The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-21 00:00:00

TO TII IDITOI or Ti! :truss.

Str.,—Pstroutao! for the sake of the racing alone,
the Doocaster heeling presents totally different character-
istics to in.,. oto,r sal.le at 4180111, Ascot, and Goodwood ;
for although the million attends in quits as strong force as
it doei..4 Need., ti.e bole object appears to be to participate
in the uatioual pa.tilue. The crowd. proceeding to ai.d
from toe Town Moor or the St. Leger day would be coon-
sidered almost allied by • Cockney but for the about& of the
vehicle thivers, sod the Amax* of all fun and Indic, would
ruslie Tote a gloom' individual of him lung before the day
wag ma, and palliate drive him to the task of withering
every .outer, instead of concentrating his excitement ou
the nee ot the day, and filling up the remainder of the time
in looks e after the inner man. It is an undisputed fact
that eo previous anniversary of the Doncaster September
meeting brought together such • vast emicourse of people
n that just totichuied, and the gathering was equally suc-
cessful trees many other points of view, an rain kept off, no
matter bow it might have threatened, and the "big events"
were sr popular with owners of horses as ever, the St. Leger
bringing together a larger field than it bad hitherto done
since s 3::. The Greet Yorkahire Handicap, Portland Plate,
and Cup. were also full of interest, and if there was a falling
off aura bete it was in the two-year-old contests, although
the snalluosii of the bald for the Champagne was io some
measure compensated for by the surprise the result created,
the two crack filthy.. of the year— Leads and idle de l'Air—
having been beaten so easily by Ely at the finish that to
account for it afterwards was utterly impeeeible, after the
performance of Ely in Thursday's Sweepstakes, as he was
there one of the tint beaten, and always behind Primly
Arthur (beaten in a canter by Linda at York). who exhi-
bited co improvement when staffer* Coast Guard to beat
him with the greatest of ease. idle de too,
finished before Ely, whose ignominious defeat must be
attrilaited to his inability to " come" a second time so soon
after being amiss, which he undoubtedly was when beaten at
Wiechoder. Still, even supposing be had not been pulled
sot a second time, Coast Guard's would have appeared the
better perfortnaoce of the two, and an he was not quite It,
be may be said to have run the beet two-year-ohs of the
season at prompt, moderate as was the form he displayed
at York, where he was beaten by Apennine, and only
maaaged to get home • heed before Syron. The
latter was defeated by Saragossa for the Filly Stakes,
bet must have woe, nevertheless, had she not
been disappoiuted and run against not far from home.
Persuasion, in a sweepstakee,run for on Wednesday, also
displayed an improvement, as she beat Light cleverly, and
the two were before the " noisy" Livingstone, who never
looked like winning in any part of the race. Lady of
Coverliam, Midnight Maas, Crisis, and Harvest Mall, were
also among the beaten oees ; and as the two last-named
subsequently ran first sod second in the Nursery. giving
weight to nearly everything, while Lady of Coverham
had finished a lair third to Carnival and Johnny Arm-
steceg for the mile Fitewilliam Stakes, there is evidently
something good is Persuasion. The indifferent figure cut
ha Midnight Moos further displayed the moderate character
of the juvenile's running at the Newmarket July Meeting,
where ha was neck-sod-neck with tee two best, Cambusaui
end 6,fittioli Chief ; and as both these were virtually pat
out or toe Derby when the Chief was beaten so easily by
Tills de l'Air at Goodwood, they look even worm
after the latter's two defeats here, while Linda's over- :
throw detracts somewhat from the prestige of Paris.
The performances of the 3-yr-olds at the meeting were so
well in accordance with previous running that they require
very little notice ; and to see the second for the Derby
frith the winner out of it) and the winner of the Oaks ob-
taining first and second places in the St. Leger must have
proved eminently satisfactory to the upholders of " public
form," which was still further vindicated when Borealis
finist ed the same distance behind Queen Bertha that she did
in the Oaks; and had not Golden Pledge been disappointed
when coming round the bead into the straight, he would
have certainly finished as close to Borealis as the perform-
soon of the two animals with Change and Trust warranted
everyone in looking forward to, and an it was, only
two lengths separated them. The Cup, too, oonfiroyed
the result of the St. Leger, as Macaroni, after
beating Lord Clifdeo • bead in the Derby, was bound to
beat Queen Bertha just about as far as be did ; and when
Lord Cation beet Borealis half • length instead of four
lengths and • half in the Doncaster Stakes, we had the
" big race" over again, for there was 91b additional weight
between them. The question, nevertheless, remains au
open one as to whether Macaroni or Loyd Clifden is the
champion three-year-old of 1863, soda second meeting be- ,
tween the two would be about the greatest event of modern
times, for the excitement would rival the memorable Flying
Dutchman and Voltigear match. Neither did the Bt.
lager satisfactorily settle whether the Ranger's Paris per-
formance with La Tumours, or that at York with Old
Orange Girl, were the true index of hie quality, I
as be broke down half • mile from home with ,
his head in front of everything ; and a similar'
fate having befallen Avenges after be had travelled about
a mile without ever having been exteaded, we shall I
sever be able to know how much he had trained on since
Ascot The friends of Lord Clitden must consider themselves
formate is these two accidents having happened ; for, with
Ike line the Avenger party had, both in public and private
trials, they are entitled to believe he would have won as
sot only did he beat the third for the St. Leger. Boreal* I
in the commonest of canters at Asaot. bet at this latter I
meeting his companies, Oneeander, proved himself quite the
equal of Queen Bertha; ad when Avenger was so infinitely
superior to Demander at home, there is evarytbiog to mime
in his not having kept on his legs, for be was bound to have !
run first or wood.

Borealis did sufficient to be entitled to every respect for
the Csinbridgesbire Stakes with 7st 11b, and 1 the other
'emits some light was thrown upon the Ceearewitcb,
for Drummer Boy in the Great Yorkshire Handicap, and
Jask of Hearta in the Queen's Plate, proved their pretensions
to be formidable, tied their two stables (J. Godding's and
Drewitt's) mast be very dangerous in the race. Polynesia
is the Cleveland Handicap also displayed good Cambridge-
shire focal ; but it was palpable when the acceptances were
Beads public on Tuesday tenons, that both crests were
" open " as ever, and there will be come heavy hotting upon
them op to the fast, an immense number being already in
the market. So many are backed, however, who will be
pat together at home some day, that it is beat not to analyse
either race • sad as neither of the current week's meeting.
ere of gener.al importanoe, I do sot deem it necessary to dos-
ser them.—l am, Ica., METEOR.