The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-30 00:00:00

(Stamped, id. Additional.) [T WOPEN CE.

SPORTING.

REVIEW OF THE GOODWOOD RUNNING.

TO TEI IDITOE OF TEC Esesps.

Sin„—lf we had but one meeting of " cracks"—
Donee and &own Duchess for the Fiudon Stakes—daring
the four days at Goodwood in any of the great 2 and 3-yr.
old events, the large fields for the handicaps fully made
amends for these shortcomings, and the meeting may be
said to have met with • fair average share of suoeess, all
that appeared wanting being, perhaps, onemoreitem in each
of the programmes f or Tuesday,Wednesday,and Friday. As a
revision of the bill of fare, however, is talked about for
next year, it may be ',resettled that nothing will be over-
looked likely to benefit the meeting, its promoters having
already under consideration a proposition to substitute a 4-v r-
old race for the Mutton Stakes on Thursday, and bring the
latter forward to Wednesday, which will remove thegrotinds
fur eorophant on account of 1.0 many 2-year-old events
being crammed into the grand day's bill of fare. But while
on the subject of such • reform, it is to he hopedecene one
will propose the Four Year Old Memorial 111002111416the1l the
nude°, in 4 the event of the aforesaid 4-geoid stake
being instituted, as one or two opined.* certainly
engaged iti.both, and it would be impossible
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such long distances twice • day. The halfande Handicap
Plate could easily take its place, and it is dedipMul whether
Thursday's list would sot be improved br this Osage, did no
other take
Rlaoe, for there I. not one begMeap on the
" grand. day, while on Wednesday then see ittpliNg=
to the Stakes. The alteration in Tiles&
cannot but be lookeelepon as sa improverueut, although but
ten entered for the weight-forage Craven Stakes, which
last year, when • handicap, attracted thirteen to the post ;
when the quality of thecouipetitas on Tuesday last is con-
sidered, however, the comparison is all in its favour, and
while affording a sort of trial for the large stables it will
always meet with good support. Crater, Znyder Zee, and
Uaspardi represented there formidable daviaions, and
although the young one woo easily at last, the other two
showed so well with him up to a certain point that Bretby
supported Nicholas pretty heavily for the Stewards' Cup,
and few seemed inclined to take liberties with Gridiron for
the .;takes after the runningof his " trial horse." The 2-yr-
old events, the Ham and Lavnnt, had no influence on the
Derby, and the Gratwieke does not call for comment,
unless on account of the bad form displayed by
Sagitta, who could not beat the moderate Winton, when in
receipt of nib, so objectionable was the mile and • half to
her. The Stewards' (Am tuned into quite an international
affair, the French starting three candidates, the Yankees
one, and the natives thirty-three, so that the strangers did
Well in getting second and third spina such fearful odds ;
still, Sweetsauce gave Maggiore so much weight, and de-
feated her so cleverly, that a great deal of the conceit should
be out ofe the Americans with their horses, as in this event
their champion proved far inferior to the French hone,
Zouave, who ran them to a length while conceding Sib more
than the weightier age. Sweetsauee, however, met them both
with the wont of the weights, and he beat so many other
well-known "flyers" into the bargain that his speed to con-
tend for any prise against animals of his own year
cannot be doubted, and it was but two days afterwards he
showed himself capable of travelling any distance with
them, so that the St. Leger is nut half over yet, especially if
we may include Wallace in the field, as he won the Good-
wood Stakes; on Wednesday with the most surprising ease,
defeating the Amencan great gun Satellite without the
semblance of a struggle while running with 151 b the worst
ci the weights, with a good field besides. There is such an
an objection to him at present, however, that he is hardly
worth backing at 50 to 1, as he was claimed irons Mr. T.
Dawson, who nominates him at Doncaster as a beaten horse
last November, when they had no wish to part with him,
and he cannot run without his consent. A ma-
nager was sent to him immediately after Wal-
lace won' asking Mr. Dawson whether be would
stand in the way of the horse fulfilling his eugage-
manta, and the answer was not altogether satisfautory,
being to the effect that he had made over all his interest
in the animal's engagements to • celebrated member et the
ring connected with his stable, whoa consent is now
anxiously awaited. To return to the tlotalwood Stakes,
there nowt be a doubt about the moderate character of
the field, owing to the many set:adore that took place at
the last moment, as Satellite, Gaspard, Avalanche, mad
Magnum were the only good-class horses behind the winner
that were " wanted," for the Pitman only started to assist
Wallace, Blue Jacket was not in form, and Gridiron
decidedly suspicious, his receding from 6 to 1 to
20 to 1 at the last moment being quite ominous
enough, in oddities to which he was reported "coughing."
However, it looked at on time as if be were about to run
away with the race, as be held on undisturbed lead for two
miles, when he must have been full of :tinning tooverpoWer
Adams and run out at the last turn as be did, his pre-
tensions not being settled until then. That ho will see a
better day there is no doubt, and the some remark will
apply to Gaspard, who might have been aecond laid the
issue been at all close, he having pulled up when Wallace
came out with the race in hand. The latter beat quite
e lough in the Anierican, looking at the weighta, to con-
stitute him • St. Leger horse, and his defeat at Nottingham
must be set down as the "mistake," not his triumph, over
Avalanche at Stamford. Itattlebone could not put in an
appearance, having fallen so lame that he can hardly be
prepared fur any race this year ; and Raker has but spoor
chance of winning if the handicappers only mark their dia..
gust of the tactics pursued with him, for although the
party were " forestalled,* they might have discovered their
intention not to run him ten days ago, and not after he
had been a great favourite for five days. On the Cup day
there was • fair opportunity of seeing Mr. Marry's good-
looking horse, the Rambler, bred expressly to win a Good-
wood Cup, having been foaled in France on purpose to
claim the stone allowance ass foreigner, although bred and
trained in England. His owner had only to persevere, and
with a large stud he would have been able intime Waimea
" farm" the Goodwood Cup, but the mare is not likely
to answer, as an alteration iuthe conditions is on the lapis,
which will only entitle such suspicious " foreigners" to half
the 141 b allowance, and that will be 71b too math. The
other 2-year-old events on the card all produced contests ;
but the only Derby hones worth mentioning out of the
number that ran were Diophantes and Dundee, who
won their races in splendid style, the extra quarter of a
man causing the latter to easily overcome Brown Duchess,
who, however, might have been second. The 3-year-
old events only brought out one St. Leger horse either, and
Northern Light is not by any means the worst the 'netting
was graced by ; but for the Cup there nine a formidable
rival to Wallace in Sweetsauce, who beat the foreigners—
again second and third to him, and likewise fourth—even
more easily than on Tuesday, without the clever Whitewall
stable being in possaaicn beforehand of the secret that he
could stay. In fact, it was doubtful until • late hour in the
morning whether he would start, and his owner would have
kept him expressly for Friday's race but for the advice of
one or two nut connected with the stable. The
American champion, Starke, wareven worse off than
his companions, Ilggiore and Satellite, for be could
not obtain even the second place; but Honor
disgraced himself the most, which is not to be wondered at,
pertain, when considering he was not near so fit as on the
Derby day. The Freochmen-were second and third with
Gustave and Zuuave, and it is doubtful now whether they
would have ben better represented by Dangu, looking at
Honor's running. The " why and the wherefore" of his I
absence has not been satisfactorily explained, for I cannot
believe ilia short price in the market was the sole reason, as
the merest tyro must have been aware he would be made •
favourite the moment any money came into the market
after his Derby perfunnauce ; and from the confident man.
ner in which some parties operated against him, there must
have been a much more serious matter to stop
him. There was • very great surprise in
store far the talents ou Friday, the triumph
of Provision over Seclusion and Contadiaa calling to mind
the feat performed by Guabead in the Nassau Stakes two
Mrears ago, when she bat Governess and two others ; but
. Bowes was more pleased to win than the owner of
Provision, who backed Seclussion and Centadina against the
field, by laying 1 to 1 on them for an amount of money that
quadruples the value of the stakes, the mare havi disap-
pointed him so often that he never dreamed either up-
setting his calculations. She was tried to do a "goal
thing in the spring, but showed a bad disposition in pub-
lic, iu addition to which she went amiss. Thu next event,
the Duke of Iticlanteid'e Plate, was now booked • err-
, taiuty for her. nod so It would have proved hail she not
been out before, as after being shut iu twit* during
the race she was not three lengths from the winner.
In the race for the Chesterfield, Sweetesues, while going
very well under his crushing weight, met with a serious
mishap, having been not only kicked, but nearly thrown
down, and Winton running very unkindly, the turned-loose
Orlan&t, a cast-off from the Duke of Bedford's stable, who,
like Wallace, was claimed last autumn, won as she pleased,
✓aying for the first time on account of an experiment
being tried upon her which answered so admirably with
Prelude, so that she will soon leave the turf for the
"straw." Catawba and Cynricus both ran well for a good
distance, as did also Znyder Zee ; and Sweetsauce mile a
gallant effort to reach his hones again on entering the
straight ; bat they did not run far enough for him to over-
haul them, or he might have carried home the
third cup of the meeting for Lord Annesley. The
other handicaps were very closely contested, the Nursery
producing a dead beat, after • fine specimen of riding on
the part of both Bottom and Wells, the latter having out-
jockeyed his groat rival, Fordham, in the Month Stakes, if
we may judge by the bitterness with which what everyone
thought • most uncalled for objection was maintained. In
the tgueen's Plate, Crater astonished not • few by the genie
gomananiemaner in
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II reason to believe Wallace would not have had it all his ,
own way had be put in as appearance ; ha with so many
valuable engagements before him his party were quite Jas.
tined in cleehain the severe encounter for such a snail ,

stake. The Americans were rather sanguine about Starke
but he only came off a bad second, and they thus obtained
that position in five out of the sex prises, for which they
" went in" during the meeting, Starke 's fourth for the Good-
wood Cup being the only exception. This is a very indif-
ferent story to take home when we revert to their success
at Goodwood last year, as they on that occasion not only
carried off three of the most important events, but gate the
ring a dressing it did not recover from for some time.
1 must defer my uheervations on the Brighton Meeting
until the handicaps make their appearance, and the chief
items in the Lewes programme will not be complete in time
for me to discuss them. am, kn., METEOR.