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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—FItIDAY
If the opening day
at the e Bellinger town" was charac-
terised by dullness, certainly the concluding day was even
more marked in 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 eourso 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 Subscription-rooms were not
very well patronised, and the only business transacted
was the taking 6 to 1 about Rosicrucian fur the Derby,
at which price the colt left off firm. The weather
complain of along the route to
fine, the dust bAng the
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elniiheenrcee beautifully
to complain
eeight events on the card for de-
cision; and as the first was a walk over, there was plenty
of time for speculation had the sporting spirit been that
ner svenix showed no colours, but by the proprietors of the
way inclined. Half a dozen were coloured on the card
betting-rooms,
oerttti
-croouopml es of
andp othgio ponies
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 site
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 were of an unimportant character, and do not
call for remark. Details of the day's running aro ap-
pended :

The Clumber Stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, for two-yr-olds.
Half a mile.

Duke of Newcastle's Zuleika, by Ivan—Zoraide,_Bst 51b

(J. B tley) w.o.
The Betting-room Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added,
for two-yr-olds. RA House in.

Duke of Newcastle's Lure, by St. Albaus—Aingzon, 2
yrs, 7st ................................................ (Cradock) 1
Mr W. Cowen's (Marionette, 2 yrs, Est 111 b ...(Nl'ilwen) 2
Betting-9 to 4on Lure, who wade tho whole of tho
running, and won easily by a length.

The Juvenile Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for
two-yr-old colts. Half a mile.
Ur Barlow's Valeutia, by Vedette —Capucine, Est 61b

(S. Mordan) 1
Mr Williams' Hailstorm, by Neville, Bst 101 b (Rous) 2
Capt. Machell's Curiosity, Bst 101 b ............... (Castance) 3
Betting---5 to 2on Valentin, 3to 1 asst Curiosity.
The favourite, iu the centre, made play, after a long
delay at the post, closely attended by Hailstorm on the
outside and Curiosity next the rails. At the distance Hail-
storm was beaten, and Valentia, pulling double, ran in an
easy winner by a length ; Hailstorm in tho last fifty yards
defeating Curiosity by half a length for second place.
The winner was sold for 160 guineas to Mr. S. Marks.
Curiosity was bought for 24 guineas by iirg Clarke.