The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-03 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE MEETINGS IN SUSSEX.

TO TNT ZDITOI 0/ TIM ZIPRESO.
EAR,—flow the raging " punter " will finish up
. • his fortnight's pleurae tour in Susses I mint lease the
Pates to deals, lhough it may reasonably be sonsieed he
has felt quite as ninth pain as pleasure, se far. Not be-
.
eau. Ise bad a " wet day" at Goodwood, for Wednes-
day's nun was quite a novelty, and fall compensation was
given for any inconvenience that may have been suffered,
the sight of a read without dusting a treat
_isci.one
eauld appreciate better than the rowe-goer. o!. 10M.
But so many of his '• good things' and
certainties" were bowled over that the meeting
was anything but a glorious one for titie. poor
plunger, and it will require a strong pull o
he
ng
him up to town to-day, from whatever delightful spot
ybe sojourning at for Brig hton, for the sake of such
IL; business as "settling." The reverses of backers were
all the more galling because the fields generally were so
• small—only 198 quadruped,. performing for 89
• • against t 53 for 40 prime last year—and it is y
. that in 28 events for which the starters did not average a
quartet each, only ten favourites won. Even as regards
Cheat, odds bad to be laid en the winners in eight cases, 6
to I twice. and again 3 to 1 twice, being the price at
• which the money was bought; whilst out of the eighteen
" pots" that boiled over, seven were with odds on, and
the second favourites were aleo beaten in five other in-
stance.. It was on the last day of the meeting that
• the moat mischief was done, Athena, Lionie, and
D'Estournel creating sad havoc among those who only
• meddle with downright certainties ; and had it not been
for my selected Chi rnwood and Pcarlfeather, it would
have been one of the most unlucky Fridays ever recorded
against the " gentlemen." Charnwood, however, won
one of the four great handicaps, which are not included in
the foregoing statistin, and will between them deduct cot
a little from the winnings of the bookmakers ; Vex for
the Stewards' Cup and Tabouret for the Goodwood
Stakes, being served up even warmer than was Chant-
mood for the Chesterfield, and every book tieing taken
about Crown Princess for the Nursery. It is a
coincidence that three of there four great winners=
hitherto have cut up so indifferently in public, and withal
start at such short prices. Vex, for instance, could not
get within hail of Lily in a eve furlong spin at the
recent Windsor Meeting, receiving 131 b., and yet she
is suddenly found to be another Tibthorpe. The infer-
ence the uncharitable might make is that she has been
worked as cleverly ea the latter was for the same race
last year, though the party can find an excuse in her in-
fernal temper, which her visit to Crown Prince has not
exactly cured, judging from the antics she played at the
Marling post. Not one of the first three in the Goodwood
Stokes could claim respect on their "public form," as it
appears in print—Tabouret succumbing to moderate
horses at Liverpool, Ilium's certificate being foardiascraoss
in selling plates, and the The Spy boasting of nothing
more than the defeat of the broken-down Tregeagle last
apring—a performance that his running lint to The
Perron, Ghaniwood, and Court Mantle just previously
look all the credit from. The Nursery winner, Crown
Princess, was "cut to pieces" in a selling race
at Newmarket July, w ben entered to be sold for •
fifth of the sum Captain Machell is said to have disposed
of her for to his confederate just before last Friday's race ;
but the fillythat " ought to have won," the Dryad, with
the third in the nos, Alpenstock, cannot boast of
having behaved much better before they gre.. the
haniticamr, so that the three need not call each other bad
names. - Mr. Morgan was much chagrined at the over-
throw of his "pot," especially as nearly all the lookers on
agree the nee was thrown awe y by the crack light-weight
)ookey, Cameron; and really the luck of the magenta and
black on the fiat this year and last would be enough to
disgust the most even-tempered of mortals with the turf.
Strange to say, the rose jacket was carried by a better
favourite than the victonous Crown Princess, Acaster
starting at half her prior, in Consequence of his being con-
sidered the best when they were tried with old Vespanan ;
yet, somehow, all the money the ring could lay
went about the filly. Charuwood, the Chesterfield
Cup winner, hue gradually run himself into a good horse,
and I take tome credit to :myself for basing pointed out
whit a real "good thing" he was, after Mandrake had
bowled over Clairon on the Craven course, while good
odds were obtainable—my. second string, Mercury, also
complimenting me by running third. This was all the
more gratifying coming as it did after the successes in the
two other great races of the meeting, Tabouret having
been plumped for to win the Stakes, and Speculum's Cup
victory being prognosticated in the event of Julius
losing his temper,' which he did with a vempsance.
It was unfortunate for Lord Stamford that Vespaaan won
the Duke of Richmond's Plate just before the Chester-
field was decided, as thereby Charnwood was made to
swam. a greater certainty than ever, and his lordship
had to be content with " any price," so mad was the
rush to get on. Had the colt been in the St. Leger he
would have been fourth feed/rite by this time, for he
beat Athena, St. Ronan, and Paul Jones so far as to put
them all out of court ; and by his giving Sunstroke so mach
weight be quite takes the shine out of the Spy,
who had some difficulty is getting rid of Sunstroke at
even weights for one of the tri enniala. Still, the White-
wall hero had two races "in " him, and he must be set
down as having a good chance for the Ebor Handicap at
• drt 41b, albeit Mum only concedes Slb and Tabouret
13Ib for the many lengths' 'beating they gave him in the
Goodwood Stakes. Perhaps Mr. Bowes has a better Fe-
rmentative than the Spy for the great York race in
Terabit% es he only gives 9lb for the year to Tabouret,
who did not take high honours in the Goodwood Cup,
Speculum beating both him and Blueskin somewhat
easily. It was, no doubt, asking Tabouret too much to
tome a second time over the two miles and a half within
twenty-four hours, but he has not shown himself
a first-class three-year-old vet, and had he been
in the St. Leger ho could not have seen less
odds than the stout BI ueskin, whose chance to
become the hero of Doncaster is certainly not better
than is boasted by Cap-a-Pie, Reatitution, See Saw, Orion,
or UMW, the only Sellinger outsiders worth talking about
now—and what chance can they have if the Earl,
Vermont, and King Alfred, to say nothing of Green
Sleeve, only remain right
We shall ace more of Blueskin this week at Brighton,
he being in both the Stakes and the Cup, one of which
prizes he must win to retain the character he somewhat
cheaply won last Thursday. Doubtless he will cut in for
the handicap on Tuesday, severe as the 7st 711 appears at
first sight, for he holds safe Hippie (penelirod 31b) and all
others above him in the list, and has most to fear from
lightweights like Rescue or the Vixen gelding, or mayhap
Cannon Ball, or Our Mary Ann. Until the acceptances
are made up, however, it will be impossible
to guess at owners intentions ; and forfeits having also
to be declared for the Marine Plate, that is also out of my
reach, as Ainaley, Snowdrop, and Herennianus,
threatening as they look, are not bound to accept.
Whether Speculum or Laneret will contest the Champagne
Stakes is another doubtful matter, all I can ar ang
that Vespaaian will only be a good thing in their absence.
The Corporation Stakes, for two-year-olds, should pro-
voke an interesting race, Saladin (td 101 b), Nanny Thor-
manby (list 131 b), Melody (Set 71b), Benefactor (Set 10Ib),
the Ranger filly (Bst 131 b), Perfume (Mt 131 h), the
Baroness (list 10(b), and Queen Esther (Bst 11b), all being
birds of promise or performance, and there may be one or
two more in the background. Saladin has shown
the best form, but has missed some engagements
of late, and in his absence the prise may be
won by Melody or Perfume. In the Nursery there
is another chance for Dryad, who was far before .Alpen-
stock, Amster, Iron Duke, Yellow Rose, Peabody, and
at Goodwood, and only meets Peabody on any alarm-
keTzdifferent terms. There may be a better 'light weight
even than the latter in the field, Provider andi not
having been backed to win the Goodwood Nursery for
nothing, no doubt; but I know nothing of them, and can
only hint that the Imperatrice colt has a fair chance to
improve on his Huntingdon performance, if Peabody and
Dryad cannot win. The Brighton Cup, two miles, will
badly bring out halls dozen stone's+, valuable as it is, for
the oaners of Paul Jones, Suffolk, and Julius should be
satisfied with their Goodwood failures, whilst there is
every reason to suppose Westwick, Knight of the Garter,
and Blinkhoolie are not in a condition to run, and the
Returned has about as good a chance as the
broken-down D'Estournel. The dark Terhillus, Blue-
aetn,;egrulum, and Fortunio make up the dozen
and should the latter come mouth he will
doubtlees be fancied, though I doubt his ability to give the
90th to Blueskin, or even the 91b to Speculum, who must
have beaten Mr. &vile's gelding very easily indeed on
Thursday last to hold him safe when giving an extra 7111
away. What is the matter with Blinkhoolie, to prevent
his otarting, no one seems to know; nor did the most
acute at Goodwood Inspect he was wrong until a noble
lonl, an hour or two before he was atruck out of the Cup,
took it into his head to "lay on the field." He did not
• slant out to this effect, like your Steels or your Stephen-
soma, but soon got 400 g. on his "book," and I wonder
. whether he invested it on instead of against the Duke of
Newcastle's pair, when he discovered—doubtless to hie
eurpriati—thathe had "skinned the lamb." However, we
must bid good-bye to poor " Blink" for some little time,
and leave his old opponents, Blueskin and Speculum, to
fight out the Brighton Cup.
Brighton Club and Lewes programmes mud not
be looked at until the above-mentioned
events are
decided; and the only other meeting of the week of any
importance is that held at Ripon St. Wilfred to-day and
to-morrow. Half-a-dozen races are already before specu-
latore, who will hardly know how to choose between
King's Cross and Three per Cent. in the Great Handicap,
for since the former won at Pontefract, the old hone has
done enough to throw a doubt on the correctness of that
form. Anyhow, those who " couple" the two may have
enty Cap
are to fear. Master Tom must be handy for
both his en ts; as must likewise the best of the
°showiest' Tot:gent n for the N
for the Members'quPlaitetatar ItennodugEhulFThree'foriadt-hpir Studley,
which may not be
METEOR.

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