The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HAMPTON RACES

Commenced yesterday, and, the overflowing of the " mon
ster" meeting at Ascot having enabled the managers to come
out with a remarkably strong bill, albeit, saving the handicap,
of slender attractions to sporting men, drew a larger attendance
than could have been expected from the gloomy and unpropi-
tious state of the weather in the early part of the day ; re-
spectable, however, as the muster undoubtedly was under the
circumstances, _it was not numerous enough to " pay,"—the
proprietors of the course and their co-speculators, the tenants
of the stands and refreshment booths, must, therefore, trust to
the second day for their chances of " making both ends meet."
To speak in detail of the racing would be to lose sight of the
leading characteristic of these meetings; sport is less thought
of at Moulsey than " fun,"—an object that, notwithstanding
frequent showers. was not forgotten yesterday. Leaving the
return, then,lo show that there was no lack of legitimate amuse-
ment of a better kind than usual, we may state briefly that
the first race was not run until two o'clock, and that in con-
sequence the last heat of the Strawberry-hill Stakes was not
decicied until nearly six. It is due to the Clerk of the
Course to add that the order of sunning was ob-
served with considerable punctuality, and that
the day's sport was bronght to a termination
without any untoward interruption. So creditable a
beginning augurs favourably for the " grand day." The wea-
ther, which, as we have intimated, was unfavourable in the
morning, became fine after the third heat for the Cup, and
continued so to the close. The first race on a card that, for
correctness, threw Ascot into the shade, was
The Gold Cup, in specie, by Subs. of 5 sovs. each, with 40
added, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four yrs, Bst 101 b ; five

yrs, 9st 31b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 71b. Mares, &e., al-
lewed 3 lbs. The winner to be sold for 2001. Heats, once
round and a dis. (10 Subs. )
Mr. Parr's Ninety-One, 4 yrs (Wakefield) 0 1 1
Mr. Ramsbottom's,Brush, 4 yrs ... 1 2 3
Hop. G. Ongley's Fama, aged
Lord Caledon's Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs ..... 0 0 4
Sir G. Heathcote's fby Velocipide, Miss Wilfrid 0 3 dr
Lord Lonsdale's Loadstone, 3 yrs 2 0 dr
Baron Rothschild's Sambo, 4 yrs 3 dr
First Heat—Betting-5 to 2 agst Loadstone-3 to I agst
Mies Wilfrid f-4 to 1 agst Ninety-One-5 to 1 agst Brush.
Won cleverly by half a length, Loadstone beating Sarabo by a
head for second, Faraa a bad fourth ; Ninety-One and the
Miss Wilfrid filly did not go for the heat.
Second Heat—Betting, 6to 4 agst Brush-2 to 1 agst
Miss Wilfrid f-3 to 1 agst Ninety-One —5 to 1 agst any other.
Ninety-One made all the running, and after a close race up
the distance won by a head, Miss Wilfrid f a respectable third,
and Loadstone a bad fourth.

Third Heat—Betting,:Even on Ninety. One, and 10 to 6
agst Brush. Won by a length ; Fame, who had made all the
running, beating Brush easily for the second place. The winner
was claimed, and afterward.; re-purchased for 2501., with a
proviso that she shall not be started for the Queen's Plate.
The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (Handicap) of 20• sovs.
each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 60 added ; the
second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sou. to-
wards the expense of the course, and to subscribe to next
year's handicap. Two miles. (37 Subs., 21 of whom
declared).
Mr. Death's Misdeal, 6 yrs, Bst 31b (Wakefield) I
Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b

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Mr. Cook's What, 5 yrs, Bst
Mr. Wormsld's Millipede, aged, Sat 101 b
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr R.
Clifton's ch g by Mundiz, dam by,Comus, 5 yrs, Bst—Lord Ross-
lvn's Elemi, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Mr. Coleman's Devil-among-
the-Tailors, 6 yrs, Est 131b—Sir G. Heathcete's Gwalior 3
yrs,sst 11Ib—Mr. Cares:Deodara, 3 yrs,sst 51b—Lord March's
Jew Boy, 3 yrs, 4st 81b —Mr. May's Corinthian Tom, 3 yrs,
4st 81b.

Betting, 3 to 1 agst What (taken), 4 to 1 agstJew Boy, 4
to 1 agst Pineapple, 6 to I agst Corinthian Tom, .5 to 1 agst
Misdeal, 8 to 1 agst Devil-among-the-Tailors, 10 to 1 agst
Millepede, and 10 to 1 agst Deodara.
Misdeal, What, Deodara, Jew Boy,'and Corinthian Tom
started in a cluster, and ran in close company to the Stand,
where the running was taken up at a slow pace by Misdeal,
What, Corinthian Tom, and Pineapple waiting upon him. This
lot went down the back of the course in a body, Misdeal re-
taining his lead to the last turn, where What took his place,
and went on with tke running to the distance ; Misdeal here
recovered his lead, kept it to the Chair, and wen cleverly by a
length ; Pineapple beating What by half a length, and Mille-
pede by a length.
The Corinthian Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 25 added;
for three yrs olds, 9st ; four yrs, lost 71b ; five yrs, Ilst 31b
6 yrs and aged, l lst 91b. Winners once, 31bs ; twice, Sibs
extra ; half-bred horses allowed, 51bs. Once round and a
distance. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Gentlemen
riders. &c. (6 Subs.) _

M;;lllOStyn's Master Stepney, 3 yr5......(Mr. Berkeley) 1
Mr. Clifton's Meopelus, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Pearce's Tom Tough, 5 yrs
Lord Glamis's Arcanus, 6 yrs
7 to 4 agst Master Stepney, and 2 to 1 agst Tom Tough.;
Tom Tough made play to the lower turn, where he was passeu
by Meopelus and Master Stepney, the former leading ; at the
distance, Master Stepney collared him, and after a middling
race, won by a length ; Arcanus would not run a yard.
The Strawberry Hill Stakes of 5 .sovs, each, with 25 added ;
three yrs olds, 7st 51b ; four yrs, Bst 51b ; 5 vrs, &c., Bat
121 b. Heats, one mile and a quarter. The winner to be
sold for lOW , &c. (13 Subs. )
Mr. Maltby's Tub Thumper, 6 yrs (W. Balchin) 1 1
Mr. Mostyn's f by Glaucus, out of March First 2 2
The following also ran :—Mr. Wiltshire's Freystrop, 4 yrs—
Mr. Grayden's Blunderbuss, 3 yrs—Mr. York's Bletsoe Lass,
4 yrs—Mr. Worley's Syllabub, 3 yrs—Mr. A. Dixon's The
Star, aged—Mr. Hay's Teresa, 4 yrs—Mr. Preston's Bospho-
rus, aged—Mr. Arundel's Jamie Falahaw, 5 yrs—and Mr.
Shelley's The Disowned, 3 yrs.
Both heats won cleverly by a length, Freystrop third in the
first, and Teresa in the second. Bosphorus broke in the first
heat.