The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-27 00:00:00

SPORTiNG NOTES

CLXXVII.
St'l-TING MEETING

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
01 —Lupin opened the ball for the season on the
" 0 Ferusry, and at the expiration of the month the
ascend SPring Meeting at Liverpool is marked for deal-
a. From this meeting to the Houghton at Newmar-
ie, in October next, with the exception of the Derby
nettling week, there is presented an unbroken striog of
nmeetings. The card sports fire races for issue on Wed.
,oe'd4Y next, commencing with the Trial Stakes of 5
6 7a "Oa, with 30 added by the Earl of Sefton; 3 yrs,
41b. 4
7n, Sat 411 i; 5 pro 9st; 6 and aged, 9st 41b;'
mares 4nd geldings allowed 41b, one mile and a quarter,
a subs., or no race. This stake closed on the
It of January. and the subscribers have to name
°t) Tacsday evening by seven o'clock. The second race
()4,, th, eard is the Liverpool Spring Cup (a handicap) of
100 ~,,vs, in specie, by subscription of 15 soya. each, 10
forfeit,,,,, and 5 only if declared, &0., with 60 added, one
4"e and three quarters. Eighteen acceptances
'‘Ye been obtained to the Cup; one, however, Joe Miller,
it
the seems, was left in by mistake. The difference between
.13 and lightest weights is four pounds short of three
stone, Abdallah, who figures at the head of the list, at Bst
,
'1 )istands but little chance of clearing the winning post
arse Hungsrford, at Sat 51b, will, 1 take it, without any
trouble, dispose of all the heavy weights, although, in
opinion not good eough to be te actual t
each,
ate Wiseman and Kilquade, at h
ist 131 b each,
of but little account; the Irishman being
I best of the braise. The Abbess of Jervaux, 7st 11119,
ti4B been backed off and on for a good deal of money;
bOl from some reason or other which does not seem very
iellear, her position in the market is very unstable; I,
:waver consider her chance to be a very fair one, al-
otigh the distance may somewhat militate against it.
Telford and La Fiancée, at the same weight as the
"bbess, cannot possibly have any chance in her presence.
tiehia' 7st 71b, I hold id dome esteem, as her, running
has - year was a; tinsearathee.eupertor; I expect to, see
le
rigure well in-the race. .The colt by Red. Deer, out
found
Sister to Portobello, I should imagine will hardly be
"Ind at the post. True Girl, Tat 11b, is asserted by
her iidmirers to be n, it . only a true, but a good one
Kewi‘e. Her performances last year were generally
Z's hes victorious kind ; but as..she beat, nothing but
orses of iba trashy class, they will not -diet() rely upon,
;8:: guide in this instance. She has found many sup-.
Btderi: but I do not place myself among them. Merry
$ fist Ile and Sir Charm Napier, Est 91b, I pre-
e,
will the missing list, or, if runners, will,not
g•i'lrora -filly, 3 yrs, 6st- 51b, in the company of
aPn'earlos, at 2 lbs less, can have no hopes whatever.
haneeqlei. sst :111b; may likewise be put'down as hope-
;,,
—'The' remaining trio of lightweights, Don Carlos:
; Snowdrop, Est 11b ; and Surprise, sst 111 b,
Qua, it is not stall improbable, turn out the trump card;
it„ "gh. despite the great favouritism of the last
leled, it would surprise use alittle were Snowdrop
.and
nn Carlos to play second fiddle to Surprise. In a word, I
ii :Pent the winner will spring from the light-weighte, and
b`NownnoP will probably be the animal, Surprise
od
ow Don Carlos in close attendance; Isehia,.The Abbess,
iungerford being the foremost heavyweights.
have already given my opinion on the. Grand
Na-
twnai
and although in the generality of my remarks I
4llticipate the exact state of-the case will be found, yet,
from certain signs in the market,' I expect on or betore
tlrjnridaY next I shall have to alter my previous sole°.
ford, may as well remark, however, that Mel-
oimple Harry, Dolly's Brae, Silent Friend,
ldaria 11°,.k, James, Bullfinch, Venture, Maley,
ep-rtcm, R.,yal Blue, Perjury, and Buscot are
I,,l_oinsprobable starters. Sir John, it was reported,
i t quite up to the mark; it seems, however, that
40_3 now himself au ,te. Maria I)sy's condition is by
litseettes first-rate. Toe tavourites maintain their po-
Vileu,ll firmly in the odds; Chieftain, Miss Mowbray. and
‘rsgo, are in capital condition, and the last accounts
Ce),,41 Ladra's quarters report her as quite to
'rk• My final opinion on this stake, with all the
latestwkn information from Liverpool, &c., will appear-on
nitY or Tuesday next. ' •
I am, Sir, yours, &c., •
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

menced_the present analysis, of which a favourable
opinion has beep espressadsby corgpotq‘t judges. .it
contains 'a :Hebrew Grammar and Paradigms • of-
Ver'J The introduction, which-i-. in three pa?ts,
treats of the-genuineness of the Pentateuch, and an
investigation of the structure of the. Hebrew lan-
guage. Of the analytical portion the author observes
in the preface:— ; •
"In this part of it every word is analysed, num-
bered, sad indeied. In the first chapter all the accents
are marked, their.namea andpowers,given and the rea-
sons assigned, when ihe word's are accented contrary to
the general rule. In the first three chapters, all the
words are written in the English as well as in the
Hebrew charactere„and.sillabled, in order to lessen the
cl-theolty ot reading the Hebrew text. Throughout the
whole of 'this part of it the principles of the structure of
the language, laid stl,)wo. in the third part of tii.e intro-
dueeion, are ilinstitated; and likewisethe piinciples of the
vowel points contained in a grammar whieh.precedes it.
The great difficulty that the student' meets with in tbe
acquisition of the Hebreiv Tangnage arises froio,,the.fact
that all the welds are uww-to.klitn. This drilidulty can
only be mastered by attention'ar.d perseveranee: There:
is on royal" rad by which it can be avoid d. In the:
study of, more modern -:hinguages,-,,partieillaily,. those
which are cognate, and which have common roots, a
stuck of vocatdes may tie -obtained -"Comparatively
little dificulci.; • In Hebrew, liowe*y, every word may
be said to be new to the learner; its similarity to words
in other languages being seldom obvious to him at the
commencement of the ,study.. Ho
.will Pewisa find
words, previonslr knotin, connected, with fragments of
• pronouns, or other words,- which modify or alter their
meanings, iinCivhictCgreatly.disguiiie their formS, and
often prevent him ;from again reeOgoiiing them. Dori-
vatiyes are few in Hebrew, compared with those in the
.Tudo-Enrops•s4l.languages; compound words, that
is those *hiefi are wade. up. of two or more- distinct,
words, are almost, unknown, so that the knewledge of
iznn waid:'ll.6lol-the leainer but to a very few others."
Having thus . shown„the difaculties of the student,
the author i,roceescis to remove them as far as; possible,
by showing the principles of the cOMposition of words
and the gameral itructura of the-- Hebrew language.
The work must prove of the.greatent assistance to. the
learner„ vv,ho,will derive most valuable information
froth the various divisions of the volume: - - •