The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1860.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST LONDON BETTING.

The betting in town to-day (Saturday) was chiefly con-
fined to the Northamptonshire Stakes, the outlays upon
which were at times extensive and important.' The pre-'
cise nature of the transactions will be found on reference to
the subjoined list of closing prices. The only movements
of interest or significance on the Two Thousand and Derby
were the sudden fall of Lupullus for both events, and an
offer to take £9OO to £lOO in one bet about Umpire. The
" knocking-out" demohstration. against Lupullus was very
decided. For the Two Thousand he receded to 8 to 1,
offered, and for the Derby he " vanished" to 50 to 1,
offered.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.
to 1 ap-,st Forager (taken)
7to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken)
10 to 1 agst Simple Simon (taken)
12 to / agst Monk (taken)
20 to 1 agst Tommy Noble (taken)
100 to 6 agst First Lord (taken)
100 to t agst Claire (taken)
100 to 6 agst Old Robert (take 20 to 1)
100 to 3 agst Audrey (taken)

EARL SPENCER PLATE.
Bto 1 agst Zitella (take 10 to 1)
10 to 1 agst Hetty (taken)
100 to 7 agst Actaeon (taken)
100 to 7 agst Red Eaglo (taken)
100 to 7 ngst Spicebox (taken)
100 to S agst Venus filly (take 100 to 7)
20 to 1 agst Theodor, (taken)
20 to 1 sigst Marseillaise (taken)
ALTHORP PARK STAKES.
7to 2 agst Walloon (taken)
4to 1 agst Big Ben (taken)
sto 1 agst Morella (taken)
10 to 1 agst Polyolbion. (taken)
10 to 1 agst King of Kent (taken)

TWO THOUSAND.
sto 2 agst Buccaneer (taken)
4to 1 agst Wizard (taken)
Bto 1 agst Lupullus (offered)
11 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken)
100 to 6 agst Plum Pudding (taken)

DERBY.
9to 1 agst Umpire (offers to take)
50 to 1 vat Lupullus (offered)

BETTING AT 3IANCIIESTER-FRIDAY.

The return of those subscribers who had been at War-
wick, and the dear approach of the day (Tuesday next)
upon which the great Northamptonshire Stakes will be
contested for, caused the Subscription-rooms to be nume-
rously attended to-day, and much importance, no doubt,
will bo attached to the quotations made up at the close of
business. Forager for the Stakes was not so firm, 100 to
15 being currently offered against him, without producing
any great manirestation in his favour. The lion of the day
was unmistakeably Royal Sovereign, who would have been
supported for money at any advance upon 9 to 1, and those
gentlemen disposed to lay that figure found very little
difficulty in doing trade. Tommy Noble, Monk, Simple
Simon, and Old Robert were firm at their quotations.
Claire seemed to be out of favour, and Rattlebone,
Man-at-Arms, Pitman, and Uncle Ned became quite
friendless.

The Chester Cup betting, although not marked by any
great outlay of money, was nevertheless significant. Long-
range advanced to 20 to 1 taken freely, Apollyon was in
some force at 22 to 1, Gaspard declined to 20 to 1 offered,
and 1,000 to 10 would have been laid against either The
Greek or Uncle Ned, and 100 to 6 was offered against Mr.
Thomas Dawson's lot. The following twenty were backed
against the field :—Lifeboat, Promised Land, Longrange,
Herne, Tame Deer, Satellite, Brewer, The Squire, Blue
Ruin, Petra, Apollyon, Viatka, Birmingham, Indepen-
dence, Traducer, Newcastle, Arsenal, Timandra, Blue
Jacket, and Gaspard. For the Two Thousand Guineas
Stakes Lupulus declined to 7 to 1 offered, and 3 to 1 was
currently offered on the field. The Wizard would have
been backed at any advance upon 4 to 1. 10 to 1 was
offered against Hetman for the Spencer Plate, and 100 to 8
bar one.

CLOSING PRICES.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 15 agst Forager (offered)
9to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken)
100 to 7 agst The Monk (taken)
100 to 7 agst Tommy Noble (taken)
100 to 7 agst Simple Simon (taken)
100 to 7 agst Clare (taken)
100 to 6 agst Old Robert (taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Rattlebone (offered)
100 to 6 agst First Lord (taken)
20 to 1 agst Philomel (offered)
100 to 3 agst Pitman (offered)
100 to 3 agst Man-at-Arms (offered)
50 to 1 agst Professor Dick (oft
50 to 1 agst Uncle Ned (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
100 to 3 agst Professor Dick (taken)

CHEST ER CI:P.
16 to 1 agst Viatka (offered)
20 to 1 agst Longrange (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gaspard (offered)
22 to 1 agst Apollyon (taken)
25 to 1 agst Tame Deer (offered)
100 to 3 agst Herne (offered)
100 to 3 agst Squire (taken)
100 to 3 agst Lifeboat (taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Odo (taken)
50 to 1 agst Sir William (taken)
100 to 1 agst The Greek (offered)
100 to 1 agst Uncle Ned (offered)

TWO TitaaAND.
3to 1 agst Buccaneer. (offered)
4to 1 agst The Wizard (take 9to 2)
7to 1 agst Lupulus (offered)

lORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

IiENTS,

On the 7th inst., at 12 45 p.m., Athlete out of the Grand
National.

On the 19th inst., at 9 a.m., Predictor out of the 30 sous.
Plate at Warwick Spring.

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On the 19th inst., at 9 a.m., Zitolla out of her engage-
ments at Warwick Spring.

On the 19th inst , at 10 a.m., Kimpton out of the 50 sou.
Plato at Warwick Spring.

On the 20th inst., after 6 p.m., all Lord Clifden's horses
out of their engagements at Warwick Spring, Northampton,
and Croxton. Park.

On the 23d inst., at 3 40 p.m., Ariadne out of the North-
amptonshire Stakes.

REFORM IN HANDICAPS.

It affords us no little gratification to be in a position to state
from authority, that many months before Lord Redesdalo's
Bill was laid before the House of Lords, Admiral Rous and
Sir Joseph Hawley had resolved to submit to the Jockey
Club a proposition to limit the lightest weights in all
handicaps to Est I.olb, at every meeting except Newmarket,
where " feathers" can take no harm ; and that the measure
in question will be brought forward at the first full meeting
of the Club, when we earnestly hope that so desirable a
plan, which must meet the wishes of every owner of race
horses, will pass into law. The penalty for non-observ-
ance of the rule will be the exclusion from Newmarket,
Epsom, Ascot, Goodwood, and other meetings where the
Jockey Club rules are in force, of all horses that may have
started atmeetings where the Jockey Club authority is set
at defiance.—Bell's Life.