The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING.
The most prominent feature in the bettings on the cup is„
that Harkaway was made first favourite yesterday, by a Li-
verpool gentleman.—The Derby betting is all with Lord
Jersey's ; they take 2-to Ihe wins—and 11 to lon the mush-
room from Scott's stable, called Dragsman—it is said he has
beaten all the other seventeen " to fits."

THE CHESTER CUP, P.P.
6 to 1 against Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway (tk)
13 to 2 „ Mr. Copeland's King Cole (tk)'
9to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff (tk)
9to 1 „ Captain Berkeley's Caravan (tk)
11 to 1 „ Captain Healey's Van Buren (tk)
15 to 1 „ -Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy
16 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklan-es Modesty (tk)
16 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's lon (tk)
18 to 1 „ Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry
20 to 1 „ Any other.

TATTERSALL'S--TH uns D AY.
In our report of Monday's betting we stated, that, although
offered in two or three quarters, 3 to 1 against the first fa-
vourite was not to be obtained currently ; the bidders yes-
terday were more shy, a good many bets having been made
at less than those odds ; the last 2000 to 700, the layer
offering to double the bet. The Dey of Algiers was not
backed for sixpence, that we could hear of ; several parties
would have laid 7 to 1, and as many have closed at a point
more. Dragsman was an immense favourite ; 16 to 1 was
laid first, then 18 to 1 ; 14, 12, and 10 to 1 were then snapped
up with extraordinary eagerness, and, finally, 9 to 1. We
doubt if these odds could have been procured at the close.
Euclid and Ilderim were equal favourites during nearly the
whole of the afternoon ; but when the room was about to
close, an unaccepted offer to back the latter for 500 even,
gave him a decided call ; the odds previously laid against
each would perhaps have led to a different conclusion.
Bloomsbury was backed in several quarters at the old price,
and a trifle laid out on two or three others, with no other
result than a decline of some points on Wapiti. With the
exception of Dragsman, Scott's horses were scarcely men-
tioned unless as a lot." Flambeau is reported to be amiss
of Rat-trap and Blankney's disorder. Closing prices :-
THE DERBY.
2 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot (take 9 to 4)
4to 1 „ Scott's lot (tk)
12 to 1 „ John Day's lot
12 to 1 Mr. Thornhill's lot

20 to 1 Sir G. Heathcote's lot (tk)
9000 to 700 ..
Colonel Cresa oft(k and aft offered)
7to 1 „ Peel's Dey Algiers (take Bto
9to 1 „ Mr. G. Clark'iDragsman (tk)
16 to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (tk)
16 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ilderfm
30 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Westonian

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35 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh (tk)
35 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt (tk)
35 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Bulwark (tk)
40 to 1 „ Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury (tk)
40 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo

50 to 1 ;, Mr. Bateson's Brother to Plenipo
50 to 1 „ Mr. Theobald's (nomination) Hamlet
1000 to 15 „ Mr. Wreford's Wapiti (tk)
1000 to 15 ~ Lord Albemarle's Domino

500 even between Mr.Thornhill's and John Day's lots (t ;)
500 even between Euclid and Ilderim (tk ;) 500 even on Ilde-
rim against Wapiti and Bulwark (tk ;) 1000 to 15 against
CEesar, Reel, and Commodore, winning the Derby, Oaks,
and St. Leger.