The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-28 00:00:00

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Leaf, Aggravator, and Feemy.
Betting--7to 4 agst Royal Tart& " /4/ 0:41,
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5 to 1 agst Feemy, and 6 to 1 each
Star Cross. Clatford made play, ft Top IVlP'ec-
OppositiOn, and Star Cross, in the of - th64enctO
for home, where the favourite and Star Cross singled them,-
selves out, and a slashing race home ensued between the
pair, Star Cross winning by a neck; a length only betwiaen
sBcond and third ; Clatford was fourth, and Hopleaf fifth.
The Open Hunters' Plate of 30 sovs, for horses that have
been hunted; list 71b each ; winners on the flat in 1866
or 1867 71b extra; non-professionals allowed Sib; on,
milt! and a half on the flat-
Mr. Yates's Balharn, by Stockwell, darn by Jerry, aged,
11-4 2:h
Lord C. Kt-Tr's el:lrina, 3 yrs, lt,t 7.1) (ca 7-. list 9,b)
(OwLer) 2
R •nhen's Wedding P.•al, 5 yrs, I.lst 2lb (Mr. T. nice) 3
Tl:e following also ran : Red Rose, Cairngorm, anti
Jessie.

Betting - 6 to 4 on Bantam, 3 to 1 agst Red Rose, 4 to 1
agst Wedding Pat, 10 to 1 agst any other. • At the all of
the flag Bslham cud Chain:: jumped away awl ran sido by
sile until they passA the stand the first ti:ne, where Mr.
Yates took up the running, was never afterwards caught,
and won easily by three lengths. Wedding Peal was a
moderate third.
The Selling Hurdle Race Plato of 30 sovs (Handicap); the
winner to be sold for 40 sovs ; about one mile and a half,
over four hurdles. To close and name by eight o'clock
on Tuesday evening, and the weights to appear by nine
o'clock the same night.
Mr. Grey's Sisyphus, by Fandango—Grey Milton's dam,
9st 10Ib (Kennedy) 1
Mr. Bentley's Triumph. lOst slb Orr. Hobson) 2
Mr. Eagar's Maid of Erin, lOst 10113, (R. heeler) a

The following also ran ;—Prescription, Freemason
Firefly, Over the Sea, and Fairplay.
Betting-2 to las Freemason, 3to 1 agst Triumph, 5
to 1 each agst Maid of Erin and Prescription, and 7 to 1
agst Sisyphus. Prescription jumped off with the lead,
followed by Freemason, Maid of Erin, and Sisyphus. This
order was maintained for about a mile, whoa Triumph
showed in front, but rounding the bend for home Sisyphus
coming away won by four lengths. Maid of Erin was a
bad third, Prescription was fourth, Freemason fifth, and
Firefly sixth.
~.,TAlit,Weiter.;Copt.raliteAlge, added to it,gwoemtakes of -----
sovs each, 1 ft ; winners after Feb. dl (tt'tena.m.) 51b,
professionals 51b extra ; about one mile ; -28 subs.
Mr. Ditmas's Gaiety, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Hobson) 1
Mr. J. P. Craven's Grafton, 3 irs, 10st 31b (inc. 51b ex.)
(S. Adams) 2
Mr. 31`Queen's Royal Tartan, 4 yrs, 10st 121 b
(Mr. Crawshaw) 3
Tho following also ran : --Balham, Lord Douglas, Cutler,
Slender, Jack's Alive, Peig-nois, and Libertine.
Betting —2 to 1 agst Royal Tartan, 4 to 1 agst Gaiety,. 5,.
to 1 agst Balham, 7 to 1 agst Grafton, and 10 to 1 agst ,
Peignoir. Gaiety was the first to ge; off, followed by
Slender and Cutler, the others well up. They ran thus
until within a quarter of h wile from home, where -Gaiety
came away and won easily by four lengths. Royal Tartan
was a bad third. Bantam was fourth. -.

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC
CLUB.
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CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday.
A meeting of the Committee of the Cambridge Univer-
sity Athletic Club was held last evening, the president
(Mr. F. H. Cheethatu) in the chair, at which the following
pregramme for, the three days' Uuiversity sports, in: which
the best men of the several colleges compote, was. decided
.upon :—One Hundred Yards Race, Quarter Mile Race,
Half Mile Race, One Mile Race, Two-or Four Miles Race,
120 Yards Hurdle Race, Throwing the Hanefer;
High -
Junip, Long Jump, Putting the Weight, Open Half lilile '
;Handicap, High Pole' Leap. Seven Mile Rico (walking); -
and the Consolation. it was resolved that the prize lor
•the POle Leap should be withheld unless there were four
;ebtries,-or unlesS the highest jump should be over eight '
feet and a half. It was also decided that a public.recegni.7
tin of the energetic services of Walter Watts, the keeper:
'of the ground; should be pade, tWo'..£s cups for handicaps - 7
:being offered, to be run on March 27,the proceeds to go as
a benefft to Watts.
MAGDALENE COLLEGE SPORTS. -
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These sports have taken place on Fcnner,s Grqunrto-
'day, and aorery enjoyable day's amusement, prOVidedlay
the members of the most sprting college in thetniverallY:
.The Strangers' 430 Yards Race was an extraordinary per=
`fel:mance, being the . quickest we ltio' seen 'nen at this •
-University, the correct time being 49 2-3 sec.. Mr. Savilic's
_win in the'final heat of -the 100 yards race wag 'extraordk
goodtime, viz., 10 1-3 sec. Mr. Cecil Legard, well •
'known as a' clever cross country rider, acted as judge;
:Walter Watts fired the pistol as starter, and Mr. 3.-qf '
Digby, of Lynn, took the oilleial time. The following:is
the authorised return , '
Hundred' Yards Race.-I'rst Heat;T Richardson,
.Y;
C. W. Wilcok, 2, 101 sec.; won I,y-:a yard and a
_yell.
Second Heat-.—GeSaville, 1; J. K. Itaableieh,--4,11
won easily. Final Heat- G. Saville woe very cleverly
- ten seconds tend.a third. • • -411401.=!`'41k.- 4441;1 "*,-*
tied fur second place, 4ft. 732ie.
Long Jump.—G. Saville, 1,18 ft. 4in.; T. Richardson,
2; lift. 911 n.
Hurdle Race.—Willcox, 1; T. Richardson, 2; four
started. Won by four yards. Time, 2J 2-3 secs.
Four Hundred and Thirty Yards R.tce.—Harley, 1 ;
Saville. 2; Bovill, 3. Six started. 57 secs.
Putting the Weight. —Wilcox, 1,31 ft. 2in.; Altrusa, 2,
27ft. Gin.
Mile Race.—Stevens, 1; Harley, 2; Elwards, 3; nine
ran. Time, 5 min. 5 1-3 secs.
Strangers' Quarter-mile Race (less ten yards).—E. A.
Pitruaa (Johns), 1; C. E. Gibbs (Jesus), 2 ; four started.
An extraordinary race. Time, 49 2-3 secs.
Match for £5 at Hurdles.—C. Legard, 1; G. S. Unite, 2.
Consolation Race.—Rashleigh, 1; Bovill, 2.

SPORTS 1N AMERICA.

On the 28th January all Albany was in a high
state of excitement. The new sport called pig-
on-ice," was a race after a pig, let loose on one of
the skating parks. The racs was announced for
three o'clock precisely, at the Central Park. A
space of about half an acre had been cleAred, and
long before the time arrived hundreds and thou-
sands of men, women, and children, had gathered
on and about the ice, some with skates, some with-
out, some to help to chase the pig, and ail to enjoy
the fun. The pig was brought in a big box, and
with much ceremony and beating of drums let
loose—but, alas ! it refused to go. A whip, how-
-1 ever, speedily changed its determination, and at last
he started with some two thousand eager followers
in pursuit. There was the usual amount of shout-
ing, pulling, cursing, and tumbling, when the pig
was finally captured, and brought to the starting
the pig no doubt sharing
pinoin hist beyxualtlautciokny
actapWr
thettermination of the chase.
A LONG FOOT RACE.--A Nashville despatch an-
nounces an extraordinary foot race about to take
!, •
lace .—Two well-known German citizens of Nash-
ville have made a bet of one thousand dollars a side,
and the money has been already stake I, on a foot
rice between them from Nashville to Murfreesboro',
some thirty-two miles distant. The terms are, that
each contestant shall be at liberty to take the pike
or pursue any more desirable route to the point of
destinati..m ; that neither shall taste food from the
moment of commencing the race until its comple-
tion, and that, he who first report at Mur-
freesboro', is to be considered the winner and take
the money. Considerable interest is manifested in
this run, and betting is expected to run high and
large sums to change hands on the result.

REMARKABLE SKATING. - The Minneapolis
(Minn.) Chronicle records the following extraordi-
nary feat :—"A few days since, a young lady of
the city, on whose head only fifteen summers
have passed, determined, with her brother, to
make a pilgrimage to Dayton on skates. They
left at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and arrived at
Dayton at four o'clock in the afternoon. The
journey was performed in six hours ; the distance
travelled, by the way they went, was about forty
miles. The names of the parties are Miss Nellie and
Samuel Nettleton, children of highly respectable
parents of this city. We feel a little proud of this
Minneapolis girl."

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Darius Phelps, of Leyden, recently trapped a
forty-pound lynx, which had been making havoc
among the sheep in that vicinity.
About 90 per cent. of the salmon spawn which
Dr. William W. Fletcher, of Concord, brought from
New Brunswick and planted in the Pemigewasset
river, November 2, were hatched by the Ist of
January, and the young fish were generally strong
and healthy. This is said to be the first instance of
the artificial propagation of salmon in America.
Mr. Z. E. Simmons, of New York, has purchased
of Mr. J. E. Maynard, of Boston, the famous
stallion, Ethan Allen, for $lO,OOO.
The 120-pounds panther which was killed in a
cave at Mr. Ascutney's, Vermont, is to be stuffed
for preservation. The animal measures seven feet
in length, two feet eight inches in height, and his
death is a decided relief to the farmers and sheep-
owners of that region. He was pursued into a cave,
and was blockaded there all night till the next.
morning, when Mr. Gardner, one of the hunting
party, shot him through the head.

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