The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-16 00:00:00

SPORTING.

DONCASTER RACES.—MONDAY.
fleets of the great sporting saturnalia of the North
is marked by its usual eharecteristSr. The it/uremia'
ishabitents of the quiet prim town of Doncaster are agate
stained into activity sot exeitemsot Every train brings
swarms of visitors; the streets ere thronged, and the many
wlthe-sealed bones which are brought into the town at
fbegarat intervals, end which pick their way daintily
lienagh the crowded thoronghfar. e, create • constant boss
d eutoeity, and keep every one on the tiptoe of exacts-
* •In addition to the demand for stablior, accommo-
dal* for intended competitors at the meeting-rte m has to
be provided for • large number of toim la which
are advertited to be sad dank, the wet k. The
sales of blood-stock which lly take place at
Desists constitute ems of the most powtrfol • tr. otio ns of
the inestloa, and are the cause of bringing together • large
nastier of dealers from all parts of Europe. Although the
nestle for tisk-inlaid yesslirgs tee coneiderebly abated,
yet competition is likely t 3 be sustained with considerable
trishaw. Several Roseian "gents have alretdy puinated
some of oar hat sad Masa blood ter expertatioa nobler
awn sonaisy, sag n eeposemethee day will he the prie-
st's' buyers at Dateaster. Already have Burgoody,
Aa-
deasr, and aural other', been shipped to the Russian dent
Baas, while The Libel, Panted, awl Scythian have also beat
sold to Improve the breed of horses in other countries. Bar.
wady has been described as a model bunting tire, and
Yothabitenen may well regret losing him. English
dealers, however, will not readily allow foreigners
to outbid them for certain ° leo " the possession
of which is widely coveted. The :ale list, tat ad, is
aumerienly strong even for Doncaster. Amongst the stud
hones are Knight of 0 alma., Anchor, Gabriel, Ivan,
Bolardo, Dervish, Mickey Free, Conneueit Ranger, Cob
Pt, end Black Dieter. Of the unties y soling. belonging
to Mr A. Johnston., thirteen are by Annandale, end they
are described as being nice promising youoptere. Amongst
then is a brother to One Act, the winner of the Chester
Cap. This colt is engaged in the Derby and 8t Leger.
The bay fitly and brown colt by Tsebstose, it may be re•
membered, are own brother and sister to the pair which last
year fetched respenively 1,800 guises+ and 800 guineas.
Besides these, there is an owe sister to Virago, who was, in
kir three-you old tam, one of the best mares that ever
ran oat the English tore The catalogue of the salmi's be-
longing to the late H. Subbing souring ten
ales Fiatcateher colts and three fillies. The late Mr.
Worthington's stud will also he brought to the
bummer, but the lots do not seem remarkably
Ingartant. Two brood mares sod eight yearlings will be
seet from the Boythorpe stud. Five of the ',stings are
by Cossack. Mr. Japes sends ten loot, Mr. T. Alison sir,
sad Mr. Cookson ale. There are a'so sin Mickey Free year
Rep, two colts, and four fillies beloogies to Mr. Leahy
A brother to the unfortunate St Hubert, who was bought
when a yearling for 380 inures, is also oa the lista. Volved*,
who wee purchased at a very "stiff seat " at the time when
high prised yearlings were a mode amongst certain gentle-
man, tat who proved unfit for roc is purpose', is amor get
the miscellaneous lots which will be brought to the hemmer.
The Palm will, en usual, take place in front of the Salsa-
time Inn on the morning of each race day, the MUM. Tat.
Wall sad Mr. B. Johnson being the auetioneers.
The propasme seems this year strong in its Item.,
whilst its leading attractions appear to be weakened. The
withdrawal of Fezzoletto has materially diminished the
which centred is the So. Leger. By opening the
way for the advancement of certain outsiders It only im-
parted a temporary activity to the betting, which had, down
to that time, been almost entirely limited to two horses.
The demonstrations, hove,,,, which ware made in favour
of Leadyfoot, Warlock, Bonnie Scotland and Victoria have
not beta well sustained, aid a wide gap In the betting
separates Ellington from the second favourite. Although
all sporting writers and many shrewd judges opt. ,* with
wonderful unanimity, shoat Elloston's seams being •
" foregone conclusion," yet the gimlets uncertainty of the
turf Judaea bookmaker' to cling with surpridog tenuity
to the belief in the triumph of some outrider. Teity pont
to meant experience sad ask was net Boierdo's news is
1864 deemed • certainty—sod did ant the Knight
of St. George win—and last year was set dee
tau wandered ear for Rileasn, and did not • Sautabrra
come to the news ? People, Itemiser, do not appear to be
agreed as to the coming hoes."
Tan handballs bey* erested considerable dissatisfaction,
end so clumsily are the weights adjusted fa ustaia ia
stews that Mr. Richard Johnson, the northern handl.
Getter sad clerk of the cones, has repudiated then alto-
gether. We are, however, inclined to look over Os error,
of judgment committed by the Boners of the handicaps la
consideratios of their praiseworthy adherence to the blob
etaalard of weights whine the late lamentable accioent at
Goodwood Ise tendered an ladispenuble condition in races
of this deatiption. The elaborates at Newmarket,
however, who ought to be first to take the initiative
In reforming turf abuses, hue, in framing their
1 two important handiar, the Ceurewish end Cam-
bridgeshire, disregarded the clamour and outcry which
hate justly been made against the light weight spa
him In look* over the Ducester list we find only age
kaadkap in which the minimum weight is below 5.t. That
handiest is for the Portland Plate, for which impale teal
to be allotted to one hudred horses.
Tke proceed*. on each day have their distiageithlag
thatastheistict. To-morrow (Tuesday) there will be the
Champagne Stakes, which last year was won by Illiagton,
the winner of the Derby and the preset champion for
the St. loser. Mr. Howard's Goldfinch, who ran eiteemil
for the New Stakes at Ascot, being then beat, bg
Z Wee, who, in torn, has succumbed to Gem*
di Verity, is amongst the likely competitors. Bathe
he ran at Ascot be had been so highly triad that hie owner
entestsined the belief that so other 2 or old could bell
hies, sad this belief caused him to demand an exanstaathall
of Esidee's month after the nee. Goldfinch will have*
gust Ice bourn, • round compact little animal that bee
shows 'math racing merit ; I'lll9,llms, who has also lb.
ployed eusiderable ability; Sharpebooteges "dark" wised
issienging to Ltrd Zetlend and one that leas a good *en-
tice in the North ; Anton, Windermere's, and perhaps three
at four others. Zuyder Zee, who is also amongst the entries
sag cf shore great thins are one day expected, is not likely
es be Nat to Doncaster, having beer, it is stated, turned up
teethe you. The fine slue* Blink Bonny, who has bees
basil backed for next year's Derby, and Ignoramus, who
wee so easily at York, and wham good loops pronowes
to be the finest of the Thies Dustman Usk, will also,
It is anticipated, fulfil their rerpsetive engagements ea
'Fawley.
The principal handicap on the opening day is of onus,
the " Great Yorkshire ;" Saraband, Pantomime, Vandal,
Hangerford, Lady Tattoo, and Yorkshire Guy engross
nearly all the betting.
Teen thug is the Revival Plate for two and thselear
olds, and amongst the nominations are several tunnels that
hue 'needy won a b(gh racing reputation.
In addition to the St. Leger, Wedess iey'a list natant the
remedy established Portland Plato, which seems likely to
command the largest field ofthe week. Tbe number of statism
for it is animated at weal forty. The distance is only half a
mile, and the scr able will therefore be terrifie. The melt
talked about Derby colt Bel Oiseau, trained by John Scott,
is likely to put in an appseraree for the Municipal Stakes,
for which east he will have nothing formidable to meet.
On Thursday the Eglinton Stakes will constitute the lead-
* attraction, and from the feet of the " Bower" of our two
and thus year olds being likely to eater the lists it well
coats considerable interest and curiosity. The prawns!
two-year olds entered for it are Tournament, Gnome di
Verity, Chevalier d'lndastrie and Augury, and amongst
stee throe-year olds are Mineepie, Vandermulin, Forbidden
! Emit, Fisherman, Theodora, and Stork.
! Tearnament and Gamma di Vergy have been most Pared
shut In the turf market. Gamma dl Verily hu author
euragement on the same day in a rue with Blink Honey.
On Friday a more interesting Cup race is likely to be
styled than has of Ist* Toss heat sea at Doasseler
Sine Voltioeur beat the Flying Dutchman for it, lade*
the " Cup" bus excited little interest, sad at time a &fa-
culty has ban experSeeed in getting up a rats for It
This, perhaps, is mainly attributable to the ditto sad
unpopular conditions which the authorities hive, either
free disieolinatioa or inability, failed to keep their

promise to revise and iatei In aceordeeei with
modern Tansy customs and requirements. The nontiaa-
'hes which wens made this day (blonds"), and which
comprise oar principal turf celebrnisa, will be found in
another isolates. Then there is the Doncaster Stakes, the
Pub Hill &elm, and the Don tkakes on the list. It is
rumoured that Ellington will la all probability run for the
Cep sboald he win the Sc. Lacer, and in this cam he may
not show for the Doncaster Braker, for which event he has
'heady incurred a paisley of 10Ib by his Derby victory.
The mules d is as wand 'condition, tee neat
rains having a meet beaeficial effect on it, and ten-
dared it and springy. The magaifieent aubecription
nem km Wei irs4uoutid, and is, as usual, well stocked
nab Wag solorkils and hoods of reference. Arras's-
timid' Ikea bus made at the railway station for facilitating
=and ingress of passengers ; mid we trust that the
the employ of the Great Northern Railway Com-
pany We tarry them oat more efileisatly than on former
oistiedans. Oa the St. Leger Day last year the scene of ma-
figs* at the railway station beggared dsecriptioo. The
clerk; were overworked, and were unable to attend to the
dense of their department; and In the riot and tumult
which occurred OW parcel containing the report of the rues
was eithes mislaid or forgetters.

PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

11111111 DAY.
A flwaannxia of 10 mom sub, with 60 added ; fit 2.
jr-olds; oohs, B.t 71b; and 8111 m, 84 411). The winner of
the Champagne Stakes et D•aeuter, the July Stakes at
Pivemarkat, the Km Stakes at (hawed, the Prima of