The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-26 00:00:00

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-ickthire Hunt l7

STEEPLECHASES.

APRIL.

Grand National Hunt I Knighton
(Bedford) 2 Abergavenny
Roy.Artillery(Woolwieli) 3 I llambledon
Bromley
Aldershot
I Hendon

OUTOBEIL

Bromley 1 Ealing
DECEMBER.
St. Albans
Kingsbury 8 I

2
6 15

Rosicrucian is improving in his work, having been tak-
ing steady canters the last fow days instead of walking and
trotting about. As has been previously stated, he is not a
horse that requires much driving along, and the prospects
of his winning the Two Thousand are much noro " rosy"
than they were a week or two since. There is certainly
a much healthier look about him in the market. The ab-
surd canard that was circulated respecting his being struck
out of the Guineas reflects little credit on those who origi-
nated it, and it may be asserted on reliable authority that
Sir Joseph Hawley stands to win an immense sum upon
his horse for this race.

Tennyson, Golden Gift, and Portia have been scratched
W all engagements.

Count d'Evry's steeplechase horse Silly has been re_
named Marche-Mal.

A. Watkins; the popular French jockey, camp over from
the Continent specially to ride Mdllo. de Fligny in the
Two Year Old Stakes at Epsoni yesterday, and finished
fifth.

Mr. J. Robinson, owner of Old Scratch, winner of the
Hunters' Stakes at Margate, requests us to state that this
horse is four years old, and not aged, and also half bred.
Fleet wing, after winning the Beaufort Stakes at Epsom
yesterday, was bought in for 430 guineas, 330 guineas over
the entered selling price, which would be divided between
the owner of the second horse and the race fund.
Sir Oliver, after winning the United Railway Stakes at
Epsom yesterday, was bought in for 210 guineas. Sir
Oliver had hitherto proved a mast unfortunate horse,
this being his first win, after running second half a dozen
times.

The arrangement between Count Lagrange and Hint-
table, to which we alluded during the Liverplol meeting,
has been concluded, by virtue of which Huxtable had his
first mount for the French stable yesterday at Epsom, on
Nemea, in the City and Suburban. Grimshaw had wasted
severely in order to rido the required weight, but could not
get within 31b. of it.
The Marquis of Hastings has decided to give up the
mastership of the Quern Hounds ; and wo hear that both
hounds and horses will be sold at the Quorn Kennels in
May.

Mr. J. P. Craven's Sir Oliver, 4 yrs, after winning the
United Railway Stakes at Epsom Spring on Tuesday, was
bought in for 210 gs, his entered selling price being 40
BOYS.

ACCIDENT TO LOFTUS M. ARKWRIGHT.—We regret :to
say that Mr Loftus Arkwright, the Master of the Essex
hounds, met with an accident on Tuesday last which pre-
vented his being present at the grand county banquet
given to him in the evening. The field met at Loughton,
and after breakfasting at the mansion of Mr. Howard,
proceeded to hunt the forest. In crossing a ditch Mr.
Arkwright's horse fell and threw him, and brought down
its hind feet on his breast. Medical assistance was at
once sent for, and a carriage having been obtained, the in-
jured gentleman was conveyed to Epping, and afterwards
to his home at Harlow. It was found that no bones were
broken, and it is believed no serious injury has been sus-
tained.

CLYDESDALE STALLIONS FOR VIE CONTINENT.—Two fine
three year old Clydesdale stallions have been purchased by
Mr. James Walker, of West Lothian, for his highness the
Archduke Albert of Austria. The largest of the two,
Young Champion, was bred by Mr. John Kerr, Mid-
Calder (who has bred and turned out not a few entire
horses for Australia and New Zealand), has already taken
two prizes, and promises to be a horse of great bone and
substance. The other, Blink Bonny, bought from Mr.
Henry Meikle, Woodside, Linlithgow, is nicely topped,
well set on his legs, and has the appearance of fine action
and great endurance. We understand that the pair cost
over £3OO sterling, and ars to be used for improving the
breed of agricultural horses on the Archduke's extensive
estates in Hungary. Tho horses were shipped by Messrs.
Currie & Co.'s steamer to Hamburg, and afterwards pro-
ceed to their destination by railway. We understand that
not fewer than ten stallions have been purchased at high
prices since the Highland and Agricultural Society's show
at Glasgow in August last for different places abroad.