The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

TO Till EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS.

Bie,—~ .have the Elite of the Derby hones is
Wits mad Haat*, where awe eft des of the els mast pr •••
Wart favoultas, with surly these demo ameba geollsoted•
to amidst than; but perhaps dm strosyst teats Ja that et

J. Day has Us, sad, castor won reaction of the
stable, ill bat two have gored public. Them
D4ox:engiu Bkdtvected and Beware, and the latter has many
adheres% terbe goes I toe peat guns" over his own
gonad ; bat whales, IN will give the same amount of emir
bottom public ooespeay is to be doubted, as he might b-
lunt ohs reunites or hie half-tinehm, Cruiser. Mere b
samody agenda. bed " among thee pablio perform....
Antonio, by Bey Middleton—Oadover's dam, and Actaeon,
by Newebater —Lady Audrey, being fast over their °wadir
bawl% mina ingiwittily the ear; sedlionaey,by the Plying
Dobbins Towhee, con take • pod part over say
Mato in moderate onaptay. Clay Fa by Annum ,
usa to beat Bootket, Comae-
dere,• lit=
of the Kean, wry easily the PliSalpst
Beaks et Newesinket, and Would be Water welly. seey have
tin vegeoming the Ns* far the Two Illimemed Guises
ka width hie pentameace It to pave wee smash to
Meg Wm Into note for the in up to the freesia time
Mkw lam &stag Ism at home than wee mm expand of
=llll Libel brad ie Mot Walks te Ma Sir Ur Net-
Weak Menne% - the
weld se7ritikenn=dlll6ll, obeli Men ntd heck-
weed form weds( lies to nit /int fifth to Ifterynien fbe
the Bunter; he &Betweens went slightly ammo, and was
not riled oat far any other espoorot, so that when por-
prepend (and he has been workieg
hT•rtis he will be .worth soother trial. pretty
market ladkaticies, however, Marianne, by Touchstone
illsrioo, is andonbtedly the pet of the stable. Hie exhibi-
tion at Ascot was no better than that of Trumpeter at Bath,
for North Linton gave him 61b and a good 71b beating,
when it was spparent that he carried the stable mosey. Be
is all the eye Gould wish, sad will take • deal of besting when
thoroughly prepared ; but I ma see plenty equally good-
looking, who have done much better in public etwag hie
opponents; and, unless far hedging (he looks like becoming
• tremendous favourite some day), he would not ha our of
my fancies." Wentworth was backed at 6t02 la his
year, end yet there was found an =Odder in the same
stable to beat him Bret pan the poet;" and, if I cannot go
with Revised, It is not impossible for Markman*, should he
not be placed, to be put in the shade by either Trumpeter or
Gay Pawls&
Y. ling he • good-looking son of Kingeton and Rosins
to boast of in Burlington, who will not &grace Stockbridge
when be pmfornat is the awing, bat that he has pretensions
to onion the Daley I ma y believe.

TII.II.IILISID-11T Pare.

W. Doff has a po;_;tgrest----gusk. iiWoodyeatee in NW-
-1.0a• by Haelfteen--Jocese, and Prombred Land by Jericho
ze2ca.t? forme beteg looked upon by many as the moat
of the two. Time's, too, great opposition arrayed
the hvoluite as having all manner of imperfections,
however, could not be &covered till after Ma defeat
by North Lincoln at Newmarket, for even though the latter
was eeksowledged to be better at the Houghton then the
Goodwood Meeting, and he met his offeneet on 31b better
term, odds of 6 to 4 were laid on Numbed Lend beating
hoth North Lincoln and King at Arm,. Yet on his defeat
he went down 60 per cent in public estimation, and points
for which ha was praised when he sag the whole of the
wcgnoscenii into ecstasies in hie victory at Goodwood were
just as easily abused at Newmarket. I shall never alter
the opinion alwaye expressed by me as to hie great superiority
over every Derby hone that appeend Mt mason, and should
he train on as well as he has des up to the venni tires, he
will make a sorry maniple of some of the present favourites.
His tottering position is the market for the Two Thousand
bunt to be wondered at, for be has not yet been supported
with good mosey" to any eff that Make, while one or two
of his opponents have, sad the layers think it time to perform
upon him. Ho may sot even be mated for that event, as
the stable can swOy • very good remesentative for that
company In Nimrod_ bM. as matters at present stand, his
party are " In" to win a tremendous Make over the Derby, ea
they have had very few opportunities of hedging the mossy
they fairly heaped" upon him beim the ear came of at
Goodwood, and he is now as well as any Derby hone at title
tins of year could be wished. Did kis owner really mean
Medusa for the Two Thelma, that would be bat an racy
leek flee him, as the lot engaged therein are of rather a ragged
thocoirtloo, and I maim to a tbilloulty in finding Me equal
ter • Angels on Emma down&
TM siring at Woodford, under Woolcot's care, has two
Vgood roproolosogno in Cyarione, by Ambrces—ldidia,
ibe dark Old Warrior by Pyrrhee the Pint—fiemilice.
But for tiKdidem driest by Merryman at Goodwood, he
meld sot be sow is outside rank, as, when beaten by
Beast (the Windhomed illy) et Newmarket Second October,
be was giving her some weight, and he beat Stockholm,
Highwayman, and others cleverly enough for the Newmar-
ket July Stakes to hays • very good outside chenoe. He
will run very respectably for the Two Thousand, the dis-
tance for which is apparently more suited to his abilities,
be and The Old Warrior might discovered with the strongest
claims to Derby honour before the day, being by far the
beet-looking Mthe pair, although he has not done so much
work.

That is • formidabl; Dana /are, and Wood-
=pets in Electric, by Ike Fellow Buck Flash of
Ding, who is veined by H. Goatee, in company with
Fleet (who does not baths his name), by Fallow Back
Suess, and another. A sum equal to half the Derby Stakes
has been hank offered for Electric, whom brilliant victory
over the lot opposing him at Brighton is quits sufecient to
justify the most swains expectations, for there wen seve-
ral subsequent winners behind, and among them Flitch
(who teosived 14Ib from him), Clara Webster (in receipt of
37111), and Vigo (in receipt of 391 b.). This was quite gull-
dent to upset his defeat by Masjid at Stockbridge, and there
am be nu doubt that he will make MernmeagelloP whom-
ever they should meet. Like all the bestrieeldng Sc, soy
pent event, he has many opponents, sad some go sofa es to
say hi. legs will never stand • Derby preparation—then
bast some grounds, perhaps, for • doubt on the subject by
the bores having dose bat little work lately. Still, there is
no certainty about the router, and being on public grounds
entitled to take his piece in the front rack of Derby horse.,
it will be as well to liana as little as possible to the reports
spread by his enemies, ss if he be very formidable they may
have an object in driving him beck in the market by such
MAISIDORtB. He has only to 001110 fit to the poet foe a very
short peke to be napped up by his frisnds—and enemies too,
at the last moment—while there is jut a chanoe that the
propmeticationa of the "opposition" do not prove altogether
E•
AT CANNON'S HEATH,
Sir J. Hawley's horwse have not been idle, and under the are
of Manning, his prints trainer, Map!, by Newroinater—
Fairy , ha. done lent of work sines his defeat at Newmarket
by Blacksmith. He begins to look like his former self nein, and
is apparently recovered from the effects of his sedans indispo-
salon in the summer months. Gallen, by
basChendelew-11;
b also done very well sincethe SOMIOR closed. Sir Jake
cm sow start fairly again, although it is doubtful if Musjid
can do as much for him at Epsom as Beadsman did, eves
supposing him to be the superior hone.
Till MARLBOROUGH HORSES.
Out of at the very lent a score of animals herr, Fyfiald
only can be expected to send a candidate to Epsom, A. Tay-
lor having Merryman, by Hobble Noble—Mathilds, Fyfiald,
Teddington—dam by Voltaire, and half-a-dozen others.
The latter has not amend is public yet, and Merryman
polshbasil been supported in good quarters, there
rein's being every
ity that he is the beet of the bunch. The no 2-yr
old out Mat lemon that looked more suited to the Derby
course, and having bates the King-at-Anne when the latter
wee in blooming condition, likewise Flitch, giving bee 111 b,
and Cymric= in a canter, he has all the mond-clan per-
formers of lest season completely in his power, while he
can clam as much attention as Electric, and more than
Ilidediow, who proved no better than the King-at-Arse
during the same week Merryman beat the latter so cleverly.
The present party excuse his defeat at Doncaster an the
ground that he had not ...intense enough before him, and hold
the opinion that he amid have beaten anything out lest year
at • mils; but this is only supposition, and if be can only
train on as well as other animal, in the nos, what we rally
saw of him is quite enough to prove the brilliancy of his
prospect'.
AT FIXDON
There is not that busy stir which was once so chuateriatio
of the place, W. Goatee having only one horse with Derby
pretensions in Nei i; Kakis's, by Touchstone—Timmins,
and it is very doubtful whether be will be brought to that
perfection which is so nereeeary to pull bins thangh for any
of his heavy eagarteesenta, being again in Clizeor-street. It
will be recollected that he started for the July Stakes at
Newmarket, when quite nnpreptired—in fact, be wee then
amin—which meld hays does him so good, awl the ex-
peatalloas which were formed • kw weeks since of hie OM,
rytng off • greet stake in the spring are • lung way tram
being verified, even though he may ultimately prove • good '
hone. Should be recover again, we shall have him in the
geld for the Two Thousand, and his performance there will
be • bettor line to follow than any that can be obtained just
Barrett thought something at one time of the Sereuider,
by Robert de Oorham—Mary, and he certainly looks ee if
then were smoothie' in him ; but he missed so many heavy
engagements last autumn that he must be looked upon with
suspicion.