The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

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SPORTING.

not Improve upon his performance. There are now alas left
for me to disc, , sad the that of these is Bevis, who is
meeting Harraton on 210 worn terms at Chester, a weight
which would not be sufficient to turn the fables, did they
mast la the mama ferns • but we meat look for a otheldegabh
ithtrowlement in liaresion, and if he be the representatiee of
T. Dawson's lot, W. Day will have to find something else to
beet him soil, lOW. Precious Stone and Pen are meeting
Bevis ea much betters terms at Chester ; but the difference la
Is
hardly suthelent to reverse the running, and of the ten ani-
mals the Cheater Cap that ran at Northampton,Harraton
and & i visite decidedly the beat on paper. Harraton s meeting
Gladiolus on Sib, Precious Stone on 41b, Little Agnes on 61b,
and Peal Jones on 41b worse terms in the Great Northam
then at Northampton, and these—especially Gladiolus, who
will be more at home on the ground—will be found vs 7 dis-
poni opponents to him there, as there is very little thee foe
en improvement In his form to take place Neither of the
three placed home are engaged at Epsom, and the /4110013,
who Is meeting Yellow Rose,Preeloth Stone, Pas, sad Paul
Ras on an average of from Sib to 14th better terms In the
Metropolitan or City and Suburban Handicap., Is decidedly
' the beet of the tea engaged there, being equally formidable.
looking for the Newmarket Handicap.
The other events decided on the first day at Northampton.
are soon disposed of, for beyond Mr. Parker', conlinuation of
good fortune, with his racing-Me colt Chirp, in The Whit-
tlebury, end Banc HolhookO's misfortunes in both that
.saltis event and The Nemo Handlesp which followed, his
representatives he each thee meeting with meldenta
precisely similar to each other, there is nothing
but the Quees'a Plate to ambient apes. Here the
" talents" again made Matto the favourite, they eansidering
that as he met Lifeboat on Rb better terms then in the Trial
Yee was bound to tura the Like; liet O. 110111111 - 1
nib iirailDa of rmkia thew there'll,
at time of year, and it was always on thrATT.
boat to spin beat him, although the second event should
have be as close es the diet. The longer distance brought
Fisherman much closer to Lifeboat thesis the Trial, end had
he notjumped the road whereat North Lincoln stumbled he
might put have bast him ; still Lifeboat will be s formidable
rival to him in the Queen's Plates es long as he keeps on hie
lap, be having improved immensely on him last year's form,
sad ha begins now to look not unlike the old veteran himself.
With but "ist Sib for the Metropolitan there is an excellent
opportunity afforded him of doing his party a tam, se it Is
like putting Shafto in at fist Mb, or Fiaherrese at Set 71b ;
and be ought to see a vary shore peke in the market.
The second day's proceedings are hardly worth following,
on account of the wretched state of the ground, and the ta-
ability of the majority of the ruiners to act in the mud. I
can warmly believe, however, that the BArl Spencer's
Plate could have rethlted la any other manner, from the ex-
traordinary trial of the winner with Theodor% and one or
twoothereatNorthamptee and she bad won before:2oo yards
bad been covered. The A\thorp Park Stakes introduced as
to some superior 2-yr olds compared with what
at the early Spring Meetings, Madame
LtraVas beating Rattlehons and Cheesecake the
latter the "meek" performer up to the commence-
ment of this mieting—with such ease that she must
not be lost sight of in any mummy. Lopatin& will get much
nearer to her, however, should they once meet again„ be is
quite se fiss-looking a youngster ; end bed not T. Parr at-
ter2dted:to " double" the talents with Rattlabose, as be Inc.in doing with &midi= last year, he might
have pocketed the stake,. Another sleuthing 2-yr oL--
Thonneaby, • eon of Alice Has thus—came out for the
20 sove.atakte, but so backward that it is surprising
how he through spinet such • usefel-looking gentle-
man ue, who will do something fur the credit of
Hiss Tom sea stallion. The mile and a quarter St. Lis
p suited Pan much batter than the two miles for the
past event, and he won very &freely ; bat beyond settling
the pretensions of Helloes for the City and Suburban, and
of Broadbrim fur the Great Northern and Cheerer Cup,
there was nothing remarkable is the ps-formanee. The Cup
Stakes and Dalepre Handicap wound up the evert% but they
produced no incident worthy of comment, sae, beyond the
defeat of Giuipard, at Crouton park, by • very moderate
animal (thus placing him very low m the wale of Derby
honey), noth4g took plate there for me to discuss ; the_pre:
Crfor the meetings at Think, Shrewsbury, and Lad
being og of so insignificant • ohmmeter that they mho are
anworthy of notioe.—l am, ibr., METEOR.