The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-01 00:00:00

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TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY.

There was • " full house at Albert Gate this of tertoon,
and the interests of layer. and backers were alike well
represented. For the Cesarewiteh Honesty retained his
pre-eminence as steadfastly as a horse possibly could do ;
1100 to 200 was offered to be taken in one bet, and had
bookmakers been so disposed they could have done plenty
of business on these terms; they, however, restricted
their offers to sto 1, and this difference of a half point
stood in the way of the horse being actually backed. At
the counnencenient Blinkhoolie was supported pretty freely
at 9 to 1, but suddenly au apparently hostile movement
set in against him, and 10 to 1 was loudly offered. The
words were, however, scarcely uttered before the odds
were booked in " ponies" and fifties, and " Blink " soon
resumed his former position. Singularly enough, Ar-
=tourer went through precisely the same phases of retro-
msoon and recovery, for at the outset 10 to I was taken
freely, and, indeed, wee not obtainable without some
difficulty, and afterwards 12 to 1 was offered. The
friends of Colonel Knox's representative soon came to
the rescue, however, and although the lost ground was
not quite regained, 11 to 1 was the outside price laid; sad
at this point a fair amount of business was transacted. For
some time Montgoubert, who has been backed so heavily of
late, was not mentioned ; but one gentleman, taking 2400
to 200, brought the " Frenchman" into requisition, and
several backers followed suit on the same terms. Thalia,
who has made but little noise in the market latterly,
looked like coming mto prominence again, and met with
trubstantial support at her quoted price. Lothario for once
in the way was neglected, offers of 100 to 7 failing to find
takers. Maid of Masham was also quiet till just towards
the close, when 20 to 1 was taken in two or three quarters,
but not to any great amount. Sealskin was several times
inquired after, and 25 to 1 would have been taken freely,
bus layers refused to advance beyond 20 to 1. Some good
business was done about ()wain Glyndwr ; 4001. or 5001.
being invested at 25 to 1, and he has every appearance of
increasing furtherin favour. The namesof litoileßlante
and Julius were conspicuously quiet, but if backers were
not :minus to invest, neither were bookmakers desirous to
lay. Romping Girl was decidedly on the decline, 1000
to 30 being repeatedly offered without eliciting a response,
save a solitary overture to take 400 to 10. One speculator
offered to back King of the Fairies, but no one w ould men-
tion a price ; the nominal position of the horse, however,
may be accounted about 40 to 1. Danebury again failed to
make any but the feeblest sign ; a tanner was invested on
Harpenden, and a " pony"on him and King's Crew coupled,
but the last-named who could not commend a single sup-
porter. The outside division brought but little "grin to
the mill." A small commission was executed in favour of
La Dauphine, 2000 to 21$ being booked, and the Sane odds
were asked for spin. Against some,half dozen others 1000
to 10 were offered in rapid succession without finding taken,
and it was only when the extreme price of 1000 to 5 was
met on the forlorn hope brigade that any burliness was
done. At these ruinous odds, the owner of Bandy and
Pintail backed each of those hones. Leases and Gauntlet
were also befriended at a like price, the extreme rear being
brought upby Westwick and Dolby at the almost unheard-
of figure of 1000 to 1 each. There appeared to be very,
little disposition to speculate on the Cambridgeshire, the
most noticeable transaction being the acceptance of 2000
to 100 about Gardevieure,but the layer immediately after-
wards offered the same odds and we saw the Cambridge-
shire winner of 1865 figure an the quotations no more.
Blinkhoolie weevers' tunes inquired after, and 18 to 1
would have been taken to good money ; offers, however,
never at any moment exceeded 1000 to 60. The Derby
betting was also tame, consisting of a few occasional
transactions which do not call for special remark. At the
close the prim were es undermentioned.