The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-03 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY.

This day concludes what has justly been termed " the
great monster race meeting of the year," Goodwood ; and
the events that have there been decided since Tuesday
have been productive of a fair amount of interest and ex-
citement amongst the speculators who have deemed it ex-
pedient to stay at home. To give a detailed account of
the business done, however, would be superfluous. Suffice
it to say that Weathergage, the winner of the Stakes, al-
though he was quite out of favour on the day of the race,
25 to 1 being freely offered, has nevertheless been backed
in this market for a great deal of money, at a price as low
as 12 to 1 ; therefore it is not what is usually termed a
" turn up," the layers of the odds having invested their
full amount against him; on the contrary, Surprise and
llaricot were in force, the former at 5 to 1, and the latter
at 6to 1. Kingston, the winner of the Cup, like Wea-
thergage, was not much fancied on the day of the race, 6
to 1 being freely offered, although at the beginning of the
week 3 to 1 was the highest offer, and Stilton went to 5 to
2 ; but, on the afternoon of the race, was backed against
the field at evens. Yesterday, £9OO to £lOO would have
been taken about Stockwell for the St. Leger. To-day 6
to 1 would have been taken to a large amount had there
been layers. Nothing else mentioned for this or any other
future event.

in consequence of the immense amount of money lost
on the Goodwood/Stakes, twenty of the London list shops
have been closed. One individual kept open until twelve
o'clock on Wednesday night, and actually received £5OO
from the public.

Mr. S. Day, of Newmarket, in jumping out of a fly at
Goodwood, on Friday, fell into a ditch at the side of the
road, and broke his leg.
Mr. Osbaldeston has named Sister to Mountain Deer
Sylphine.

Garvey, the jockey, had his arm broken at Goodwood
last week, through Lord Clifden's Sackbut falling.
Mr. Parr, the owner of Weatherbit, the winner of the
Goodwood Stakes, and a certain portion of the ring, well
known in the " play" world, are said to have won large
amounts, their confidence in their pet having been greatly
increased by a favourable trial with Melford, whom he
beat at even weights. Weathergage was sold out of the
Duke of Bedford's stable last year for £4O ; he remained
with Armstrong, at Newmarket, fora short time, and was
ultimately purchased by Mr. Parr for £6O. When tne
property of the Duke of Bedford he was thought a most
inferior animal, and not worth (raining, Mr. Armstrong
was also pleased to get rid of his bargain.
Had Montague, who ran second, won the Goodwood
Stakes, Mr. Davies would have won £55,000; as it was,
he just squared himself. He won £B,OOO on the Cup,
having bet against everything in the race but Kingston.

The value of the various stakes contested for at Good-
wood during last week amounted to .C 16,135 ; and the
number of horses started, including walks over, 256.
A promising yearling colt, by the Libel, out of Fran-
tic's dam, broke away while being lunged at Daneburv, a
few days ago, ran down the road, dislocated his leg, and
was destroyed.