The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-12 00:00:00

TO THS soma or TEI EXPRESS.

gin, —lnundated as we were with plating at the
mouth coast meetings, whereby five bustling days' racing
were made up, neither Brighton nor Lewes went off
tamely ; on the contrary, many thrilling incidents oc-
*erred, the " gentlemen " having their eyes opened in a
way not by any means pleasant. But for the throw in at
Goodwood, their Sumer tour would have been a most clis.
astrone one ; and it was expensive enough as it turned
ant, such "dead certainties" being beaten at Brighton
that the Ring positively shrieked with joy at last ; when
the beim-defeated Philosopher bowled over two tre-
mendous '' pots" like Seesaw and Contempt. It was bad
sough that some of the supposed " open " races should
Mee flamed the talent, but for the new St. Leger
favourite, Van Aniburgh, to knock under to Trocadero,
sad all caleulations about well-known twolear-olda to be
lappet, was rather too bad, and the result of the Cup in
favour of Monkey insteadof Lecturer, again, did not please
the slmy. This latter issue, however, was not al-
*pother unexpected, for independently of the little
Celsterdale having been easily defeated by the old horse at
Chester and Bath, and run behind him again at Hunting-
don, he had a fourth time to be excused, like the school-
boy, with a " sick note," and when be is to revenge the
four reverses is hard to tell now. He was not even second
best, Tynedale being honoured with that unenviable dis-
tinction; but beaten so very far, with the cowardly Regalia,
as to take a lot of the gilt off Vauban's Goodwood Cup
performance, the probability being that, if Marksman can
only be got right, the Derby result—Hermit first, Marks-
man second, sod Vauban third—will be confirmed at Don-
caster, a, it was so correctly in Lord Lyons' and Blair
Athol's years ; fur Van Amburgh cannot be trusted much
after his defeat by Trocaderm below himself as he palpably
was. The two year old running was interesting as it was
exciting, Contempt's stalling off of Banditto, Veda's de-
fmt of Speculum, and then her " form " with fies-mor
Contempt, and Philosopher, teaching those with Derby
books some strange lessons. Emma", were found for the
two first-named " mistakes," Banditto 'a temper, and De.
Lys not "coming along " with Speculum fast enough out
of the dip, I wing set down as the cause of
their reverses ; hut to see Veda fairly beat Contempt and
Seesaw in the Plate won by Philosopher was quite another
matter, and it looks all true after Ninny's dead heat with
Seesaw at Loves, where Orion also lost his prestige, both
be and Margery Day's son having to mend their manners
considerably to bold up their beads again in Derby (No-
tations. The whole week's business tended to strengthen
the reputation of Lady Elizabeth, as Lennie must be re-
tewned (tended'y the hest juvenile performer after beating
Orion and Speculum. with old Volunteer, the latter only
giving her 351 b.—which amount, within 41b., Confederate
gave Philosopher with ease on the Brighton Cup day. Sur-
prisingly improved as Captain Machell's new aoNisition
may be since he beat the Shrew a head, he cannot be
classed with the evergreen son of Alarm yet, and there is
just the chance he did not beat the Philosopher on his
merits, wicked people saying the latter wan " not wanted "
when he did win. But whenever he is really in earnest,
he will give a good account of himself, there being all the
material for J. first claw; horse about him. From be-
ginning to end some strong insinuations were
thrown out about some of the Sussex " performers' "and a
certain few, envious of the way Tipthorpe managed to get
two atone in hand for the Steward's Cup at Goodwood, will
doubtless make bolder efforts than ever to beat the handi-
capper for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, the " tre-
mendous " entries for which have just made their appear.
ante, but it is to be hoped they will be grievously
disappointed, and have to bite their nails in the winter,
regretting they did ant "spin" while such horses as
Challenge and Paul Diver were doing clever things,
and Monlaey winning long Cup recto. Old Pearl Diver was
the hero of a strange performance played at Lewes, where,
in the race for the principal handicap, two miles, some of
the jockey. mistook the track soon after starting, and
wed a much shorter cut than the others. Of these, Man-
drake was first home, after a slashing race with Dr.
Ztietir, and when the judge had announced their
• gs, he viewed the mond body racing home, so
, suspecting something was radically wrong, he
remained in the box and operated upon them also,
placing Pearl Diver first and Julius second. Some time
after this, and, lo! there is another claimant, Pirate
Chief, plodding how. through the crowd, and his jockey
(a lad brought up at Drewitt'a, and consequently on his
own ground) maintaining only he had gone right. All
were in the wrong box at one time, even Fordhazo, who
served au apprenticeship under Drewitt, having to retrace
his way on Julius ; but this was caused by his horse hang-
ing and taking him on the wrong side of a post, and he
rectified matters by making a detour as soon as possible, a
"tip" taken by the riders of Rania, Pearl Diver, Miss
Havelock, the Maid of Maaham filly, and Pirate Chief, the
latter of whom was piloted considerably further back
than the others. No one seemed to know what bad gone
meetly the right course, and the stewards took the fairest
steps. available for ending the matter satisfactoril;
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ordering the nice to be run over again. This
singularly, as fortunately, resulted in Pearl Diver
being first again, and Mandrake second, and hence no one
could complain at the ruling of the steward*, for it was as
palpable the young one had not gone the course,
as that Pearl Diver would have won the race
the first time under any circumstances. Few
thought be had a race left in him, after what
be did at Winchester ; nevertheless, the feather got
him home, and it was no disgrace for Julius to run
within two lengths of him, with some three stone the
worst of the weights, though how many he beat who will
be up to the mark before the "back end" is another
matter. It was a fatal race altogether for early backers,
whose pet ?Amalie, Eyesore, and Little Ben were all
afflicted with the " scratchems "at the finish, whilst their
"certainty if it runs," Miss Havelock, went ominously
back from 4 to 1 to 15 to 1 at the Mart.

Plenty of opportunities will be afforded this week to
pave the way for getting horses well in the Cesarewitch
and Cambridgeshire. as the handicapper cannot be at
Wolverhampton, llghain, Oxford, and Stockton all at
once. He will probably be taking his notes at the home
meetings, and leave the Fates to watch at Wolverhampton
and the far north gathering. In the black country there
are not so many handicaps, and very few good horses in
the chief one, which looks like resulting in Honeymoon
(fit 11db) and Moose (7st 21b) taking first and second
money, the latter having been beaten by Challenge a neck,
conceding ne, while the filly ran the same horse to a
head, reeeiving 21h, so that the old one has slightly
the best of it. In the Staffordshire Nursery Beauty and
Menden/en may go well together ; and not to stand by
Ninny or Speculum—whichever does battle for the
Duke of Newcastle—in the Ninth Biennial would be bad
judgment, useful as the Earl and Lady Highthom may be
over longer distances than this half mile, which will snit
Torch better than herstable-eompanion. On the second day
(Wednesday) Cliff has La Monett. and lJneari (each 816
extra) in the Chillington ; and as See Saw, Formosa, and
Banditto might be absentees after their resent doings,
with Lord Stamford's pair also, the best will be hard for
-form d'Relat (allowed 31b). Dulcet (allowed 31b), Belphe-
gor (31b extra), Balsam (Mb extra), Vex (51b extra), and
Orion (Mb extra), to get over. The latter ran badlyat Lewes,
but might do better in this company, having Coup d'Eclat
safe through Pyrenees, and this filly is superior to an
else barring VOCAL The Eighth Biennial is for
three year olds, with the Rescue, Muter Willie, Eyesore,
Via, °pommies, and Little Rover for the pick of the two
wore entered ; and Opoponax reads the most like winning
of those likely to be wanted. The Cleveland Cup is at
the mercy of Monkey ; and the Holyoake, the only
minor affair to touch upon, has East Lancashire and Goo-
jerat looking well.
ligham clashes with Wolverhampton, but will not
thereby suffer injury, as it is more of a holiday meeting,
so much so, at any rate, that the minor affairs will attract
little attention, and I shall only deal with the principals.
Philosopher has no extra weight to carry in the King jobs
Stakes, and ought to win, notwithstanding he gives the
Mariner 81b and Milton 51b, La Belle Jeanne, Cecil,
Witchcraft, Thorndyke, and Patti be' hardly of so good
a class ; nor has Volunteer or King Charming any too
much in the Duke of Edinburgh Cup, though the former
lies an easier task in the Princess of Wales's Stakes.
Benevolence and Thorndyke were put about as " cer-
tainties " for the Brighton Nursery, but did not run, and
should the baron's handicap be mother case of " no go,"
and Mr. P. Hobson's Epigram be prevented starting, it will
be hard to find one in that case, Citron and Mariner being
the best performers after Epigram. In the Surrey and 1
Middlesex Handicap, the jade La Dauphine looks
about the beet to stand, and backers may have
to look to Mr. Ten Broeck for the winner of the
two and three year old Handicap Sweepetakes,
Midwife having only a Mb penalty, with Chantilly
hi at fist 101 b. The Oxford programme will be hardly
worth looking at until Egham is over, the only opinion I
lan advance upon it being that recent running points sig-
nificantly to Eyesore for the Oxfordshire Stakes, Volun-
teer for the County Members' Plate, Crown Prince for one
or two short rues, Pyrenees or Coup d'Eclat for the
Prince of Wales's Stakes, and Beauty and Hatchment far
the Stratton Audley Nursery.
OnWelnescley,Thursdey, and Friday they bold their meet-
ings% Stockton-on-Tees when some interesting two and three-
year old raoes will be decided,besides some handicapsworth
picking up. These latter, however, being for horses that
tam not been performing lately, had better not be touched
except by those on the spot, York being too close at head
for the best to run in all cases ; and my attention shall be
confined to the weight for apnoea. Of these there is the
Tenth Biennial for Fervacques to fight out against Romp-
ing (Jul.r his only advantage being that he stays the best ;
and the Cleveland Stakes will surely not come south,
through the 91b penalised Europa, without a struggle.
She may be good enough for Fobert's La, Mousse, or
Frolicsome, each 71b extra; but Richmond will be
really and truly in the field if Proctor is half the
horse folks say he is. This latter oolt is aim in the Huil-
a:deka Stakes and Lunbton Plate on the second day, with
Buttercup, another of Watson's thought highly of. In
the latter case, nevertheless, Europa has no penalty to
carry, so that she looks like • winner; and for the Hard-
wick. only one of the south-country cracks has to run,
Ironnuotter, to deserve the confidence of all who like to be
on a good horse, his Bib allowance being an immense pull.
For the Great Northam Se. Luger Tyndale ought te heat