The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-23 00:00:00

LADY ELIZABETII

is a more powerful filly than Formosa, the daughter, of
Trumpeter must have our vote, fond though we are of Mr
Graham's representative. Thera aro 19 entries for the
Great Surrey Foal Stakes (1 mile), but Vale Royal and
Uncas will have the race between them, and as Mr Lincoln's
colt will have run in the Derby, Vale Royal is entitled to
the preference. Eighty horses have Won nominated
for the Epsom Two Year Old Plate (6 furlongs), the
most noteworthy of which are Electricity, Sister to Her-
mit, Palmitine, Queen Esther, Hark-over, La Saphir,
Trompette, Soffiuka, Director, the colt by Tim Whiffler,
out of Hermione, the filly by Oulstou out of Orucifixiou,
and Jove. Electricity is entitled to an allowance of 61b,
and as Badsworth is penalised 71b, Mr. Morgan's filly may
find her most dangerous opponent in the Hermione colt.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HARPENDEN MEETING-FRIDAY.

The gathering held on Harpenden Common was in point
of attendance quite successful, although the elements in
the latter portion of the day tended to mar the enjoyment
of both holiday seekers and professional turfites, for rain
fell heavily during the afternoon. A long string of car-
riages lined both sides of the course for a considerable dis-
tance beyond the Grand Stand, occupied by a very in-
fluential comrany, which, coupled with pedestrians,
brought the visitors up to nearly last year's numbers. The
card contained eight items for decision, and three of thorn
were remarkable for the further success of the Buccaneer
stock, in Pirate Chief and Perfume, the former scoring a
double victory in the Handicap Plate and Wheathamstead
Handicap. The opening event, the Trial Stakes, was won
by Hammerton, who upset a couple of better favourites
than himself ; and Pirate Chief ran away easily from his
opponents in the Handicap Plate, pulling off the good thing
he has long been expected to do. He was almost the worst
favourite of the fifteen runners, to all of whom ho was
conceding weight, and consequently it was not surprising
that odds was laid on him for the subsequent event,
which he won. The penalised Perfume carried off the
Two-year-old Stakes, and backers landed a great pot in
Black Boy in the Scurry Handicap. Lucifer, the top
weight, won the Harpenden Handicap, after a good race
with last year's winner, Midwife, and the result confirms
the running of Lord St. Vincent's horse at Newmarket.
Claymore was successful in the Rothamstead Stakes, and
in the last race, the Manor Stakes, the speedy but vici-
ous Valentia was not backed by her owner for a shil-
hag, who was afraid to rust her, and glad to get rid of
, her after the race.

The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 addod. One mile.
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Hammerton, by Colsterdale—
Greylock, 3 yrs (£100), 6st 101 b (car. Est 131 b)
(Goodwin) 1
Lord Westmorland's Ganymede, 4 yrs (£100), Bst _

-
(Parry) 2
Mr E. C. Clayton's Leap Year, 4 Irs (£100), 7st 41b
(Butler) 3
Mr T. Gilby's Futurity, 3 yrs (X 100), Est 511y...(Wyatt) 4
Mr Nightingall's Merry Andrew, 3 yrs (.£100), Est
(Spencer) 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Leap Year, 3to 1 agst Ganymode,
4 to 1 agst Hammertoe, 6 to 1 agst Futurity.
Hammerton made the running, followed by Ganymede
and Futurity, both of whom headed him slightly at the
distance,
cleverlybut Futurity
three-quarters of
away, Mr Bennett's colt
won of a
length ; throe lengths
divided second anti third, and Merry Andrew was last.
The winner was bought in for 310 guineos.
Handley Plate of 100 sous. T.Y.O.

Mr Pryor'sPirate 6hie f, by Buccaneer- —Emotion, 4 yrs, Bst
(11. Uovey) 1
Mr Greenwood's Mars, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Mike) 2
Mr G. Payne's Dulcet, 3 yrs, est 41b (Wyatt) 3
Mr H. Wright's Venturer, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (inc 51b extra)

let 61b
r4s,37iss't 41b ................. (Jeffery) 0
4 yrs, 7st 41b...(Peppler) 0
(Clement) 0
(Goodwin) 0
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do' Alexander's
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Frances,
Mr fieene's Airdrie, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ............. (A. Forster) 0
Mr Edwards' Breach.of Promise, 4 yrs, 7st (J. Edwards) 0
Mr T. Stevens's Secondhand, 4yrs, 6st 131 b (Jas. Clark) 0
Mr Percival's King of Spades, a yrs, Gst 131b...(Coslett) 0
Mr W. M. Lambourne's Court Card, 4 yrs, Gst 121 b

_ .
(Rolfe) 0
Mr T. Hughes's Professor Anderson, 5 yrs, ast 91b

'esitall3nYdror' bat
.......(Sanderson) 0
d, by Hospitality,
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(Prior) 0
5 yrs,
.....
1 each agst Ettrick and Pirate Chiof, 10
313frr758Wtai5itVbar.dA'5r1drH.ee.n'.v.r.5i.............................--......(8ut1er) 0
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Professor Anderson, Dulcet,
Hopleaf and Landlord, side by side, made the running,
atondllreaarcsl; aBgtsot Ropiest and Venturer.
with
a t
o
others, who came on in good
order
Dulcet
and Pirate Chief,
who had always been prominent, headed the other pair,
distance, the
slight
th. e
lead of
where
and Pirate Chief won very easily by a length, a neck
only intervening between second and third; Landlord
was fourth, Court Card fifth, Ettrick, Breach of Promise,
Venturer, Airdrie, Professor Anderson, and Hopleaf in
the order named carne next, Secondhand being the abso-
lute last.

The Two-yr-old Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100

added. T.Y.C.
Mr W. Goodwin's Perfume, by ißuccaneer Frani-
panni, 9st (ino. 71b ex.) (Custanco) 1
Mr W. Bevill's Belle of Warwick, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2
Mr Lowden's M.A., Bst 10Ib (Pearson) 3
Mr T. Archer's Townsend, Bst 121 b (Payne) 0
Mr Dunbar 's The Baroness, Bst 71b (Parry) 0
Mr W. Edgar's Miriam Bst 71b (Britton) 0
Mr Heene's Arlington, 'Bst 101 b (A. Forster) 0
Count Lagrange 's Spirit, Bst 101 b (J. Mann) 0
Mr Wallace's Vanbrugh, Bst 101 b (Marsh) 0
Mr Clayton's Slattern c, Bst 101 b (Coslett) 0
Betting-7 to 4on Perfume, 7to 1 agst Vanbrugh, Bto
1 agst Belle of Warwick, 10 to 1 bar three. M.A. made
the running, closely attended by Perfume and Tho Baroness
to the distance, where the latter dropped away, and the
favourite took the lead, Bello of Warwick simultaneously
running into second place, but Perfume, increasing her
lead, won easily by a length and a half ; three-quarters of
a length dividing second and third; The Baroness being
fourth,.Miriam fifth, Vanbrugh sixth, Arlington next, the
last three being Spirit, the Slattern colt, and Townsend.
4 yrs, Bst
The Scurry Handicap of 3 sous each, with 30 added. T.Y.C.
eiff,s'sAVrkearidtiy,,3
yrs,
Mr Crawley's Black Boy, by Rapparee—Aquamarine, 3
yrs, 7st 81b ............... .................. (EL Covey) 1
Mr G. Reynolds's iorringto.n. ..
. 3 yrs, 7st .....(Goodwin) 2
Mr Pilgrim's Thermometer, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Coslett) 3
(Kenyon) 0
7st 41b (Li. Forster) 0
Mr Stevens's Betlow Lass, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ...Vas. Clark) 0
Mr Nightingall's Pocket Hercules, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
(Wyatt) 0
Mr Goodwin's Mont Blanc, 3 yrs, Est 101 b
iiiMrr Tl,l.eeCnl
(Milne) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst BlackboYl 5 tot agst ThermOmeter,
5 to 1 each agst Verity and Mont Blanc, 8 to 1 agst Betlow
Lass.

Black Boy made the whole of the 'running, and won in
a canter by three lengths ; a neck only separated second
and third ;Verity, close up,
was fourth, Arkadi fifth, Mont
Blanc sixth, and Pocket Hercules last.
The winner was sold to Mr Groves for 105 guineas.
The Harpenden Handicap of 13 sovs each, 10 ft, and 2
4 yrs 7st
only if declared, with 100 added. One mile and a half.
Lord St. Vincent's Lucifer, by The Cure or Lord Feu-
con berg —8 tFlight, 5
yrs, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 1
Mr C. Rymer, jun.'s Midwife, 4 yrs, 7st 1011$ ... (Parry) 2
MMrr J. N°°ignheYtingDalisrtsaff 31 yrs. 6st 121 b (Butler) 3
eesgtamr do
r'si
aLneda B,B(Wyatt) 4
(Jeffrey) 5
Cecil,
yrs, 7st 121 k
Mr Pryor 's Miss Harriette, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b ...(H. Covey) 7
Mr William's Thorndyke, 3 yrs,
Leases,
4 yrs, 7st 71b (Kenyon) 6
Est 121 b (Mordan) 8
Betting-5 to 2 agst Foresight, 100 to 30 agst Lucifer,
6 to 1 agst Miss Harriette, 8 to 1 each agst Distaff and
LordSirC.WL
Thorndyke, 10 to 1 agst Midwife.
Thorndyke cut out the work, closely attended by Dis-
taff, Lucifer, and Midwife, Cecil bringing up the rear until
rounding the top turn, when Distaff took a clear lead of
Thorndyke, Foresight running up to the quarters of Luci-
fer, but he was unable to keep his place,land dropped back
in tbo next quarter of a mile. Distaff retained the com-
mand until approaching the turn intoithe straight, when she
gave way to Midwife, who came into the straight with a
slight lead of Lucifer and Distaff, to which trio the race
was confined. At the distance Lucifer got the beet of his
two opponents, and won cleverly by
half a length, Distaff
• beaten a length from Midwife
being ; Cecil was a bad
fourth, and a head only in front of Leases; Foresight
was sixth, miss Harriette next, and Thorndyke last,
beaten off.
The Rotbamstead Stakes of 5 son each, with 50 added.
T.Y.C.

Patti, 3 yrs cm), 7st 131 b
Mr Gee's Claymore, by Drogheda—Queen of Egypt, 4
(T. French) 1
yrs, (X3O) 9st .............. ! ................. ...
Mr C. Rayner, jun.'s,
yrs WO), sst 131 b
(Parry) 2
Mr IL Wright's Litde Coates, ,
(Roe 11) 3
Mr Goodwin's Pauline, 4 yrs (MO), Bst 111 b (S. Adams) 4
Sir W. Call's Lump Sugar, 3 yrs (£3O), Bst 21b (Morris) 5
2
Mr T. Stevens's Betlow Lass, 3 yrs (x3O), 7st 131 b (car
Bst 11b) . .... ..... ......... ~ .(Payne) 6
Mr Reynolds's Pharaoh, 3 yrs (X3O), Bst 21b...(Kenyon) 7
Mr Percival's Henry 1., 3 yrs (.£3O), Bst 21b (Coslett) 8
Betting— 9 to 4 on Claymore, 8 to 1 agst Patti, 10 to 1
"bar two." -

Lump Sugar made the running, followed by Little
Coates, Patti, Betlow Lass, and Claymore in a body to the
distance,w
Patti,her won,eßetlolv after Lass a finedropped back, and Claymore,
challenging race,
by a head; three
lengths divided second and third, and the others finished as
placed.
The winner was sold by Mr. W. B. Bennett for 100

guineas.
The Wheathamstead Handicap Plate of 50 SOV3, added to
a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Ono mile.
Mr. Pryor's Pirate Chief, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (inc 51b extra)
(H. Covey 1
Mr. Coney's Distaff, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Butler 2
Mr. W. Edgar's Duchess, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
aged, Est 21b (Britton 3
Mr. Greenwood's Mars, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
Mr. W. Clark's Clarina, (Jeffery) 5
Mr. H. Wright's Easby, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Peppier) 6
Mr. Hudson's Ada, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Spencer) 7
Betting-5 to 4on Pirate Chief, sto 1 agst Duchess, 6
to 1 agst Clarina, 8 to 1 each agst Distaff and Mars, 10 to
1 agst Easby.
Distaff made play, followed by Easby and Pirate Chief,
Duchess lying at the head of the others until hallway up