The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-16 00:00:00

A brown colt, by Orlando—Gossamer ((la.m of Pre-
lude, Prologue, &c.), by Birdcatcher, foaled April
13 (Sir F. Johnstone)... ••• ••• ••• ••• 700
A bay colt, by Dundee—Exact (dam of Q.E.D), by
Birdcatcher, foaled March 31 (Mr. V. Morgan) ... 520
A brown colt, byPrime Minister—Tested, by Touch-
stone,
stone, foaled March 18 (Mr. Reeves) ... 400

Total

... 7,125

Elegance, after winning the Scurry Stakes at Abingdon
was bought by Mr. Gardiner for 57 guineas.
Usher, after winnirg the Caversham Stakes at Reading,
on Thursday, was bought by Mr. York for 140 guineas.
Heliotrope was bought by Mr. B. Land, after winning
the Ladies' Plats at Reading on Thursday, for 80 guineas.
Alberta (3 yrs), by Trumpeter, was claimed by Mr.
Hodgman, after running in the Ladies' Plate at Reading
on Thursday.
CoLouns OF RIDERS.-Mr. Hugh North : Amber, rose
stars, and cap. Mr. R. Richards : Salmon, sea-green
sleeves, scarlet cap.

West Drayton Races will take place on August 23 and
24, and Southall on the 30th and 31st, the week following,
under the same management.
ABINGDON RACES, 1867.—Lord Coventry, Capt. Machell,
R. Sutton, Esq., and J. S Phillips, Esq., have consented
to act as stewards next year.
Oldham Races will in future take place on Wednesday
after the Derby at Epsom, in conjunction with the Win-
chester Meeting, which will be held on Thursday and
Friday in the same week.
THE DUKE of HAMILTON has purchased Mr. Padwick's
horses in training at Drewett's, viz., Wild Agnes (4 yrs),
Apsley (3 yrs), Greenback, colt by Glenmasson, out of
Grasshopper (2 yrs), and Honesty, cby Voltigeur, out of
Camiola (2 yrs). The Duke has also purchased Avron,
by Glenmasson, out of Nettle (2 yrs), in Woolcot's stable,
The above will all be trained for the future by Tom Brown,
at Stockbridge.
PADWICK has sold the folio wing horses in training
at Alfred Day's, at Stockbridge, to the Duke of New-
castle Julius, colt by St. Albans, out of Julie (2 yrs) ;
Pericles, by Newminster, out of Peri (2 yrs); Misfortune,
filly by Orlando, out of Ayacanora (2 yrs), Novice, filly by
Stockwell, out of Nina (3 yrs), Vallambrosa, filly by Volti-
geur, out of Shamrock (3 yrs), and several yearlings. The
negotiations for the above were completed on Monday, the
they will all leave for Mat Dawson's, at Newmarket, in the
course of next week.
The entries for the Grand Prize of Paris, 1868, will close
on August 7.
Practitioner, after winning the Selling Stakes at Read-
ing, on Friday, was sold to Mr. G. W. Bennett for 88
guineas.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.—The Chesterfield and Nur-
sery Handicap Plates close and name on Tuesday next.
the 17th.
The following assumed names have been registered:—
Mr. Hugh North, Mr. R. Richards.
MR. CARTWRIGHT'S two-yr-old colt by Musjid, out
of
Miss Aldcroft, after winning the Reading Stakes on Thurs-
day, was named " Wrougminton."
TROTTING MATCH FOR £2o.—On Saturday a
match came off at Willesden, between Mr. O'Brien's Ro-
setta and Mr. Deacon's Heartsease, to trot one mile out for
£2O, which was won by the latter. The betting was 3to
2 on Heartsease at starting.
The Marquis of Hastings has accepted Mr. Sutton's
challenge for the Cup, and has named The Duke, whilst
Elland will represent Mr. Sutton. They run on the
Thursday in the Houghton Meeting for 200 a-side, Bst 71b
each. Beacon Course.
The Hampton Autumn Meeting has been fixed for Sep-
tember 19 and 20. The stewards are George Payne, A.
Heathcote, and C. H. Carew, Esquires, and there is every
probability of success rewarding the promoters, who intend
to give a liberal amount of added money.
LORD ST. VINCENT v. EDWIN PARR.—The Master of the
Court of Queen's Bench, to whom this action was referred,
has made an award in Lord St. Vincent's favour, finding a
balance of £lB2 due to his lordship from the defendant,
who is ordered to pay the costs of the reference.
Newton Abbot. Races are announced to take place on
Thursday ant Friday, August 9 and 10. Lord Courtenay
and several other noblemen have consented to act as
stewards. The stakes offered are more than usually at-
tractive, as the Devon and Exeter Meeting, at Ilaldon, will
not be held this year.
We have authority to state that the sensational match
between the Duke of Hamilton and the Marquis of Hast-
ings, which has been so commented upon in the sporting
papers, was cancelled on Thursday morning, the day after
it was arranged at Newmarket.
The Yorkshire Club, at York, which is composed en-
tirely of the Yorkshire aristocracy, and which boasts of the
best chef de cuisine in England, have invited his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales to honour them with his
company at luncheon during his visit to York, to inspect
the Yorkshire Volunteers.
THE QUORN.—The Marquis of Hastings has taken the
Quorn kennels and stables for a year.
LA FORTUNE.— This mare, engaged in the Goodwood
Stakes, reached Newmarket on Thursday evening from
France, looking fit and well.
Tun DERBY, OAKS, AND ST. LEGER or 1868.—The
entries for these stakes closed on Tuesday last, and for
the first-named event there are 268 subscribers, against
266 for 1867. In the fillies race at Epsom, 221 animals
have been nominated, against 212 for 1867, and a still
larger increase of subscribers to the Doncaster prize will
I be noticed, as there are 214, and only 227 in the pre.
vious year.
NEWMARKET, 1867.—The July Stakes has 55 subscri
bers, aad the Chesterfield Stakes 60.
GOODWOOD MEETING.—The Stewards' Cup has closed
with 73 subscribers ; the Chesterfield Cup, 55 ; the Nur-
sery Stakes, 67 ; and the March Stakes, 25.

PIGEON SHOOTING.

On Saturday the final handicap of the season amongs
the members of the Gun Club was shot off at the grounds
Wormholt-scrubbs, near Shepherd's-bush. The proceed-
ings commenced with a match for £5 between Mr. Warine
Lysley and Mr. Corballis, who shot at four birds each, the
first-named gentleman killing two birds, and his opponent
not scoring. Then followed a handicap sweepstakes of a
soy each, at three birds, for which 11 entered. Mr. B. Ed-
wards, Mr. Corballis, and Mr. Warine Lysley killed all
their birds ; but on shooting off the ties Mr. Warine Lysley
brought down his bird and won, the other gentlemen miss-
ing. Sixteen subscribers entered for the next sweepstakes,
and no less than seven gentlemen killed each of their three
birds, viz., the Earl of Uxbridge, Mr. P. Percival, Captain
Digby Boycott, Mr. Frederick Norris, Mr. Brodie, Mr.
M'Arthur Payne, and Mr. Warine Lysley. On shooting
off the ties Capt. Digby Boycott and Mr. Percival having
killed, divided. The great event then took place, "The
Goodwood Stakes" of £5 each, £1 forfeit, post entries £6,
six birds each, on the usual conditions. The betting was
very brisk at the following prices :-7 to 1 agst Captain
Baskerville, 8 to 1 agst Mr. Battcock, Mr. Warine Lysley,
Captain Digby Boycott, the Hon. G. R. Hill, and Mr. J.
Jee, V.C., C.B. ; 10 to 1 agst Viscount Stormont, the Earl
of Uxbridge, and Mr. G. G. Brodie ; 12 to 1 agst Captain
Henry Talbot, Mr. P. Percival, and Mr. M'Arthur Payne ;
15 to 1 agst Mr. William Gregory and Lord Willoughby
de Broke ; and 20 to 1 agst any other.
Tho result was that Captain Baskerville and Mr. William
Gregory killed all their birds, and had to shoot off for the
first and second prizes; and the most interesting match
that has been seen this season resulted. Each gentleman
killed four birds in succession, and at the fifth, though each
" hft," the boundary was not high enough to keep them in.
Another kill by each followed, and then a double miss as
before. Four dead birds to each gun were then scored,
but though Mr. Gregory hit his-twelfth very hard, his luck
was harder, for the bird escaped, and Captain Baskerville
only let off one barrel—a valuable charge, as he became the
winner of the first prize, £B5, Mr. Gregory pocketing £2O
The result of those ties as they proceeded silenced many
of the betters behind the ropes, 19 birds out of 24 having
dropped, the total being 85 killed, and 40 missed. For the
third prize there were nine ties, Mr. C. C. Tubbs ultimately
winning, the shooting being very good. The following is
the full score:—

11 1 1
11 1 0
1 1 0
1 1 0
10
10

Birds shot at. Killed.
Captain Baskerville 1 1 1 1 1 1-6
Mr. William Gregory ... 1 1 1 1 1 1-6
Viscount Stormont ... 1 1 0 1 1 1-5
Mr. C. Hambro 0 1 1 1 1 1-5
Viscount Parker 1 1 1 0 1 I—s
Mr. WArthur R. Payne... 1 1 0 1 1 1-5
Captain Hervey Talbot 1 0 1 1 1 1-5
Mr. P. Percival 1 0 1 1 1 1-5
Captain Digby Boycott 0 1 1 1 1 1-5
Mr. J. Jee, V.C., C.B. 1 1 1 1 0 1-5
*Mr. C. C. Tubbs ... 1 1 0 1 1 1-5
Lord Willoughby de Broke 101 1 0 Retired
Mr. James Forrester ... 0 1 1 1 0 Retired
Earl of Uxbridge (post entry) ... 0 1 1 0 Retired
Mr. F. Norris 0 1 1 Retired
Mr. Corballis (post entry) ... 0 0 Retired
Hon. G. R. Hill 0 Retired
0 0 Retired
Mr. Reginald Thynne ...
Mr. G. G. Moore .., 0 0 Retired
Mr. Henry Rudd ... 0 0 Retired
Mr. George Battcock 0 0 Retired
Sir. Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart. 0 0 Retired
Mr. Warine Lysley .... 0 Retired
Mr. G. G. Brodie... ... 0 0 Retired
TIES FOR FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES.
Capt. Baskerville, Ist prize, £B5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Mr. William Gregory, 2d, £2O 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0

TIES FOR THIRD PRIZE.
Mr. C. C. Tubbs, 3d prize, £lO
Captain Digby Boycott . •••
Mr. C. Hambro
-•
Captain Hervey Talbot
•••
Viscount Stormont •••
Viscount Parker...
Mr. M'Arthur R. Payne -•
•
Mr. P. Percival
Mr. J. Jee, V.C., C.B. .::
* Handicapped 221 yards, used lioz. of shot.
t Handicapped 27 yards, used loz. of shot.
Winn,
The following paid forfeit :—T he Hon.
M.P., Mr. F. P. Chappell, and Mr. J. Grant Hodgson.
Some other seepstAkes followed and closed the season
iv
with great eclat, though we understand the
usual club
shootin, will continue for about another montli. Mr.
G. A. Batcock, the secretary of the Gun Club, is "orgautass-
ing" a meeting tomeme off at Brighton in Oetaer,. and h.
already received ore than a dozen names, the list being
open at No. 4, Carlton-street, Regent-street, for further
entries.