The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1860.

SPORT.

*GENCE.

Closing
Price.

;Business done

READING STEEPLECHASES.-THURSDAY.

A Handicap Plate of 5 sous each, with 20 added. Two

miles.

Mr. Peck's Tumbler, 9st 71b (Nightingale) 1
Mr. E. P. Langley's Magenta, lOst olb (Burrowes) 2
Mr. Hall's The Whistler, lOst 21b (Hall) 3
King William, and The Present also ran.
Betting-6 to 4on (at first 6to 4 agst) Tumbler, 3to 1
agst any other offered.
Tho race may be described in a fow words. Nothing ex-
cept the winner had a chance : the betting indicated the
fact, and he was allowed to win by a length ; bad third.
The Present and King William wore disposed of early.

The Berkshire Open Steeplechase of 10 sovs each, h ft, and
only 2 if declared, with 50 sovs added. About three
miles. 28 subs, seven of whom paid 2 sovs each.
Mr. Harrison's Omar Pacha, lOst 51b .. (G. Stevens) 1
Mr. C. Higgin's Roscommon, Sat 51b .... (Nightingale) 2
Mr. Merry's Escape, list 31b (T. Oliver, sen.) 3
The following also ran :—Hazard Lottery, Fanny,
Glautias, The Curate, Border Chief, Unprotected Female,
Physician, Broadway Swell, Heads or Tails, and Cork-
screw.
Batting-4 to 1 agst Hazard, sto 1 agst Heads or Tails,
Il to 2 agst Physician, 0 to I agst Omar Pacha, 7 to 1 agst
Roscommon, 100 to 7 each agst Escape and Glautias, 100
to 6 each agst Border Chief and Unprotected Female.
The two greys, Unprotected Female and Broadway Swell,
showed the way eve, the first jump, and they ran nearly
side by side to the fence below the enclosure, where The
Curate took up the running. On quitting the winning field
Heads or Tails fell, and The Curate went on with a long
lead, Unprotected Female, Broadway Swell, Border Chief,
Hazard, and Corkscrew following in the order named. On
passing the brickfield Physician took close order with the
leading horses, it being a toss-up whether Heads or
Tails would ever got on good terms with her horses
again. On entering the winning field the two greys wore
together, The Curate and Escape lying next, Lottery
soon after taking up the running. On passing the
brickfield the second time Hazard was pulled up and
Lottery was done. Within half a mile of home the race
was left to the first two. Roscommon swerved against
Omar Pacha at the last fence, and nearly came down on
his head. Omar Pacha went on with the lead and won by
a length ; bad third. The Curate, Lottery, Corkscrew,
Fanny, Border Chief, Glautias, and Physician were pulled
up, and passed the post in a cluster.

Selling Steeplechase of 5 soya each, with 20 added. Op-
tional selling weights. One mile and a half.
Mr. A. Howe's Litigation (X2O), lOst (J. Land) 1
Mr. Lywood'a Barnacle (X2O), lOst (Mr. Mew) 2
The Present also ran.
Betting-2 to lon Litigation—any odds on him whilst
running.

Litigation made all the running, and won easily. The
Present refused at the fence opposite the Stand, and was
brought back to the enclosure.

A Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added. Three miles,
Mr. Catton'a Brunette, 13st (inc. 71b extra.... (Kendall) 1
Mr. J. L Manby's Kibworth Lass, 13st (inc. 71b extra)

(Enoch) 2

Cuirass and Haphazard also ran.

No betting.

After taking the jump out of the enclosure, Kibworth
Lass went on with the rnnning; Brunette waited upon her
to the last fence, when she closed, and they ran nearly side
by side the second time past the Stand. The race was now
loft to these two, Brunette winning cleverly by a length.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
TWO THOUSAND.
6 to 5 on Buccaneer, The Wizard, and Umpire (t)
20 to 1 aget King of Diamonds (t)