The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-26 00:00:00

SPORTING .NOTES,

The Newmarket Houghton Meeting, which finishes the
racing on the Heath for the present year, commences to-
day. The all-important event to be decided is the Cam-
bridgeshire. Several of the horses engaged have been very
steady in the market during the last few days, more espe-
cially Limosina, Catch'em Alive, and Carnival, while
others have fluctuated considerably. A great number of
horses having appeared in the quotations at various times,
no doubt there will be a very largo field. Prior, however,
to considering it at full length, I would fain revert to the
ungenerous and unjust remarks which have been made
against the owner of Lioness and his respectable trainer, in
reference to the Cesarewitch. If there is one single stable
that commands more than another the confidence of the
racing world, it is that of Mr. Merry, who
runs his horses
in the good old-fashioned style practised by Lord Derby,
Lord Glasgow, Lord Portsmouth, and General Peel.
Rarely, if ever, are complaints made about his being fore-
stalled in the market, nor is a jockey with a doubtful re.
putation ever permitted to ride his horses. Of their train-
ing it is needless to say one word, for the Calendar at the
close of every season is the finest advertisement that Mr.
Dawson can require. To accuse him and his employer of
having pulled the strings, and run the mare when unfit,
to blind the handicapper, is unfair in the extreme ; because
it was notorious in the district in which she was prepared
that she had been lame "all round" in the early part of the
season, and, moreover, had been fired, the marks of which
will never be obliterated. It was, therefore, a question
whether she might not have broken down in the races in
which she ran at Reading and York. So that, if by
superior treatment, Mat Dawson was enabled to get her
right, the circumstance was the more creditable to him, and
takes off any blame that might be attached to the handi-
capper, who ought not to be mortified at the success of
any animal.

The field for the Cambrilgeshire will bo selected from tho
following :

Yrs st lb
Carnival ........ 3 8 8 .... Challoner
Cariebrook .4 8 1 .... Boyce
Exchequer ...... 4 7 12 J. Adams
Glenorchy ...... 3 7 12 Thomas
Victor ........ 3 7 12 Fordharn
Bathilde ...... 5 7 10 .... Grimshaw
Bellman ........ 5 7 10 .... Reeves
Hospodar ...... 3 7 7 .... Watkins
Birdhill 4 7 7 .... Judd
Blue Mantle 37 5 Daley
Linaosina . 4 7 3 .... Edwards
Polynesia 4 7 3•• Martin
Anfield 3 7 2 .... French
Tolurno 4 7 2 .... Doyle
Borealis 3 7 1 Covey
Catch 'on Alive 4 7 0 .... S. Adams
Bald win 3 7 0 ..• Gray
Giraffe colt 3 7 0 Nightingall
Port Royal .. . ... 3 6 13 Crouch
Despair
Blondin 3 6 12 .... Cannon
Cairnc.stle ••3 611 Forster
Roman Bee
Topsy -
Jack of Hearts 3 6 8 .... Mordan.
Soapstone
Turcos
Comet
Bohemia
Nebula
Dixonor
c
3 6 2 .... Brewty
Bing Charming 3 a
Prior
F ron
Grand Dame 3 6 0 .... Carroll
Mutzzin
3 5 12 Morris
Merry Hart
Murfet Summerside

Carnival, after his defeat of Clarissimus, has been backed
for large sums, as little as 11 and 10 to 1 being taken about
him. There can be no queFtion that he is one of the be,t,

not the best, horse of his year. Bat it would be too
much to expect him to win with such a steadying weight
as Bst Sib, although Saunterer ran third to Odd Trick with
Bst 121 b. Carisbrook, if in anything like the form he showed
last year at Ascot, when he won the Prince of Wales
Stakes and the Fourth Biennial Stakes, ought to run well,
as the hill will just suit him. Gemma came with a rush
into the market last week, which caused Limosina to de-
cline a point or two, but the demonstration was short lived,
as ho has again been sent to the outside division. Ex-
chequer is very leniently treated, and ought not to disgrace
himself. Bathilde won her trial on Saturday by ten
lengths, but she has become a worse favourite ever since.
She meets Limosina at a difference of 7lbs fr6m what they
carried last year, which should bring them close together.
Bellman, Birdhill, Blue Mantle, and Tom Fool may help
to swell the field, hut that will be all, unless it be Blue
Mantle, who has a fine turn of speed, but is very uncer-
tain to trust. Limosina last year ran second for this race.
She was backed for heaps of money for the Cesarewitch, but
suffered defeat by Lioness. The running of the latter since at
Kelso adds considerably to her pretensions for this race,
and Lord Stamford has every prospect of landing the good
thing that he has been so patiently waiting for. Jack of
Hearts is held safe by Limosina. Tolurno lacks quality for
a race of this description, and Borealis is too small, although
she is well in. Blondin has a fair chance from the very
forward position he held in the Cesarewitch up to the bu.hes.
Catch'em-Alive has been supported for more genuine
money than any other horse ; and as William Day seld(,m
makes a mistake in a large handicap, I would strongly ad-
vise an investment to be made on him. The only others
that
the m
mer fay trouble the judge are Despair and Sumtnerside,
forrom his light weight, and the latter from tlie
forward he maintained in the Cesarewitch for the last mile
and a half Having stated my opinion of the different
horses likely to take part in the race, I shall now attempt to
forestall the Judge's decision by placing
CATCH'EbI.ALIVE
LIMOSINA
2
SUMMEUSIDE 3
The other events to be decided are of no importance.

A FRESH MAR.

CRITERION STAKES,—AII have paid forfeit but the fol-
lowing : —Ely, Knightof Snowden, Garotter, Caryophyllus,
Coastguard, Vauxhall, Fille de l'Air, Beatrix, Phemy filly.
Linda, Gazza Ladra, Prin(;e Arthur, Antinous, Bristles,
Beadle, Tomfoolery, Evelina, Guerilla, Battaglia.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.—Hubert was struck out at
10 30 p.m. Oct. 25.

TATTERSALLS'-SATURDAY,

CRITERION STAKES.
6to 4 agst Coast Guard (taken)
4to 1 agst Ely taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

4to 1 agst Limosina (taken and offered)
11 to 2 agst Catch-'em Alive (take 6 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Carnival (take 12 to 1)
15 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Summerside (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered)
25 to 1 agst Borealis (offered)
30 to 1 agst Despair (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Birdhill (offered)
33 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (offered)
33 to 1 agst Tolurno (offered)
33 to 1 agst Giraffe colt (off.)
40 to 1 agst Comet (taken)
40 to 1 agst Cairncastle (offered)
40 to 1 agst Woldga (offered)
40 to 1 agst.
(taken and offered)
(offered) 1)
Muezzin Hubert (offered))
40 to 1 agst Grand
40 to 1 agst 0„.,
Polynesia (off.)
50 to 1 agst
50 to 1 agst Bobilde (I
66 to 1 agst HosPodar (off.)
1000 to 15 agst Getnina (off.)
2000 to 25 agst 13elluian (t-tken)
1000 to 12 agst Merry Hart (taken)

CITY BETTING-SATURDAY.
4to 1 agnt Liniosina (offered, take 9to 2)
sto 1 agat Cal ch-'ent Alive (taken)
11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken)
16 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agat Suunnerside (offered)
25 to 1 apt port Royal (offered)
25 to 1 aga Borealis (taken)
30 to 1 agat Tolurno (taken)
30 to 1 agst Bathilde (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst Comet (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Despair (taken)
40 to 1 agat Muezzin (taken)
50 to 1 agst Hospodar (taken)
50 to 1 agat Wolga (taken)
100 to 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken and nffered)

Since Armageddon appears to be such a
dangerous place, it can scarcely be a compliment to the
French Emperor to play the air " Partant pour la Syrie"
when he appears in public. To do so would indeed almost
amount to a hint that a loyal and devoted people had ha
enough of him.