The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-11 00:00:00

TO THZ RIVTOI OF THY ZIPRIMS.

Sni,—Every race gathering has its peculiar
characteristic, so far as the sport is concerned, and that
at Stockbridge has stood prominently forward, during the
last few years, as strictly a two-year-olds meeting—quite
as much so as the Newmarket July, which has often been
forestalled by the coming out of so many aristocratic young
bloods in " the Hampshire week.' This commences a:
Odiham on Tuesday, and will this year be carried on from
Wednesday to Saturday at Stockbridge, though what the
concluding day's sport is to consist of has yet to be
learned, all that is divulged being that it will not take
place on the regular rising ground. The business
will probably be as uninteresting to the general turfite
as the day at Odiham, where moderate juveniles will have
to sustain the interest, the lot engaged in the handicaps
being too far below mediocrity to receive notice, even did
11 not more peculiar considerations preclude my touching
upon the Hampshire handicaps, with which two or three
" parties," who supply the bulk of the entries, can do
almost as they please. The Hurstbourne Stakes, half-a-
mile, will just suit the powers of Jeannie Deans, whose
superiority to all her opponents we have seen in public as
yet—except Knight of the Garter, and his oppoeition is
not expected—is undoubted; but the Bibury Club Cham-
pagne, on the first day of Stockbridge, may be rather too
much for her (although from her breeding she is bound
almost to get the extra furlong), as should she win at
Odihan. there will be no 41b between her and Sunnylocks.
The latter, who beat the Hampton winner, Huntsman,
very easily. indeed at Ascot, holds safe all we have seen
run ; had the stake may not be rich enough to bring out
Cerf Volsnt, Will Scarlet., and Distin—the best spoken of
of the " dark" lot—against her.
The eighth Stockbridge Biennial, six furlongs, is worth
a good I,OOW. clear ; consequently, Danebury may bring
out its best ally in opposition to the Hermit, • most
splendid performer, seeing how Dragon won his race at the
new Windsor meeting, after succumbing to the son of
Seclusion at Ascot. There are other good or promising
public horses in the race, Opoponax, Dick Turpin, Satyr,
Lochaber, Leading Suit,'Arundel, Seville, and Vauban, to
win ; but there is nothing to approach Hermit, unless it is
Vauban, who ran second to Achievement at the royal
reunion. He is, however, one of the long string in the
camp of the Daneburyites, which also includes a splendid
colt by Stockwell, and a Touchstone mare, Prairie Bird,
called Cocas; so that those only wbo get an opportunity
of following the money may be on " the right one" from
the home stable. Diann, Alleabwy, Will Scarlett,
comprise others in the " dark" list that have good reputa-
tions, Aileabury (by St. Albans out of Queen's Head)
being described as an extraordinary fine colt ; and it is on
the rinds that, if allowed to make his &bat, he will not
only checkmate the Danebury confederacy, but make the
Derby backers of Hermit very uncomfortable.
On Thursday there is another I,OOW. awaiting the juve-
niles, in the shape of a new race called the Coventry
Stakes, which will afford the vaunted Sir Oliver (by Stock-
well out of Maria, by Harkaway) a fair opportunity of
coming out, Marksman, Diann, and one of J. Day's com-
prising all the other respectable. engaged I have seen or
heard of. The public horses in the Mattisfont, six
furlongs,. are so moderate that Uncas must win
if he prove but a second-rater in the Biennial ;
and a decent two-year-old would win the all-age
Stockbridge Cup, seven furlongs, unless business
were really meant with Copenhagen, and he has
to concede the youngsters as much as Sacchsrometer did
Hippia fur the Queen's Stand Plate at Ascot. An in-
teresting contest must ensue for the three-year-old Trien-
nial, one mile and a half, between the old opponents, Cey-
lon and Robin Hood, who will be left to it by Savernake,
probably. When they first met at Bath, Ceylon won
very cleverly, giving the same 311, as is required now ; but
in the Ascot Derby, at even weights, when Staghound
beat the two, Robin Hood was second, so that it is pretty
nearly " trick-and-tie." However, Ceylon has the best of
it, especially when considering he only returned from
Paris just before hie defeat, and if he is well enough to do
battle for the Duke of Beaufort, I shall anticipate his
beating not only Robin Hood but Westwick also, suppos-
ing the latter should come south.
The Troy Stakes, live furlongs, contested on Friday,
will be worth quite 1,500/., no matter how seriously
previous results may reduce the field, by proving
several that now look formidable to be out of
it ; and were the Palmer, Hermit, Cellins, and
Sunnylocks, of the public horses, with Julius, Uncas,
Cerf Vaud, Ailesbury, and Distin of the reputed flyers,
all to face the starter with the same characters behind
them as they sustain now, the betting would be heavy
enough even for the " monkey " speculators. There is no
knowing how good the Palmer or Sunnylocks may be, so
easily did they win at Ascot. nor, at the same time, can it
be judged whether they are better or worse than Hermit,
who met better horses than either, if he did not win
easily. Here are three, then, to divide attention, and
were all the darkies named except Julius, who has no
prior engagement, to suffer such defeats beforehand as
will put them out of the hunt, others would be pretty
certain to come upon the scene. Julius has a stunning
reputation, such an one that he must assist the Palmer in
seriously troubling the best horse brought forth by the
two previous days' races, and the freshness of the pair
may get the best home before the victors of both the
Coventry and Biennial Stakes, if they happen to be en-
gaged herein. Still, repudiating, for reasons before ad-
vanced, all ideas of interfering with the handicaps,
' tempting as one or twd appear in the Danebury Nursery,
I am only left with the Hurstbourne Cup to discuss, and
this looks a pretty " good thing " for Elland.
A meeting at Beverley on Vs ednesday and Thursday is
the only other fixture of the week, and this requires no
notice at my hands.-1 am, Sc., METEOR.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—SATunner.
NORTH I'MHERLAND PLATE.
15 to 4 agat Windham •100 to 8 agat Lady Vane 'off
Bto 1 Caithness t 100 to 7 Harry Brailsford
9 to 1 Miss Haworth !t' it;
11 to 1 Dolan t 100 to 7 Red Earl off)
100 to 8 Honesty ,t' 1100 to 4 Our Jem off,
100 to 8 —• Zenobia litol; 100 to 6 Primate off)
ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agd Lord Lyon it, 3 to 1 *gat Rustic ,otr,
4 to 1 apt Savernake :off .

Three matches between large yachts, in con-
nexion with the Royal Thames Yacht Club, were sailed on the
Thames on Saturday,but the extreme lightness of the wind,
and occasional calms, reduced the sport to a minimum. Pro-
bably the races can hardly be considered fair tests of the
merits of the respective vessels, or illustrations of the
skill of the crews. The contests, tedious and disappoint-
ing as they must have been to yachting men, never-
theless afforded a holiday to the hundreds of landsmen
and landswomen who crowded the steamers from London-
bridge in the morning.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH LONDON
R.aTLwAT.—On Saturday afternoon an accident took place
on this line of a most extraordinary and alarming character.
Between the Caledonian-road and the Camden-road
stations the North London is connected with the Midland
and Greet Northern goods and coal depots by a steep in-
cline, running from what is adled the St. Pancras Station
up towards Camden-mad, by which means trains reach the
main line of the North London. Commencing this incline
is a siding, at the end of which stood a square brick build-
ing on the top of the embankment forming the south-
eastern side of the bridge crossing the King's-road, and
supporting an enormous water tank, from which the
engines derive their supplies. This incline is generally
used for goods and coal traffic only, and in consequence of
the severity of the gradient it is necessary for engine-
drivers, in order to reach the North London level, to put
on the steam to a very high pressure. On Saturday, an
engine, dragging a very heavily-laden coal train, was going
up the incline, and and nearly leached the top, when one
of the rails got out of place, and threw the engine off the
line. So soon as this was discovered by the driver he shut
off the steam, and he and the ceker jumped off. The
impetus, however, on the engine was at the time so great
that it dashed on, and passing entirely through the eastern
wall of the tank house, at the top of the embankment,
embedded itself in the brick wall on the opposite side,
overhanging King's-road, where it was brought to a
stand. Had it gone through this, nothing could have pre-
vented it4descending, with a number of the cod trucks in
its rear, into the road beneath, and dragging the whole of
the building tank and all, with it. Although the build-
, fug, presents an exceedingly_ shattered appearance, the
remaining walls still stand. The only other injury is the
damaging of the engine and several of the trucks. The
siding is sufficiently removed from the mail line of the
North London to prevent any interruption to the general
traffic. _ _ _

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