The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-28 00:00:00

THE NEW

r AUTUMN HANDICAPS.

To Tol OS nue ununa.
e.noeptamoes for the Csearewitch and
Ckmbndgeshini handicap. main their eapsarmies promptly
enough, the Messrs. Weatherby bay* published them on
Tue.My evening, but ix hours after Ma time stipulated,
and we had them at Newmarket when the Subscription.
room opened at Right. However, they rather too
soon for many of the backers, and the witch created
quite a sensation from the small number left in ; in feet,
mast would have it the list was incorrect, and anxiously
*wad the publication of the weakly Calendar, which should
destroy all their hopes, as there are redly but 54
acceptors out of the 159 handicapped. This is one
of the most disastrous ftilures on record, espe-
cially for one of "the admires" productions, and
what to ascribe it to I. • matter of great difficulty, for there
was scarcely one complaint openly expreerd by owners of
hones. Except on one occarioa, in 1364, the number (54)
has not been so low Once 1847, the first year that it
exceeded half a hundred, and the average einoe that
date has been 64, while last year it reached 93, by far the
largest on record. Still the held is not bound to suffer
from this faWag off, as is 1856, when ray 57 accepted, 26
darted ; and in 1846, 31 started odd the 45 amentienta.
Among the non-accepton the meet remarkable are Indus-
trious, Chin Arnie, Schism (an heavily backed but equally
heavily weighted), Tolerant, The Theme, Sant, sad
Largesse, the four lammteatiensd Wag mimes* pro-
'monad " well in," and kindly support by these who
=Mliy indulge in • " fancy,"itad is not a httle mingular
one of them have MAU. compiaimme with anyappareut
pretensions to act in their stead except Chive Arnie, whose
party have a boot to sheens between. Out of the fourteen
that received more then 3st, only three cried content, and
the weight. have been raised 21b, so that the live-year-old
hes arsilidag to complain of in Set 1211 i, were he in
I Weald fears and the same remark will apply to Becket,
5 yes, Ist lab, and Starke, 5 yrs, let 121 b, who have each
bahed a good thing in his day, although not recently.
Oape yoway has partisans, even with kit and despite
the erection of many connected with the Whitewall stable
that he would not have been near the wiener of the St.
had he started ; but I cannot see • preened of his
!Wow* be the footsteps of Patigh.a.Ballagh or The Baron,
who managed to via whit Set sad lei 91b respectively, for,
with the meeptisa of Lady Bombs (third in WO with
7st 71b), so other Mem-ye
has canted so much as
7ss insa the " San three," and in thane days light we!ghte
ban bry far the best of it. Newamtle, when he beat Wild
Rees ai lesimeter, looked well in sad yet this ►lnty not
bawl hew aseeedinig to Cocker, his owner being so satisfied
Si was not the free naming, that he kid 59 to 1 against
Neweasile thin week to all who were anxious to get on, and
gen them • start into the bargain. Gallen never displayed
alaykg powers, and the cherry jacket is likely to be serried
by the Courier, who is too moderate for me to fancy him,
we. at fat 6m Bea Webster and lady Traraw, Tat 91b,
have their supporters, hut they may not be able to give
the weight to Viatka, Ist 21b, or Weetherhomdt OM 91h.
who should bold safe all the three-year olds gi them
weight; while of the old hones following
_iytavlor
Bevis, 4 yrs, 6st 1314, and Killigrew, 15 UM, have
decidedly the best of it on paper, es the Woodyeates
hones despite his wretched primmer:ea this sesacie, and if
the debts can find • superior in either Dulabella,
37R Get 111 b, Gridiron, 3 yeti est 71b, or Prenine
3 yrs, sst 71b—all good harees—l nerealtlV sunPoo‘ they
may riot have to go boine defeated, which has
Men so often the case with them this meson.
Alm. Taylor's two, Plumper, 3 yes, Get 41b, and Conscript,
3 yrs, Set 1 llb, are also very formidable, the former having
given Peodororrna a good IOW beating when reeeiviag 2.1 b
from her at Ascot, whit Conscript, at the same meeting,
gave her a stone beating when receiving 161 b in the Stakes,
that the best of the pair should hold her safe. Golden
yrs, diet 41b, goes up and down too much in the
independently of which I doubt whether. descend-
ant of Hesperus can stay ; Optimist, 3 yrs, 6st lb (the
young American, presumed by many to be the superior of
Starke at the weights), Sheffield, 4 yn, Oat 111 b, Bambino.
3yn, sst 91b, and Daaaa, 3 yrs, sds illh, all being prefer-
able to her in my estimation. Stable Meths have not yet
became fathomable, and it would be premature to make a
selection ; but I cannot help thinking that the Woodyeates,
American, and Alex. Taylor's stable. will supply the
winner—at any rate if Weitherbotuxi be couSlyeith the
loin hepay being too formidable for me to them.
The ridgeshire will, of coupes be mate y affected
by the result of the above, as 35 out of the blare engaged
Morn, and should Ancient Briton, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; Chance
Mot, 3 yrs, Set 71b ; Golden Pippin, 3 yea, Set 61b ; Precise,
3 yin, list 101 b ; Shefileld, 4 yrs, 64 416; and Sir William,
3 yrs, Get 1311,, start in the long ram, their performances
mcbahsow them to be very dangerous hare, Sir William
an especial favourite of Mini for we moat not forgot
how served Tattoo at Stockton, be having given her 291 b
sad a beating there, over three-quarters of a mils, which
as him veritable dinner. after the min's perform-
ease the Portland Plate at Donouter. Altogether, there
are al left is, being 21 leas than last year, and five &oder
the avenge slam 1847 ; but • good field is, nevertheless,
eertatiaty. That it will equal last Tear's I fully expect, the
difficulty of " finding the pea" being very great, and inde-
pendently of those in the Ceesrewitch, I can only plead •
liking for Coutadina, 3 yrs, Get 71b ; Seclusion, 3 yrs, 64
81b ; Sutton, 3 yr., OM 31b ; and the Venus fill i 3iirs,
sst 131b.-1 am, hr.,
Sept. 27.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
THE SUBSCHIPTIOIf ago:ma —WepzinsDAT Eriorma.

The atteedenee at subscribers was spas meg— r;in tle
itnand heehime esesediugh dull. Pot HoeCern-
aml to Iwe eared es the field, the hones most is
demand bens ell the se eat of the promedhlelln.
Feedoroweo and Olipeript, the lows however
later in the imam WIM 1 /boot Cope Flyaway
tamed from ES to 1 Übe Is 10 fee 1 *fared, afterwards!.
to 1 was booked alio* biee.theee odds being his daub(
. 40 to 1 was on one or two tmeasione booked about
33 to 1 being however the highest current offer
a him. A " pony " was given in advance for the call
orr to 1 against either of Mr. Ten Broeck's two any time
' to the nee. For the Derby the following six were
backed spinet the field for an even "monkey s"—Dia-
Aastes, leans, Big Ben, Dundee, Dictates., and Kettle.
drum. For the Cambridgeshire. *dries after Button met
with no response from the lame
CEBABEWItCH ersizs.
99 to 1 apt Oosacripi (off )
25 to 1 Cape Flyaway (t and off)
25 to 1 gptb.i.b (ati
25 to 1 Feedorown• (off )
25 to 1 Bevis (off)
30 to 1 Starke (t)
33 to 1 Bareshbas (t 40 to
33 to 1 Deities Pippin (off)
DERBY.
30 to 1 apt Bann Hood (t)
TIM grltitteil PLAY of 100 shindy for 3-vr-olds, Mt 2lb ;
four, 104 nb ; Are, 11; six and aged, list 41h. B.C.
Died istrathinore's Mouravielf, by Pyrrhus the Pint. 4 yrs,
lest fth iAldcrott. I
Mr. Oeldltree, 4 yr% ne legers. I
thetas Litele's Master Sag* 6 yrs. Dot 41b ....Olivier! 3
Pitta's also ran.
%their ; Even co Mourevisff, 3 to 1 apt Pitman, 4 to 1
apt Master Bigot. Oehiltree took • long lead at shirting,
with the pry lylog off Inn. In this order they ma to