The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

SPORTING.

THE NEWCASTLE, CHELMSFORD, AND IPSWICH
MEETING&
TO TIM ZDITOZ OF TO ICIP2/18.•

But, —The four day. sport in Hampshire was as
unfortunate as possible in regard to the weather, and yet
the grand day at Stockbridge was in every way worthy of
such • racing locality, the eight races decided bringing
together an average of ten starters each, while many of
them were fraught with great importance. The /import
Handicap proved • decided success, nearly one-half of the
acceptors going to the post, and I take some little credit to
myself for having come to such a just conclusion when re-
dwing it to • "matter of health for Northern Light or
Ariadue, first mei second. In reviewing the Ascot running
I 'apt:tined the Light's defeats there, on account of his
sticking in the mod, and bow such • mistake could be made
las to give the Dee Stakes winner 6st 4lb in a
rather heavy handicap is difficult to imagine. They
might well have been sanguine with Crater
for the Royal Hunt Cup, after trrog ham, for his getting
thud—he might, perhaps, have bred second—to Northern
Light when conceding 201 b., r meg him a great horse, and
I question whether his supenor can be found just now • it
was doubtless this performance which helped Rattlebirne
to the position of first favounte fur the Goodwood Stakes
after he beat Cheesecake, &c., for the Stewards' Cup, as
Captain Christie's mare was a good second to Crater at
Ascot • still, it must pot be forgotten that Cheesecake runs
fearfully " in and out " this season, and Rattlebone may be
a little mar-rated if any attempt is made to follow her.
Cade, band and Rupee ran very moderately, the latter
stopping on her own account brag before she was really
Witten, and the old horse did not show within • stone of
his old form, so that if the Northumberland Plate were to
travel a fourth time into Mr. Forster's hands it would cause
Slsiurprisie then erwr.Thetwoyear old winners—Dundee,
tus, and Cynic—are far in advance of all others
in Derby betas& and plr. Merry's horse did H. Damon
greet cassia as a for he went over the seven furlongs
like an old head, and beat • good.lool tog field with all the
worst of the weights—my star being again in the ascendant,
as the three first past the post were absolutely placed by me
to your impression of Monday last. Dtophantiss, in the ab-
sence of quicksilver and Parasite, hail nothing very gay to
beat, and Mr. Merry got • good line of him with the colt by
Oulatou, who was within half a length of winning ; thus,
if Dundee is a stone better than the unnamed gentleman
(as is asserted) Lord Stamford must discover something half
• stone superipr to Diaphantlis to compete with Mr. Merry
next veer. The tide that has so long run against Lord
Clifdim is evidently turning, for he possesses • rare two-
. year-old in Cynic, whuseiperformaece in the Biennial le
almost equal to Dundee's, as lie " lust " Big Ben, and she
Shillelagh, ',holies the Champigniat Bibury so very easily ;
and had be not met with an accident in the spring which
will aloe,. place his leg under suspicion, half the odsll now
offered again.t him for the Derby would he worth taking.
The prospect at Newcastle, Chelmsford, and Ipswich is a
gloomy outs for those wishing good sport, the programme of
the north country meeting being under the average, and even
the Northurnberthed Plate is not the great cant It used to
be. On Tuesday there is the North Derby, for 3.yr olds,
one mile awl three-quarters, where Vanquisher has only to
beat I'. Dawson's pair, Sir William and Horace, and the
"spate may be discovered in the van once more, my greatest
doubt bring whether he can vanquish Sir William. The
same colours are formidable for the Members' Plate, shoat
one mile, with Sabreur, :tyre, fist 21b, supposing the honorees
cut down the feather, it alkington, 3-yrs, tot Jib, whom Be-
verley psrforinsacee wereeo creditable. The winner would just
escape the 6lb penalty in the Northiunherlaod Plate, and
Edmund Kean, 3 yra, eat 21s, with Shafto, 4 yrs, 7st 91b,
might join issue, but the young ime would not jeopardise
his Northumberland Plate chance by showing at Beverley,
and while presuming on his athecoe, my ideas are in favour
of Walkington, to be followed by Sabreur. Dummy, and
Shafto. The Tyro and Grand Stand Stakes will both
fad Sir C. !Lunch's representative pretty handy, and hi
I Cirmadier is not badly treated in the Lionised Victuallers'
Handicap. looking at the company. The Northumberland
Hate, two miles, will bring out aimed one-half of the num-
ber Uuderhand, He;.athu, Gladiolus, Dilkooeh
, Shaft*, Butterfly, Ben Webster, Apullyon
•((doubtful), Bivouac, Captain Wishierburn, First Lo
1 rd,
idgeon (doubtful)Viatha, Edmund Kean, Baran Parke
Resistul), Malpus, Walkingtori, and Wildman, complain
all I can anticipate, for it is not likely J. Scott's stable will
be repesseeded, the running of The Drone at Beverley, and
eiat Ascot settling their pretensions. Butterfly,
Kean, Ben Webster, Bivouac, Wilde.",
star
Lord, Hepatlf 'aderhsoil, and
Wadderburn represent t interests, and appear Catt:
go,i for the motley,' only one under suspicion being
Bea Webster, whose dee e annultaaeously with the ad=
name of Butterfly is very ominous, especial) when he has
eo winch the best of the weights on paper. His party am,
however, too cunning for the market ever to indicate their
intentions, and I should be the last to mien. • liberty being
taken with Benjamin. Butterfly, even supposing she has
not this horse to beat, is giving • lump_ of weight to
Bivouac, First Lord, Edmund Loin, and Wildman, who
have some staunch friends, two at lean having dose " good
things" at home ; and her Epsom and Ascot victories will
scarcely jurtify. the position the holds in the. market.
Edmund Kean is much fancied by his owner's stable,
and I shall depend on he or Wildman upsetting the " pot,"
taking Ben Webster in preference to either if at the starting
post, The other evade are either incomplete or dependent
on the first and second day's running, the Corporation
Plate especially.
The Chelmsford meeting takes place on Taeeday and Wed.
aesday, and there are something more than platers in the
Great Beddow Two Year Old Stakes, fflivworth sad the po-
hemlenne colt having distinguished themselves more than
mom ; one or two "dark" saimals may join i sue with these,
and Blisoorth, with his 4th penalty, will not have a very
rd time of it. although it oa the tants for him to win.
We Chalaerdori Meadicap two miles, Oenehill, 5 yrs,