EPSOM RACES.
Tut: races commenced on Tuesday. The company on Tuesday and Wednesday was not very numerous ; but the weather was on the whole favourable, and the running very good. Thursday was the great day, and the Downs were thronged with company of all ranks. Among the distingu.ished and fashionable personages, were the Duke and Dutchess and P'since George of Cambridge, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Print:ess Augusta; the Dukes of Cleveland, Richmond, Leeds, Rut- lane., and Grafton ; the Marquises of Exeter, Granby, Tavistoek, and Ceelyngham ; Lords Verulam, Chesterfield, Warwick, Jersey, Wilton, and Albemarle. The course was in good condition, and well kept; Vise weather fine, and the race for the Derby Stakes remarkably close.
BETTING AT sTARTING.
7 to 4 agst Ibrahim. I Is to 1 agst Pcicohve 3 to 1 agst Ascot. 50 to 1 agst Trim. 6 to 1 agst Mundig.I 50 to I agst \alentissiiio. 10 to 1 agst eoriolanus. 100 to 1 agst 1 clops. 11 to 1 agst Leopubline.
TIIE RACE
The hones assembled at the post at the tier lix,s1; lint owing to three or four fu- tile attempts to get oar, the race did not come otr tin a few minutes after three. Silo- nos and Luck's All were started lipr the purpose of making play, the former for Dint. him and the other for',Cotiolaints ; Silvans therefore took the lead at a great pace, fid lowed by Look's All, who during the allot., of the time he lay scampi. was forcing the running ; behind these two were Valentissimo, Ascot, 'luutiig. Coriolantas; then cattle the ruck, and lastly Pelops, 'Erin' and Poodle, but all pretty well together. There a as no miderial change of position till they were near the Tottenham corner. where Pelops and Trim moot up 40111 the rear, and joined the horses forward, Trios taking the nowt side and Pelops the upper. In making the turn Luck's All made a last effort to in• crease the speed. and gave tip just beiCire reaching the EGA. MUIRlig and Ascot now went forward ; Mistulig, like Pelops, taking the upper ground. and Asyut the lower ; Silents being still in front, haying with him Valentissitno, Pelops, Trim, Cot iohnus, f11ortlig, and Ascot. all in line: nor did he altogether relinquish the hail till wind!' the dist:lore. where he dropped OM A little further on, Coriobinit: declined; awl at the stand duly Astsit, Ibrahim. Nlittalig awl Pelops were lett. (ii these, the two first-named were running a kind of match Olt 111Ie side:anti the two 1:Ittel 011 the other. Icicle they clewed Ily• :band. :ma Pelops almost at the scone .N11.111al4 anti A•uot then ° joined isale,- and ran a very severe VICO home, ,4„„dig ,,,kining by 't neck only. Su close, indeed, was the finish, that in the next atilt) hey mut the chair, .%,,Itt's head was 111..4 undig, in fact won his race tight upon the pod, and not till 111101. A hole a length behind Asyut were Pelops. Ibrahim, and Valent!ssteuu, and SO APO! ti12,e11101 111.11 it Is We be. here. however, that in awarding the third place to Pelops, the tomtit to Iii shims and the filth to Valetui..ituo, weshall br pretty near the mark. Trim was sixth, and well up c1,1:11 the three: Corittlaint, was next, then Silents and Luek'sAll ; behind these, Itatittletta. Pettit', Ibrahim, Leepoldine, and Stockport; ladly, the Pueelle colt, who im‘er show VII ill front, aud was twat t•Il a long way. The pace was severe through• 0,,t, but there was not notch of a tail at t finish. Value of the stakes 13.5511. subjeet to the customary detlitel ions. Result's t his, II r. 811WeS critic a large satin in bets; all the party are also viva% winners. Ilundig is gut by Cation, mat of Emma, liv N% hi-6% fairy, be II erme-P, out of Nieissit ink. by Pip:nor—Beat rice, by 'ir Peter. winner was bred by the Tito:tees id laud Stralluttore.- The only horses placed by the judges were- slis hoses, eh. e, tuslie„ by Patton, out of Emma (Scott) 1
Lord Ortintl's h. e. Ascot, by Reveller, out of A ititlieti (Nat) 2
By it reference to the betting, it will be seen that neither of the chief favourites W101 the race, and that the otitis against Pelops, who ran as well as Ibrahim, the first favourite, were 100 to 1. The Oaks Stakes were won yesterday, with great case, in a canter, by Mr. Mostyn's " Queen of 'frumps, by Velocipede," beating Pre- serve, Bodice, Barbara Bell, and six others. The betting was 7 to 4 on Preserve, and 7 to 1 against the winner. The company was not numerous, and the racing generally uninteresting except to betters. Of' the Queen of Trumps it is said, that "she is one of the finest mares ever tired; her action splendid when stretched ; and she will prove a dangerous customer for the Doncaster St. Leger."
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