The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-08 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ASCOT HEATH RACES.---!Tuesoev.
Fair weather and the Quictil
To crowd the Heath abundantly with human beings, seeking
pleasurable sights and sensations, we back them against-all and
every thing. What though an the Greeks from the_ Levant
were " bogged" up to the ears in turf defalcations—what does
that signify to the merry multitude whom the summer, the
sun, and the struggling strides of noble studs call from their
homes to enjoyment beneath a blue sky, relieved and fringed
here and there by passing and pelucid clouds ? In writing lately
about the Epsom races, we deprecated the practice of betting
without assets, and said, what has since been repeated by our
contemporaries, that no man of honour or of honesty ought to bet
even a pound, if he had not wherewith to pay it directly it was
lost. A very judicious sporting writer has designated the man that
would do so " a vagabond and a swindler." What, then, are
we to call the man who bets 18,000/., knowing that he cannot
pay, should he lose ? What are we to call the troop of de-
faulters on the Derby to the tiny tune of somewhat about
80,0001. ? " Vagabonds and swindlers ?" Be it so.
We feel convinced that it all these turf speculations ceased—
f the backing one horse to win, and the other, though the better
animal, to lose; if this tampering with jockies and trainers ; if
these declarations to win with such and such a horse, were done
away with, that horse racing, as a grand national amusement,
would become far more popular than it has hitherto been. The
public woald then have more confidence, and would bet, accord-
ing to their means, extensively upon horses avowed to be good
ones, when they saw that their owners were more actuated by
honourable ambition than those devoured by the sacra auri fames
—a cursed appetite to get gold by all methods, foul as well as
fair. On reflection, we do think that the racing prizes
should not, generally speaking, be large sums of money,
but rather splendid vases and cups, their intrinsic value being,
heightened a hundred fold by the hands of some modern Ben-
venuto Cellini. Such rewards to the breeder of the race-horse
swiftest of foot, would be family heir-looms, ever emitting plea-
sant, if not proud, recollections, anti it would be no vain-glo-
rious boast to the descendant of the winner of the Ascot N ase
or Cop to point to it with satisfaction, saying of his fortunate
ancestor, as the greatest of all poets said of the bravest of all
princely warriors, he was "a tamer of horses."
At precisely a quarter to one o'clock the approach in the
distance of her Majesty was signalled, and in another two or
three minutes more the Royal Cortege entered upon the Heath
and progressed at a slow trot up the race course. Immediately
the scarlet liveries of the cavalcade and the outriders, headed
by Lord Rosslyn, the Noble Master of the Buck Hounds, were
seen, the side of the Course became thronged. and as soon as
her Majesty came within hearing, she was hailed by them
with loud and continued affectionate acclamations, " Exoritur
clamorque virum, clangorque tubarum." At this time the bal-
cony of the Grand Stand presented an animated assemblage of
beauty, and on the sloping sward beneath it thickly thronged
the elite of the male population of this country. When
her Majesty's carriage came opposite to them, every hat was
in the air, and every lady's handkerchief was agitated on high
—these glad gestures being accorapanied with chanticleer cries
of exultation. That they touched her Majesty's generous heart
and that of her princely Consort, was evident from the some-
thing more than courtesy with which they were acknowledged.
Reflecting on her Majesty's two escapes from assassination by
" that Divinity" which we fondly hope shall ever " hedge a
Queen," and seeing those who stood before her Majesty—
the chivalry of her kingdom—we may, with very little poetical
cense, exclaim—
" Then, had her eye in sorrow wept,
A thousand warriors forth had leaped;
A thousand swords had sheathless shone,
And made her quarrel all their own."
When the Queen and Prince Albert appeared at the window;
of the Royal Stand, a vast concourse of all classes assembled
in front, and the dignified obeisances of the Royal couple were
loyally and
,gratefully acknowledged, by strong and sponta-
neous cheering.
The Royal cortege consisted of seven open carriages and two
pony phaetons and four each, whirled along by four beautiful
animals. In the first, with her Majesty, were his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, and his Excellency Count Menstiorff ;
in the others were the Counts Alphonso, Hugo, Alexander,
and Arthur Mensdorff, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleugh,
Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Count and Countess St.
Aulaire, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, Earl Jersey, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Portman, Countess of
Rosslyn, Earl of Morton, Lord Charles Wellesley, Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Anson, Hon. C. Murray, Sir E. Bowater, Sir H.
Wheatley, and Captain Meynell.
The weather was delightful ; a north-east and invigorating
breeze blew across the course from end to end, so that no one
could complain of being oppressed by the warm breath of June.
The course was not crowded, but the company was exceed-
ugly select.
Immediately after the race for the Gold Vase, her Majesty
and suite departed in the same order as they arrived. The
farewell, until Thursday, that followed her Majesty was most
cordiil. Her Majesty looked well, and her attire was thoroughly
simpler munditus.
Besides the distinguished persons that formed the Royal
party, we noticed the following members of the beau monde :
Duke of Beaufort, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of W. st-
minster, Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Lords Stan-
ley, Chesterfield ; Viscounts Wilton, G. Bentinck, Ma cdonald,
\V. Lennox, J. Fitzroy, Sefton, March, E. Russell, Leveson,
Cardigan, Hillsborough, Errol, Paget, Drumlanrig, Villiers,
Strathaven, S. Osborne, W. Paulett, Cantilupe. Count—Ba-
thyany. Honourables--11. Rous, G. Byng, A. Villiers, G.
Fitzroy, J. Macdonald, H. Forester, Cecil Forester, G. An-
son, Ponsonby. Sirs—J. Shelley, W. M. Stanley, J. Ge-
rard, D. Baird, F. Goodrieke, W. W. Wynne. Colonels—
Peel and Chaloner. Messrs.—T. A. Smith, Irby,. 'Hawker,
Portman, Brand, Greville, Payne, Newton, Shelley, Batson,
.1. Stanley, &c. &c.
The races were originally advertised to commence at halt-
past one o'clock, but in consequence of the number of horses
that had arrived on Saturday, they were brought forward half
an hour. By this arrangement they should have tatrminated
at half-past four ; instead of this, notwithstanding one of them
came to a walk over, it was near six before the Ascot Derby
was run. This delay compels us to be brief in our notice of
the running. The first race was
The Trial Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes or 5 SOW.
each ; for two yrs old, a feather; three, 7st 411t6 ; four,
131 b ; five, six, and aged, 9st 41b. The New mile.
(7 Subs.)
Lord Westminster's Satirist—Pantaloon, 4 yrs (Robineon) 1
Sir J. Gerard'a Meal, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Goodman's Rover, 3 yrs ,. 3
Mr. Charlton's Lasso, 3 yrs
Mr. Payne's Rapture, 3 yrs
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Alexandrine, 3 yrs
Mr. Theobald's Glenury, 3 yrs ......
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Betting-5 to 4 agst Satirist and 6to 4 agst Meal.
The running was made at a slow pace by Meal, Lasso and
Rapture lying up with her, and Satirist in the rear ; they ran
n this order to the road, where the speed mended, hart with-
out affecting the front rank, which continued as we have de-
scribed It to the distance, where Satirist headed his horses,
went on with the running, and won in a canter, by two lengths.
Rover passed Lasso half up the distance, and obtained a very
bad third place.
Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts Bst. 710 h. ; and
fillies Rst. 41b. 31b. and 51b. allowed, &c. Swinley course.
(6 Subs.)
Lord Westminster's Auckland, by Touchstoue, 2i lb. over
weight (Robinson) I
Lord G. Bentinck's Firebrand
Col. Anson's The Puncher
Betting. L-5 to 4on Auckland, who carried 2i lb. over
weight; and 5 to 4 agst Firebrand, the Puncher not men-
tioned. Firebrand made all the running at a moderate pace,
the favourite lying off up to the distance, where he reached her
quarters ; at the stand he went to the mare's head, staid with
liar to the last, and won on the post by a neck, easy.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and on only 5, &c.,
with 100 added ; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the
stakes. Two miles and a half ; 51 subs., of whom &' de-
clared, &c.
Mr. Forth's Vibration, by Sir Hercules,3 yrs,sst 101 b, car-
ried 3lb over weight
Sir. Forth's Hyllus, 6 yrs„9sti7lb
Mr. Isaac Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs, est 21b
Mr. Thornhill's E 0, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
;Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
Lord Chesterfield's Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, ist 41b
Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 21b 0
Mr. Gregory's Una, 4st 711)
31r. Villiers's Snowdrop, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
lair. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs, Est 101 b
Lord Westminster's William De Fortibus, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
Betting-4 to 1 agent Rhodanthe, 4to 1 agst Tamburini, 6to
1 agst Mosque, 5 to 1 agst I-am-not-aware, 8 to 1 ag:,t E 0,
8 to 1 agst Vibration, and 9 to 1 agst Hyllus.
The first running was made by I-am-not-aware and Mosque,
right and left of whom, and well laid up, were Rhodanthe,
Snowdrop, Tamburini, E 0, and William de Fortibus; be-
hind them Una and Revoke, and, three or four lengths in the
ear of all, tlyllus and Vibration. At a good, but not superior
iNtice, the po,ition continued as we have described to the top
;u,-n, where Rhodanthe took the lead from 1-am-not-aware,
and :wade strong play to the turn for straight running, by which
time Snowdrop, I-am-not-aware, Revoke, and Mosque, had
had enough of it. Hytius and Vibration, who had been creep-
ing up from the Old Mile post, now showed in front. headed
Rhodatithe at the distance, and finished the race, Vibraticn
winning easy by a length. Tamburini was a bad third, Rho-
clanthe fourth, and I-am-not-aware fifth.
The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweep-
stake3 of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs, 7st. Sib ; four yrs,
9st; five yrs, 9st 71b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 91b; mares,
allowed :-11b. Winners, &c., to carry extra. (14 Subs. )
'lwo miles.
Mr. Petit's St. Francis, aged (Robinson) 1
Sir. Combe's The Nob, 4 yrs ... 2
Slr. Orde's Bee's-wing, aged
The following also started :—Sir G. Heathcote's Penna.
keen, 3 yrs ; Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 6 yrs ; Lord Ches-
terfield's -Jack, 3 yrs-, Lord G. Bentinck's Yorkshire Lady,
Combe's The Nob, and Mr. Combo's Rosalind, 4 yrs.
Rosalind made play at a steady pace, followed by,
Bee's-wing, two lengths behind whom was St. Francis;
The Nob lying fourth, and Jack fifth. No change
worthy of notice took 'place until they reached the
last turn, where St. Francis took up the running, Bee's-wing
,being second, Rosalind third, and he Nob fourth ; they ran
l'itus to the stand, where The Nob passed Rosalind, and a
splendid race ensued, St. Francis winning on the post by a
head, and The Nob beating the old mare by half a neck; Rosa-
lind was a respectable fourth.
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft ; colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, fist 41b. Old mile. (11 Subs. )
Lord G. Bentinck's Misdeal by Camel (Rogers) 1
Mr. Greville's Gunter .......... •••
Lord Stradbroke's Jeremy Diddler ... 3
Mr. Thornhill's Espartero
Betting-7 to 4 agst Misdeal, and sto 2 agst Espartero,
Gunter made the running to the turn, where Espartero took it
up; Misdeal laid off to the stand, where he went ahead, and
won easy by a couple of lengths.
Two Yrs-old Sweepsteaks of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for colts
fist 71b, and fillies Bst 51b. Three quarters of a mile.
(4 Subs. )
Air G. Heatheote's b cby Glaucus—Cantratriee ...(Nat) 1
2
11:e. Goodman's Botherem
ti to son the Glaucus colt, who made a waiting race, and
won .on the post by a neck.
,The Ascot Derby Stakes cf 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yr,,
old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. Swinley Coarse.
(16 Subs.)
Duke of Bedford's Envoy (Robinson) I
Lord Chesterfield's Sir Harry
Air G. Heathcote's Arkansas
3 to 1 on Sir Harry, who was beaten in a canter ; Arkansas
'Ras half distanced.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft, for three yrs cid colts,
Bst 71b, and fillies, st 3ib. Cup' Course. (4 Subs. )
Mr. Thornhill's Espartero
-walked over
Mr. $ Lucas's The Traitor (allowed 41bs) withdrew his
*Ake-

CUP ammo.
6 to 5 agst Lanercost 5 to 1 agst The Nob
sto 1 agst St. Francis I bto 1 agst Bee's-wing

FATAL „RENCONTRE IN A UNION HOUSE.—On Fri-
day two boys,
inmates..
of the St. Alban's union workhouse,
having
had some trifling dispute, a scuffling fight ensued
the youngest, a fine boy of 11 years old, fell by a blow receivedwhen
on his belly from his antagonist, under the effects of which he
lingered a few hours, and, notwithstanding every effort was im-
mediately used by the medical officer of the union, gradually
sunk.