The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
ao,Wore than average amount of business was trans-
yn' on the Derby, showing a further improvement in
tic-ling Ecln
°f arlYipse, Ides,
ti and Anti-Rep
()ealer, but no altera-
grea mportan ce. We tight not, however,
ao
Rasa ove some heavy transactions on the leading and
k....4ew outside favourites :—Fer instance, 12 to 1 to 1001.,
11 to 1 to at least 6001, were taken about Alarm ;
.-m•
'bd the quoted odds agst the Cobweb colt, Kedger, Pam,
1/4., Rebecca colt, to amounts sufficiently large to prove
'eat they had not lost ground in the estimation of their
.ninlP_,Porters. 1,000 to 25 each was taken about Pantasa
"ut, Miss Whip colt, 1,000 to 20 several times about the
; olt out of Calypso's dam, and 1,000 to 15 each about
*Pin Boy and Seaman. The appearance of Ironmaster,
;14111:avedelimbiedae.u.ble public runner, and generally supposed to
disqualified. by the. death of Mr. Marshall,
la% e a bit of a sensation. It is now asserted that he was
Drilled by Mr. Marshall, jun., and that there is every
th°Bl)ect of the nomination being pronounced valid—on
strength of it, 5,000 to 1,000, and 1,000 to 15 re-
e2tedly were taken about him, "all in," and 3,000 to 60,
1 8,000 to 200, with a proviso that the bets shall be
11void,4 should he be disqualified. The Chester Cup was
,ii 4* touched upon, and seems likely to be " a standing
throughout the winter. The following were the
'Kest market prices :
1 CHESTER CUP (NAME OR NOT NAME).
%,...:000 to 25 was laid against Porto Bello ; 1,000 to 20
frost Poussin; 1,000 to 15 against Cabin Boy; 1,000 to
foalgeinst The Dean; and 500 to 10 against each of the
wißing in one bet :—Ratan, Porto Bello, Extempore,
147.7" ct, and Pastoral; 1,000 to 5 was laid against Cabin
-"'Y winning this and the Derby.
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Forth's lot
11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
,17 to I agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken
la to 1 ffgst Colonel Anson's Kedger
20 to a agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken
20 to 1 agst _Lord Stradhroke's Idas—taken
'2 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken
22 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken
aa to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt
40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen—t
60 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lady Berners colt—taken
60 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster
60 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's colt—Calypso's dam—t.
inn
.0 to 15 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken
1,
to 15 agst General Yates's Seaman—taken
iou" to 30 agst Collier and Winchester—taken
even between Idas and Young Eclipse
"u1:11 even between John Davis and Devil's Dust.
OAKS.
,0
to 1 agst Mr. Worthington'sLancashireWitch—t
`-• to 1 apt Mr. Bowes's As You Like It—taken.
The
THE LATE MR. CROCKFORD'S ACCOUNT.
Lie follewing is a co of the guarantee received by
theee
elfer of the match-bpy ook, and posted yesterday in
silbscription-room :
" Dingley Park, Dec. 6, 1844.
INV, the undersigned 11. H. Hungerford, hereby gua-
m t'ee that the bets due from the late Mr. Crockford on
e last Derby and Oaks, shall be paid in full.
" Witness my hand, this 6th of Dec., 1844,
" H. H. lIUNGERFORD.
"To the Stewards of the Jockey Club."
to nOtLication added that the debtors will be expected
Pay on Monday, the : 6th.

Pr, NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.
Allington-hill Stakes were won by Mr. Meyrick's
rr,7l-nitt. and not by Captain Daintree's K. Flora, as
-neously stated in our paper yesterday.

QUALIFYIPTG YOR THE COUNTY.—For the southern
inv.l3loll the process of qualifying goes on rapidly, show-
a determination on the part of the free traders to
"el. their majority. To increase the number of inde-
teYeldont voters in the northern division, meetings have
It a h°11:1, or are arranged to be held, in Blackburn,
,turney, Colne Accrington, Clitheroe, and Chorley.
applications h;lllr:elit°n Committee met as usual on Wednesday. Many
,PPlicatio:ts for qualifications were refteived, and property
gist:.lred. To facilitate the wnrk, an office is
14,-Ilt to be opened here as a central pout for North
neashire.—Preston Guardian.
thTll4 Whole of the red deer, the property of' the
Cold, Charles Charles Stuart Wortley, have been valued and
0c:,,-,31."t week, by Earl Fitzwilliam's gamekeeper, to an
tvnt Baronet, for stag hunting.
WAITS.—It may not be uninteresting to
OEnglish,,, reader if we describe the peculiar system
—IIEII by the Welsh waits. During the past week three
Cl4l3:l°N musicians have perambulated the streets of
rnarthen, very early in the morning, playing tunes
f • every door to commemorate the approach of the high
estiA Al of Christmas. After the musicians have played
ttnerry tune before the house. the owner of which they
"ale to propitiate, and to persuade him to make them
o„l2resent at Christmas, the " leader of the band" calls
go► with stentorian voice, " Good morning, Mr. Jones,
6n."°cl morning Mrs. Jones, good morning Master Jones,
ee'd morning Miss Jones, and good morning to all the
rest of the family. Half-past five o'clock, and a frosty
.0,°,"111!lig." The tune is then proceeded with, and varied
before as the name of the occupier of the house
ere which it is played differs from that of his or her.
tle;ghbour. For instance " Rousseau's Dream" is played
ers're the house of Miss H----, a maiden lady, of a
gl°lls turn of mind, while " Drops of Brandy" is
IlLed opposite the Boar's' Head Inn.—Welshman.
rtoI!TER OYSTERS, OR CARRICK "NATIVES."—
f, of the largest oysters that we have ever seen, even
otothe far-famed Carrickfergus beds, were, yesterday
evening,, left at our office, for inspection,
.from Kean's
In calling
It will not be said that we have misnamed them
calling them " monsters," when we state that several
of them Weighed from 21bs. to 2ilbs.—Northern Whig.