The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-03 00:00:00

TO TEI EDITOR OF THE CIPILES.

have at last done with the Racing
Season of 1861, which virtually did nut conclude until Tues-
day last, as Mr. Merry was not even contented with intro.
diming three races on the flat into the programme of the
L:amiogtos Hunt Club meeting, but must perforce allow
2-yr-olds to participate in the sports, one of the races being
castrated solely by juveniles, while Pupil joined in the
Scurry (Welter) Handicap, and managed to run • good
second to Gauntlet at about weights fur age. Thus, the
2-yr-olds cf the present year were out both early
and late, brims commenced operations on the
16th of February, and although we have ere very
tew of the AI sort since the Houghton week, 'review of the
most noteworthy must necessanly occupy my time for
several weeks, especially as the task is surrounded with
more than usual difficulties, in consequence of • great num-
her being so dose together that it will be no easy matter to
fled out which is the beet. The scarcity of good fillies bee
I been remarkable, and one of the best of them cams out with
the early birds at Lincoln. where Queen of Spain carried off
the Brockleeby in • canter from her moderate lot of oppo-
I rota, the beat of which at the time threatened to turn up
in Liberality, who did one ir two good things afterwards,
but got goofiest before the season had half concluded, r be
was pulled out much too often, being anything but se every-
day horse. Nottingham followed Lincoln in doe rotas,
but after • looter interval than usual, and the re-
sult of the Little John Stakes, wherein Paradox had •
very poor lot to contend against, has been always me-
tier d by public nutmeg, he having even a wore, lot of
opponents than Queen of Spain at Lincoln. Liverpool gave
us no Lumina, lady Chides., or Big Bens, as in 1860, and
yet the Tyro made • Derby favourite in Neptunus, who
tea unprepared, and won so cleverly that he was voted a
flyer instanter, the wooed to him, Boonibelle, having given
the Warms squire every satisfaction at home. She subee-
grotty ran jady, and has been quite eclipsed RDR) by the
third to her, Ethel. who would have given Neptunus
something to do had be met her at Shrewsbury the other
day, fur when in the humour, and bit weer sal trainer
" ditto," she can evidently take her awn part in say com-
pany, and Mr. Stever is fortunate in having her
engaged in both the One Thomson Greer and Oahe.
Shrewsbury Sprig gar us Whoring who met rang
of no' o, seed sonsopently could net be nree--nred with
Queen of Spain, -Parade:, Nirvana, or Ethel, being
too much eta " rarer a for his moat mogul's admirers—
and their same is legies—to think of him in 0002411R0 with
the Derby. Warmish bog the hoarier of bringing together
the int remerehle Add of two-year-olds ; but the first
sparer el the war thst hes bra erred au ail int year
between She rarer sad jockeys manifested thornier on
this rear" ead the distrume being only three forlosSe
advaabige sestreadmallatrelds and Jew Pram after a
delay was always talon as , they were lint and
thib=t ; still both showd integer recd, and
uent main cif Lord Stamford's fill at Bpaom
word the rent to he pretty correct, espec y as
who run third, woe not up to the mark, and was knows r •
bad beg ar& Barre and Sugarstisk were the best look.
ing of the ',unfair eat one of which will ever gel the
Therms co Ire ; ,either will Estrella run up to the lona
agar, having turned out so bad that she has been mold
at et Lord Stamford's stable. Northampton, the first
" legitimate" meeting, introduced to our notice a very dif-
ferent lot of horses, and when Maurice ran a dead heat with
Imes for the Yiluttlebury Stakes, with Mb the worst of
the weights, it looked like good form, for there were Ethel,
Nitthush, Doef out, and Ivaehoff behind; bat, after his easy
defeat in the decider, it turned out Imams had met with •
disappointment in the first rat, which prevented his
getting in the frost rank until almost too late, and as the
moderate Br Bleu was third, we canon say mach for
Xaereo's form. The Tutor was too backward to show to
demotes' either in this or the Altborp Park Stake,
On the ,road day, wherein King of Herta and Duke
Rollo no a fine rase home, and pied ridge °pianos
from their good looks, as did also Patriot, who quite
disappointed his party by Bever showing la the nee, hie
subsequent rename mikiag the above parr appear pm*
superior to the avenge. Still, there wag no masoning
either with the Lincoln, Nottingham larryoti, or War-
wick cracks, and the heroine at the latter bad all
the conceit taken out of her at Epsom Spriog w Ex-
press beat her very easily for the Old Two-Year-Old: Stakes,
and Boseibelle run so badly as to (lia
of h' Neptunus
form to a great ewer, while the • Hearts was
berm so far from Hinman, in the Walton Stakes, that
many set down all the Altborp Park Stakes performers as
very bad, little dreaming Kildonan's Northampton defeat
was all wrong ; in addition to which his majesty was sot up
to the mark. The idea was flatly contradicted by
the result of the New Two-Year-Old Stakes, for
Patriot, whom the King met last at Northeerne,
no • magnifieeet nee with the Frenchman, liarignan,
aid was only lenge a head, the good-looking
let behind Omitting,/ Walpole, Bosh, Traveller, Paradox,
and Febrifuge, the Fetter ef whom lest glut. it is an us-
risebted feet, hows,er, Ih t ifierigra wee eat up to the
meek by many pereade, lied it would be hardly fair to nee.
son Patriot with lies, else the letter would have Wined the
pelt forte Derby ; ell not on be rid of Ina being thot
be best Walpole three lengths. The Awes week at New-
market afforded any en two-yr-eld nes, sad that wily •
DAL plate, but it Warted a good field, Dillerhro's easy
leirspb proving his half-Irk ferns to be A 1, althoesh the
bast of his opposite, Tolorio, was not hurelf, es is wi-
dgeon by (Hive Branch genies snood place. Thirsk gave
us nothing equal to Repartee, whore stable was sorer
ful for the Hopeful with the alerting Import ice, after
• splendid set-to with Jung Frau, Haeardale, sad
llirdhll ; sod as re was undoubtedly larkwegi, the per-
former was a good one, for two of those Lamed saw better
days, and the third, Ban nerdale, may do so next yew, despite
hie bed performaoces subsequently. Nearly all the respeti-
tom brag Terknini harass, there were woe very forward
is of erne ; east tinge is arida( to fog sw-
at in ehany.Ansaraweg hang among the wrier&
or there wee a Iwo interval between this and the Septem-
ber Meeting, wheeler so greatly distinguished himself. At
Newmarket lint Spring there was nothing better thou
Broad Arrow, Dun, and Hambleton Lass (since called Miag
Mary) in the toner events; but the 2001. Plate was con-
tested by the hugest field of juveniles that same together
all the year, twenty-two going to the post. and among them
Mariposa and ILieg of Hearts, the latter of whom was totally
sehrod by each • trio se Wingrave, Discretion, and Coulon.
The let gamed war pretty close together at the finish ; Lord
Braley being well up with them, although not backed,
end the result Erb Matignon "the best two-yearold out,"
for despite • Alb peesll7, lie only lost through Grin:ulster
dropping his whip, Wiemve just doing him in the last
stride by a head Still Baron Itothschdcrs horse proved
himself the best of the Derby lot up to this time, as he was
Allison at starting, and the may style in which be ran
away from Coulee at Epsom Summer confirmed the ninnies.
Discretion displayed • form by getting third which would
have rendered W. or of the best fillies of the year had she
sot lost her temper afterwards, and Coulon has since been
out out by Middle sad Master Fenton, two of the enplaned
that were sot half ready for each as encounter. At Chester,
Neptunus was compelled, with his slb penalty, to succumb
to Tolume in the Morn" Stakes, and when the an-
placed lot also included Imperatrice, Paradox, Egyptian,
and 13soperdole (biking no notice of Baliverne' who was out
of her distance.. firth. ;retrained Pilot), Mr. Pan's Derby
colt certainly did • "good Lilies." Barricade only obtain-
ing second place bearten the got off first, and Tornio bad .
disposed of all the others before he went op to her. At
York Scrag Neptions recovered his prestige, ar d added to
that of Tetras, fee • 71b penalty did sot choke him off is
the Zetlead Stakes, and could we make sure that Elackcock,
Vistrix. and Zetlead, who were among the °spliced, were I
at the time up to the mark, there would be no better than '
Neptenus in the Derby, despite his indiffereat running in '
I the autumn, for which there is a good excuse. Hoileßfte.
Zetlatel's appearance showed him to want pleaty of time, !
emit the other two have exhibited a great superiority
over Middleton Maid, who best them for second moor,
I while Blackeuck next day received ISib and • good heating from Jung Frau in the Itsweliff Stakes. Balinese coon-
mooed tier victoriesa career is the Kerreemirs Plate, arid
picked up another little stake at Mabee. where • smart ,
coil called Pembroke. that may be worth watching, was
'replaced to her. Bath was greet with Its two-yr-olds, and
the Biennial wee sever cositerd be a better-looking lot, '
the field Melodist; the Roar and Repose, besides the old
opponents, Totem and Senorita, who mu much closer
together than at NOIMINIIIIK, html with the same result,
being split by The Knave, with • head only between each. I
Mr. Merry". horse re giving them both 31b, and fur sack a
Lilliputian Ise proved an extraordinary animal. Still. looking
at Tolarsu's utter defeat art day for the Weston Stakes by
Discretioa, who wee ,sly third to Mariann and Wirers
at Newmarket, the Frenchmen sod Wipers's were Mill the
chasapiena, so Diserniee also boat Febrifuge, Ea
Lord Stanley, sad Pellisaid, who hove all proverig;t
hires, or will do so when the proper time arrives. At
Manchester Elector beat three good looking bones so
cleverly as to rage him to he overrated, Mangoes make- ;
Irene his peat asperierity in two races there ; and Her- •
pries maw lewd Ileingh make his Ant appearare in
pubst, being jest psi essegh, from superior eaedithe, to
pull through from Fermin and Marge Fares, who were
beaten so far front Wieraviicat Newmarket. A brier trio
never belts met at this WU meet*, &Shames it is re- •
rusritable for banging eel ern good Pialalett" and Owl
all improved during ihe cause., se that reins Irak* be.

hied thorn can ever hope to tore the tables, not even Queen
of Spain, who had evidently "gone off" since the spring,
and never showed in the race.

Thua, before the Epaom Summer Meeting, • very nume-
rous lot d two-year-0 had managed to distinguish them-
selves M differeat times, for we had • sight of Queen of
Spain, Paradox, Neptunus, Ethol, Bellevino, Estrelda,
Jung Frau, Egyptian, Rugarstick, Mantieo, Tutor, King
of Hearts, Duke Rollo, Patriot, Express, Marlow Febri-
fuge, Tolurno, Repartee, Imperatnee, Bannerdale, Bird-
hill, Wingrave, Discretion, Coulon, Lord Stanley,
Farfalla, Master Fenton, Baliverne, Knave, Entre-
met, Elector, and Lord Burle4h ; and if one or two
after this period showed • falling off, their places mu
well be taken by Johnny Armstrong, The Pilot, Bleckcock,
Vixtrix, and Zetland, who had performed badly up to the
time, but have since shown themselves almost equal to the
best of the remainder, which I take to be Neptunue, Marig-
YU, Tolurno, Inipmatrice, Wingrave, FarfaUs, Lord But.
Isigh, Baliverne, and The Knave.-1 am, kc.,
METEOR.