The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

*parting intelligence

THE ROYAL SALE AND ROYAL ASCOT.

TO TUE ZDITOE or TUE &true's.

felt,--The dull interval separatinqg the second
!rem the that part of the racing season has been but a
taief OW% the divas...es lseimg ecareely peraloptible
settli to the
',laves, of the turf, who after the Derby • ng" had
plenty of employment placed briars these in the Croydon
or Manchester Meeting. or the yearling sales, and then
the flying trip to Paris. Speculating sportsmen were ac-
tually started afresh before they hail adjiisted their Epsom
accounts, the two Ascot Handicaps having boon published
het Monday evening. These were followed by
the dark nominatioun for the Ovid Cup, the
reiosLaiou of which was looked forward to with no
heals curiosity. People were anxious, for instance, to dia.
'over whet Sir Joseph Hawley s nominee wasi—whethes
Blue Gown, or Reeicrucian. or Green Sleeve was secretly
entered bat January, when the flit-named was looked
upon as the wood of the famoustrio—end it meet be orris-
ULU_ ry to all who were so long on the wrung scent as re.
carded the Derby not to bed the Gown in any of the
events closing last January for which sealed nominations
Were allowed. Ikeicrucian (since scratched, se he is rest-
ing before gning into atmng week for the St. Leger) was
the one in the Cop; and he and Green Sleeve have
turned up for the Claret, a rich prise to be eon.
tritest next spring, wherein The Earl has to do duty
for the Marquis of Hastiuga. This disuovery is uo oomph-
want to the Derby victims of Lady Elisabeth, who
were told so perserealy that the mare was pounds the
latter horse : zoo did it seem that Denebury thought so
meanly of The Earl, even before be won the Grand
when hie half-brother was "put lip" at the royal
wile on Sat relay, as John Day never left him until the
hammer fell to his bid for 1.360 • This may be
hoc iced upon as a great price, altar the comb-cutting
Young Englautl hue }mid to undergo of late, the colt, be-
sides. scarcely apporring up to four figure., though the
Bay eclat have invariably progressed better than more
taking yearlings. The one under notice is by King Tom,
end helped to make up a good average, the twenty-nine
kite sold fetching very fair pricsse indeed, coueidering they
were not, as a whole, exactly up to royal form. One
that bad been talked of as the crack, a daughter of
atorkwell and Ariadne, would not go down at all,
the cepa...4 being anytheig but in love with her, whilst
to ;make matters worse she went rather gingerly on
her off fore-leg, so that it is not surprising
Mr. Hill got her for 180 guineas. Another lion.
4.saboacan e brother, disappointed the lovers of
the Newmineaer and Shine blood by his lack of
quality ; and the gem of the sale, to my thinking, was the
tssu of St. Albau's and Aquamarine. admitting that the
..gyring of Defonned ie a Newininster all over, full of
beauty and symmetry. The three descendant.. of the last-
named sire brought 1.260 guineas in all. or nearly double
the evencee ; but the evergreen Orlando was at an
awful discount, and it is as well they have Ely
at Hamproin to take his place. It was the first year of
Mr. Cumvrie.lier famous cup horse, and the seven spring-
ing from his loin. that were sold must be set down as in
every way %ord.:, of such a premixing young sire. A
.cope claiming him as their "dad," from Lianrich and
Limy Bletiehe, were litendly given away, maiuly on at.
cunt of the proverbial Avow; of bidders for first lots ;
and yet he did his duty towards supporting the 224-guinea
average, fairly beating the well-tried St. Albans. whose
eight fetched a "omitury" lees than Ely's even, even with
the 600-guinea Aquamarine colt among them. Sir Lyd.
vies Newman•s string had not royal tection this year.
having been sold at East Acton on Friproday, which turned
out a suet unlucky clay, for even if King Alfred lied won the
Derby buyers couldeiot have been more scarce, and it was
evident long before Mr. Tattersall entered his pulpit there
was no market for the 'arty-two lots in the eatalogires.
Not half of these were sold, a moiety of Sir Lydstou'e two
doom having to go back, and yet good prices were made
when anything was brought up, the Mamhead
average being much better than last year's, whilst Mr.
Vuewing got 140 for a Caractactm and 610 tor a St. Athena.
The best priee. of the eetecon so far, however, were ob.
inil/(41 for the llawcliffee at Tattereall'e Loa Mouday, nine
FLing at the Middle Park rate of 414 guineas each.
There was no great " rush" from Hampton to catch
the night (rein for Paris, these anxious to see
The Earl •• walk in" for the (trend Prize having gone
ever the day before. Considering how many were at Long.
eliampe who considered themselves injured because the
• ontiueror of like Gown did not run for the Derby, his
victory was well received; but Fordham came in, jaw-
haps, for the greatest ovation, he having not only won the
Firm-12 Derby the other day on Suzerain, but pulled Fer-
%risquea through for Last Year's (trend Prim* after two
tremendous finishes with Patrician, so that lie because
quite a hew when sailing home on The Earl. Vale Royal
failed to Amy the course and Blneekin being outclassed,
it was for the Frenchmen to obtain the second and third
.rue; with Suzerain and Nelusko—both piloted by
English joukeys. The Earl won so early that he is bound
to bec cane an immense favourite for the St. Leger, if he
can only get through his engagements at the Ascot Meeting,
the programme of which embraces many 'items beyond
those confined exclusively to 3-yr-oldae that will have en
important hearing on the St. Leger. Ere the four days
are past we shall, too, doubthea have two or three
favourites firmly eatabliahed for the Derby of 1819. there
being no fewer than ten contests in which 2-yroolds can
take past. lii fact, out of the whole 28 twee advertised,
and of which three have to be made up, only five are
handicaps, and the quality of horses contesting the
majority of the prize. will be much as must sittra:a a
pianieter ettendanee all through the piece, notwithstanding
the doubling *yeti= adopted by one of the railway com-
panies for the •` off as well ass the •• grand" days.
Ou Tuesday the business will open with the Trial Stakes.
ostensibly a weight-for-age race, but made into a handicap
lie the penalties and allowance% the following being the
iiiiposts of the seventeen entered :

Aire alb 1
t. In fo 1 Vivirr

Vevrayintt

Th~l'►mct

4 10 4 I Chairtiwood:

Age at lb
.8 8 9
.3 8
.9 810
.2 t, 12
. 2 5 15
.8 510
.9 6 7
.9 6 7

O.4INNA 4 10 4 i Ohnuarue
(It:retinas Carel 6 10 0 ; Lure
IrUkh Queßllly . . 4 9 I Esher .

Eni;rlD-P
Storey

4 a j
4 9 1 Unrnla

111:1ktf...d

3 87 I ltied'.eye
3 8 7

It is a most severe mile for comparatively young two-yen:-
olds to tackle ; still Vespaiian looks like beating all those
above that age, the Palmer being the must threaten-
ing of the remainder, and es the great Ostreger could nut
give the weight away in this same trial lint year, there is
a chance for one of the juveniles. Bird's-eye showed a
bit of form at Chester, though the has never travelled to
for m &her and Lure, who have each won over the six
furlongs et Epsom. and may get the extra couple here.
At any rate. I shall look to Vespinian beating everything
else, and one of the pair just named must stay well to
bowl him out. The Queens Stniid Plate, over a short
three-quarters of a mile, is another weight-for-age tees
with penalties and allowances, the nine sabemibers being
liable as under:
W Age st lb
Nis. to Vint night a
Brigantine
Sea Breese
Abstinence

6 9i!
4 9 91
4 91

4 14 6