The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

COVENTRY MEETING.-MARCH

The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. One mile.
Mr. Williams's Dame Tattle, 3 yrs Kendal 1
Lord Lurgan's fby Birdcareher, 3 yrs J Brown 2
Mr. Smith's sister to The Macaw, 3 yrs Sherwood 3
Tightwaist and Tilley else started. sto 4 agst Bircicatcher
filly, and 4to 1 agst Dame Tattle. Won by half a length.
The COVENTRY HANDICAP of lOsors. each, li ft, and 40 added,
the second to save his stake. One mile and a half.
Mr. W. Scott's Warwick. 5 yrs, 7st 21b Charlton 1
Lord Caledon's cby Simoon, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Sherwood 2
Mr. G. Henry's Butterfly, 4 yrs, sst 31b Kendall 3
Merry Peal, The Clown, Avia, First Fruits, and Proudfoot
also started. 3to 1 zgst Avis, 4 to 1 each agst The Clown and
Simoon colt, and 5 to 1 each agst Merry Peal, Warwick, and
Proudfoot. Won by a neck ; three lengths between second
and third.
The CRAVEN STEEPLE CHASE of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 100
added ; the second to save his stake. Four miles.
Mr. Linnell's Peter, lOst 10Ib Tasker 1
Lord Lurgan's St. Helier. 9st 12Ib Archer 2
Mr. Palmer's Victress, 9st 61b Boyce 3
Vainhope, Kissaway, Jack of all Trades, and Seaman also
ran. 3to 1 agst Victress, 4to I each agst Kissaway and Peter,
6 to 1 each agst St. Helier and Seaman, and 100 to 4 agst Vain-
hope. Won by a length and a half.
The FREE HANDICAP HURDLE ST.-KES of 5 Sovs. eaeh, with
50 added. Two miles.
Mr. Davenport's Half-and-Half, lOst 51b Oliver 1
Mr. Chapman's Ormsby, 6 )rs, lOst
Mr. Braithwaite 's The Drag, 5 yrs, lOst 71b White 3
Cogia, General, and Maria slonk, also started. Won easily
by four lengths.

LIVERPOOL HUNT STEEPLE-CHASE ENTRIES,
APRIL 3.
The SELLING STEEPLE-CHASE STAKES, 013 soya. each, with
20 sovs. added.—b g Saltpetre, br m Mrs. Moore, ch h Cigar,
ch m Laura, b m Mischief, b g Topder, b g Cyclops, b
Harmony.
The LIVERPOOL HUNT CLUB STEEPLE-CHASE, a Handicap
Sweepstake of 10 sows. each, 5 sovs. forfeit, with 50 sovs. added..
—b g Tom Bowling, blk m Clatterbox, blk g Voyager, gr m
Countess, b g Pizarro. ch g Measham, ch g Ferryman, gr Melody, b g Caliph, blk m Black Bess, ro zn Quicksilver, b g
Lambkin, hr g Spree.

LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.-Mr. Land has withdrawn his
Objection to the Reiver ; Mr. Higgins's has yet to be gone into.
Allegro, named by Mr. Scott, was left out by accidnt in the
nominations for the Somersetsbire Stakes.
At the sale of Mr. Lilev's stud, on Monday, Stamp was pur-
chased for the Royal Stud, for 170 guineas.
Mr. Harland has given the name of Switch to his yearling
filly by Ratan out of Cossack Maid ; and that of Cockscomb to
his Chanticleer foal out of the same mare.
Oscar and Maurice Daley, the steeple-chasers, were at Coven-
try last week, and having been backed by the public for a large
sum of money, were withdrawn at the eleventh hour by their
honourable owners.

Lord Glasgow has, we regret to say, been very unfortunate
during the past month, as he has lost by death his two-year-old
St. Leger colt by Lanercost, dam by Actaeon, and his colt foal
by Slane, out of Conspiracy.
BETTING OFFICES.—BeII's Life, in an article condemning
the conduct of the betting-list fraternity in London, gives tile
following account of " The West End Racing and Betting
Bank," situate at No. 73, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-
square:—"A gentleman, some time ago, backed Miss Mow-
bray, for the Liverpool steeple-chase, at this establishment,
taking 20 to I to £B, or £l6O to £B, for which a ticket was
given, signed H. Shaw, manager.' Upon applying for the
money, however, after the 'race, `the banker' offered `a bit of
stiff,' instead of cash. This was, of course, refused. Upon a
second application, the banker had the effrontery to deny the
authenticity of the ticket, actually declaring it to be a forgery,
and sent his cashier for a policeman to give the parties in cus-
tody."

Cord Sefton has written to the Editor of Bell's Life the fol-
lowing letter :—" Sir : In the account of the Liverpool Steeple
Chase, given in your paper of the 7th instant, it is stated that
the water jump opposite the Grand Stand had been altered by
my instructions, and that it was thus made a large and dan-
gerous leap. This is not at all correct. In the constant pre-
paration of this artificial fence the workmen had gradually di-
minished the depth of the ditch till it become a mere
splash of water, and I desired that it migh tube restored to its
former dimensions in every respect. This was done, and no
more. The water is 13 feet 6 inches in breadth, and not more
than four feet deep. The rail is about three feet high, strongly
made, and leaning towards the water. It is a very large but per-
fectly fair leap, and I do not remember any serious accident
befalling a horse, except in one instance, when a fine Irish
horse broke his back ; but thislhappenect inconsequence of the
frost. It is generally most cleverly cleared by all the horses,
and affords a most interesting and exciting feature of the race."

STEEPLE-CHASES TO COME.
Charlbury March 16 Epsom ...... ..
St. Ives
Grand Military
Warwick and Leamington. 19 Paris
Wetherby
Cheltenham
Navan 25 Abergavenny ....
Carnwath
Milnthorpe
West of Scotland .... April 1 .. ..

RACING FIXTURES.
MARCH.
....... 16 I Northampton
....... 22 Croxton Park
APRIL.
....... 1 I Hoo
12 York Spring • •
12 I Malton
15 Newmarket First Spring

Warwick
Catterick Bridge

Epsom Spring ....
Newmarket Craven
Birmingham ...
Abergavenny .
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. ..
...

THE CHASE.
The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet
To-morrow, March 17th
Thursday, the 18th
Saturday, the 20th .

Wrenbury
Ridley Toll Bar
...BroomJanda

Each day
__ at Eleven o'clock.
Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS meet
To-morrow, the 17th Erddig
Friday, the 19th Bedwllwyn
Saturday, the 29th ... Allan Sad!era
Bach day at halt-paat tont