The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

(Stamped Id. AdditiosaL) [TWOPENCE.

SPORTING.

THE TWO YEAR OLDS OF 1887.
TO TIM PDTTOR 01 TIN IITI/111.

Sts,—Abingdon fell in the middle of the York
Mesting, yet there were one or two young ones running
there who will claim sans striation in future. Polly John-
son mad Greenwich Fair were of no use to Odd Trick in •
weight for age race • and for the two year old stake Childs,
sad Fearful were sadly wanting work, or they would UAW
have allowed Mimosa to beat them. Childrey will be a
heeler three year old than the whiner, and he must not be
in eight of.
Jawithuasod, althoug a end Marlton/a were the best of the year at
h they had little to do, they did It

Ai Egbam It was strange to see a good-looking hone like
Lord Stately running in a large Said for a 601. Plate, and
stranger still to aro him " nowhere," for he deserves to be
tams greater an of. Ths King John Stakes runners wore
a moderate lot, and the best-looking was decidedly
Bra . The Banes and lingua Cheats Stakes ileids
titled to new respect sad in the latter wee Tambourine, sa
who append to be getting worm indeed of better.
At Harem* Chanolneme gave Bsidgs a twenty lengths
leading ; but it is not impossible, geed se the winner sir
doubtedly is, for the tables to be Mrnsd, as Bangs wanted
time. Misty Morn, who was " plain" Lae, also looked as
if hs will give as a very Merest tale to tell than his being
lest when a mss tempting bait Is held out to him.
er=Yeller osl and ling& Lander giving lumps of
way in bad honor, Ipswkii does not and far a
remark.

At &skein, thigh' was meth b oe cum
Sy wail tapir f end theme,
Alice Wafts Terri* and Hrepthes--.-111RI.s Breda.
Warwick, one of the Phle's (Aithon) put la as
=ntz and cut down the kermess filly, Luca della
Festal, in seek a game roamer that he may
en eigpmetell "whems"agement in many • frayrrio ash There
kik ene to the generath here,
theme Wthat dill showgiven had to rue. older hank in
Webb:ape.
Between Warwick and Domestic there ara always plenty
d local meetings where • two year old nee Is seldom heard
of, and they can be meetly disposal d, kr beyond Cathel
nthqualified kr the Derby) rename a good mom with the
Rose of Codusere colt, Cordiff, there was nothing to dwell
epos. emend has seldom lowa tarimilL,_.but there I.
enough in his he him to be clamed es "
At Derby Althea Improved on his War=m7fitheases,
by carrying • hareiw weight and beating • large field for a
h:=and Keystone ran at badly in bed company that
not have been fit.
Respesithema managed to beat.,2svhopand Bees4=
ghbe arm both weight, at Thi Phyrdcian
mon bgimiously, not giving the promise of proving
am* • great gem at This wee • sort of prologue
to Doncaster. where the first ram of the week, the Fitzwilliame
theta, brought out the speedy end slaying qualities of Lady
Alice and MOMS Royal, who ran • severe mile rain with
Vidette, who had bat the bee* of the wthAta, and only
EL.leeeten • head, Fisherman, Fright East Leedom, and
all speedy oath, being placed behind these. Couple
L7r.rille the Petedesim beating Oildermere at Sib. at York,
end she ghee promise of proving • rare glutton. The FIBy
Stakes was well contested by Chanolneese and Tuenaa
Mad; but the superiority of the latter wee apparent at the
finish. sad had the distance been further she would have bad
en sheer teak. The Champagne lot was a fine looking one,
sod Gildernmew wee "every et that @hewn' pretty easily from
Lord of Lore, who allowed Hepatica sad Syllabus to prase
him vary closely at the finish. Eclipse was amiss, and get
Wen several lengths; while Dumfries also ma any us-
kinMy, and I think it probable that he will show in a better
plans smother day—in fact, all this lot were of the very beet
quaky, and time will prove them to have had a may easy
this of it at percent. The Lord of Lora was net backed by
hie own peaty, ea he bed done no work for a
mews sacosastar, althoagh he managed to beat •
Mthileham " amok" Night Ranger and also Gin,
shortly afterwards, the running of the lase both hen and at
Goodwood making the July Stakes field look very bad.
Mainetare besting Lady Altos for the 10 mom. Sweepstake
was • whence= performance, and the Aachen Briton also
ran very Indifferently for the same stake. But the course is
remarkable for producing Rothe, and I suppose this wee one.
The Portland Plate winner, Meta, waa in splendid withition,
end her beating Chennineue, Terrific, and Orchehill at the
weights made her performaace • most respectable one. Sun-
beam wen • handicap from old hones afterwards, and her
bad Eau &whew so easily at about weight. for age was
*lambi with her other britthint doings. °adenine., good
as es was, could not give away kb and beat Saunterer on
the ads T.Y.C. for the Egihatea Stake., but she ran him
eery doss end look her revenge of Princess Royal, who she
hod the filb penalty for the York defeat. Old Times, despite
the 71b allowance, could not pull hie backers through, and be
was obliged to keep company with Mainstay, who could
not accomplish the &dance. The Prince of Denmark
made his dibut hero in • new character, as did alto Ditto,
hie bating the Mother to Morehouse (on whom odds were
hid), Old Times, Amsterdam (Ob. entre), Syllabus, Proud
Prestos Peg (71b extra), Garnish, and the Lennib cell,
being • totally different story to that he told at York; but
the way Old Time. raced with him made Oildermere that
day a now better lookine then Ditto. Meta followed up
the other triumph by giving Night Ranger • good 71b. beat-
ing is • match, and Hepatica won her first race I. such style
that she is another who most not be forgotten on a long &-
teen. By beating Old Times so easily she ontfineed the
pardon defeat of the hoer by Cillderneerie through the
Champagne running, for there Hepatica yen as good • race
with Gildermere at level weight. is Old Times did while re-
ceiving 91b.
At Pontefract, Leicester, and Manchester the Prince of
Denmark followed up his Doncader wooer b winning very
cleverly in good compare at each place, his owner deter-
mining en taking him whth In the humour; and if I am not
in error he may some day cat down some of the cracks quite a
clevwly. Cashel was not half fitat Leicester, or Meinetay
would hare foiled it • difficult task to cle'e of him.
At the Newmarket First October Xs the Star of the
But ran • severe new with Blanche o Middlebie, and
although defeated he was not disgraced, for Blanche was
very fit. The Hopeful showed that York and Venetia had
eafry lilosttheir good forms, and • racing-like filly from
r :
Governed', made short work of the lot, Botany being
the ally one el enough to race with her, the having im-
proved ceoddenbly since performing at Epsom.
For the Granby Stakes, Grand Duchess and the Flying
Duke reversed the madam they obtained here in the
spring, owing, probably„to the Duchies swerving on to the
horse and preventing hire finishing. In the Triennial there
were two who exhibited a marked improvement on their
previous, forms, the Aacient Briton and Brother to Mary
Copp, the former being particularly fit. The Star of the
Ban was running with them, as were also the Bald Faced
Stag and Mentmore. but neither of these two amid be
called half fit. The Star had not forgotten hie
severs race the flat day, and his refueing to struggle when
asked calmed the Briton to win welly ; but the Brother to
Mary Copp ran so well that he can reasonably expect a better
day. Kitherew made • successful hit In the Rutland Stakes,
where he bed nothing particularly to beat, for York was
completely mottled ; the winner will be found of nee in mode-
rato company over a distance. There Were mend selling
nate. end handicap., but they only served to *bow en im-
provement in thn fermi of Plague Royal and Tambourine,
the former changing hands twos during the meeting, and •
soy cheap purchase her twit buyer had for 70 neve.
At Olisthelleid, T. Peres Childrey and Barege were out,
and the former won a roes, with all the best of the weights ;
but Barge was made to succumb twice to hatereidana, a
result that may be altered when next they meet.
At Northallerton, A mbroda won • selling handicap with
such a weight that it kooks surprising she we not &lined
for 40 move., end the owner of the second may some day regret
not having done so.
At Chester, Physician made short work of hie fields for the
Alma and Rummy Stakes, Orehebill, who was not in his
proper form, being the beet of his opponent.. If Ditto is
much superior to him the Derby may look promising. but I
*aspect there is very little between them. T. P. Cooke won
here, too, after • dead heat, calmed by his rider attempting to
" draw it fine ;" and he went on to Wrexham and did •
better thing when he beat Satiostone at level weights; but
the latter was in very different form to that he showed earlier
in the year.
(aldermen proved her superiority over Proud Preston Peg
at Richmoad ; but it we. a rem with the two. and Terrific
meld not get near them. Still it Is not impossible for Peg to
be the greatest heroine in '5B.
At Bedford there was • greet difference in the field for the
Two-Yr-Old Stakes compared with the previous year, when
the memorable straggle between Tournament end Gnome di
Vim took place, for the wiener, Brown Middleton, could
not find • claimant at 200 sem., the lot he beat being so very
moderate.
At the Second October Newmarket Meeting Sunbeam rut
down one of the Wont fields of two-yr-old. thin year with-
out much trouble, Borne of her opponents being well knows
to fame; bat among thaw not known Frederick and Marauder
looked to hare all the requisite. of racehorse. when prepared.
Felipe had not recovered from the indiepoeition he euffered
from at Doncaster, and yet he beat Wetmore, who had
trained on wonderfully fast. very cleverly for the Pleader-
meet, so cleverly that his Derby price of 40 to 1 seems very
mystoioua, for he ought to and will improve in form. The
Belle took it into her head to beat Killigrew for the Bed-
ford; but the Criterion Course Sweepstakes recompaseed the
owner of the knew, Loonies being enabled to take his revenge
of Flying Duke for the spring defeat la coasagssare of the
latter s 6lb
.pnialty. Mention followed the footsteps of
"the Bann a ' pet the previous year, and wan the Peen-
depot cleverly enough from Amsterdam, who was
giving him 3lb ; and Syllabue being also behind makes
the performance worth remembering. Oin we. sgain doomed I
to defeat, the moderate Leonia' dispeering of him so easily for
a match that the Sib the latter received he could almost have
afforded to give away ; and The Palace Stable was recommend
for another match, Killigrew Wog good enough to give a
Phyealie filly of Lied Glasgow's • none end the beating.

For the selling (tame and handicaps Tambourine, Cha-
Dolmen's, and the Latitude colt;were the best car winners,
and among the losers were the Scribbler and Pampa. The
latter has since done a " good thing," bat that of my name-
sake has yet to come, foe I think him capable. The other
notables I have given an opinion of previously.
The Role of C.-Ashmore colt won The Nursery at Warwick,
ht mtmg the best of the weights with the cracks, Night Ranger
and Terrific ; but ha giving so much weight to the slashing
King William (who will commence his reign next swoon) is
lama* to make him a very promising gentleman.
At Richmond, Botany and Cheery Chap were running
with plenty of weight In hand, their opponents being up to
very little. The latter had greatly Improved even on the
form he showed at Doncaster, and may claim public attention
yet in a more important struggle.
At the Houghton, Happy Land won the Criterion from a
large but that day very moderate field. Having thickened con-
siderably since the spring, ha looked a rare gentleman for a
distance, and W. Day must have something behind, seeing
that he has spoiled the beet-looking handicap hone he has
shown us of his lot. The Farmer's Sm looked a ireful sort
of hens, as did also Dumfries, Telegram, and Sap* Jack ;
but it was not their day, and the slashing Syllabus was also
oat °Storm. Heroine had at last got into ibrm, and beet •
very speedy filly, Mainstay, of her own year, on the half-
mile; but afterwards had to succumb to Polly Peachum and
Happy Land, who gave away some weight to her, so her
defeat of Saunterer was nothing more than a " flake." The
Cymba colt wee Injudiciously ridden for the Glasgow Stakes,
where a hard pace made him succumb to Gourd and Windham.
who ran a dead beat, by a head. The deciding heat showed
the Gourd to be pureed of both speed and stamina, while
Windham has but the Mt of them 11=1111111; but the Cymba
curt will some day take his revenge albs Gourd, good as he
undoubtedly is. 'Tamer bed to gallop to beat Quermstown ;
bat she iscoomplished it, end If hartiovt happened to be
in her Dorrearr Lim* weeldimbe ye* as pod
se Oilderrese. The Xurendss out no firtieutes`
or at leer anything that oars la claim to the title of a
Derby bone ; and the minor and sweepstakes
were contested by the usual number of " all aorta," Tam-
bourins at tart coming out as one of the " right sort," her de-
feat of Pinsticker, Marauder, Topsy, and Yeller Gal,
being a really good performance.
At LimepseEthe young ones were of • moderate stamp ;
yet there wen ms or two (not winners) who ought to have
shown better, Meta and King William king of a better
looking quality thew their victor', and a Martha Lynn filly
also struck use as a fir specimen of a good handicap horse.
There were plenty to show at the last meeting of the year
(einewebery) bat the majority of the stakes they ran for
were of the sellineLclus, and not being under the Newmarket
rules they cannot followed with any certainty. They won
several prime, and some startling "nps and downs' took
place; while it may happen that a few handicap winners
were among the runners, If they are allowed to erre ; far I
understaod Mr. Frail her resolved to accede to the request of
the Jockey Club, as I anticipated and advised a few weeks
sines ; and the authorities abed not now be so severe, seeing
that they previoudy acted as though they did not intend to
enforce their min. _ _

Having brought thi. review to a dose, my " Estiy Hints"
toe 1858 will now oommenco, and the Derby shall be the first
event taken in hand, and 1 have only to boEo my efforts will
meet with the same manse m last seems. METEOR.

TATTERSALLII—MoNDAY.
The brininess trammeled was unimportant. The quota-
tions on the Reading Steepleeheam are merely moininO, and
the few investments cm the Two Thoumuid and Derby were
not large enough to require comment. The following were
the only beta laid

BEADING STEEPLECHASE.
7to 1 mat Medley.
Bto 1 Maid of the Oise
10 to 1 Old DoAlthorpr Tray
10 to 1 Abd-el-Kadre
10 to 1 Hymely
TWO THOUSAND OUTNEAS
4 to 1 gist Mr. Howard's Clydesdale (off)
10 to 1 Mr. J. Merry's Lord of Lora (t)
DERBY.
10 to 1 seat Mr. E. Joass's Ditto (takes to 831.)
20 to 1 Mr. Howard's Sedbary
2.5 to 1 Lord Ribbleedale's The Happy Lend
33 to 1 Mr. W. H. Brooke's Sermon (t and off )