The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING,--Nov. 2.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yr old*; colts,
Sit 71bs, fillies, Bst 41b the winner to be sold for 50
sovs. D.M. (4 Subs.)
Lord George Bentinck cby Slane, out of Jason's dam 1
Mr. Dawson's Teresa
Mr. Payne's Audrey
Mr. Thomas's Omphale
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Betting-2 to agst Audrey, 2to 1 agst the Slane
colt, and sto 2 agst Terese. Omphale led for half a
mile, and was then beaten ; the others went on abreast
into the cords, when the Slane colt obtained the lead,
kept it, and won cleverly by a length ; the third beaten
a length. Omphale was tailed off. The winner was
&aimed.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old ; colts,
Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for 50
sows. D.M. (5 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Fair
Helen...
Mr. Hesseltine's Jessie Hammond 2
Mr. Ford's Fallacy .
Colonel Peel's Sister to Cameleon 4
Lord G. Bentinck's Duke of Cornwall
Betting-7 to 4 agst Jessy Hammond (taken), sto 2
agst Duke of Cornwall, 4 to 1 agst Sister to Came Lon,
and 7to 2 agst Fair Helen colt. The Fair Helen colt
made all the running, won cleverly by a length, and was
claimed ; the third was beaten ahead from the wend..
Match, 50, h ft. Last three qurrters, of R.M.—Mr.
Cooper's Hartshorn, 7st 131 b (Nat), beta Lord E. Rus-
sell's Nat, Bst 71b. Betting-3 to lon Hartshorn. Won
by six lengths.
Match; 50, h ft. T.Y.C.—Colonel Peel's Garry Owen,
Bst Ilb, received from Sir .J. Hawley's Bishop of Rom-
:ord's Cob, Bst 411).
Match, 100, li ft. I).M.—Duke of Bedford's Panther,
4 yrs, Sat 10Ib (Robinson), beat Mr. Payne's Walpole,
3 yrs, Sst 31b. Betting-5 to 4on Walpole, who made
all the running, but was beaten on the post by a head.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; two yrs old, Est 7lb
three, Bst sib ; four, 84 10lb ; five, and upwards, Bst
121 b. The winner to he sold for 25 sovs. First half
of Ab. M. (6 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Duke of Cornwall, 2 yrs (Abdale) 1
Mr. Stebbings's fby Physician, Mary Ann, 2 yrs 2
Duke of Bedford's c by Liverpool, 3 yrs
Lord G. Bentinck's Proof Print, 5 yrs
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinck's two, 2to 1
agst Mary Ann filly, and 5 to 2 agst Princess Victoria
filly.—Won very easy by a length ;the Princess Victoria
filly a bad third, and Proof Print beaten off.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, three yrs old, 7st 91b;
four yrs, Bst 31b ; five yrs and upwards, Bst 81b.
The winner to be sold for 400 sovs. First half of
Ab. M. (7 Subs.)
Col. Peel's Garry Owen, aged (Chapple) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Boniford's Cob, 4 yrs . 2
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Shelley's Prince of Wales, 3 yrs—Lord Chester-
field's Cockfighter, 3 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's Chatham,
.5 yrs—Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 4 yrs.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Garry Owen, 3to 1 agst Bishop
of Romford'a Cob, 4 to 1 agst Prince of Wales, and
5 to 1 agst any other. Prince of Wales went off at
score, and made the running to the cords, where Bishop
of Romford's Cob took it up, Garry Owen waiting on
him; the latter came a few lengths from home, and won
on the post by a head. Prince of Wales a good third.
Match 100; T.M.M.—Mr. Payne's Mania, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
(Nat), beat Sir J. Hawley's Venus, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b.
Betting-5 to 4on Mania. Won easy by a length.
MateC2oo, h ft. Ab. M.—Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free,
3 yrs, Bst ( Templeman), beat Lord G. Bentinck's All-
round-my-Hat, 3 yrs, 7st 51b.
Even betting. Won in a canter by two lengths.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three years, 7st 71b ;
four, Bst 21b ; five and upwards, Bst 71b. The winner
to be sold for 150 sovs. D.M.
Mr. Beresford's The Altered One (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Payne's Queen Mab, 5 yrs 2
Lord G. Bentinck's c, by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs
Mr. Dawson's Teresa, 3 yrs...
Betting-6 to 4 agst The Altered One, and 2to 1 agst '
Queen Mab. Queen Mab made play, followed by the
Thebes colt and Sir Abstrupus, The Altered One lying
off. The Thebes colt and Sir Abstrupus were beaten at
the T.Y.C. post, and The Altered One joining Queen
Mab, ran home with her, and won by a head.
The Houghton Handicap of 15 sovs. each, for three years
olds and upwards ; those who declared forfeit by nine
o'clock the same evening paid 5 sovs., to go to the se-
cond. T.Y.C. (14 Subs., 3of whom declared.)
Mr. H. T. Worley's Example, 3 yrs, 7st 51b...(Mann) 1
Duke of Rutland's fby Beiram, 3 yrs, Est 121 b 2
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Buckley's David, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Mr. Meiklam's
Philip, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Captain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus,
Bst 51b —Mr. Gratwicke's Needful, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Mr.
Death's Isleworth, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Mr. Shelley's Five-
times-Five, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Lord Miltown's Anonyme, 4
yrs, 7st—Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, 3 3 rs, 6st.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Five-times-Five, 7 to 2 agst
Tiddly Winks, 4 to 1 agst Example, 5 to 1 agst Sir
Abstrupus. Needful went away with the lead, but in
less than 200 yards was deprived of it by Example and
Philip, the mare leading. The Manto filly came at the
cords, and, in the run in, beat Philip for the second by
calf a length, but never caught Example, who improved
ter lead in the last three or four strides, and won by a.
length.
Match, 200, h ft. "U.—Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth,
Aged, fist 131 b, received forfeit from Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-
aallagh, 3 yrs, Bst.
Although the matches between Foig-a-ballagh and Na-
vorth and Bishop of Romford's Cob and Garry Owen won
,ff in forfeits, there was more than a sufficiency of spore
for such a day. The rain descended without intermis.
,ion from daybreak until nightfall, and not one in ten
that had the courage to brave it escaped a drenching.
The meeting, on the whole, has exceeded our expecta-
tions ; and for sport, company, and the general interest
it excited, may be pronounced unequalled. That " the
roads," as well as the immediate neighbourhood, has
been benefited to more than an ordinary extent, is
proved by the fact, that between the Saturday before
the meeting and its close, taking double journeys into
account, no less than 700 pairs of horses have been out
from the various posting establishments between Hocke-
rill and Newmarket. The meeting may be said to have
closed this day, but an attempt will be made to " knock
up" a few races for Monday ; and a match between Oak-
ley, 9st 61b, and Walpole, sst 71b, is already on paper.
We suspect, however, that the old horse will receive ;
and unless a change in the weather take a I lace, that the
embryo " November Meeting" will be a failure.
THE RATAN AFFAIR.
On Friday night the report on this inquiry was made
public. The following is a copy r—
" The Stewards of the Jocky Club, assisted by the
Duke of Beaufort and Colonel Peel, having investigated
the charges brought forward against S.
.Rogers and J.
Braham, and heard their statements, as well as the evi-
dence of various witnesses, and the account given by
Mr. Crommelin and Mr. Ives of their share in the trans-
action of betting for Rogers and Braham against Ratan
for the late Derby race, are of opinion that the transac-
tion originated in an agreement between S. Rogers and
J. Braham to bet both ways about Ratan, under the im-
pression that the parties whom they might commission
to bet for them against the horse would be influenced by
their representations of the impossibility of his winning, to
lay such sums of money against him as to prevent their
appearing on the settling day. S. Rogers and J. Graham
confess that they received a large portion of' the money
won by laying against Ratan, although it was not their
intention to pay if the horse had won. Their conduct
during the whole proceeding was of such a nature as to
merit the severest punishment in the power of the
Jockey Club to inflict. The Committee has further to
observe, that although the conspiracy to bet large sums
against Ratan originated with Rogers and Braham, and
that no inducement was held out to them by any party
to prevent the horse from winning, yet it would have
been difficult for them to have carried thoir plan into
execution, unless persons of influence had been found to
execute their commissions,
" The Committee cannot express too strongly their
opinion of the impropriety of gentlemen betting large
sums of money for jockeys or for parties intruste with
the charge of race-horses.
" The Committee recommend that S. Rogers and
J. Braham be warned off all the property ever which
the Jockey Club has any control, and that S. Rogers be
prevented from training horses or riding at Newmarket,
or at any place where the rules of the Jockey Club are
in force; and that the Stewards of all other races be ap-
prised of this resolution, in order that they may adopt a
similar course.
(Signed) " STRADBROKE, Chairman.
" Newmarket, Oot. 80, 1844."
(RECEIVED TIIIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
(CONCLUDED.)
MONDAY.—Walpole pays forfeit in his match with
Oakley.
The Stakes on the list for to-day have not filled.

THE BRAZILIAN TARIFF.—Sir Robert Peel and
his coadjutors, instead of removing the restrictions on
the mercantile enterprise of this country, appear to de-
light in throwing stumbling-,blecks in its way. Our
commercial circle has been gradually narrowing, and our
foreign influence declining. Not many years ago the Spa-
nish Government was swayed in its proceedings by Great
Britain. Since that period Spain has fallen away, and is
totally independent. Portugal is in precisely the same
position, and France refuses to have any treaty with us.
From the centre of Europe, Prussia and all Germany ap-
pear resolved to exclude us, and even pensioned Bel •
glum follows in the track. In order that we may be
shut out from continental America, the Brazilians have
acted on the principle adopted by the United States, and
issued a tariff which has been sent to this country by a
special messenger.—Lancaster Guardian.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—This society re-
commences proceedines on Wednesday night, with the
Israel in Egypt of Handel. The whole of last season
glided away without one performance of this immortal
work. The amende honorable is now made in selecting
it for the opening of the present campaign. Are we to
have it in the form which Handel gave it—or is its sub-
lime continuity to be broken by the introduction of
irrelevant songs and duets ? Let us hope for the best.
Let us confide in the gradual but easily discernible im-
provement of the public taste, which is daily more fasti-
dious and severe. Restorations of Shakspeare to his
primitive form have lately become popular, both on the
stage and in the library. Colley Libber and the corn-
mentators have for ever lost their repute. Shaltspeare,
it has been discovered, was a better man than any of
them, and wanted neither their improvements nor their
explanations. Why nnv we not hope for a similar
toration for the eval of Shakspeare_Haml e
*xaminer.. u.stea(
the Grand Duke of Me.ck-
lenbtAret Strelltz embarked early on Saturday mortimg,
1 on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail
packet Caledonia, Captain Phillips, for Harabur&h.