The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

TO TU ZDITOZ OF Til ZIPRIU,

Stn,—Although the ming season of 1859 wet
virtually brought to • doge with the above meeting, there
are still one or two respectable getherioge to look forward t_ ,o
and a review of the most important incidents of the
Houghton week will not be out of place, for the running
throws considerable light upon the principal events to be
decided at Worcester on Tuesday and Wednesday next,
and also upon the greet race at the Liverpool Autumn.
Great lean were held on Monday that the fields would stiffer
on suouut of the frost preveettog the hones taking their
morning exercise; but they proved groundless in the sequel,
sad when we (=eider how many !pestered at the poet for
the majority of the sixty-six c.inteets, the meeting may be en
down aa the most successful on record, as reuse= both the
number and quality of the competitors. The only drawback
wee the wretoned weather duels, the first three days, which
of cows. tamed a slight falling off is the ettendance of
visitors, and those who maimed" on Wednesday will sent
forget the blowing and soaking they bed to undergo during
the racing ; but the weather daring the latter part of the
week made some amends, and all parties returned home
evidently well minded with the aixdayi sport. Huainan com-
menced on Monday with the T rial Platoon the Cambridgeshire
Course, which beought out • large field, but was not viewed
with much interest,xlthough esveralCazubridgehire favourite,
had stable companions running, and beyond Ledy Alice
making a step or two in advance on account of the perform-
ance of Joekia, whom she beat at the Second October Meeting
very easily, the race turned out anything bet a "trial." The
Criterion caused =other revolution in the Derby, Thormanby
sealing the hill so manfully that he finally beat Thunderbolt
with great ease while giving ban 31b, and when leaking at the
distance aspirating him and Vaoquither, who ran him to e
length when giving him 31b at York, we cannot but set it
down that Mr. Merry's colt has greetly improved since
August. However, the fact of Rettlebons running Thun-
derbolt to • he= ,on ‘Yednesday, and then cutting up so
badly In the Nursery, prevented Thormanby becoming too
great • favourite for the Derby, and there are still two befoul
him in the list. It is • remarkable fact in connexion
with the Cambridgeehire, that nearly all the starters
were supported during the morning et some price,
and Red Eagle cams in for his share of sup-
port ; but it is also worthy of notice, that those
most in demand—the first ex fevoaritee—could not
get new enough fur the judge to notice them, although it
might hare been otherwise had not Sam Spode met with •
reek= mishap at starting. Artless, likewiae, suffered from
the same oullision as the Hednesford hero, but she never
made up her ground ; and the view I took of Meg Dierrllise's
performance with Gaspard at Kelm proved quite correct, as she
beat all the Cesarewitch horses, and thus showed that Gas-
pard could have been third with nearly Set had he been en-
gaged. North Lincoln, Lady Alice, and Honey ran forward
up to • cement point ; but Mazziai, Ambush, sod Mutineer
were never is the race, and the latter only struggled into •
prominent position at the finish on sufferance, after getting ••
bad start. Ariel= was the only animal backed for heavy
money that did his supporters any credit, the manner in
which she persevered to With Red Eagle to the last half,
with a good stone the worst of the weights, completely
ridiculing the idea se is her staying, It is strange
that Red Eagle, after being supported more than once this
year by his party fur heavy amen of money, should almoirt
disappoint them by his victory, as they did not back him for
one twentieib the sum they would have dons had the a good
thing " there was in him been even suspected, and the public
had • much better opinion of him than themselves. He is
already advertised for ma* which gives rise to the supposi-
tion that they are thoroughly dhignatad with their "sunrises.
With regard to the futon ts of those hones that
performed in the re= I cannot help noticing the somewhat
brilliant prospects of Mutineer for the principal handicap at
Worcester, sod of Sam Spode and Maud fur the half-tulle
Flying Stakes, should they enter an appearance, Sam Spode
especially being most leniently treated. The rac3 also has
considerable effect on the Liverpool Autumn Cup, se seven
of the starters are engaged then* the following being •
comparison of their weights:—
. _

- Cambridgeshire. Liverpool Cup.
st lb st lb
Mr. Illarilies, 3 yrs 6 4 .... 410
grom 'pegs, 4 yrs. 6 13 .... 6 10
lifsbestO yrs i .1! •• • • 8 8

ems, 0 pm-
Mvidsor, ars. 6 0 6 6

ri=stiTs- i i 4
3 7n6 9 8

Coardering that they paned the poet In the above ardor,
Meg Merrilies meat *gala boat her halldorn opponents
farther than ever, meeting lies as *be doe on from fib to
191 b better tonna, and her meet dangerous opponent on paper
appears to be Souvenir, wbe le giving her 101 b instead of the
81b she conceded when running her so close at Kelso.
Plating being the order of the day are the Cambridgeshire
was deckled on Tardily, and during the whole of
Water...day, I take • jump to Thenelay's span,
which was only remarkable ice the two surprise afforded by
the Free Handicap and Glanow Stakes. In the latter,
Winton and Tom Bowline displayed the moat moderate tonna,
and as Tom Bowline was backed by the right parer his
Derby hackers may well despair, for it afforded • proof of
his being somewhere near the mark. A great mistake was
•Ino made with Wild Rose and Newcastle in the Fro' Handi-
cap, whose 'venire. were confident, although their form
has fallen off of late; the Minns, too, were quite out of
their reckoning, and bow they could ignore Schism's for-
ward position is the Cambridgeshire with by far the heaviest
thtee•year•old weight after Mayonnaise, is surprising. For-
tunately, I placed my faith solely in her, suspecting
the hoes not to be in bloom, en account of her
sot being polled oat for either the Doncaster
Cap or Ceesrewitcb, and knowing Newcastle to be
" off " by hie running with Catherine at Ipswich.
By her victory she incurred • penalty of fib fur the Liverpool
Cup, raising her weight to 6st 61b, or eke would he anything
but out of the (my • and as it 4, W. Day's lot—comprising
besides Schism, Electric, Polestar, Petra, and Ran Ans—
wer be reeeaspepscrted. The Nunneries did not introduce us to
say e:traordiesay flyer, the starters for them being of only
an earn. gritty ; but Curlew (my selected) end Ben
Webster did gaits out/Iciest for their chances In the Kenny
at Worcester to look promising. Curlew is Irwin the Flying
Handicap with • very light weight; but Saturday's racing
brought out another formidable candidate for that event in
Tiara, despite her stone heavier weight, she having won the
Houghton Handicap almost as easily as she did the. Earl
Spasasea Plate in the goring, and thus proved bee reel form
to be a good one, when it suits the books of the stable.
Saturday's sport woe almost equal to that of any
preneding day's, and the meeting wound up so
gloriously as it commenced, the handicaps in the majority
of iestenree doing great credit to "the admiral," who sus-
tained • triumph too in another quarter, for one of his many
efforts to simplify our racing conditions was crowned with
soccer on Wednesday, he carrying tee motion be was de-
feated upon lest meeting by • majority of 12 to 7. It wee to
the effect that In estimating winnings every prize, not In
speak should ho taken at its advertised value, or the cost
pries whirs the value is not designated, eo that we shall have
no mar blunders like that in connexion with the Tuydar
Tee once at Donaster.-1 am, Ir., METEOR.