The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-21 00:00:00

SPOTTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE WARWICK HUNT MEETING.
TO THE =ma 07 THR EXPWIL

Ste,—The meetings following the winding up one
at how-quarters have all done so well that it te almost
unfair to continue calling them illegitimate, as the eleePle-
chasiog had nothing to do with their success, this being but
a poor ingredient in the sports dished up. Shrewsbury was
especially independent of them, sad it u quite possible that
in future years the cross country (?) affairs will be abolished,
and the " legitimate" adhered to, the evade on the flat
being so well supported that Mr. Frail could well stand on
them if be adhered to his present system of conducting the
business, or. rather, improved upon it, by commencing
on Tuesday iostsadof Monday. andfinishing on Friday "for
certain." The getting up of an impromptu day's racing
after the advertised programme barn been got through does
the meeting no good, lam certain, for it only Mists out
those elements that once brought Shrewsbury Races into
each disrepute. and the sport is always so tame as to detract
not a little from the brilliancy of the e. Let week
there were some rare domes on Monday, Tuesdsy. and Wed•
Deadly; itudlinder, Lord Burleigh, Heeper, My Mary,
Cambuisean, Attract:lop. Coup d'Etat, Persuasion, Prescrip-
tion, Faith. lloulsey, Warrior, and Paris, who are all about
" first class" at their own distance, giving the lookers-on a
taste of their quality ; and the two-year-old running of At-
tack' and Catalogue was most interesting, the latter's not
having been enered for the Oaks, nor the colt in
for the Derby, being something to regret. To notice the
performances of their elders is hardly necessary here,
those of Canibuscan and Ihrellioderbeing merely remarkable
for their extreme brilliancy ; and so few " list" noes are
completed in the Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt Meet-
ing, judiciously set for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
nest, that my letter must necessarily be a brief one. The
Denningtoo Handicap, three-quarters of a mile, should bring
out the best field of the week, even in the probable abreact,
of Lord Stamford.' Gemma and Gownsman, the other pro-
mising candidates engaged consisting of Birdhoder. Coup.
d'Etat, Crytheia, Walloon' Voluptu, and Handley
Cross, who are all adapted to the distance,
and are very evenly handicapped together. Still, there
seems no stopping Birdfinder now, and if be can give the
two stone required to Voluptus another victory may be
added to big score. For the Nursery Handicap, over the
same course, Catelogue, Auditor, Discretion, and Viceroy
ought to beat the field ; and in giving the palm to Catalogue
toy greatest doubt is whether she an give Ifilbs to Discre-
*toe, who is a very fair filly. The Crest Autumn Welter
Cup, one mile, would be almost at the mercy of Jaroicoton,
were he in the same form as when be won the Rona Handi-
cap at Epsom, giving ~Jlbs to several of his oppoeents,for oo
thatiforrn be could very easily give 1' lb" to Merry Maid and
9lbs to Knave of Trumps, and also settle the preteadoes
of Twilight when in receipt of nibs, thee. being
the cream of the others. His last performaocce,
however, have not been very satisfactory; aid, failing
his being up to the mark the preference is due to Twilight.
ThelGreatallidland Counties Handicap, twomiles, look4like
a "certainty" for Dr. Syntax, after his brilliant Queen's
Plate performance at Shrewsbury, for be carries fist 91be
only, and has only to run kindly (which he does noisalways
do) to win as easily as Oldmiu.ter would do with rat. A
spin between Viceroy and Anadyomene is but a second heat
of the match they ran at Shrewsbury, for the weights and
distance are the 'ewe ; and a " near thing" it is bound to
be, as Viceroy only won on the post by a head—which he
might hare made more, however, bed Cannon called on
him sooner, and as the Warwick course will suit him better
than Shrewsbury he is worth standing again. There are
upwards of a dozen other events „on the Hat " to come off,
all except the Tallyho Stakes being unclosed; but they
will not prove so exciting as the minor affairs at Shrews-
bury did, and the jumping races do not look very promising,
those already completed forming too dangerous arouod
for me to tread upon.-1 am, Sc., METEOR.