The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-18 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE EPSOM MAO= MEETING.

TO Till tones or MIX atrassa.
8111,—The immense number of horse. Under
orders for, or already at Epsom, will guarantee the general
Warren of
the meetiog, but little more rain being re-
quired to moths the running ground in capital order, and
there will not be one drawback to complain of. The in-
creased facilities for reaching the scene of operations will
deo serve to make the attendance on the Derby day un-
precod,,,,tedly great, if the weather does not prove a
damper and Mr. Dimling has issued his usual attractive
programme, five of the six races set for Tuesday being of
the most interesting character, as two or three
is the " off day," Thursday, likewise promise to
turn out. Thus the excitement will not be allowed
to flag at all during the four days. independently of the
Derby and Oaks, which will be worth about 7,11004 and
5,0601. respectively, there are twenty-three minor prises to
be picked up, their swept. value being between 4,0001.
and 3,0004 ; and something like 1,800/. is to be won la
Tuesday, when the Woorloote Stakes, for 2-yr-olds, six
furlongs, will be the mind* item in that day's card. It
has often brought to light • great favourite for the Derby of
the following year, and the sixty subscribers are tare to
comprise more than one " flyer " that has yet to come oat
in public ; but none have been heard of up to the present
time, and Molly Carew is so formidable that she may
frighten about half of her most dangerous opponents
from the poet, and beat the other half. The Brighton
Stakes, six furlongs, Harlock's stable, might secure,
ler the aid of Southport, 5 yrs, lot 71b, Spies-
box., 6 yrs, fiat 61b, being about the best of the
others, if he has any form left. The Roos Handicep, one
supposing Seemander, 3 yrs, let 81b, to be out of it
(and he is pretty mirth not borne), has been well adjusted,
and there are some first rate animals among the acceptors,
including Gardener, 5 7st 71b, Aoe of Clete, 4
amend
Mir 71b, Balim. 5 yrs, 7st, • wood, 3 yrs, let 131 b, and
Miss ArmAney 3 yea, fist 111 b. The latter carries a lot of
money for the Oalm, sad mud be very near winning ; still
she is meeting Balkan& with overly • dope the word of the
weight., sod the coarse is so much to his liking that he may
best the filly, eves supposing she can win the Oaks. The
Heathoote Plato, half a mile, has one of the best *Maim
ever saes for • 501. prise, Captain Christie having
engaged both Mies Julia and Lady Clifden, Bst 21b,
each, who are opposed by Twilight at the isms
weight, King of the Fond and Wellsod at list 7th
each, and Livingstone at 7.1 101 b. The latter is
very fast, bet has all the wont of the weights, which it is
easy to passive the three mazes have all the best of ; and
the race &Wild be au exciting one beeween Twilight and
=lChris:We selected, the latter for choice. The Craven
lmorton Stake' have yet to close.
On the Derby Day the minor items will gamma no M-
ete Town and Sentinel Plate being worth but
Ereach. Merry Maid, 4 yrs, sst 131 b, is the only tempt-
ing bait for the first-named, while the Brighton Handiap
should settle the other. The Manor Plate and Burgh
Stakes close overnight; sod the fifth event to fill up the
card is the Derby Stakes, for 3-yr-olds, one mile and • half.
A larger number of animals than usual are in the market,
and the field promises to be above the average, if the num.
hers do not exceed those of last year (34, the largest on re-
cord), the following being the most likely to make up the
field :
Ridden by Ridden by
Lord Clifden Yordham Donnybrook & Rogers
Macs:vont Challoner Baldwin
Brochsrometer lidwards Cairmastle Corey
War Watkins Stockman
J. Adams Jarniootonort2ll- Harrison
ling of the Vale Ashmall bustler Pratt
Tom Fool
/amender bouree c Sidi:sett
Ranger
Bational Gaited Snowden Odes the First .. Sharp
lady MI W. Boyce Avenger Roper
Ming of Utogia.. H. Ortmehaw Splitvote c Drewe
Golden Pledge .. Osborn. fkockowner Clay
Paiatastte
Avondale
Trojans' Widely Donkokl Breirtey
Bine Meade.... Daley
TambovMabee- Wells Countess
It to bin doubt whether Custance will ride Fm-
Seeds, Th
om Fool, or Seaniander ; and the difficulty of Sad-
ie' a good jockey for the three will be • great one, if left
too long, is all the meek anthem are already scoured, and
unless or or two pat ea Meal outsiders are given up at
the Let immased their eases will be is • dilemma. The
first fifteen in the above Mt are .11 hocked for " geed
money" up to the preheat writing. or have the best of per-
fortuanore to recommend shwa ; •dI shall confine my re-
marks to them, hardly tGlarrig *MO le myth* like
another Caracticua in the renaaaandise, the esly awned
nob a surprms being Bine Mande and Duakeld, as Noes of
the others have run "in aed, ont," like lest year's inner,
and the latest pedonnances of those two worthies were
thoroughly bad. Tiojams, Tambour Major, and Doonybrook
havebeen • long time in the market, but are millet the ex-
hemepries of 1010to1, which says oothing in their favour even
engipseing the immedide friends think they have • chance ;
and some el the Mimes are believed to poems the least pre-
tensions to videcy. Of the lb ithiak the irku to be really
between (all of which are peddle Wessel Lord Clifdea,
Gillis, Tom Fool, ficarrander,lfatieeel Gerard, Hedy Purl,
Golden Pledge, sad Avondale bare not run this year, while
Ming of the Vale sag Reaps did not figure in public leg ;
nod at the madames of lest Nilsson thine that had per-
formed in &M rate des were handicapped by me thus :
et lb et le
Lord Cllfden
lavabammoter
8 10 Golden Pledge
ra=rGuard 3 8 Avondale 3S.
lady Peet
Believing Fantasia, would sever stay a thus-year-rid
wens, and that Macemod, when beaten on his solitary
exhibitton. was sot fit to run, I did not dare to haadiesp
either ; sad MOW and Seernaider, from • want of
Moe, had ran se indifferently, that it wasindifferently, imposeT eln
111•1111111111110 with any degree of emuney, as it is also now,
fertilely have not been brought oat snot After Maccarom's
with Valentine is the Craven week, when ana-
rwistrffithe Two Thousand, be was put down as capable of
tarrying about Bst bib with the above ; and seeing how wall
rag of the Vale ran with him when not in tip-topconditioa
he that rode, he is entitled to about the same weight The
Banger, agais, won his nee in the Craves week cleverly
'sough to be pet ea en equality with his Majesty, for he
ran quite mpregmed ; and the the friends of Gdlie, Sea-
minder, sad Yeatestio, if they are really bathing them out.
eight, mud have diesmend by their trials that they ere
arable of eampettag milk the twelve best public performers
in the Duchy, whim I measure thee :
at lb st I
9 S
ly o Guard
IS Purllsr
310 her of Utopia
820 Toss Pool
3 le Golden Pledge
810 Avondale
Bang thee the friends of Gillis and Samaria
are very marine of amens, I mod include them in the
dangerous didden ; sell, public form is always the safest
to follow, andse the above dozen, looking at the market,
appear to have done well (with the exception of National
Guard, and he has more friends than enemies, after all),
Bospodar having been tried since the Two Thousand for his
sunning therein to be all wrong, Ist the above weights repre-
sent my opinion as to the probable result of the rain At the
same time, I mud remark that Lard Clifden is handicapped
71b better than his two-year-old running would warrant, on
amount of he giving pinnies of improving more than any
other bone; sod if he has net fulfilled this promise, Sac.
Marometer, who will run • better horse than he did in the
Two Thousand, may just beat him.
On Thursday there are two walks-over threatened, Re-
volver having the Shirley Stakes, for thrmyearokle, and
lec7dee the Four-year-old Stakes, at their mercy ; and
newly all the other events depend on previous running,
Molly Owew, Sieben Queen of the Vale, and Midnight Maas
being the hest performers in the half-mile Two-year-
old Stakes, as they are also in the Wooded., although Mid-
night Mambas 51bthebert of the weights here. For the Epsom
Cup, ems mile sad a half, Backatooe has all the old hones
safe on his Chester and Newmarket rnnaui ; and on.
of the dirsoyear-eider meat ran well iu the Derby to jeopar-
dise his prelierkes, sotwithe=, ha be', at present
• good 7/b the word of the we' is with them all.
Bubices, eel 1216, is loom in the Grand
Stand Han one mile and threequarters, if the stake
is good enough for him, as he ooly gives • none for three
yams to Sea N 0 and she looks capable of I=ll,l
the oaten. yee,
Plan, South Western
and Walter Steles, dose overnight. On Friday we shad
have an opportunity of jading whether Armagoac redly
lost hie form after Lard Stamford purchased him of the
Frenchman, as he is in the Great Surrey Foal Stakes, for
threeyearolds, one mile, and ought to win, in the atheism
of Lord Clad/ea. The Oaks Stakes, for three-7 ea -old
inks, one mile and a half, proteins to attract the following
to the poet :
Ridden by Ridden by
lady Augusta Weenie Fantail W. Boyce.
Flying Visit
Barearis
Silas Armstrong.... Snowden. curd
Old Orange Girl.... Aglaia& Counter XIA111•7.
Orphan Fordham. Caries Daisy.
Urine ...... Manow. Gold Dent
Ten Bertha Aldo:rota Alcestis
J. Adams.
Parratia. Golden Are
lady Augusta, Flying rah, Toner*
an Geld Den di me lies One Themeedigarejneee.' vhei
the aestmensed Owe peeved so desideffiy ; sad Bo-
realis, Udine. Fulled, and Golden Dust figured n
other tradeste Oh yew, sod very respectably too, although
the three firstmeneil felled to show see form Let '
the doss ef which the beat of the above were handicaps:t
A
thus by me :
se lb st lb
law..llAgests
..
8 Avondale
arrow U.S ... 3 Golden Duet
111,16
Yin Arrallsowai Berea% mad Pasta have both hiss
highly tried dam, sad they ill pram &woes opgolimalw
el the above ; bet I shall deaden d on last year's form. aad. the
Orphan having been amiss recently, look upon Old Oreeme
Girl as the tarts likely to igen the overthrow of Lad
ifilembareli= hicks and Elvis, Fisk II such • feet is
10 be four wrests to don will be of so
fropeetsara.—l sae, he., MIXTIOS.

lin of Ihs Vas
Maecaresi .
Raagea