The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

SPORTING I N TELLIGENCE.

-ATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.
The close approach of the racing season was Mani-
fested by the large attendance Of speculators in the
Subscription-room. Still the betting was .very
limited, and on the , N-740eigiftrits'
were 4nital4-inttiretly ani.ieriad:--- They will, how-
eVer, be resumed in earnest in the course of a few
days, when the acceptances will be placedi before
the public.
An announcement that the revised laws of bet-
ting would be read to the members was, perhaps,
the main inducement to many persons to assemble
at the Corner. These rules, which are given be-
low, seemed to meet with cordial approbation, and
are likely to work with the most beneficial effect.
Several important alterations have been intro-
duced, especially those which relt:' e to the covering
of bets and the time allowed to defb niters to satisfy
the claims of their creditors. Lard Derby's motion,
to make void all bets on handicaps prior to the pub.
lication of the weights, is, it will be seen, also
adopted. _ _

A: rough draught of the new rules has already
been placed before the sporting public, but Rule 4
has been re-amended, and in the rule referring to
the scratching of horses an additional clause has
been inserted. The task of revision has been accom-
plished by General Peel, Admiral Rous, and Mr.
Greville.

Brother to Marchioness and Clyde3dale were
head and head in the betting for the Two Thousand,
4 to 1 being taken to 751. about tho former, and the
same ( dds to a baga'elle about Mr. Howard's horse.
Layers would have gone on at the same price.
1,000 to 50 was booked once nb.mt Blink Bonny
for the Chester Cup ; but throughout the afternoon
20 to 1 on the field could have been obtained with-
out difficulty. Blackthorn, who is really the first
favourite, would have found backers at any odds
over 20 to 1.

The only horse in demand for the Derby was the
Hadji, who was advanced five points, and iu whose
favour the investments amounted to about 4001.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.

10 to 1 agst Jean du Queane (offered—take 12
to 1) *
20 to 1 agst Lough Bawn (taken)
15 to 1 agst Emigrant and Little Tom, coupled
(taken to 501.)

TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken and offered)
4to 1 ag-t Brother to Marchioness (taken and
offered)
500 to 20 agst Clydesdalt's winning this event and
The Derby (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Brother to Marchioness winning
this event and Cock-a-doodle•
dno The Derby (taken)
1000 to 14 aget Brother to Marchioness winning
this event and Ditto The
Derby (taken)

CHESTER CUI.
20 to 1 agat Blackthorn (offered)
20 to 1 apt Blink Bonny (offered)
30 to 1 agst Charles the Seoond (taken)
30 to 1 agst Adamas (taken)
40 to 1 agst Brother to Marchioness (taken)
50 to 1 agst Tricolor (taken)
50 to 1 agat Botany (taken)
50 to 1 agat Physician, by Chanticleer, (taken)
1000 to 15 aget Sprig of Shillelagh (taken)

THE DEADY.
20 to 1 agst Sedbury (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ditto (taken)
25 to 1 agst The Hadji (taken)
1000 to 40 agst The Happy Land (taken)
1000 to 40 ag4t Longrapge (taken)

THE REVISED RULES OF • BETTING.
1. In all bets there must be a possibility to win
when the bet is made ; " you cannot win when you
cannot lose." _

2. The interests of the bets are inseparable with
;he interest of the stake-4, except when the winning
iorse is disqualified owing to a default in making

stakes.

3. All double bets must be considered " play or
pay."
4. Confirmed bets cannot be off except by mutual
consent, or by cases hereafter-mentioned. Either
of the betters may demand stakes to be made 14
days before the lace is run, upon proving it to
the committee of the rooms that ho has just cause
for so doing ; if ordered, bets must be cor,,red on
the comparing day, or sufficient security offered,
and the persons refusing to make stake shall be
ejected the rooms of Tatters dl's and Newm irk, t.
If a bettor be absent on the day of the running,
and there is just cause to presume that he intends
to evade his engagement 9, a public declaration must
be made in the ring, and the same pest .d up in
the usual place, and in the event of no person be-
coming responsible for the same a written notice
must be given to the clerk of the course declaring
the bet void.
5. All bets on matches and private sweepstakes
depending between any two horses shall be void if
those horses bec,:me the property of the same per-
pon or of bis avowed confederate subsequently to
the bets being made.
6. All bets between particular horses shall be
void if neither of them win, unless agreed by the
prties to th- c ntra y.
7. If any bet shall be made from signal or indi-
cation after the race has been determ'ned, such bat
shall be considered fraudulent and void.

8. The person who lays the odds has a right to
choose a horse or the field ; when a person has chosen
a horse the field is what starts against him.
9. If odds are laid without ment'oning the horse
before the race is over, the bet must be determined
by the state of the odds at the time of making it.
10. If a match or sweep takes be made for any
particular day in any race week, and the parties
agree to change the day to any other in the same
week, all bets must stand, but if the parties agree
to run the race in a different week, or to make the
slightest difference in the terms of the engagement,
all bets made before the alteration are void.
11. Bets made en horses winning any number
within the year shall be understood as meaning be-
tween the Ist of Jan. and the 31st Dec.
12. If a bet is made between two horses in a
match or sweepstakes, say 1001., half forfeit, and
both horses start, either party may dechie forfeit,
and the person making such a declaration would
pay 501. if the other horse won, but would rec,ive
nothing in the event of his horse winning the race.
13. Bets are determined, though the horse doffs
not start, when the words ,4absoltrely run or pay,"
or " play or pay," are made use of i❑ betting.
14. Money given to have a bet laid shall not be
returned, though the race be not run.

15. When the riders of any horses brought out
to run for any race are called upon by the starter
to take their places all bets respecting such horses
must be play or pay.
16. When horses run a dead heat for a plate or
sweepstakes, and the owners agree to divide, all
bets between such horses or between either of them
and the field, must be settled by the money betted
being put together and divided between the parties
in the same proportion as the stakes. If a bet be
made on one of the horses that ran the dead heat
against a beaten horse he who backed the horse
that ran the dead heat wins half his bet if his horse
received half the prize ; if the dead heat be the
first event of a double bet. The bet is void unless
one horse received above a moiety which would
constitute him a winner in a double event.

17. The following races shall be considered "play
or pay" :—The Derby and Oaks, at Epsom ; the
St. Leger, at Doncaster ; the Two Thousand
Guineas ; the One Thousand Guineas ; the Ce.
oarewitch and Cambridge§bire, at NOYGIIPACt