The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-20 00:00:00

TO TEE EDITOR Or TILE 7111"812/8.

Flie,—Little calling for comment has transpired
at York up to the present writing, the easy victory of
Lades (almost a Derby performance) in the Convivial,
with the dead heat between Viscount and Blueskin in the
Biennial comprising the main features of the opening day,
and I shall at once commence operations on the pro-
gramme made up for Friday. A most enjoyablefluale to
the meeting can be confidently predicted, if the elements,
hitherto so boisterous, will only permit, for the Great
Yorkshire Stake• that has so often revolutionised the St.
Leger betting will provoke it most interesting contest
between Charnwood, The Siy, Cap-A-Pie, Blueskin,
The Sawyer, a nameless one of Lord Glasgow's, Viscount,
and perhaps one of Mr. Marry'e, or Myootis. Viaooant
will be useful in assisting The Spy, who must not be set
down as inferior to Blueskin because the latter detested
The Sawyer much further in the York Biennial than he
did in the Stockton Leger, as Mr. Bastwood's gelding only
ran a mile and a half against his brother Yorkshireman,
and the extra half-mile he had to cover when meeting the
south-country glutton was dead against him. All that
can be determined is that it is a near thing between The
Spy and Blueskin, and by consequence Cap-i-Pie, too, for
be is nimair *same • hem. as Mr. Samoa's, measwed
through his performance with Theinadyke at Ascot, skim
when he is reported to have improved more than the or-
dinary run of three-year-olds. If he has, he will
take some beating ; but the Queen's Plate race at
Egham was little to his credit, and I expect to see The
Spy win, if Charnwood prove unable to stay the severe
mile and three-quaretre, only the doubts about which
point prevent the race being actually a certainty for Lord
Stamford's pet. The York Cup will be almost a failure,
it being very improbable that Newmarket will send Julius,
or anything else, to help Blueskin do battle against the
north, which may only be represented by Strathconan
and perhaps Mercury, Tyndale not being up to the mark.
The grey has only to concede 271 b for the two years to the
youngster, a task he can just about accomplish oonaidering
be gave the 4-yr-old Dean nearly as much in the Stockton
Handicap ; at any rate there is nothing beyond this
Blueskin to endanger Strathconan'e success. In the
Gimcrack we shall be able to judge bow
much Thorwaldsen suffered from being "shut in," when
beaten by Minaret at Stockton ; he has not a brilliant
lot to meet here, and ought to pull through, with no
penalty to carry. There is nothing like public form in
two-year-old races, and hence the whispers that are
abroad concerning other " good things" shall not stall
me off the brother is Shibboleth, whose weight is only
raised 71b. by his two victories last week. The other
events are of no particular import, Lady Henrietta hav-
ing little to fear beyond Fair Star in the Queen's Plate,
whilst Wellington may be good enonith for the colt Sap-
ling, and Bertha for the Asks Produce Stakes.

METROR.

YORK MEETING.-{THIS DAY.)

EBOR ST. LEGER: One mile and three-quartera.

Thorsen, Apollo, and Samson are here.

FILLY SAPLING STAKES. T.Y.C.
Pinnacle, Xis Whip 1, Lady Cecilia, Minaret, Melody,
Cherie, and Matilda are here.
LONDESBOROUGH CUP. Three-quarters of a mile.
Vespasiant Sir Oliver, Ulphur, Victrese, Harebell,
Apollo, Novice, Quality, Jenny Mills, Lady Dor, Dulcet,
I=.B' Regula, Meliora, Pompeii, and Mrs. O'Rourke

PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES. T.Y.C.

Mimi Whip f, Sunshade, Anne Boleyn, Martyrdom, and
Slanderer are here.

EBOR HANDICAP. Two milee.

Mandrake, Mone sty, Fe-in Niles; 'Mercury, Tabours!,
Ilium, Fairwind, Lord Palmerston, The Spy, Wild Briar,
and Donaldbain are here.
Pun Fonrarr.—Taraban, Buttercupp, Blinkkoolis,
Maid et Mathias c, Bandmaster, ibsißrarien, Graheara, and