The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-24 00:00:00

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SlR,—Our season will die hard, little life as
there may have been in it for some time thanks to
bad weather and the overdoing of or fifteen days
have to be spent on Newmarket Heath fore even the old
school can cry enough, and there is no telling how exciting
the sport may not be. It should prove as important to
those interested in the far-off future as ever Goodwood,
York. or Doncaster did ; and until the doll= of the Troy
Beaks; on the 15th 'of October. Greets may uatineally
n to bring the Derby cracks in review, and add taste-
rialU totheir numbers. This week's meeting,atapidlyealled
the int October, will be both intereethig and enjoyable,
the sixteen-closed races having entries either more nukes
than astoundine, considering all the added money they can
beset are the 100 son. given by the Greet Eastern Railway
Cieropany. and the 100 son. bonus to the October Handicap,
and in most instances the quality of the animals engaged
is good, the three first in the late St. Leger, the best four-
Midi in training, and the cream of the two-year-olds
n the programme, if they are not to find their way
into the return lists. Hence the plat' ag will be sufficiently
swamped for the first October week tote ware liray than
etenal. and thh Inatebes can be well dispensed with alto-
gether, unites Eakring is the lame filly she was in the
spring, when her bout with Bertis on Tuesday over the
Osserewitch two mile and a quarter would be significant
to those interested in the race just named. To find beckon
Oven at 100 to 1, however, Eakring should beat the little
one, with her stone the best of the weights, and coin-
=Mr. Smote for having to par forfeit with
to the owner of Bradamanto, whom so many
thinkshiesarewitel card. Two other candidates for
the forthcoming great handicap. are engaged on Tuesday,
Xlarinake and athilds being in the Seventh Triennial,
but they have to meet at even weights, instead of the
French lady rewiring 231 b., and hence Marinaka is bound
to come off the better of the twain, and may the prise to
Milton too, perhaps, after Elland's mishap at Doncaster,
Breadalbene,Broomielaw, Losenge, and Skirmish not being
quite gluttons enough foe her. The Wizard should she
take another rich prise into the north, Knight of the
Crescent being in receipt of 121 b from Lord Lyon for the
Grand Duke Michael ; and though the distsnee will just
eat the latter it straok me when he pulled up after his
Doncaster Cap defeat, if not after the St Leger, that he
would have &great dislike to another arduoris task for A week
er two. There is nothing else for the Knight to fear,
Honiton having met with a serionm accident only a month
ego that kept him indoors for many days; and if Lord
Lyon should decline the contest altogether, Robin Hood
will have a chance of taking the second money. The Great
Eastern Handicap, T.Y.C., is one of those soramblee the
iblip should never touch ; still, backers will be tempted
long odds, and if they can find out the best of J. Day's
r Richard or Lecturer 1) or that Coup d'Etat and Ii
Galantuomo are " right," they may hit the barn-eye.
It is useless speculating about the Hopeful, with Ashieve-
meat in it, for the 91b penalty cannot stop her, and I ran
Gray observe that Julius reads like ' seoonce best," the
half-mils being scarcel,y_enough for Thornapple (of whom
os much is thought at Wroughton) supposing he is a true
eon of his father, and we may not see him out before the
Middle Park Plate. As there is not one good performer in
the rich Buokenhaan Staked, I must pass on to Wednes-
day's list, wherein there is another 2-yr old race difficult to
deal with, the Granby, as Friponnier, the bestperformer en-
gaged, is certain not to like the Criterion hill,which with his
extra 7-pounder, will tell fearfullyon his "poor hack" before
he gets hews. The St. Leger and the Eighteenth Triennia,
however, are but matters of health for Savernake,
" the best horse of his year" over two miles, and conse-
quently bound to beat Knight of the Crescent for the first-
named prize. The pick of the others in the St. Leger,
Lotherto and Glendale, are far inferior to the pair, although
the second money, and the chance of a cheap Cesarewitch
"trial," may tempt the baron's colt; and se the second
and third in the Triennial will receive good per centages of
of the 630 son. the stakes represent, Savernake may have
Strathconan, Leybourne, Robin Hood, Monitress, and
Ischia, if not Potomac, against him there. Of Wed-
nesday's matches only that wherein Misfortune will
essay to give Miller's Maid 71b-end succeed, if the final
bill does not quite shake her—is of importance ;
and there is not one yet in the programme made up for
Thursday. But there are nine events on the books not-
withstanding ; and in one of the three closed, all for 2-yr.
ads, three " clippers" take the eye, the Rake (41b extra),
the Hermit (71b extra), and Hippie (71b extra) gracing the
Granby entry. However, it im possible that both the
colts will decline a meeting with " The Baron's" stout
Oster to Hippolyta, who will glory in the gallop up the
Criterion hill, and is bound to carry the confidence of all
the talent, even if Knight of the Garter should oppose her
in
.preference to contesting the Nineteenth Triennial
against the Star of India, Vauban (or Lady Hester), Brim-
blekite, Sunnylocks, Janus, Smut de Charite, Ravioli,
ho. This rather erratic knight hes all the public
hones herein safe enough on paper, having run
Star of India to a neck at Doncaster when
giving him Mb, and also run away from Bumblekite
there ; nevertheless, whilst the Star looked like improving,
the representative of the " spots" ran very ill-tempered in-
deed on the occasion just referred to ; and it will not do to
make too certain of Knight of the Garter's triumph, allow-
ing that he must have the greatest share of public con-
fidence. Star of India, win or loose the greater event, can
scarcely miss the Waterdale Stakes, and if he is not allowed
to walk over the Pieman must be highly thought of by
"the Admiral," Midwife and Court Card being far inferior
to him. On Friday the interest will be almost centred in
the October Handicap, a race across the Hat, that will be
better worth looking at than the scramble of Tuesday, and
will be more easy for backers of hones to deal with.
However, as so many of the last entered are in the
Csearewitch or Cambridgeshire, it is impossible for me to
deal with it, not knowing how many may be in
reserve. and I can only hint that if Glendale is backed
like the best of John Day's he will not be last. The For-
lorn Stakes will hardly prove a failure, whatever may
happen beforehand, Lady Hester having to give from 2lb
to 91b to several that are, or were once, of some little ac-
count, via-, Blinkhoolie, Argentel, Dragon, Vet ulam,
Rollins. and General. Still, her Ladyship possesses snob
great speed that it can hardly be policy to stand against
her, and there is not one good performer opposed her yet
in the T.Y.C. Sweepetskes of 30 son. the majority herein
being " dark" at present. A 300 son. sweepstakes should
go to Problem, who will like the half mile quite as mach
as Soeur de Charite, and the half mile 50 son. Sweep-
stakes has all the appearance of being reduced to a
match between Satyr and Ettrick- In one of the matches
Veepesian looks like receiving from Staghound ; end if
The Pieman can make any show at all in the Waterdale
Stakes, it will be useless for Visionary to trouble him,
atter her two poor exhibition, at Worcester. —I am. &c.,
METEOR.