The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-05 00:00:00

WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.

The first day's sport of this splendid event came off on
Thursday over Altcar. The following is a return of the
running :
, WATERLOO CUP, value £640.
Mr. Redish's Eyedrop beat Mr. Harriott's Bugle-eye
Mr. Kershaw's Kouli Khan „ Mr. J. Calvert's Martha
Mr. Blundell's Brenda „ Mr. P. Houghton's Erico
Marquis of Douglas's Driver„ Mr.A. Graham's Stewartfield
Mr. J. King's Tippoo „ Mr. Jebb's Snowball
Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hidalgo „ Mr. Perkins's Fly
Mr. J. Ball's Bugle ~ Mr. Stanton's Blue Bonnet
Mr, J. A. Kaye's Hamlet „ Mr. Moore's Sam Slick
Mr. Segar's- Speculator „ SirH.H.Campbell'sCarnarine
Mr. Chaloner's Empress „ Mr. Smith's Collingwood
Mr. Hobson's Rachael „ Earl Stradbroke's Madmen
Marquis Douglas's Draffin „ Mr. Eden's Enterprise
Mr. Easterby's Emerald „ Mr. Swan's Solomon
Lord Talbot's Tara „ Mr. H. Hornby's Lynch
Mr. W. Lamb's Laurel Leaf „ Mr. R.Harper's Hippodrotee
Mr. James Birch's Spruce „ Mr. Graham's East Kilbride

SECOND TIES.
Kouli Khan beat Eyedrop Empress beat Speculator
Brenda „ Driver Draffin „ Rachael
Tippoo Fly Emerald „ Tara
Bugle Hamlet Laurel Leaf Spruce
WATERLOO PURSE, value £149.
Marquis of Douglas's Clyde beat Mr. J. S. Calvert's Birallne
Mr. Smith's Mundig „ Mr. Unsworth's Undeniable
Lord Talbot's Thomasina „ Mr. H. Hornby's Hole
Earl of Stradbroke's Minx „ Mr. G. Harriott's Horasee
Mr. A. Graham's My Lord „ Mr. J. Robinson's Skimmer
Sir H. H. Campbell's Grace „ Mr. Swan's Sergeant
Mr. P. Chaloner's Earwig „ Mr.Kershaw'sKuightErrallk '
Mr. J. Ball's Bugle Horn A. Graham's Lily

„
SECOND DAY—FRIDAY.
THIRD TIES FOR THE CUP.
Brenda beat Kouli Khan Emerald beat Laurel Leaf
Bugle beat Tippoo Brenda beat Bugle
Empress beat Draffin Empress beat Emerald
DECIDING COURSE—Empress beat Brenda and won.
ALTCAR STAKES.
Martha beat Bugle-eye Camarine beat Collingwood
Erico beat Stewartfield Enterprise beat Madman
Fly beat Snowball Lynch beat Solomon
Sam Slick beat Blue Bonnet E-Itilbridebeat Hippodroro6

Erico beat Martha i;amarine beat Enterprise
I Sam Slick beat Fly Lynch beat East Kilbride
Erico beat Sam Slick I Camarine beat Lynch
Camarine beat Erico and won.
WATERLOO PURSE.
Grace beat My Lord
Earwig beat Bugle Horn
Earwig beat Grace
vig and won.

Clyde beat Mundig
Minx beat Thomasina

Minx beat Clyde I
Minx beat Ea

TATTERSALL'S--THRRSDAY.
THE DERBY.
17 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton LTA. ja,
17 to 1 „ Duke of Rutland's Flambeau le
,
17 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh (tk)
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25 to 1 ~ Colonel Anson's Zimmerman (tk) ,„
25 to 1 ~ Lord Albemarle's Tros (tk)
25 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin (tk) ':061
25 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ilderim (tk) i
26 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers (tk)
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30 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Accelerator (tk) : •
1000 to 15 „ Mr. Mostyn's Hugh Lupus
25 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor (tk) ~,.
30 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's-Bulwark (off) , $
1000 to 10 „ Mr. Clark's Dragsman (tk) ,el'
• lOOO to 15 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt (tk) ;I''
50 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko (tk) •.•,1

LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER. la
FRIDAY EVENING.—The attention of the sporting wcte
has been decidedly towards the great Steeple Chase and t"
Waterloo Coursing events. We shall therefore confine 001'
selves to the simple figures upon the
CHESTER TRADES' CUP, P.P.
9 to 1 agst King Cole 16 to 1 agst Cowboy
94 to 1 Harkaway 16 to 1 Chit-Chat
15 to 1 lon 20 to 1 The Drone
15 to 1 Cardinal 20 to 1 Percy
16 to 1 Slashing Harry 20 to 1 Vertumnus
16 to 1 Eaglet 20 to 1 Any other
16 to 1 Van Buren (t)

THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE OF 1840.
We learn, that upwards of fifty gentlemen have alreadf,
subscribed to another steeple chase next year ; that furtito,
subscriptions are fully expected; and that it is anticip<
that the chase will be one of the most splendid ever
nessed, whether as regards the patronage it will receive w
the number of horses that will be entered.—Journal.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ANNUAL PLOUGHING MATCH.

On Tuesday a ploughing match for the premiums offer
by the members of the Liverpool Agricultural Society wolf-
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place at Aston, near Preston Brook, in the county of Chester;
The weather proved highly favourable, and a strong must
of agriculturists took place at the Red Lion Inn Prestos
Brook, at an early hour in the morning. Here lots we I,
drawn for the different plots of ground, and about nine ocler
the ploughmen proceeded to the place appointed for the COiail:
petition, a large grass field, on the estate of A. W. H. Ast°,,,t
Esq., of Aston Hall, in the occupation of Mr. T. StreteP
The following are the names of the owners of the differ°.
ploughs :—The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Knowsley'
Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Norton Priory ; I. Blac.
burne, Esq., M.P., Hale; Wm. Hayes, Esq., Frodshioari
Mr. Thomas Stretch, Aston, (two ploughs) ; Mr. Itobee,
Halton, Kickwick ,_•Mr. J. Worrall, and Mr. R. Fryer, IL
ton-on-the-Hill ; Mr. R. Amory, Bartington ; Mr. J°r-„
Whitlow,Lower Whitley ; Mr. Matthew Knowles, APP
ton ; Mr. Samuel Scotson, Toxteth-park; William Webster.
jun., Esq., Upton ; Mr. Wm. Tinsley, Culcheth ;
Robinson, Bold ; Mr. J. E. Pemberton, Sankey ; Z. SWD,i,
M.D., Rc.inford ; Mr. Thomas Okell, Sutton ; and Mr. ,e
Litton, Bank Quay, Warrington. There could not be
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than two thousand five hundred spectators in the field. h,
excellence of the teams and the manner in which the liit'il•gr
men acquitted themselves were the theme of general *ido' e
tion. Amongst the crack horses were those belonging tote,
Earl of Derby, Dr. Sillar, Mr. Litton, J. I. Blackburo
Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Whitlow.
The ploughing commenced at half-past nine o'clock exert
and the quantity ploughed, which consisted of about 41 6t1;0
tute perches for each plough, was done on an average in „se
hours and nineteen minutes; the shortest time being „,"
hours and twenty-six minutes, and the longest two hours '"1
fifty-two minutes. The judges were Mr. William BoYni,
Speke ; Mr. William Longton, of Rainhill ; and Mr. "'-
Baxter, of Sutton. They gave their award as follows
Ist Premium Earl of Derby.. J. Macready, plough°'
2d ditto Mr. J. Worrall—Thomas Worrall, ditto'
3d ditto Dr. Sillar Jas. Agnew, ditto. to,
4th ditto W. Hayes, Esq. Peter Walton, jun., a"
sth ditto Mr.J. Whitlow,J. Whitlow, jun., ditto.
6th ditto Mr. S Scotson... William Tipping, ditto, 0,
Small premiums were also awarded to the ploughmen, in P
portion to the degree of merit displayed.
THE DINNER.
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At three o'clock a select party sat down to a guoul„ge
dinner, at the Red Lion Inn, which was served up in a "'the
ner reflecting the highest credit upon Mr. Turner,
landlord.
In the absence of Robert Statter, Esq. of Knowsley, 'a bi
usually presides on similar occasions, the chair was take:c/o
R. Ledger, Esq., of Hale. James Green, Esq., of pre
the treasurer of the society, acted as vice-president. the
On the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gape 3111
health of " The Queen," who, he was hapy to say, was rer 01
a patron of agriculture. Her Majesty being a subscribeol
five guineas a-year to the Royal Buckingham Agrieu.„lr
Association. Due honour having been done to the Bibs
it was followed by that of " The Queen Dowager,
rand','
rest of the Royal Family," and the " Army and .INaci;oei
The distribution of the different premiums then took P
and
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Successful Candidates. re,
The next toast was " The unsuccessful Candidates" illtrfeei
posing which the Chairman said, the Society could t)roil
otherwise than deeply indebted to them for coming fo Wit
on the present occasion, as doubtless, after the succesadr
had hitherto attended the Scoth ploughmen in former Pl°,,ere
ing matches got up by the society in Lancashire, theYecos
somewhat daunted. He was much pleased by the suojia
that had attended the Cheshire men that day, and one, eV
he felt morally certain,—if the winner of the second)
came forward at the society's next match, he would, Lot°
away the first premium. (Cheers.) He then gave
Derby, the Patron of the Society." 4, firet
The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the next toast-- A tlO
perity to the Liverpool Agricultural Society"—observe",oo'
the society, although not established more than eightlottlf
now distributed nearly £4OO per annum in premiums'f
encouragement and improvement of farming oper3oio:
paying great attention to the all-important subject 01,,,tj0i;
ing, for unless the ground was well drained, every decd or
of manure was useless. Its operations were extendert.,,
circle of forty miles round Liverpool, and this year, tner'
premiums highly encouraging to the Cheshire farrae,."occ!;t;
offered by the society. The first was to the tenant jotia
pying not less than 150 acres, who shall keep and loud tf
the best general live stock, in proportion to the size a mss,
ture of the farm ; and the second was to the tenant pet
pying not less than 80 acres, who shall keep the best ge
the
live stock under similar circumstances. 'eh he
The health of " The Lord of the Manor on vrt" 0,
competition took place," " The Duke of Buckinelo,,
farmer's friend," " The Judges," " Lord StanleYi ,
next given and drank with enthusiasm.
Mr. WHITE, in proposing the healths of " the C
and the Officers of the Society," congratulated the "
ta,
upon the fact of thirteen of the ploughs engaged,rol" rers4,
match belonging to Cheshire farmers, and on the
sons whom he had, with pleasure, seen join in the c_rieti!,,
He considered that a good deal of improvement rea."f„ee,,
be effected in agricultural matters, and that some ufart,:lie'l,
ments might be practically introduced in ploughing u'..ioe ;c1
About the 30th of January, a ploughin; match tool=
_l' 0101Ptil
the East Riding of Yorkshire, on a plan which
erPO
like to see put in operation by the officers of th
society. There were more than one hundred ea uci
who were divided into three classes, the first, farelq 01,01,
the second, farmers' servants and labourers, and
of tietro
of servants under eighteen years of age. He didr44o
it fair to set up old men against boys, and he hoped oe
01
see
The separate classes estab
roved lished. ,1
CHAIRMAN app Of Mr. White's sums
also intimated that in future ploughing snatches tores/,
endeavour to make such an arrangement as would roallino
greater portion, if not the whole premium, to Po`f .laber
instead of the owner of the
_plough. The health,
nnd to
Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P, for Warrington, ;Teel at
toasts were afterwards given. The company separated
early hour.

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