The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

Sporting Intelligence.

WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES.-- SATURDAY.
Grind Militacy Welter S,eeplechase, a swmep,takes of
20 so cs each, lilt, with 50 added, for horses the property
of, and to be ridden by officers on full pay in the
army ; 13st 71b each. About three miles. 4 subs.
Mr. W. Craven's (let Life Guards) Johnny Raw

(Captain Morgan) 1
Mr. H. Blundell's (Rifle Brigade) Horniblow (owner) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Horniblow.
Horniblow made the running to the fence after cross-
ing Bone-lane, going out the second time where he blun-
dered and unseated his rider. He was after a time
remounted, and came in a long way behind Johnny
Raw.

Scurry Stakes, a sweepstakes of 2 sous each, with 25
added. 12st each. About a mile•and•a-half. 9 subs.
Mr. Howell's Himalaya (G. Stevens) 1
Mr. Crawford's gelding by Cranebrook—dam by
Mundig (carried 12st 2lb) (Mr. S. Harrison) 2
Mr. H. Pauling's Candidate (Basper) 3
The following also ran :—Whalebone, Mermaid, St.
Patrick, Lady Grey, g. by Pharaoh, and Charley.
Betting —2 to 1 agat Himalaya ; 3 to 1 each agst
Mermaid and Whalebone.

Won by two lengths, 12 lengths between the second
and third ; Whalebone finished close up with Candidate;
Mermaid was fifth. Charley and St. Patrick got no
further than the first fence, at which the fir:t named
fell, and the latter refused. Lady Grey baulked the
Brook going out, and at the next obstacle Pharaoh geld-
ing cannoned against Himalaya and fell.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous each. Three miles. 3

subs .
Captain Duff's Ganymede, 11st (Mr. Blake) 1
Mr. B. Land's Pioneer, lOst 41b (Mr. Edwards) 2
Major Jenning,'s Aldershot, list (owner) 0
No betting. _ _

Aldershot refused at the Brook fence on going out ;
Ganymede then went on with the lead, and won by
nearly a distance.

Grand Handicap Steeplechase, of 20 sous. each, 10 ft.,
and 5 only it declared, &c., with 100 added ; about
four miles. 17 subs., 6of whom paid 5 sous each.
Mr. B. Land's Oliham, list 71b (B. Land, Jun.) 1
Mr. G. Reynolds's Janus, 10st 81b (Green) 2
Mr. W. Barnett's Diana, lOst 611) (T. Burrowes) 3
The following also ran :—Minos, Hopeless Star,
Waterloo, and The Wizard.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Odiham, sto 2 agst Minos, sto
1 acct Janus, 6 to 1 agst Diana.
Waterloo went away with the lead, Diana, Odiham,
Janus, Minos, Hopeless S':iar, and the Wizard following
in the order named. On taking the first obstacle, a hedge
and ditch leap, Minos made a slight " mistake," and the
next moment Hopeless Star cannoned against him, and
he fell. The Wizard, in following, slipped into the ditch
the taking off side, and likewise came " to earth." The
Wizard, although remounted, was not persevered with ;
but Minos struggled on, encrusted with mud, a long
way i the rear. Waterloo showed in front until nearing
the turning flag up the hill to the left, where he dropped
away, beaten, and was soon afterwards pulled up. Odi-
ham then took the lead, which he held on again passing
the stand, Janus lying second, Hopeless Star third, and
Diana fourth, all tolerably well together, Minos still
perseveriiig a full distance behind them. At the lace
fence Hopeless Star fell, and Diana took third place.
Odiham gradually increased his lead after rounding the
far turning flag, and won as he pleased by six lengths;
bad third. Minos was stopped a long way from home.
Windsor Town Plate, a sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with
30 added ; llst 71b each ; gentlemen riders allowed
51b. About three miles. 11 subs.