The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

TURF NEWS RFOM FRANCE.

M. Grandhomme, the secretary of the French Jockey
Club, accompanied by M. Boulet, professor at the veterinary
college of Alfort, inspected Count de Lagrange's two year
olds on the 2d January, so as to give them the necessary
certificates for England.
J. Francis has terminated his engagement as private
trainer to M. Verry.
J. Spinks has arrived at Chantilly in charge of several
horses belonging to Count d'Evry.
The brood mare Predostinee (dam of Pretondant and
Mathilde) is dead.

LATEST BETTING.
FRENCH DERBY.
6 to' 1 agst Montgoubert
25 to--1 agst Dragon
50 to 1 agst Etendart
-100 to - 1 agst Cote d'Or
100 to. 1 agst Montluo
150 to 1 agst Mon Soleil
200 to 1 agst Enchanteur
7 to 4 agst Count de Lagrange's stable
7to 1 agst M. Delamarro's stable

GRAND PRIX.
Bto 1 agst D'Estournel

STUD NEWS.
On the 6th inst., at Middle Park, Eltham Beauty, a bay
filly by Marsyas ; on the 7th, Q. E. D., a bay filly by High
Treason; on the 10th, Mrs. Fowler, a bay colt by King
John.
On the Ist inst., at Bushbury Paddock, Argosy, a filly
by Lifeboat, and will be put to him again. Golden Drop
has arrived in foal to Lifeboat, and Tourterelle has arrived
to Gunboat.

EXPORTATION OF BLOOD STOCK TO AMERICA.-Our
readers will learn with regret that the valuable cargo of
blood stock shipped by Mr. Cameron on board the Helvetia
for New York on the 10th ult., a list of which was given n
our columns, encountered somo very severe weather in the
passage, from the effects of which the whole of the 39 died
with the exception of Birague and four foals. This will be
a very heavy loss to Mr. Cameron, as, in addition to some
fair performers on the Turf, including Peeress,
he had
selected several brood mares who, from their breeding,
were bound to produce race horses.
Mr. Lowther has given notice that at the general meeting
of the Jockey Club in the Craven Meeting he will move—
" That no horse or mare bred out of the United Kingdom
shall be allowed to start for any race under the jurisdic-
tion of the Jockey Club, unless the owner has lodged the
certificate of its birth with the Keeper of the Match Book,
and also a certificate of its ago from a veterinary surgeon
appointed by the stewards of the Jockey Club."
Abergavenny flat races and steeplechases, in connection
with the Monmouthshire Hunt Club, are fixed for the 11th
and 12th of April, over the same natural course as last ear;
and with the assistance of one of the leading patrons to the
steeplechase world the promoters are in hopes of having as
good a meeting as last year.

Beelzebub, 4 yrs, purchased by Capt. Coote out of a draft
of Mr. Merry's stud offered for auction at Tattersall's in
December, has been renamed The Saint ; and Mr. Wood's
Claxton, 6 yrs, has been renamed Havelock.
THE 31ANCILESTER MEETING.—It has been finallydecided
that the postponed Manchester Meeting shall be held on
the 25th and 26th inst. The programme will be recon-
structed, and several stakes reopened, of which due notice
will be given in our columns. •

We are requested to state, on the authority of Mr. Frail,
the clerk of the course, that Beeswing was scratched for
the Shrewsbury Cup at 1 o'clock on the day before the race.
The •` Lecturer dinner" recently given by John Day to
his friends at Stockbridge went off with the greatest eclat,
and the harmony and conviviality was sustained until a
late hour.

The picture of "'Tattersall's," painted by the late Mr.
Joy, is in course of engraving, and hopes are entertained
of its being ready fur publication before the end of the
season in Juno.

Four of Mr. Campbell-Wyndhatn's horses by Glen-
rnasson have arrived at Percy's stables, Pimperue, from

Isaac Wooleot's.
soon follow.

King Christian and Gulden Bloom will

Mr. J. Cassidy requests us to state that his two mares
New Light and Midwife were struck ontof the Manchester
Steeple Chase upon the appearance of the weights.
Mr. Owen has sold The Count,.by Stockwell out of
Countess of Albemarle, 6 yrs, to Mr. Foster, of Selby,
Yorkshire, where he will be located for stud purposes.
Rugby Steeple Chases will be held on Monday, March
18 —the day befors the Warwick Spring Meeting—over
the well-known Grand Military Course, overlooking the
Pytchley Vale.

A Spring Meeting, composed of flat racing and steeple
chasing, will be held at Margate this year on Monday,
March 18.

Mr. Roe has named his four year old steeple chase_mare
by Artillery out of Katinka, by Red Hart, Italia.
Gorsehawk's forfeits have been paid.

The colours of Mr. Pelham are blue and yellow hoops.

NOMENCLATURE.
Mr. W. Sadler's.
Filly by Master Bagot, dam by Nabob of
Bourra Tomacha, 2 yrs
Mr. H. Marsh's.
Filly by Y. Melbourne—The Wryneck,

2 yrs Adelaide.
Colt by Fugloman out of Lovebird, 2 yrs Spurgeon.

Mr. Watt's.
Bay filly by Nowminster out of Souvenir,
2 yrs Mysotis.
Bay yearling colt by National Guard out
of The Pet, by Daniel O'Rourke Snider.
Mr. Saxon's.
Brown filly (sis. to Beeswing), 2 yrs Honey.
Brown filly by The Dupe out of Calot,

- -
2 yrs ' Jewess.
Filly by Lord Albemarle—Giantess, 2 yrs Sultana.
Bay colt by Wild Dayroll —lmposition, '
2 yrs The Hunter.
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Mr. Copeland's.
Filly foal (foaled Jan. 1,1867) by Lifeboat
out of The Argosy Surprise.
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