The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER RACES--Wmmrlana•r.
THE CUP DAY. •
NotivithstrusdPer the general decline of the Chester meth
lag, and the almost lamentable 'sabred! the Cap Tads
exaibited. time appeared to be little Iles toluene token
the "greed " mast among the mimes than in its e '
days. Hot it was plain that the Cup day was custom opals
its former pea*, and amen the profeetheal I
um the thorithece of this are greet race was • sarA
at remit tad rage* Nothing math possibly ham heel
more ibili and tame than the promediags ea Toady
• obi
.the sport was eartnudy aot am grades=
bowie third-rata country meeting. Apart from
bath weight, and her joint victories over Blackstone and
md Ifammis, thensimale engaged in the Chester Cup were,
with a few exceptions, of the very wont quality ever 111
dilations& for an 'immodest race. Our racing readers •
not seed to he reminded of the high position whisk
.4 Chester Cap occupied, and the enormous *monist of bet • '
which took place thereupon. On the present %naive/sat
however, speculation has bees from time to time p
"si dead letter," the cunning ot, Stradella at Newmark
balite' leceglit etting twits lioal crisis of *Manahan Jin
the *pleat of all turf practitioners the defeat of the
French mare was regarded as an impossibility, and " the
prophets and tipsters" with one unanimous voice de-
clared the lunwlicap to be the politest "certainty" ever
known. Towards the claw, however, Caller Oa, Asteroid,
and the Plover were backed for such large sumo that the
bookmakers somewhat rewired, sod began to think thek
after all Stradella might tot win. How far they were juis
tided in this inference will be found by the malt recorded
below. The daimon of the proceedings overnight at tie
40.4210k..z00m wee ungerelleled, end it was plain that
the glories"' of the Chaster meeting and its imps
ail-absorbing Cup had departed. Betting was bet
languidly transacted, and wee only noteworthy for
the firmness of the three favonrites—Stradeth, kr
tentid, and Caller Olt ead the growing divinities In
!mar of Mr. Jackeoe's Mem, Haddington, about whom pe
Meths mil to 1 would have bees takes as midnight. htfeEt
• Jarga number of betters wore looking forward, to Ns.
Jackson to help them out of their embiumaimmte, as he
had does in the previous year with Tun Whither.. Star
della's followers, however, would not be deeded, and a
the last bet taken in the room overnight waivileol. .to =
about the French mare, the backer, a vethknown pliant
*clonal, acting to accept the same odds to 500 i. Thegzi
morning opened somewhat dull and cloudy, and, ss usual,
the old city was aroused by the tramp of crowds
of Vagabonds through the " gabled rem," • mid
the noises in the shorts swelled into A roar
shortly after the breakfast hour the vociferatioo;
of the numerous card sellers mug above all other sounds.
By noon the principel street, were so crammed with people,
that pedestrianism became a hatardous and dangerous
business, while the ineerant arrival of special braise op-
i Cooed to increase the multitude. A leap crowd congre-
gated in the vicinity of the subscription-room, bat there
was none of that feverish anxiety to learn the latest Math of
the odds which was so strikingly manifest in
anniversaries. It„had appmeotly become the fasPri:fdt
that Stradelis must win, and her operatic name was
ulna everybody's tongue. The morainal transathoos
in the betting-room were ague of a most limited nature.
Oa impairing of the bookmaking division we found that the
followtag quotidian represented the latest state of the
betdeg :—thi to 40 opt Strad/lb (offered), 9 to 2 apt
Caller Oa (Mime), 7 to 1 aget Asteroid (taken), 8 to 1 apt
Heddingtea (taken), 100 to 9 apt The Plover (taken), 20
to 1 ems Gardener (taken), 20 to I most Fits Avon (token),
20 to 1 apt Onnkald (taken), and Xi to 1 apt IL Philippe
(taken). Slight ode fell at noon, sod overcoats
' were in general request, the atmosphere being damp and
anything but agreeable. motraming strikingly with the
bright tomtits' of the previous day.
The said contained seven races for decision, and the fact
of the Cep hay* bat faarteee "coloured " was an un-
' ease/arable indication of the signal failure of the handicap.
Ten tributes pest two o'clock was fixed upon for the tint
nee—the Members' Plate- but before that hour rein

began to fall heavily', and the ring duriort e delay
at the post precasted a forest of umbrellas. As
will he soma from our report, the favourite and
Fordhani won the opening event, the old Lawyer coming
out once more in his old ' form," and although he got coo-
, aidenbly the worst of the start, he won at last cleverly by
half i length. Only three runners wan telegraphed for
the nett ran, the Handicap of :0 son., which event
gems of Tromp., with 4to 1 betted on er, won in a
canter. Rain fell very heavily during the race, and between
this and the Cup it came down • perfect "drencher." From
, Use fourteen runners on the card only twelve cane to the
I post, the *chief abileotress 'being Bea Webster (So. :1) and
Midillewatch (No. 14). Betting at the &deb promoted
no noteworthy change, as will be found is the detailed
report given below. The ram Itself was distla-
Ettby so topeciel feature*, lout Stradella, the
a, Wier armed to possess a chance, sod from the
Uwe into the straight only Asteroid, Haddingtoo, and
Oesrielser were oft a with absolute prospects oil MOM.
eat Joseph Elawim's greed old bores, 1
menet* in the most
pliant trawat to the shall/sore of Wells within a few
MMus of tits Asir. woo &lowly by a yea, Oho ma* dim-
lassielPeletlag tßudeter been Hada ogton. Strodeos was
ant Me oiedgy earn{ formidable: aoil, 'echoed, from
start to Intsb, she seemed utterly outpaced, Um rues being
nut at a veritable "choker." Asteroid's SOOCOM ,was re-
aired with treemeorlous Cheerio& sod the /performance is
unquestionably rinapf.tiss beat on record. Well, rode pith
/ coosummate potence sod jedgmeet, and this brilliant horse.
MINI WM 124,01, More entitled to popular applause. Sir
I Jeer: :wisp wise, it le said, about 15,00134 The followlog
lan ' 0( the running:
1 ?RIR/Unglue PI:ATI of 60 am:, Wiled to • sooepitokoo