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

ON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1868.

SPOR7IING JTOPHECIES.

THE BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING.

Sportsman.—Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : St. 8.0-nau.
nau. Beaufort Cup : Julius. Seventeenth Biennial
Stakes : Da Vere, Miss Foote, and Martyr. The
County Members' Plate : Moonbeam, Muezzin, and
Mr. Briggs. Bath Handicap : Naivete and Gooje-
rat. Somersetshire Stakes : Gomera and Plough-
boy.

Bell's Life.—Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : Phoebus
and Tympanum. Bath Handicap: Tremble, The
Parson, Goojerat, or Naivete. County Members'
Plate : Leases, Mr. Briggs, and Sister to Vedette.
Two Year Old Biennial: Miss Foote. Beaufort
Cup : Julius. Somersetshire Stakes : Vortigeru or
Puff. Dyrhatn Park handicap: Steamboat or Mr
Brayley's selected. Welter Stakes : Steamboat or
Douro. Weston Stakes : Ililda and Badsworth.
B.idininton Stakes : Liddington.

Sporting Gazette.—Three Year Old Biennial:
Speculum or Tympanum. Two Year Old Biennial :
Julius. Bath Handicap : Naivete and Ligurian.
County Members' Plate : Mr. Briggs or Birdseel:er.
Sporting Life.--Three Year Old Biennial : Tym-
panum. Beaufort Cup: Achievement. Sixteenth
Biennial St tkes : St. Ronan and Cock of the Walk.
Two Year Oil Biennial Stakes : Miss Foote. Bath
Handicap : Birdseeker or Goojerat. County Mem-
bers' Plate : Mr. Briggs or Moonbeam. Sotner.3et-
shire Stakes : Ploughboy and Mariner.
Era.--Beaufort Cup; Achievement. Sixte-nth
Biennial Stakes : Speculum or Cock of the \Valk.
Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Aria Foote and
Martyr. Weston Stakes : Martyr and Badsworth.
Somersetshire Stakes : Puff and Ackworth. Bad-
minton Stakes : Liddington and Athena.
Sunday Times.—Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : St.
Ronan and Cock of the Walk. Beaufort Cup :
Julius. Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Miss Foote
or The Standard Bearer. Weston Stakes : Hilda.
Somersetshire Stakes : Mariner and Ploughboy.

Field.—Beaufort Cup : Achievement. Sixteenth
Biennial Stakes : St. Ronan or Cock of the Walk.
Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : De Vere or Miss
Foote. Bath Handicap : Goojerat and Arabia.
County Members' Plate : Moonbeam and Lily. The
Somersetsbire Stakes : Ploughboy and Ackworth.
Dyrham Park Handicap : Vampire and Demon-
stration. Welter Stakes : Douro or Steamboat.
Weston Stakes : De Vere and Martyr. Badminton
Stakes : Athena and Electricity.
Sporting 7 intes.—Beaufort Cup : Achievement
or Knight of the Garter. The Sixteenth Biennial
Stakes : Tympanum and Cock of the Walk. The
Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Martyr or De Vere.
Weston Stakes : Hilda. Soruersetshire Stakes :
Ploughboy—Puff for place.

Tao Scurry Stakes (handicap) of • 3 soya each, with 25
added, for all ages. Red House in.
Hr R. Porter's Haymaker, by Leamington—Village
Maid, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (S. Mordan) -1
Lord Westmorland's Ulphus, 5 yrs, 7st 310 ~.(Kenyon) 2
Mr J. Wood's Beauty, 3 yrs, Bst 4111........(T. Chalouer) 3
Captain Mitchell's Out-and-Outer, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b
(Custance) 0
Duke of Newcastle's Nike, 4 yrs, Bst 51b
Mr J. P. Craven's Dutch Adm'ral, 4 yrs, 7st 210
(Cameron) 0
Mr Gilby's Sliysail, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Cradook) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer, 100 to 30 agst Hay-
maker, 4 to 1 agst Beauty, 7 to 1 agst Ulphus.
The latter got away with a slight lea Ipf Haymaker and
Out-and-Outer, Beauty being last off, with au indifferent
start. No change occurred rounding the bend for the
straight, when Haymaker headed Ulphus, and Beauty ran
into third place. A good race home ensued between the
leading tile, but Haymaker, having always the best of it,
won cleverly by a neck ; Beauty, 'never being able to get
up, was beaten by a l.mgth ; • Skya 61 was fun. 't!), Duch
firth, Out-anl-Outer sixth, a ! last. •
The ClieslerfieLl Han.heap of 100 sev:, a lded to a S the •p-
-stakes of 5 soya each. One :nits
Sir C. Logard's Vespasian, by Newminster —Vete, 5 yr,
9st
Sir East woo is Evelina, 3 yrs. Gat 7th (Cradoelc.) 2
M.r C. Percy's Itessian B-..ar, 3 yes, sst 113,0 (!funitnoud)
Betting-11 to 10 on Vespasia 1, 7 to 1 eget linssien
dear, 5 to 2 agst Evelina.
Vespasian male the running fur a short distance, but
was soon headed by Russian Bear. At the bend, however,
Vespasian again took up the rouning, and won easily by
v length and a half ; a neck only separating secoad and
third.
"Tel orporation Stakes of
.5 sows each, with 40 added.
Red House in.
Ur Craston's Albatross, by Buccaneer—Miss Conyng-
ham, 3 yrs, 7st 91b
Sir Bromsgrove's f, by Skirmisher Buckeehain's dam,
3 yrs, 7st 91b (Jeffrey) 2
Sir J. P. Craven's Paleface, 3 yrs, 7st 91b.....(Catneron) 3
Mr. Page's Thermometer, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Coslett) 4
Duke of Newcastle's Zuleika, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (Wilsou) 0
Mr. Williams's Esmeralda, 4 yrs, 9H 41b ...(Whitehead) 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst the Buckenhanes chin filly, 3to 1
each agst Thermometer and Zuleika, S to 1 agst Albatros,.
Zuleika and Esmeralda being fractions were left at the
post. Buckenham's darn filly made the running, attended
by Albatross, and the other pair in close order, till within
the half distance, when Albatross drew away, and woe
by a neck; Paleface was a bad third; Thermometer
close up.
The Yorkshire St. Leger of 3 sows each, with 50 added, for
hunters. - St. Leger Course.
Mr J. Danby's Rap, by Rapparee—Lanky Bet, 4 yrs,
list 131 h (lir G. 8. Thonnes,n) 1
Mr T. Wilkinsou's Scarriugton (tt b), 5 yrs, 134 21b
(Mr T. Spence) 2
Sir George Cholmeley's Hoxgravo, 5 yrs, 12st
(Mr C. Boynton) 3
Mr J. Newsome's Corkey, by Croton Oil—Carlotta,
5 yrs, 12st 21) (Cattle) 4
Mr Brookes's Empress (h b), age.), list 131 b
(Mr Brockton) 5
Betting-9 to 4on Rap, 4to 1 agst Scarriugton. Hex-
-41-ftve, as soon as they settled down, showed the way, with
Corkey close up ; the favourite, Empress; and Scarrington
following in the order named. ItJunding the far side
Scarrington improved his position slightly, and Corkey
dropped into the roar; a length separating each. On
approaching the bend Scarrington and Rap drew away,
but at the half distance Rap shot out and won by throe
lengths ; Ilexgrave was a bad third ; .Corkey and Empress
were together in the rear.
Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sous each, with 40 added.
Two miles and a half.
Mr. Welfitt's Turmoil, by Comruotioa—Oulton Lass, 4
yrs, list 31b (inc 71b ox) (Sir. Brockton) 1
Mr. Cheese's Advertisement, 4 yrs, lOst 21b (Rows) 2
Mr. Cliff's Troubadour, 6 yrs, lOst 91b (H. Taylor) 3
Mr. Welfitt's Nothing More, 6 yrs, list 710 (inc. 710 ex)
(Waddington) 0
Mr. Welfitt declared to win with Nothing More.
Betting-5 to 4on Nothing More, 7to 4 agst Trouba-
dour, sto 1 agst Turmoil. Troubadour with a long lead
made play, followed by Advertisement, Nothing More.
and Turmoil, and little material alteration occurred till
coining towards the straight, when the lot took close
order, and all appeared to make a race of it. Before clear-
ing the last hurdle, however, Turmoil and Nothing More
left the others, but the favourite fell at the obstacle and
was thus thrown out. Turmoil, therefore, won easily by
six lengths. Troubadour was net able to get up to Ad-
vertisement, who received second honours.
SALISBURY RACE MEETING—FIUD.tY.

There was to-day a mire numerous attendance than
yesterday, and a continuance of the same glorious weather
and interesting sport, which was to-day, however, dead
against backers, who dropped a lot of the money they won
on Thersday. Old Historian won tho Handicap Plato
very cleverly, the favourite Muezzin sustaining defeat front
both the Woodyeates horses and Cork Jacket. An
own sister to Molly Carew—Antias—won the Long-
leaf Stakes in hollow fashion from her two oppo-
nents, neither of whom could make her gallop. A
great favourite in Cock of the Walk was upset in
the Salisbury Cup, which valuable prize fell to
Lora Durham by the aid of the Nymph colt, who de-
feated the Danebury "pot" very cleverly. B.mefa.,;ter,

anotlior repri3btutativo of WoLdicates, tilo Wilts)ll

Park Stakes, defeating Sea Breeze and Minnie Troll, the
latter of whom, when meeting Sea Breezeat level weights,
sustain,d defeat from the vangti:she I of the previous day.
The Selling Stakes was another facer to backers, they en-
crusting their money to the Vouc:ler cult, wito ran a dead
heat wit'i Vietrvss. In the decider the young one had
tie call, but Mr. Payne's mars scored 3,3 caly v;ctory.
.Nlr. Payne hal another w:nner in Clavion, who won the
Lungloat Stakes. Iu tit) Queen's P;a e Fair Star, who
was second to Philosopher on Thursday, defeated 11--
drier very easily, and put the finishing stroke to the
backer's ill fortune. Particulars of the racing will be
found below :

Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. Three quarters of a mile.
Sir F. JobnAone's Historian, by Stockwell, aged, Bst 121 b

(Parry) 1
Mr. Wooleott's Cork JaAst, 3 yrs, 7st (Bu.ler) 2
Mr. Hope's Loadiug Suit, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Niue. 510 extra)
(Nfaidment) 3
Duke of Hamilton's Muezzin, aged, Bst Glb (tne. 51b ex.)
(Hartley) 0
Mr. Brook's Lucetta, 3 yrs, 7st (Hibbard) 0
Mr. E. Brayley's Rodbourue, 4 yrs, 7st 31b

(D. Kitchener) 0
Mr. E. Edywn's Englishman, 3 yrs•, 7st 31b...(G. Sapp) 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Muezzin, 100 to 30 agit Cork
Jackot, 4 to 1 each agst Historian and Leading Suit.
Cork Jacket got away in advance of Historian, Leading
Suit, and the favourite, but after going about a couple of
hundred yards, Leading Suit took a slight lead, which he
maintained till crossing the road, when ho dropped back,
and Historian, with Cork Jacket on his loft, came away,
but the old horse shook off his opponent at the half dis-
tance, and won easily by two lengths, the same distanco
between second and third; Englishman Fourth, Muezzin
fifth close up fifth, Rcdbourne next, and Lucetta last.
The Longford Castle Stakes of 25 sovs each,lo ft, for two-