The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-25 00:00:00

I, Y LUNG ON ELECTION.

The contest for this bbrough closed yesterday,
the result being in favour of Lord George Lennox.
At the close of the poll the numbers stood thus:—
Lord G. Lennox (C) l4B
Mr. Grenfell (L)

RACE wrni A BULL.

Some forty years ago the managers of a racecourse near
Brownsville, on the Monongahela, published a notice of a
race, one mile heats, on a particular day, for a purse of ICO
dols , " free for anything with tourlegs and hair on. A man
in the neighbourhood named hays had a bull that he was in
the habit of riding to mill with his bag of coru, and he deter-
mined to enter him lot the race. Ile said nothing about iL
to any one, but he rode him around the track a number of
times once reral moonlight nights until the bull had the hang
of the ground pretty well, and would keep the right course.
He rode with spurs, which the bull considered disagreeable ;
so much so that he always bellowed when they were applied t o
his sides. On the morning of the race Hays came upon
the ground on horsebaek—on his bull. *instead of a
saddle, ho had dried an ox-hide, the head part, of which,
with the horns still on, he had placed on the bull's
rump. He carried a short tin horn in his hand. He
rude to the judge's stand, and offered to enter his"'"
bull for the race ; but the owners of the horses that were
entered objected. Hays appealed to the terms of the no-
tice; insisting that his bull had " four legs, and hair on,"
and that therefore he had a right to enter him. After a
good deal of swearing, the judges declared themselves to be
compelled to decide that the bull had the right to run, and
was entered accordingly.
When the time for starting arrived, thebull and the horses
tqok their places. The horse racers were cut of humour at
being bothered with the bull, and at the burlesque, which
they supposed was intended, but thought that it would be
overas soonas thehorses -tart ed. When the signal was given
they did start.' Hays gave a blast with his bore, and sunk
his spurs into the side
,of the bull, who bounded on with
a terrible bawl, at no trifling speed, the dried ox-hide flap-
ping up and down and rattling at every jump, making a
combination of noises that had never been heard on a race-
course before. The horses all flew the track, every -
one seeming to be seized with a sudden determination
to take the shortest cut to get out of the Redstone country,
and not one of them could be brought back in time to save
their distance. The purse was given to Hays.
A general row ensued ; but the fun of the thing
put the crowd all on the side of the bull. The horse-
men contended that they were swindled out of their
purse, and that if it had not been for Hays' horn and
ox-hide, which he ought not to have been permitted
to bringjupon the ground, the thing would not have been
turned out as it did. Upon this, Hays told them that
this bull could beat any of their horses anyhow, and
if they would put up a hundred dollars against the
purse, he would take off the ox-hide and leave his tin
i o'ffeer horses
horn, and run a fair race with them
accepted, and the money staked. They again took
their places at the starting post, and the signal was
given. Hays gave the bull another touch with his
spur, and the bull gave a tremendous bellow. The
remembered the dreadful sound, thought all the test was
coming as before. Away they went again, in spite of alt
the exertions of their riders, while Hays gallopped bis bull
around the track and won the money.—The Weekly Leader
Toronto).

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tias DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditte
Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17
Antwerp
Brussels
Hamht gh.
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35 25 40
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 117,1
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh —34 i
Madrid
Cadiz —49 i
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo —3o 40
25 40
25 40
—39 a
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• • 30 45
25 45
25 45
391
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Messina
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York —
52
521
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52
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