The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

Now for the event, mot only of the meeting, but of the
whole ammo, fur which we can still calculate opus a 1111111••
not's 1.1.1, devil*, the uapreadeated number of favourites
that are rendered tors de combat by we:ideate, and all
within .0 short • time. The Drone wee find on the list of
••• cripple," followed in puck snecomice by Cit. Album,
Mainsonie, and Thunderbolt, who are all reported to have
lamed themselves while at exercise ; and while Deo of them
are mrsody struck out the appearnone of the Dross is very
doleful. However, 114. Tub la (*rhumb ahavinga reel
hone to take the place .4 his Drone in the Rap, and there
is dill a prospect of J. ileott's stable having four represen-
tatives. the Wiard, Tom Bowline, and Cape Flyaway,
cumpritiog his other Wait. Blue Rain and Browns-
dowa have performed so iaddlerently that it appear,
hardly worth while putting down a " pony" foe either,
sod it the stable start anything besides
Naiadene it may be clerk Hecate, whose good look.
I have often remarked upon. Brother to Rainbow will run
to *mist Thormaaby, floMieg may start both Manot-ernus
sad Wallace, what the Damsel and Horace are both enp-
posed to accompany T. lasoon's Pit ; so that four
Males only will have more than our shut, as /lir Joaspb
Hawley will hardly bong oat both Larger, sad Loiterer.
Umpire, Ifincesnem, Thermanby, Nuthoesse, Horror, High
Tommie, items, Onunead, Lancheeter.liottolLar William,
Coefectioser Traducer. Dopy. the Tiger, Rising Sun,
Umerhead, Iderrimax, Jeddah, Wintolt. °timid (the loot
WU doses eel emboli rumen) not only represent different
stables, but separate intemets. It is rows waste of brains
as the probable riders for the Derby three days
bet as the withdrawal .4 one animal at the finish
would cause perhaps hail a dosen Waages to take place ; eo
went, too, are these maths+ kept that it a only misleading
the public to Weenipt the Besting of them until the eventful
morning. Fordhane end Wells are the greatest favourites,
and there is so meek anxiety to discover what they will
ride aa though the information would midsize the Derby to
a certainty. Fordhamaps been looked for both Untying and
Honor ; tit is limey possible the owner of the Rap will
Ow up hie claim for the baptism's" seeress, and if Sir J.
Hawley Wert. one with halt a chance he will sot give Wells
up, wisme seat weint would he Wiatoa, and after him
Rests would have • claret. That Alderoft will be on Ti.
Bowline, Goatee on Buccaneer, Templemae on femacheeter,
Bullock on Mar William, J. Worse on Button, and R.
Regan ma Traducer, is more than probable ; but there is no
siensurity ylet, I azu satisfied, about who will pilot
Umpire, 7Lersaeby, Nuthouree (Charitoo is mid to
he esigiged), Horror, or High Treason, sad as the point
Is sot so important as it would be were a handicap to be
rim for, there being little to cheer between a score of the
ent 7lb riders, it ia not oecemary to dwell upon it. To corn-
meow with the quadrupeds The Wiaard stands tiro on
my list, from hi. recent performance in the Two Thousand
Ouisem, when he made everything " stand still " the mo-
ment Ashman asked him to "go, and, as I thought at the
time, owspletedy settled the pretensions .4 Traducer,
thee to Itaiubow, Ebooy, Nemirow, and Tom Bowline for
the Deily. Still, the latter has crept into a more forward
position is the market than he ever attained, even before
that ism took place, and the world u thoroughly mystified
between the two. The Wazands enemies aver that he
was weed by the slow pace for the first half mile, and
that he will sever get a mile rest a halt ; but even ad-
mating them to be right, what can be said for Toni Now-
line, who did not appear capable of living with his horses,
slowly aa they travelled! Looking at the two horses, Lori!
Olarigoer'. appear' the least likely to travel a distance, aid
as be could not beat King of Dammam last autumn, nor
Winton at G.exlwood. I am bowel to suppoes, although he
ems Mel w and on those weskits. he has net the calibre a a
Derby winner. The Wizard exhibited with perfection of
form last Goodwood meeting, ,that may dwahtsd—myself
awing the number—whether he could am tam maw
eat... a. other two-year-olds ; hut that ha has dons ty
re
could easily discover on the Two The dity, and
it i. INA often ouch a nognificient throe yearwld
is 11.,11, his looks slow mating a convert of ma,
for that he has " beaten nothing" even up to the
present time we hese a oils v iueing proof in the
Chester running, where Traducer had some dillculty is
libeling oil Comforter at two stew for the year, while
flora, 6,4 the Beetle( horse inn ranter, with the santo dif.
fereace .4 weight, at York. However, the stable con6denoe
in loin is solirreat that he must have dose tours than .at
••guixl thing at 1100 A, and he will give his esemiei a mil
time of it for about three minutes un Wednesday next, if
be dues not win. The Rap struck nit a. as a good, useful
home, but we that required time, and as he is not sup.
pitted with any spint even nee the Drone is is Queer-
street, it is but fair to presume we shall not see him quite
sip to the mark just yet, the moat th.at who are "on" can
expect beieg kis getting a place. Cape Flvaway's defeat of
Brother to Rainbow at Bath wan more attributable to the
latter'. cowardice than kis own surreiLitity, although he
showed reameneie in the highest degree ; and all I can
my of lift is that he will heat the majority of
the outsiders. Umpire has gone through the 'm deal
of a fierce opposition, without ever allowing signs of knock-
ing %soder, mid the operator. love now to back him in at u
fearful seCrifice for their pains, he having done all that was
wheal him up to the feat trial on Ostorday, which he won
in a wililo/0 muter, and all his opponeuts can bring against
him i. that he pulled up "leg weary"- hence his nitrogrew
OW at the "t Omer" in theaters's'''. Whether dependenee
ran le placed on mach a report is, however, very &relief al,
and a. lie has trained as eatisfar•tonly since last year, hi.
pen ate .loimp estdle him, is iov upittiou, to every roasi.
dcratiou and there is so rienyuig bin. every credit
for the form dleployed M public, when it was
a. rot that a dash. is m ireamed as regards
hi. age. Thormentsy's "trial" at to have been ae=
.4 lin,thct to Rainbow whale giving him a stow, sad
have wee sufficient of him at boat: to place sons credit
in the aesertiou. there Wig an signs whatever of his het
year's ...vete week. nod au hone could go mono freely or
strong,. in hi. palm.. In fact, his party hook a " pines"
for bin, NJ a ....ttatnty, and au omfaset ere they in his
eaduring powers tl, •t their nomey has mods Idat fret
favourite us the " one, two, three' hooka. Neverthohne.
ise, best hint at r:ooderiod, las bosoms en&
meetly tires in the market for n.e to suppose the sinister
rumour. that were adoat owe time Leek were poundlos,
and it is not easy to lel:eve the pair will ever inset with
a different result, Nuthourne Lein; quite as mach the
=bane in Apr,. roma as V. Meny's colt, and one con
rot • lice " the ow. Berea -
seer las hod manser
of dirtieultiem oos•
teed with. and yet hi. do .q. off use by
err as the day draw. oigh The last objec •
lion advanced is that he was holutc• hi• trial, on Hoodar kat, with old Tame Deer, whom Is, I. al the teriirlity
Wet at level weigbh, but if the- given i. a or net
one be Woad have beets Ant faro int. at the l'oriscr, is•
stead of among the outsiders Coo afternon, a. it is. aa•
isireeist he Ina only Metre a Now, the old horse
alesyre me better at home than IA : and when we
he veered Bt. Alban. while ...mediae him /dl,
iu
the Mender Ilap, what are we to. upper bet that Buccaneer
l(Ib hips, than rIL Athos. ! That difference of weigh
t
would have brought the latter sad Tante Deer togathec
st
Chaster, sad if I mold wily direst on their Levine met at
eves weights, Booreame would still have my itequidiend
preference ever any home of hie per. Nothing las hoes
mud lately spirt Ma legs, and r:ie cause of Riltua's in•
ahility to train him f'4 the Two Thousand
ors
seti.fs truly Itzpl•Aled • few days beck, the Mir:.