The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-29 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LEWES SPRING MEETING—TinmsDAY.

The excellent bill of fare provided by Mr. Verrall at-
tracted a large company to Lewes Downs; and, despite
that the meeting clashed with the annual gathering in
celebration of the sister spot at Cheltenham, the attendance
was quite up to the average. Thp "strike" on the part of
the engine-drivers and stokers on the Brighton and South
Coast Railway having been compromised, and work re-
sumed on the last day of the Epsom Meeting, the autho-
rities decided to run a " special" to Lewes ; Mad when their
intention became known a large body of turfites availed
themselves of the facilities thus afforded. The weather
was beautiful in the extreme, and the brisk breeze, which
it may be presumed invariably sweeps the undulating
downs, was softly tempered by the sun's rays. Indeed,
in the matter of the weather, Mr. Verrall and the officials
of the Lewes Meeting had every reason to be thankful,
especially when the bitter experience of last week at War-
wick—where a very largo body of turf men were literally
snowed out-Lis remembered. In addition to this gratify-
ing accessory to the day's sport, the "going" was as near
perfect as it could possibly be. Owing to one important
fixture clashing with this the first iay of the Lewes Spring
reunion, there were fewer ." gentlemen" present than
would otherwise have "assisted" at the gathering. In
fact, the only aristocratic sportsmen of note whom we ob-
served in the ring were one of the stewards, Sir Lydston
Newman, Lord Westmoreland, alai Mr. Thellusson. To
this paucity in the attendance of the "upper ten" of the
tad may be attributed the remarkable absence of specula-
tion on future events, which can only be fairly quoted as
nil. Without at all enumerating or commenting specially
on the several events which comprised the afternoon's
card, we may, while allowing that the fields might well
have been more numerous, call attention to the superiority
of the sport. It will be seen from the return which we
append below that the racing was characterised by close
finishing and first-class horsemanship :
Tho Town Plate (Handicap) of 40 sous ; winners after
March 21 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra. 7 furlongs.
Mr. T. Clayton's Florican, by Newminster—The Belle,
by Slane, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Cameron) 1
Mr. Hamerton's Frogmore, 5 yrs, Bst 121b...(R. PAnson) 2
Sir L. Newman's Blush Rose, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Butler 3
Mr. Franks's Mimulus, 3 yrs, 7st (Peppier 0
Mr. S. Thelluson's Laverna, 3 yrs, 7st (Killick 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Florican, sto 2 (at first 6to 4) agst
Blush Rose, 6 to 1 agst Mimulus, and 8 to 1 agst Frog-
more. After a couple of breaks away a good start was
effected, Blush Rose getting away in front, attended by
Mimulus, with Florican on the whip hand, Laverna bring-
ing up the rear. Emerging from the dip Frogmore, next
the rails, drew forward, Florican simultaneously heading
Blush Rose, who dropped back at the commencement of
the enclosure, reducing the race to a match between the
favourite and Frogmore, the former winning easily by half
a length ; Blush Rose was a bad third ; Mimulus fourth ;
and Laverna trotted in last, having been in the rear through
out.

The Wolter Cup (Handicap), value 50 sovs, by subserip -
tion of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 30 added
_ winners after Mara. 21 (at ten am) 71b extra gentle-