The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-11 00:00:00

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Sporting.

TO Tifk: EDITOR 01' "TAE PREbs."

A few words, sir, de rebus Ascoticis.
All must admit that we have had a capital week's
sport, fine weather, large fields, and good horses.
Ariosto opened the ball by defeating Ephesus and
thirteen others for the Trial Stakes, the running of
William Rufus and Lelia being watched with anxiety
by the respective owners of the future winners of the
Hunt Cup and the New Stakes.
nataptan heat Pelion anywhere and everywhere for
the Queen's Vase, and added one to the many proofs
we already possess of the wonderful form of the
Derby winner.
Lady Evelyn, lame before starting (though backed
against the field), cut a bad figure in the Ascot Han-
dicap, which was won easily by Buckthorn, whose vic-
tory must he attributed more to the badness of his
antagonist% than to any gleat merits of his own.
The defeat of IVeathergage for the Four-year-old
Triennial by a horse at least eighteen pounds worse
than himself, as well as t. le running of Defiance in the
Emperor's Cup, testified to the impossibility of bring
ing horses once stumped up hack to their form at
three weeks' notice, or the wish of Mr. Parr.
Frank Butler very nearly succeeded in placing the
Coronation Stakes to General Anson's account,
Catherine Hayes winning only by the shortest of
heads. Her Vbs. penalty probably induced her
Marty to allow a short-run race; had the pace been
Unproved I think she would have won cleverly; but
her sanguine partisans, who, after her Oaks victory,
talked of pitting her against West Australian, must
new be convinced of their error in judgment.
Prlion succeeded in beating twenty-eight of his
t•Aelity-nine opponents for the Hunt Cup, being de-
feated by a horse who, only having started onee in
ltis life, was handicapped in this rare tit the trifling
difference of twentt-sir pounds, and in the great
Western Stakes at thirty• s 1 pounds, the reason for
the addition of the ten pounds, if patent to those who
nfkinsted the weights, being inexplicable to the aver
lightened public.
The Tuo.3 oar old Triennial did not introduce us to
firlyt hi g very rtiluntuble. Meteor will, however, have
e better day.
lord Exeter was rewarded for his perseverance in
bringing his horses to the post by winning the Throe-
year-old Triennial iu consequence of Satin/Mourne
being left behind, after a eentliet with The 'Weer.
who himself did not leave the fray until the ether two
horses Mut got tifty )11rds start.
Thursday produeed ft trimming % ear old in
totocent, who won the New Stakes in Reenter, and a
..Ty fine race for the Emperor's Cup !tempo' Ted
d oegtmt and Stockwell, the former winning by a short,
head. which ought to have been half a length it' he
had kept quite straight at the finish ; the fault, how-
ever, being probably not the horse's but hit jockey's,
who invariably contrives to make every animal he
titles swerve at the end of a severe race. In my
opinion the owner of Teddington may consider
hiun-
sclt' very fiwtmette in having to add another to his
long list of victories, for it' the race had been run ten
days later, or it' Stockwell had net overpowered his
rider, the sideboard of Burghley would have been

euriAcit by another trophy.
Atteot, 'l'hur►lay, June U.

l'imarruh.

ASCOT RACES.—Trysn.tv.

Tit 11.4.1.. STAlik:m of :I ti4iVit. each, with 54.1 added. 14 subs.
Mr. 51are'ti Ariostii (F. Butler) 1
47.iptain Lanier Ephetithi
tiwr.u.srA►r.s of AO goys. each, tier

Mr. Payne's Boer
lnml Eglinton's I.Blllllr a.leal
betting: 11 at►d 7 to I on Itovr, who won in a ranter.
lieu MAJE%II'S I'.►si:, added to a Sworpatakes of tO sovs.
cook IS attbs.

3lr. Thrilusson's Hataplaut (Well,.' 1
Lin' (liftleu'l4 Pelion
...
Astor I lEkliY S f Mil:l4 Of NJ SOVIi. ruck, for threelear•oltli:.
Captain !Am.'s Nintiyhantiner (F. Butler) I
Lord Exeter's Filberi,