The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-06 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT RACES—WEDNESDAY.
If ladies would take our advice, we should toll them to
come to Ascot on Tuesday and Wednesday, and allow the
multitude of pleasure-seekers to have the Cup. Day to
themselves. Yesterday was charming. It was not over-
crowded, and ladies could move about with comfort. To-
day, of course, the wet marred all enjoyment, but if it had
been fine it would even have been more agreeable than the
previous one. But the Cup Day is an institution of the
land, and one taken by the fair sex under their special
patronage, so the real enjoyment of Ascot will still bo left
to the comparatively select few.
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The Royal Hunt Cup is the race of Wednesday, though
there were one or two others in which Hermit,
Achievement, Wroughton, and other notabilities were to
run. The Ninth Biennial produced the Derby winner,
supposed to be a good
who looked better in his coat than at Epsom,
miler, only
easily,oonnlvyefirynishing fifth. i,h
ewo-Year-Old Triennial
Wroughton,
had a very warm favourite in Michael de Basco, a Bucca-
neer colt of Sir Frederick Johnstone's, who came with a
great private reputation from Woodyeates. He is a fine
colt, a trifle light below the knee, but looks like
galloping. Neither ho nor the second favourite, Restitu-
tion, however, cut a very brilliant figure in the race, which
was won by the Duke of Beaufort, s outsider Europa. The
Hunt Cup brought out its usual large field,
and gave oc-
casion to the usual amount of speculation. It is always
an unsatisfactory race to see., and the one who gets well
away in front generally wins. This was not the case,
however, on this occasion, as Jasper, the winner, did not
go to the front until crossing the road, but from
that point there was nothing in the race but the
three placed, and the field presented the accustomed
tail. Grimston was not a match fur Blue Gown in the Fern-
bill Stakes, who seemed to outpace him all the way ; and
the Palmer and Montgoubert made, a fine race of in the
Ascot Derby, Sir Joseph Hawley its
horse only just manag-
ing to get home by a head. The Coronation Stakes, in
which Achievement squandered her field in the hollowest
manner, brought the afternoon's sport to a conclusion.
The Visitors' Plate of 100 sous (Handicap), for ...roe year
olds and upwards ; winners after the declaration of the
weights 71b extra; the second to receive 25 soya; marl

round and a distance.
Air. Chaplin's Bertie, 4 yrs, ?st .....................(Jeffery) 1
Mr. Payne's Pintail, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (ca 7stlllh)(Cannon)
Lord Westmoreland's Rupert 's dam colt, 3 yrs, sst 111 b
(car. sst 121 b) .......................................(Kenyon)
The following also ran :--Jezabel, Corporal, Monitress,
Stokeley.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Pintail, 4to 1 each agst Stokeley
and the Ruport's dam colt, 5 to 1 agst Vici,
and 10 to 1
agst Bertie.
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Stokeley was the first away, but after running a few
strides he was pulled back, and the running was taken up
by Jezabel, who, in company with Berth) and Monitress,
came on with the running past the stand, but on rounding
the top turn the latter rushed past her horses, and soon
after was seen half-a-dozen lengths in advance of Bertie,
close up with whom were Jezabel, Pizttaii. end Vioi,