The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CURRAGII APRIL MEETING—THURSDAY.
The morning was wet and disagreeablos and the at-
tendance equally bad as on Wedmesday; the course
ht avy from the quantity of rain which tell on the pre-
vious night and this morning. The racing was poor,
both in quantity and quality. The Queen's Plate ex-
cited a good chat of interest and much speculation, in
consequence of the St. Leger nag, Chatterbox, coming
out ; he was backed Moro starting at 6 to 4 agst the
fluid, but got a bad start, and was not even placed,
Blucher, the winner of the Plato on Tuesday, again
pro.ving victoriouf. The challenge of the Madrids was
won easily by Captain Grant, St. John having been
drawn, for the purpose of running for the Second Class
this day.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for horses, &c. Three
yrs old, 7st lib; four, 9st 41b; five, 9at 131 b; six and
aged, lOtt 41b. Red Post. 31b allowed to mares and

gelding
•.
••
• ..
Mr. Kelly's ch h Blucher, by Hark away,s yrs(Dawson)
Mr. Murphy's ch c Brother to Dough, 3 yrs (Dunn)
Mr. Watt's b c Chatterbox, 3 yrs (Fallon)
Mr. Disney's be Victory, 3 yrs (Keegan)
Mr. Wallace's b c Sir Simon, 3 yrs (Monahan)
Mr. Cullen's ch g Hark Over, aged (Farrell)
Mr. Farrar's bl c Viscount, 4 yrs (Owens)
Mr. Davies's b e Launcelot—Penelope, 3 yrs (Taylor)

Ee:ting-6 to 4 on Chatterbox, 3 to 1 agst Blucher.
After one false start the lot got off well, with the ex-
ciptioa of Chatterbox, who lost fully a dozen lengths be-
for ehe could be got on his legs. _Blucher immediately
took the lead, and made the running at a slapping pace
all the way, with Brother to Dough and Victory in his
wake; Chatterbox tried to get up at the turn, but could
not rt ach the leader, who won in a canter by a dozen
lengths, Brother to Dough second, Victory came up
third, testing Chatterbox by about a neck. Blucher is
in the Chester Cup with the light weight of 6st 131 b.
Challenge of the Madrids of 25 80Y8 each, and 5 sem. ft.
Mr. Disney's oh c Captain Grant, Bst 91b...(Wynne) 1
Lord Watet ford's Bro to Johnny, 7st 41b (Doyle jun) 2
Mr. Knox's br c St. John, Bst 41b dr
Betting-2 to 1 on Captain Grant. Brother to
Johnny made the running, at an indifferent pace, to the
distance, where Captain Grant collared and passed him,
winning easily by half a length.
Selling Sakes; sweepstakes of 5 sea's. each, with 25
soya, added► for all ages; three years, 6st 41b; four
yrs, Btt 41b ; five yrs, Bst 131 b; six yrs and aged,
9st 51b. One mile and a quat ter on the Peel Course.
Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 4 yrs-501.... (E. Keegan) 1
Mr. Irwin's ch g Pio Nono, 3 yrs-1501.... (Lynch) 2
Mr. Watts's b f Poosey, 3 yrs-50/ ((hillier)) 0
Mr. Bvli's eh c Ormsby, 4 yrs-501 .(Jones) 0
Lord Waterford's br h Duc-au-Durras-150/ (Doyle) 0
Mr. Quinn's oh h Farewell, 5 yrs-100/ (Magee) 0
Mr. Peel's ch g Poor Yorick, 5 yrs-50/.. (Doyle) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Portia, 3to 1 agat Ormsby, 4to
agst Pio Nono, 5 to 1 asst Due-en:Durras, 5 to 1
agst Farewell, 5 to 1 asst Poosey. Portia made the
running, with Farewell and Pio Nono elm() in her wake;
the latter made a fine rush apposite the Stand House,
and was only defeated by barely half a length. Poosey
threw her jockey at the hill, and ran all the way with
the leading horses. The winner was sold by auction,
after the race, for 1051, the surplus over 501. to go to a
race this day.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FAIDAY.

Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES,-6 to 4 apt Pits-
ford, 35 to 20 agst Beehunter WO to 1 agst Hardinge,
12 to 1 egst any other.
DERBY. 5 to 1 agat Bolingbroke, 7 to 1 agat
Clincher (t), 9 to 1 agst Mayors, 10 to 1 agst Ghillie
Cullum, 12 to 1 apt Voltigeur (t), 14 to 1 agst The
Nigger, 15 to 1 agst The Italian, 20 to 1 agst. Knight
of Avenel, 23' to 1 agst Mildow,2s to 1 agst Cyprus.
taogslt egst Eisedat ius, (take
Peep-o'-day Boy (t),
13 to 1), 13 to 1 agst Glauca, 17 to 1 ao'st Ellerdale,
12 to C;lii:s. —A9nn,tol2l
"18 to 1 apt Chanticy. 20 to 1 agst John Cosser (t),
20 to 1 agst Roland, 20 to 1 agst Cossack,
E 1 SaT; lit ,
20 to l agst
&Tiernan (taken freely), 33 to 1 agat Woolwich, 40 to
1 agat The Knout, 50 to 1 asst Captain Grant, 1,000 to
15 agst Fern (offers to take).

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE.
Sin,—Did Lord George lientit.clE ever stars the ilorses
for the Doncaster St. Leger. and whcn?—Yours,
WILLIAR THACKRAH.
Saddle Hotel, Briggate, Leeds,
April 22, 1850.
[Yes; Sept. 17, 1845, when The Baron won.]—En.
Sun.

RETURNS
RAirArAti wing are the Total Receipts of Ref TRBAAn!I:__WTh
-
keys for the past week—that is to say, up to the elate to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous vear:--
eAfollYo

t ;,..0
Week Last i 1 o'l
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. O
te
0 .
1/1•N0... ••••........1M•M•.•.........M.••••••• ••••••••......... ..
X X
April 20 Aberdeen .. ••• • „, ....... ..... ••• • • 1,028 500
21 Amiens and Boulogne •••••''• • •• • • • • 1,283 1,370
20 Belfast and Ballymena ...• •
and • • • ** • • • 2
• 518 4,1
21 Birkenhead, Lancashire, Chesh Y
• ire 1,07
791
- Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and IV* - 402
21 Bristol and Exeter •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 3,851 -
2141
ChesterC a led niana nd...H. .o.ly. .h.e.a.d.. : . .. ••
.. .• "•• .. 2,346 •• • ..... • • 6,100 8,024 •
1,361
18 Dublin and Drogheda. ••• • • ...... .• • 940 854
23 Dublin and Kingstown ...... •••• • • " 795 643
20 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen• •••• • • • 581 476
21 East Anglian.... • • .... ..... ••• ••• • • • b 94 704
21 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • •' '' 3.867 3,632
20 Edinburgh and Perth ••. ... •• • . 2,191 1,892
21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 14,176 15,066
21 East Lancashire •• .. ..... ... •••• " • • 2,t68 2,784-
.. •
21 Eastern Union .. ............ •••• • • • • 2,060 1,115
20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . .. 2,925
2,600
20 Glasgow and Greenock. ••••••• • - • • • • 923 984
1 ,14 Great Northern and E. L.. • ...... • • 3.187 1,989
20 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 4,656 4,090
21 Great Western, &c •• .. ..... .•••• • • • • 20,016 21,287
21 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... •••• • • • • 11,622 11,474
14 Lancaster and Carlisle • • ••• •• •
14 Leeds and Thirsk ••••••••• • ' • - • • • • 788 248
'2l Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport" l3B 87
20 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••• • • • • 148 136
21 London and North Western, &C.
21 London and Blackwall. ..... •••• • • • • 737 605
20 London and Brighton .
....
21 London and South Western. •••• .. • • 9,340 8,996
21 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5.302 3,617
21 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 20,450 20,8.98
21 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • 1,230 1,370
781 840
21 North British ....
......... ....... .. 3,105 2,8;6
20 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• • . • • • • " • • 5.977 5,652
20 Roueu and Havre .• ••••• • • • • • ."• • • 2,280 2,458
21 Scottish Central •••••••••• • • • • • • • • " 1.269 1,064
20 Scottish Midland ••..•••••• • • • • •• • • 418 276
21 Shrewsbury and Cheater •••• . • • ... .• 1,440 1,433
21 Shropshire Union .
14 South Devon ........ . •••••••• 450 --
20 South Eastern and Branches .. ••• • • • 10,160 7,610
.• ............ 2,124 1,769
20 Taff Yale ••••• • • • • • ................ 2,129 1,881
881 747
- Waterford• and• Limerick. ...... •• - _
- Whitehaven Junction .•••••• • • • • •• • - -
21 York and Newcastle .•• • • .... .....
21 York and Borth Midland.. . _ 7,324 7,242
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