The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN RACES-THURSDAY.

Scurry Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added, for all ages.

Half a mile. 7 subs.

Mr. Mellor's Duplicity, 2 yrs, sat 91b (carried 6st)
(H. Grimehaw) 1
Mr. Craven's Contention, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (carried Bst 81b)
(A. French) 2
Mr. Mellish's Julia, 4 yrs, Bst.. ...
Mr. Tusting's Jeremy Diddler, late Jerry (Bst 21b)
(L. Snowden) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Duplicity, sto 2 agst Contention, 4
to 1 agst each of the others (offered).
Duplicity made all the running, and won by a length ;
three lengths between the second and third ; Jeremy Did-
dler beaten off.

The Line,olnshiro Handicap of 5 sovs•each, 3 ft, with 100

added; winners extra; the second to receive 20 says out

of the stakes. One mile.
Mr. Lincoln's Vigo, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb ...(Fordham) 1
Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, aged, 6sb 131 b (J. Snowden 2
Mr. G. Milnes's Remunerator, 4 yrs, 75t.... (Uhalloner) 3

The following also ran :—Bel Esperanza, Amsterdam,
Eskdale, Charles the Second, Julia, Lovett, Estella, The
Gentle, Kitiy Kingston, and Desmond.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Estella, sto 1 agst Prince of Orange,
6 to 1 agst The Gentle, 7 to 1 agst Bel Esperanza, 10 to 1
each agat Vigo, Remunerator, and Lovett, 100 to 7 each
agat Vigo and Amsterdam.

The race was preceded by a false start, in which all broke
away, with the exception of Eskdale and Desmond, and
ran some distance before being pulled up. The Gentle made
strong running, with Prince of Orange second Eskdale and
Bel Esperanza headed the nick side by side, their imme
diate followers being Vigo and Kitty Kingston. At the dis-
tance The Gentle was beaten, and ,Fordham brought his
horse to the fore, collared l'rince of Orange, opposite the
Strand, a magnificent race between the first two ending in
favour of Vigo by a head, three lengths between the second
and third, Kitty Kingston finishing about four lengths
behind, Remunerator, Bel Esperanza, Julia, Eskdale, and
Lovett being the next lot, separated by wide intervals ; the
last two were Desmond and Charles 11., the latter being
last off, and trotting in a distance behind everything.
Innkeepeers' Selling Stakes of 3 sove, with 25 added. Op-
tional selling weights, &c. ; the second to save his stake.
About half a mile.

Mr. J. Bird's Harry, by Student, 4 yrs (DO), Bst 91b
(J. Covey) 1
Mr. Catton's Alfred, aged (£3O), 9st 111 b.... (Kendall) 2
Mr. Mellish's Puss, 2 yrs (£3o),sst 111 b (Mills) 3
The following also ran .--Little Poll, Jessamine, and
Mayflower.
Betting-7 to 4 agst jessamine, 3to 1 agst Little Poll,
4 to 1 agst any other.

Wen by a length and a half ; two lengths between second
and third, the others beaten off.

The winner was sold to Mr. Hitchin for 135 guineas, and
goes into T. Cliff's stable.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles.
Mr. J. Osborne's Tormentor, by Wild Dayrell, 3 yrs,
6st 91b (Challoner) 1
Lord Stamford's Newcastle, 4 yrs, 9st 2113.. (A. French) 2
Mr. Hall's Eskdale, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Charlton) 3
Nimrod and The Gentle also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Newcastle, 7to 4 agst Nimrod, 10
to 1 agst any other offered.

Eskdale made most of the running, and took a long lead
soon after starting, his immeliate followers being Nimrod,
Tormentor, and The Gentle, Newcastle biding his time in
the extreme rear. At the T.Y.C. post the favourite drew
through his horses, and on entering the straight Tormen-
tor took the second place ; in a few strides further Eskdale
was beaten, and Tormentor took up the running with New-
castle at his quarters ; the two from this point ran a tre-
mendous race home, Tormentor winning by a head; three
lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. The
Gentle walked in.

Handicap Hurdle Rice of 5 says oach, 3 ft, with 25 added.
Winners extra, &o. The second to save his stake. Two
miles, over six flights of hurdles.
Mr. T. Cliff's Caliph by lon, aged, 115 t.... (W. White) 1
Captain Clifton's Congreve, aged, 9st lllb (Salt) 2
Mr. Lewis's Topsy, 6 yrs, 9st (Kendall) 3
The following also ran :—Estella, The Curate, Pyrrhus
the Second, The Post, Martello, and Peggy Pollard.
Betting-5 to 2 agst The Curate, 6to 1 agst Caliph, 6to
1. each agst Topsy and Estella, 7 to 1 agst Congreve, and
10 to 1 agst any other.

Topsy took the lead from the distance, and seemed to
have the race in hand, being challenged right and left by
Congreve and Caliph ; she declined and the latter won a
good race by half a length ; same between the second and
third ; bad fourth ; the others straggled in at wide intervals.
Lincolnshire Hunt Steeplechase, of 5 SOYS each, with 40
added, weight, for age ; gen-
tlemenprofessionalsolds and w
upeaxrds ;
tr a . About three miles.
Mr.dehld.d forC riderslar Clark's ;
Br- lemish (11 b), 6 yrs, 12st 71b

(Mr. G. Walker) 1
Mr. Pears's The Farmer (h b), aged, INt 71b. (0 wne ) 2
Mr. E. Dawssn's Traveller (h b), 4 yrs, 1 Ist 1 llb (fn
51b ex)
Hedgetopper and Cigar also ran.
Betting-5 to 4on Blemish, and Bto 1 agat any other.
Blemish made all the running, and won by ten lengths ;
a length between the second and third.