The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-12 00:00:00

TO TIM EDITOR OF FEZ amass.

Six,—The twenty-nine races proposed, the fifteen
already completed, and the eight matches that have
mot yet fallen to the ground, will keep everybody " going"
on Newmarket-heath from Monday morning until Friday
afternoon, as we may anticipate at least eight or nine con-
tests each day, the Cenarewitch, Clesrwell, Prendergast,
and Select Stakes forming great items in the programme.
Other events are certain to torn out rufficientlf interesting
for the excitement to be maintained throughout the meet-
ing, great importance always attaching to the C,eaarawiteh
"trial" Plate on Monday, and the A. F. Handicap Plate on
Thursday (generally a good Cambridgeshire criterion) ; and
should the Frenchman, Son Champ, perform in the Clear-
well or Prendergast Stakes, there is every probability of
another favourite for the Derby of 1864 coming to light.
Monday's dosed races, however, are of the dullest descrip-
tion, one of the two sweepstakes appeuiog very like a walk
over for Curator, while for the other Linda rem certain to
beat Yamuna when in receipt of 31b, the latter requiring a
longer course than the last half of Ab. M. Lord Glasgow's
three matches are out of my latitude, and the others are of
no moment, it being merely necessary to remark that Tom.
foolery and Confidence base the best of Ostentation and
Southport in their short spins.
On Tuesday there is a match between Lord Burleigh and
Garotter, at only 251 b for the two years, which gives the
youngster the wont of it; and the Royal Stakes
is virtually but a match between Barter and
Columba, the latter for choice. The Cherwell Stakes.
for two-year-olds, T. Y.C., has a worse lot of public
performers engaged than any great two•year.old event that
has come off this season, Crisis, with her 31b penalty, being
the best 1 have had an cpportuaity of seeing, although Son
Champ is entitled to more favourable consideration, as his
reputation was always good, and his Paris performance was
a very creditable one. The Cc' earewitch Stakes, two miles
and a quarter, promises an exciting race, Lioness, Limoaina,
Drummer Boy, Emblem, Umpire, Summerside, Jack of
Hearts, Blackdown, Romanoff, Fantail, Twilight, Sandford,
Wingrave, Bhtliffeld, and Bkodin all appeasing to bare
some mooey behind them ; and thus, even supposing Oak.
apple, Buckenhani, Hurricane, Myrtle, the Serf, Thelestris,
end Melandra to be hors de eviribat, as the market would
inchoate, there will be plenty of " live 'tins" at the post,
while such outsiders as Harlequin, Captain Crow, Change,
Benjamin Reel Jam, the brother to Springbok, Wal-
pole, and Venison will do their best for the fielders,
if they reach the starting poet, which is not at all impro-
bable. Oariebrook might also run to assist Fantail, and
Tolson), 0114 re Arnie, Silkstone, and Bsrohettlna perform
the like aloes for Twilight, Drummer Boy, Summered*,
and Limaeina, their stable companions, roaderieg it pos-
sible for the runners to muster some &need-treaty strong,
is despite of the gloomy forebodings that the field will be a
bad one. Of the lot of fifteen first-named as having the
best money behind them, Wiograys, Blackdown, Fasted,
Blithlield, and Moodie have considerably the worst of the
weights, and the most favoured of them mere be nearly
201 b better clam animals than Drummer Boy sod Lioness to
win, swag the latter are in receipt ofon=lit, although
a year &der • and I doubt the "ty of Bo-
ossooff or Sandford to run Drummer Boy at 91b
and Illb respectively, for they have performed
but moderately, and Romanoff mug have improved
very suddenly in his new quarters to beat his quondam
stable companion. Liroceios, who merely conceder him the
plaa
wesght for the year, and has only her sex the
worst it. Jack of Hearts and Bainteerei& are, in fact,
the only 3-jvcilds looking capable of competing with Drum-
mer Boy Limas, and Litooeins, the hest of the 4-7-olds ;
and pother of the old horses cen lay claim to having any
advantage over them, for Lemnos meets Twilight, and Em-
blem Drummer Boy and Lioness, about on aa equality, and
Umpire has from 3lb to 131 b the worst of it with all three.
The batter is, nevertheless, of a selleisetly superior doe to
beaten timed he will bat take it into his bead to ; and when
-nesting Jaok of Hearts at racing weights, and Sommerslde
with but a 71b dimadvantage, there would be nothing sur-
prising is his emomplishisg what he so signally failed to do
en the het annionsary of the 08111111Wii16114 aeon when be
has improved both in form sod temper. He rum untried,
and on Eat secermatt Lallolllll4 Emblem, Drummer Boy,
Lioress, sad Suanseridde, who have done all that has
hem asked of them, are much the better &rewrites. The
friar lastesesed have the heat of the weights with all the
others is the market, and it is policy to look for the winner
among the lot, with Umpire still nocortais in hie temper,
and Twilight a doubtful stayer ; my vote being in favour
ere Sumer and Drummer Boy, is seem of their
Wrier at thasesperforrood moth letteris pa then either
Emblem as UM*" and quite as valise the heavier weighted
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Oa Wednesday Wiagrave will have • hard task before
him in hie match with Beowsley over the D.Y., but be
should just about accomplish it, if the Osearewitch struggle
dam not hurt him, for a horse that weld give Am of Clubs
a stow so clover! se he did at Epsom most be about the
best of his year. For the Select !Stakes Carnival is ca
of beating all comers, the beet of hie opponent bang
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peadiad and sot likely to put in an appearenes ; and any
am that ma finish near to him out of Homan Bee, Port
Royal, Calmest* and fkuumerside will stand a fair
shams for the Cambridgeshire. Anningtoo sad Caracas
might prove the best of the moderate lots engaged in the
Bedford and Beaufort Stake', and the Criterion Course
Sweepstakes moat fall to Fills Se Filiz, seeing how Linda
as the sums hill het meet*.
8171rdureday's list is bet a skeletons as yet, sad of the two
items isompleta, nee--a 500 son. Sweepstakes—is a walk
over for mitader. Half of the dome is the Bretby
Beak's, however,
_may contest that prim wheel Itigolboche's
is the best form ±emblyed, for it will net require a first.
ohm two-ye sr-old to beat her.
The programme for Friday is a heavy ow, and even
should the Match come to nothing, end the 200 son.
Sweepstakes resolve itself into a walk over far Practitinier,
there will be plenty to do. The Free Handicap Sweep-
stakes should be amid settled by the Cemarawitch, us
which both Fantail and Jack of Heise will run, and ka-
doilerttrristeasises to compete with the best of them will
on the performance of his stable companion, Drum-
mer Boy, who beat bim in a "triaL" For the 100 eon.
Sweepstakes Becky Sharpe may just beat Bigolboche and
tiniest of Mr. Alszaeder s, sad if anything IS to overthrow
her it meat be one of the Sib-allowed lot. The Prender-
gast Stakes, for two. ear-olds, T.Y.C., is a much richer
prise thee the l ; and if the Frenchmen were to
reserve Bee Clump for it, he would have little to fear
heyeed the " dark " division, it being • question whether
I Outlaw masa beat all the public hones, in defiance of his
pawky, and he is sot a clipper.-1 am, km,
METEOR.

TAIIERSALL'B.--Serueneir.
Accord's( to custom the Saturday just preceding a greet
race meeting ban" extra" day at Hydelarlinorrier, and
se the Second October stands second only is importance to
the Finn Spriog Meeting, the general interest attaching
thereto is always enfikeent to sense an immense einemblag•
of all of racing men to the great West-sod turf mart.
Early in the afternoon the one approach to the subscripties
roan pretreated a scene of excitement which was so doubt
heightened by the warm " rushee " made in the City during
the fcessiooa, and the consequent aoxiety to know the
latent neovsniesta en the grand event of the coming week.
' The bonus, of the afternoos conunimeed with settling on
the pest week's owing, which haring bees got over &Uni-
ties was termed to speculation es future events—the
Osearewitoh Wag the all abacerbing object of speculation.
Lioness amintoined the position which she so firmly held in
the City in the morning, and so warmly was she
supported that daring one period of the afternoon
Hitler as 9 to 2 was taken about beg, sad such wap the
sereeeteese of beckon to " get on" that the tapirs felt
compelled to thermse the addle half a point, at which price
the mare left off with plenty of takers. Unionise, had
also a strait party at her beck, but, notwithstanding the
conceded prestige of the "light blue," sto 1 was offered
without a reveries, bat not until several investments were
made at half • point more. Drummer Boy could scarcely
Inlaid to go so well, as although 9 to 1 was takes sbout
him, his friends stood out for 10 to 1 at the thank. Sum.
morn& " came " ouch a hos 'us is betting circles in the
morning that there was unusual to know at what
price she would be put up at the West, sad the moment
her case was coeutiooed the " rush " wee repeated.
and after several "pots were entrusted to her at 100 to 6,
she wee backed at leeseuing prices until she Gamily left off
at 100 to 8, takes freely. Blockdowa sad Jack of Hearts
would have bees each supported at 20 to 1. but
100 le 6 was the highest offer. The only features of the
Oesahridgeskin were the firmnein of Exchequer and the
advanced Itummerside, 100 to 6 being the 'milled price ob-
taiaable about the latter. The like odds were taken about
Liseoeina, there being • lurking suspicion that the ''short
race" is her intended journey. 500 to 10 was lakes about
Claremont for the Derby. Closing prima :