The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

Coronation Stakes of iiki;;eaCh , for three-year-old
fillies, were won easily by Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina,
_ _ _

Windsor Stakes were won by 11r. Bowes's Springy Jack.
Royal Hunt Cup was won by half a length by Sir R.
Pigot's Conyngham, beating Dulcet, Cosachia, and seve-
ral others.

THURSDAY.

Her Majesty was not present at the races, not even on
this, the " crack" day.
St. James's Palace Stakes were won by Mr. Payne's
Glendower beating Backbiter.
Her Majesty's Plate was won easily by Lord Clifden's
Footstool.

A Piece of Plate, value 500 sous, the gift of the Emperor
of Russia, added to a sweepstakes. Two miles and a
half.
Mr. J. B. Day's The Hero, 5 yrs..
Mr. B. Green's The Flatcatcher, 3 yrs (carried 6st
121 b)
Duke of Bedford's Saddle, 4 yrs .. (F. Butler) 3
Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 4 yrs.... (Templeman) 4
Betting.-2 to lon The Hero, sto 2 agst Flatcatcher,
and Bto 1 agst Saddle. For some time past great interest
has been excited about the race, from the fact that The
Hero and War Eagle, which met last year for the Don-
caster Cup—the former stale from running on hard ground,
his opponent a fresh horse—were expected to start. Last
year War Eagle won easily, but, for the reason stated,
few attached any merit to the performance, and, although
be won easily on Tuesday, it was the prevailing opinion
that he would not come to the post ; this opinion was
confirmed on Wednesday. To-day The Hero won with
the greatest ease by a length. Saddle a bad third. Run
in 4 min. 34 sec.

FRIDAY.
The Wokingham Stakes were won by Cosachia.
The Great Western Plate was won by Vampyre, beating
The Moor, and others.

THE " Astor RACE CUPS."—The prize called the
" Emperor's Cup," is a shield three feet three inches in
diameter, of silver; the outward edge or border is highly
burnished. In the centre of the shield, in a circular com-
partment, surrounded by a wreath of laurel, the Emperor
Peter the Great is represented triumphant over Barbarism,
the allegory consisting of figures most elaborately worked
up. There are six other compartments, the figures in bas-
relief, remarkably bold, the outline and minuter parts
being equally excellent. The first compartment repre-
sents the revolt of the Strelitzers, Peter the Great assum-
ing the crown when only twelve years old; the second,

June 13,1848.

Peter the Great prasticing ship-building in a dock-vard.
in Holland; the third, Peter the Great directing Prince
Menzioff to build St. Petersburgh ; the fourth, the Cl'e
mency of Peter to the citizens after the victory of Narva ;
the fifth, the battle of Pruth ; and the sixth, Peter crown-
ing Catharine Empress. In these compartments, the fi-
gures are admirably grouped, and the respective stories
are all well told. The six compartments are separated br
figures of Victory, and radiate from the central comnaxt"
meat. The Royal Hunt Cup" is'a shell of large dimen-
sions, of silver, the inner part being gilt ; it is surmounted
by a Triton, and supported by three marine horses, beneath
whom is a base of rocks supported by tortoises. The de-
sign is by Flagman, and is exceedingly classical and fin;,
The workmanship is elaborate. The " Queen's Cup
consists of a group of a man and two horses, representing.
a Peon catching a wild horse with the lasso.