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London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

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27 3 8

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. 1852.
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SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCXXXIV.
THE RACE FOR TGE DERSY. WITH A
GLANCE AT THE OAKS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Never in my experience have I witnessed a
more disagreeable racing nay than was that on which
the seventy-third Derby way decided. The rein .com-
menced early in the morning; and although it abated
slightly towards mid-any, yet a drizzUng sort of light
mist descended during the whole afternoon. A contem-
porarythat the course was by no eneann heavy;
quite auto the it was heavier than in the
ho ovbe sre,rfve r i ,
Flying Dutchmen's. sear. At the road the ground was
particularly sodden, some of the aniands having slipped in
nearly a foot deep; end, altogether, from the beginning
to the end the turf was very holding. The attendance,
though very large, eves nothing to be compared with
what it would have been had it been a fine day.
.Ater a couple of false starts, the twenty-seven horses
that congregated at the post get off beaudfully, and laid
tolerably well together to Tattenhem-corner, where they
begau to tail oft Shortly alter Robbie Notle took the
lead, and maintained it fur some distance, when he was
headed by Barbarian, who carried on the running to
the ersd of the Stand, where Butler, on Daniel, made
his final effort, coming with a tremendous rush, end
winning on the post by half a length. Chief Baron
Nicholson, who ran in front from the Road, was beaters
three parts of a length for second place, and had a neck
the advantege of ilobbie Noble, who was in difficulties
at the dkaecia. Alcoran, in a good place from the be-
ginning of the race, never got into a better, but finished
as he commenced, fifth; King of Trumps was sixth; and
Stockwell, who was beaten at the distance, I believe ran
in seventh. The pace was extremely slow—the slowest
on record for the Derby, having been four seconds slower
than in the Merry Monarch's year, seven worse than
Pyrrhus the Firet's, nine and a half than Cossack's,
fourteen seconds inferior to Surplice's (the fastest
known), two to the Flying Dutchman's. twelve to Veld-
geur's, and eleven to Teddington's. I am inclined to
think, that in very many material points the running of
the horses yesterday during the remainder of the sea-
son will be reversed in most cases. For instance, I can-
not take it as Hobbie Noble's true running yesterday;
neither can I consider it as any criterion of Harbinger
or Stockwell's abilities, the latter being evidently not the
thing; or the King of Trumps, who was by no means
up to the nnsrk.
In my final remarks on the Derby I spoke in a dis-
paraging manner of the winner's chance, notwithstand-
ing that in the columns of The Sun at the rather distant
date of one and three-quarter years ago I gave him out
as ono of the most promising foals for the Derby last
past, and have since at intervals spoken considerably in
his favour; and, despite his two beatings last year at
Doncaster and Newmarket, both of which I set down as
nil, have stuck to him throughout the winter,
as the remarks I made about Mae in my
analysis of the Derby, written in December and
January last, will testify. It was to this effect:—
"Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke, by Irish Birdcatcher, out
of Forget me• not, was one of my earliest fancies • for this -
race. He was one of the first foals of 1849, having been
slipped on the 9th of January: asyet he has been extremely
unlucky in the only races he has run. At Doncaster, when
not quite the thing.' he ran second to Augur for the
Champagne Stakes, beating Bay Rosalind and six others
His last appearance at the Newmarket Houghton Meeting
was a wretched affair, he there ran fifth to Red Hind for
the Criterion Stakes. This, as I ooserved at the time,
was not his true running, he being in about as good form
as Newminster teas on the Del by-doy ; in other words, no
form at all. lam inclined to look very favourably upon
this horse's chance, and consider that he is the pick of
Scott's stable ; and will yet, if he stands the preparation.
convince the world that he is not to be' sneezed at: Be is well
worth an investment at the present price."
My good opinion of Daniel remained unshaken until
his wretched performance in the race for the Two
Thousand Guineas Stakes, for which I had selected him
as the winner; his lunitieg here, however, knocked my
calculations completely overboard; and, although in the
last week or ten days the Scott party have been talking •
about having the winner in their stable, and with a full
recollection of the Newaainster game last year, still
I would not reinstate him to the position he formerly
held in my estimation. Those who took my advice and
got "on" at hundreds, sixty. sixes, fifties, &c., could
nave bad but little chance of getting out of their
money, as no very favourable opportunity has offered
of hedging profitably until within the lust few days,
and so have beau obliged to become winners against their

The field for the Oaks will, in all probability, consist
of Songstress, Lady Awyott, Bird-on-the-Wing, Gos-
samer, Sally, Trossoau, Red Rind, Attack, Bay Rosa-
lied, Kate, Plumstead, Lady-in-Waiting, Bilberry, Gal-
realm, and perhaps two or three others. I shall say
the race would lie entirely with TROSSEAtr, RED HIND,
and boNasTnEss; but as to who will turn out the best I
aus.afratd I cannot foreshadow;' probably the northern
couple will beat the Goodwood nag.
I are, Sir, yours, &e.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

May 27, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPS 0 M
ACM—WEDNESDAY.
Since the "Bloomsbury" year, when the Derby was
won in a snow storm, there has not been so great a
damp thrown over the gaiety of the greatest of our me-
tropolitan holidays as was produced by the incessant
rain which, beginning at six o'clock yesterday morning,
continued determinately until whhin a short time of the
race. A fine Derby-day is a universal holiday—a wet
Derby a day of disappointment to thousands. The
glories of "the road" were yesterday totally destroyed,
and although from a very early hour vehicles of every
description were pouring along, there was an absence of
spirit or enjoyment, and the sun, which for six succes-
sive weeks or drought had been smiling, now struggled
faintly through a wet blanket of clouds that overhung
the pleasure-seeking mnbitude, who, with a determina-
tion not to be disappointed, were working their way to
the Downs. Tho Brighton Railway Company, which
had anticipated and prepared for an immense traffic,
must have found their receipts at least fifty
per cent. 13.310 w their calculations ; thousands,
it is true, were conveyed, but there was no fight,
ing for seats, nor was there any difficulty in obtaining
conveyance trom the Epsom terminus to the course. In
spite, however, of the elements, there was a great crowd
on the Downs. If the hill, one of the principal features
of the Epsom panorama, showed an unmistakable fall-
Mg-off in .the number of carriages, the Grand Stand',
and the smaller ones on its right, showed little climb:in,
Lion in the number of visitors. The devotees of the turf
were not • likely to be deterred by rain from being
present at a race in which their interests were so heavily
involved, and it may be questioned if they ever mustered
in greater numbers.

The show of royal, titled, and fashionable company
included his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Major the Hon. James Macdonald; the Duke
of Richmond, the Marquises of Downehire, Clanricarde,
Exeter, and Dregheda; the Earls of Besborough, Dur-
ham, Euston, Cnesterrield, Airlio, Uxbridge, Zetland,
and March; Lords—Maidstone, Anson, Enfield, Lascel:
les, Torrington, Exmouth, Henry Gordon Lennox;
Alexander Lennox, Ribblesdale, G. Manners, Pagel,
F. Fitzroy, and (1. Lennox; Sirs—R. P. Clinton, R.,
Peel, J. B. Mill, G. Armitege, R. Pigot, C. Rushout,.H.
Moux, W. W. Wynn, and IL Campbell. Honotirables—
Admiral Panlett, General Anson, Colonel Stanley, S.
Herbert, Colonel 13oyle, Major Pitt, Major Needham,
T. Stoner, Captain Rous, H. Forester, Agar Ellis, F.
Villiers, Colonel Peel, Colonel Newton. Messra.—Gre-
vine, Payne, Nevill, Balfour, Rush, Smythe, Mills, S.
Graham, A. Heathcote, Milner, W. H. Williamson,
iSleiklatre, Boa-es, Wigram, &c. There was a remark-
able falling off in the attendance of ladies, and their
absence added materially to the- gloom and dulness of
the day.
The racing commenced with the Carew Stakes, to
which little attention was paid either in or out of
the ring, and which, from the same cause that delayed
the starts on Tuesday, was much behind time. This
having been decided, the preliminaries commenced for
the Derby, for which twenty-seven starters were duly
telegraphed—two less than were enumerated on the
card. The only change of any moment in the jockeys,
was the substitution of W. Sharpe for Whitehouse; and
the only alteration in the betting deserving special re-'
ference was in the two favourites, the Danebury nag
obtaining an unequivocal lead as soon as the
ring was formed in the enclosures. The horses having
taken their canters proceeded to the past, and at
half•past three, after a couple of failure!, were
anything
Canoe, sattatted in good order. The race, which was run
result but a great pace, was, from the ells=
fftrtoomfour and terminated in the triumph of an
thought in the 'lve
were the , whose previous running a very different
might been anticipated. It was at first
ex_ e ta.nd that Barbarian had won, and loud
Party, and vrhPenr ;talons of triumph amongst the Irish
had first eau
tnusiastie—
al.
thewas ascertained that Daniel O'Rourke
it betraying
was scarcely less .ejnusd.ge's eye, the delight expressed
throwing up his e
although by a:I" one Noble Marquis
Hat and
well to add that Daniel
strained gratification,
rish stallion, was bred in
winnyerot a symptoms of note-
O'Rourke,
Englani; he i 3 the Property
genthman who has
to thsiiszr(r)tee was recovered
bred two other Derby
beactlock the sports '
stone. 8, Mundig and Cother-
The time that was lost up
us
toacocoort of the.
in those that succeeded, and by
ps altogether
absence
eate
were concluded. We subjoin - the
be attributed to the
running that circumstances enabled
eet—that
detailed,
wished,
must or p perhaps
sonise
f
accommodation for the reporters, who certainly have noo
reason to look upon their work at Epsom as a " labour
a its
is
couldno so
0e
of love."
sous. each, with 40 added;
'rho Gutty/ Strikes of 3
three
014, 74 6th; leer, Sit 7th; five and upwards, Bst
vrs
I 114; niates aliowet.
-n beaten allowed rlb•
started twice, cod ben , . J ,
having
thrice or more, 71b, • the winner to be sold for 1501.,
in the usual way. -
Three quarters of a mile.
b (Kendall) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Lady Blanche, 3 yrs, fist 51'
Mr. Morris's Priam the Third, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Basbam) 2
V 1 ) 3
Count Batthyany's Wee Itickey, , Bst 81b(i . Mila e
Mr. Parr's Little Bo•peeP, 3 Y", 7st 41b (Wakufield) 0
...
.../s?ff,rt) 0
Mr. Bensteares The Rogue, 4 vre, 7st Ses
....
.t) 0
Mr. Southby'e Appleton, 3 yrs, fits 101 h ... .... (b Di
Captain Rowley's Yellow Boy, 3 yrs, 7';t•••(Gharlton) 0
Betting 6 to 4 egst Priam the Third, 5 to 2 apt
Little 80-peep, 4 to-1 '2gst Lady Blanche. Won by a
neck; a length and a hall between sec(,nd and third.
Run in .1 min. 19 secs.

rho Derby Stskes 01750 Fors. each, h ft, for three yrs
olds; colts, B.t 71b; fillies, Bst 21h; the owner of the
second horse to receive 100 secs, out of the stakes, and
the winner to pay 100 sore. towards the police, find
50 hovs, to the judge. Mile and a half on the Now
Derby Course. (181 Subs.)
Adr, Bowes's eh o Daniel O'Rourke ......... (F, Butler) I