The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

If • CHESTER RAbES—TunsDAY.
It'L- la the • •
11 Kea single item of sport the meeting as yet has ex-
nothing very remarkable, the genera indications are
encouraging. More horses are now in the town for
liales:11 than have been seen here on any former occasion ; and
the L„. any breaks- down should arise from the hardness of
l_hey'l,4,ll,l, we may look for at least 25 at the post. That
n'elgilltr be started without great difficulty, or. fairly under
tortp,2 that they will get round so narrow and awkward a
tliki—v without accident or disappointment, is more to be desired
Lla-:Pected. We are glad to find that in adopting the
'4O stem, the clerk of the course has taken one step to-
he, Preventin the " untoward" proceedings that excited
tv'ttis dissatisfaction and prejudice last year. The ar-
,arorft,,llP to the present time are unusually numerous , and
the crowd that a moderate list attracted to the course
4 g.i.:ternoont there cannot be a doubt that the Cup or
ieter." day will be a bumper. The only feature of any
to in the racing to-day was the defeat of
`',lle Eden, one of the favourites for the Oaks.
tit e—,acle a wretched exhibition, and, we take it
si'Zilted, will not see Epsom. The two-year
aclifta'tes brought a field, average in number, but of a very
uert:rent quality. We need not look amongst them for a
titml °r Oaks favourite. The sport in other respects
.ex-
ner threet whatever. The first race came at a little
ikttard , o'clock, the last a few minutes before seen—a . is-
a""at h, One (4' the cardinal virtues of the Turf, punctuality,
,4,rilik,ght have been serviceable to the proprietors of the
Tqh;",,F booths, but was anything but agreeable to those in
nei—itn,Of attending Newnrarket, Liverpool, Goodwood, and
wl'ilith~ETle Trial Stakes not having filled, the racing corn-
.""'`G, UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
t TIIE CCP.
' 7 t°,, agst Rent's two—t. 20 to lag
t" st Alice Hawthorn
L agst Red Deer 20 to 1 agst Everton
7 ° 1 agst Pagan 20 to 1 agst Rowland
to 1
14 agst Bramble 20 to 1 agst Jamie Forest
t„ Is 1 agst Cattonite 22 to 1 agst Pharaoh
18 t" L agst Nutwith 25 to 1 agst Xanthus
° 1 agst Freedom 25 to 1 agst Greenfinch.

DELI
I
agst Ratan—taken
7 to 2 aget Uglyßack—t.

RDY.
I 11 to 1 agst Leander—taken
1 30 to 1 agst K. of the Gipsies.

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LIGHT ON CAPE ROCA.
The following has been received at Lloyd's :-
4Sir "Admiralty, April 29, 1844.
444 v--With reference to my letter of the 2d instant, an-
Vail,ebtng that no light will be -shown from the Lighthouse on
,4 -al g the present month_ on. account of repairs,
alt to•mnanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
-4q ac.quaint you, for the information of the Committee
at I anaging the ritiairs of Lloyd's, that her Majesty's Consul
ltre-,—"°ll has stated that at his representation the repairs
tostPoned, and that the light will not be discontinued in
--nuence thereof until the 15th of next June.
~ATU(Signed) " JOHN BARROW.
W• Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."

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~warr„e„.,Right Hon. the Earl of Lauderdale, Sir G.
~_."14n0,f6,,"4,er of Lochend ; Sir John Hall, of Dunglass.; Mr.
high, of Barney-hill, and other proprietors in the
iries_iTelits
at
too Dunbar,theindaoinvye
' t,ittße„,---tlruood f h already made permanent ar-
to be received by the North
Nie...,-- Railway passing through their respective properties.
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