The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-02 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The Chester meeting comes on to-morrow, and will last
till Friday. The Mostyn Stakes will, in all likelihood, be
carried off by Weatherglass, and the Chesterfield by Per.
suasion. The Wynnstay Handicap should be won by
either King of Utopia or Donnybrook, and in the £lOO
Plate Crytheia should have no difficulty in winning.
Wednesday is the Chester Cup day. The field this year
will be much larger than last, but scarcely the half will
contest the race, as in 1832, when Joe Miller won it. The
field will be made up from the following:—
PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS,
Age st. lb.
Oldminster
Costa
*Gardener
Knutsford
Welcome -
Tippler 4 7 5 Judd.
Change 4 7 4 T. French.
Canary 6 7 3 Deacon.
Fantail
Earl of Surrey 5 6 13 Jas. Nightingall
My Mary 5 6 12
Accident . 4 6 9
East Lancashire 4 6 8
*The Clown
Muezzin
*Flash-in-the-Pan .. a 6 4 Prior,
Bacchus (inc. 51b extra) 3 6 3 Tomlinson.
Little Stag
*Grevillo
Lord Zetland (inc. 51b ex.)
Gordian Knot 3 5 12 J. Grimshaw.
Tooi-tooi
Rose 5 5 11
Filly by Voltigeur—Hersey
*Greenland -

Colt by Van Galen—Vacuna. 3 5 7 Sayers.
*Macbeth
The Doctor 3 6 0 ---
* Doubtful starters.

To-morrow I shall refer to the race at length, but for the
benefit of those of my readers at a distance will merely hint
that I expect my selection will be that the judge will place

LITTLE STAG
VACUNA COLT
OLDMINSTER

I may as well state that the Vacuna I have placed second
is not the Vacuna that ran second to Evelina for the New
Stakes at Ascot. The latter is a b filly by Idle Boy out of
Glengowrie, and the former a colt by Van Golen, out of
Vacuna, by Idle Boy.

A FRESH MAN.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERSALL'S-SATURDAY.

Although it was perfectly understood in all racing circles,
and the announcement was made on the previous day, that
Saturday would be devoted specially to settling on the New-
market Spring Meeting and comparing on Chester, the
cois3paratively small muster at Hyde-park-corner this after-
noon led but to one conclusion—that both must have been
left half one. Indeed, so trifling had been the amount of
business done in the way of squaring accounts on New-
market, that several members were heard to say that Satur-
day settlings were a mere farce, and might as well be abo-
lished. Considerable irritation prevailed, especially among
those members who met every demand made upon them,
in full expectation of being able to recoup themselves as
members or their agents dropped in. But, as has been said,
many were disappointed. A few spasmodio attempts were
made early in the afternoon at speculation on the Chester
Cup, but some time elapsed before the tone of the
market could be indicated. Accident had been made
such a hot favourite in the City in the morning (where
as little as 9 to 2 had been accepted about him) that all
doubts seemed to be at an end as to the " Simon Pure" of
Drewitt's stable. At the corner a slight reaction set in,
which, however, was not of long duration, inasmuch as the
currently offered odds of 6 to 1 on the field were taken
towards the finish to several hundred pounds ; at the con-
clusion of business, however, those odds were obtainable.
The "little game" carried on with the Hersey filly and
Muezzin was a poser, and caused misgivings among their
previous adherents, and although the former was backed
for a little money singly, the pair were several times in-
quired after coupled, some two or three hundred pounds
being invested at the latter odds. The Vacuna colt was a
great " pot ," after having been put up at 20 to 1 he was
supported at lessening prices until he left off at 12 to 1 (taken
freely), and Greville and Veterinarian was consequently
knocked right oat of the betting. 15 to 1 was wanted about
Bacchus, and at anything over 100 to 6 Oldminster would
have found friends. A small commission in favour of My
Mary was duly effected at 35 to 1 to £'2o, and a reqttest to
back a rank outsider resulted in a long shot of 1,000 to 5
about Tommy Jones, who, however, improved his reputa-
tion slightly thereby, inasmuch as 1,000 to 10 only was
offered when the room broke. Very little was done on the
Derby. Closing prices :

CHESTER CUP.
6to 1 agst Accident (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agat Gordian Knot (taken)
100 to 12 agat Change (taken)
10 to I agat Hersey filly (offered)
12 to 1 agst Vaeuna colt (taken freely)
100 to 8 agst Muezzin (offered)
100 to 8 agat Lord Zetland (offered)
14 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken)
15 to 1 agst Bacchus (wanted)
100 to 6 agst Oldminster (offered)
33 to 1 agat Earl of Surrey (offered)
35 to 1 agst My Mary (taken)
100 to 1 agst Greville (offered)
100 to 1 agst Veterinarian (offered)
1000 to 5 agst Tommy Jones (taken)
sto 1 agst Muezzin and Hersey filly coupled (t)