The New York herald., 1874-12-08

ratterlne kind. Under ordinary circumstances
the horse with ten pounds less TO carry than ne
had ON MS back when he won this race twelve
moAtns ago, would naturally have been an lus
mense favorite with the pubic; but after MY
wretched performances this year VINO tnat was
not in the secret wouu have believed IA hlni
Tnat the haniicappers did not Is evident from the
hight weight which tney gave hlnl, anu y - evr
dent thai u he mad mad stone more "a "u sa1
much Tor their dlsorlm nation. MayoI Staptisou
aud his Immediate friends protest. Qua .ua s eneJ r. a
But PERHAPS thew protest TOO much" Tne most
Important OF the other races at the meeuns was
SHREWSBURY CUP,
. or which Pageant was made greaI lasof'so; 70;
the great brewing 1rm OF Allsopp's. mas snown
very good form or late. fortnight ago ne won
incurred penalty Of 20 for the Liverpool Autumn
Cup. which otherwise he would probably hava
victoria and Thunder. q On ae wednesday, Inc day
preceding that ON which the race under notca
10 oe aqn won the
the great shroDsalrs stakes-and freeman
plate at shrewsbury on Tuesday, and has
won several important handicaps this year,
stakes, was next In demand. The old mare
Furry who was greatly fancied for the
badly was again trusted by ner party. Chivalrous.
despite his neavy weight and his Indifferent per.
iornances recently met with plenty OF support.
The QUAIL VINO Is now six yeais old. has never won
q race since she was iour. but she nad no an un-
deniable chance given her. Conseil's running IN
the great Shropshire Stakes and Column Handicap
attracted some attention TO him. The other AMI
mails mentloned Ia ne.ng may De cesSsiDed gen.
SUMMARY.
The SHREWSBURY CUP OF 500 sovs I'm speciel,
added TO . Handicap Sweepstakes ot ~ Sovs. each,
half forfeit; winners extra; about Two miles; -
subscribers.
Fravolina 8 years. 81 lbs (rhompson) ....... !
Mr.. Gomm's 3. 9. Pageant, years, loa IDS. On
cading IA los. extra), carrying 100 los. ).
Mr. GToucocRs en- Lady Ilce. years, 81 los.
mr. TaasIs6a' Boass sSni'yaroas, years. ia lbs d o.
Mr.. j. Il. Falkland aged lis lbs,
Mr.. Payne,s Furry, m 4; years liz lbs tGovsrj.. .
Sir J. Astley's Scamp, 3years Ill lbs. tButleD.-
Lord Faimouth's Peeprg Tom, years, lO7 los.
MI. Peddiss Mendip, years, % lbs lMiils.
Mr. yennngs sensei % sysars ag " lSs. % sa}Grl
Lord @ @bradicrd;s Buee March, years, IS lbs III
Mr.. j. Dover's My By LORD Iyon-Rougs Rose.
3years So IDS. tE Pagel el...................-...
BETTING AT THE START.
to against Pageant (taken); II to against
Scamp ltaken) 8 to against Furry !takenl loe
QUAIL (taken) 10 to against Conse ttaken) !; 100
to against st. Marx (taken) 100 to Z against
Mendp ansn sraas; paksnd as sxsn
Bugle March iraken). -.
The first TO snow in advance, when. the nag fell,
was Conseil, whose atJenoants were Quail ana
Furry st. Mark lying we'll up on the left and FAX.
land on the right. AT the stand Quail headed Con-
sell, behind whom were ST. Mark, Falkland, Men,
dip and Lady Alice Pageant, Chivarons and the
Rouge Rose colt forming the last lot. Rounding
the turn QUAIL increased her advantage over Con.
sell, the others following in the order already
given to the i've iurong post, when Falkland re-
tired, Pageant at the same time making Up 70
Iendip and Lady Alice. Conseil mad the mislor.
tune to be cannOned against on rounding the Dend
into the straight and fell back. Pageant rapidly
ran past his horses, and IN entering the straight
TOOK second place, st. Mark at the same time
dropping away, Mend1p when few strides lurtheH
on gave way TO Lady Alice, but neither she nor
Pageant could get on terms with Quail, who was
half dozen lengths from Mr.. Gomms horses
the latter finishing four lengths in front or Lady
Alice Bugle March was fourth, Consen nfths
Furry sixth, Mendip seventh, PeepinR Tom eighth,
Scamp ninth and Chlvalrous tenth, Falkland being
the absolute last Time, 8:27X. Value OF stakes,
f950 or $4750.
RECIPROCITY WITH ENGLAND.
At meeting held this week Of the Comite dea
Course the French Jockey Club declined to ac-
cede to the request OF Admiral Rous to throw
open the principal races In France TO English
horses. The French animals are allowed to COM
pete IN all our races and have had for some time
more than Q fair share OF success. Witness the
victory OF Peut-etre In the CRmbridgeshtre. the
refusal to grant some reciprocity Will probably.
entail on the French horses weights winch tRolI,
owners will not ike.