The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-21 00:00:00

VATICINATOR-SUNDAY TIMES.

We have carefully watched the market, and analysed the
merits of the animals, and can arrive at no other fiat than
that

BIRCH BROOM
will win the Derby, having CAMBUSCAN and GENE-
RAL PEEL next to him.

Illustrated Sporting IVetcs.

From the above brief but careful analysis it will be
gleaned our impression is that Birch Broom, Cambuscan,
Coastguard, Ely, Forager, General Peel, Historian, Paris,
Princ Arthur, and Scottish Chief are the creme de la creme
of the Derby horses; and we are quite confident that Birch
Broom, Cambuscan, General Peel, and Scottish Chief will
be found the best quartette on the eventful afternoon. Re-
ducing these to a couplet let us stand or fa:l by
BIRCH BROOM AND CAMBUSCAN.

FLY- BY-NIGHT.— Weekly Times.

The honours of the day rest, in my humble judgment,
between Birch Broom, Blair Athol, Cambuscan, Copen-
hagen, Ely, and General Peel; but the private reputa-
tion of the third-mentioned, and public characteristics
of the last, stand forth in such bold relief from the other
four, that I feel bound to declare in favour of the pair, and
shall dare to pre-judge the " man in the box" thus :

CAMBUSCAN
GENERAL PEEL 2d or 3d

DR, SIIORTROUSE—Sporttng Pilot.

I think Mr Clark's fiat will not be much unlike the fol-
[owing :

GENERAL PEEL 1
Prince Arthur or Copenhagen
Baragah

Thus, according to the advice given by the above men-

tioned " authorities," all the sporting public have to do to
win their money is to back the following round dezen, each
of which is "a certainty I"—General Peel, Cumbuscan,
Coast Guard, Baragah, Ely, Birch Broom, Scottish Chief,
Blair Athol, Forager, Copenhagen, and Historian.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

MANCHESTER RACES.-FRIDAY.

A violent storm passed over Manchester shortly after one
o'clock, accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy peals of
thunder. The rain continued to fall throughout the after-
noon, and the attendance in consequence was small, com-
pared with:that of the two previous days.

The Nursery Handicap of 80 sovs, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C.
Mr Merone's Terror, 7st 121 b (Merone, jun.) 1
Mr J. Osborne's Lady of Coverdale, Bst 61b .. (Osborne) 2
Mr Hineson's Lady Sefton, 7st 81b
Mr Peace's Creme de Vanille, Bst 51b (Williams) 4
Mr Smith's Vanguard, 7st 71b (S. Taylor) 5
Mr Smith's Menotti, 7st 41b (B. Howarth) 0
Betting-6 to 4on Lady Coverdale, sto 2 agst Lady
Sefton, and 6 to 1 aget Terror.
At the first attempt the lot was despatched on equal
terms, Lady Sefton showed in front for a few strides, when
Manotti rushed past his horses, and bolting with
Howarth was soon leading a dozen lengths, Terror being
second, and Lady of Coverdale third. At the turn into the
straight Manotti jumped the rails, unseating his rider, but
without injury. The lead was then tabu by Tcl or, WOO
held it throughout, and won easily by three lengths : a bad
third, Lady Sefton running very unkindly. She ran
against the rails immediately alter starting, and nearly
unseated Challoner.

The Wilton Stakes of 5 sows eaoh, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds. One

mile.

Mrpsborne's Blondin, 3 yrs, 7st 41b. (50 sovs.) (Carroll)
walked over for the forfeits, the added money being with-
held.

The Salford Borough Cup of 100 sot's, added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10ft ; the second re-
ceived 25 sous. One mile and a half.
Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (inc. 10Ib ex.)
(Challoner) 1
Lord Bateman's Despair, 5 yrs, Bst 21b
Mr Osborne's Dr. Rooke, 3 yrs, 6st llb (Carroll) 3
Mr C. Peck's jun., Venison, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (J Manion) 4
Mr Samuel's Twilight, aged, Bst 121 b (Osborne) 5
Betting-5 to 2on East Lancashire, 4to 1 agst Despair,
and 8 to 1 agst any other.
The favourite made the running, attended by Dr. Rooke,
Despair, Twilight, and Venison, in which order they came
round the bottom turn to the straight, when the leading pair
were five lengths in advance. Passing the stand Venison
took third place, and this order continued past the two-
year-old post, when Venison took second place. On round-
ing the turn into the straight the lead was still held by the
favourite. On reaching the distance, Despair, next the
rails, drew up to East Lancashire and took second place,
and when fairly inside the distance made his effort, but
failed to reach the favourite, who won easily by a length;
the same distance between second and third; half a length
between the third and fourth, Twilight was last, beaten
off. An objection was lodged by Doyle against the
winner for crossing him at the distance, but it was over-
ruled.

• The~
•
The Grand Stand Plate (handicap) of 50 sous. Seven

furlongs.

Mr R. Chilton's Little Duchess, 3 yrs,.6st ....(Carroll) 1
Mr Samuel's Fontenoy, 4 yrs, 7st 9lb (Cha!loner) 2
Mr Dawson's Charcoal, 3 yrs, sst 71b .. (J Grimshaw) 3
Mr Fobert's Wisdom, 3 yrs, Get ....(Cranshaw) 4
Mr Barber's The Cutler, 5 yrs, 7st 9lb (Whiteley) 5

Bettiag-6 to 4 on Fontenoy, 7 to 2 agst Little Duchess,
and 6 to 3 agst The Cutler.
The flag dropped to an excellent start. After going a few
strides the favourite, attended by The Cutler, made the
running until rounding the turn into the straight, where
Little Duchess began to draw up to the leaders ; at the
distance she joined Fontenoy, and quitting him opposite
the stand won easily by two lengths ; Charcoal was a bad
third, and the rest were beaten off.
The Derby Handicap of 60_sove, for all ages. About five