The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INCELLIGENOE.

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.-FRIDAY

If the opening day at the " Sellinger town" was charac-
terised by dullness, certainly the concluding day was even
more marked is this respect, and ever since the abandon-
ment of steeplechasing at this meeting fears have been
openly expressed that the fixture will collapse, and there
would seem to be good grounds for the assertion. The
majority of turfites who saw the settlement of the Don-
caster Handicap left the eourse immediately afterwards for
the south, and thus the good meeting at Salisbury so
thinned the attendance here that speculation was reduced
to the narrowest range. The Subscrit,tion-rooms were not
very well patronised, and the only business transacted
was the taking 6 to 1 about Rosicrucian for the Derby,
at which price the colt left off firm. The weather
was again beautifully fine, the dust bring the
only inconvenience to complain of tiling the route to
the course. There wore eight events on the card for de-
cision; and as the first was a walk over, there was plenty
of time for speculation bad the sporting spirit been that
way inclined. Ralf a dozen were coloured on the card
fur the couple of ponies given by the proprietors of the
betting-vooms, and another six showed no colours, but
only a pair went to the post, the Duke's clever filly op-
posing the North Country youngster, who won the Trial
Stakes recently at Durham. There was no doubt as to
the upshot, as the daughter of St. Albans won just as she
liked, Mr. Cowen's filly having no chance throughout,
although she appeared to come up pretty well within the
half-distance, after being smartly roused. Vespasian
again displayed his aptitude for carrying weight by win-
ning the Chesterfield Stakes easily with 9st. The remain-
ing events wore of an unimportant character, and do not
call for remark. Details of the day's running are ap-
pended :

Tito Clumber Stakes of 20 sous each, h ft, for two-Sr-olds.
Half a mile.

Duko of Newcastle's Zuleika, by 1-van—Zoraido, Bst slb

(J. B.tley) ‘v.o.
The Betting-loom Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 addo 1,
for two-yr-olds. RA louse in.
Duke of Newcastle's Lure, by SL Albans —Amazon, 2
yrs, 7st ................................................ (Craduck) 1
Mr W. Cowen's Clarionette, 2 yrs, tilt 1110 ...(DPEwen) 2
Betting-9 to 4on Lure, who made the whole of the
running, and won easily by a length.

The Juvenile Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, fur
two-yr-old colts. . Half a mile.
Mr Barlow's Valentin, by Vedette —Capueine Gst 61b

- (S. Mordau) 1
Mr Williams' Hailstorm, by Neville, Bst 101 b (nous) 2
Capt. Machell's Curiosity, Bst 101 b ............... (Custance) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Valentia, 3to 1 agst Curiosity.
yattended by Hailstorm ou the
The favourite, in the centre, m' de play, after a long
outsidedelay
and
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Curiositypost, e l
nest o se
the rails. At the distance Hail-
storm was beaten, and Valentia, pulling double, ran iu au
easy winner by a length ; Hailstorm in the last fifty yards
defeating Curiosity by half a length for second place.
The winner wus sold for 160 guineas to Mr. S. Marks.
Curiosity wa* bought for 24 guinea* by /fir. Clarke. •