The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY,—(CONCLUDED.)
A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs ; extra weight for winners.
Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs.
Captain Christie's Brandy Ball, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs,
Bst 71b
(G. Ford ham) 1
Mr. W. Phillip's Weardale, 4 yrs, 7st --(Robertson) 2
Mr. Dawson's Professor Dick, 3 yrs, 7st 61b.. (Bullock) 3
The following also ran :—Nutwith filly, Simla, Tedding-
ton filly, and Irish Emigrant.
Won in a canter by four lengths ; a length between
second and third ; the same between the third and fourth.
A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added. Weight fot
age, &e. ; the winner to be sold for 80 sot's. Once round
and a distance. 4 subs.

Mr. Savile's f by Tadznore, out of Mainstay, 3 yrs, Est
41b
.. (W. Bottom) 1
Colonel Townley's Job, 3 yrs, Gst 51b....(J. Snowden) 2
Mr. Hargreave's Jessie, 3 yrs, Est 91b........ (Madden) 3
Won by half a length ; a length between the second and
third.

WEDNESDAY.
Biennial Produce Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added,
for three-yr .olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Second
to save his stake. Castle pole, once round and in. 9
subs.
Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, by Teddington, Bst 91b
( oc 1
Captain Archdall's Niger, Bst 61b... (J Bull.
Osbornk)
e) 2
Betting-3 to lon Curlew.
The running throughout was made by Curlew, who won
by five lengths.
The Members' Plate of 60 sovs, the gift of the Right Hon.
Earl Grosvenor and P. S. Humberton, Esq., added to a
sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, to go to the second horse.
Three-yr-olds, 7st 71b; four, Bst 81b; five, 9st; six and
aged, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winners
extra. 7 furlongs. 5 subs.
Mr. Edwards's Jack Spring, 6 yrs, 9st 31b.. (J. Osborne) 1
Mr. Saxon's Defender, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. Saunders's Yellow Girl, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.... (Charlton) 3
Betting-2 to lon Defender.
Jack Spring waited upon Defender to the distance, where
he challenged him and won by a neck ; bad third.
The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs, added to a handicap
sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft ; extra weight for win-
ners, &c. ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes.
Cup Course. Two miles and a quarter. 176 subs, 59 of
whom declared, and pay 5 soya each.
The numbers preceding the horses' names correspond with
those on the card.

28 Lord Ailesbury's St. Albans, 3yrs, sst 31b (inc 101 b ex) 1
21 Mr. W. Day's Petra (h b), 4 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Adams) 2
11 Lord Portsmouth's Tame Leer, aged, 6st 91b
(. Bottom) 3
27 Lord Courtenay's Flitch, 4 yrs, sst 41b....W (Mitchell) 4
1 Mr. G. Foster's Underhand, 6yrs, 9st ( Withington) 0
3 Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (G. Fordham) 0
4 Mr. Murland's Longrange, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Charlton) 0
6 Mr. Jackson's Tunstall Maid, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Bullock) 0
7 Mr. H. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
(Robertson 0
8 Mr. Devon's Independence, 4 yrs 7st 21b (Custance)) 0
10 Mr. Craven's Marine, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Sadler) 0
13 Mr. Ten Broeck's Satellite, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (carried
6st 51b
(Challoner) 0
14 Mr. G. Bryan's Precursor, 4 yrs, 6st 41b .. (Bradley) 0
16 Mr. Thomas's Birmingham, 4 yrs, 6st 21b
(H. Grimshaw) 0
17 Mr. T. Hughes's The Brewer, aged, 6st (A.Edwards) 0
19 Mr. J. Osborne's Miss Digily, 4 yrs, sst 121 b
( Whitele
20 Mr. R. Bayley's The Squire, 4 yrs, sst 121 by) 0
(Entwistle) 0
22 Mr. Whitwerth's g. by Vatican out of Lady Mary,
4 yrs, sst 101 b (Hardcastle) 0
23 Captain Reynard's Cheery Chap, 5 yrs, sst 71b
Metcalfe) 0
24 Mr. J. Whittaker's First Lord, 3 yrs,( sst 51b
(car. sst 61b) (Auckland) 0
26 Mr. Copperthwaite's Rising Sun, 3 yrs, sst 51b (car.
sst 61b) .. (Woodhouse) 0
29 Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, 3 yrs, sst 21b (car.
sst 31b) (Bewley) 0
30 Mr. Merry's Apollyon, 3 yrs, sst llb (inc. 51b ex.
(Buck) 0
32 Captain Little's Man-at Arms, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b (inc.
51b ex.)
33 Mr. J. Ingham's Odo, 3 yrs, 4et 121 b
.... (J Plumb) 0
34 Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (car.
4st 131 b) (Doyle) 0
38 Mr. Robinson's The Prophet, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (Hunter) 0
60 Mr. Hare's Clara Webster, 4 yrs, Est 61b .. (Page) 0
61 Mr. Mills's Pensioner, 5 yrs, Est 41b (Lambourn) 0
The Promised Land, Traducer, and the Common Sense
colt were scratched at half-past nine this morning.
Betting-4 to 1 agst St, Albans, Bto 1 each agst Petra
and Birmingham, 9 to 1 agst Longrange, 15 to 1 agst
Weatherbound, 100 to 6 each agst Man-at-Arms, The
Brewer and Satellite, 20 to 1 each agst Flitch and Gaspard,
25 to 1 each apt Tame Deer, Apollyon, and Blue Ruin, 30
to 1 agst Independence, 40 to 1 each agst Tunstall Maid
and Precursor, 50 to 1 each agst Marine and The Squire,
200 to 3 agst Underhand, 100 to 1 each agst Twilight,
Rising Sun, First Lord, Odo, and Pensioner.
The start did not take place until upwards of half an hour
after the appointed time. Several ineffectual attempts were
made to get the horses off, Man-at-Arms, Petra, The Squire,
St. Albans, Flitch, and The Brewer being the most promi-
nent to get away. The horses at length quitted the post on
good terms, and then the stillness which the dense mass of
spectators had observed was broken by a simultaneous shout
of " They're off." The first to show in advance were
Flitch, St. Albans, Petra, akd The Brewer, and they kept
close company past the Stand, where The Brewer took a
slight lead, with his stable companion, Flitch, second, St.
Albans at their heels, third, and Petra at his quarters,
next the rails, fourth. Heading the next lot, came Blue
Ruin and Rising Sun, Cheery Chap and Longrange lying
in the extreme rear. On entering the far side, Flitch and
The Brewer ran nearly abreast in front, with Petra and St.
Albans, who had been eased at the tarn, next, and Twilight
following them. Petra and St. Albans alternately led until
after making the Grosvenor turn, and the next noteworthy
change occurred after entering the straight. On passing
the stand the second time Flitch and St. Albans raced for
the lead, Tame Deer, who had always been lying forward,
going in third, with Petra, next the rails, fourth, and
Weatherbound next, Longrange being sell in the rear. As
they again quitted the straight, Flitch took her place, and
Tame Deer took up the running, with St. Albans in waiting
upon him. The favourite had now obtained a good position,
which he kept with little variation. The first round the last
turn were Tame Deer, St. Albans, Petra, and Flitch, Lord
Portsmouth's horse having a little the best of it. But the
race was now over, for St. Albans, full of running, came
away at the distance, and won by a length ; four lengths be-
tween the second and third ; bad fourth. The running-up
horses were Independence, Birmingham, Gaspard, Pen-
sioner, Weatherbound, Rising Sun, Twilight, Precursor,
Man-at-Arms, and Blue Ruin. Longrange :was last but
one, and Miss Digby last absolutely.
The inhabitants of Chester have every year declared that
they have never seen more people on the " Cup day in their
lives," and this assertion is fully warranted on the present
occasion. The streets, the " rows," and the walls were
thronged, not only by persons who took a pecuniary inte-
rest in the great event of the day, but also by crowds of
pleasure folks, who deemed the race a very pretty sight,
and made it an opportunity for enjoying a holiday. Finer
weather could not have been desired—not a cloud ob-
scured the rays of the sun, which shone with a mid-
summer brilliancy. The only item of importance in the
day's proceedings was of course the Cup, and it com-
mended 29 runners. The favourite St. Albans won with
great ease—and beyond recording the fact that the race
was run at a terrific pace from start to finish we shall not
add any comments to our description of it. The success o
St. Albans caused him to be backed for the Derby at 5 to