The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-31 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.
NO. 'OCXXKVI.
THE. EPSOM 11ACING.--,ITS EFFECTS ON_THE

FUTURE.

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TO:•THE--EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sit;,—My-intention is not to touch upon the minor
races, but-upon .the Woodcuts, Derby, and Oake Sales
only. The winner of the Woodcote, Orestes by Orlando,
dam by Bay Middleton out of Vitale, was, in the first
instance I believee the property of Mr. Hobson, after-
Wards of Mr. Oldacree and lastly, this spring,.became
the purchase of Baron ReAliserbilci.': !He_ is a- fine
speedy animal, furn6theel with • thorough
loins, and will make a great— stir in the. -Derby
betting between now and next May ; but I
fancy he is another Orelio all over—speed
being his forte, not distance. •He managed to beat, how-
ever, a fine slashing Ally in the Sisters° Mountain Deer.
Dagobert, late lonidese is ti*ry-itiferior animal in com-
parison to Orestes; end as to- all the rest that were
beaten in the race, Hataplan and Speed the Plough are
the only two likely to make any noise in the• world.
Orestes has not another engagement this year, and at
present only two for the next—the- Derby and Leger.
The second in the Woodcote, the Sister to Mountain
Deer, is a splendid animal, very much like her
brother; and, notwithstanding the defeat she. sus-
tained at her debit, will yet . . enable the
Squire to realize out of her numerous engsgements a
goodly sum of money.: Retaplan end Speed the Plough
are both improving animals, and- will be seen to advan-
tage hereafter. Dagobert is in as good form at the pre-
sent time as he can be made; as a two years old, he
will do little or nothing; as a throe years old he will get
on a little better.
The accidental win '(for accidental it must be called)
of Denial O'Remeke for the-Derby—the second, third,
and fourth being,..ae it is generally admitted, much better
than the winner—will capsize many a calculation as to
his future engagements. Had Job. Manion, Nat, and
R gore been upon- Barbarian, Chief Baron, and Hobbie,
Daniel, to a -certainty, would have been fourth.
It was Butler's head-piece that won the Derby, not
Daniel; Barbarian, Chiet. Baron Nicholson, and Hobbie's
chances having been thrown'away by the very singular
riding of 'their jeekiea—at least. such is my opinion, in
common with many others.' Daniel's engagements are
numerous, his first being at Ascot for the St. James's
Palace Stakes, where, :if he is not particularly wide
awake, he will be beaten by Alcoran.- His next engage-
nt is in the Gateshead Lottery Stakes at Newcastle,
where, as he has only two opponents of any note, Augur
and Gossamer, Ito may possibly be 'triumphant; but I
doubt their' pelting him out on this hard course.
As Goode oed he is engaged 'in the First Ben-
thick Memorial Stakes; but as Longbow is in the
some stele-, here, again he will. probably be an
absentee; or, if he runs, it . will be but to
be beaten by Hobble Noble. For the Ebor St. Leger be
is penalised six pounds; and .as Longbow, Alfred the
Great, and Frantic are also- entered for this stake it is
hardly likely he will put in an. appearance. His next
engagement is for the great St. Leger, for which already
he is a great fat/emelt, but if lam not egregiously in
error, hieznatne s:not the (nee that will bead the return
lists. He is also engaged in the Scarborough and Don 7
caster Stakes at Doncaster, but as he is penalised ten
audio for each, of course he-has no earthly chance of
winning. His anal engagement this year is tor the St.
Leger Stakes at Newmarket, where he will • have to en-
counter Stockwell at tedtfference of two pounds; which
the twain is likely to be the winner I have not the
moat ghostly ides -
Barbarian we shall hear of to advantage in some races
where staying is tt quieted. •
The Chief Baron will come out in his winning colours
at Stockbridge, lud. in :after races_ will prove that he is a
t•lasher.
Hubbie Noble's speed will serve him in many a mile
and mile and halt race yet to c one.
Harbinger evideenrolbis name- as a . victor several
times this )eai. .
Alciiran will do ditto, -
Alfred the Great and the King of Trumps, together
with Stockwell, will, in all probability, be in term by the
St. Leger day; at aey rate, they will .be great favourites
inr the D• ',caster great go."
Hied, the running wasp
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sa
In the race for the Oaks, with the exception of Red
eouclodurbsee.
sinitthe
in,fhtehew yearmner b s
one saetvleeraaslt el- which she will probably pull
off for the 'Wizard of the North. At Ascot she is en-
gaged in the Third Triennial Stakes with Red Hind,
Harbinger, and'Filies in opposition. •At -Newcastle she
is entered for the Gold Cup Stakes, but as Nancy figures
Lancashire Oaks, but as she
a doubt-surrounds her start-
in the opposition, I resume' she will not run. At Liver-
ip3o
penalisedol s b e is entered
seven
p9f
nr
dtih,
jug. She is in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, for which
she will have to carry four pounds extra; likewise in the
Great St. Leger and Doncaster Stakes. I had forgotten
to observe that she is also in the Third Triennial Pro-
duce Stakes at Newcastleeforwhich She or Claverhouse
will probably walk over.
I am, Sir, yours, &o.,THE SPIRIT OF TkiE TURF.
May 31, 1852.