The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-29 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE EPSOM stria Mint, MEETING.

TO 11111 lOU= OP 1111 11211186.
813,—T0 have talked about the two greet rivals,
lAddingtoe and The Duke, bens scratched tor the Derby
sin mosthe ago, you would have been a despicable Marled
Ilya( to rob the meet of the year of half its interest, as
well as its romantic souroundiogs ; for did not thawed'
who raw the two hones rue together at Newmarket July.
and quarrel for the remainder of the season about the rea-
ms why the peer did not beat the commoner, resolve to
abide by the result of the Derby to settle their differences?
and was not Breadalbene purchased at • fabulous nun solely
totes& The Duke's lord he would sot carry of a blue
filmed so mealy as he could take to wed soother nian'i
bride! However, it is • fact that The Duke is not to
fight either duel, for be took cold lost when he
should have been polishing hie sword for the most interest-
lag One of the two, after " megrims forfeit" for the other,
aad has been compelled to &Moe the emounter. Never-
theless, the actual ram loess but little of its Mama, a
there are some thirty other candidates left to participate in
it, and we have, after all, a greater number of favourites
that usual to keep tte the excitement sod divide attentive
to the lat. " Yid's', to win." is a gotten so three
ages supposed to be " in the secret " car answer shim and
were • poor benighted amateur, determined on having the
" straight tip," to well from Lvicester•quare towards Tat
t nail's, between tire and six o'clock this afternoon, stop
every knowing-looking individual he met, sod obtain pos.
221100/1 of all the most profound ides 02 the subject, he
could work banal up into a nice state of perplexity.
Be would thee be bound to learn that Gladisteur,
Breadalbece, Christiuss Carol, Wild Charley. Amid.
medium sod Loogdowo were all "the right thing"
to back ; and that about a dozen or so of outsiders
were almost certain to get plame. The number of Rich-
mond, Richard the maligned saw in the field of Bosworth
would thus be fairly trebled by the "certainties" hovering
alma his pillow at eight, when be might be indulged with
a light nightmare about Zephyr ; or dream that, being on
Bedminster, be had to sing Christmas Carols for his Bread
ful practices, eves to bed peening, are excusable in
t, Derby week, so pray do cot "cot" me, Mr Editor).
or ham he saw the French Gladiators revenge Waterloo
by taking the Epsom Grand Stand by storm and carrying
Lard Derby a prisoner to Caul. But he would never dream
of backing the winner, probably, or seeing it foretold by
the prophets, whose task is such a trying one that I wonder
at myself for trying to joke whilst mine remain undone.
Fortunately there are very few other matters in the Epsom
bill of fare requiring &Memnon, the first dav's closed events
Melodies oaly the Woodoote that will excite more than a
popsies interim. This is one of the greet two-year.old
mess of the game, ad being over three-quarters of a
mile it is a very fair trial of strength, and of far
more value to those interested is the future career of the
competitors than the two contests we saw at Bath, although
they brought together • brilliant lot of juveniles, and more
thee oae that will be seriously talked spout in connection
with a Derby. Roden was one of the unsuccessful lot we
saw there, having been beaten easily by V 12010020, through
falling a victim to a scrimmage ; whilst Leckie', getting
badly off, did nut give us • chance of judging how much he
has improved since he ran et Epsom Spring, sod it will be
an interesting race if they all three meet for this, my
my opinion being that Roden will just turn the tables upon
Vespasiam The kleaboote Plate looks satirely between
Beeper and Cranbury ; Somas* and Memos are " best in "
for the Rome ; and Coarity, Finesse, Grappler, and Vohs.
tabus are worth taking in the "lot. against the field" that
will be given for the Brighton Stakes.
The Derby will be bus slightly isfiuseeed by the results
of the above-mentioned events : and the myriads who only
go
down for the day 0011 make pretty sure that, barring
occident', there will be so oew favourites made, though
there may be many changes in the prima of those already
astabli.hed. Om or two at present booked es runners may,
too, be conspirions by their Aimee at the Let moment,
'may in the following list of " geobehles" having no chance
whatever of winning :
Ridden by
Archimedes t Challoner or
• • Formai.
Breadalbane
Peownielaw Jun.
Oladlateor H. Oil:whew.
Io Mandarin Hunter.
wild Charley lidwarda.
Lambed H. Covey.
Lowdown Osborne.
Oppressor.. Doyle.
Ounar emwden.

Ridden by
Elthsm 8 Adams.
Friday Clement.
Kangaroo J tirimakaw.
Siberia
Bedminster Wells.
Jack oleatern
Ariel AmMaga
1 Bite
1 Psrewell W. Boyce.
King Charming teusial" or
.... Hibbard.
, Roderickßindom Noble.
Nothing more Bamby.
: Joker K. Sharp.
Lord 'Weblegrave, Perry.
i Brown Dayrell

ZePh Daley.
Clanstmas Cuul T. /teach.
Lehman,' Moeda
Brahma J floats[.
Audaa P Adams.

Several *wows aad ridges having yet to " make up their
abide" what they will do, the above must not be taken as
pceitively comsat, and it will be area lam in doubt as to
who will ride Archimedes, which is kept • close secret by
all partite ooneerned. But I cannot perceive where a good
rider (which he is certain to have) is to be foend for biro
ulna it is thalloner or Feedbags, all the other crack whips
being engaged. Thu is, however, • matter of small im-
portance compared with the qui/aloe what is to win—one
that I confess to being almost as mach in the dark about as
everybody was after the Two Thousand Guiana mooted.
It is easy enough to dismiss two-thirds of the field, for Lord
Waldegrave, Joker, Nothing Moos, Ride, Farewell, and
Jack o'Lantern will not do at all on Wednesday nest.
Roderick Readom, FJtham, Kiog Charming, Audits, and
Pridey have shown themselves to be mood-raters
only, Mush King Charming and Audi: will run
St for the first time, and are sure to stay
the course better than three-fourths of their opponents
will be able to do ; Bedmiester cannot improve oo his Two
Thousand running, having luau tried since with Plaint, and
found unable to stay ; and it is but a forlorn hope with
Ariel and Kangaroo, there being no certainty whatever about
the tatter's stable csenpartion, Siberia, starting at all, the
appearsoce of the others without jockeys atteched to their
names being doubtful. This reduces the list one-ball ; end
a further reduotioe can be :aide by Makin eet Le Mandarin,
Broomielsw, Zambesi, on soorinut of their being decidedly
inferior to their stable companion* Gladiateur. Breadaliana
sad Wild Charley, leaving jest ammo to contest the actual
mos. Of these, Archimedes, Breedalbane, Glad ateur,
Brehm, mid Wild Charley have bees out this year ; Christ.
case Carol sod Richutoold are "dark ;" and Longdown, Op-
premor Molar, and Zephyr have not shown shoos last na-
me. Diseuirlng the pretensions of the latter body first, I
find that they ran according to my own calculation, to the
following standard : Oppreesor, Eat 101 b ; Zephyr, Sat 7lb ;
Longdown, Set 61b; and Olmsr, Eat 31b; but this
was only as two year olds, and as there was
always everything about Loogdown to betoken be would
improve considerably more than any of the others, he
mini De booked quite the equal of Oppressor. Oimar
will m • game hide horse, but cannot alter his form with
the latter; and of this year's public horses Brahma (another
eaten) hat done nothing yet to make himself within three
or four pounds of Oppressor. The " dark" Richmond will not
be found dangerous either ; oonsequently to meet the tower
of the Two Thoured Manses field we have only Loogdown,
Zephyr, Oppressor, Wild Charley, and Christmas Carol.
On the Newmarket miring, Mediation/ would have to be
handicapped at 9st, Archimedes at Ent 111 b, and Brescia'.
bane at Est Sib; and putting Zunbesi in at the latter's weight,
it becomes • question what Wild Charley can goes him at
home as to bow he ehould meet the Preachifies. According to
rumour he must beat him, being 101 b superior to Zambesi;
ssvertheless, as Archimedes wasnot fit, and it was not "all
oat" of Gladiateur whets he paned the chair, Mr. Merry
can very easily make a mistake, as can also the owner of
Breadalbane. The latter's party have made more than one
in their home trials, or they have been playing some tricks
at Spring Cottage, Broomielaw's " scratching " for the Two
Thousand, after he had woo the Ant " being a
funny proceeding. This may have been what is termed •
" Bah trial," as, when put together the other day in the
daylight, Breadalbane was an easy winner, to the disgust
of those who were gemmed by the first spin, sod whet,
have not formates for the last few days to give free ex-
preeriou to their opinions about lons they were dm. One
or two most immediately interested in the mum. worth
me said to he among Broca:Galatea heaviest backers ; sad
it was is sooseqnsoce of something which only "Gann
out" very molly that there were rePOlill on Saturday
of Breadelbene harts, shared the fate of The
Duke and Liddingtoo, and got "seratethed." The
elute wage quite up in arms for hours over the scandal,
and Weatherby 's was besieged by &urines inquirers ; how-
ever, the treamotions at Tattersall's showed all was right,
mid if Breedelbane is disappointed of his cot at the Duk,
be will have *sty of employmest given him by (Nadia-
hour, Archimedes, Wild Char_ ,ley Longdown, Oppressor.
Christrou Carol, asd perhaps Zephyr, the latter, with her
filb. allowance, bolsi the beet " outsider" in the race, and
a dangerous-looking am also. What Christmas Carol is we
moat take the word of his trainer, who has put him through
the mill with Moofeey and Sandal, and made as good •
bares as Planet of him ; but the public trials of GLA-
DIATEUR sad Archimedes are too good to be overlooked,
end I am boned to anticipate the succors of one of them,
giving the preference to the Freese horse.
The Town and Bentinok Plates are of no important* ;
Thursday's eveiste are all subject to previous reaping ; and
the Oaks am be better discard alter the Derby. —I am,
do., METEOR.