The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-04 00:00:00

TO TAB MOTOR OT TM. LIPSON&

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Row (who won all his four
matches), Fordham, and the Hammes:4r have awns out
the lions of the Guineas' week at Newmarket, and the
manner in which the three daughters of the now famous
sire distinguished themselves, coupled with the reputa-
tion borne by Paul Jones, has raised quite a well among
breeders that he should be lost to this country. Brigan-
tine opened the ball by giving the Ring • steadier, having
so mush in hand with Poleaxe% brother (second to
Curti's. at Northampton) that she could afford to swerve
a long way out of the straight path and win in the com-
monest canter at lass, thus dh her " walking in " for the
Plate on Wednesday it might well be set down she is
the best two-year-old we have had out as yet. One of her
sisters also beat a large field easily, it being some relief to
the followers of Formosa when her commander, after sail-
ing so long under colours the sharpest eyes could not quite
make out, hoisted the black flag on Monday, and swore
they should auk the Two Thousand Guineas. It weal a
very narrow squeak, however, after all, for the filly only
half won, and her crew were not bold enough to fight for
the other half—or, rather, they were lucky enough to get
• division of the Makes agreed upon, a proceeding for
which no one could blame them, with the One Thousand
• two days off. As • matter of course, the partisans of
both Moslem and Formosa think they ought to have won,
though the two great rival jockeys, Challoner and Fordham,
never rode a finer finish against each other, and had either
owner thought a better result could have come about we
should have had no compromise. It is only reasonable to
assume a different animal to St. Ronan could have been third,
particularly as Rosicrucian was within a length of him
without being persevered with for the last 200 yards, and
that Green Sleeve, beaten half a length only for the place
money, was stopped two or three strides from the ehair.
Pace, too had been " disappointed," but more from a lack
of pace, I imagine, than any other cause, neither he nor
Harvester being up to the standard of this season's three-
year-old cracks, whatever thh big inn may have done last
year. Le Surazin ran true to his old moderate forte, too
much noise being made, as I euarected, for him to be a
really French good thing • and the same may be mid of
Banditto, Chelsea, and King Alfred. But not so Moslem,
St. !tenon, Vale Royal, and Ironnnuiter, for the two last
named helped Sunstroke to form the rearguard after going
little more than half a mile, being tailed off at the finish,
whilst Moslem ran about 141 b and St. Ronan 101 b better
than ever,compared only with Formosa. Lord Stamford was so
dissatisfied with his oolt's performance that he ran him
for the same R. IL Plate as Julius so distinguished him-
self in against Lord Lyon last First Spring Meeting, with
a stable boy in the saddle, and his lordship had little to
be pleased with, beyond the certainty that be had made
no mistake, when he ran home at least fifty yards in front
of Hippie, Lanaret, Lc. The last-named may not have
been up to the mark, for he was so clearly out of it at the
bushes that Fordham stopped him • but Hippie had won
• handicap in tine style the day before, carrying flat Olb,
and Vale Royal gave her a beating the 261 b she was
carrying extra for the year was only about equivalent to. It
is tube regretted now that he is not in the Derby, for there
is a sad want of good performers therein, Formosa never
baring been nominated, and the death of the late Marquis
of Exeter disqualifying Moslem. After St. lionan's easy
defeat by Suffolk, in fact, we may consider the fleet fear
in the Two Thousand have nothing to do with the Derby,
unless Green Sleeve should recover her form like a Blink
Bonny. It is impossible to feel surprised at anything dose
by Baron Rothschild's horses; still, those who saw Suffolk
beaten, first by The Earl and Blue Gown, next by Lanaret,
and finally by Knight of the Garter, within the previous
fortnight, could not but be taken shack at the easy style
in which he beat the third for the Two Thousand, par-
ticularly as Lozenge had somehow beaten Tho Knight the
day previously. According to these doings Blue Gown
could have won the great race to a certainty had he been
wanted, in preference to Green Sleeve. Uncas gave King
Alfred 41b so easily that he, too, might have done the
trick had he been in ; but I may say at once that I do not
believe in the correctness of either Knight of the Gar-
ter's or Lanarot s defeat last week, whilst The Saint was
very sore when Suffolk beet him, owing to his severe
efforts to secure the " place " money the day before. Blue
Gown did two good performances on his own account,
beating Natieti, St. Angela, and Leonia easier than he
could have done last year, though only over a T.Y.C., the
events that were to try whether he could stay just a little
going off without a race. Thematohinwhich he was togive
St. Ronan 101 b, over the Two Thousand course, was void
altogether, and the Earl party agreed to divide the New-
market Stakes with him, not caring to expose their Derby
second striug,who has recently come with a rattle again in
the market, looking so well that it is impossible to over-
look his great chance, whatever they may say of Lady
Elizabeth. This filly's prestige is not much improved by
the past week's doings, for Formosa, her equal in the
Middle Park Plate, simply ran to her last year's form in
the One Thousand, giving Lady Coventry about the 101 b
beating she was entitled to, and doing no more with
Athena than waste be expected over a mile, whilst Virtue
was evidently not herself. However, the Lady must,
with health, remain a favourite when Sir Joseph
Hawley's " lot," Speculum, Toni Bowline, The
Earl, Orion, Paul Jones, Uncas, St. Ronan, Mer-
cury, and the beat of Baron Rothschild's, see the
cream of her opponents. The remaining "incidents"
of the meeting are easily disposed of, as the three-mile
sweepstakes simply disposed of both winner and loser,
Owain Glyndwr and Veridis, for the Chester Cup, and the
only other four-year-old race of any amount was the
Julius and Hermit match. This was scarcely a fair cri-
terion of the relative merits of the two horses, for just
as the Derby winner appeared like answering Custance's
call, to the advantage of his many backers, he sudden]
stopped, and it is supposed he again ruptured • small
blood-vessel, as his mouth was half full of blood when he
stopped. The best " line" obtained by four-year-olds
was in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, as Silenus and The
l'almer ran some 28lb better than KingaLuid, and if Spe-
culum can beat the first-named as easily as is asserted, Sir
Joseph must try his horses very highly to outshine him.
At Chester we are to be shown another Speculum, ac-
cording to report, Paul Jones having been so highly tried
with the speedy Orion and the glutton Mariner as to make
his party invest thousands on him for the Derby. It is
singular that he once nearly touched the price (fi to -ft) I
mentioned a week ago he might be brought to when the
news of the trial got wind, and just now the betting
appears spoiled by the formidable front he presents ; how-
ever, should the Daemons come out boldly with Mr. John-
stones Priest, Minster Bell, or Mercury, or Mr. Blackenzie's
Landscape, he may be steadied a trifle, and there are other
cliques only biding their time, perhaps, before they send
money into the market. Strathconan, Daley's mount, is
scarcely likely to " come," gat 121 b being rather too much
for him, though a continuance of hard ground will serve
him amazingly ; and Dalby has a very different weight to
that he carried hitherto, the statement that be was
" beaten in his trial," helping to prove the correctness of
his Liverpool Autumn Cup running, and hence that Caith-
ness holds him safe. The latter is in the lucky Formosa
interest, and as they have Stradbroke also, with per-
haps another, to help them haul over the favou-
rite, there is no saying what they might not do,
for if the giant looks out of it on paper, the little gelding
looks better in than anything, having run well both at
three and four years old. Abergeldie carries some of his
owner's money, notwithstanding he has never been tried
to stay—a qualification he need only possess for his
chance to be nearly Al. War has been easily beaten in •
spin with Westwick, whose Great Northern prospects, by
the way, are excellent, as he beat Viscount so far also as
to put J. Scott quite out of court for this event. Grey
Stocking has been up and down in the market, like
Bracken, Seville, and Treasure Trove, all these three being
under suspicion now, notwithstanding the many thousands
they have been • backed to win lately. What else is to
run of the elder horses beyond Goodwood and /fasten
will be difficult to determine till the last moment,
and there cannot be many in the background,
the recent doings of Knight of the Garter, Thalia, the
Attack colt, and Beanstalk dispelling any hopes that might
ever have been indulged in of them, and neither Stokely nor
Palisade being class enough. Nelaton is whispered to be
one of Findon's good things, and sonic of Godding's fol-
lowers prefer Goodwood to Beauty, great anxiety being
manifested to get on for a " place." Nevertheless, this is
only a sign that the field will be a small one, Beauty
decidedly having greater charms for me, so far as getting
the first place is concerned. But even she and Butler
must fail to beet PAUL JONIS and Kenyon, unless the
Telscombe party are about a stone out of their reckoning,
and my opinion is, that the backers of the crack have most
to fear from the Caithness and Landscape " parties."
Cannon may ride the old hone if be is the Simon Pure of
the Formosa stable.
The minor races at Chester coming off before the Cup
are not of great importance, and I can soon dispose of
Tuesday's programme, comprised in which are two un-
closed stakes and a claiming race, with four handi-
caps and the Mostyn. The latter is a mystery at
prompt, and my selections for the other events are :
Eaton Plate, Sir Oliver, Curfew Bell, and Cation ; Welter
Cup, Kidderminster or Rabbit Trap ; Chesterfield, Black-
lock ; and Wynwrtay, Weather Isle or Goojerist. The re-
sults of these will seriously interfere with Wednesday's
small fry ; but I must have Dick Turpin on my side for
the Dee Stand Cup, though Hammerton does get 29th from
him • and there is Badsworth to plump for in the Great
Chester Produce Stakes.
The programmes for Thursday and Friday shall be
discussed later in the week, and I might have a word or
two more to say about the Charter Cup on the eve of the
of race.—l am, &c. METEOR.

MUM