The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-31 00:00:00

A FRESH MAN,

THE LATE CROYDON STEEPLECHASE,
(From the Sunday Times)
Mr. Harrison has come forward boldly to prove that he
was justified in making his objection against Brunette.
The protest which wo entered last week against the flippant
and unsatisfactory manner in whioh the referees decided the
case was strictly in accordance with the sentiments of all
persons who desire to see the sport of steeplechasing con-
ducted on the principles of fairplay and honesty. Had the
stewards published the evidence in full, the public would
have been satisfied with their decision, but the clumsy, and
evidently one-sided statement which a contemporary indis.
creetly published last week only served to deepen the sus.
picious circumstances with which the affair is sUrrounded.
Mr. Harrison has furaishod us with the subjoined state-
ments which were made before the stewards :
George Stevens said—On my way to the starting-field, I
was followed by Mr. Harrison, who told me that he had
been informed that there was a probability that Brunette
was not carrying her proper weight, and Mr. H. said if such
was the case, the deficiency might possibly be given to Ken-
dall after pulling up; and, therefore, if Brunette should be
the winner, I must try to get the second place, and take
care, in pulling up, to stick close to Bruzette. I did stick
close to her, and, on our way back to the weighipg-place, I
saw the young man who always goes with Lister's horses
give Kendall, the rider of Brunette, something from under
a rubber, but I could not see what it was, for, just at that
moment, a stoutish gentleman, with a light moustache and
no whiskers, came up, and caught hold of Omar Pasha's
head, and said something about winning which I did nol
quite understand, and which I thought was to take my at-
tention off Kendall and the young man before mentioned.
Immediately after this there was a mob round Mr. Harri-
son and Brunette.
"A Mr. Pearson also gave evidence to the following
effect :—That he saw something given to the rider of Bru-
nette, and thought that it might be a present, and which
the jockey received in his left hand."
[The above statement contains very serious charges, and
it would be well if Mr. Lister and Kendall were, for their
own sakes, to place their version of the affair before the
pliblic.—ED. 8. T.]

THE " SUNDAY TIMES" RACING RECORD.-
Edited by Albert Feist. —The first number of this work
is just published. It contains a list of the members of the
Jockey Club, racing and steeplechase fixtures, the revised
rules of betting, Derby and Oaks lots, a record of steeple-,
chases past since the Shrewsbury meeting, nominations for
the Derby, alphabetically arranged, with trainers' names,
and programmes of forthcoming races. The book is neatly
printed, and is of a convenient pocket size, and its cheap
price (three halfpence) must command for it a large circu-
lation.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Finney.

TILE DEILBY.
Bto 1 agst Umpire (taken)
12 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken)
12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken)
12 to 1 apt Nutbourna (offered)
12 to 1 agst The Wizard (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst High Treason (taken)
25 to 1 agst The Drone (offered)
25 to 1 agst Upporhand (offered)