The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-27 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES,

Macaroni's sucoe tor the Iwo Thousand has introduced
another favourite for Derby honours. His claims to the
blue riband ar, second to none, for the moment he was
called on he answered, and woil very cleverly ; and as sat_
charometer was behind him, he has thus indirectly beaten
more horses than any animal in the race. That he will re-
present Mr. Naylor instead of Carnival, the state of the
market, as well as the absence from the heath of the latter
for several days, will prove; and it must be not a little
gratifying to Mr. Naylor to find his own original predilec-
tion for Macaroni was verified, while all his friends gave
the preference to Carnival. For Hospodar's defeat; neither
the French party nor the public were prepared, as was evi-
denced by the piles of money that went on him. But a few
of the best Newmarket ju iges, wbo had watched him do
his work for the two or three previous days, came to the
conclusion that Jennings was galloping his horse too much,
and that he would very likely be sore by the day. And
under this impression they fell back upon Macaroni,
and saw both their fears of ono and hopes of the other
confirmed by the decision of the judge. That the French
horse could not move was evident directly he cantered to
the post; neither did the ground agree with him, and he
was fairly beaten in the bottom, cutting up so very diffe-
rently from the manner we saw him do last year, that Ws
running cannot be taken to be correct. King of the Vale,
considering he was hardly "up to the mark," ran a good
horse, and by the St. Leger time will turn the tables on
both of those who finished before him. My selected
Citadel obtained an easy victory for the Prince of Wales's
Stakes, as a mare shaped like Teterrima was quite unfitted
to get the Cesarewitch Course, and it was proved in the
Biennial that Lord Clyde could not beat him, while little
danger was to be apprehended from the noisy Vanguard,
who broke down badly in the race, or the ill-shaped Barba-
does, who has never yet won a race, and hardly ever will, if
looks go for anything. For the Newmarket Two-Year-
Old Plate, brought forward from Thursday, 20 horses ran,
the only large field of the meeting. As usual there was
great anxiety evinced to get a peep at the youngsters, a
number of whom it was necessary to saddle on the Heath,
the stables only affording room for some dozen to perform
that necessary operation, so few cared to be at the trouble
of going there, but waited to see them assembled at the
starting-post. All duly made their appearance, but the
best louking of them, a colt by Brother to Bird on the
Wing, who being very restive and unruly, threw Aldcroft
a stunning fall a second or two after he mounted, which
completely incapacitated him from riding, and the horse
was sent home. Queen of the Vale, the only one I selected
to beat the field, had no difficulty in cutting down her
opponents. The One Thousand, from the heavy wagering
which took place on it, induced almost as many to attend
at the saddling as were present at that interesting proceed-
ing for the greater event on Tuesday, and happily the cold-
ness of the afternoon induced the trainers of the ten com-
petitors to make use of the saddling stables, where those
interested got a more satisfactory look at them than they
would have enjoyed on the dusty plain. All having pre-
viously run this year except Lady Augusta, Tornado,
Marigold, Cadeau, and Tease Me Not, they of
course attracted the greatest share of attention. Lord
Stamford's filly when pulled out astonished every-
body, so greatly has she grown and improved in every
way since last year, while her bright coat and muscular
appearance showed the immense pains Joe Dawson had be •
stowed on her. Tornado, on the contrary, pleased nobody,
which was not surprising, as she looked but a mere cob be-
side Lady Augusta, and her feet were so shelly that an)
one could see it would be impossible for her to gallop with
freedom on ground so hard. Cadeau, though in beautiinl
condition, looked scarcely anything bigger or better than
she was as a two year old, and the same may be said of
Tease Me Not, whom George Oates brought to the post fine
as a star. Marigold, who was out for the first time, looked
more adapted for a spin in a T.Y.C. handicap than to take
Part in a contest of this kind. None of the others attracted
much attention except Amelia, whose joints looked nothing
improved by her sojourn at Newmarket, and as she evi-
dently " felt'' the ground when she cantered, she gradually
receded in the betting until she reached 6 to 1, and another
point or two might be had for the asking. Marigold,
too, went back when seen, but Rot so Tornado, who re•
mained to the finish almost a better favourite than
the magnificent daughter of Stockwell and Meeanee,

The result was quite in accordance with the betting, for
although Lady Augusta obtained the most hollow victory
ever seen for this event, Tornado was almost first in trouble,
and was beaten so easily that I am sure 141 b would hardly
bring them together. But this was not all. Lord Stam-
ford's second string, Flying Fish, proved herself to be but

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little inferior to Lady Augusta, and numbers now believe
that the little 'un could have won, had Lord Stamford so
desired—a good proof of how correct his lordship was when
he entrusted her with a large stake fo c the Spencer Plate,
which she alone lost by being worn out by the numerous

false starts, which, happily, now that the "fly" races are

abolished, will be of rarer occurrence.
The York Spring Meeting is the great fixture of the
early part of the week, as Salisbury is of the latter, and at
each place there is every appearance of some excellent
sport, for there is sufficient horses in training in each

district to produce well-filled cards. At York there is

also the attraction of the Rawcliffe sale of yearlings, which
brings buyers from all parts of the country. The Craven

Stakes is the first race in the programme, and nine nomi-

nations are affixed to it, and I think the winner will be

Comet. The Knavesmire Plate, for twos and threes, has

a respectable entry, of which Livingstone is decidedly the

best of the three-yr-olds, and Measure-for-Measure,

and Lady Nichol of the two-yr-olds. The starters for the
Great Northern Handicap will in all probability comprise

Piccador, Carbineer, Joey Jones, Haddington, Adven-
turer, Welcome, Queen of Trumps, Prologue, Donny.

brook, Laura, Middlewatch, Physalis colt, Fantail, Man-
fred, and East Lancashire. Of this division Carbineer has

been made a favourite, and no horse can be better. It was

reported last week that he had broken down, but from in-

quiries I have made I find that the horse has not only not
broken down but that he was never better, and those

who have been taking liberties with him will have

to pay dearly to get out. Joey Jcnea will doubt-
less go to get a line for National Guat d; but although he

won at Doncaster very cleverly, the difference of weight and

company will be such as to stop him here. Haddington, at
his original weight, would have had a good chance, but the
penalty, I conceive, will be as fatal to him as to Joey Jones.

Adventurer may be started by his new owner, with a ♦iew

of recovering some of the money dropped on the Metropoli-
tan, but I have no opinion of his chance now. Welcome

will like the course better than he did at Newmarket, but he
is only a very moderate animal. Queen of Trumps goes
fast, but will not get home. Prologut is turned loose, but

she is so horribly bad she cannot be trusted. Donnybrook
is looked on to have an outside Derby chance, and if so he

ought to run in front here. Laura is well in, but not very
fast ; still she is sure to stay, and will heat a great many

more than beat her. The Physalis colt has been amiss
since Newmarket, but if he is all right again he must have

a kind of a chance. for he could scarcely be as bad as his
running inferred him to be.

The race in my opinion is at the mercy of Lord Zet-
land, 'will either CARBINEER or PICC,ICOR, and next to

his lordship's representative I expect to find FANTAIL and

the PHYSALIS COLT. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap

will be a match between GENERAL HEssE and the