• DoNCASrlin RACES.
The Great Northern Turf Festival has been held this week at Don- caster. It is remarkable for the prodigious amount of enthusiasm it has excited ; Doncaster never having been so full; no St. Leger for years having aroused so much interest. The expectation of splendid sport has been fulfilled. Every day there has been good racing, and the votaries of the turf must be satisfied. We have only space for the main event, which came off on Wednesday— The SE. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs, each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, 8st 71b; fillies, 8st 21b ; the second to receive 100 save. out of the stakes. St. Leger Course (about 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards.) (169 subs.)
Lord Ailesbury's St. Albans, by Stockwell, 8rt 71b (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Jaques's High Treason, by Mildew, 8st 71b (Bullock) 2 Mr. A. 3.7ichols's The Wizard, by West Australian, 8st 7113„ (Aldcroft) 3 Lord Zetland's Sabreur, by Voltigetir, Sat 71b (J. Osborne) 4 The following also ran—Sweetsrince, Stampedo, Winton, Umpire, Wallace, Cramond, Thormauby, Buccaneer, King of Diamonds, The Rap, Camhondo.
Betting.—S to 2 agst Thormanby, 100 to 30 agst Sabreur, 5 to 1 agst The Wizard, 8 to 1 agst St. Albans, 10 to 1 agst Umpire, 100 to 7 agst Sweetsmice, 25 to 1 agst Winton, 1000 to 30 each agst High Treason and Wallace, 50 to 1 agst Buccaneer, 100 to 1 each agst Cramond, The Rap, King of Diamonds, and Stamped°. TUE Re.—With admirable punctuality the horses were got under order, the preliminary canters as usual exciting much attention, and a loud buzz was sent tip by the spectators as the different favourites passed the Grand Stand. Mr. Marshall, of Northampton, the specially appointed starter, led the competitors past the en- closure in the following order—Buccaneer, Stamped°, Cambondo, High Treason, Umpire, Kweetsauce, Cramond, King of Diamonds, Sabrenr, Thormanby, St. Albans, Wallace, The Rap, Winton, and The Wizard. They were got in tolerably close order, when The Wizard broke away, and ran a short distance before being stopped. A second attempt to get them off was attended by no better result, for High Treason, King of Diamonds, and The Wizard, threw the rank into disorder, and Stamped°, standing some lengths in the rear, would not approach his horses, when a man, stick in hand, led him into the ruck. In another attempt to get them away, Umpire could not be prevailed upon to get on terms of equality. After these delays Lord Coventry-, one of the stewards, went down to the starter, and ordered the horses to be brought to the end of the course, and after one more attempt, the flag was finally lowered. Sabreur got off with a lead of at least a couple of lengths, with King of Diamonds second, Umpire third, and Buccaneer fourth, St. Alban's fifth, heading the remainder of the field, the two last being Stamped° and Cramond. As they traversed the straight, before reaching the Bawtry turn, Sweetsauce rushed through his horses and took his place next Sabreur, Umpire going on third, and St. Albans fourth, High Treason and Thormanby's colours showing next ; close with them were Winton and the Wizard. Sabreur held his lead to the two-year-old post, with Buccaneer and Thormanby running side by side third and fourth: St. Albans having been eased by Snowden, iltld pulling into the fifth place. On coming past the lied-house, the first lot took close order, Sabreur, Sweetsance, Thormanby, Bt. Albans, Umpire, and High Treason being in the van, and next, in close pursuit, were The Wizard, the Rap, and Wallace, Stamped° and Cramond still toiling on in rear. As they rounded the bend Into the straight. Umpire went up to Sabreur, and loud shouts were raised of "The American wins," and the pair raced side by slde to the distance, with Thortnanby, the Wizard, St. Alban's, and High Treason close together in pursuit. At the half-distance, Sabreur and Umpire were beaten, and St. Alban's, High Treason, and the Wizard passed the pair, St. Alban's having the best of it from this point, and coming in an easy winner by a length and a half ; a neck between the second and third, two lengths between the third and fourth ; Thor- manby was fifth, Umpire sixth, Sweetsauee seventh, King of Diamonds eighth, the Rap, Wallace, Winton, and Cramond were next, Cambordo and Stampede bringing up the rear, the latter not having passed the post." The Doncaster stakes were won by Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway, and the Cup by Sabreur.
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