The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

LONDON, IIIESDAY EVENING, . SEPTEMBER 20, • ISM

SPORTING.

THE DONCASTER MEETING.
TO TILT IDITOI OF TIS SIPILLIF,

811,—With a St. Lager that kept up its character
for reducing the most astounding of
m surprise., • Great York-
shire Handicap that brought together • arid amboing up-
wards of • soon, a Mammies Stakes that introduced to
the world another Derby favourite, and twenty-seven item
in addition that lace, is the majority of maw, of the utmost
impoetaace, the recent meeting at Donouter can well die-
roes with an eulogieun from me, aa the return speaks foe
itself. and your readies moot have come to any otter Oun-
-0111140n:then that it wen a "decided hit." Still It wee some-
what Miele' the proceedinga should be Inaugurated by the
"Muds committing one of toe armee blunders it is possible
to coacelve, even when we confider how ill-constructed are
the majority of rote conditions. I allude, of come,
to the fact of Zuyder Tee being adjudicated the
Maur of the Fitzwilliam Stakes with but • 41b
plushy, Mead of 71b, white be was decidedly entitled to, if
precedent and common sense me to have any weight in the
matter. The conditions speeded that Main of " love."
la 1569 were to carry 4111 Mire, or of " 600 son." 71b extra ;
sad lesunterer haring meted the higher penalty last year as
the whiner of the Goodwood Cup (Mee 300 ems., with only
340 sere. la specie), Ashanti weighed la fur the 7lb extra,
but receiving a hint bake MA heal so, and after the race
the stewards Melded that he me entitled to no more, es,
although he won the Obeaterleld Cap at Goodwood (value
300 rave., with 460 Dove, la specie, the prim being made no
galtubs.St Ikaovs, era), be did sot win 600 mesreiru. Of
they took the waeliblemliy, sad the erratum ef all
the talents present could oat get them to alter their declaim ;
but that they misunderstood the conditions the smallest
eoesideration meat convince the met thick.headed tyro.
TM penalties and allowance" in weight for age races are
isanded to give moderate horses a chance with their
superiors—et lees; such la the idea entertained by the mm-
enmity at large; but la this solitary Instance a totally dif-
ferent doctrias wee promelgated, for while the winners of
such • prize se the ATM is Ooodwood cup (which are
seldom carried off by other than the best animate on the tart)
may swarm penalty altogether, la the newness &Jut,
=leas the surplus amounts to • am= mom the commonest
plater that may happen to arry off the Goodwood Stakes or
Nursery Handicap with • 'feather' on Its bark may have to
give It Ib;7 and thus, Instead of mimes of differeot cams
being brought together they will be more widely separated.
That this wen the iMation of the Fitawiltiam conditions I.
not for cme moment to he imagined, sad the sooner the decl-
aim is overruled the better, thee being plenty of time
yet for the matter to be resonsidered. Calms the
fiat Is ravened, we may next yew have sums value
fuming • hone that hes prrbsps was the Choir Cep,
or any other great money prim, sad riming to carry a
malty at Mt on the ground that he received the
stakes in note; and consequently Is oat liable as the winner
of 200 or 600 sovereigns. It would not he • bad joke, as it
would show how ridiculous le the idea of Mktg the words
literally. The performance of Heyde, Zee was me of the
best of she omen over • mile come, sad he is anything bat
shut oat of the Cambridgeshire with Pat 210 ; for the course
will nit bite even better than that at Doncester, as he
glories in • hill. The doubt I expressed on idooday last as
to Madame ligleatine getting were than half-a-mile proved
well grounded, as she sever ran much further in the Cham-
ps-no Stakes, which were earned oft by the greatly-improved
Log of Diamonds, who, when in the receipt of 51h, could
not maks Boocenetr gallop at Goodwood. That his tam
was not Up-top, however, is proved by Swesteauce running
almost &solos* to him as he did to the 710-ptioalued lUge
Treason on Thursday, so that the latter Ia some three
or fear pounds better thee the Lag. This serves to make
Umpire's Derby chance look more 'rosy" them ewer as he
M High Timm when not up to the mark very mealy' at
Stockton, while Thorroanby, having Mem beak the Ling
and High Treason, haa orgartred some of his lost presage.
Lamaze cut up worse than ever, although ae fault whatever
could be found with his looks, and he le wreaks so me bright
My. again. The Gloat Yorkshire Haodicim was use of the
old-fashioned sort, and few mote of the description have this
sewn brought out snob a amber of animals that were
backed In wernest. TM two favourites, s range to relate,
both got disappointed at the starting, Julia Mumbling on to
her head, white Mathew lost mart, but he wee ma good
terms with his hoses am alter pmts. the Had Home, yet
mold not maintain hi. menthe, and had be possessedMee
qualities which hie party boasted of beferelettad, he would
sot have been bastes so disgracefulty, despite his bed start.
He had nothing to complain at a the fortlend Piste, 00 we
meet write bias but • moderatehorse at best. The performance
of Gradates (whys made mum. for Muslin) to the ram is
wart/ recoils/Mem, has made the pass good for the Mt mile
and a half, and as he wu right up with Gladiolas sad Badale
'la the Degiceater Stake. on Friday, his fist Ilb in the Cant-
bridgeable* is a lenient weight indeed. Oa Wednesday Tom
Bowline cut down the Venus filly and Lady Falconer with
such me that his Derby backers body formes him hie
Goodwood defeat; sad there is no ream for me to regret
have given the. um encouragement when reviewing that 1
sesame; but la the excitement of preparation for the great
even; little notice was taken of blur. Thanks to the St. 1
Leger having of late yams so completely umet public run-
ning, the fact of such a reputed flyer as The Promised Land
be int engaged did not tuti the race of my of its interest and
• field of elevea was mustered without the aid of odium:Ma-
rionatte or Trumpeter. The absence of the letter wee nothing
surprieing ; but it is singular that Marionette's =timer to
start was not discovered until the monied of the race, as
betas he was taken to Dune rotor" The Land" warn admired
byall who saw him gallop is the morning; and when the
preliminaries were being Rose through there weve few to
Sod fault with him, his fitness being a subject of mural
ri rook. Siumieraide did not look A lin conditiou,althongh
her form ha. decidedly towered bind the Epsom meeting.
list there were not two opinions coarsening the pretemions
of Defender, who has stoma into me of the finest three-'
year-olds in training, and those who saw thn also hie
rand to Trumpeter at Newmarket Craven would scarcely
know him, Gamester we as fit u a Whitewall pre mention
could make anything; but ho looked nothing by the side of
Defender and Napoleon, who appeared capable of galloping
over bim. There was no delay at the poet, to try the nerves
of those deeply interested, the lot getting away without one
IMAM ; and tee first remark 1 beard wee, What's that
making runnieg t" There was little time foe thinking about the
matter, tut 1 coulees to having been pray amunished on
finding it was the favourite, A. Day letung him go • ran
pace for the lint half-mile or so, which settled the pretax-
dons of more than one, fudging from the tail the field pie-
tented at the milt poet, wheat, both Napoleon end Crates
were beaten. On nearing the Red House the favourite
allowed Lis opponents to get closer to him, Sucomendde sour
rushing into the mood plate, and the two ware going on well
that Astro, who was with he hones right op to thie point,
gave up the struggle. The two tracks mule the tarn in
close order, the favourite still with the lead, and I thought
at one time we were to have • second edition 01 the Surplice
and Damson struggle, ea they raced up to the distance.
However, we had another emir of the Blink Bonny and
Ignoramus instead, for they both gave up the ghost at shout
the dame pots& as the worthy pair, when the 6. Tykes"
began chemist( for Gamester, who showed with a slight
lead if Defender at the Steed ; but it was not over until
lit4lllatallhhere at pat, the
on7yversuhceaulintingttye
• short half length, Magnum obtaining third place on
sufferance. So moderato was Gamester ounaidired at home
that there are very few good winners, and those who followed
the stable did to more on account of the hick th tt bas fol-
lowed them of late years than any other circumstance. Of
course the gentlemen are heavy losers, the winntr being
scarcely thought tit by the majority of speculators, end it is
even averted that Sir Charles Mork astir once supported
him le the market for • shilling. Taking into account that
something must have berm taken out of Defender by his race
ea Wednesday, and hie being so tar diasppoirood dendining the
etruggle that he lied to go from the right to the let of the
two frvuttritee when getting to the front, my "outsider"
did nut disgrace me, and had he been kept quiet ha might
hare broken the chains winch appears to hang over the
Whitewall stable whenever the St. Leger favourite, are
beaten. That the race Me not bean won by •
mote moderate animal fir some time I firmly tame,
even iiminhox doing more creditable things oe the mad
than Gamester; and it will not sorption rasa to us the latter
es often beaten from the prevent time as be was before
Thursday last, there being something incomprehensible In
each a sadden improvement. He was athe Cesarewitch at
Ist 41b, but did not accept; while Promise! Lind has
accepted for the Cambridgeshire with Set 71b, he not being
out of the fray now, in my opinion, although Magnum,
dent lutti, moms to hold sale all the St. Leger horses there.
The roftlaod Plate and Queen's Plats showed the farm of
Itimat-Anste to be going of, or the let 9lb would not settle
hie pretensions for the Cambridgeshire; bet Woodburn
must =modally improve upon his running In the Cleveland
Handicap to be muted to the support that his party have
given him for the Cambrldgeohlre. North Lincoln had little
to do in the Eglintcn, Mar:sure declining the escaunter
with him, although she was on the spot, with no
other job on hand. The St. Leger roaming was rea-
dopted more inexplicable on Friday, by HMls*
who looked • " good thing " foe the Doncaster Stakes
cm the strength of hie running Gameeler to • bled at Turk,
enceatobing to Gladiolus therein, although be beet Defender
=melt nobs for places in the Cup, and thus proved Mr Sim
te be quite r near es es it wee at York. Corr
=, rim Olscliolr's winning the Dorris, flukes or
see St. Leger victory must bent down as a "flake."
(Moslem was not two lengths behind Olediolas In the
Stakes, end the performance gives me • better minim of Ms
Cambridgeshire chance than the other—the only argument
against him being the fact at NW et the Mist getting home
first, se the Rover gave her seedy a sum and bra' her in a
mem for the Corporatism Plato. The spores wooed up by
Memlimere &bowleg se the hero of about the most brilliant
ameter ; the 9N 71b he carried In the Town
Getgelatenm. st Di
sot being sufficient to stop him over his favourite dis-
tance, sad one of hi. opponent. woe actually in the receipt
of Est. Before biddlng adieu to the tweeter, It is se
well to mention that • report was pretty freely drailehed