The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

NORSZILICING lit stIMUCA.

The sporting portion of our community had a gala
day on Tuesday on Long Island. There were matches on
both the Union and Eclipse coarse", of which • tall and in-
teresting scoomt was given last week. Oa the Eclipse
cour.e the celebrated trotters Flora Temple and Freres had
another opportunity—the third this season—of exhibiting
their relative merit., wok the anal ruelt—Flora Temple
&heed. Tho performaare of this beautiful animal on her
last running day (fluidity week) had created quite an
excitement in sporting circle& ter, for the fret time
on record, the amazing speed of • mile in two
minutes and 22 seconds wits attained.2r This,. and the
assertion of her drier that else could, it to it, have
made the distance in twit minutes and Numb, crated
a very general desire to witness the race of Tuesday, end
conseqeently there was an unusually large attandeme. The
performances of Tuesday, however, did not trona up to those
of the preceding day for any single mile, but the time in
which the first two-mile heat was ran by Flora wee six and
a half mooeds ahead of anything that had been dam before.
In an article last week we made a coreparleon of American
and English hones, and of the distinctive feature of terf
sports in both ennuis. Whln we believe that this country
products hirers which, for speed and endurance combined,
can challenge not only England, but the world, it must be
coafessed that se yet our racecourse system is not well cal-
culated to cooperage the sport. What would be thought In
England of a racecourse when the whole field did not com-
a prise a kindred acres, and where the spectators had to
I from a donee to ten dollars admioion fee? The
its, of such a thing could hardly be realised in
England, and it en attempt were made to intridace
such • plan there it would prove • miserable failure ; and yet
that is the system on which our Long Wand racecounee are
conducted. The whole ground comprised in one of them
would not afford room enough for the provision booths of an
English raceoearea. The consequenoe is that, no matter
how great the attraction may be In regard to the quality of
our races, they can never bring together more than a few
thousand spectators. We have seen an advertised match on
the Eclipse course postponed to a from day because there
were not 30 persona present, end that, too, when the
weather was most charming. The fact is, that if our
sporting men ever expect to make the sport popular in this
region they must cut adrift from the mineable little en- I
donne which they designam racecourses, but which are
molly only lit for exercise grounds. It most cease to be, as
it now Is, ',lily and wholly a money speculation. The pro-
prietors of these enclosers get op matches, not for the
sake of the sport, but for the aske of the dollars that they
take In at the wickets • and in nine cases out of tea it la all
nicely arranged beforehand which horse shall win, and the
knowing ones make their books seemingly. The whole
system is quite enough to destroy the popular taste for
such sports; and, in fact, the general experience is that the
non-professional epeetator who goes oboe, rarely, If ever,
goes again. What we really want in the vicinity of
New York, and what we ere surprised has not been pro-
vided before by some of our enterprising sportomen, is •
large tract of poond where the ems of thousands of our in-
dustrial population may go, on one of our New York Derby
days, to enjoy the tan and feat and excitement of regular
oldmountry fIIC4III, where they can bring their wives and
sweethert• far a days healthful meet, and where they
will hare nothing to pay except for their conveyance to and
from the city. At the Emote ratteenree en • Derby day one-
Mb of the population of Loudon to on the field. If we would
popularise the sport here we mast follow the example of our
English cousins in that respect, and then, instead of a few
thousand persons &rambling to see the sport, the whole mo-
tive poem at the disposal of the railroad conceals, and the
steamboat proprietuts, and the livery-stable keepers,would be
insufficient to accommodate the crowds that would be flock-
ing to the teem Will not mina of the railroad or ether cor-
porations take the hint if sporting men do not? The lauds
may be only hired for the occasion, end the rent for booths,
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THE GOVERNMENT AND TITS PROPOSED NEW
P0111,0771C1 IN LIVIIPOOL.-.ACCOnlillg to prior &mug-
meat the Right Moe. W. R. Oltidetors, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, paid a visit to Liverpool preen:lay. and at the
Ogee of hie brother, Mr. Robert Oladeterae, he met the
ma or, Wtiliato Prestos, Req., the chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce; Charles Robertson, Req., the town clerk; the
borough earseer, and several rosrabers of the Health Com-
mittee. In company with times gentlemen, the Chanoollor
of the Exchequer inopeeted the site of the proposed new post-
age" in Delegates+, and the whole party efterwattis ad-
jaunted to the Town-hall to diatom the preliminaries of the
question. It Is stated that the difileultine between the corpo-
ration sad the gem nimeat are priocipally of • ftnanoial cha-
racter. Daring Ms stay he Liverpool the Chancellor of the
Exchequer Is the guest of his brother, Mr. R. Gisdatons, at
Coert-Hey, Broad-green, near Liverpool.
ELECTION Enearaita.—The election auditor to
certified that the expenses of the Hen. H. C. Liddell at the
last election for the Southern Division of Northumberland
were 1101. 0.. 3d.; eat those of Mr. Destunont, 2211.2 x. 4d.
were UN.
The Gilmer el Lad Lovable for North Northumberland
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