The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-23 00:00:00

The Lincoln programme is of fair proportions, fire con-
tests being proposed for each of the two days, seven of
which have closed with capital entries and acceptances,
three of them being for jumpers, and the meat noticeable
feature of these is the fact of Satellite, the favourite for the
Liverpool Grad National, being in both the Grand Steeple-
chew and Hurdle Race. That Mr. Land will allow his
rivals to get a measure of the crack in the first-named
struggle is rather improbable ; but the horse ia pretty
certain to perform over the hurdles, as he is handi-
capped with the best of everything except Sinking
Fund, whose stable is also formidable for the Grand
Steeplechase, although neither of its three can-
didates can lay claim to being so promising as Heads or
Tails, whose form, when hat seen in public, was very little
behind that of Wee Nell. A 2-yr-old race and a steeple-
chase at one meeting seems somewhat, mat-apropos; but it ,
must be borne in mind the legitimate season is not supposed
to commence for another month, and the good entry ob-
tained for the Brocklesby Stakes shows that item to be
popular enough, Z 7 different owners being represented by
the 31 entries The Frenchmen have only La Medora en-
tered, and J. Osborne, who generally has a " cut in" for
this stake, stands with his heavily-engaged and highly-bred
Lord Adolphus ; although where the winner will come from
is a question that cannot fairly be entertained until the
competitors are seen at the starting-post. The Trial
Stakes has only two good performers in the entry.
Comet and Bauman*, the latter having the beet of
the weights, which stand as under :—Manrioo and the Fax-
=lett* colt, 4 yn, Bst 31b each ; Prologue and King Christ-
mas, 4 yrs, Sat each ; Comet and Ripley, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
each ; Aloibiade (French), 6st 131 h ; Sauveraine, the Dinah
filly, and Dulls, 6st 101 b each. The Frenchman is "dark,"
but may be an useful animal, his pedigree being A 1, and
he is the only opponent Sauveraine ought really to fear,
supposing the ha prize to be tempting enough for her
owner. The lot in the City Handicap is so thoroughly
bad that it is approaching to madness when attempting the
discovery of a champion good enough to stand upon, and
one of the 3-yeer-dds may prove successful, one of the
light weights, Invasion, having good looks to recommend
Mm, and he has a great advantage in being under Godding's
can, seeing what his stable has done at early spring meet-
ings in previous years. The Lincolnshire Handicap has
a not much better class of horses entered, and con-
sequently Libellous, the pick of the lot, must be perticularly
dangerous when in at Bst Mb, as at this time of the year the
weight place' him at but 51b disadvantage with the "fee-
' thereat " 3-n olds. Were Hubert himself, Misfortune in-
tended, or bquire Percy sound, his task might be considered
too head an one ; but with all three questions very open
ones at this writing, I cannot discover a more trustworthy
ally than Libellous, who left off in the best of form last sea-
son, and has wintered remarkably well. Misfortune is in
the City and Suburban Handicap at 18Ib less weight, and
there is no oertainty about what will be done with her, so
that Squire Percy must become my second string, a " broth
down" bMng all that his party fear.—l am, ka.