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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FBIDAY.

Only a few subscribers were present at the rooms;aa
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 Heapy and Lough Bawn. For the
Two Thousand Guineas Bpiardo advanced from 3 toilsta
6 to 4, and Newminster to 10 to 1 for the Chester Cup.

GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
5 to 4 agst Mr. Howard's Virago—taken.
100 to 6 „ Count de Prado's Aquila—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. Harrison's Heapy—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr.'Henderson's Lough Bawn —taken.
25 to 1 „ • Beunion's Toggery —taken.
50 to 1 „ Mr. E. R. Clark's Jujube—taken.
CHESTER CUP.
9 to 1 agst Mr.cKnowles's Baalbec —taken.
10 to 1 „ Mr.-Niehors Newminster—taken.
30 to 1 „ Mr.gloward's Nabob—taken.
35 to 1 „ Mr.'Magenis's Sandhurst—taken.
40 to 1 „ Mr.rDrinkald's Jack Frost —taken.
50 to 1 „ Mr. 'J. Bennion's Toggery—taken.
50 to 1 „ Mr.' Howard's Catspaw—taken.
50 to 1 „ Clark's Jujube—taken.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6 to 4 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo—taken.
4to 1 „ Adkins's Ruby—offered.
THE DERBY.
9 to 2 agst Mr. 'R. E. Cooper's Autocrat—offered.
7to 1 „ Baron'Rothschild's King Tom—taken.
7to 1 „ Lord Derby's Dervish—taken. _
40 to 1 „ Mr. C. Spence's Cinute—tuken.
40 to 1 „ Lord'i)erby's Boiardo—taken.

Switch, by Ratan, SNyrs, has joined Frewh's string.
The Goodwood 'Cup ,closed on Tuesday last, with 28
subscribers.

Mr. Edward Gill's yearling colt by Gazgeboy, out of
Flower of the Tees,engaged in the DoncasterStakes, 1856,
killed himself in the paddock a few days aga.
Mr. J. M. Stanley claimed Calamus, by Ratan, after
winning the Craven'Stakvs, at Newmarket, last week, for
600 sous.

The Curragh April meeting commences this day; the
races which had been fixed for to-morrow wilVbe,ruu on
Saturday.
The owner of the 'Yorkshire pony Whitehirul has chal-
lenged the owner of -the Liverpool pony Jackey to. gallop,
trot, leap, and draw, if theiLliter will come forward awing
the present week.

. Mr. J. H. Downes, who• was well-known in raelt g. eft-
des, and was universally•respected for his honouraiiie and
straightforward character as a sportsman, died on the 44th
instant, at Harewood, near 'Leeds.

Mr. hdwards's General Brecro; came in first for the
Brough Handicap, at Cattetick, :on Wednesday last 'but
liras disqualified by the 'stewards, for having gone on the
vtvrong side of a post, and the :rase was awarded to Mr,
ithilton's Middlesborough.

Mr. John Osborne iiaS sold his two year old grey cat
Lard. Alfred, by Chanticleer, to Mr. Merry, for 600 sovs.:,
Lord John, 3 yrs, to Mr. Parr, for-300 sovs. ; and his grey
,colt Johnny Taft, by Chanticleer, 12rrs, to Mr. Charles
Wizatringham, for 75 sous.

The very hard state of the ground ut Newmarket caused
many of the horses to 'be scratched for their engage-
;ments,during the Craven meetiug,wbiebgave rise to a good
.deal of dissatisfaction to their hackers, and much disap-
pointment to the public. Virago's appearance for the
Newmarket Handicap, and West Australiati'S for the Port
Stakes having induced many parties to NUR Newmarket.
in expectation of seeing these cracks...