The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-14 00:00:00

Knapsack.

Kuiiht ref the} j Adams.
Lanoret

Lecturer

Leybourne

H. Day.

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Lord Lyon.... JCorr."' or

Rustic

Stabber

]lonia.

It is not a certainty that Nutrition, Apsley, or the Pri-
mate will start ; and, in the absence of the latter, Covey
will doubtless be on Mr. Saviles second-string, Leybourne;
there are are other circumstances again that may alter the
above arrangement of the jockeys, some owners being
" undecided " up to yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, and I
cannot but think an artist like Hibberd will get
a mount of some sort. However, the list will be found
pretty correct, as, if Custance is not sound enough yet to
ride Lord Lyon (on whom he has had so.ne practice lately,
and he is said to have performed in his old resolute style),
Thomas probably will There seems to be a doubt raised
now, too, whether T. French, after being retained so long,
will steer Redan, as the Royston party never expected to
have the call of H. Orimshaw, the Frenchmen, who once
had Auguste such a favourite, having the first claim on the
little Hercules. But the difference of jockeyship is
hardly likely to be so considerable as to prevent the
best horse winning, and my province is to discover what
that best may be. Nearly two-thirds of the horses in the
above list have figured in public this season, and ten of
them ran in the Two Thousand, when Lord Lyon won
easily from Monarch of the Glen, Knight of the Crescent,
and the Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing colt (all close toge-
ther just behind him), and Janitor, Apsley, Freedom, Ley-
bourne, Robin Hood, and Harefield were beaten so far,

that, even allowing something considerable for their not
being quite so fit as the winner, their chances are notworth
entertaining. But there are many who believe in the possi-
bility of one of the placed trio turning the tables on Lord
Lyon, as the Monarch was palpably short of preparation,
whilstt, over a distance of ground it was maintained the
Knight would perform much better. Still, lam not quite
certain of seeing the latter run home before his stable-
companion, Westwick, whose defeat by Ceylon in
the Craven week goes for nothing, and the
Bowes black might prove • regular " bogie" in the
me to some of the favourites. The Monarch having
"poor feet," that prevented his being trained all last
season, his party are praying for rain, and should it come
down on the day another Maocaroni may be in store for the
followers of the primrose, who looks very like getting a
place under any circumstances. And yet the followers of
Lord Glasgow's fortunes think the Toxopholite colt holds
him safe enough, he being tried many pounds superior to
the roan that ran so close up in the Two Thousand. How-
ever, it is easy to be mistaken as to how many lengths Lord
Lyon might have won, and it will be • surprise indeed if he
does not repeat the dose administered to all those he met
I over the Rowley Mile. The Corsair, Lecturer, Lucifer,
Primate, Stratheonan, the Toxopholite colt, Vespasian, and
Westrick comprise those that were not in the Guineas we
I have seen in public this season • and the performances of
' the Corsair, Vespasian, Stratheonan, and the Toxopholite
colt entitle them to every respect, only the two last-
I named, however, deeply impressing me in their
,favour, and that more on account of their good
I
looks than the company they beat. Of the lot that have
only their two year old performances to boast of, it is
avowed we never saw what Abergeldie, Laneret, or the
Young Melbourne colt were capable of ; so that, like the
" dark " Bribery colt, Stalker, and Maori Chief, we must
judge of what they can do from hearsay. The unnamed
one (who was prematurely dubbed Nottingham) is a dan-
gerous customer I am certain, for all the knocking about
he has had ; but they do say the Stabber has been peppered
1 too strongly by one of the " party " to perform, or he
would prove another Blair AthoL Some say the Maori
I Chief, three-parts brother to Dundee, is to surprise the
world, as his companion Bltham did last year by getting a
place ;" but I do not believe he will, and the most
highly tried of what must be called the dark school is un-
doubtedly Abergeldie, • son of Trumpeter and grandson
of the Hero, for whom a very clever party are going •
I" raker," it being • noteworthy circumstance that they
have put all their money on him in the face of Lord
Lyon, Rustic, Redan, and Blue Riband being proven
such good horses. Rustic was about 14 good
a performer as Lord Lyon last year, and as the Dane-
bury people have the measure of hie lordship through Mr.
1 Pitt and Blue Riband they ought not to make • very
great mistake. It is said he can give the Riband 10lb ;
and if so it will be • very " near thing " on Wednesday
1 next, for at the close of their two-year-old career I handi-
-1 capped the four favourites for the Derby thus :
Lord Lyon Bst Mb I Redan lib
Bustle 8 9 Blue Riband 7 12
Thinking Mr. Sutton's colt better adapted to the Surrey
bills than Rustic I must give him the preference and
thus look for the winner of the Derby, as I did in an
analysis of the race four months ago, in
LORD LYON.

The most difficult question to discover is what, sup-
paring Rustic is to be second, will occupy the next places ;
and I must admit it looks too near a thing between Mo-
narch of the Glen, the Bribery colt, Knight of the Onesoant
(or Westwick, if he is the best), Redact, Blue Riband, Aber.
geldie, Strathoonan, and Lord Glasgow's champion, for
anyone to attempt to name the third or fourth best, though
I must admit to a great fancy for Lord Glasgow's Toxo-
phobia proving the best outsider on Wednesday east,
On Thursday the Cup may produce • sporting race, the
Duke and Regalia being likely to most, if O'dadiateur

GODS
Totaruudet

EVENiNd-, MAY 14, 1866.

should decline; but the filly told us at York she was not
right, and taking her ilb and the Frenchman's 121 b dis-
advantage in the weights into account, the winner must
be looked for in the Duke. Problem is the best performer—
penalised 51b—in the Two-year-old Stakes, which a mode-
rately good " dark" one may win ; and if Sandal can win
a race of all her best of the weights must get her through
the Grand Stand Handicap, with Nutrition, bet 81b, the
pick of her opponente. The Four-year-old race dues not look
like coming to anything; am does the Headley Stakes on
Friday, with Cellina engaged ; and the Surrey Foal Stakes is
littlemore than a question whether Lord Lyon will leave the
victory to Strathoonan or not. The Oaks Stakes, for three-
year-old fillies, over the Derby mile and a half, although
worth nearly 5,0001., will not provoke anything like a
great struggle, I am afraid, the best performers engaged,
at all likely to run, comprising Repulse, Elfeta, Tor-
mentor, Proserpine, and Honeymoon. Of Fair Rosa-
mond, an unknown filly under order for Epsom, I know
nothing more than that she is in the same swim" as
Repulse, to endanger whose success, as Honeymoon is said
to be a doubtful starter and Elfeti still amiss, there is
only Tormentor worthy of mention, unless the Queen is
another of Horlock's surprises in store for us. However,
much can be learned concerning the Oaks after the Derby
is decided, and your readers shall be put in possession of
what information I can glean in good time.—l ant, Ste.
atrrEoti.

THE CHANTILLY RACES.
(ItiriTileS TZLIGRAM. I

PARIS, MAT 13.
The Chantilly races were run to-day, with the following result

PRIX RR DAXGRR.

PRIX DI 1:015Z.

The decree of the court below was reversed and the
appeal allowed, without costs.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Met 12.

Sittings at Thai Prins, in Loinion.--(Before Lord Chief
Justice Erie and a Common Jury.)
ASHTON V. PICKERING.

This was an action to recover damages upon the pound
that the plaintiff had been employed to act as broker for
the defendant in the sale of 500/. stock in the Metropolitan
Railway Company, and had thus sustained certain liability
through the default of the defendant.
Mr. Talfourd Salter appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr.
Milward, Q.C. and Mr. em lay for the defendant.
The plaintiff's case was that one of the rules of the
Stock Exchange was, that a broker selling shares should
assure to the purchaser all the privileges accruing with
shares. That about the time of the sale of the Metropo-
litan shares the company issued some new shares ; that in
consequence of the default of the defendant in not deli-
vering a document in a perfect state, the ultimate pur-
chaser could not obtain the number of new shares which
would otherwise have been allotted to him, and that the
plaintiff had to indemnify him against this foes.
The detailed circumstances were extremely complicated,
and as to the damages the parties differed, the plaintiff
claiming about 50/., whilst on the other band it was said
that if entitled at all, the plaintiff could only claim a very
small proportion of this sum. In addition to this there
were several serious questions of law raised during the
trial

The Lord Chief Justice under these circumstances sug-
gested that it was prudent that some arrangement
should be come to, and the result was that the parties
agreed to the withdrawal of a juror.