The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-20 00:00:00

TO TUE EDITOR OF TUE lIMTREIR.

FlR.—Wlititever may be said when we get to the
fag-cud of the week, there cannot be two 03;Aiikolo &nod
the excellent and enj ll
oyable character of Oar; opening day's
=ings at the Newmarket otitttsza Mooting. The
presented a marked contrast to •• London in a fog"
at early Dunning, and, with three ev outs deoi.iod on the
eat. and the same number up the Cambridgeshire hill,
there dims just enough sport, and tiro mole, to satisfy any
td a-cniablr being on a cold Oct& er day. Some interest
attached, too, to must of the contests—a two-year-old
Cntericm• for which a dead herd occurred. and a couple of
Carobeidgeshire "trials." ote.ning off. The lOW. Plates
contested by The Palmer and foes others. was as 1•••11 •
*•tzial" for the great +Penn as the handicap ever the
actual eoursesffir Joseph liawley's four-year-ohl acting as
outrider for Blue Cora, and the notorious Lady Flitobeth,
when e Met aprearunre it was since Ascot, doing the like
ditty for Wolsey. T'se followers of the poor Cardinal did
not much like their ••luis," 1 shriek* think. as her lady-
ship failed to brat her old companion Naivete' out of
second Vace. sea The Pahner run home such an easy
Wilma to to as ate it quite pvissib:e to behevo in the
teener of a Itefey winner with Est in the Cambiidgshire,
seeing Blue • iown mu give The Palmer about half a
atone Cu "public form." and that ho is reputed to be as
mach the sr perior at home. icicle's runaway cietary in
a Felling F.andreapspoke favourably for another outsider,
liettleholier. who gave %eight to the four-year-old in the
First Cieleber week : bat there was no time t 3 notice this
with th^ Criterion set next an the card. the selectconip toy
present being. with very few exceptions. deeply interested
in the capabilities of the two Derby colts, Peru Gomez
and Wild Oats. To gratify their respective partisans the
sae ran a dead beat, after -IC tremendous neck-and-neck
Mesh for the last 200 hundred yards. and the distance
th3y left Heather Bell behind shows them both to be good
horses. The certainty that they will never meet again
until next spring must add a great des' to the interest
that will be taken in the Derby. and no doubt we shall
have them both roundly abused, because in neither of
Fero's races was the pace good. It must be admitted,
however, that Wild Oats, who ran as much like
a "great baby" as ever, is capable of much
improvement and if he can only get safely
through the Tmv Stakes on Thursday he will have to
be coupled with Pero Gomez as the best Derby investment
for the winter.
The Cambridgeshire Trial Plate proved fully deserv-
ing of its nickname, for the stables wherein Lady Coven-
try, Snowdrop. and Restitution are located were repro-
mated by Silenus. New Guinea. and Nyanza. respectively,
and the clever victory of Silenus brought Lady Coventry
a rattling favourite. I understand her ladyship has been
tried to give the colt about 3113. and if so, she must b 3
well in the bunt. for there is no doubt how " Silenus. 4
yes ist bib," would look; but the race will be over before
the Exprtss is in the hands of all your readers, and 1 have
only to make the following selections for Wednesday at
present :
latAtssow Sraim—Belladrnm.
ALL-dorm SI Allll3. —Fnpouuler.
Pau. Suva. r-wrirstAzi33. —Nightjar.
Steers Stsras.—Bysliworth.
1 am. /cc.. METRO%
Newmarket. Monday Night.