The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-22 00:00:00

Prophecies on the Cambridge shire.

The following are the final conclusions arrived at by the
various sporting writers in the weekly journals :
(From Bell's Life.)

We adhere to the impression that Gratitude is in danger
of having the tables turned upon her by Ackworth or Planet,
whilst that Saccharometer's was the best Cambridgeshire
performance of the week we are still of opinion. But that
Brick strikes us as being so very dangerous, and for a
sneaking kindness we have for Bayard and Columba, we
should conElently look for the winner among the quartette
just named; and, as it is, the Cambridgeshire is so often
won by an outsider that it is not bad policy to make a bold
plunge among them, which wp shall do by looking for tho
success of SACCIIAROMETER or PLANET.
(From the Sporting Gazette)

I consider Gabrielle d'Estrees, Summerside, Prince
Plausible, Brick, Stockinger, Gratitude, Muczzin, and
Ackworth the best to back, and I think the preference is
due to Blum and PRINCE PLAUSIBLE, but should the race
be destined to fall to an outsider, Columba or Narbonne may
effect the coup.
(Iron: the Sporting Gazctte )

I must choose as my representatives Gratitude, S took-
inger, Bacchus, Prince Plausible, and Brick, deciding, as
heretofore, for STOCKINGER and GRATITUDE.
(From the Era•)

We think the old horses the most likely lot to furnish
the winner upon this occasion, as they did the Cesare-
witch, and the lot we most fancy are Gratitude, Prince
Plausible, Stockinger, Brick, Accident, Sacoharometer,
Columbia, and Trap. These we shall reduce to a couple,
and in taking SACCHAROMETER and PRINCE PLAUSIBLE,
we trust the same good fortune may attend our selection as
for the big race at the Second October Meeting. Gratitude
must run to the front with her weight, but she is only a
moderate mare after all, and must play second fiddle to
each of our two champions if they be as good as reported.
(Fro»z the Sunday limo.)

We aro bound to take Brick, Princo Plausible, Saccha-
rometer, Stockinger, and the beat of Lord Westmoreland's
lot, to beat the field, and we have the most faith in Buics.
and STOCKINGER, but GRA.TITVDE must be supported for
a place.
(From. the Field.)

The quintette I shall take to boat the field are Gratitude,
Brick, Prince Plausible, Stockinger, and the best of Wm.
Day's. Reducing thorn again, I finally settle down upon
GRATITUDE and PRINCE PLAUSIBLE as the winner, leav-
ing William Day's representative, Brick and Stocsinger, to
be next.

(Front the Weekly Times.)

I should, in taking a lot, stand on BIRCIII3ROOM, ACK-
WORTH, STOCKINGER, and GRATITUDE, giving the prefe-
rence to the first and last mentioned.
(Fiom the Age and Pilot.)

The conclusion we have arrived at after many hours'
meditation on the subject is that for the winner we are
bound to repose our contidence in GRATITUDE. The run-
ners up wo believe will be comprised in Stockinger, Trap,
Erin-go-Bragh, Buick, Dr Syntax, and perhaps Muezzin,
and of this lot for places we have the strongest faith in
Trap, Erin-go-Bragh, and Stockinger.

PUGILISM.

(Flom Bell's _Life.)
JEM MACE AND JOE COBURN.

The final act in this drama has now been played out.
We stated in our last that Coburn had received his £5O,
and that we should be prepared on Thursday to hand over
Mace's money to himself and Harry Brunton conjointly at
our office. On Thursday, at the appointed hour, Mace and
his valet, Montague, appeared, and were met by Harry
Brunton, and also by several gentlemen who had put down
money on Jem's behalf. We had during the week received
numerous letters from well I-nown sporting gentlemen, re-
questing us to hand their money over to Brunton, and on
our stating this fact to Mace he expressed a great surprise,
saying the money was his; that it had not been found by
Brunton; end that unless he was entrusted with it he
would have no chance of getting anything towards his ex-
penses. He declined signing any joint receipt, and declared
unless the money was delivered over to him solely he would
leave it in our hands for ever. It was in vain we explained
to him that those who had put down the money had done so
with a reservation that in the event of no fight it should be
returned through Barry Brunton ; he either could not or
would not see the point, and insisted on having the money
himself to distribute. In this we are bound to add he was
mainly led by his philosopher, friend, and valet, Montague,
and we sincerely believe had he been left to his own
devices he would have seen the justice of the stake
being given to Brunton, and would have trusted to him to
use his influence in obtaining a sufficient sum out of it to
repay him his expenses, and to compensate for his disap•
pointment. Several gentlemen present protested against
Mace receiving the money. They declared they should
never have put down enytbing unless through Brunton's
influence, and to him they looked for a return. All, how-
ever, said they would be happy to give Jem presents to-
wards bis expenses. Jam still would none of it; ho had
come to receive his money, and unless he received it per-
sonally he would not have it at all. We now informed him
that as the money was staked with Brenton on the under-
standing that if there was no fight it should be returned, we
were abound to abide by that understanding, and that it was
our intention to give Brunton the order for it, payable to
him and Mace jointly. This did not suit Jem's book. A
retiring fire was opened by himself and his friends, Mon-
tague, Bunn of Norwich, end others, who declared there
was no precedent for such a course, and that they protested
against it in lota. As none of these gentry, however, had
found ono shilling, their protest was of no avail, and we
handed to Harry Brunton the usual order for the money.
A warm discussion ensued between the adherents of either
side, which was not put an end to until we requested the
company to adjourn to some other place, and settle the mat-
ter between themselves. Shortly after theirdeparture Mon-
tague reappeared in our office with a legal notice to us, on
behalf of Mace. not to part with the money. We were not
unprepared for this, being fully alive to the dodges of the
gentlemen who brought it, and having shown it to the stake-
holders, it was destroyed, and the money has been since
handed to Brunton alone, who, we have nu doubt, will do
what is right with it, and will rote, each backer his own
again, subject to certain deductions for expenses end towards
repaying the £lOO given to Cobura at the last deposit-
We should perhaps not have been quite so hasty had it not
been for the legal notice, but unsportsmanlike practices we
never have and never will recognise, and Mace must
therefore take the consequences of his friends' ill advice.
It may be for their good to know that they have no
legal claim on us whatever—not Is. has reached us from
them—and if they have handed any money to Harry Brun-
ton, it will be against him they will have to take proceed-
ings. We do not wish to prejudice Mace in the eyes of his
backers and the public—doubtless he has been ill-advised—
and this being the case we aro willing to overlook a great
deal. Brunton has promised to intercede with those gentle-
men who stood money on his behalf, and to render us an ac.
count of any sums he may receive for Jun, and ho desires
us to intimate that ho will meet several of Mace's Turf
backers at Newmarket during the ensuing week, whore he
will return them their money, and where ho invites Mace
to bo preso at at the settling. He adds that as regards the
other gentlemen who forwarded money to him for Moo, he
will meet them at his own house, the George and Dragon,
Beech-street, Barbican, on Tuesday week, to wind up his
accounts. Here also ho will be glad to see to Mace. To
those gentlemen Rho gave their money to Mace, or any
other friends, Brunton can only say they must apply to
those who received it. lie is only accountable to those
whose names are on the two lists submitted to us by him
and Mace, and from whom we have received letters making
Barry responsible.
As several c,anments have been made upon our giving
Coburn the LIU; fur expenses, as there was no fight, we
think it right le state that by the artielee Canna was to re-
ceive £lOO at tho last deposit fur his expcnsee, and no word
whatever is the_ ein containedas te its being returned in can
the fight did not come off.
We now take our leave of the whole affair, in the hope
that this may be the last occasion on Which wo may have
tv tvivr tv aw.l. H dieete,revable