The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-07 00:00:00

THE MEETINGS AT NEWMARKET AND

avitTlltiO INTELLIGBNCE.

WORCESTER.

TO TIE ID/TOR OF Tit IMPILVSS,
Sts,—The Hampshire meetings produced plenty
of sport, and Stockbridge brought together some find.chus
animals of all ages ; Tom Fool, Muezzin, and the " dark "
Cachous in the Fourth Bienuisl, Thunderbolt and Asteroid
is the Cup, and the Wizard and Asteroid in the Plata, doing
• great deal for the mucosa of the meeting, which eta not so
well attended as natal. owing probably to the wretched
weather. The Bibury Club doings were only remarkable
for one glaring error, that of letting Palmetto in a half-mile
haodicep at • stone less than his due, which caused the
gentlemen" to "plunge it down" at any price, as they
did also on the matches, both turning out the good things
everybody pronounced them to be on paper. The Wizard
had • narrow squeak for the Stockbridge Plate, and
a still narrower one for the Queen's GUMMY at Win-
chester, where he oould do no more than run a dead
heat with the Newcaatle hero, Montebello; this ma-
nias having only to be true for the 3-yr-olds to have it all
their own way in the Goodwood Cup, while the 41-guinea
hairpin will not be last for the stakes. Thunderbolt main-
tained his reputation as the speediest horse we have at any-
thing let than a mile, and something of the same elms as
Lord Chase, Blue Mantle, and Ceriotho turned tm during
the week in Oachouce, • splendid filly by Voltigeur—
Ayscanara, that will improve immensely with time.
The July Meeting at Newmarket, which now comment's,
on Monday, will afford no room for holt-finding, the July
Stakes on the first day, Stamford Plate on the second. and
the March and Chesterfield Stakes on the last, promising
the most exciting contests, and the 22 remaining items (of
which only five lave closed at present) will help to fill up
each day's cud to the satisfaction of everybody.
On Tuesday, there is a match between two platen over •
mile and • half, mil in opinion it should be won by
Breechloader, Lapidist having yet to prove he can stay
sufficiently well to give him 910. The Exeter
Stakes for 2/r-olds, half a mile, has sixteen subs., out of
which the Splitvote colt, Beatrice, Water Kelpie, Amelia
Alexandria, Weatherbow, Le Dauphin, Armagnac, sad Ada;
are engaged in the July, the list being made up by the
"dark' Muffler, Boatman, Dollar, Lord Warden, Cmaidia,
Ace of Hearts, and the defeated Damson Cheese.
Armemsait and Wentherhow will show what they are worth
in Monday's encounter, and in my opinion this contest will
be redooed to a match between the best of the pair and
Lord Braatford's Aoe of Heart. or Ousidia. The Stamford
Plate, for all ages, six furlongs, has forty-one entries, and
among them four first-clam horses, that have within the
last two months shown themselves in capitol form. Thun-
derbolt, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b ; Buccaneer, 5 yrs, 9st 71b ;
naut, 3 yrs, Sat 51b ; and Livingstone, 2 yrs, fist 121hArl:
bistro, 4 yrs, Sgt Sib ; Walloon, 4 yrs, Set Mb ; and Audrey,
6 yrs, Slie4lb, cut up badly the last time they performed,
and both lest year's celebrities, Counopolite aged, 9st 410, and
Nutbush, 4 yrs, 9st 21b, are tors de combat, or they would
put even greater life into the contest ; but it only needs the
above quartetee to face the starters and there will be no
lack of excitement. Maggiore's double defeat at the hands of
Thunderbolt pule her out of court, as she meets the
horse on irons terms than at Stockbridge ; still the Yankee'
might be represented by their Dew importation, Myrtle ; and
Lightning, the Wasp colt, and Canace, although they have
woe, are quite good looking enough to swell the field,
if they cannot he expected to get before Livioptooe, who
must be my representative of the two-year-olds. Seeing
bow Thunderbolt ran away from Argonaut on Thursday last,
Sir J. Hawley posessess no line to guide him as to whether
Argonaut ma best the old one ; but, consideriag how easily
the latter might have woe at Ascot, and that be has 1016
the beet of the weights with Thunderbolt, he ought to beat
the field, and the latter will be sorely premed to do for
Buccaneer.

On Wednesday Argonaut will have • public St. Leger
trial, Sir Joseph having pitted him against the Roe at
even weights over • mile and • half, which appears •
most daring act at first sight. But, if it be
true, the mare tried more than one Derby horse early
is May at 7lb or 1011 s, there is no reason why a 3-yrar-old
should not be put with her at even weights two months later.
It must be borne in mind Asteroid, with 10Ib the worst of
the weights, gave the Roe a goood 7lb beating over • mile
and a half in the Derby Trial Plate at Newmarket ; acid as
the mare only gets about 1211, the best of Argonaut on
Wednesday next, be need not be of so good a class as his
stable oompaaion by Sib to beat her. U he is the good
thing they make out for the St. lager, he should be almost
the equal of Asteroid at weight; for age, sod it would not
astonish me to see the young one land the odds which are
curs to be laid against him. The Chesterfield Stakes, for
2.yr-olda, half • mile, will not be spoiled by the July, for
Blue Mantle has already • 71b peualty, and if Seashore-
meter should beat him on Monday he will incur one also.
The other July Stake candidates entered for this
comprise Falcon, Man Barn, Lady Augusta, Tease-me-Not,
Selma, The Squaw filly, Columba, Le Dauphin, Armagnac,
Olsdatoos. Escape, Krin-gss.Bragh, the Red Malaga colt,
Prima Lee 800, Oscar, Slattern, and The Flower Safety,
while Camidia and Dollar are in the Exeter Stakes, leaving
thirty.niee fresh candidates pitted against the beet of them,
which 1 opine to be lady Augusta, Tease-Me-Not,
Armagnac, Blue Mantle, and Seecharometer. Of the afore-
said thirty-sine, Bright Cloud (71b extra), Laura, Saida,
Mims Armstrong, and Othapple have all won in public, bat
can hardly be put is the same class as the July Stakes
cracks ; while Bcecitia, Cadmus, The Homily filly, Duchess of
Kingston, Taje, Roil{-poly, The Nun, Appleton filly,
Naeradaba, Devoniensui, Stella, and the Perfect Cure, have
does badly enough to be dismissed altogether, racing-
like as is the last named. Thus Monday's cele-
brities are most likely to have the Chesterfield to them-
selves, as I can only discover one (The Kate filly) among
the fresh candidata to trouble them, and before the eventful
hour arrives, Saccharometer may prove himself a more trust-
worthy champion over thiadistanoe than even Blue Mantle.
The Midsummer Stakes, for three-yr-olds, comes last in the
list, and that looks like a certainty for Blackcock, as beano
did not run up to his proper form at Stockbridge.
The characteriatics of the Worcester bill of fare are totally
different to those observable at Newmarket, as handicaps
form the principal ingredient, and • combination of circum-
stances will prevent the meeting attaining half the sooner
of that at headquarters. In the first place, the Worcester-I
shire Stakes and Worcester Cup, both over the same pound,
are spoiled through the roast performances of Montebello,
who looks extremely well in now, especially for the last-
named,
with all his weight, danger having only to be feared
from the representative of Lord Coventry in either race,
His lordship's beat candidate, Exchequer, has other
work to do on the first day in the Croome
Stakes, • six-furlongs handicap, where Flash-in-the-Pan,
Leonora, and Lady Clifden read moat like his enemies, and
if the latter should be an absentee (not improbable, with
Goodwood so ekes at hand), old Flash-in-the-Pan is the
most likely to beat him. The Flying Stakes, half-a-mile,
will suit the Maid of Honour, 4 yrs, 7st Sib, both in regard
to distance and weight ; and if Leidy Clifden is out of the
way, she will have most cause to fear Volans, Shillelagh,
and My Mary, all very fast for this distance, and apparently
regardless of any weight to put on them. What to stand
on for the Coventry (2-yr-old) Stakes is hard to determine,
as Soapstone carries • 71b penalty, and much depends on
whether the prise is good enough for two or three in the
list that have yet to have their day. The other events are
of no impoeliusra—l am, ko., METEOR.