The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-30 00:00:00

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Sie,—For all the fire or six hundred horses
is training at Newmarket, the First October week was not
extensively patronised by them, the plating turning out
beatifully tame, and the largest field dining the four days
being the set eeteen for the October Handicap, won by that
old rogue Friday. He was receiving nearly as much
weight from a three-year old dem up with him
• blistletoe was front Pericles in the Great
Eastern ; and it is no weeder, considering the
company they were in, such a turned-loose pair won the
two great handicaps of the meeting. In one of these,
backers were read a bitter lesson by the noble owner of
Lord Ronald, who withdrew the popular favourite even
after Forlham had weighed for him, because the odds of
9to 2 and to 1 offered were not good enough, it is
with Of course there was some grumbling, and rather
odious comparisons were drawn between the tactics
pursued on this occasion, and with other hones in the
truce interest, but backers who will go in for
long prices must learn to discriminate between those
gentlemen who run horses for pleasure and those
who run them for profit, or take things calmly
when they have to pay the penalty for forestalling.
There were very few horses backed for the Great Eastern,
so general was the opinion that the Duke of Newcastle
and Lord Westmorland would win ; and their chain-
but only after a slashing race
reotn between weeneralPalm and
en third,
whc ran home so close together that
the handicapper was quite pleased with his production.
Little interest attached to the two.year-old races, in the
absence of Lady Elizabeth, Pace, and Typhonn—under
reserve for the Middle Park Plate, no doubt—and beyond
Uncas and the Earl there was nothing like a Derby horse
out, unless we are to forgive Suffolk, Tregeagle, and See-
saw their defeats, all three, I may add, being amiss. The
races of real importance were those that affected the
forthcoming Cesarewitch and Cambri !shire, and the
Int of the..., the Grand Duke Michael, Julius
sadly, he having scarcely recovered his good character when
he beat Challenge in their match. l'nder any circumstances
his would not be a goodehnnee for either event at fist. or se,
allowing that ho will improve, and might beat some of the
favourites. One of these, Blinkhoolie, lost many friends
because he declined to show for a stake worth I,2ool.—and
that he could not have lost, if be in a good horse, the best
there was against him, Hippie, being off just now, or she
would not have let Friporinier win the Grand Duke
Michael, however much the race may bare been run to
suit the latter. Hermit, when be failed to give the Cheva-
lier 71b, again showed just a little below " clinking "
form, and would have turned no tables on Julius had not
the Duke of Newcastle's colt come home from Demister
lame, and iss I announced in my last) been stopped in his
work. In the St. Leger, both Owain (;lyndwr and Troca-
&To were before Hippie, the merit of this performance
being greatly enhanced when the Frenchman ran such a
good horse for the October handicap, a proceeding that
brought his companion, Montgoubert, a strong favourite
for the Cesarewitch, and very justly too, if no
mistake is made 118 to the relative merits of
the two, for he has nearly a stone the best
of Owain Glyndwr. The latter's party will be lucky
if they find one in Thalia or Romping Girl to look so well,
there being more unlikely things on the cards than the
Welshman proving the best of their lot, though I do like
Thalia, for all her having been amiss Ca Perhaps the
Arusourer interest will merge into that of Findon eventu-
ally, and the best of these ought then to start a greater
favourite than Honesty, confident as those behind him—
and who seldom make • mistake—are that he cannot lose.
Newmarket men are certainly wonderfully fond, and do
not dream of the prize being taken away from them, when
tech as Blinkhoolie, Montgoubert, and Lothario can also
do battle in their behalf. The two last-named are going
great guns, more especially the Frenchman, almost daily ;
and Lothario won a trial with Dalesman only some half
do'en hours before the son of Agnes carried off the four-
miles Queen's Plate from Leybourneand that strange animal
Goodwood. Leybourne had won the 'Priem ial two days before-
bend, besting NVestwick and Strathconan, who are so very
uncertain that little credit can be token for the victory. ;
them who back Sealskin on the strength of these being in
danger of suffering a signal disappointment, though he is
doing capital work. Blinkhoolie and Duke of York have
• been rather badly reported of lately, but nothing appears
to be wrong with Mr. Chaplin's colt, and Prince Soltykoff's
may be more lively than sonic people will care about at the
finish, every little more work being necemary to make him
thoroughly fit. Tormentor may also run to help him, bad
as her chance is, and altogether the home stables will send
about • dozen to the Cesarewitch post—Honesty and
Julius, Blinkhoolie, Lothario and Dalesman, Montgoubert,
Duke of York, and Sealskin being all " alive. Lord
Stamford's original string of five have been distributed,
though only a dozen of his lordship's 34 lota advertised to
be gold last Wednesday and Thursday were allowed to go,
the reserves on the cracks being too high for intending
purchasers. Mr. Ten Broeck could not get a bid for some
of his, but obtained • fine price for the jady La Dauphine,
purchased by her breeder, and going back to Middle Park
for 500 guineas—jmt 700 less than she fetched as a year
It would be • strange freak of fortune, who has
not treated our transatlantic friend too kindly, if this
" could-if-she-would" filly were to finish her racing career
by winning the Cesarewitch for the liberal donor of the
Middle Park Plate.
The current week may bring many worse things into the
market, and some startling changes in the betting should
take place, as I do not forget that last year's winner, Lec-
turer, was introduced for the first time during the opening
daylof the Northampton Autumn Meeting, the anniversary
of which comes off on Tuesday and Wednesday, The
me is • fair one, and there are sixteen in the chief
programme is a fair one, and there are sicteen in the chief
handicap. but of • very moderate calibre, the lightest
weight, Second Hand, needing only to possess • little
merit to get through, am the best of her opponents are
Wild Moor and the hest. 121 b. Musketeer. It is dangerous
to meddle with the minor handimps, because there is no
telling what may be in reserve forth' two coming meetings
at Newmarket, and I can only advise that Wild Blood be
followed in all the races ha may be backed for, the Chaplin
and Mullen confederacy, Mr. Pitt, and Mistletoe being
also worth watching whenever they mean business.
The Hermit division will also be in force at Bedford on
Thursday and Friday, though I like Easby best in the
Southill and Liddington in the Elatow, and they have no.
thiag in the Bedfordshire Skates, • ram Moose may win,
or *mitres& For the Woburn Park Stakes, for 2.yr-olds,
essimend m. to Coup d'Eclat, In Belle Jeanne having to
give her 101 b., and nothing else having • chance that I ean
see.

They Dave not nearl7 done their season in Scotland yet,
three days' sport having to be held at Edinburgh, com-
mencing on Wednesday. The Lothians and Edinburgh
Handicaps, and the Sportsmen's Nursery. are the richest
prizes ; but Mr. Pryor looks too formidable for the two
Arst named, with Friday, Miss Harriette, and Verulam in
his possenion, for many horses to put in an appearance, and
I cannot "spot" one for the juvenile race, when the Belleisle
division have Quality, Sawyer, ButterOup, and others no
nicely in, Mr. Watt having Mysetia to assist Riohmond
bringing off the coup just misled last year by Violet.—
I LW, &c., METEOR,