The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES.
Doncaster, Tuesday Night.
It is some years since these Races took pince under such ra-.
vourable auspices. The great interest attaching to the St.
Leger, and the opportune occurrence Of the Yorkshire Festi-
val, would doubtless have ensured a large company, but it was
in a great measure owing to the visit -of their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria that so
many fashionables remained to participate in the gaieties of the
week, and join in doing honour to the Royal visitors. The
town has beneatted considerably by the influx of strangers, and
it is doing the Corporation and the inhabitants generally no
more than justice in stating that they have at once judiciously
and liberally contributed all in their power towards the com-
fort, accommodation, and amusement of their patrons.

The assemblage on Monday, however respectable, fell in-
finitely short of the aggregate of to-day. Vast numbers of
persons flocked into the town at an early hour this morning,
and carriages continued rattling through for at le4t six hours
previous to the commencement of the races ; the streets, in-
deed, were barely passable. Unfortunately the weather,
hitherto so favourable, has undergone so entire a change since
our last as completely to dim the splendour of the scene. It
was not to a shower, nor to a storm, ncr to a succession of
either, with a glimpse of sunshine, but to a steady uncompro-
mising rain, beginning at daybreak and continuing, without
intermission, till about two o'clock; it then ceased, and the
Leger race was got over comfortably ; immediately after, how-
ever, it recommenced, and the day closed as it opened. It
will readily be believed that such an untoward visitation ope-
rated prejudicially on the attendance of the middling and lower
classes, thousands of whom had sense enough to withstand the
united attractions of the Princess and the Leger.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Bent and Princess
Victoria arrived about one o'clock in a carriage and six, with
outriders, their suite following in a carriage and four similarly
attended ; their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by the
Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Milton, and the Hon. Misses Went- •
worth Fitzwilliam. Addresses were presented from the Cor-
poration by their Recorder, and front the inhabitants by the
Rector, to both of which gracious answers were returned.
During the short time they remained in the town, his Royal
Highness the Duke de Nemours and several of the Nobility
paid their respects to their Royal Highnesses. A little after
two o'clock the illustrious visitors proceeded to the course, and
took their stations in one of the principal windows, which Was
tastefully fitted up with crimson draperies, the royal arms sur-
mounting the whole. We need scarcely add that they were
received with every possible demonstration of respect, and that
their R.oyal Highnesses fairly rivalled the Leger nags in the
notice and admiration of the spectators, no small compliment
from Yorkshire peoplc,•who, of all others, are the most devoted
to racing—it became a question, indeed, which was the greatest
favourite with them, the Queen of Trumps or the future Queen
of England.'
The Grand Stand was excessively crowded, and the con-
course on the race-ground,, notwithstanding the unfavourable
state of the weather, scarcely inferior to Doncaster in its best
days. The following list contains only a small proportion of
the fashionables present :
His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours and suite, the
Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duke of Leeds, and
Count-Matuszevic.

Lords— Chesterfield, Wilton, Wharneliffe, Mexborough,
Mostyn, Newburgh, Spencer, Kelburne, G. Bentinck, W. Len-
nox, Scarborough, Count Bolen, Baron Biel.
Sirs—L. Glyn, J. Boswell, J. Beresford, T. Sykes, M.
Sykes, M. Wood, T. Whichcote, A. Clifton, W. Boothby, &c.
Hortgurables—C. S. Wortley, G. Anson, H. Browne, •H.
De Roos, L. Saville, T. Dundas, M. Mostyn, E. Mostyn, W.
Lascelles, Duncombe, H. Baring, Cochrane, M. Sut-
ton, &c.

Generals—Sharpe, Travers, &c.
Colonels—Peel, Hancox, Ferguson, Hildyard, Thompson,
Kennedy, Lyster, Cradook, French, Weinman, Richardson,
Tower, Hill, &c.
Majors—Yarburgh, Tempest, Hancock, Mason, Whyte,
Healey, Vivian, Copland, &c.
Captains—Ricardo, Taylor, Ada*, Lang,Wyvill, Giblaps,
Gardnor, Hunter, Pousonby, Glover, Smith, Browne, Jones,
.111‘Melleg., Petit, Potts, Ewbank, Berens, Macdonald,' Jebb,
Waddington, Dimsdale, Macnamara, M. Sutton, Fairlig, &c.
Messieurs—Cooke, Camac, Tower, Ramsden, G. Baker,
F. Wilson, Chaytor, Vansittart, Gratwicke, C. Wilson, Payne,
E. Denison, F. Dimley, F. Mills, Glanville, C. Smith, W.
Maxwell, M. Maxwell, Codrington, M. P., \Vorrall, Cookes,
M. P., S. Fox, G. Walker, W. Payne, Bowes, M. P., aye,
A. Hunter, J. Peel,. F. Craven, Etwall, M.P., Ley, Irby,
H. Fleetwood, Houldsworth, M.P., Stonehewer, Joliffe, H.
Hotham, Foulis, Hawker, Gerard, Greville, Cottrell, Vyner,
Gascoigne, White, &c.
Ladies—Chesterfield, S. Hastings, A. Hastings, C. Fox,
H. Cooke, Turner, A. Milbank, Boothby, &c.
Mesdames—Cooke, Vivian, Anson, Camac, Saville, F. Wil-
son, Ramsdell, &c.
Misses—Boothby, Fullerton, Tempest, Cooke, Russell, Rol-
lesion, Ravenscroft, Fairlie, &c.
The following is a retuan of the afternoon's sport
The Two Year Old Produce Stakes of 160 sows. each, h. ft. ;
colts, Bst. 51b; fillies, Bst. 31b. Red House In. Twelve subs.
Mr. Gully's f. 'by Langar or Falcon 1
Mr. Skipsey's The Bard
Duke of Leeds's Rover 3
Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny 4
The winner the favourite • but little or nothing done. Mr.
Gully's filly laid in front all the way, shook' off Rover and
Destiny at the distance, the Bard at the stand, and won easy.
The St. Leger Stakes of 50 sots. cub, h. ft., for three years
old; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. The
.second to re-
ceive 100 sovs. out of the Stakes. St. Leger Course.
Sixty-seven, Subscribers.
Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps Lye 1
Mr. Richardson's Hornsea ..!.;..Scott 2
Mr. Golden's Brother to Hope 4 3
Mr. Greville's Preserve 4
The following also started—Ascot, Jupiter, Mr. Powlett's
Langar colt, Trim, Mamsel Otz, Mundig, and Turban. Won
very easy.
Betting at starting :-11 to 8 agst Queen of Trumps (taken
freely), 2 to 1 agst Hornsca (taken), 7 to 1 agst Preserve, 12
to 1 agst Jupiter, 12 to 1 agst Ascot (taker.), 25 to 1 egst
Brother to Hope, 33 to 1 agst Trim, 40 to 1 asst Turban, 40
to 1 agst Mamsel Otz, and any odds against Itilfdig. The
betting was principally about the first two favourites, scarcely
one of the others having a backer. After taking their preli-
minary gallops before the Grand Stand the horses walked in
line to the post, and were started without the. slightest diffi-
culty. Mr. Powlett's colt took the lead at a good pace, closely
followed by Tulaiter, Turban, Mamsel Otz,, Ascot and Preserve,
all clustered together ; in the centre were Queen of Trumps
and Trim, and in rear Brother to Hope, Hornsea, and
Mundig. On getting over the bill, Mamsel Otz declined, nor
could Jupiter live the pace many strides further ; Brother to,
Hope now went up to the first lot, and Hornsea joined it on
making the turn for the Red House. Trim. too, advanced to
the front rank, ran a few yards with iltf, found it " too hot," and
shut up, but in falling into the rear slippcisl on his haunches
and narrowly escaped a turnVe. Mr. Powlett's colt by Lan-
gar carried oh Srhe running until about half way between the
„kd House and the rails, where he gat-e up the lead to Horn-
s , with whom Brother to Hope and Preserve were well laid
up till a distance and a half from home, where the Queen of
Trumps passed the other two, challenged Hornsea, ran nearly
• head and head wish him t' !k about two-thirds of a distance
from the winning-post, beat"birn clean off before they reached
the stand, and won le a canter by two lengths. Brother to
Hope was well up with Hornsea, but Preserve was beaten four
or five lengthS from the winner, and all the rest were cut up
so completely that we are enalaled to assign positions to each,
namely, Ascot was sth, Porgett 6th, Turban 7th, Jtoiter Bth,
Mundig 9th, \lonise' Otz 10th, acid Trim 11th ; t-Pt last twit,.
having pulled up. The race was very good; value of the
stakes, 1,8001. Mr. Mostyn may congratulate himself upon
the possession of a mair which has proved herset the heft of
her day, and done what was, never done before—won the Oaks
and St. Leger. The settling Will be heavy. •
The Cleveland Stakes of 25 sows each, 15 ft., &c., with 25 added
by the Corporation, second to save his stake. One mile. (15
subs., 7 of whom paid only 5 sows. each.)
Mr illichardson's Lady de Gros, Bst. Sib Scott 1
Duke of Cleveland's Newton, 7st. 61b.
Mr. Watt's Madame Pelerine, Gst. 61b 3
Mr. Maxwell's Knottingley, 6st. 41b 4
No betting 'worth quoting. Lady Le Gros made all the
running and won cleverly 9i7 half a length.

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