The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-15 00:00:00

LONDON,

tri) iatittion

NEWMARKET RACES.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Craven Stakes.

Retail ...
Tisiphono

... ... 1
... 2

Sweepstakes.

Officious
Abdallsh

... ... •• • 1

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••• •••
Match—Brington beat Canada colt.

Handicap.

lone ...
Sagacity

"ID 11•• ••• ... ••• 110 • 1
.. ... ••• ... ... • ik• 2

Match—Collingwood beat Strongbow.
Handicap of 20 soya. each.
St. Francis c01t... ... ... ... ... ••• 1
Saucy Dick •.• ... ... •• • ... .•• 2
Sweepstakes.

Necklace ... ....
Hippie ... ...

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- 2
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Harding° ..• ••• ••• ••• .•• 1
2
Tomboy ••• •• • •••

SPORTING NOTES.
No. IV.
ANTICIPATED WINNERS.
MONDAY.
Stake. Probable winner.
100 soya. Ab. M.—Necklace.
100 soya. Cam. C.—llardinge.
50 soya. D. M.—Nutshell.
50 soya. D. M.—Officious.
Match, 300 soya. D.M.—Canada Colt.
Match, 200 sot's. D. M.—Collingwood.

TUESDAY.

Newmarket Handicap, C.C.—Keraun or Kissaway, Her-
bert, Cheerful, and Little Jack in waiting.
Riddles% orth Stakes.—Hardinge.
50 sons. D.M.—The Nigger.
50 sm. D.M.—Tomboy or Tiff.
1(10 song. D.M.—Satire Ist, Ghio 2d.
50 soya. A.F.—Compass lst,Clincher 2d.

WEDNESDAY.
Column Stakes. R.M.—Mickleton lit, Clelia 2d.
50 sovs. last half of Ab.M.—Allreda or Fernande.
Post Match, 200 sovs.D.M.—Clelia.

THURSDAY.
100 sovs. D.M.—Longinus or Cariboo.
50 sovs. Criterion C.—Officious.
50 sots. D.M.—John•o'-Groat.
Match, 200 sovs. T.Y.C.—Farthingale.

FRIDAY.
Match, 200 501,13. last half of Ab. M.—Preslaw.
Port Stakes. T.M.M.—Lady Evelyn Ist, Honeycomb 2d.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
April 15, 1850.

DBATH O Ma. ALEXANDER RITCHIII.—We re-
gret to observe in our obituary of Saturday the announce-
ment of the death of Mr. Alexander A. Ritchie, artist, at the
comparatively early age of thirty-four. Mr. Ritchie pos-
sessed great versatility of talent, and in delineating scenes
whether humorous or pathetic was alike successful. He de-
picted Scottish life and manners with graphic fidelity; and
his illustrations in the " Gaberlunzie's Wallet," " Miller of
Deanhaugh," " Nursery Rhymes," as well as those in other
national works to which he contributed, extensively evince a
lively fancy, a ready pencil, and a keen appreciation of cha-
racter. His picture, " The Captive Truant," now in the
rooms of the Scottish Academy, is a fair specimen of his
skill as a painter, and he has left behind him a number of
water-coloured sketches, chiefly of the most picturesque and
interesting of the wynds and closes of Edinburgh, which at-
test his skill as a rapid and correct draughtsman. The re-
presentations given in the Illustrated London News of inter-
esting events as they occurred in the Scottish capital were
generally sketched by Mr. Ritchie, and were characterised
by much truthfulness and ♦igour. Mr. Ritchie was also the
author of several excellent songs, which he sung with great
feeling and purity of taste. He was simple in manners
and kindly in disposition, and his loss will be deeply felt
by au extensive circle of friends and admirers.—Scotsman.
EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE.—That fact is stronger
than fiction is fully verified in the following true case of
Dish ingenuity, in which the ferocious and the absurd are
curiously blended. At the present sessions, now holding in
Mallow, an unhappy wretch was indicted for stealing turnips
from the field of Mr. Leader, of Mill-street, in this county,
the principal witness being the watchman, known familiarly
as " Mad Tom Eager." 'I he attorney who defended the
prisoner endeavoured to shake the testimony of the witness,
who swore that he was as near to the prisoner as "the
length of himself;" but, upon being further pressed, he
coolly said—" Didn't I know what the attorney would be at,
and what he'd try to make me swear? Faith, I did so, and
when I caught the prisoner I knocked him down and took
out my knife, and cut off a piece of his ear, that I might
match it next day." This terrific statement was morunfully
corroborated by the prisoner in the dock, who turned his
mutilated ear to the Bench, crying out at the same time in a
piteous tone—" Oh ! wisha, me Lard, Shure enuf, he did crap
me 1" The worthy assistant-barrister, who was justly hor-
rified at the act, vented his indignation in the strongest
terms, and expressed a wish that he had the witness in the
dock ; but the witness seemed to look upon this startling
mode of procuring conclusive testimony as entitling him to a
civic crown, instead of meriting a judicial reprimand,—Cork
Examiner.