The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-01 00:00:00

SPORTING.

FIRST OCTOBER RECOLLECTIONS.-31AL-
TON, BEDFORD, AND CARDIFF EXPECTATIONS.

TO Tin IDITOII OF THE 1:1,11,35.
Si ,—That the racing season of 1880 Is fast
drawing. to a close we have a strong hint when looking at
the • fixture." for the current week, as we hero but a day's
leather•dappmg at Felton, and two dare sport at Melton,
Belford, and Cardiff, there being nothing startling in the
programmes lowed for either gathering. In fact, tnrfites
appear loon, interested in the two affair, yet to come off at
head-quarters, and if they meet with therms p te
share of support as betel that just concluded, Mae legitimate
Mastro eonundouWaLyhaysbeen brought to • most success-
fel termination. A detailed review of the Ad October
Meeting is quite uncalled for, ae half the iseateds rested
solely between piston • sa, the 2-I=t =Oa Were of
Wine sitiesogh the
mike de
shghtly="6l4led thereby. the
served to mike de
Whitewall norm for the Ids Arad wide( but for-
midable. as he ran the Reese Illy tuara=d for theadura
ham Stale, and in the Triennial defeated ILlarikoff without
an effort, thee, beam serious doable whether tlhheeyy had
anything enparier to the Renee ally at home. Idkmtese
den peeved himself a useful bores, for, besides the two
fitperomesose above mentioned, he beat the highly-tried
with half • store the worst of the weights, and Mr.
Merry bee one of the truest animals to measure Dundee
with he meld possibly wish for. This latter worthy our.
prised me, I mast cooled by his triumph for the Hopeful
dads, where be was er much out of his distance that the
fielders fully anticipated seeing him bowled over, and the
most eathommitio &Dowers of the Harley stable were chary
of trusting their pet on this occasion, Wallooo's per-
, formed at Doncaster giving him all the best of it on
paper at half • mile. That be should have woe there
were not two opinioas, had he run as gamely as in the
Champed*: but although French allowed him to lead two
or three lengths from the start, Lad Stamford had the
mortification again to see his hone cut in when victory
appeared reduced to a certainty. Even then, however, all
was ant over, em Little lady took up the cudgel,, and gave
Dundee something to do to catch her, a feat be accomplished
about twenty yards from the chair, when his triumph was,
of course, a certainty, although many were in doubt until
the number IMO hoisted. Queen of the Vale never showed in
the raes..being completely out of condition ; and Evenhand,
a good-looking son of Mildew and l'iiderhand's dam, pur-
chased by Mr. Ten Breech of the breeder, Mr. Wright,
was completely untrained, so that handicappers will not
heed his wretched exhibition ; still, the performance of
Dundee was not a bad one, as to give Little Lady Blb and a
beating over her favourite half.mile is no joke, for it
shows him to have improved a good Sib more than her
ladyship since wet defeated at Liverpool Spring, where
he rave her but 21b and a neck beating for third place over
half a mile. Thus the stain of his only defeat this year is
wiped away, for Lady Clifden only bent him three parts of
a length nu the occasion abovementioned, and the 131 b im-
provement manifested on Tuesday last will noun than make
up for that defeat. It might be presumed Lord Stamford
ha. his measure to an inch now, and that if they back Dio-
phantom or Insane in earnest for the Derby, Dundee
doomed ; but, at the same time, it moat be
recollected how difficult Dundee found it to dispose
of Brown Duchess at Liverpool over half-a-mile, while
he fairly lost her over three-quarters at Goodwood,
and those who hang on the Hopeful " line" may find it
fcast strong enough to drop them anywhere but on their
eet. The three-year-old event.' were not exciting, except
in one instance, when Thormanby, the Wizard, and High
Treason, met on a mile and a-quarter, and put the talents
completely out of their reckoning, although the running of
the trio confirmed everytkieg they had dune previesely,
rcpt in the tit. Leger, as the Wizard would easily have
disposed of Thormanby in the Derby had the diatoms bees
a mile and a-quarter, while High ?radon was many lengths
behind Thormanby in the Douoaster Cup ' • the only
says-
tery is, how High Treason obtained second place is the
St. Leger, before both the Wizard and Thormanby,aad we
con only leave it ho time to solve the enigma. Tie wen
not allowed a fair opportunity of judging how Cape Fly-
away would have performed had he started for the great
event at Doncaster, ea lishreur (coughing) and St. Albans
stayed at lode, and Ring of Dismoods was his only
opponent for the Triennial, worthy the name • but he wee
like a racehorse, and they thought sufficient of him to
make a three-year-old first favourite for the Caearearitch
with Bst llb—one pound more than Faughe.Ballagh canted
home in 1844, and 616 beyond the Baron's weight in 1845,
both these animals having won the St. Leger very cleverly.
The handicaps did but little for either the
Cerarsvritch or Cambridgeshire, the Eastern Counties
wherein my lot of Ave supplied first and
third) winner, Cardin*, having a very different weight to
carry in the lambridgeshire ; still the start was such a bad
one that it will not do to follow the nioniug of several be-
bind her. The starter's duties were, on the whole, very in-
differently performed throughout the mastitis, and Mr.
" trial " will not take much beating, whoever may be
next us the list to compete for the office. The deferring of
the Maltos) meeting until the autumn has turned out a step
In the right direction, judging by the programme tooled, as
its success is reduced to a certainty, with the principal items
so well filled. The Fitzwilliam I te, six fur-loop, although
worth but 501., has an entry which includes Caller Ou',
DutArnan, the Lioness colt, Doefout, and Fast Stanley ;
but the superiority the two last mentioned has been too
often displayed fur Colonel Towneley's colours to be in jeo-
pardy, w tower may carry them. The Mallon Headlamp, one
mile &Id o half,wil &boiled th is gentleman well represented, as
gladiolus cannot complain of his fist 121 b, and he need only
fear theta, 3 yea, fist 131 b, and Upperhsed, 3 yrs, Est 1.21 b,
the tatter being a pretty " good thing," If they ask him.
The Two•Yeir-Old and the Langton titakesiLadrlauka can
scarcely lose, having both Caller On' and Scrubbing Brush
safe on the Steekon running ; and it will take something to
beat J. Scott's seketed in the Members' Plate, the mile
being admirably suited to Donner nod Blitz, who has but a
Sib penalty foe winning over the same distance at Don.
caster, when Faultless was beaten by him in receipt of a
stone. The Narcliffe ad Birdman Plates, with the two
Hasten' Stakes, are not worthy of Odin ; sad the other
events are incomplete.
Bedford has this year daseended very low to the scale, the
entries for the threeetakes closed being very had, ad there are
only nine left in for the Bedfordshire Handiest', two miles,
'mimeo,. 3 yrs, list Mb, being likely to frighten the majority
of her ate, althovgia,, from the maned in which
BandyM a 3 yrs, TA lib, and Glendioning, 3 yr.,
fat 11th, are supported for the Cesareeriteh, neither mast
be held too cheap. The Two-Year Old Stakes, half a mile,
I hardly like to deal with, as the wiener tan be claimed for
IDOL, and Conundrum may be considered worth more than
that sent by his owner. He has the beat of Southport from
their ruining in the Panted Piet, at Brighton, and LC4II/111
Lei-tenni is the oily other likely to ore him the lest
unable. An acceptance has to be desisted for the Scurry
Hamden, and the Mid eventa have yet to clod.
At Oirdiff they had a fair weed last damn ; bet it is
likely to be eclipsed on Thunday and Friday next, the
being • very full one. rho Cardiff
=pi" has fifteen acceptances, of which Lord
Corsair:a two—Aneient Be 5 yr., Wan-
derer, 5 yrs. 7st 9tb—are not the vowel treated, and
if the latter car. dismiss of York, 5 yrs Pet ells, end Dead-
, nought, 3 yns, 7st alb, he will ad be 'far oat. Nearly the
same lota sninsais are engaged in the Handled on the
I mood day. and the minor handicaps defied too mach one
ads the other for any opinions to be formed until " the
numbers are up ." but Lupus can redly lie selected for the
Two-Tear-Old stakes in the probate absence of Fairwater,
'card held the hest .1 his opponents.--I am, ke.,
METEOR.

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severa. eh complinanis to the Mtn of the
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and Wes to inform bias Nat he has this day rensivedlW-
eatioa .4 the survey's( expedition from one of the sew of
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reamed of
as injary received ky his by the salintal ht es the
foes to yant. Me reports all lads at board writ ea
the 31et August at Reikavirk, where they bad taken is
oats and water session to Isavisg that day for Onealasd.
The lead nervy of Inlaid from Portland to Reilkarick had
oicupfed kowtow days, and new coosidand satiefactory.
Hamann had nee take of in harasses
and groups at naves of feelsod, sal km was seaneted to
state that fall official despatches would be forwarded by
Lord Milton's yacht Misery classy), then at Heinrich,
sad eepeaed to mil for th• Shetland Isles on the 10th
isitaM. Her Majesty's sti. Bulldog had Inched •t
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