The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
MANCHESTER RACES, 1845.— TUESDAY.
Acceptances for the Manchester Cup :—Semiseria, 5 yrs,
Bst 51b—Phillip, 5 yrs, Bst 21b— Queen of the Tyne, 6 yrs,
Bst Ilb—Hooton, 5 yrs, Bst—Cataract, 5 yrs, Sst—The Best
of Three, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Porto Bello, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Sinbad,
5 yrs, 7st—Agriculture, 5 yrs, Est 101b—The Old Maid, 5
yrs, Est 81b—Marian Ramsay, 3 yrs, sst 71b.
WEDNESDAY.
Acceptances for the Free Handicap :—Lord Saltoun,7st 81b
—l"Auld Squire, 7st 41b—Ambition, Est 71b—gg by Stumps,
5,t 71b.
Acceptances for the Cup of 100 sovs., given by the owners
of the race-course :—Semiseria, 5 yrs, 9st—David, 6 yrs,
Bst 61b—Philip, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Cataract, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b
The Best of Three,4 yrs, 7st 101b—Agriculture, 5 yrs, 6st 61b
—Beaufront, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Hudibras, aged, Est 41b—Joe
Raphael, 5 yrs, Est 21b—Miss Holbrook, 3 yrs, sst 71b—
Helmsman, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Chemise, 3 yrs, sst 41b.
CARLISLE, 1845.
Acceptances for the Cumberland Plate :—Robert de Gorham,
6 yrs, 9st—The Shadow, aged, 8.,t, 91b—Queen of the Tvne,
6 yrs, Bst—lnheritress, 5 vrs, Bst—N illepede, aged, 7st 121 b
—Godfrey, 4 yrs, 7st 81b-LZoroaster, aged, ist Ilb—The Old
Maid, 5 yrs, bat 121b—Crikey Bliley, 5 via, Est 121b—Flags-
man 6 yrs, Gst 101b—Dog Billy, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Pedometer,
aged, Est 101b--I'ythia, 3 yrs, sst 1 Ilb. The rest declared.
SHIFFNAL, 1845.
Entry for the Gold Cup :—lnheritress, 5 yrs—Freeman,
3 yrs--.Corranna, 6 yrs—Salopian, 3 yrs—lntrepid, 4 yrs.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
CHESTER CUP.-5 to 1 agst Fitzallen (t)-8 to 1 agst Ould
Ireland (t)-8 to 1 agst Semiseria-10 to 1 agst Cataract-
-10 to 1 agst Obscurity-16 to 1 agst The Era-25 to 1 agst
Queen of the Tyne-25 to 1 agst Trueboy-35 to 1 agst
Ratan-40 to 1 agst Intrepid—l,ooo to 20 agst Pride of Kil-
dare. Ould Ireland, 'I he Hermit, and Pride of Kildare have
arrived at Chester.
CHESTER ST. LEGER.-3 to 1 agst Vaudeville-4 to 1 agst
The Libel-4 to 1 agst Crim Con-6 to 1 agst Hope.
DERBY.—A few hedging bets at sto 2 agst Idas. Nothing
else done.
OAKS.—Offers to take 9 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch.

CHESTER RACES.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Few provincial meetings have of late years made such
rapid strides in popularity :and importance as the one held
over the rhodee at Chester. The reason of it I attribute to
the fact of " the sinews of war" being liberally and judi-
ciously applied, for as where the carrion lies, the vultures
congregate, so where stewards of races offer large prices,
they may generally calculate on having plenty of horses.
The forthcoming meeting commences on Tuesday and ends

on Friday. On the first day there are only two races down
upon paper at present, viz., the Grosvenor Stakes, and a Pro-
duce Stakes ; the entries for the former close to-morrow, and
the latter has three subscribers ; (in all probability Sir R.
W. Bulkeley's Queen Pomare will win it. A couple of plate
races will complete the day's sport. On Wednesday the first
race in the list is a sweepstakes of 25 sovs. for two years old,
five furlongs, and seventeen subscribers. The only public
runners in this race are, Princess Alice, Staircase, and Mr.
Mansfield. From the force in which te Goodwood team
are in this season, and the manner in which Princess Alice
won at Bath, Ido not see what is to beat her. To the Cup
there are 123 subscribers, 52 of whom declared, leaving, there-
fore, 71 horses to the attention of the betting men. Last
year there were 94 subscribers to this race, with 65 accept-
ances, and 26 starters. But although the subscribers and the
acceptances are more numerous, yet from the unprece-
dented severe weather in the early part of the season ren-
dering it a task of the utmost difficulty to prepare horses,
I doubt whethcr there will be so large a field. The interest
this race excites in the sporting world is immense. Three
or four years ago it was rarely if over mentioned at Hyde
Park-corner, and now it has divided with the Derby the
attention of the betting men there, and more money pro-
bably is depending upon its result than upon that of the
Epsom event.
_Up to the present time upwards of 30
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srscs have been backed at prices varying from 100 to 5 to
With your permission, I will examine the pretensions ol
these candidates to public favour. Foig-a-ballagh the
handicapper seemed to think had won quite enough money
for his owner last year, and therefore he assigned him
9st 21b., which will I fancy answer all the ends intended.
This game animal has been backed occasionally at 50 to 1.
Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen, who now occupies the proud posi-
tion of first favourite, is apparently the representative of the
stable, and from being considered so, his friends will strive
all in their power to keep him in his place. He is a bay
colt, by the Sadler, out of Ellen, and half-brother to Fitzroy,
whose performances are well known to my readers. Fitz-
allen made his debit at Newcastle in the Tyro Stakes, for
which he was easily beaten by Mr. Ramsay's Midlothian' and
he has not run since, although in such able hands, I
cannot fancy, with five stone on his back, he can go and beat
old horses, whose speed is well known. Lord Eglinton's
Aristides has been speculated upon quietly to some extent.
He is a horse possessed of great speed, but his legs are in
such a queer state, and his temper so uncertain, that it is
dangerous to stand much on him. Should Fobert bring him
to the post all right, with his temper undisturbed, I expect
he _will run very forward. Mr. W. Scott's Cataract
has been more heavily supported than any horse
in the race, and a week ago his friends took as
little as sto 1 about him. He is by llornsea, who
ran second to the Queen of Trumps for the Leger, out of
Oxygen, who beat a field of twenty for the Oaks in 1831.
He is now five years of age, and carries 6st. 101 b. Last
year he won a 501. Plate at the Newmaiket Craven Meet-
ing, beating six rips; and afterwards ran second to the
Devil-to-Pay at Gorhambury, for the Gorhambury Stakes,
giving him 341 b. for the year. I can see nothing
in these performances to warrant his occupying the
position he does in the market. When I con-
sider too how often he has disappeinted his backers, the
recent absurd speculations of his owner, and the disad-
vantage under which be labours from having been used as a
sire, I think this Cataract will overwhelm nobody but his
backers. Counsellor, the best cocktail in England, and winner
of 14 races last year, with Bst. 21b., in such company as he
will meet here, can have no earthly chance. His price is
now 30 to 1. Mr. Jaques's Semiseria has a host of admirers,
who think her chance of winning this Cup so strong, that
they will take as little as 7to 1 about it. She must be con-
sidered to be very well in with.7st. 81b., but as she has never
yet evinced a capability of being able to stay a distance, and
possessing merely great speed for a mile, or a mille
and a halt; I cannot fancy but what she will fis
the course too long for her. Her match last year
with Extempore must not be taken in question, as she was
much amiss at the time. Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorel's, 4 yrs,
7st. 121 b., at 15 to 1, I consider a good investment. This
mare ran extremely well last year, and had she not been a
little " off" at the time, would in all probability have put the
Oaks into the pocket of her spirited owner. Her winning
the Queen's Plate this week, beating Vibration and two
others, was a most creditable performance, and showed she
was getting into her old form. I expect to see Sorella there
or thereabouts at the finish. The Era is a game horse, with
a fairish turn of speed. Last year he won the Northumber-
land Plate, at 7st. llb., beating The Best of Three, and nine
others ; and fk Ilowed up his success by winning, at Liver-
pool, the Liverpool Cup, at Bst., beating a field of sixteen,
including Pagar, Trueboy, Pompey, and Mickey Free. For
the Goodwood Stakes, won by Franchise, The Era, with
Bst. 61b., was sixth, and would have been second to Alice for
the Cup, bad his jockey been aware there was any-
thing for the second horse. Looking therefore at his
performances, I am of opinion, that although he will run a
good horse, yet the weight will operate against him at the
finish. Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity, who has for some
time been struggling with Semiseria for the premiership, is
reported to be the representative of Messrs. Dawson's stable,
and likely to turn out a second Alice Hawthorn. From her
having only won a plate at Richmond, the handicapper
thought sst. 121 b. a sufficient weight for her to carry, and it
certainly will not break her back. But still her public run-
ning is not good enough for me to recommend her being
backed, and if she does not get a place, I shall not be in the
least surprised. Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy by some is fancied
to be the " real Simon Pure" of Dawson's stable, and has
been quietly backed by men who ought to know something
about him to win a large stake. I consider him a most
useful horse, possessing stoutness, • and speed of no
ordinary kind. Last year he won five races at
high weight and long distances ; and this year
the way in which he defeated Portobello and
Lightning at Catterick should not be lost sight of.
Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne, 6 yrs, 7st. 51b., will, if in
her last year's form, I fancy run exceedingly well. Mr.
Gully's St. Lawrence is a good deal fancied by some; yet,
from his running at Bath last week, I cannot imagine he
will have much chance, unless, which is very improbable, the
race is run at a slow pace. Lord George Bentinck's Pug,
upon whom so many small investments have been laid out,
in spite of her defeat for the 1,000 guineas by Estelle (sub-
sequently beaten by Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier),
having only 4st. 81b. on her back, coupled with the ad-
vantage of being trained round a circular course, and of Young
Kitchener to guide her, will beat many more than beat her.
Had she not been run against in the Somersetshire Stakes I
believe she would have won them. As it was, she run very
game. Of the Irish lot, the only one, I think, that will put
in an appearance, is Ould Ireland. I understaad he is a
slashing colt, well able to stay a distance, and has
been " tried" and not found wanting. His running at the
Curragh the week before last was excellent, and if be
does not suffer from the change of climate which Irish
horses do sometimes, will, I think, be very likely to catch
the judge's eye first. Portrait, with 6st.. 101 b., is entrusted
with some small sums by the admirers of Isaac Day. He
was always a slow horse and had great difficulty in beating
moderate platers—how he is towin such a race as the Chester
Cup, unless his speed has increased with his years, I am at
a loss to imagine. The Dean is turned loose with 6st. 61b.,
but he is about as old and slow as any of his namesakes;
therefore I should not recommend any of my readers to take
the tempting odds that may be had against him. From
Wirresour s position in the market, I doubt much whether
he will go unless to take care of Fitzallen. Intrepid I shall
only notice because Agrippa's ghost has prophecied he will
be the winner of this rich stake. All I know of hint is that
he is a four-year-old cocktail leather plater, and although
dangerous in such places as Stourbridge and Sandbaeh, vet
with 6st. 61b. he has no chance at Chester with such high
company, I have touched upon all the horses nearly that
have been speculated upon, and although it is difficult out of
io large a field to pick a winner, yet I fancy the owners of
orella, Trueboy, Ould Ireland, and Queen of the Tyne are
theßost likely to pocket the Chester Cup for 1845.
TELEGRAPH.

SURREY ZOOLoGICAL GARDENS,

(THIS DAY.)
GRAND MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF
EDINBURGH.

We were this day admitted to a private view of the colossal
pictorial model of the City of Edinburgh. This subject was
suggested to Mr. Tyler, the enterprisirg lessee, by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, Mr. Tyler at once adopted
the suggestion, dispatched Mr. Danson to Scotland to iiiaje
sketches of Edinburgh and its vicinity, and during the whole
of the recess Mr. Danson has been employed in the production of
the present magnificent tableau. It is certainly his chef d'oeuvre.
The magic of Danson's pencil is familiar to all those who have ever
visited these gardens, but never has it produced anything so exqui-
site as this modelled representation of Edinburgh. For
accuracy of representation, for breadth and freedom pf
design, for natural colouring, it is unrivalled. Every lover
of art should see it, and seeing it, must admire. Whoever has
visited " Auld Reekie" will at once recognise Scott's " ain ro.
mantic town." 7 here we have it, the Old Town and the New;—
the New Loch has resumed its ancient place; Arthur's Scat,
Salisbury Cross, the Castle, Holyrood, all made classic by the
mighty magician, " the Ariosto of the North"—there they are ;
stand for one minute, and contemplate the scene, and you will
fancy yourself in the Mid. Lothian. See there the silver Firth
winding its way towards the sea, end there the Bass
Rock. It is Edinburgh itself. How magnificent will
be the scene when this gigantic model is illumi.
nated—when every house will hang out its devices
end fires will :blaze on the latter and on
iAnrtvhaudre'gsaSteedat,liagnhdts;he Nelson Co'umn will be illuminated as on
the night of the day when the beloved "Queen of all the land "
first set her foot on Svottish ground, We understand that Soutlthy