The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-18 00:00:00

PLOUGHBOY,

although I should by no means ignore the chance
of GOMERA. The names having most attrac-
tion for me of those animals engaged in the
Weston Stakes are HILDA, BADSWOIITII, and DE
VERE, and I fancy their chance in rotation. Bad
as he is I shall expect to see CORK JACKET
win the Welter Stakes. The Badminton Stakes
will go to LIDDINGTON if he starts, who is a race-
horse over short distances of ground. I think
DEMONSTRATION will win the llyrham Park Handi-
cap, and if beat it will mostlikely be by DEFIANCE.
One of the most agreeable day's sport of the
week will be at Wye on Wednesday, where I can
only advise speculators to. back MINUTE GUN for
both the Wye Handicap and The Olanteigh Tower
Handicap Plate. _ . _ _

A capital programme has also been issued for a
day's racing at Croydon, but none of the stakes are
complete for analysis.
The week's amusement will be concluded at Har-
penden on Friday, and as the acceptances for the
principal handicap are not made until to-morrow,

I can only say that COURT CARD is as well in as
anything. I think the issue of the Two Year Old
Stakes lays between La3trooN and LELIA. The
other races I think it best to say nothing about.

A FRt

THE MARQ UISOF HASTINGS AN!) THE
TURF.

(From the Sportsfritm.) •
It is a thankless task to rake up the muddy water.; of
turf scandal, but when they threaten the stability of the
institution itself, every one who would see it preserved
should gird up his loins for the work. It is, we are assured
by the adage of popular wisdom, impossible to touch pitch
without being defiled ; but the cleanest of hands should not
at times shrink from the risk of contamination. These
observations, introductory of some few comments on a
flagrant scandal which at present forms the chief tcpic of
conversation in turf circles, and which more deserves the
strictures it arouses than anything of the kind in the
modern history of our national sport, aro in no degree in-
tensed as an apology, for I consider it a duty to assume
for the moment a Curtian part, and speak out boldly
in the interest of justice, decency, and fair dealing.
After these remarks, it is almost unnecessary to add
that the esclandre referred to is that in reference to the
position, in regard to the turf, of the Marquis of Hast-
ings, whose non-settlement or non-arrangement of his
last year's racing accounts has excited an unprece-
dented amount of consternation and ill-feeling, not
only among his creditors, but throughout the sporting
world. When the argument of the whole story is, that
his lordship owes large sums of money to men from whom
it is possible he may, through his agents, in a few days
demand a fortune; that they will have to pay him, while
he distinctly refuses to pay them; that, in a word, the
greatest defaulter on the turf is at the same time the
owner of the first favourite for the coming Derby, your
readers will be somewhat prepared for the miserable de-
tails I must lay before them. In the "Sporting Gazette of
last Wednesday I find the following sweet paragraph, a
work of art, executed with all the skill that beneficent
nature and long practice furnish to the aristocratic
toady :

THE MAI:GUIS OF HASTINGS'S ACCOUNTs.—The gentle-
man who has hi herto exerted himself towards effecting a
settlement of the Marquis of Hastings's accounts, " re-
tired from the contest" yesterday, on finding so many im-
pediments thrown in his way.
In the ordinary affairs of life, as conducted by straightfor-
ward, honourable, and business men, the only recognised
mode of settling an account is to pay it. Strange as it
may seem to the soi-disant pious, who regard sport as the
broad road with the undesirable terminus, there are on
the turf straightforward, honourable, and business men,
who take precisely the same view of their own and other
people's liabilities. There are, undoubtedly, others who
delude the unwary into entrusting them with money, with
which they subsequently run off ; but, as a rule, they are
not marquises, they are looked upon by ;sporting mon as
scoundrels, and they are known under the generic title of
" welshers." It is all very well for our friend Jeamo3 to
give " the gentleman" credit for " exertion," and to attri-
bute the non-payment of his lordship's debt's to " impedi-
ments thrown in his way." The writer evidently knows
on which side his own bread is buttered, and undoubtedly
deserves all credit for an ingenious made of stating the case,
which serves his own interests, by at once " smoothing
down" the Marquis of Hastings, in leading the world to
suppose ho has been hardly dealt with, and, by implication,
throwing the onus of the unfortunate " situation" on the
shoulders of the very men on whom it entails the
greatest hardship. In the face of a representation so
plausible but so misleading, I feel it my duty, knowing
the whole facts of the case, to lay a " plain, unvarnished
tale" before the sporting world. During the early part of

the present year, after much diplunaacy on both sides, and
a vast amount of smooth wards an I broken vows on that of
his lordship's Advisers, a definite proposal was at length
made during the Newmarket First Spring Meeting to the
more prominent creditors. It was to the effect that a sum
of £lO,OOO should be immediately forthcoming, and that
at the same time a guarantee should' be given that a simi-

lar sum should be furnished in six months. It was esti-
mated that the total amount, £20,000, would be sufficient,
after clearing off some of the smaller claimants, to allow
of the payment, to those of larger interests,.of a dividend
of something like 7s. in the pound. That these are the
true facts of the case I am in a position to assert fearlessly,
as some of the principal creditors—representing among

them more than half of tho whole liabilities of the Mar-
quis—did me the honour to consult me as to what was
best to bo done in the matter. I suggested that they
should demand a .guarantee for the settlement in
full of their claims, in the event 'of Lady Eliza-
beth winning the Derby; but at the :::arne time strongly
advised that in any case they should accept the. terms
offered as described above. My proposals, meeting with
ftivonr, they were adopted as a line of acacia ; and it was
confidently hoped that at length a most annoying and
harassieg dispute would be brought to a happy tertnina-

tion. What was the reluit ? That the programme
chalked out by his lordship's advisers during the First
Spring Meeting was wholly abandoned, and that on Mon-
day last the creditors were offered a new arrangement, to
the effect that they should be paid £lO,OOO, but without
any guarantee that a like sum would be. forthcoming in
six months. The creditors were in fact offered what
would positively amount to a present payment of about
3s. or 33. 61. in the pound, and were left to imply that
they might at once " abandon hops " of the balance.

Is it a matter of wonder that some of the principal
claimants, feeling that they • have been dallied with and
humbugged beyond endurance, have now indignantly de-
- terminod to reject all such proposals, and leave their nal()
debtor to be dealt with by public opinion and by his
own conscience, if he has not long ago got rid of such a
troublesome article? From first to last the affair has
been most discreditable and disgraceful, and connected,
as it is, with a member of the Jockey Club, must bi ex-
cessively annoying to the members of that august body.
It is idle for the legislators of the turf to urge that they
take no cognisance of betting, and therefore must occupy
the position of mere spectators in any dispute of which it
may be the foundation. They can never get over the fact
that a notorious defaulter takes part in their deliberations,
on a footing of equality with themselves ; they can never
forget that they are Men of high social standing, of unim-
peached honour, and of unbounded influence over tot
only the business, but the morality of the turf ; and in view
of such dignity, character, and power—in view of the
slur that is cast up in them by the assiciation with a man
in the position df the Marquis f Hastings it bellows them
—and I for one earnestly imp!ore them—to save from fur--
titer disgra,ee the sport whose destinies aro in their hands
by the immediate adopt ion of such stepsas will prevent the
repetition of so fl 'grant a scandal and cause of reproach. It
is well known that front the p-ctilia, framing of the laws
in regard to defaulters at Giod woo York, and Ascot,
such a at .to of things as I have describe I is utterly impos
sibk as any credit wean prevent his delator's horses running
so long as ho fails to absolve himself from his default. Is
it not a grievance that at Newmarket, Epsom, Doncaster,
and all other meetings but those I have named, this very
stringent but necessary law does not obtain, and that any
man, even though stooped to the lips in debt, may run his
horses and make money on them if he can, all the while
snapping his fingers at the creditors whose just claims he
refuses to recognise? As the case now stands, a member
of the Jockey Club, a buly whose power-in such matters
is unlimited, is at once the greatest defaulter of the turf, and
the owner of the first favourite for the Derby. It is
known—in fact, it is not denied—that he has backed his
mare to win him an enormous sum at long odds ; and it
is certain that by merely guaranteeing the liabilities of
the commissioners who in this case acted in his behalf,
he actually stands to win a fortune from the very men to
whom he is at the same time so deeply indebted. In fact,
should Lady Elizabeth win the
_,Derby—and the present
market odds aro only 3 to 1 against such a contingency—
the bookmakers will have to pay to his lordship's agents
the money they have betted against the mare ;
though they know that every farthing of the money so ob-
tained from them will pass direct into their debtor's pocket,
they have, under the present laws affecting racing and bet-
ting, absolutely no power to deduct either what is due to

them on past accounts, or even reimburse themselves for
tho bets made by the Marquis on this very race—some of
them so long ago that they are now possibly so much
lost money. Is it not high time that tho laws which sanc-
tion so monstrous an injustice should be swept into the
dusthole of all effete, oppressive. and absurd legislation ?
Is it not high time that the Jockey Club who alone can

institute a reform, sweeping indeed but indispensable to the
welfare of the turf, should bestir themselves to prevent a
repetition of the gross scandal which has drawn attention
once more to the subject ? And is it not high time that all
honourable men should join in a respectful but earnest ap-
peal that they who hold the reins of the sport, should no
longer be indifferent to the ruinous course which it is
pursuing ?

If I might venture to make a suggestion to Lord Flast-
ings; or his advisers—on the supposition, of course, that
they entertain a real intention to at least attempt the clear-
ing off of his liabilities—l think there would be no diffi-
culty in devising a plan which would at once accomplish
their object without entailing much real cost. It is well
known, as I have before said, that his lordship stands to
win an enormous stake on Lady Elizabeth at long odds.
If he desires a relief by honourable means from his em-
barrassment, he has only to send into the market a commis-
sion to hedge his mony, which could now be done on such
highly favourable terms as to realise a sum, which added
to the £lB,OOO he and his friends pretend they are willing
to produce, would at once very nearly clear off the whole
of his liabilities. By this means he would be able to pay
the bookmakers from the profits he could even now realise
upon the transactions he has at present outstanding with
them. I am quite aware, that should a large sum of
hedging-money be suddenly thrown into the market, it
might possibly affect the favourite's position in the quota-
tions, but even this difficulty might readily be got over,
for I fully believe not one of his lordship's creditors, if
good names were given, would refuse to take the present
market odds about the mare to sums proportionate to the
amounts owing to them. Providing these bets were to
be taken in part of their demands, they would, I am quite
sure, take their chance of finding an opportunity of retail-
ing them. In this view of the case, supposing that the
Marquis owes a little over .£O,OOO, in set-off against this
ho is the present holder of bets upon which, were he so
disposed, he could easily realise a ready profit of upwards
of £21,000 of the amount. I throw out this suggestion,
confident that it would prove an easy means of rescuing
the Marquis of Hastings from a position, disgraceful to
himself and his ancient name, embarrassing to his friends
and discreditable to the ord:r to which he bilougs, and of,
at the scone time, ding justice to a class of men by whom
he has never suffered ally p .cuniary less, who have nev,r
dealt unfairly by him, mud who suffer in mind and
pocket from his ungeutlem ally and trtjust treat-
ment of them. Let it bo noted that it is capable

of proof that his lordship has not lo.t m mey on
the turf ; that, as a matter of fact, ho has absolutely
won from most of th) bioltinalc7rs ; t'iat three of his
heaviest creditors havo assured me they have on the ba-
lauce paid hint largo sums of mAney, and that on,) gmtle-
rnan who paid him last year £21,009 is now out of pocket

by his transactions with him to the extent of no less than

£l,OOO, and cannot even g.3t an offer of settlement. Let
it be remembered also that this defaulter has from the corn-

mencemcnt trifled with, laughed at, and now defies his
creditors, that he owes them thousands of pounds which
they have little hope of ever recovering, and that ho has
every prospect of winning an immense fortune from them
which he will put into his pocket, and, probably, keep
there; and tho racing world and the general public have
some means of arriving at a true conclusion as to the

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honour of a nobleman, and the prosp2ets, under presort
laws, of the national sport of England.

OXFORD AQUAIICS.

All the boats have made good progress during the
week.. Corpus especially seemed to have improved, and
will give Exeter. some hard rowing to catch them.
Exeter and University have rowed the course in
quickest time, their respective paces being as nearly as
possible the same; and, therefore, should Exeter rise to
head of the river, University will probably show in the
second place. We subjoin the order of the crows in which
they will start on Monday night:—

1. Br senose 7. Merton_ 13. Balliel
2. Corpus 18. St. Juli.,'s 14. Pembroke
3. Exeter 9. Christ Church 15. Magdalen
4. University 10. Worcest:r 16. Oriel
5. Liuc.du 11. Trinity 17 New College
6. IVadham 12. Qu„t,,s 18. St. *Mary Hal
The races will commence punctually at seven o'clock.

On Thursday night the Car►,us crew went down to
N►►neha►u by train to row the annual match with Ra lley.
The course was from Nuneharu Railway Bridge to the
island at Nunehatn. Corpus, in their light boat, gave the
boys about half a length start, and the race, which was
good throughout, was won by Radley by about two feet.

LNG iNTEL ',MENU, —This Day.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Tnrs DAY.
SOMERSETSIIIRE STAKES.
sto 2 agst Vixen gelding (taken)
sto 1 agst Puff (offered)
6to 1 agst Ploughboy (taken)
6 to 1 agst Gornera (offered)
DERBY.
100 to 35 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken)
100 to 15 agst Rosierucian (offered—take 7to 1)
Bto 1 agst Speculum (offered—take 100 t 3 12)
10 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken)
300. to 8 agst Orion (taken and off.)
100 to 8 agst Paul Jones (taken and off.)
1000 to 3.5 agst Suffolk (taken)
40 to 1 :;gst Toni Bowliuo (taken, Alter 100 to 6,
20 to 1, and 25 to 1 Lad been taken)
2000 to 25 agst Tympanum (taken)
PLACE BETTING.
6 to 4 agst Rosieruciau (offered)
9 to 4 agst Sp,euluni (offered - take 5 to 2)
5 :o 2 tigst P.lll Jones (taken and offered)
3to 1 ag,t Orion (taken and offert-d)

Programme of Bath and z omenet Meeting.

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TUESDAY, May 19.
The L•ensdowne Trial Sakes, of 10 sovs each, whit 26
tt,lded ; weight for age ; selling allowances ; 1 mile.
To doss; and nime at the Castle Hotel by nine o'clock;fii
the evening before running.
The Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 23 added; weight
for age ; straight half mile.
The Second Year of the Sixteenth Biennial Stakr,s of 10
soya each, with 50 added, for three year olds ; colts, Bst
101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst ilb; untried horses or
mares allowed 31b; the second to save stal:,:e ; one mile
and a half ; 63 subs.
Picnic (31b), Herald, Papillon (31b),' nossack c (31b),
Oracle, Loup Garou colt (31b), Bucent-tur, Astracan, Tyru-
, panum (31b), Car-le Royal colt, Midshipman Easy, St.
Nunao, Offering, Herennianus, Pleasure Boat (31u), Lord
Palmerston, Cock of the Walk, Kaffir's. Laud (3lb), Boar_
skin, Madrid (Sib), Eartiley, luuerfliale, Lanark (31b),
Lincoln's Lin fi.ly (31b), Equerry, Tbe Purser (31b),
Little Prince, Berms, 3lonkey f by Voltigeur—
lona ,by fon—Revoke, Verdi Sweats (310, Black Dia-
nnud, I'ha,hns, Birdseeker, Talk o' the hill, Corinne, Spa-
culum, Cartoon (31b), Typhoon, Lady Raglan, Aspisi4
(31b), c by Prima Minister—Actress, by Annandale, Ritua-
list, Griniston, Auszalia, Patrician (31b), f bg Skiriuip;3er
—Vertumna (31b), Our Mary Ann, Demonstration (Jib),
fby Stockwell —ffin ialztya, Privilege, Tho L.td.lie (31b),
c by Plum Pudding—Lady Gay Spanker, Sr. Valentino
(31b);Maesllwch (31b), f by Cape Flyaway—Lady Evelyn
(31b), Glentarsen, b., Glenmasson, Sabriva, Ifoll Call
(paid), Quadroon (dead), Princess Mary (dead), and
Blankney (dead).
The Bath Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft (if declared by 8
o'clock the evening before running, to Mr. Reyeold.%
only, at the Castle Hotel, Bath), with 100 added ; th
winner of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 54), ;
of two or more handicap; 101 b extra. One mile, 26
subs.

Ag
Cromwell ... e st lb •.. .1 6 13
Lord Palmerston ... 3 6 9
Ganymede... 4 6 8
Arabia ... ▪ 66 8
Jolla ..• 6 4
Birdseeker... • 36 2
Cork Jacket
... 3 6 2
Lady Morgan ... 3 6 2
Ligurian ... 3 6 1
Ca wcipr ▪
3 6 0
Triana
•.• .1 5 7
Manton 3 ' 5 7
D unoou ... 3 5

Age st lb
Vespasian (inc. 51b
ex) ... ... 5 9 12
Silenus ... 4 9 2
Mr Pitt ... 5 8 8
Tumbler ... ... 4 8 1
St. Ronan ... ... 3 7 10
Tremble ... 4 7 10
Goojerat 5 7
Cock of the Walk 3 7 5
Naivete (inc 51b ex) 3 7 5
Defiance ... 4 7 '2
Foresight ... ... 4 7 '2
Kidderminster ... 4 7 0
The Parson ... 3 7 0
The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sops;
winners of any handicap after May 14, at ten a.m., 51b
extra. 1 mite. •

Ago st lb Age et lb
Vespasiau (incl 5113 Harlington ... 4 6 12
extra) ... 5 10 3 Mr. Briggs 3 6 10
Moonbeam ... 4 8 8 Birdseeker ... 3 6 8
Adamanthea ... 48 7 Lucetta 36 8
The Vampire (h b) 5 8 6 Sister to Vedette... 4 6 7
Muezzin ... a 8 0 Englishman ... 36 7
Leases
... 4 7 13 Painshill ... 3 6 7
Cock of the Walk... 3 7 10 Sugarstick ... 3 6 5
Miss Hayes ... 4 7 8 Rally
... 5 6 5
Collet I.ll.outd ... 5 7 8 Papillon 3 6
Defiance ... 4 7 6 Osprey ... ... 3 6 5
Cromwell ... ..• 4 7 5 Lily
... 3 6 2
Needle Gun ... 6 7 4 Pest
Pot 3
3 Cr 0
Tribune ... 5 7 4 Chimney Pot ... 3 512
Mdtue. Wright ... 5 7 0 Balvie .„. 3 510
The First of the Seventeenth Biennial Stakes• of 10 sous
each, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; untried horses or mares
allows 1 31b ; second to save stake ; straight half-mile.
64 subs.
Cantine c (alb), Teterrima f (31b), Heatley, lone f (31b),
Cachuca f (31b), Lurley c (31b), Standard Bearer (31b),
Lady of Eltham c (31b), Brother to Catubuscan, Brother
to Chattanooga, Bertha, Diomedia f, Brother to Seclusion,
Juanita, Glencoe, Candidate, Stut.t c, Lockeridge (31b),
De Vere, Scalade f, Miss Foote, Denfelle (31b), Deer Park,
Boaster, Verna f, Speculation c, LAdy Lotty f, Rittornella
(3;b), Goatfell; Lord Bothwell (319, Lopez, Jove, Violetta,
Fenian (5119; Traducer, Duchess of Athol (31b), Tested c,
St Agues c (31b), .Raynard, Cupbearer (3110, Amazons,
Mattyr, Morgan la Faye f (31b), Masquerade f
(Mb), [leather Bell, Sagax, Katherine Logic f, Archduke
(Bib), %spheres (319, Zuleika (31b). Lure, Artist (late
Falconer), Blucher Bigotry f (31b), Vertumna c (31b), Al-
, bert (31b), Alma Mater, Bruntia, Lade Nell, Nuyro Tauren,
and Lord _Falmouth 03;0.
The B..aufort Cup, value 300 sJvs, by subscription of 10
sove each, the rest. in specie ; threw year olds, ist ; four,
Bst 101 b ; fiv.., 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 61b ; mares and
geldings allowed 41b ;to start at the Mile-post and gcl
once round (:►bout two miles and a half).
Franchise yrs, Romping Ohl 4 yrs, The Returned 3
yrs, Vauban 4 yrs, Bllnkhoolie 4 yrs, Gomera 6 yrs, Angus
3 rs, Lecturer 5 yrs, Phaeton 3 yrs, Goodwood 4 yrs
Knight of the Garter 4 yrs, Julius 4 yrs, Speculum. 3 yrs,
Maid of Mashana 5 yrs, Friponuior 4 3.rs, Achievement 4
yrs, Olhello 5 yrs, The Earl 3 yrs, Sealskin 5 yrs, Roquefort
4 yrs, Moleskin 4 yrs, Tormentor 5 yrs, Caucasus 4 yrs, Lord
Lyon 5 yrs, Dalby aged, Seville 4 yrs (paid), Boeewiug 5
yrs (pail), C.)ylou 5 yrs (paid), and Lord of the Dales, 4 yrs
(paid),
Mr. P. Barker, Mr. W. Prowse, and Mr. W. G. Craven
are subscribers, but did not name.

WEDNESDAY.
The Donnington Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with

•
50 added; T.Y.C.
The Kelston Stakes of 3 sovs each with 40 added ; straight
. ... ..

half-mile.
The Somersotshire Stakes of '25 sovs each.

Two milea

and a distance.

Age st lb , Age st lb
Lord Lyon ... 5 9 4 Vixen g 6 10
Gainers 6 9 0 Othello ... 5 6 6
Bliukboolie ... 4 8 12 Ploughboy 4 6 5
Romping Girl ... 4 8 0 Caucasus ... 4 6 2
Thalia 5 7 2 Vortigern 3 6 2
Ackworth... ... a 7 2 Demon ... 3 510
Mariner ... 3 7 t Puff ... 3 510
P oserpine ... 56 12 Aquila ... ... 3 paid
The Weston Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for
two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b ; fillies and. geldings, Bst
71b ; the produce of untried horses or mates allowed 31b;
if both, blb ; winners of any one stake of 200 sovs value
before starting, 31b; 400, slb extra. Straight half mile.
5t subs.

Intimidal ion c, f by Atherstono—Overture's dam (31b),
Standard Btarer, Cachuca f (31b), Farfalla f (31b), Jane
Eyre, Sister to Veda, Brother to Chattanocera, Dimuedia f,
Hilda (31b), Dentelle (31b), Woodstock, Acknowledgment
(31b), Sister to Hermit, hoplite (31b), Juanita, De Vere,
Cupbea er (311,), Bretby, Miss Nettie, Lady Margaret,
Diamond, Lupe; Juniper, Chatelherault, Vestment, Miss
Morgan, Ainazone, Nelson, Martyr, Lurewell f, Crochet. c,
Defender (late Sling) 31b, Carolina 51b, Lure, Runaway,
Charon, Lady Maud c (51b), Quicksand (31b), Blucher,
Jerry hawthorn, Conjuror, Master Whiflbr (31b), Nut-
breaker (51b), Brambridge (31b), Eigolboche. f (31b), Mid-
dleton Mild c, Una (31b), liadsworth (31b), Odessa (31b),
Night flag, Suudew (51b), Suffolk's darn f, Lyttleton (31b),
Black Jimmy, and Clara.

The Dyrham Park handicap of 100 sovs ; winners of any
handicap after May 14, at tea a.m., 71b extra ; once
round and a distance.

Ago st lb
The Vampire (h. b) 5 8 10
Steamboat... 5 8 5
Nidderdale 6 8 0
Defiance ... ... 4 7.11
Douro ... ... 5 7 10
Osprey ... 3 6 12
Papillon ... ... 3 6 12
The Welter Stakes (handica
added; gentlemen riders; j
of any race after May 141
handicap race, 71b extra.
9 subs.

Ago st lb
Doroonstratiou ... 3 6 10
... 3 6 8
Euglishman 3 6 G
Taviatook ... 3 6 0
Balvio 3 6 0
Triaua 3 6 0

9) of 5 sovs each, with 54
jockeys, Glb extra ; winners
th, at ten a.m., 31b ; of any
Once round and a distance.

Age st lb
..310 9
. 4 10 9
..3 9 12
3 9 8

Cork Jacket
Romney ...
Mexico ...
Balvie

Age st lb
Adamanthea 4 12 4
Steamboat... ... 5 12 0
Needle Gun 6 11 11
Douro ... 5 11 0
The Brigand ... 610 9
The Badminton Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 100
added; two year olds, 6st 101 b; three, Bst 51b; four,
Bst 121 b ; tive and upwards, 9st 21b; wares and geldings
allowed 31b; the winner of any stake amounting to 100
soya in 1867 or 1868 31b, if 300 .51b, if 600 121 b extra;
maiden three year olds at the Colo of starting to be
allowed 61b, four and upwards 111 b ; T.Y.C. (straight
half mile); 18 subs.

RACING FIXT
31,

HES FOR 1868.

Bath ...... l9
Crop Lou Ist Summer 2l
Newark 2l

Harpenden ............... 22
Epsotu Summer ......... 26
Paris ....................... 31

lirost Drayton
Croydon 2d Summer
afauctiester
Ascot Suounor
13,•ver1ey, Hull, and
East lidding
‘Viudsor Suunuer

Newton
Hampton .. lB
Ne wertst le 23
Bi bury Ulu b - 23
Stockbridge
Alex au dra Park........, 30

Chelmsford
‘Voreaster bummer
Kingsbury and Hendon

JULY.

Radjliffe
Carlisle 7
Newmarket July 7
liungerford
Pontefract
Down Royal Corp...— l4
Reading
SpilebY 11111111 l timittem 14

Liverpool July 31. if
Odihain l6
Stamford l6
Huntingdon 2/.
Nottingham July 2l.
Chesterfield 23
Knutsford ......... ; 23
Southampton 23
Sudbury and Ealing 23
Goodwood