The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, MONDAY.
By the establishment of certain new Stakes an im-
provement has keen made in the list of sport for the
meeting which commenced this day. Still a fortuitous
interest only was impartel to the proceedings, and what-
ever success attended the racing was not attributable to
the administrative capacity of the Jockey Club. The
ruling authorities at Newmarket scarcely study the true
interest of the town. Their conduct of racing affairs is
regulated by an exclusive principle ; public opinion is
rather defied than conciliated, and the inducements to
gentlemen to send horses to the town are slender indeed
in comparison with the considerations which produce a
contrary effect.
Public patronage is not solicited for the meeting ; it
is rather discouraged, arid, however pleasant it may be
for the members of the Jockey Club to have a free range
ef the Heath, and to preserve their courses from the in-
cursions of the mob, the innkeepers and tradesmen of the
town scarcely find the absence of the people either
agreeable or profitalile. While at " provincial" towns
meetings which are managed by committees flourish,
those at the metropolis of the turf, with only three ex-
ceptions, maintain merely a doubtful vitality.
An eff .rt, however, is about to be made to arrest the
gradual decay. On Wednesday next a meeting will take
place to receive the report of the committee appointed
to revise the rules of racing, and to take into considera-
tion other matters affecting turf pursuits.
The Club, however, deprecate the interference of the
public with their plans. The presence of the reporters
was always deemed by certain people an intrusion at
Newmarket, and comments on the management of affairs
at "head-quarters," and the conduct of the proceeding.,
an impertinent meddling with matters which were de-
signed for the amusement and occupation of individuals
in high stations.
Accommodation for the representatives of the press at
Newmarket was never expected or solicited, but it was
believed that no restrictiens world be placed
I upon the exertions of those gentlemen whose duty it is
to convey to the public faithful and accurate reports of
the proceedings which come under their notice. V,xa-
tions obstructions have been placed in their way, and
an official order from the Jockey Club has debarred
them from entrance to the " cebined, cribbed, confined"
rooms which serve the purpose of weighing stands at
Newmarket. At every race meeting in the kingdom
except at Newmarket special arrangements are made for
the rezesentativer of t'ie press, and the officials afford
them every facility for the transaction of their business.
At Newmarket the reverse is the fact. The deliberations
of the Jockey Club, theie " commissions of inquiry"
upon any dispute brought before them, have always
been carried on with a secrecy worthy of a Masonic
lodge, and now even those matters on which the public
have a right to ex;?ect full and unreserved information
are to be arranged is a kind of Sporting Star Cnamber.
At Newmarket where horse racing is supposed to be
conducted in all its purity—at the metropolis of the
English turf--the reporters are to be excluded, and the
information to be conveyed to the public 'trust be oh-
taiued casually by a stroll on the Heath.
These circumstances compel us to state that, owing to
the exclusion of the representatives of the press, we
cannot guarantee the accuracy of the weight 4, and the
coructness of the jockey's names at these meetings.
A. bitterly cold east wild marred the enjoymeut of the
sport, and the assemblage of company was most meagr-;
not eve , so important an event as the match fur 3 0001
being a sufficient inducement for many people who were
not directly interested in the proceedings to muster on
the black heath. . .

By putting on a special train in connectison with the
evening train froni Cambridge the Eastern Counties
Company afford great accommodation to those per-ons
who wisn to return each evening
The racing was decided as under :
The Craven Plate of 50 soya, f )1- 3 yr-olls and upwards.
Weight for age. A.F. (1 mile 2 furl.mgs 73 yards.)
Mr. J. B. Starky's Fisherman, 5 yrs, Bst 13lb (hall) 1
Lord Clifden's Latitude colt, 3 yrs, 6s Gib (Bray) 2
Mr. J. Merry's Special License, 4 yrs, Bst 41b(Aidcroft) 3
Fly-by-Day and Gourd also ran.
Betting—Even and 5 to 4 on Fisherman, 7 to 2 agst
Special License.
Won by a short head ; bad. tbirl. To Latitude colt
slightly cannoned against Fiiherman within a few strides
of the chair, and Gourd bolted at the bushes across
Fisherman, whom he nearly carried away.
handicap Sweepstakes, of 15 cove each, 10 ft, for 3 and
4-yr-olds. D. M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.)
Major Houstoun's Barry Stanley, 3 yrs, fist 121 h
(Plumb) 1
Mr. Goodwin's Apathy, 4 yrs, 84 12Ib (Bray) 2
Mr. Hodgman's Bannockburn, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Fordhatn) 3
Duke of Bedford's Aster, 4 yrs, 84 41b ...(E. Sharp) 4
Betting-2 to 1 agst Apathy, sto 2 agst Bannock-
burn, 3 to 1 apt Aster, 4 to 1 agmit Harry Stanley.
Won by half a length, bad third.
The Bennington Stakes, of 50 soya each, h ft, for colts
Eat 71b, fillies 84t 21b. C .rtain allowances. D. M. (7
furlongs 201 yard). 10 rubs.
Gen. Peel's F.,rerunner, 8 t 4ib (A Day) 1
Mr. Bowes's Star of the East, Bst 41b (Wells) 2
Mr. Payne's Glealucs colt, Bst 4lb (Flatms.u) 3
Lord W. Powlett's Brother to Scandal, Bst 71b
(S. Rogers) 4
Bating-2 to lon Star of the East, sto 1 agst Fore-
runner.

Wo❑ by a length, threa lengths between the second
and third. After going a short distance the saddle of
Brother to Scandal slipped from under S. Rogers, who
was compelled to ride home barebacked.

Handicap Plate of 100 80,1 S. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140
yards.)
Mr. Nicholson's Marauder, 3 yrs, 64 lib (Perry) 1
'Jr. Edward,'s Theodora, 5 yrA, Bet 121O...(Fordhain) 2
Lord Clifden's colt by Loadtorie, out of Royalty, 3
yrs, 5-t 101 b (carried sst 12 lb) (Bray) 3
The foil wing also ran :—Olympus, Flimsy, The
Poacher, Neva, Kilbride, Misty Morn, G-orgis, Sooth-
sayer, Brother to Farthingale, arid Benefield,
Betting-7 to 2 agst Theodora' 7 to 1 agst Misty
Morn, 10 to 1 agst Olcimpus, i3ellefield, and Marau ler,
12 to 1 agst Georgie, 15 to 1 agst Brother to Far-
thingale.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; two lengths be-
tween the second and third ; Kilbride, Georgie, and
Olympus were next, well up.

Match, 3,0001., h ft, 84 lib eae%. A. mile and a quar-
ter over the F at.

IVIr. F. Robinson's Anton, by Bay Middleton (A. arty) 1
Mir. S. Williams's Kent (Fla:man) 2
Bettin4-6 to 5 on Anton.

They took a wide berth, Kent going away with a lead
of about eight lengths. In the curds Anton joined him,
but within a fdxv strides of the chair showed temper and
seemed inclined to bolt. Kent then appeared to be
winning easily, but Alfred Day with admirable tact
recovered his horse, and, hitting him over the head, got
him straight, and won o❑ the post by a neck. Kent ap-
peared to " stand still" at the fluigh. The pace was good
throughout.

The Forty-fourth Riddlesworth Stakes, of 200 soya.
each, h. ft., for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst
41b. Ab. M. 4 subs.
Mr. S. Williams's Gourd, by Nutwitb, 7,b, (Faulk-
ner), walked over.
Duke of Bedford's Aneroid withdrew his stake.

BETTING 13P TO SIX O'CLOCK.
NEWSIAIIKET HANDICAP.
6 to 1 agst Monarque (taken).
7 tvt 1 agst Pavilion (takot,),
7 to 1 agit Worcester.
7 to 1 agst Wouvermans.
10 i,o 1 agst East Langton.
Two TRousARD.
9to 2 agst Clydesdale (taken)
11 to 2 agst Tile Peer (offered)
10 to 1 agst Toxophilite (taker)
12 to 1 agit Mentmore (taken)
12 to 1 agst Brother to Bird-on•the-Wing (taken
and oMred)
100 to 8 ag4 Happy Land
300 to 200 on Two*lite agst Mentmore (taken)

DURHAM RACES.-MONDAY.

TRIAL STAKES.

Bradley ..
Early Bird

HOPEFUL STAKES.
Dutchman's Daughter
Amazon
DURHAM HANDICAP.

Logic o'Buchan
TA LLY-13.0 STAKES.
Ligie o'Buchan
Pkt

VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM.--On Saturday afternoon,
a violent thunderst,rui passed from the west over
heath, near Bramshill. At the same time a
carter in the employment of Mr. John South, with four
horses, was leaving a field in which they had been
ploughing, when a flash of lightning struck the poor
fellow arid all the horses to the ground. Two of the
horses immediately got up and another Foot; afterwards,
but one of them and the carter were killtd on the spot.
The man's bat was literally in shreds ; the lightning had
wreck him on the kit side of the head near the ear,
burning the hair and skin under the chin, al,o severely
scorching the breast, abdomen, loins, and the inside of
his right thic;ll and lee ; his flannel shirt was also
macs burnt.