The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-25 00:00:00

TIIE 111oN TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.
The market this afternoon was fireu€T, and
there was more disposition to do business, some
of the makers taking more orders than they have
done for weeks past. 5h,4413 anti hoops wre
wanted, and some of the makers refused to accept
11 number of offers at the last contract prices, as
their books were pretty well filled. Working-up
sheets were in much better demand, as some of
the consumers have obtained a considerable ac-
cession of orders for various kinds of dowes.ic
galvftniad work, such as buckets, coal hods,
Tin pkte makers are also busier, :hid best thin
3beetS are being purchased by stampers %Nilo I.re
;:o•iskly employed upon tray- lung trunks. A con-
siderable improvement has taken place in the
•i aid for cotton-tie hoops, and heavy lots of
.rdera have been bookel by tho majority of ti.e
,takers during the last week or up dap,. Gas
tube strip is also more 11:-ked for, but there is
ittlo doing in the heavier eetions, viz.:
tank, and girders, though the two last-namea
ire in more favourable demand than the first-
naincd, Tees and angles are wanted by con-
Aructive people, and pudd!ed bars are being
bought up by the makers of the smaller pages
of iron. Pigs are in fair inquiry. Smelters of
high nhiSS brands will not sell eseept in very
mtoall parcels, and for these they quote their full
rates, from I'3 23 Gd to -£.3 153 being the figures
tor all hut-sir metal. Hematites 0 coid-nlasi
ire being souglA for and prices are being upheld
The commoner ChiAti of iron from the MinlAni
district and part-mine cownion cinder meal
made in South Staffordshire are selling at very
weak prices. Ironstone raised in this district is
almost unsaleable, and coal is in flat demand at
buyers' terms.

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent.)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.

The betting this past week on the " Pitman's
Derby has teen fast. and furious, the Irish candi-
date, Barealdine, coming in ferniest attention down
to sto 2. The. colt Las a great repu.ation in the
Sister Isle, having won the Irish Derby, therefore
6st 101 h is a nice weight for a three-year old to
carry at this time of the y ar, ekpecially with such
credentials. Novice, 7st 91h, trained by Osborne,
and winner of the Great Ebor Handicap last yeer,
is a noted stayer, likewise the money for which she
has been supported emanated from the right source,
consequently I must have her on my side amongst
a lot to heat .the field. Alyceure, last 3 car's winner,
is not badly tre,ted, still not having reen her out
:his se,son I shall not row in the same boat with
her. Prudhomme. on his running in the Chester
Cup and Ascot Stakes must be handy, especially
after Retreat's form. Rielotto, trained by Green, of
Beverley, who has also Mars and Olivetta engaged,
should find a fair representative on the day, which
I think will be Ridotto. Triumvir, 5 yesis old, sst
121 b, won the Northumberland Spring Plate, and
if be can stay the exti a half mile he might again
set his light weight home. Peek Ivis two engaged.
The best should he Incendiary, although Sirdar,
the swell hunter, is spoken of as the best of the two.
Lawminster won this week at Beverley, and Bonnie
D.oon looks like having a spin. Dominic, 4 years
old, 6st 91b, night cause a, surprise, but at present
shall txpeet to see Incendiary, Prudhomme,
Novice, and Itidotto to furnish the wiener, and if
all wae iht in Peck's stable I F-hould plump for