THE LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1588, 4 June 1861, Page 5

THE LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.

The (*R£ND NIVTIONA.L SrEEPLEOHASE^handicap of2Gtt soys. each", h. ft., with 100 sJvs. s added ; the scci»nd horse to save his'stako ; winners once, 61b. extra t twice or. more, 101 b. extra.. About four miles. 83 subs., 29 of why ta pay 5 soys. each, Mr. J. Bennett's Jealousy,* by the Cure, aged .; 7st. 1 21 b . .....; (Kendal) 1 Gapt. Christie's The Dane, srs. lOst. (VV..;Whito) 2 Mr. Bricoe'a- Old Ben Roe, aged, '.'. lOst. ' 71b. '..... ;..... . ( Waddington)- 3 ; Mr. A ngeles Bridegroom, aged, lOst. 7lb.\ (Mr, Biu'nctel) .... . .'.. •. ........ 4 The following also ran : -Bi'iitiettej The Emperor, France Piciiiid, LongiaDge, Kilc'ock, X-irr thus, Redw'ingj'ihe Freshman, Irish Emigrant, Conductor, Tfid Unknown, Cockatoo, £)'r. Leete, llo fe.t, "%ib worth .', Lass, Ana^s, >' Diaman t, Brottier. to Lady's Maid, Master Bagot, aud WeefteU,.v>; . w ■.• ■. -,/ ,',•■ ':■: : '• Botting.at Starting, 9 to; 2 agst. 'Jealousy, 9 to 2 agst. Anatis, 100 to 15 agst. Master Bagot, 7 t,o tagst. Co.ckatoo,l2 to I agst;. Freshmanj 12,'tb 1 |a : gst The Emperor, 100 to 8 agst. Old Beii jUbej.2u to I agst. Redwing, 33 tv 1 agst, Brunette"', tg' ; l ngst. Coruiuctor. , '. „ ■ . t THE|. iu^ACi,E..'T~The ' liorsos , Were, as usjial. called tp,'Uie.'s,p!ilj'.i>y the Earl pf Sefton, who s'peecUlyrm.iirshjiXred.them "the way. they should go;" only, once was the rank, tin-own into ,dis : order, but the impatient ones were soon brpugli.t. back, and at 10 minutes to 4\ a quarter of^an hour after ; tIW appointed time 1 , the -flag r wafc dropped, aud thcrace commenced. The t Dane, and Xantlius rushed to 'the front. arid slip w£d the way-overHhe jiir&t obstacle, a ditch faced \>y posts and rails. Here, however, the chapter jpf accidents thus~ early commenced; for. Kipw6r,tb Lass, Diamartt, and Longrange refused, and were not coaxed over the fence uutiL tke leaders had farahead, Xanthus carrying his.colo'ursito the fore. On-, entering the ploughed.- land? the Dave, jealousy, t Co<jkatooj. Bridegroom; aridf Redwing being^next in pursuit,' : wiih Bagot in the ruck. The last-mentioned'ani-mal, however, came to grief on ap'proab'hirig the canal sideband took no further part in tße race. On -jenteiing the racecourse' JTealoiisy deprived.. her stable companion, X'a^thjis, ,'bf the lead, Biidegrooui going on 'third v ...with Cockatoo fqurth, the others, with the ,exc/jpti^u pf Dr. Leety and' Brother to Lady's! Maid v 'who were a longwayjiij^ti^ rear, lying.: pretty well together.' Very little" change occurred in ; these positions. untij-after re-en teiingibeTacooo ii rse; when Xautlmsiagaiuwent ahea4j his immediate followers i.being'Vßrutjnette, : Jealousy^ - Ana'tls, jCpckatoq, the Dane,- and Old Ben Roe; >, On they 'went the startingfield to the ditch, just' be/ore- reaching. the, ploughed land, where Oockutob, Dr. Lcefe,' Irish Emigrant, and the Rover ' feH, i<ir aud- A : n : atis bluhde'red, Vau'cl' u§r jokey was sent from, his saddle on'td'heruecfc .Before. lie f ;rect^fed himself 'the 'reading lK}i>*es jwere qujte a'ti.bldia advance, and. im^pprokchv ■ing the racecourse .for the,-; last, ti.in.ft: Jealousy !the Dape,. Rawing, ■Oid, ; Ben.ilp;e,raad 1 Britfe■'groom .o'uly \Veye left jn the..r,aoe.- ,J.eyiousyJecl, iover the'iast'flighp of liurdles, and^miiinfaining jher ad viuteigi- td. tli e • end, : won ' by ' two'' lei) gtii3j •thejsecadU bteatiiig ■ the third by the same 1 distance, "bridegroom was a bad f6ur(;h; Xauthus, Redwrag, aJßPrDlftiiia'ut ; were;n£xt.' ''*" ; '/ ; . • *M,r.iJ,e.nneti's "Jealousy, the' winner *6f^lie ;Eiver i paol i '(y'nVn^ t ' Steeple cbasej' is- 'half; sis'tef ,6f Aut]do|.e, j^ely cl knpoi : ted, and' nbw. ; the^pVo I•;pe»'fy oFiil^ \^{u.', Lunn, . Trelissic V Ftfim,' ;Ponruar :i ' •,'.'.".' '.'.J',.'-i\ vi . : . '^'>-C-- .{?' i;