The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-16 00:00:00

TO Tll2 WITOI OF THE IXPRZINI.

SlN—The strength of the fields at the recent
Worcester and Liverpool meetings displayed how loth were
• straw body of tandem to give over racing for the seers,
the pound being so heavy at both places that it is *unman
the sport, was so well maintained, especially at Liverpool,
which is far away from most training quarters. But the
lease managed to make up a most attractive programme,
and his handicapping, which has so often been deemed
of • partial character, displayed an amount of
talent that deserves especial mention, seeing his
efforts have often met with mote than a fair
share of abuse. For the Flying Handicap, the
Great Autumn Cup, and a six-furlong plate on Friday,
there was but a heed between each of the first three, the
Sefton being even more closely contested, as it was won by a
head, with a dead heat for wood ; then a half-mile spin on
Wednesday was won by a head, and the judge's bat for
the Hurdle race and Knowsley Nursery was • neck only in
favour of the winters; and of the six remaining handicaps
two were woo by half a length and two by a length—results
that would establish the reputation of any adjuster of
weights, and ensure the emcees of any meeting at which be
presided. The Cup proved that he bad not overrated
Blithfield wbea making him give Sib to Golden Pledge, for
the latter failed to run up to the form he had been
supposed to possess, and was beaten a head by hint,
Fairylikr running by far the beet class animal in
the race, as she gave nearly two stone to the winner
sad got scarcely a Mb beating ; but Catch-'em Alive was,
as usual, true to his name, as he deceived everybody by
making a most disgraceful exhibition, foe which it is hard
I to assign a reason, as he was beaten more than half-a-mile
from home, aced ran a very different horse to the Catch-'em
of the Cambridgeshire day, the performances of Summer-
side, Juliet, the Giraffe colt, Despair, kn., subsequent to
which entitled him to at lent run home in the company of
the leading trio, if he could not beat them. The most
startling incidents of the other noes were the clever per-
formances of Cutaway and Comma, the letter of whom won
Lord Stamford his fourth victory at the meeting, and proved
she might have retrieved the fortunes of his stable had she
been started for the Cambridgeshire as well as Limosina. Hie
lordship's horses are pretty heavily engaged at the Shrews-
bury Meeting, which occupies Monday, Tuesday, Wedisseday,
and Thursday with forty different events, sad it is wido-
wed an eadeavonr will be made to make up another card
for Friday. However, forty races ought to be snakiest for
• meeting that takes plain daring the last half of foggy No-
vember, and I even question the policy of providing tea
per diem, when so many of them are short 'pies, which
Lame such delays now-a-days that it can hardly be expected
badness will be over any day until dusk has set in. On
Monday there will be sine items in the card, four of them
being alre before me in a complete form, and three of
these are tithe legitimate sort, chief them is the Carnival
Nursery Handicap, for 2-yr-olds, one mile, for which
Lord Stamford is sure to prove formidable, with
the best of his three representatives (Mehemet's. Diviner,
and New York), the latter " best in," and I an only anti-
;errhis overthrow at the bands of Little Stag, or the
Copp colt, who has a very light impost coosidering
some of his early performances. Foe the Newport Gold
Cup there appears to be nothing capable of beating Fair-
water now ; bet the Battlefield Handicap will pule the
woken, unites Reindeer or Zees ten win. There is •
similar entry for the Stewards' Cup ea Tuesday, the winter
of which it will probably herald. The Shrewsbury Cup,
two miles, has every chance of achieving • success, for
" public running" at Worcester and Liverpool has throw.
no light upon it. Lord Stamford has • trio engaged, we is
the Nursery, viz., Bezehettim, Sea Nymph, and Dusk ; and
with one of these, Magnum Bosom, Blackdown, Stanton,
Earl of Surrey, Captaia Crow, and Donne Cease
in the field, the race ought to be ea exciting se any we
have bad winos the Cambridgeshire. Blackdown is a great
bone, aodatterßlithfield's rooming with Get 13Ib onhis back,
he must be respected with only 7st, for supposing Dusk to
have gone off, end the Earl of Surrey to be among the " pot
wanted" again, there are °sly Skokie and Captain Crow to
beat. Stanton however has 161 b the best of the weights
with him, and the Captaia 181 b, and it is only reseosable to
suppose one of these will prove rather too troublesome.
For the Sslopian Stakes it will be hard to choose between
Alpheus, Glendualt, Persuasion, and the representative of
Mr. Loogfield, the 51b allowance taken by Glesdook putting
hint almost on an equality with the beet of the others, my
only doubt being whether he can beat Alpheus. The legiti-
mate races completed for Wednesday and Thursday only
number three, sod the winaers of these may all be heralded
by previous running, notwithstanding that Someriault and
Despair both look threatening for the Column Handicap,
sad Blarney and Cutaway for the Copal's& Nursery, more
especially the latter.—l am, &c., METEOR.

SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING.
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