21 SEPTEMBER 1839, Page 5

Doncaster Races commenced on Moejety ; but on that day

the ripe- ning was not remarkable, and the comise.: of high degree not nu- merous. The race for the Si. Leger Stakes. on Tuesday, was one of the greatest on record. Such running, it is said, was never seen at Doncaster before.

The fbllowing horses started—Major Yerbergh's Charles the Twelfth, by 'Voltaire (Scott); Mr. Thornhill's 'Euclid, be Emilins (Conolly); Mr. W. Ridsdale's b. c. Bloomsbury, by Mulatto, eut of Arcot Lass (Rrg'rs) ; Mr. Allen's hr. c. Fitz-Ambo, by the SaWec or Tramp, out o (Marson); Mr. G. Clark's hr. c. Drags;uan, by Sr. Nicholas, out of Olive-leaf (facdo- nald) ; Colonel Cradock's b. c. The Provost. by the Saddler, out of Rebecca (Templeman) ; Lord Eplint011'S h. C. 3HV011o, by Liverpool, out of Comedy (Lye) ; Colonel Cmitfuors h. E Dolpliin, by Priam, out of Mermaid (Holmes); Mr. Dixon's b. c. by Sir Ile:Tides, out of Zebra (S. Day) ; Wormald's p. C. Bolus, by Phye:cian, dam by Comus (ileseltine); Lord Westminster's ch. c. The Lord Mayor, by Pantaloon, out of Ilenevmoon (G. Nelson); Lord Lichfield's c. The Corsair, by Sir Ilereules, out U*Gulnare, (J. Day) ; Mr. Ramsay's hr. c. Easingwold, by Mulatto, out of Eve (Cart- wright) ; and Lord Keiburne's br. c. by Jerry, out of Purity (Calloway). After several fluctuations, the odds closed, at starting, at i to 4 on Charles the

Twelfilt, 6 to 1 against Bloemelmess 10 to 1 agnim•t ‘, 13 to 1 against

Euclid, 30 to 1 again et The Pravost, 3:i to 1 Easingwold, 40 to 1 against the Lord Mayor, and 40 1:-1 I against the Corsair. We did not hear llvlliis or Bolus mentioned, and the prices against all but the first four were little better than nominal. At one moment 2 TO I was betted on Charles; and Malvolio, at 8 to 1, had she veil of Bloomsbury.

At four o'clock, the horses gat off in excellent style-

" After the first two hundred yards, in witie4 the jockias had enough to do to select and take their places, Charles took tl:e lead at a rattlirg pace, followed

by Bloomsburv, Bolus, Euclid, (about fooah,) Tic and alalvolio ; the ruck behind tfiem consisting of llylltes The Corsair. The Provost, Fitz-Ambo, and The Lord Mayor ; the Pur;ty cc" and Drasmail bringing np the rear. At the foot of the hill Bragsman and Ea.i!,gwold were ,:one lengths astern, and the Purity colt, unable. to live even with this valuabl pair, pulled up and re- turned ; in the bottom, on the other side of it, the renowned Bloomsbury cried

enough,' and, with a Bolus to cure hie ailments, retired from the front rank. Euclid now took the second lilacs, The Delphin lying third, and Malvolio and The Provost next ldnit nearly abreast. They rau in tills order over the deep ground near the Red House, (the only part or the course that was heavy,) and took her place. About a distance and a half from home, Malvolio also gave up, to the turn into the straight run-in. here The Dolphin dropt off, and :shawls° leaving The Provost third in the rsee, and so he continued to the end. Euclid now began to draw upon Clue horse,' but, as it is alleged, was driven so close to the rails that he nenc•r fairly collared 1.1m till they reached the distance-post. The race was now entirely between t In se two—the 'crack' Yorkshire mug versus the Icewmarket pct; :tad a better or more intensely interesting struggle was never Seen on the Doncaster course : Euclid appeared to have the best of it at the commencement, but the ' great' horse's stride told towards the end, and the judge. unable to award the victory to either, gave the first dead heat ever run for the St. Leger. The Provost was beaten three or four lengths, and defeated Malvolio by nearly two lengths. The Dolphin was fifth, Fitz-Ambo sixth, and Bloomsbury seventh, all beaten off; the others were tailed oft' a long way, Dragsnutu being the last of the thirteen that cause home. The hettin4 on the next heat, which was run after the Four-year Old Stakes, began at b to 4 on Charles, and finished at 6 to 5 on Euclid. The ' little' horse took the lead at a bad pace for the first three quarters of a mile; he then made it good, still keeping his lead, the great' horse smiting on him to the distance, where he challenged ; a slashing race ensued, the North triumphing over the South by a head only." " Judea," the correspondent of the Morning Post, named Charles as the 'winner, on the Friday before the race ; and added, " I consider

Euclid is safe to beat every other horse in the race that has appeared in public :" and so he did, far enough. This knowing fellow's predictions Lave been verified by results on more than one occasion, in a remark- able manner. Of this Great St. Leger race he says-

" Many are of opinion that Ehelid must have won if he had not been so closely pressed on the rails: indeed, some go so far as to say that had Conolly, the jockey, complained, he would have got the race. I am not of this opinion ; but I certainly am of opinion that, had any other jockey but Mr. W. Scott rode Charles, he would have landed a winner by a length the first time. By the state the ground was in, it was next to madness to come away front hie horses as he did. The fact is, Scott iuvariably wins his races at the distance."

Of this famous jockey's riding the day before, when he won another race by a head, " Judex " remarked-

" He ought to have won his race by two lengths easy. Coming right out from his horses as he (lid at the distance, he so nearly lost the race that many thought, and do so still, that it was a dead heat. Mr. W. Scott was (on dig) as usual. This will express my meaning to all I wish should know it."

The running on Wednesday was, as usual, unimportant ; but on Thursday, there was a capital race for " the Cup," in which the " great

horse" again triumphed. These are the reported particulars— The Cup. value 300 Guineas, with 5) Sovereigns ad led ; three years old, ist.; tour years, 8st. 31b.; five years. 8,1. 10th. ; six years. and aged. 9st.; the winner of the .8t, Leger 'Jibs. extra. Aboat two miles suit five furlongs.

Major Varburgh's b. c. Charles the Twelfth (31b. extra) ...(Lye) 1 Mr. Ramsay's br. c 4 yrs 2 Mr. Orde's b. m. t.s 3 Mr. Deuham's b. e. Comp:us:Moo, 4 yrs 4

Betting-5 to 4 on Charles (taken), 10 to 6 against Bee's-wing (taken), 7 to 1 against Lanercost, and 20 to 1 against Compensation. The favourite went oft with the lead, but ab oidoeed it to Bee's-wing, after going two or three hundred yards, and follows.: Mr, Lanercost lying with him ; at the flew of the hill, the latter went up to Charles, and they ran nearly abreast into the bottom, where Charles restuseil his position, and the mate, making the pace very strong, increased her lead to three or four lengths; after rounding the Red House turn Lanercek took the second place from Charles, and about a distance and a half from home they closed with the mare, who lived with them to the distance, and then *lied away. Here Charles went up to Lanereost, and headed him, but looked so unlik.; a winner, that a noble earl laid 100 to 10 against him. Lanercost reached his head at the Stand, and a sla,hing race ensued ; the young one, contrary to the expectation of all beholders, winning by a head in the last stride. The mare was beaten four or five lengths, and Compensation never had a chance of reaching the front.