The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

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Taraban has gone quite out of betting since the Spy's
advent, 1,000 to 5 being hardly the odds about a probable
starter ; and Our Mary Ann is another of the knocked-out
lot, having strangely enough gone to 100 to 1 even before
she was tried. Fitz-Ivan, again, with Mr. Green's Pest
and Venom, are seldom mentioned of late by either
backers or layers, though they are not such doubtful
starters as the two first named, Mr. Green having
backed his " lot" for ei much money that he is
almost:bound to run one, badly as the supposed "best"
ran at Huntingdon. Hence we may have some
fifteen or sixteen runners, and it is not so very alarming
that Gamera should g.o back in the betting, for when she
touched 3to 1 the field looked very email. At the same
time there is every reason to suspect she did something
dissatisfactory on Thursday last, and I am reluctantly
compelled to throw her over for the sake of more
recent good performers—like Kidderminster, Vidalia, and
Tabouret. It is a hot argument between the partisans of
the two first named, for the same animal (Emigration)
finished third to each when they did their great deeds in
public., giving 11b. to the four-year-old and 211 b. to the
youngster; so that, as there is 171 b. between them now,
the question is, whether Fidelia won 31b. easier at
riottingliam than Kidderminster did at Stamford I
think the preference is due to the lady, because the
colt's previous performances were so moderate, beating
Mayflower after a dead head Oast August) comprising
thibeet thing he did before Mr. Lincoln bought him from
Lord Stamford. To all appearance, he will have to be a
really good class horse to give 211 b. to Tabouret, who,
whenever he did run well, made his opponents look very
small potatoes. At least he would have done so in the
Liverpool Cup had his head limn free in the last hundred
yards, it being only reasonable to suppose he could then
have won as easily as the Stanton and Hednesford favou-
rites did but for his giving way to his companion, the
Dean. As Fervacquce, a better horse than either Fidelia
or Kidderminster met, was behind him, the pair would
then have lookell Uke his in terrors. and undoubtethy Tabouret
must " about ' win the Goodwood Stakes unlace his
endeavourto dotbe trickwith Tynedsile instead. may
be another liceathergage, the money that has been
entrusted to him since -Mr. T. Parr saw all the recent
form, showing he does not fear anything; but after
eeeinq • brace of three-year-olds fike Tabouret and
Fideha perform well, I can only plans the most-vaunted
darkie " behind them, and hence Ilium, Wellow,
Choral, and the Spy, who have done really nothingg.
cannot claim my suffrages. The weight may possibli/
enable we of the turned loose four-year-olds to beat
the theses; still neither Glengsmnock nor Stradbroke has
ever shown a bit of form, Cannon Ball and FridEric
Charles being a much better pair to look at on paper, and
the first-samed dangerous gentleman is giving more
thee the popes weight for the year to Tsnotmusr, who may
have more to fear from Timms.

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The grand day will be remarkable as ever for small
fields and moral certainties, leering the talent ample
time to pay court to the beauty and fashion that will
help to make such a pretty picture of die lawn and steed,
and it will sot be surprising if the field for the Goodwood
Cup is the largest of Om day, so far as the eleven closed
events can be spoken of, even though nose beyond to
following can be est down as probable darters :

Age. et lb Ridden by
Blinkhoolie 4 9 0 ... Castanoe.
Tyndale
Julius 4 9 0
Van Royal
Tabouret .. .. 3 7 7
Suffolk
Ppecolum
Mr. Savile might try his hand with Blueskin or
rfEstournel, and Mr. Stephenson with Socrates ; but pre-
vious running is pretty certain to dispose of one or two of
the above, and when I forward my revised hot of pro-
bable starters on the eve of the rate, it may not be neees-
miry to increase the number. In fact, as I leave all along
maintained, the race is only a match between Blinkhoolie
and Julius or Speculum, unlem Tynedale or Tabouret can