The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-01 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The Goodwood meeting was one of the most successful
that has ever taken place, both as regards the large fields
for the various races and the number of fashionable and
aristocratic visitors. The Prince and Princess of Wales
arrived early on Wednesday. The first race was the Trial
Stakes, for which Fairwater was made the favourite, but the
old mare could only get third, Anglo-Saxon, who was
patiently ridden by Fordham, winning on the post by a
short head. Lord 'Westmoreland pulled off the 10 sovs
Sweepstakes with Lady of Coverham, The Levant, from
the absence of Liddington, was an open race, despite the re-
putation of the French Le Mandarin. Longdown, Drewitt'a
representative, was the finest looking young one of the lot—
an extraordinarily big eolt, with fine quarters, own brother
to Blackdown ; but he looked a trifle unprepared, and there-
fore his evident merits were passed over by the knowing
ones, who went for the Frenchman and nothing else.
He cut badly, and the Lewes horse won all the way.
He was backed for the Derby, after the race, at 30 to 1, and
Le Mandarin's pretensions to the blue riband are, we pre-
sume, sent to the right-about. Then came the event of the
day, the Stewards' Cup, for which the large number of
40 horses was telegraphed. Breaks away, in which Lady
Clifden principally distinguished herself, became at last
too numerous to take count of, and we sat down on the roof
of the stand and waited as we best might, until the roar of
many voices proclaimed the welcome " They are off." Of
course there were a large number backed, Saccharometer,
who had been favourite at the first publication of the
weights, yielding the pas to Marigold, who made her first
appearance after a long seclusion, and fully justified the
confidence her noble owner and his friends placed in her. She
was in the front rank from the first, and though Flying Fish
looked like a winner at the enclosure, she died away to
nothing at the half distance, and to Marigold, Argonaut,
and Crisis was the issue left. It was a race, though Lord
Westmoreland's mare had always the best of it, and she
won with comparative ease. Saccharometer was never
in it, and there was considerable tailing among the field.
Loud cheers greeted Lord "Westmoreland's success, and we
are glad so handsome a trophy fell to him. He also
gained more substantial results from the mare's success,
and landed a good stake. She was in splendid condition,
and won like a racer. The first event decided on Wed-
nesday was the Drawing Room Stakes, which Knight of
Snowdon won. Fordham again distinguished himself in
the 300 soles Sweepstakes, on Idler, upsetting a very hot
favourite in Ascham, on whom they laid sto 4. At the
distance Fordham brought up his horse, reached Ascham
at the stand, and won another splendid race by a head.
There was a woful fa.ling off for the Stakes, when the seven
indifferent performers made their appearance, took their
preliminary canter, and then marched slowly past the stand
in Indian file. Thalestris, after she had taken her canter,
was not so warm a favourite as before. The verdict on her
was not favourable, but she still maintained her position in
the betting from no one being able to select a winner from
the other six. "William the Silent looked the best goer of
the lot. Mr Parr's horse was improved in appearance, but
still few fancied him. There has not been another instance
of a horse starting with odds on him or her for the Good-
wood Stakes, and suffering such easy defeat, as Lord
Coventry's worthless jade did here. She made the running
at a p_ce which, as the lot rounded the hill, became
" a clinker," and on their coming into the turn
for home, they were all together ; soon, afterwards, how-
ever, Thalestris was evidently in difficulties, and the race
left to Guerilla, Blondin, and the Frenchman, Mr Parr's
horse winning with ease by half a length, amidst the up-
roarious cheers of the fielders. Never was so great a
favourite so disgracefully beaten. Deerfoot and Olivia
made a fine finish of it in the Handicap Plate over the
Craven Course, the former winning by a head in the last
stride. The Findon brought out Zambezi to try conclu-
sions with the Derby outsider, Ostregor, and Kcenig, and
see if the 51k extra was not too much for him. Ostregor is
a fine upstanding colt, with a great deal of promise about
him, and was backed by some money. Zambezi tried under
the weight; and Ostregor, running very gamely, got the
race out of the fire in the last stride by a head.

The Cup Day was again honoured with the Prince
and Princess of Wales. After Old Orange Girl walked over
for the Twelfth Bentinck Memorial Stakes, three entered
an appearance for the Thirteenth Bentinck, which was ex-
pected to produce an exciting straggle between Ely and
Baragah. Odds were freely laid on the former, but he
never had the ghost of a chance, as the latter made all the
running, and won, hands down, by six lengths, Baragah
was afterwards backed for large sums for the St. Leger,
and it will take the favourites all their time to dispose of
him. He is ono of the best bred horses in the race, and is
better worth investing on at his present price than any
other, as John Scott is very fortunate in winning St. Legers.
the Cup was an easy victory for Dollar. The Chesterfield
Cup was won by King of Utopia, who only managed to
beat Skeffington by a neck,
The Brighton Meeting commences to-morrow. Madcap,
if it runs, will win the Brighton Stakes. Birchbroom should
' win the Champagne Stakes, Caller Ou the Brighton Cup,
and Fille de l'Air the 12th Brighton Biennial.

A FRESH MAN.

RACING FIXTI
Au

'RES FOR 1864.
iUST.

Brighton 2 Oxford
Brighton Club
Lewes 5 York August 2'ii
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton ., 9 Lichfield
Reading
Egham
Dover .. IS Derby

SE FUMBER.
Brecon .............. l9
Richmond .• • 20
Royal Caledonian Hunt 21
Monmouth 22
blanche/4er Autumn 23
NewmarketFiret October 27
,BER.

Weymouth 1
Baden-Baden
Warwick September 6
Bridgwater
Leicester 8
Doncaster ..

OCTI
Bedford
Vinburgh and Lothians
Club.
10
Newmarket
Second Oct.
NOEI
Worcester Autumn •• 1
Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14

Lincoln
gels° • . ............ 19
Gloucester ............ 2()
Newmarket Ilona on.. 24

:MBEIt.

Leanainzton &War. Hunt 22

IRISH.
SEPTEMRER.

Cum&

OCTOBER.

Curragh ........... .

STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

NOVEMBER.
Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22

According to the _Arational Gazette of Berlin the
Emperor of Russia will arrive in that capital about
the middle of September on his way from St. Peters-
burg to Schwalbach. The Emperor will conduct
the Empress from this last-namei watering-place
to the Lake of Constance, where her Majesty in•
tends to remain for some time, and then to pass
through Switzerland to Florence, to reside there
till near the close of the year.
DROUGHT IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES.—Very
geweral complaints are made in the counties of
Notts, Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester of the continued want
of rain. The Trent is lower than has been known for seve-
ral years, and the pasture lauds are as bare almost as the
high roads. Allusion was made to the subject in numerous
pulpits on Sunday last. The wheat crop looks well, but
there is danger of the ears ripening too fast.