The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-09 00:00:00

SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE.

READING RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

The King's Meadow Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added.
One mile and a quarter.

Mr. Jones's Sunbury, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Midgley 1
Mr. Gulliver's Miss Eleanor, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (D acker) 2
Mr. James's Artist, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Bray) 3
Mr. Formby's Speaker, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Plumb) 4
Betting-2 to 1 each agat Speaker and Miss Eleanor, sto
2 agst Sunbury. Sunbury made all the running, and won
by two lengths ; three parts of a length between second and
third ; bad fourth.
The Borough Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3
soya each; weight for age; the winner to be sold, &c.
Half a mile.

Sir E. Hutchinson's Sweetbread, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Entwisle) 1
Mr. Mills' Queen of the May, 3 yrs, Est 41b..(Fordham) 2
Mr. Merrifield's Confession, 2 yrs, fist 41b (Verraby) 3

The following also ran :—Mountebank, Billy Banks,
Flame, c by Boiardo out of Phingari, Everlasting, Con-
tract, Rosedale, Boisterous, Wee Polly, and Stormer.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Billy Banks, 4to agst Queen of the
May, 8 to 1 agst Stormer, 10 to 1 each agst Flame, The
Boiardo colt, and Everlasting, 12 to 1 agst Boisterous. The
winner lay in front all the way, and won easily by two
lengths, four lengths between second and third. The win-
ner was claimed by Mr. W. Day.

The Abbey Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, fur
2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b; winners extra;
allowances for maidens, &c. Three-quarters of a mile.

A subs.

Mr. Cartwright's Fairwater, Bst 71b (inc. 31b extra)
(Charlton) 1
Captain Christie's Lady Clifden, Bst 71b (inc. 31b ex.)
(Fordham) 2
Lord Portsmouth's Cronstadt, Bst 71b (Goater) 3
Mr. Stone's Almeric, Bst 21b
Betting-5 to 2on Lady Clifden, 4to 1 agst Cronstadt,
6 to 1 agst Fairwater. Won by three lengths ; a head be-
tween second and third ; Almeric beaten a long way.

The Berkshire Stakes (handicap) of 20 sous each, h ft, with
100 added ; winners extra, &c. About two miles. 46

subs, 23 of whom pay 5 soya each.
Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b .. (Edwards) 1
Mr. Copperthwaite's Rising Sun, 3 yrs 7st 21b (Bottom) 2
York and The Nun also ran.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Rising Sun, 7to 2 each agst Nun
and Plumper, 4to 1 agst York. The race was run in a
shower of rain, Plumper going off with the lead, and never
being headed. She won by 20 lengths, the favourite getting
second. Only those two passed the post.
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The Nursery Plate (handicap) of 100 goys, for 2-yr-olds;
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winners extra. Straight run in (about 7 furlongs).
Mr. Morris's Balham, 6st 41b (car. Est 51b) (Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Barber's For-head, 7st 21b (Challoner) .2
Mr. Barber's Rose, sst 121 b (Entwisle) 3

The following also ran :—Ellerton, Esther Mishap, Miss
Emma, Maid of Peru, Nutbush, Count Home, c by Chan-
ticleer, Clotilde, Parapet, Podarces, c by Wild Dayrell,
Blemish, and Dira.

Mr. Barber declared to win with Foihead. Adams
weighed for Sweetbread, whose number was placed on the
telegraph board, but the horse did not go to the post.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Balham, 6to 1 each agst Rose and
l'exhead, 12 to 1 each agst Podarces and Parapet, 100 to 7
agst any other. Balham came out at the distance and won
easily by three lengths ; a bad third, Podarces was fourth,
Parapet fifth, and the others straggled in.
The Ladies' Plate of 30 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3
soya each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling
weights. Five furloags.

Mr. H. Coverdale's Griffin, 4 yrs, Bst (130)..(Harrison) 1
Mr. Willoughby's Corfu, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (130).. (Roper) 2
Mr. H. Ivey's My Uncle, 2 yrs, sst 31b (130) (Parsons) 3

The following also ran :—Mushroom, Tumult, Joy,
Prince Galitzen, and Tony Lumpkin's dam filly.
Betting--5 to 2 agst Tumult, 4to 1 agst Griffin, sto 1
each agst Corfu and Mushroom. The three placed were in
front all the way, and a good race ended in favour of Griffin
by a head, a length between second and third. The winner
was bought in for 60 guineas. On cantering down the
course Corfu knocked a man down, fell, and unseated his
jockey, who was unhurt. The man, however, was severely
injured.

The EasthaMpstead Park Stakes of 5 sove each, 2 ft, with
25 added, for 3-yr .olds and upwards. One mile and a
half. (10 subs.)

Mr. S. Jacob's Amsterdam, 5 yrs, 9st 3lb (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Midgeley) 2
Mr. Newbold's Burlington, 4 yrs, Bst (Charlton) 3
Betting-2 to lon Amsterdam. Won by a length. Bur-
lington walked in.

Rain fell heavily during the greater part of the after-
noon, and the course was very sloppy. The attendance of
company was very large.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY.

The great St. Leger was almost forgotten to-day. Th•
Great Ebor Handicap is now fairly before the public, and,
from the number of horses supported, it is evident that
those who have accepted are quite satisfied with the handi-
capping. It is useless noticing the " doings" upon any
particular animal. We think upon the whole it is one of
those events upon which the bookmakers may very well
cry content. We have not lately seen a handicap in which,
judging from the operations, there were so many good
things.—Closing prices :

GREAT EBOR HANDICAP.
9to 1 agst Defender (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Pax (taken and offered)
• 9to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Underhand (taken)
100 to 7 agst Satellite (taken)
100 to 7 agst Horace (taken)
15 to 1 agst First Lord (taken)
100 to 6 agst The Pedlar (taken)
100 to 6 agst Hepatica (taken)
100 to 6 agst Moorhen (taken)
100 to 6 agst Ancient Briton (taken)
100 to 6 agst Tuustall Maid (taken)
100 to 6 agst Sutton (taken)
Sl'. LEGER.
7to 2on the field (offered)
20 to 1 agst Stampedo (taken)
20 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (offered)

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 58s 7d ;
barley, 33s Od ; oats, 26s 6d ; rye, 45s 6d ; beans, 46s
9d; and peas, 41s 3d.
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. ..7- Wheat, 578 7d
barley, 33s 2d ; oats, 26s ld ; rye, 41s 4d ; beans, 46s 6d ;
peas, 41s 4d.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 73,459,
barley, 641 ; oats, 2,661 ; rye, 16; beans, 1,113 ; peas,
346 quarters.