The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

ST. LEGER,

Offers to back above thirteen to be at the post. A ten-
ner laid that both Sir Tatton and Brocardo are better fa-
vourites at the start than Fancy Boy. Three agst the field
wanted, and Fancy Boy to be one.
100 to 36 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (taken)
450 —loo Brocardo (taken)
8 1 Fancy Boy (taken)
9 1 Traverser (taken and offered)
9 1 Grimston (taken and offered)
10 1 lago (offered, take 12)
13 1 Ctanebrook (offered, 16 wanted)
15 1 Free Lance (offered)
20 1 Poynton (taken, 25 taken freely)

25 1 Sting (offered)
4 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's two taken to some money at the
close. At a late hour there is a strong desire to bet on
Fancy Boy ; 8 to 1 cannot be got ; 20 to 1 has been taken
on Sting.
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GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
There have been some pencillings during the week, but
we saw little or nothing to-day. ,n
6 to 1 agst June (taken adiPoffered)
7 1 Ennui (taken)
8 1 Quadruped (offered)
9 1 Morpeth (offered)
10 1 Fair Rosamond (offered)
121-1 Cranebrook (offered)
DONCASTER CUP.
Yesterday 4 to 1 to £5O was laid on the field.

" ST. LEGER PROPHECY."
lIY " A THOROUGH-BRED."
In these times, when many persons try their hand at
prophecying, we ourselves cannot allow the present op-
portunity to pass over unnoticed. To pick " THE WIN-
NER" of the Leger, from the extraordinary fluctuations so
many horses have undergone, would indeed be a difficult
task, were we not well convinced of the high capabilities
of the animal we have in our " mind's eye"—his breed is
spotless, and his performances the best of his, and the
year—" lago the winner," Grimston second, and Sting as
a " cockboat."
Manchester, Sept. 11th.

The match at cricket at Manchester. between eighteen
of the Manchester club and eleven of " All England,"
was won by the former in a single inning, by 31 runs.
Lord Henry Bentinck has had unprecedented success
among the red deer, his lordship having already killed
16 stags, many of them of great size.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—The number 72 seems to
have been a favourite in several of the innings at the re-
cent great matches at cricket. The Sheffield men, in
their second innings, obtained 72 ; the Manchester, in
their first innings, scored 72 ; and the Leeds, in their
first innings, also scored 72.
SALE OF THE LATE BENTINCK STUD.—The first divi-
sion of the leviathan stud lately purchased by Mr. Mos-
tvn, of Lord George Bentinck, was sold on Tuesday by
Messrs. Tatterrhall ; it was numerously attended, excited
a good deal of competition for a few of the prime lots,
realised the satisfactory total of 3,195 guineas.
ROCK FERRY REGATTA.—We perceive that a regatta
will be held at the Royal Rock Ferry, on Friday, the 25th
instant. Six prizes are announced—the Mersey Plate
for Yachts ; a cup for the four-oared boats of amateurs ;
a purse for boatmen; a prize for ships' gigs; a purse for
boats rowed by women ; and a sculling prize for the punts
of flats. In order to prevent accidents, the gentlemen's
rowing boats entered for the Rock Ferry Cup are to have
I at least 4-feet beam.
GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR FIFTY SOVEREIGNS.
—The great half-mile match, which has for some time
been pending between Jenkinson, of London, and Cun-
ningham, of Stockport, was decided on Monday, at
Mitcham. The backers of Jenkinson were very sanguine
of his success, and risked large sums of money on the
race. The start was at a splitting pace. Jenkinson took
the lead, which he maintained more than half the distance,
and, to all appearance, had winning certain, when Cun-
ningham shot out, passed his opponent, and ran in the
winner by four yards.
FISHING MATCH.—At Warrington, on Monday, the
disciples of lzaak Walton were all on the qui wive for the
settlement of the long-pending match for £2O, between
six members of the Salford Piscatorial Society and six
members of the Warrington Fishing Club. The condi-
tions were, that they should fish in the river Weaver.
between Acton-bridge and "Winsford, from six o'clock in
the morning until five o'clock in the afternoon, those
catching the greatest weight of fish to be the winners.
At the close of the day, and on the fish being weighed up,
it was found that the members of the Salford Club had
caught 54 lb. weight, and that the members of the War-
rington Club bad caught 36i lb. weight. The Salford men
thus winning by la lb. weight.