The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-02 00:00:00

S I'o RTING INTELLIGENCE.

E EPSOM SUMMER MEETING.
Ti) TES ZDITOR OF TIII =PUS&
80.,—The Derby of 1862, the nearer we approach
the evestful day, becomes more open and exciting, and an
almost fabulous number of horse are set down as probable
starters by the sporting papers, the Weida being very much
divided in their opinions as to the merits of everything
except The Marquis, for they hardly know how to choose
between the remaining six favouritee. The meeting alto-
gether will be a complete whirl of excitement, the pro-
gramme having so steadily improved daring the last doses
years that oath day's sport in keelf will be worth sweating
at, the two rival railway handicaps being valuable adjuncts
to the bill of fare, while the Epsom Cup has at times
brought together many of the cracks of the day. We
lays now five good races on Tuseday (the Heaths:as
Bate, Craven, Brighton, Roue, and Woodcote Stakes),
sad three on Thursday (the Cup. Two-year-old,
and South-Western Stakes), the soutane num-
bering twenty-seven altogether ; and of the already
complete, the Shirley, Four Year Old, and Ikeda, Stakes
only have poor entries, it being evident 501. sweepstakes are
not popular here, and the sooner something more palatable
takes their plane in the bill of fare the better, a two and
three year
_old prise being worth an experiment.
On TnesUy the largest field of the day sill probably ou-
tlet the Brighton Stakes, three-quarters of • mile, the
handicap having come out very late, and how to choose be-
tween even the three yeer Olds I hardly know, for Pellucid,
Victor, and &tame are perticubity good at the distance.
The latter, however, may decline in favour of his stable-
eumpasion, Lety Clean. wbo is not hardly dealt with,
even at fist ISib, Name* Bilverbair, and Neophyte being
also worth rear ; arid if anything oui beat the Lady
it most be B@nehh or Victor, Sfivertsir's defeat of
Gabrielle d'Fatirdes at York lest August, giving her 1011 b.,
being great form, which she has only to run up to for
victory to be well within her gasp. The Rom Handicap,
ens mile, is yerhaps a little too far for Bitdblll, especially
when giving weight to Bloodhound, Mims Vivian, and
Pellucid, who should supply the wiener (my preference for
them is in the order named), unless Cantina has returned to
form, when she, will be most difficult to shake off. For the
Heathoote Plate, half-a-mile. Little Lady will be lard to
best, even though Miss Julia meets her at even weights,
and only Captain Christie can hope to lower her colours,
either with the old mare or Lady Clifden, the latter being
the best in the field, if she should prefer this to the six
furlongs race. The Woodoote Stakes, for two year olds,
six furlongs, will provoke an exciting contest, many young-
sters of good repute being under orders, and I
must make particular mention of Tom Fool, by King
Tom-Skit ; Luriine, by Gem= di Viegy—Repartee ; Lord
Clifden, by Newminster—The Slave; Stoabroker, by
Stockwell—Juliet ; and Lord Warden, by Bing Tom—
Susan LovelL Even such performers as Sucharometer and
The Orphan will have to do their beet to beat these ; and
Lady Superior and Bateman have such an appearance of
improvement that, with the Wisdhound colt and Escape in
the field, the result may produce a hot favourite for next
year's Derby. Sucharometsr and The Orphan, meaeered
through Revolver, who has rued with them both, are dome
together, and it will take • dyer to beat them, their public
form being too good for me to pin my faith to anything else;
if there is • difference Orphan looks the beat. The Craven
(s most important Derby trial race) and • selling race have
yet to close.
Oa Wednesday nab* will bsTmlaiedupon taieff
tune but the Derby Stakes for 3-yr ems, one mile end ,
which will be worth the sum of 6,5001. if thirty-three
home start, this number having gone to the post in 1851.
It it confidently expected there will be more than thirty in
the field, and as the peewit writing it is bard to say either
of the follow* will be absostess, as they are all at or under
eiders for Epsom :

PROBABLE @TAMERS AND RIDER&
Ace of Clubs
Alchymlat
AllredLaos
Argonaut
Berkeley
Brighton
Brown Besa colt ....
Bucknicoa
Camber
GUNK
Duke Raw
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Balsa
311611,111 f
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WINO
Lave
=Zak
Mask
Marquis
Michel GTOVO
Neptune's.
Nottingham
orroy
nt.
Eckekatho'S
Wt.

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Kendall.
Parsons.
Cballoner.
VlSSlslesonn.

A.Birwards.
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.11.. J. Snowden.

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Covey.