The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TEE ASCOT MEETING.

TO TEI ifitTOß OP TEE 111111138.
Six,—The Manchester and Chelmsford meeting%
with the Emma settling, went off so gaietly that the pest
week's doings may be passed over without comment, asps*
daily when such as extensive programme en that prepared
for Moot awaits discussion, no fewer than twenty items being
already complete out of the thirty-four proposed. The
entries for most of these are immense, the stakes being so
rich, and the public mosey so plentiful, that the best
borer of the day will be attracted to the scene. There ere
the Prince of Wales's Stakes with 106 subs., the Royal
Hunt Cup with 83 tube., two biennials with 68 and 64 subs,
respectively, the New Stakes with 56 subs, besides the Cup
and Stakes, and several other prime with some 110 sr 30
animals eugagedin each ; and with 5001. added to on. Mew
stakes, 2004 to each of four others, 1001. to each of stxteee,,lmi
601. to each of seven, in addition to ber Majesty's Plate el
100 guineas and splendid Gold Vase, Ascot bee a desidel
advantage over all rival meetings in the public newsy a 6
command. The new race, called the Prince of Wallies
Stakes, is • decided hit, although following so close to Ow
Derby, the result of which will occasionally spoil all chance
of a good field unless the conditions are modified, as if
Buckstooe had not manses:lto wilt • nee last yemate:inla yco
won one by • head), he would have taken • sth
in the forthcoming struggle, and reduced it to • certainty.
Horses placed in the Derby dined sot be 'stilled to
allo and the second is as well qualified to carry a
penalty as the winner of • 5001. or 1,0001. stake. It happens
fortuaaliffy this year the weights reader the nos pretty
open, for The Marquis has 9st bib; Fen de Joie, Bucketow,
Caterer, and Duke Rollo, Bst 131 b each ; Neptune., Pat-
ient% Bodge, Harlequin, Harrigan% and Welcome, 84101 b
each ; and St. Alexis, Meader, and Oaribrook, get 511
each. The mile and five furlong' will suit most of these ;
although I doubt whether ether The Marquis, Fen de Joie,
or Caterer will be in the field ; sad us
sad Duke Rolle will be theustess also.
and St. Alexis, that were left behind ha the for the
Derby, comprise all Backsboos has to be afraid cif ea paper ;
and shook' we of there bowl him over, all those on for
Epsom will more aggrieved than ewer. Still, if his colours
are to be tweezed, the feat is mere likely to be awns
ached
by Zethad, next to wham lthsiga Wash. myestinsation.
'Me Queen's Stand Plate, ea the T.T.C. se something
like a handicap with the parities and the
weights being as Winn
AS6 st lb Aie et lb
General Bee 6 911 Vivid ll
Lady Mien... ~. 4 9 9 The Orphan
t It
Lu!sh Diamonds.. Elsoes dam
2 12
Lord et the Maser.. 6 9 • Oesian
eirelial •
HiPon
I Merryman 6 818 Lady Stafford 2 9
Ammon I 8 6 Amazoolan
Ripen ran • goad hone at 3 yeses old, but Merryman cut
up badly on the only 01:0161011 of his .running • race is
path% and the 101 b allowance taken by the two will hardly
are either a chance with Argonaut, who an very forward
far • long way in the Derby. Vivid and the Orphan are
filet-class 2-year-olds, and Lady Stafford is suspected to be
sae, it being Dot improbable the blunder that lost her •
neh prize at Manchester will closure her this, as both
Vivid and the Orphan are sow conceding 31b. Argonaut
will have some difficulty is beating her, at any rate, and
Lady Clifdeo's weight is so heavy, that the stable is pretty
certain to trust the young one, notwithstanding that over
this distance weight cm scarcely stop (hernia Chrinties
mare. In the Queen's Gold Vase, two miles, the. weight.
are dead against the 3-yr-okh, as will be seen by the follow-
ing figures
st
Aga et 1k
Age lb
Asteroid 6 1 Tim Whiffler
Carbinver
Croagh Attila 4 1 The Knave
Palrwater
The Roe
thverhair
The Quota's Plate weights over two miles are 41b more ia
favour of the youngsters. thee the above ; and however good
Tim Whiffler, Harlequin, sad Hurricane may be, it does
not seam porible fur them to best either eschewer or Aste-
roid, who were always clam together as 3-er-olds, and have
improved in about an equal mho. When giving Amy, the
Makelem filly, and Stanton something like two stow each
over two miles at Newmarket, Carbtheer showed himself a
peat laws, an be did alsoin the Newmarket Handicap ; and
I have my doubts whether even Asteroid can beat him over
• mope of Fouled. The Fifth Biennial Stakes, for 2-yr-olds,
will bring out many an 1863 Derby candidate, foe besides
the Naomi filly, the &mei colt, Bins Mantle, Carnival,
Escape. and Seacharemeter, that have been is public and
y admired, there are several " dark " coodi-
ET:ate whom every respect is due, the mat
noteworthy comprising Tom Fool, by King Tom—Skit ;
Lurline. by (lemma di Vergy—Repartee ; Ace of Hearts,
by Duffel O'Rourke—Sister to Leaconikeld ; Onesander, by
Newmiester—Vivandiere ; la o, by Rifleman, dam by
Sleight-of-Heed ; Nugget, by West Australian—Fillerdale ;
and The Tartar, by Voive—Lady Ralph. I have my
doubts whether either Nutiggggeat or Lord Stamford's two—
Ace of Hearts and —are quite ready to run yet ;
and having heard bed amount. of Chrnival and Saccharo-
meter lately, the event must be set down as of the most
open character. Both these latter have performed remark.
ably well, however, and Carnival is so good that he mar be
able to pull through if not quite up to the mark ; sell I
would sooner treat one of the dark division, and row with
Lord Stamford's colours in preference to any other,
if they are represented in the race. The Maiden
Two-year-old Plate, half-a-mils, may be more in
Blue Mantle's Hoe, she and Countess being be far the boa
looking of the lot I have seen out tonged in that race.
The Trial Stakes, one mile, have a dozen subscribers, and all
are liable to the claim for 000 son, except BuckenhL, who
carries a 9lb penalty, raising his weight to Bet 91b. If Duke
Rollo be fit to run, he should prefer the richer Prise. of
Wales's Stakes, and lame these to Marmien, Tolunoz, Bird-
hill, and Walloon. of which Tolurno ought to prove the
beet. The Ascot Derb), for three-7r.014 one mile and •
half, Cariabrook should win, as his opponenta are very
moderate ; but the lot engaged in the Ascot Stakes, two
miles and a half, are so bad, with but two or three excep.
hoes, that the talents cannot make a favourite. The Roe,
Rapparee, Zodiac, Paste, Frailty, Eoutsford, Investment,
Lapiilist, and Silkstone are fair horses, but have
plenty of taught to carry ; and Schism, Springwell,
and Uigbfyr, have only to show is their old forms to bold
the lot rife. Conundrum and Fitz-Eva are not crushed
with weight, and I would as soon stand on them as the
turned-loose Canary or Shipwreck. Of the light weight
three-year-olds, Turn of Luck has done the best, and it she
or Sithstone cannot win, it will be as well to look for Schism,
who ran well enough in the Northamptonshire States to do
the trick here.
Wednesday's list is not so bard to discuss as Tuesday's,
all that can be done for the Roval Hunt Cup, one stile,
being to select a lot to beat the field, the best I can discover
being High Trauma' Gallus, Croagh Patrick, Frailty, Lady
Lonna, Exchequer, Silkstoue, Ace of Clubs, Q. E. D., Queen
of Bean, Leonora, Bosh, Balder, Tisipbooe, and Treaham,
having a slight preference for the first and last named and
Queen of Spain. The Tenth Triennial, for two-year-olds,
T. Y.C., is subject to the first day's running of Lady Stad-
ion', having all the appearance at present of • match be-
tween her and Lord Stamford's Derby crack, Automaton, •
very good second string of Ida lordship's being Aracao. The
black and gold belt will be even more dangerous in the half-
mile Ferobill Stakes, for two and three year olds, an both
Livioptone and Bertha are great at the distance, and 1161-
War would have much to fear from Orphan, Muezzin, or
Cantisiere, it being probable the young one will do battle.
The Fourth Biennial, for 3-yr-olds. one mile, is almost at
the mercy of Buckstone, although he would prefer the New
to the Old Mile ; and the Coronation Stakes, for 3.yr-old
fillies, over the same course. should be picked up by Hip-
pechaiiii, with Salamanca the best of her oppoueuta.
On the greed day there will be plenty of sport, and per-
haps the most intenetieg item ia the New Stakes, fur two
year olds, T. Y. C., which promises to brim out Mr.
Merry's great gun, • colt by Lord of the Isla maid Wasp,
besides another celebrated darkie of W. Day's, called
Doctor Syntax, to oppose Lord Stamford, who has • rare
lot to choose between in Avenger. Automaton, Umballab,
Aconite, and Cerintba. The latter carries a 51b. penalty,
and it is possible Automaton may incur one also ; but if his
lordship can discover aught a pound better than Cerintha,
neither the Reside, nor Woodyestes cracks ought to make
• successful debit, for after having been recently amiss, the
filly gave Vivid 10 lb. sad • beating at Bath, and there is
nu doubt the lather woo easily at Epsom with
• 51b. penalty. Mr. Naylor will doubtless join
issue with • good representative, and if the stable
fancy themselves, the betting between four will
put that for the (.tip is the shade, as there is always " •
power of money " behind Lord Stamford's, W. DAY'S, Mr.
Merry's, and Mr. Naylor's "good things." The wienerwill
carry away some heavy metal, and the form of Corinth& ie
so great that I cannot but hope the " Prins of Newmarket"
will be partly recompensed here for the serious lom be suf-
fered in so unsatisfactory a manner in the Derby. The Gold
Cap, two miles and a half, will bring out one or two 3-yr-
olds to oppose Crbineer and Astwoid. aud Zetland looks so
like a Cup horse that be has nanny adherents, much as the
weights are against him. Harlequin and Investment are
also likely to start among the 3-yr-olds, and we may
have the field swelled by Caller On, Brown Duchess,
and Stampedo also, but these have shown no form this
year to equal that of Carbiaser and Asteroid, and in lanky:
the raw to this pair, I must leave year readers to judge for
themselves after the raos for the Vase which to stand upon.
The Royal Stand Plailes,thwe muse mad a distamie, is between
Optimist (vies Umpire Whiffier, adßeekeobam, the
American having • slight advantage to kis 71b allows°, ;
•thed.ayienttthh..(thloreeid thee.-olds.
man
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pusey reseLve
two antuodrethbreeree.
yr olds, T.Y.C., is deem:est on previous running, or
whether Argonaut retains his 101 b allowance; if so, nothing
can touch him, and in his absence Countess and 'icaor
would have to fight it out. The St. James's Palace Stakes,
for three-yr-olds, one mile, will be • near thing between
Exchequer, Carisbrook, and Castor, of which I like the eon
of Stamp the beet; and the 50 mom Sweepstakes will ant
laudanum* Argonaut having so opponent.
The wily event oempiete in Friday's list is ON Qolloll'll
Mee, abase three mike, which will suit Tim Whifiler, Har-
lequin. and
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