The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE WARWICK MKETING.
To TH.; LDITOE or THS JaPREHIL

tins,—Everybody is now on the quivine for the
slightest movements in coonexion with the St. Leger, and
consequently the Warwick meeting will be fatly attended
ea Tuesday and Wednesday next, for there we shall learn
whether Caractacua, Johnny Armstrong, Old Calabar. ka.,
pre to remain "knocked one," or whether the Stockwell
dolt and A rgonaut are to take the formidable position in
the market they so loeg have threatened. The meeting is
particularly fortunate in having no other to clash with it,
and with sixteen tame in the programme, those attending
an certain to find plenty to interest them. The Leamington
Slakes Handicap, two miles, is the great feature, but does
sot sustain its prestige when only nineteen accept fur it, and
the lot, se a body, are so moderate that even the top-weight
Atherstone might win. Shepherdem, the
Bryn Gwyn, said Donne Canoe have too re-
molly been defeated for either to have any ap-
parent pretensions to win, and Mistake, Magnum
Bonum, the Phemy filly, Victrix, My Mary, and Venerator,
Using engaged in the great autumn handicaps at New-
asArket, it is dangerous to include one of these among the
'Pertain starters, Atherstoue, Bally. Edmond, Newstead,
Master George, and Berkeley comprising the lot I presume
will supply the winner. Athentoce is giving lamps of
weight away, and over this distance of ground it seems
hardly possible he can defeat BallT Edmoud, while Master
George, that ran • good bone at Stockton, is in receipt of
20:1) more than he is entitled to on the weight for age scale.
Berkeley I know nothing about, except that he was backed
ewe fur the Derby at long shots, and has yet to earn a
seputatimi in public. Newatead has been too long on the
shelf for me to strictly follow his two last performances in
public., which were just good enough to secure him this race,
for be is not one of the soundest animals in training, and it
may firit be possible to send him to the poet in first-rate
eeullition. In his absence, Master George and Bally Ed-
mund would read like the most tniatworthy, and those who
trust the three-yrold may defend on a " haunt ran" for
their money. There are penalties and allowances attaching
M the Castle Park Stakes, for two-yr-olds, six furlongs,
which makes almost a handicap of the race, and Fontenoy,
with • Mb allowance, appetite to have all the best of the
weights, unless something can be found among Erin-go-
Bragh, the Glenachty colt, Zara, Gipsy Girl, and Oak
Apple, that is 41b or 71b better than Escape, one of the
York winners. The Shorts Handicap, five furlongs, will
gait the majority of the competitors, and Astarte, Redpole,
Ilettr, and Voltella are particularly partial to • "short
eat,' it being impossible to overlook the fact that Red-
pole and Voltella are leniently weighted. The Avon
stakes, for two and three-year-olds, five furlongs, 1 should
unhesitatingly award to The Perfect Cure but for the doubt
',bather his owner will risk parting with him for 101., which
mount the winner is liable to be claimed for ; and Conster-
nation &paean an equally good thing for the match with
Peeping Tom over a mile, for on public running the young
are need be no better than the wretched Pot Pourri to win,
while Tom must be the equal of Roekley to do so. On the ,
second day we have the County Handicap, one mile, wherein
Oonqueror, 4 yrs, ist, Leonora, 3 yrs. Gat 41b, and Lord
lit inley, 3 yni, Set 71b, are the most threatening on paper,
more especially the List named, who ran a good horse at Ox-
ford- The Nursery Handicap, for two-year-olds, six furlongs,
Tourist, list lllb, would look well for, on his running with
Bolero at the latter meeting ; but seeing Avondale gave him
a stone for the Nursery, where he could not obtain • place,
it is quite on the cards for Odine, Tat 91b, tc. give him
the weight, and if Mr. Mundy does not substitute the
leathered Foie de Gras, fat 41b, the Frenchman might secure
another race for me. The Warwick Cap, three miles, looks
a big race on paper, but may not bring to the post anything
superior to the rightou cracks, Athentone and Paste,
whose positions should be reversed on this occasiou, as it
was the general opinion Atherstone ought to have woo the
Gem. There is a six furlong sweepstakes for two and three-
year-olds, subject to the previous running of several en-
gaged ; and yet nothing' appears fit to contend with Soap-
stone, despite his 71b penalty, unless it is Atllll2oll/4111, she
being penalised only 41b. The Welter Cap acceptances have
wet yet been declared, and the other events are to be entered
for the evening before running.
The Leicester and Weymouth meetings take place simul-
taneously on Thursday said Friday, and the programme of
the last-named exhibits • great improvement ; still neither
is invested with any great importance. and the Warwick
running will influence many of the events in the two pro-
grammes, all I can call attention to being Attaman, and
Shepherdess in the Leicestershire handicap, Gipsey Girl in
the l(srdgate Park Stakes, and Phantom in the Scurry
Handicap at Leicester.—l am, &c., METEOR.