The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-10 00:00:00

CRESTR

This Day.)

EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
THE DUNHAM MASSEY PLATE.
Camerino
Shillelagh
She/add
Twelve ran.
THE CHESHIRE STAKES.

Flirtation
1
Cosmopolite.
Prophet
3

Six ran.
CORINTHIAN STAKES.
Prince of Orange
Rose
2
Philomela

Three ran.
STEWARDS' CUP.

Chere Arnie
Ben Webster
Underhand

Six ran.
THE LADIES' PLATE.

Stanton
Medora

Four ran.

LATEST BETTING.
THE DERBY.
10 to 4 agst Dundee (offered)
6to 1 agst Diophantus (taken)
13 to 1 agst Kildontn (taken)
14 to 1 apt Dictate! (taken)
50 to 1 agst Neighbour (taken)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER RACES.-THURSDAY.

The Dee Stand Cup of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sovs each; the second horse to receive 10 soya out of
the stakes ; winners extra. 7 furlongs. 9 subs.
Count F. de Lagrange's Angelo, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b
(H. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Jacintha, 3 yrs, sst 71b.. (Whiteley) 2
Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 5 yrs, 9st 71b(Withington) 3
The following also ran :—Longshot, Misty Morn, Cheese-
cake, Ataman, South Australian, and Irish Emigrant.
Betting-6 to 2 agst Angelo, sto 1 agst Jacinths, 6to 1
agst Misty Morn, 6 to 1 agst Longshot, 7 to 1 agst Twilight,
10 to 1 eget Ataman.
About four attempts were made before the horses got
away, Twilight always being in a hurry to get off. When
the flag was dropped Twilight got off nearly two lengths in
front, but on entering the Dee side Angelo took up the run-
ning, was never afterwards headed, and won by a length;
a head between second and third ; Longahet was a bad
fourth ; Irish Emigrant, beaten off, was last throughout.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; three-
yr-olds, Bst ; four, 9st 61b; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst
31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners extra;
selling allowances. Once round and a distance. 3 subs.
e s ' s
oConfusion,
4 yrs 4 yrs (
Confusion,
30,wh,7) 0
(3O), 7st 101 b (Custance) 1
8 i7lb.. (E. Taylor) 0
13
waited to the stand,
where he passed Philomela, and won, hands down, by half
a length.
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BttYrniungg's h-4 Philomela,
to 1 n

The jockey of Philomela dropped his saddle cloth oppo.
site the Stand, and was not weighed in.

put up by auction, and
bought The iwninfonrermwgausineaosft.erwards

The Dee Stakes of 10 sons each, with 200 sovs added for
3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; second to re-
ceive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the whiner to pay 25
sovs to the race fund. A mile and a quarter. 41 subs.
Mr. Merry's Starlight, Bst 71b .......... (Custazce) 1
.
Mr. J. Windsor's Flirtation, Bst 71b ..... .. (S. Snowden) 2
Mr. Wise's Betts, Bst 71b
The following also ran :—Yorkminster, Isis, Bluestone,
Cromwell, Camerino, Lady Louisa, and Lopcatcher.
Betting—Even on Yorkininster, 3 to 1 agst Bluestone,
10 to 1 each agst Flirtation, Betts, and Starlight.
Betts and Camerino showed in front with Flirtation in
dis-
tance the race was left to the first three, Starlight obtain-
iantgtenaddaenecidee,
dStlaeraldighhatlgfowinagy wellup,
annp. On coming to the d
winning cleverly by a
head ; half a length between the second and third ; York-
minster was a bad fourth, Lopcatcher fifth, Camerino next,
Isis bringing up the rear. The favourite, Yorkminster,
was disappointed at each turn of the course, being too large
a horse to get round.
Marquis of Westminster's Plate of the value of 100 sovs in
specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each;
second to receive 25 sovs, and the winner to pay 10 sovs
to the fund. Grosvenor Course. About a mile and a

quarter. 19 subs.
Capt. Gray's Duneany, 6 yrs, Bst 91b ..... (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Robinson's Prophet, 4 yrs, 6st 81b .. (T. French) 2
Lord Uxbridge's General Hesse, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (inc.
61b extra) (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Sparrow Hawk, Horace, Shep-
herdess, and Cheesecake.

Betting-5 to 4 agst General Hesse, 3to 1 agst Horace,
sto 1 agst Duneany, 7to 1 agst Shepherdess-10 to 1 agst
any other.

Sparrow Hawk with Horace and the favourite led past
the Stand and down the Dee side, where Horace fell into
the third place, the Prophet going into the second place,
Cheesecake laying last. As the lot rounded the Grosvenor
turn Sparrow Hawk was still leading, Prophet next,
Duneany and the favourite next, side by side; as they came
round the bottom turn into the straight General Hesse en-
deavoured to get through, but was closed in upon by Spar-
row Hawk, and it was not until coming to the distance that.
he got clear, when he was then unable to reach the leaders,
Duneany winning on the p 0.6 oy a necx; a head-between
the second and third, half a length between the third and
fourth; the others beaten off.
. _

The Scurry Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added.
Three-quarters of a mile. 7 subs.
Mr. W. Phillips's Harriet (late Pollyolbion), 3 yrs, 6st 81b
(Midgley) 1
Lord Coventry's Mousetrap, 3 yrs, 7st 21b.. (Dickenson) 2
Capt. Christie's Miss Swift, 3 yrs, Est 21b .„ (Wheatley) 3
Confession also ran.
Betting—Even on Mousetrap, 7 to 4 agst Harriet, 5 to 1
agst Miss Swift, who jumped off with a lead of a couple of
lengths, Mousetrap and Harriet lying next, side by side;
Confession three lengths in the rear. As they rounded the
Grosvenor-bridge turn the three leaders came on abreast,
and ran so up to the distance post, when the favourite and
Harriet came away, and ran a good race in, Harriet at the
finish winning easily by
bad third.
The Cheshire Welter-Cup of 10 sovs each, with 50 added;
three-yr-olds, 9st Glb ; four, Ilst 31b ; five, list 1 llb ; six
two lengths; Miss Swift was a
and aged, 12st 21b ; gentlemen riders ; jockeys to carry
61b extra; winners extra; penalties and allowances.
Mile and a quarter. 12 subs.
Mr. Barber's Ben Webster, 4 yrs, Ilst3lb (Mr. Edwards) 1
Baron Niviere's Cosmopolite, 6 yrs, list 131 b
e
Mr. H. Coverdale's Ataman, 4 yrs, llst 91bMr (in. 61b ex.)vill) 2
(John Osborne) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Ben Webster, who won in a canter by
a length.

PIGEON SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.
100 BIRDS KILLED IN 100 SHOTS.

Squire Chantrey, who is in his 80th year, and who was
noted as a " crack shot" in the palmy days of the old " Red
House," was backed some few weeks since to kill 99 pigeons
out of 100 shots, and Thursday, May 9, was the day ap-
pointed for the match, to take place at Mr, Roberts's, West
London Cricket-grounds,
Old Brompton, for £25 a side.
The conditions of the match were that " t'auld squire"
should shoot at 25 birds at 5 yards rise, 25 at 10 yards rise,
25 at 15 yards rise, and the remaining distance 21 yards
rise, at two birds in the trap, a single :barrel gun only being
allowed for the performance of each event. The betting
was against Mr. Chantrey at the commencement, and more
so after he had got off his first two events—the 15 and 10
yards rise, as the birds in the latter distance faced him too
much, and got away, although some were very hard hit.
Be finished his 5 yards' birds in a first-rate manner,
although he would not take advantage of some two or
three that flew over the heads of the specta-
tors. In his distance of 15 yords he brought
down his first five, missed two, slaugrtered seven, missed
the eighth, killed three and missed three, killed two,
missed one, and killed one; total, 18 killed, missed 7. In
the second round, at 10 yards, he missed his 2d, Bth, 11th,
3h ,
lotliinetghe:rh2idistance round,st at 6 yards, although he stood
at a much ,23d, and 24th, making a total of 16
killed.
he was more successful, as only
h
Bth, 11th, and 12th birds got out on bail, the
tl
et a
i 1 t
Inh3 a,
others all coming to grief, 20 being killed in this round.
For the first three 25's the score stood, 18, 16,
,20, killed,
total, 54; so that the Squire had 45 birds to kill to win.
Nothing daunted he went in at his 21 yards' rise, and per-
formed in a most masterly manner, as he only missed one
bird in his 2d fire, both birds in his 14th, and one in his
21st, killing 46 birds out of his last 50 with a single barrel.
an
immenseamongst
were some of the most noted
The following is the score
FIFTEEN YARDS' RISE.
11111001111111011 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1-18
taThhheo et
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TEN YARDs' RISE.
10111110110101 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1-16

FIVE YARDS' RISE,
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1,0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1--20
TWENTY-ONE YARDS' RISE-DOUBLE BIRDS,
10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 11 11 11
11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11

The last accounts frotn Warsaw announce that
committees of recruitment have just been definitely (•1 m
sti-
tuted. This measure would seem to indicate that the" us-
sian Government proposes to shortly make a levy of in
the kingdom of Poland. t

By a despatch from Madrid, we learn that the
Government has just decided on sending to the Havannah
troops to replace those which occupy Santo-Domingo. In
consequence of this decision, a first corps, composed of
1,200 infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and two batteries
of artillery, are to leave on the 12th tor their port of em-
barkation.