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SJL'ORTING NOTES.
No. cLxxru.
THE LIVERPOOL GRAND. NATIONAL
STEEPLECHASE..

TO THE ED (TOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,---My sporting clients have no doubt been some-
what astonished by the absence from the cointnns of
.The Sun for above a fortnight of. the usual " Sporting
Notes." Their counsel, however, has been busy at wont
on—as immortal " Bees" Mantilini• would sayee
, " Tore
Tilller's ground, picking up the deninition, gold and
silver;" or, in other words, collecting the materiel for
my analysis of the Chester, Newmarketaand Northamp-
ton Handicaps, and Liverpool Steeplechase. nartth the
last-named I now intend to begin my work in earnest.
The Liverpool Grand National, the most ituccessful of
_all steeplechases, has been established aguod many years;
.but , for_ (tome: time it was a race in which the
,candidates carried 12st etch. However, in 1843,
it was thought advisable by the ruling powers at Liver
pool to make it a handicap. The: entries for the first
time numbering forty-three, awl ,no less than sixteen
.going to the pest; Vanguard, with list 101 b up, was
the winner; Nimrod, list, second; and Dragomen,. list
31b, third. In the following year the favourite (Dis-
count, carrying lOst 121 b), for the first,and only •time,
coming off winner. Every other time, up to last year,
the tavourite has always been beaten • the winner on
each occasion being an. oatsider at odds varying from
eleven, the price in Matthew's year, 1847, to indefinite
odds in Chandler's year, 1848. In five instances out
of the nine the winning weight has been of the
heavy character, viz., ranging from 1 Ist 51b to
_list.. 121 b; the former carried by Curcall, in
1845, and the latter by Pioneer, in 1846, and
ellaudler in 1848, Thetnstances where the winner was
weighted lowin this scale was with Matthew, teat 61b,
in 1847; Abd-el-Kader, at 9at 121 b, in 1850, and at lOst
41b in 1851; so, if we are to take .past experience as a
guide, the result of the forthcoming steeplechase would
seem mgrs likely to fall to the loteof a high-weighted
tried horse that to any moderate specimen of the steeple
chaeer with a feather on his back. s The .entries from
1843 up to the present time, with the exception of the
lust and present years, have been gradually on the in-
crease; they numbered forty-three in 1843, and seventy
in 1850; this year they ate fiity-nine, with an accept-
ance of about two-thirds, which may. be eat down as
tolerably gaol. ft ,must be borne in mind\ that the
Liverpoot Steeplechase Course is above three furionga
over the four miles in length. and ponsequently, in
extent as well as nature, the stiffest course of the kind
in the kingdom, requiring en animal game to the
backbone, nod with plenty of stem in him, too,
to come off the victor. It is perfectly ridiculous at the
present lime, although within two or three weeks of the
race, to attempt giving anything like a list bf the starters
on the day, but I knots) some tolerably good reasons for
believing teat the following will be missing from the
fray, newel.) :—Warner, Melford, Simple Harry, Maria
Monk, Janus, Venture, Muley, Everton, and Perjury.
Of the remeining twenty-nine, within five or six, I pre-
iume the whole lot will run; though, as I before It-
niarkd, it will be perfectly impossible to give a correct
list of the tanners this week. Lard Waterford, by
scratching Le rd George, left the sporting world to
infer that his Sir John, at list 10th, would be his
mg on the day ; and I entertain pot the smallest
doubt, as the horse is in good_ fettle, , that
be will, its usual;; get a place. if -out SS the
obsolete winner. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader, list 41b,
will have to give way to the two Peters, who are both
weighted at Ilea 211 e; it is said that mischief is intended
with Sir Peter Laurie, which he will have to struggle
• hard to effsct, as the severity of the course is much
against hits. Peter Simple I prefer to Lucy Neale at
the same weight, the hors: having he- differentaimes
given signs of being able to get a distance and live a
stiffish pace: I hold his chance to be a very respectable
outside one. Mr. Hutton's grey mare Lucy .Neale,
although boxed up for this eenture, will have nothing to
do in the finishing struggle; I consider her qualities
much overrated. It is said that Mr. Bevil' intends
jockeying his.owa horse Fernhill, bat as to whether it
possesses any chance or no at llst deponent sayeth not.
Mr. Atkinson's Chieftain, lost 12ib, hes come in for
a considerable share of:-.the public favour within the
last week or so, but taking his previous
performances as my guide, notwithstanding the money
that is " on" him, and being in the best condition his
admirers could wish, in defiance of all this, I must
distinctly state that, to my mind, he possesses no chance
whatever of carrying off rue Grand National of 1852.
Ha may run well, but the last half mild will beat him.
Bourton, lOst 101 b, is fancied by souse; he will be a bit
of a favourite in all probability, but no serinntin.
P. Barling's Bedford, lOst 10Ib, has beets backed for a
tremendous amount of money by the public, end, to
some extent, by the stable likewise; his chance -I tun
inclined to look favourably upon, and will back him to
beat any of , his near neighbours the }Welts.
Captain Little's Agis, lOst 1111 e, tooled by the
owner, may run tolerably forward, but in my opinion
.stands but little chance of turning up the trump,
card. Postilion at lOst 81b, like many of the horses
in the race, has a select circle of admirers ; in-
elude me not among them, if you please. Mr. Higgins's
bay mare Maria Day, lOst 61b, witti lib more than
she carried kit year. nt Liverpoolaewhiesit but for that
unfortunate slip at the-last hurdle, shOewouid never have
been overtaken, and consequently have been the
winner,--I fancy her chance-to be na good as any, but
not knowing whether her cabditionis as brilliant now as
it was this time last year, I feel inclined to deter piecing
unlimited confidence in her until I have ascertained the
I can "
exact state of Denmark." say this much, how-
ever that she can give Maria Meek, Forest Lad, and
Leda
ingtoia her stable
bceolniie
panio,ns, lupe of weight
end a sound beating. I ye ulna,
m
eishy will have the
mount, though -I sin not certat oft this .point,
(To be continued.) •
I am, Sir, yonts, gee
THE SPIRI 12 OF THE TURF.

Feb, 20, 1862.

spORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.
TATTESALL'S—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL SPExINO CEP.
9 to 2 aglt Mr. Clooch's Stuprikie—taken
7 to I agst Mr. Ring's Abbess of Jerveaux
7 to 1 agst Mr. J. Walker's True. Girl
s to 1 agst Mr. J. White's Snowdrop
Joe Miller is scratched.
I.ETROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
10 to 1 agar- Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg--t2O ti.
1 agst Ir. Brown's Sally W4rfoot.coll—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wrris's Haresfoot
25 to last Mr. RObson na John of Berwick
33 tb'l'agbt Lord Lurgan'a Captain Fiaili—taker...
All the money that could be posaiWy got on Pas laid
out on Hesse Homburg, commencing 'at 100 to
escoDus
finishing at 10 to 1, taken freely. Toe other wanes i
were in small saran.

CHESTER CUP.
. 20 to 1 eget Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken
20 to 1 egst Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff—taker
20 to 1 agat Mr. J. Stanley's The Confessor
30 to 1 agst Mr. Greville'a-Scarecrow
33 to 1 agat Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn
2,000 to 40 agst Mr. E. Phillips's Koh-i-noor —taken
'
1,000 to 20 egst Mr. Gooch ne Surprise—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. oAbaldesten s Mountain Deer--t
1,003 to 15 age. Mr. Merrv's f out of Sorella's
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Stanley's
and afterwards offered Storyteller—Wva
1,000 to 15 egst Mr. Hesse'tine's Unity—taken and
afterwards offered
Miley. The Thigh Sheriff
Mountain Deer, tho s'l3'oat of Sorells's dam, Koh-l-noor, and Surpris^, were all
in favour, the takers in every instance lo;irg aoxiou3 to
increase their investments.

DERBY.-
6 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Robbie Noble—taken
14 to 1 apt Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio
17 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdals's Lapidiat
17 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur—take 20 to 1
17 to 1 agst Ld. Egliutona Cisvetbouse—take 20 to 1
20 to 1 agst Mr. H. St,ebbing's Alfred the Great—t
'
22 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston—taken
40 to
6 to 1 was taken once, in hundreds, about the fa-
-1 agst MAJ. Arnold's Little Harry—taken
vourite; 20 to 1 two or three times about Alfred the
Great; and 1,000 to 20, 4,500 to 100, and 1,000 to 25
about Little Harry. Current cars of 17 to 1 agst
Augur, Clsverhouse, and Lapidist; and, in one instance,
20 to 1 b€tted agst Augur.
DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.
The Spring Cup Acceptances. .
The followlhg should have been omitted in the list
dory 4
.: .;
Tat 21b—Kathleen A
Selina, 6 Yo, ' , - yrs, 7st 21b—Hard
yrs, .fist 101b—England's
published on Thursday :—____ .
Labour, 5,, .yrs, fiat
7,b_GaNanitul, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Volante, 3 yrs, 4st Sib.
.The highest weight aecaptiugAiciog use! Bst 51b, it
has teen raised to that, and the Gatti'.s in proportion.

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