The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-20 00:00:00

SPOZTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE OPENING OF THZ RACING SEASON.

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Sig,—After a brief reel of eighty-eight days
tad sports are to be rams& is semen, " weather par-
asittlag," on Tuesday. The (oily d ormamtholog • season so
early has often been esemplilled, bat waver more so than
sew, for eves if the apparest break-up of the frost should
turn oat &Width, we ban had sea • winter that the idea
el horses belay in • fit slate to on is preposterous. If
they ars ready . by the Northemptou weak—which the
old ached usaintela to be the legitimate opening
of the 118110041—it is all that OM be expiated ; and
bat a small proportion of the horses reseed for
Lierola will enter an appearaeos, there having tees so
poor a prospect d mein up to lforsday last that lathy
owner" declined to rue any further risk, and Parsed their
ethesemeats cep alloesdisr. Thee about • more have
already bees slave oat of the principal bitadiree sod the
upethedeated entries, amounting to nearly three intedred
is the aggregate, for the wee eructs ainady completed
—attracted Es, no more thee 43151. public messy—mast sot
be tam as • criterion of what the drug* of the fields
will be. The embed for the Trial Stakes, the oily will
Ices its virtue by the majority of the oompetitera lunging
"prepared ; otherwise, Exelitiqem at lOrt flub, Gamma at
10es kb, Daimler.* at 901 ea, °earthman at bat 31b,
and &echo, Treiabsiker, sad Tither at 751311 i each, Gould
ark, a very itheredig Whir el it. !leder dream-
Mathes the lesse if this lei will he abseatthe ;
aid as the wither will have se penalty to carry is the han-
dicap, Maarten at 1011 alb and Nearly. at 9st 101 b may
both " cut in.° However. k is a
weigh possible that the
best of them (Heesird ma give the t be the three-
esereida, Terror eggssedmg seed dun& to heal idea i sad
le, is tare, may lid more we his MON Elseeth. The
City Headicep Y • threirquarters of • all. spia, for which
the field will set be at all memesesurste with the entry,
Roomy of those wider orders for Lined' being is reserve for
Liceolashire Handkap. A Min of the best looking,
comprising Wallooe,Poeledsrate, and Ethel, are ad
therein ; and this distamm will also salt float
no
well that he is betted to cat is, d st
Lincoln at all, the beet of the alairretheatkeed
being very likely to Bed more than its watch in him. The
Brocklesby being • two-year old nee. little an
be mid with reference to its probable result, only •
couple of the party there sesaged having run at use of the
winter meetings that were thb you got up fee the amuse-
meet of Corkin's- -viz., Bay Led sod Novice. Them
figured in • field of dz at Harrow, when Bay Leaf was first
and Norio" lasts result quite thupected, as the latter
was by far the hest kektag, and were she going to tam out
at all good at Lineele she might ma very forwent. The
jumping events depending malaly on the chapter of "wi-
dows, they mast be parsed over ; and there is only the Lie-
colathire Handicap (ono mile) left for disposal. My other-
valetas upon the horses in this must not extend beyond
those that have been Wicked, to few owners will now care
to join thus with the presoak favourites, if they have ia-
mined no risk beyond the forfeit. All the twisty in the
Trial, too, are espied, with the exception of (lemma,
Ethel, and Exclasither ; and with Maoris; Hourly', Doc-
nybrook, and Tenet among them, much will depend upon
the result of that event. These compose the four best
favourite@ for the Handicap; the rely others ever backed
at all 'snowily babas The Meek, Le Maratha, Tiap, Gaily,
Charming Woman, Juliet, Lapidith Goidylooks,
Idle Girl, and Alludes, and ow or two of this lot may
be deemed ode though by this time. Le Narwhal Is the
best of them, sad if he is at all himaelf, Emirs,
Macrico, Donnybrook, said Terror will have to take every
are of him. However, I shall depend mainly upon the
Trial Stake' bringing the wither to light ; sad if Maarico.
Heorlys, or Donnybrook should ma forward therein, the
mach more limiest weight to be tarried hers will make the
best of the trio look very seedy • "certainty."
The postponed Dash.* ad Birmingham meeting, with
the jumping at Uxbridge, end easing at Weirdo°. will
"Hord shoes who like est-door asstrennnts is February
try to chow bathes., amid make the weekmole busy
t ow) for thole compelled to assist ; bat, after
Lieeefle.,ltal::: time jamplug meetings will be slow affairs,
aid the most impareset of them musses so farther emotion
at my hands.—l nth he., METEOR.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—fixrcriDAY.
There wee a good attendance at the rooms to-day, and
speculation wet pretty active. For the Liverpool Steeple-
chase Emblematic was in great demand, having bees nap.
for so much money that she left off firm at 10 to 1
takes). Betting on the Chester Cup was also somewhat
rely, and Lord &atm' was so warmly courted that 1,800
to 200 was taken in one bet. The trassections on the other
events wine merely oomiusl, and nothing was dome on the
Derby. All bees being off oa the postpaid Waterloo
Conning Heating, several new books have bee mimed on
the Waterloo Cup, in the nominations for which important
changes are antimpated. Clueing prices :
WATItZLOO CUP.

100 to 7 apt bent 171611;;Vs apt Mr. isadors (t)
son. (t off) 25 to 1 74s.11owmaa's(t)
20 to 1 Lord Stales (1) as to 1 Mr. J. Jordlos's
20 to 1 Hz. Haywoota fat
23
two 1
Mr. Jones's (off)
20 to 1 Dlrilooffs ice) 40 to 1 Ms. Croft's (I)
LINa.H.N HANDICAP.
6 to 1 apt Hearty' (t) I 10 to 1 opt Hawk* (t)
LIVIZPOOL 6713PLICHAJIL
10 to 1 apt Estlalostalla (1 10 to 1 apt The Czar (ti
freely) 25 to 1 kmblero
100 to 7 Taw Lassyk/a (I) I 20 to '1 Pool Jam (
100 to 7 Lightlsaart (1) 1004 to SO Arban (t)
100 to 6 Jerry (t, aad off) 100 to Joe Map (t)

zwitiumrroismax mum,
ito to 1 agstlestris (ad) 1 100 to 8 opt &elusion (8)

itiO.THOUBLND„

7 to 1 apt Clisita;;toiOcin opt Liddlostos (4)
(1 and op 10 to 1 7.ambool
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9to 1 oust Lord ?Aland I 100 to I oistAckwortb(stor
(11 St to 1 loTottegnes/o11)