPEN STEEPLECHASE.
llippolyte.
Roving Maid
Hawkshaiw

~. 2

Six ran.
WELTER HANDICAP.

Rampart
Ellen
Flash..
ALBEMARLE CUP.

Frailty
Z ingwyni
-Susan

Four ran.

DURHAM RACES—THis DAY.

TRIAL STAKES.

East Coast •• 1
Honesty • 2
8

Dick

Seven ran.
ELE MORE STAKES.

Siege Train
Fartia
Eskdale

Six ;an.

DURHAM HANDICAP.

lionestish
Pretty Juhu

Dean

Eight rau.

SELLING SPAKES.

L:s,ly-in• Waiting

31araluita
Fair Eliza

Fivo
DURHAM. HUNT CUP.

Sunshade
Mull
Queen of York.

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Nino

VICTORIA. CLUB BETTING—This DAT.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
11 to 4 agst Vagabond (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Drummer (taken)
9to 1 agst Poinsettia (taken)
10 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken and offered)
10 to 111gst La 13elle Helene (offered)
100 to 8 agst Birthday ,offered)
100 to 7 age t Parson (taken)
100 to 6 agst Vacuum (taken)
33 to 1 agst King Cophetua (offered)
40 to 1 agst See Saw (taken)
50 to 1 agst Atonement (offered)

.STOR7 /NG NOTES.

The Epsoui Spring Meetini
no doubt it will attract a Lary
iu spite of the inclement stab
and Suburban Handicap will
on the first day. There will
selected from the following:
See Saw 4 2 7
Vauban ... 4 8 0
*Cap-a-pie... 4 8 0
The Parson 4 7 12
*Kingslaud ... 4 7 8
Eastley 4 7 4
Choral ... 4 7 1
The Sawyer 4 7
Robespierre 3 6 13
*Our Diary Ann 4 6 11
Cocoa Nut... 3 6 11
Poinsettia ... 3 6 9
Atonement ... 3 6 7

tg commences to-morrow, and
-ge number of visitors, even
oof the weather. The City
I be the great event decided
1 be a field of about 20 to be

Alpenstock ... 3 6 3
Vagabond ... ... 3 6 2
The Drummer 3 6 2
*Consternation 3 6 0
The Baroness 3 6 0
Allbrook ... 3 5 12
Birthday ... ... 35 10
Giantess ...3 510
La Belle Helene ... 3 5 9
Boundary ... 5 7
AV:clatfuem 55

* Doubtful.
From market movements it would seem that Cap-a-Pie
will be reserved for the Metropo , and
litan in tat case
Chaloner will more than likely pilot Vauban, but he has
been too long bottled up for me to have faith in him.. The
Drummer, from the way ho spread-eagled his opponents
at Lincoln, ought to be kept on the right side of the book,
but his party have turned round And now back him for the
Metropolitan. Ono thing is certain, he cannot win them
both; and I think it would be better to stand him for the
first race. Eastley is at the present time a mystery ; but
if any demonstration is made in his favour, it will be worth
following; but, from my information, I do not think
it likely he will see the starter. Alpenstock, from the
favourable trial he has had with Robespierre, must be very
near winning. Vagabond, when asked the question by
Sir Joseph Hawley, has answered it to the entire satisfac-
tion of both owner and trainer, hence his present short
price in the market. With such animals as Blue Gown
and Tho Palmer in the Stable it is next to impossible that
they can have made much mistake. Poinsettia has had a
highly satisfactory trial, and is sure to be found in the
front rank at the finish. Alexander Taylor has sent
a large commission out in favour of La Belle Helene,
which has caused Boundary to retire to the out-
side division. The owner of The Sawyer is going in
the same swim as the Alpenstock division. I think the
race will lay between La Belle Helene, Drummer, Alpen-
stock, and Poinsettia, and as only one can win, I shall,
plump right out for
ALPENSTOCK
believing be will find his must dangerous opponents in
La Belle Helene and Drummer, who ought to be backed

for
Tphl
The fieldaces. for the Great Metropolitan will comprise
:
John Davis
nearly all the following :
... a 8 12 Belfast ...
13lue.skin ... ... 4 6 12
J" ri'laY ••• ... aBlO 'P lie Drummer ... 36 9
Cap-
... .4 8 9 Alpenstock ... 36 9
... 48 8 Vagabond ... ... 3 9
Fitz-Adam ... 4 7 7 La Belle Selene •.. 3 5 13
Choral ... ... 47 G Boundary ... . 35 13
Robespierre ... 37 '2 Lancet ... ... 35 10
Our Mary Ann ... 4 7 0
As nearly the same horses are engaged here as in the
City and Suburban, it will be better to wait the result of
this before making any investments, as which ever of the
favourites wins the short race will have to put up a 101 b
penalty for the long one on the following day i but n2y
present opinion is that Tla Purled=A or LAson will V4ll
1134Fint M.

NTORAGB OF VUNPOWDER TIVTOWN-B,

In consequence of the late explosion on the Place de
la Sorbonne, great alarm has been expressed in various
'towns of France in which gunpowder is stored
for the army. The inhabitants of Angers
(Maine-et-Loire) have sent a petition on the subject
to the Emperor, the following being a passage of the docu-
ment:—" In this place the Grand Ducal castle contains an
,immense stock of powder and a manufactory of Chasse-
pot cartridges, in making which numerous workmen are
ethployed. Statistics demonstrate that on an average
about ten explosions occur annually in Europe. The new
inventions in pyrotechnic chemistry double the risk of
accident and multiply the disastrous consequences. "[index
such circumstances this town must necessarily feel re-
newed alarm, as it lives on a volcano. The Chateau of
Sanmur, with which place we are connected by ter-
ritorial affinities and common sympathies, runs no less
danger than ourselves. Its fortress is an immense
powder-magazine, and it is under the perpetual menace
of real peril. The Council-General of the department
and the municipal councils of Angers and Saumur
have several times expressed the fears entertained by the

Population. We hope that the Emperor will take into
' account the disquiet felt by the people, and that his
Majesty, who can do everything in such a matter, will
preserve us from the immense dangers with which we are
incessantly menaced."

ANOTHER EA.BTICQUAKE IN LANCA-

SHIRE.

It appears from the accounts of several correspon-
dents of the Manchester Courier, that another shock
of earthquake has been felt in that county. On
Thursday evening, about half-past eight, the
,neighbourhoods of Stockport, Bury, ;Oldham, Broughton,
Pendleton, &c., was visited by a tolerably severe
shock. The residents in Ackers-street, Oxford-road, Man.
cheater, felt the vibration of the earth, though without
hearing any noise. At Cheetham-hill the feeling experi-
enced is compared to the shock felt by a ship when,
having risen with a wave, she sinks again. A
passenger along the road from Pendleton felt
A tremulous motion of the earth, accompanied
by a confused booming sound, as of a heavy weight
falling on a well-carpeted floor. A gentleman
residing near Eccles writes to the Manchester Courier
describing the effect produced on his house as resem-
Ming the passage of a heavy waggon without the
noise. Several persons state that their houses
were shaken perceptibly, but fortunately no damage
was done beyond the breakage of some crockery. Those
who experienced the former earthquake describe the shock
of Thursday evening as much slighter, though the pecu-
liarity of the vibration and the sickening sensation pro-
Ouced were similar. The accounts all agree as to the
tune, and the chief difference perceptible is that some
mention a rumbling noise, 'while others do not.