The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-22 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

The Sportsmen's Nursery Handicap of 200 soy:, adde3 to a
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each. Abaut three quarters of
a mile.

of lb
Thorwaldsen 8 12
Crocus ... 8 3
Lord Hawthorn 8 0
Number Nip ... 7 9
St. Mungo 7 9
Light Cloud ... 9
Dryad ... 7 9
Lady Melbourne f ... 7 9
Consternation 7 6
Storm King ... 7 5
Retort ... 7 5
Fitzwilliam 7 4
Hector ... 7 4
Dunbar
Good Hope ... 7 3
Lancer 7 3
ITawthornside... 7 3
Fichu, by Ivan ... 7 3
Glory Ann ... ... 7 8
Brother to Shibboleth 7 2
Shilly Shally ... 7 2
Vega c 7 2
April Morn 7 0
English Rose c ... 6 13
George Osbaldeston ... 6 13

st lb
Farceur ... 6 10
Fee:ails ... 6 10
Tolson d'Or ... 6 10
Sunshade ... 610
Morgan la Faye f 6 10
Duchess of Athol ... 610
Hymen.. ... 6 10
Candidate 6 8
Ellen the Fair c 6 8
Masquerade f ... 6 8
Needle Gun ... ... 6 8
Lord Bothwell 6 8
Messenger 6 8
Margaretta ... 6 7
Lady in Waiting 6 7
Artichoke ... ... 6 7
British Lion ... 6 6
Anne Boleyn ... 6 6
Sweet Annie ... 6 5
Rho ... ... 6 5
Glenavon 6 5
Lyttloton ... 6 4
Rambling Katie c ... 6 4
Miss Chepman ... 6 3
Woodbine ... 6 2
Clipper... ... 6 0
Sir Harry 6 0
Barna Bimbo 5 12
Damsel f ... 5 12
The Hunter 5 12
Pomfret ... 5 8
Di Spanker 5 7
Bianca 5 7
5 sovs each, with 50 aided.
,nd a half.

Disra-eli ...
Allington 0 ...

... 6 12
... 6 12

Emeild
Vansittart

6 12
... 6 12

Zepolya ... 6 12
Maggie... ... 6 12
Avoncourt 6 12
Fleets 6 11
The Bucclouch Ihndicap of
One mile 11

Age st lb Age st lb
Czar ... ... 5 12 7 Barmaid ... 411 3
Three per Cent.... 5 12 4 Paganiui ... 3 11 2
The Priest.— ... 4 12 0 The Masson 5 10 13
Easby 4 11 6 Rap ~. 4 10 12
John Osborne ... 411 5 Dark Agnes ... 510 11
Warrior ... ... 511 4 Pretty John 310 2
Edgbaston ... 5 11 3 Harmony ... 3 10 2
Nothing More ... 611 3 Catterick ... 310 1
Prior (Is ... 6 11 3 Stafford ... 3 9 9
Tho Stewards' Plate of 50 sovs; the winner of any race
subsequent to the publication of the weights, once, 31b ;
twice, 71b ; thrice, or of 100 soya, 101 b extra ; three-
quarters of a mile.
The Dalkeith Cup, value 30 sovs, for hunters; weight for
age ; penalties and allowances ; once round and a dis-
tance.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; twice round (about
two miles and a half.)
The Selling Plate (Handicap) of 5 sovs; the winner to be
sold for £3O ; about half a mile.

SATURDAY.
The Hurdle Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes
of 5 Boys each, 2 ft, to the fund; for hunters; gentle-
man riders; professionals 71b extra; the winner of any
hurdle race after Sept. 15, at 3 a.m., once 71b, twice 101 b
extra. One mile and a half, over five hurdles, timber
and furze. 13 subs.
The Town of Musselburgh Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with
25 added ; weight for ago ; penalties and allowances.
About half a mile.
The Farewell Handicap of 30 sovs, added to a sweep-
stakes of 2 sovs each; certain penalties. About half a
The Licensed Victuallers' Stakes of 3 sovs each, 1 ft, to the
fund, with 25 added; weight for age; selling allow-
ances. About a mile and a quarter.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 18G8.
OCTOBER.

Bedford
I Bromley 1 Perth
Newmarket Second Oct. 5 Sudbury and Ealing l5
I Lanark
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Northallerton

NOV.

MBE R..

Liverpool
Shrewsbury

ILemnington Hunt

ODD INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.—Under this
title the Imn Age has the following :—" It may sound a little
thing when we are told that a method has been invented
by which honey can be separated from the honey comb, so
deftly that the cells are left almost uninjured, and can be
reoccupied by the bees, but when we come to sum up the
immense industry directly affected by this saving the
matter grows vastly in importance. When paper collars
and cuffs were first invented they excited general merri-
ment, but they have become merchandize in which millions
of dollars were invested and realized. Now a still
odder substitute far tidiness is suggested, to be manu-
factured from the wooden strips, exactly similar
to those with which walls are lined instead of the old-
fashioned paper. White candles from bitumen ; exquisite
colours and even delicious champagne from petroleum ;
India-rubber pavements; ivory from chemically treated
turnips; absorbent stucco-work from potatoes and melon
rinds; artificial sponges from prepared bread-crumbs are
no less curious than useful things, and they, and the long
line of endeavour tlfat they represent, indicate a constant
effort to alleviate the expenses and annoyances of all the
little as well as the heavier operations of life whose con-
venience was overlooked in earlier days. And, as we
look around, are we not amazed at the tardiness with
which this line of invention has been taken up. We now see
a positivAy wonderful array of applications, 'tis true,
but what are they compared with the wants to
meet them ? Our streets still roar and reek with the bar-
barous noise and filth of horse power ; our homes are
made pesjferous with wretchel drains and sewers ; our
eyes are destroyed by flickering and inadequate light after
sundown; our systems are disorganized and infected by
ill-prepared food. On all sides cleanliness, quiet diges-
tion, shelter, and locomotion are calling for still fresh de-
vices to relieve us from thronging dangers and discomforts.
Therefore lot us have still more queer things in the way
of invention, no matter how "outlandish" they may seem
at the start, if they but discharge the office. The more
the merrier. All the grand hits that have been made in
the world were 'queer things' to the hang-backs of man-
kind, and, generally, the queerer they seemed, when first
anuouuned, the greater the benefaction providecl_to strug-
gling amtaas."