The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTPLLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-FRTD2r.

Only a?few subscribers were present at the rooms, and
the business done was upon a-small scale. For the Great
Northern Handicap, evens was laid on Virago,and 20 to
1 each was taken about Heavy and•Lough Bawn. For the
Two Thousand Guineas ,Boiardo advanced from 3 to 1 to
6 to 4, ms d Newminster to 10 to 1 for the Chester Cup.

GREAT NORTRERN HANDICAP.
5 to 4 agst Mr. Howard's Virago—taken.
100 t 0,6 „ Count de Prado's Aquila—taken.
20 tel. „ Mr. Harrison's Heapy—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. Heuderson's Lough Bawn—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. J. Bennion's Toggery —taken.
50 to 1 „ Mr. E. R. Clark's Jujube—taken.
MESTER CUP.
9 to '1 agst Mr. Knowles's Baalbectaken.
1010 1 „ Mr. Nichol's Newminster—taken.
30't0.1 •„ Mr. Howard's Nabob—taken.
35 'to 1 „ Mr. Magenis's Sandhurst—taken.
40'to 1 „ Mr. Drittkald's Jack Frost—taken.
5010 1 „ Mr. J. Bennion's Toggery—taken.
sCrto 1 „ Mr. Howard's Catspawtaken.
56t0 1 „ E. R. Clark's Jujube—taken.
TWO 'THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6to 1 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo—taken.t
4. to 1 „ Mr. J. Adkins's Ruby—o'ffered.
TUE DERBY.
elo 2 agkt Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat offered.
7;to 1 "„ Baron Rothschild's King Tom—taken.
7-to 1 „ Lord Derby's Dervish—taken.
4O to' 1 „ Mr. C. Spence's Canute—taken.
40rto-1 „ Lord:Derby's Boiardo—taken.

Suitch, by Ratan, 3 yrs, has joined French's string.
The Goodwood Cup closed on Tuesday last, with 29
subscribers.

MT. Edward Gill's yearling colt by Garaeboy, out of
Flower of the Tees, engaged in the Doneaster Stakes, 1856,
killed himself in the paddock a few days ago.
Mr. J. M. Stanley claimed Calamus 'by Ratan, after
winning the Craven Stakes, at Newmarket, last week, for
600 soya.

The Curragh April meeting commences this day; the
races which had been fixed for to-morrow•will be run on
Saturday.
The•owner of the Yorkshire pony Whitehind has chal-
lenged the owner of -the Liverpool pony JaCkey to gallop,
trot, leap, andidraw,iif the latter will come forward during
the present week.

Mr. J. H. Downes, who was well-known in racing cir-
cles, and was universally respected for his honourable and
straightforward -character as a sportsman, died on the 14th
instant, at Harewoed, near Leeds.
Mr. Edwards's General Breezo, came in 'first for the
Brough Handicap, :at Catterick, on Wednesday last, but
was disqualified by • the stewards, for havingzgone on the
wrong side of a post, and the race was awarded to Mr.
Chilton's Middlesborough.

Mr. John Osborne has sold his two year -ad grey colt
Lord Alfred, by Chanticleer, to Mr. Merry, for COO sous. ;
Lord John, 3 yrs, to Mr. Parr, for 300 sous. ; -and his grey
colt Johnny Taft, by Chanticleer, 2.yrs, to Mr. Charles
Wintringhgra, for .7,0 soya.

The very bard state of the ground at Newmarket caused
many of the horses Ao be scratched for their engage-
ments,during the Craven meeting, which gave riseto a good
deal of dissatisfaction -to their backers, and much disap-
pointment. to the public. Virago's appearance -for the
Newmarket Handicap, and West Australian's for-the Port
Stakes having induced many parties to visit 'Newmarket
in expectation a seeingfthese cracks.