The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSO.ITRACES.
These races commenced on Tuesday, and on Weat2,et,
day the celebrated Derby Stakes were run for. .1-7
number of subscribers was 215, the stakes being 50
each, h. ft., for 3 yr. olds. The start was not so in-TV,
rous a one as in some former years, seventeen
mettled racers" being all that were brought to the post,
of which the following three were all that were placed by
the judge :
Lord Clifden's Surplice, by Touchstone .. (Templeman) ‘,l
Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack (F. Butler)
Mr. B. Green's Shylock (S. Mann) 34
Betting at Starting.—Even on Surplice, 4 to 1 ag't
Glendower, 4 to 1 agst Nil Desperandum, 14 to 1 ags
Shylock, 15 to 1 (and in some places 20 to 1) agst Spring
Jack, 40 to 1 agst Great Western, 40 to 1 agst The Pia'
ler, 40 to 1 agst The Fugleman, 50 to 1 agst The Feowlerd
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and 50 to one agst any other. Precisely at the time geGreat
one of the best starts ever witnessed was effected,i
Western taking the lead, followed by Loadstone, Foe,:
man next, with Surplice, Fern, Glendower, Springy Jac'
and Shylock in their wake. They came to the Craven
post in this order; Loadstone then joined Great Western,
headed him in a few strides, and went on with the
ning Great Western dropping astern, and Fugleman talc'
ing the second place, Surplice, Fern, Glendower, Shyloek'
and Springy Jack following. Loadstone carried the ruts'
ning on until half way between the road and the distance'
and where, having had enough of it, he was passed 11
Surplice, Fugleman still keeping the second position, with
Springy Jack and Shylock in close waiting. Fugleni
gave way at the distance, and Shylock, and Springy J,ack
were left to finish the race with the favourite. Shrif
kept the favourite's friends on the tenter hooks, until bad
way up the distance, where he was beaten ; Springy JBC
then came, and a desperate race ensued between the tO
horses that of all others were the worst for the book'
makers. Springy Jack made a gallant effort at the last
:
but never was able to getup ; Surplice, not without shale
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winning by a neck ; Shylocka very good third, Glen-
dower a bad fourth, The Fiddler fifth, and Fugleman sixth'
The race was run in 2 min. 46 sec., from which it 11,70
be inferred that the pace was not very great. The Val..,
of the stakes was £5500, from which the owner of 131;
second horse was entitled to receive 100 sovs., and tps
winner was required to pay 100 sovs. towards the expe°s-
- by additional police-officers.
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On Friday the Oaks Stakes were run for, and the - f
lowing is the return :
Mr. Pedley's, Cymba.
Mr. Quin 's Attraction. (Robinson) ,
Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May (Bumby) I
26 ran. At starting the lead was taken by Hope, follovre.',
by Lola Montes, lodine, and Do it Again, with 11110
(Templeman)
phone, Queen of the May, Cymba, Wiasma, and two
or three others in the wake, and behind them At""in
tion and the ruck. At the Craven post Do it Aga„t
took the third place, but no other change of raonlii•o
was observable until thecame to the turn and "
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lead was then taicen by Camphine, followed by +he
Again and lodine, Cymba, Wiasma, Miss Orbell,
Miss Lydia filly, and one or two others whose colours 7`...
could not make out, lying very forward. After cross:ll7
the road, Queen of the May took up all the running,
phine and Cymba waiting on her, with Attraction, Wiarbe-y
lodine, and half-a-dozen others close at hand ;so e
reached the end of the Stand, where a decisive cila.l
took place. Cymba went up to the Queen of the
headed her, and although Attraction, who came inarapent,
ately after, made the race look doubtful" for a 011;eat-
she won cleverly in the end by a length ; Attraction•
ing Queen of the May by half a length ; Wiasma, co,
phine, lodine, Miss Lydia filly, and three or four ol`lwe
were close at the finish, and so nearly abreast thaL,
cannot undertake to speak with any certainty as toe to:
he
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relative positions ;we fancied Wiasma had a aba ea
best of it. Ihe pace was fast up the hill, but not susttleg
throughout. Run in 2 min. 48 sec. Value of the
sta
£2,400.
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THE DERBY AND OARS.—It will be remembered last
Templeman rode the winners of the Derby and 19L'esdal
year ; he rode the winner of the Derby on NI coaks
last, and piloted Cymba first to the post for the
Friday.