SPORTING DEPARTMENT. 
540 
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. for 3 year-olds: won with difficulty by Mr. Howlett’s 
filly, by Figaro, beating Mr. Dodsworth’s Tartar by half a neck, who was only 
a head before Mr. Walker’s Conrad, Trident being only a neck behind, and 
Westport and Wallflower well up. 
The Hornby Stakes of 100 sovs.: won easily by the Duke of Leeds’s Lady 
Marcia, beating Mr. Houldsworth’s Fidelity easily. 
Renewed Subscription of 25 sovs. : won easily by Lord Kelburne’s Retriever, 
beating Mr. Houldsworth’s Contest, and Mr. Walker’s V oluna. 
ODDS ON 
THE GREAT ST. 
July 27th Aug. 3d 7th 
LEGER. 
12 to 1 
10th 
1 
“th 
24th 
27th 
17 
to 1 
11 
to 1 
9 
to 1 
8 
to 1 
9 
to 1 
11 
to 1 
9 
to 1 
9 
to 1 
S 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
30 
to 1 
20 
to 1 
13 
to 1 
10 
to 1 
10 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
10 
to 1 
10 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
13 
tol 
11 
to 1 
14 
to 1 
12 
to 1 
13 
to 1 
20 to 1 
25 
to 1 
14 
to 1 
17 
to 1 
20 
to 1 
16 
to 1 
14 
to 1 
--33 to 1 
Lord Kelburne’s Retriever .. 8tol 7tol 7 to 1 
Mr. Gully’s Margrave. 9to 1 9tol 9tol 
Mr. Vansittart’s Perion. lOtol 9tol lOtol 
Mr. Fox’s Julius. Utol 13tol lotol 
Mr. Richardson’s Fang. 12to 1 9tol lOtol 
Mr. Beardsworth’s Ludlow .. 12tol 14tol - 
Lord Cleveland’s Trustee.... 12 to 1 11 to 1 
Mr. Ridsdale’s Burgomaster... lotol 15tol 
Sir R. Bulkeley’s Birdcatcher 20to 1 20tol 
Mr. Walker’s Conrad. 25tol 30tol 20tol 20tol 
--Francesca. 30tol 25tol - 40tol 
Mr. Watts\Nicotus. ■ ■ - - 12tol 7 to 1 
Lord Exeter’s Beiram. - ■ —« - - - 13tol 
Lord Sligo’s Daxon. 
Mr. Skipsey’s Physician .... 
Mr. Powlett’s Filly,by Figaro 
Goodwood, August 14th to the 17th. 
The Drawing Room Stakes were won by Lord Exeter’s Beiram, 
cleverly by a length Lord Tavistock’s Posthumus and others. 
The Sweepstakes of 50 Guineas was won by Lord Chesterfield’s Olga, 
beating the Duke of Richmond’s HyJer after one dead heat, and the second a 
very severe race. 
The Goodwood Stakes were won by Sir Mark Wood’s Lucetta, beating Lord 
J. Fitzroy’s Changeling by a head, after a very severe race, and Shark, who 
had a very fair chance for the race, breaking his leg half a distance from home. 
The Gold Cup was won with difficulty by Lord Chesterfield’s Priam, beating 
Beiram by half a length, Lady Fly being third, Jocko fourth, St. Giles’s fifth, 
and Rowton, who was very lame, not starting. The following had been the 
odds :— 
5^ to 1 
33 to 1 
33 to 1 
40 to 1 
Gitol 
30to 1 
25 to 1 
40 to 1 
beating 
July 27 
th. 
August 
3d. 
loth at start 
6 
to 
4 
2 
to 
1 
6 
to 
5 
84 
to 
1 
to 
1 
n 
i to 
1 
6 
to 
1 
5 
to 
1 
— 
8 
to 
1 
7 
to 
1 
s 
to 
1 
— 
12 
to 
1 
15 
to 
1 
10 
to 
1 
8 
to 
1 
Lord Chesterfield’s Priam, 5 years. 6 
Mr. Ridsdale’s St. Giles’s, 3 years.. 3^ to 
Mr. Chiffney’s Rowton... 6 
Mr. Gully’s Lady Fly, 3 years. 8 
Mr. Sadler’s Jocko, aged. 
Lord Exeter’s Beiram, 3 years.. 15 
A Sweepstakes of 50 Sovereigns was won easily by Lord Tavistock’s Post¬ 
humus, beating Dryad and the Partisan Colt; and 
His Majesty’s Plate of 100 Guineas was won by a length, by Mr. Sadler's 
Jocko, beating Lucetta, Sarpedon, and Whiskey. 
Egham Races, August 28. 
The Gold Cup was won by Col. Salway’s Mazeppa, beating Mr. Henry's 
Margaret, by 100 yards : —a miserable race. 
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each : won by Mr. Gardner's Cinderella, beating Mr. 
Ley’s Partiality : after a severe run Partiality was winning easily, when 10 
yards from home she stopped short as if shot, and Cinderella won by a head in 
the last stride. 
The Runnymede Stakes: won by Lord Uxbridge’s Hermit, after three good 
heats, beating Mr. Gardner’s Ida, and Lord Exeter’s Partizan. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mr. V ines on the Absorbents, &c. in our next. 
Amicus. —Never. 
