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

TO Tlllll IDITOT or Till EXTORTS.

Bts, At eves time the shows meeting gave pre-
miss of some most surliest contests—the matelies between
Musjed, feet 21b, mot North Lincoln, let lefts cm the D.M. •
flensteme and Leamington over the Buono Course • anj
Premised Lead sad eltuijid over the Two Middle Miles et
even weights; being undoubtedly the most interesting that
have been made for same years—bat the firstemeetioned
having been declared "off" renders it very probable the
Derby winner, who le all " emits," will not at tee lest mo-
nist dere to meet Promised Land, moth as his form hee
Wee off ; end It Is almost • certainty Leamington will not
run even. These disappointment' see is some ma
-
sure made armada for by the feet of two Derby
lavender being engaged in the Cherwell and Pren-
dergast Stakes, end • greater number of animals
than in say previous year "going for the or ney"
fur the meat handicap. The sport, sotwitheeteding the pre-
sent scanty oppearence of the programme, is also certain to
be of the mom overeating character to the looker-on, m the
number of animals en routs from all parts of the country en-
sures excellent ilekis—es regent* quantity if not quality—
for the minor plates sod sersepordies, and both the pro-
fessional end locket.-ea will find plenty to kill time during
the five days.
The " grated day" will be occupied by 'even Items, oxen-
elm of one or two matches, supposing there will be no race
for the Whip between llatuaterer and Leamington. The
Royal Stakes for 3-yr-olds bee no great gun reamed, and
of the four left in Crofton, Litre and Van Diemen may cac-
hed for the lull stake, as tee forfeit amounts to 60 per asst.
of it, when the pries will be worth a clear 6701., which
oaght to be picked up by Crain'. The Clearwell, for 2. yr-
olds, should surely tempt Thurmenhy, for he has 6lb the
best of tee weights with King of Diamonds, and the Ascot
running prows be can beat Carlene* on evee teems, mid
give away 31b to Aurora; coneequently, It reduces omit to a
comitios whether the King as give him 6115, which is slalom
as lopcesibility, unless he has log all form. Knowing
nothing coomesing the pretenron of Allows L will not even
gums whether he can give 7lb to the Moine colt, who did
• sufficistly good thing at home to be baked against Teo-
vatore at Goodwood ; hat t• the Admiral's" may beat Lord
Glaagow'e filly with Milgrim over the T.M.M., end Apollo
cut down Sea King on the First Half of the Abiegdoe Mae.
The Caserewitoh Stakes (Hendicep), about two mike and •
quarter, has the your by tar the hugest sommance
on record, end although on the last anniversary there
was the unprecedented number of 36 oilmen, it is
possible, on the present one, for the field to follow
to He was, as Prioress, Speen Lionise, Lord Nelson,
Vanity, Boederer, The Argosy, Tumuli Meld, Star of the
Hest, Scribbler, Yerkettire Grey, Royal Sovereign, Pole-
star, Compromise, Independence, Grimed, Clydesdale,
Marine, Accurate, Pan, Petra, one or two of Hughes's lot
(Winkfirld, Spiteful Dick, or Magnet), Anibusb, Cytherus,
Odd Fallow, Hemet, Whitewall, Mutineer, the Gala
colt, Artless end Moorcock an pretty cert.in starters ;
end out of Prince of Denmark, Sampson, Miss Cath, The
Greek, Broedleada, Haymaker Mazzini, Margery Dew,
Lovett, and Austrahaa Maid, it will be quits partible
to make up the number to three dozen. Primes, like •
gnat many more in the race that were "rushed at" when
the weights first appeared, has been under • cloud until the
last few days, when her piety came out with their roomy in
earnest, and she is entrusted with se much mosey as any of the
marine division. Never having been batter, however, than the
was when cerryteg yet 914 ler this stake last year, I
cannot believe her to be so formidable as her party sup-
per; aed, although she got • place with • pima more
on her beck in the Goodwood Cup, The Promised
Land gave bar nearly • atone besting, so that she
may be discovered with about 811) too much when the final
set-to tone place. Sp.uel Liceose is a racehorse all over,
and one that has not been ill-used during his career. He
won his two Autumn Cups at Liverpool very eemll hie form
on each cone= being neatly equal to that oe Underhaed,
considering the weight between them, and it is notorious
that he bee away' been handy whenever " the money was
on" se matter what was the quality of the company. Still,
he hem never appeared to like more than two miles, and the
extra quarter may prove fatal to him here, considering ha is
rzt,weight to rah gluttonsvassrere he
awillsbailvees,tn met
what grounds I cannot understand, mho has never ietemped
more *an a mile end • half, and the lout tree
he cm so far it was es a winner. His performers.
over • mile, or a mile sad • quarter, hive at times been
in the extreme, not the least so being his may vic-
tory with 9st at Epsom, considering teat Zuyder Zee was
behind Illm, and the latter beat Uudereenti over • mils at
Dooeseter. There is not, perhaps, smash et him to warrant
hie Wag • favourite over amino like tie Cararewitoh; bat
he le pameeme itself, sad the cherry of Sir Joseph might be
trio promtnent at the Brash for his opponents to feel sag.
Vauity le giving so much weight away that to suppose the
Belay Baronet will have another throw-in is scarcely fair,
as she would have some difficulty in bar beg day in giving
lib sad her sex allowance to Borderer, vet flab for the year to
the Argosy end Toenail Meld, both fleet-class mares, over
say distance. The Ceserewitelt L always run to suit • hone
like the Borderer, the pas befog so great from the
commeneetoent that, although it may choke him off
for the first mile and a half, it beets throe
who make it long before they reach the distance, and then
he can get on even term, with the foremost, through hie
staying powers and extraordinary millraces. No other
Pettey on the turf knows hod to make nee of them qualities
better than Fortnm, who is very fond of the horse to boot
and unless he is made to mount Roysl Sorengen, we shall
see Borderer run ti Is Prioress lest year. At home, how-
ever, Royal Sovereign runs decidedly the better horse, and
the Lewes stable have entrusted him with considerably the
largest enigma of money, despite their diaappointment is
the Chester Cop, where the horse run very unkind. Sup-
posing them is only the stamina in him, he will not be diffi-
cult to rids at Newmarket ; and if at the last moment Ford-
hew is "up," it is more than probable they will be
recompensed for their reverse on the Ito elm The
Argosy end Ttueseall Maid first showed in brilliant
colours by running such a severe race with Hepatica for
the Yorkshire Oaks in 1868, when the alderman's mare jest
pulled terutieb, end followed this up by easily Matins
Tournament mid Yorkshire Grey at Ireishis for sum over
other courses; In feet, she was never beaten afterwards during
the season. At Chester she was this year beaten by Sods
I bury, but not being half fit we must excuse the performance;
I end as the 1.11 she met with there layered her but slightly,
the work she hoe since done, fur tete event specially, moat
bring her to the old form. Tanana Maid hos been so
knocked about in the market that I know not what to think
of the nougats of her party, one shall, being in such
doubt, rum to Armen, through the defeat of last year to
hold her We. Yorkshire Grey la the next in the above 'hat
that I must paws at, for the form I saw him in lest meet-
ing ignores all hie defeats this mason, and being
one of ante horse. that will mmeredly get borne, he
most be formideble with Tat 41b, a competitive feather for
ae aged bores, and yet Aremy, having beaten him when in
his beet form lest semen by =my WOO. for • Queen's
Plan, is only giving him about 121 b for the* defeat, es if they
met at Queen's Plies weights now he would only have to
give her 71b. It should be a neer thing with theta, repro-
Mg both in form again, and for that reason I shall give Pole-
seer the preference of the pair, while in receipt of so wuch
weight. It is impossible to set down her performance in the
Cheater Cup this year as • bad one, for after getting • poor
start she finished with the format lot, her 7st bib being •
heavy weight compered to the 70 lib bore. Sines she has
been to W. Day's there hen been plenty of mystery
about her ; but there is some good money at her
back, however they may be working the oracle now,
and as the Chester Cap running is sufficient to
recommend her, twine she ie weighted • good 20th MOM
leniently than in that race, the expiring effort to shine that
ohs will make bids fair to prows • eumessful one. Com-
promise wee defeated by a Star • fortnight beck, and if we
tollsw the Chester Cap he should again be behind one, seeing
that he carries 161 b more and Polestar 6lb less then in diet
race. ludependence's defeat of Starke at Newmarket has
roused his party to march further hero his character at home,
and they hive found hie cbsnee • good cos, I believe—en
good, that he may pees his stable companion, Clydesdale, ies
the marker before the stet, although he does not take pre-
cedeon of the Litter in my minim, for his struggle with
Star of the Had at Goodwood whim receiving but 6lh
shows him to memos some wed. Gaspard belongs to •
I veritable wizard, when we comoler what he has amour
plished with apparently moderate horses; and if we only con-
eid.r what he did with Newcastle on his first appearance
Gaspard will appear decidedly well in ' • but be ran a little
" sett" at Goodwood, and lam compelled to believe he will be
Lund wanting In the neceerary stay log powers to carmen
at the finish with the old horses. Menne runs for quite as
much money as ILearningeon did in the Chester Cup, and his
party are too formidable fur me to follow his 2-vr-014 funning
to get a measure of his capabilities, so that, when not includ-
ing Marine in my selection, I can only admit my fears of
such a strong diretion, there being nothing to guide me bat
reports of estouoding trial... Accurate has a light
weight, a great turn of mewl, end every veggie e
but the mom important—a capability to may the
oouree ; and if Petra, Heirese. sad Arises are dis-
missed II toe for similar remoter, and the other, (with
the exception of Muoreock), no account of their good qualities
having yet to show theme-lme, 1 shall only have the light
weight to dispose of, and he ii to be feared on that account
more than any other, for we *ow whet a moderate animal Ike
Queen BON could do with a feather in 1867, and the Middle-
hem people behave they leave more then a moderate horse in
Moorcoek. My opinion, however, incliner too mach to the
old horses for him to give rue anxiety, and in putting my
host in Special License, Borderer, Royal Sovereign, Argosy,
Yorkshire Grey, sad Polestar, helves me confidence to know
toy are fit to run for the heavy sums invested upon theta by
their owners • Polestar, Royal Sovereign, and derer, in
the order owned. having my unqualified preference.
Tee remaining events meat to quickly disposed of, for pre-
vious renting will my so much cuocerniag them that to
eater folly into the preeneeme of the probable performers
would be premature. On Wednesday, Themelien should not