The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-10 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

The County Handicap of 7 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added;
winners of any handicap after Oct. 1 (at ten a.m) of 100
sovs value 51b, of two or more 71b extra ; second to save
his stake. One mile and a half.

The Stormont Stakes of lac's each, with 20 added, for half
bred horses of all ages, belonging to and in the actual
possession of tenant farmers ; to be ridden by farmers or
their sons. Once round and a distance.

A Consolation Handicap of 2 sous each, with 30 added, for

the beaten horses.
A Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added; four
year olds list 51b, 5 12st, six and aged 12st 71b ; half
breds allowed 71b ; gentlemen riders, professionals 71b
extra. Once round and a distance, over six hurdles
about 3ift high.

An interesting match, 500 each, 200 ft, has been made
between Blue Gown, 9st, and Vespasian, Bst 101 b, to be run
across the flat, at the Newmarket First Spring Meeting,
1869. We may add that Sir Charles Legard's grandson
of Newminster was out in a thunderstorm last week and
bolted from the Side Hill to Moulton, a distance of little
short of three miles, doing himself some temporary in-
jury.
The match bet% een Mariner, 3 yrs, Bst Glb, and So-
crates, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b, fixed for Saturday in the Houghton
week, has fallen to the ground, the latter paying forfeit.
Elector, by Hubert out of Eleanor, 2 yrs, has been added
to the list of geldings.

Lizzie Hexam, 3 yrs, who was claimed at Newmarket
on Tuesday, has joined W. Goodwin's string.
STEEPLE CHASE FORFEIT LIST.—Tho forfeits of Merry
Horn and Nemesis have been paid.

Birmingham Steeple Chases will take place on Feb. 8
and 9, 1869.
Sudbury and Harrow Races, announced for Monday
next, have been postponed sine die.
The assumed name of Mr. Marks has been registered.
The following horses have gone into H. Sopp's stable at
Westbury, Wilts :—Allow Me, aged ; Hazoldean, 5 yrs;
Maid of Burghley, 3 yrs ; St. Agnes, 3 yrs ; and a bay
yearling filly by Blair Athol out of Spitfire's dam, by
Snowdon Dunhill.

Diamond, a good-looking chesnut colt by Big Ben out
of Speculation, bought at the Swalcliffe sale last year for
180 gs, was ridden about as a hack last week.

BOAR'S HEAD AND VINEGAR.—The mutations of
historic sites are ever of interest. Many Shakesperians besides
Washington Irving have endeavoured to recover some lost
morsel anent Dame Quickley's guests, who held revel at the
Boar's Head in Eastcheap, And what now have we upon that
famous spot? The shade of "mad-cap Harry" must surely be
appeased, "rare pickle" as he was, to find the sacred precincts
literally preser7ed in vinegar—the great firm of Hill, Evans, and
Co., of Worcester, having erected upon it a very picturesque
building, a part of which is for their London agents, Messrs.
Water and Williams, now of Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, in a
quaint Gothic style, from the designs of Mr. Roumieu, the archi-
tect. Nor would old Falstaff altogether give his once-loved
rendezvous "the sack," for one of two tiers of cellars, 48ft.. wide
and 100 ft. in depth, we are told, is to be stored with home-made
wines. This portion of Messrs. Hill, Evans, and Co.'s business
is by far the smaller ono, though we believe they have sold more
than 130,000 gallons of British wines in one year, in the manu-
facture of which they aro second to none in the trade. It is,
however, in the statistics of vinegar we find much that is re-
markable. At the repeal of the duty, in 1814, the quantity of
vinegar paid upon was 2,828,000 gallons, and there was left in
stock 3,901,568 gallons. Messrs. Hill, Evans, and Co. then paid
upon 153,675 gallons, and their stock was 291,689 gallons. But
such has been the public craving for this product that their vat-
room is now larger than the new Liverpool Exchange-room, and
is capable of containing several million gallons of finished vine-
gar. It is said, indeed, that Hill, Evans, and Co.'s present sale
this year has reached two millions of gallons. The consump-
tion of vinegar is apparently increasing, and seems to be of
universal use; the poor, especially in manufacturbit districts,
take it, and pickles made from A as a cheap and palatable con-
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