The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

LINCOLN RACES-YESTERDAY.
BLANKNEY HANDICAP.

Tragedy (Loates) 1
Venturesome (Heartfield) 2
Actor ..((Hustable) 3
La Mecbante (Parry) 0
Knight of the Whistle (Carroll) 0
Elastic (Elphick) 0
Credulity (Stone) 0
Cleopatra (Kenyon) 0

Advance 0
Won by half a length ; a length between second and
third.

Dotting 2to 1 egst Cleopatra, 2to 1 egst Venturesome,
5 to 1 agst La Mechante, and 8 to 1 agst Tragedy.
THE CITY HANDICAP of 5 sous each, with 50 added ;
cer:ain winners extra. Six furlongs.
Lord Westmorland's Indian Star (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Wilkinson's East Lynn.. (Carroll) 2
Lord Stamford's Gemma
Tho following also ran:—Historian (Parry), Pantaloon
(J. Grimshaw), Reindeer (Hibberd), William Pitt (Heart-
field), Elactic (Elphick), Pink (IL Challoner), Opposition
(Storey), Musician (Poster).
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Musician and East Lynn, 6to
to 1 each agst Reindeer and Gamma, 14 to 1 agst Indian
Star.

Won by three-quarter of a length ; two lengths between
second and third.

The INNKEEPERS' SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs
each, with 30 added, for all ages ; selling and other al-
lowances. About half-a-mile.
Mr. York's Novice, 3 yrs (.£3O), 7st Illb (Loates) 1
Mr. Nightingall's Benanoar, 4 yrs (.z3O), Bst 61b (H. Parry) 2
Marquis of Hastings' Alberta, 3 yrs (.£3O), 7st 111 b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. J. Butler's Bessie, 4 yrs (£3O), Bst 61b (J. Covey) 4
Mr. Hodgman's Game Pullet g., 2 yrs (.£3O), 6st (Stone) 5
Lord Westmoreland's Munchallsen, 4 yrs (5..30), Bst llb
(Morris) 6
Betting—Even agst Alberta-2 to 1 apt Novice.
Novice jumped off in front with a slight lead ol" Benanoar,
Alberta being third; they ran thus from start to finish,
Novice winning easily by a length and a half ; two lengths
separating the second and third ; a neck the third and
fourth.

The winner was bought in for £230 guineas; and Mr.
Nightingall claimed Alberta.

The GRAND STEEPLECHASE (handicap) of 10 sovs
each, 5 feet, 3 only if declared, with 100 added ; winners
extra. About four miles over a fair hunting country.

Mr. J. S. Bygott's Bridegroom (h. b), aged, 12st 21b
(Mr. R. Walker 1
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M:. W. Hawkin's The Rogue, aged, list 81b ...(Pickett 2
Mr. P. G. Hobson's Patience (h.b.), aged, llstBlb (Owner 3
Mr. T. Wadlow's West-End, aged, list 41b...(W. Wilite 4
The following also ran :—Acrobat, Vienna, The Beau,
and Contralto.
Betting-5 to 2 agst West-End, sto 1 agst The Beau,
6 to 1 agst The Rogue, 7 to 1 agst Vienna, 8 to 1 (at first
3 to 1) against Bridegroom.
Acrobat went to the front immediately after starting,
followed by The Beau, Contralto, The Rogue, and Bride-
groom, West-End, and Patience bringing up the rear.
They ran in this order to the Stnnd, whore The Rogue
passed Acrobat and led ovar two flights of hurdles; but
Acrobat again assumed the lead, which he held to the lane
jump, when he refused, and The Eo,lue was left in com-
mand, Bridegroom, Patience, and West End following.
Bridegroom and The Rogue jumped into the racecorrso
side by side, and tide first-named taking the lead after
clearing the last flight of hurdles, won in a canter by two
lengths; Patience a head only behind The Rogue, and
West End three lengths in the rear of the third. Nothing
else passed the post. Vienna came down on crossing the
road, and Contralto fell on the far side, Mr. Wilmott being
severely shaken.

The LINCOLNSHIRE HUNT STEEPLECHASE of 5
sow; each, with 50 added, for maiden horses that have
never been in a training stable since December 1; four-
yr-olds, 11st ; five, 11st 101 b; six and aged, 12st 31b;
thorough-bred horses 71b extra ; gentlemen riders ; pro-

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fessionals, 71b extra. About four miles.
Mr. Heneage's Lincoln, 5 yrs, 12st 3113: (Capt. Hare) 1
Mr. Richardson's Simplicity, 5 yrs, 12st 31b (Owner) 2
Mr. T. Lundie's ns. Bubble, 4 yrs, list 71b
(Mr. G. A. Morris) 3
Mr. W. H. Robinson's Elastic (h b), 5 yrs, list 101 b
(Capt. Inge) 4
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The following also ran :—Ravenswood, Harrington

(h b), Pensioner, Morris Dancer, Peggy White Rose
(h b), Peter (h b), The Ranger (h b), Gipsy Girl, and
Bolingbroke gelding (h b), disq.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Bubble, 6to 1 agstthe Bolingbroke
gelding.
The Bolingbroke gelding made play, followed by Har-
rington and Simplicity for once round, when Harrington
went to the front, but Lincoln (who had been lying off)
gradually run past his horses, and taking the lead three
fences from home, won easily by a length from the Bol-
ingkoke gelding, who headed Simplicity by two lengths.
Bubble and Elastic were the next two. The rider of the
Bolingbroke gelding was found to be short of weight in
returning to weigh in, and the horse was disqualified, and
Simplicity was placed second.

The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
fillies, Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs.
Straight run in, about half a nile.
Mr. Joseph Dawson's Pneumatic, Est 71b (Loatel 1
M. Sutton's Seiingapatam, Set 101 b Clhotnas 2
Mr. Elliott's Speaker's dam colt, Bst 101 b (Par_y 3
The f0110w.7n3 also tan :—Fitz Royal, Eutterily filly,
Polly Perkins, Slapbang, Rambling Kate filly.
Betting —2 to 1 agst Pneumatic, 3 to 1 agst Butterfly
filly, 6 to 1 " bar two."

Pneumatic and the Speaker's dam colt jumped off !n
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front, Polly Perkins going on third, Seringapatam, who
appeased to run very green, bring;ng up the rear, but when
fairly settling in his stride he ran through his horses and
took second place to opposite the enclosure ; but Pneu-
matic, who was never headed throughout, won easily by a
length; a head betweea second and third. The Rambling
Bate filly and Polly Perkins were fourth and firth, doze
together, the Butterfly filly sixth, and Slapbang last.
The wanner was bought by Mr. Myers for 155 guineas.
Count Lagrange claimed Seringapatam for Prince D.
Soltykoff.