The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

ri-tE SI I, LONI)uN, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1803.

SPORTING NOTES.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

If London was jubilant last week over the Royal nuptials,
Liverpoel, when I reached it, seemed in a besotted state of
frenzy, and the crowds in the streets at night wore, without
exception, the most brutal and the most obscene ever let
loose from purlieu and kennel. They seemed to have un•
disturbed possession of the highway, and to have blockaded
the respectable inhabitants within doors. Their manner of
doing honour to the auspicious nccasion was to crowd the
girl palaces till half drunk, and then stagger on to the pave-
ment, uttering all things foul and abominable. How diffe-
rent from the great metropolis which I had just quitted.
There, despite the masses which filled the streets, all was
good humour, wil h a keen sense of enjoyment and harmless
chaff. Let others, however, whose more immediate pro.
vines it is, tell us why there should be such a marked differ-
ence in the character of the populations of two such im-
portant cities. Notwithstanding the bad odour attaching
to the Liverpool Steeplechase of recent years, there is no
denying the fact that on the present anniversary it
created a great deal of interest, and even excitement.
Your contemporaries, in condemning the robberies and
l`milkings" connected with the chase, should not forget
that, after all, it still has a place in the affections of the
people, and that last week it produced as beautiful a race
as was ever witnessed, although, of course, the distance
by which Emblem won deprived it of any great excitement
at the finish. Still, gentlemen who love sport for itself,
cannot but regret to see this race degraded year by year
into a medium of speculation for "legs" and sharpers. It
is very singular, however, that the public are annually vic-
timised, andthat they still insist upon throwing their money
into the mat lot, and filling the pockets of a gang of play-
men and 'hell -keepers,' or people with, at all events, no
higher moral tone. I for one must confess that nothing
would give me greater satisfaction than to hear that the
Liverpool Steeplechase was altogether reformed or sup-
pressed, as it stands a blot and a disgrace to British
sport. As for Mr. Topham, he cares not one jot for the
repeated admonitions of the press, and looks with a hare.
dened contempt upon the propositions of those who have
the interest and wellbeing of the sport at heart.
The race of last Wednesday was -no more, a grand
national display than a donkey race on' Blackheath.
I felt that the event had descended to its lowest stage when
such a wretched " hair-trunk" as Real Jam was brought
out as a fit companion for cross-country horses. Taken
altogether, the sport was, with one or two exceptions, ex-
tremely poor, and there was no event likely to have much
influence on the future. On Tuesday old Leontes com-
menced the series of successes which he carried on through
the meeting, and caused a general feeling of irritation
emopg ownerspf horses,, 'inasmuch as he bethe Property of
Mr. William Topham, son of the clerk of the course and
handicepper, and their persistence in running him was a
delicious piece of impudence, and a further evidence of the
disregard paid to general interests at Liverpool. At the
Autumn meeting Mr. Topham, senior's, horse, Gardener,
had it all his own way, and I am at a' loss to conceive what
fresh "crock" Messrs. Topham will get for this next meet-
ing, to keep the handicaps in the family. The allusion's to
these matters were anything but complimentary, and the
jockeys were especially sarcasticipne
,of the light weights
bitterlyremarking that he wondered there was not a "little
Topham or two that they m igh t be their own j ockeys as well as
handicappers I" The Tyro' Stakes gave us the first rattling
finish cf the season, as there were three heads, and only a
neck with the fourth. Mr. Merry's Bonne et Belle was
made a good favourite, and, I am told, greatly disappointed
the stable, as they had tried her at home the best of the
young ones. Lord Zetland was also greatly fancied by
Wadlow's people, who had sent a commission to London to
back him. Hypatia, the winner, is a small speedy filly,
and a sister to Diophantus, but is too small ever to do Lord
Stamford much credit. In the Spring Cup William Day
gave us another taste of the form of his stable, by the suc-
cess of Tolum, who, having won his trial with Manrico,
was backed by "Lord Frederick" for a "lump," and con-
sequently became a great favourite. Bohemia, who has not
grown an inch since last season, never figured in the race,
which caused some illogical disbelievers in the Derby
favourite to ask, " What do you think of Lord Clifden
now ?" They seemed to forget that he was a sluggish
horse, who would have made a race with a donkey, and to
overlook his cantering away from such an unquestionably
good filly as The Orphan at the Epsom Spring meeting.
Bohemia's running bad had a depre-sing effect upon Saccha-
rometer's position, both for the Two Thousand and Derby,
as your readers will not fail to have noticed by his
decline in the betting. In reality it no more affects him
than any other horse in England, except that the layers
fancy that, consequently, Lord Strathmore's stable is out
of form. The Grand National, as usual, brought an immense
concourse of people to Aintree, and at last even those who
pretended to be disgusted with the very name of the race
were roused to a pitch of excitement. Jealousy became a
great favourite at the close, and Mr. Justice, like all young
enthusiasts, walked at her bead as she entered the ring, as
proud as if he were leading a Derby favourite in the pad-
dock at Epsom. His confident expression was almost dis-
spiriting to c nameplate, for old stagers like myself know
how soon his day-dream of victory might be dispelled, and
the £7OO for which he had backed her fell into the hands
of the bookmakers. No mare in England could look better,
although it struck me she had lost a good deal of the quality
she once showed. The race' was very pretty, and when
Emblem was seen to have everything " safe " there was a
roar of satisfaction from those fortunate to be on. When ,
George Stevens brought her" back to weigh he was received
with a burst of cheering which he well, deserves, for it is
well known that he will not do any of the ordinary
dirty work, even for his own stable, and an
owner who wants one " stopped " knows that it is
no use applying in that quarter. With all the rigging in
the market, the "legs" were all sorely discomfited, for the
second and third, as well as the winner, were ridden by
jockeys not to be "squared," and Mr. Goodman, who rode
Arbury, is literally what his name indicates. Jealousy's
ignominious defeat seemed to astound his young owner,
as his mortification was quite painful to witness. Emblem
looked surprisingly small and narrow for such an ordeal,
but to my eye she was the only one of the lot really trained,
for I never saw an animal so literally trained down to bone,
sinew, and muscles. I was fortunatoin having Emblem as
one of my two selected ones in your paper of last Monday
evening, and that I made very little error about The Dane,
is proved by the manner in which he ran at Shrewsbury on
Friday. In a race where so much chicanery existed, I
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though, as I told your readers that, in the face of her per-
formances, I could not see what there was to beat Lord
Coventry's mare, besides recommending Arbury, the second,
to be "held harmless." Death has taken from us one of the
most remarkable men of the sporting world, for a man who,
like John Gully, had fought his way to the position
of Champion of England, been a butcher, a publican, a
member of Parliament, the owner of two winners of the
Derby, and a winner of the Oaks, and made himself almost
a millionaire, must fill the most conspicuous place in Turf
History. Mr. Gully was 80 at the time of his death, and
Lad never sullied his hand or his heart by a dishonourable
act. In Parliament he was, of course, a prominent figure,
but no legislator, and from the effect of late hours upon his
health resigntd after two sessions in the first Reform Par-
liaments. It would fill more space than you could spare,
were I to expatiate upon the career of this very remarkable
man, but his name will ever be mentioned with honour in
the sporting world. He leaves a widow and ten children,
five sons and five daughters, one of whom is the wife of Mr.
Pedley, the owner of Cossack, and a second of Captain
Bastard of the Royal Artillery. One of his sons was
murdered in China, and all the surviving sons are gentle-
men of position and promise, The present week will be
occupied with the Doncaster and Warwick Spring Meet-
ings, but as the first day of the Northern gathering will be
over before this will reach the majority of your readers, my
anticipatory remarks will be confined to Warwick,
Mr. Henry's meeting takes place on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, the programme being very
omi
commensurate. The
I have little doubt the sport will be
The Trial Stakes has a capital entry, the
weights, with penalties and allowances, being as under:--
Yr st lb Yr st lb
Twilight
a 9 4 Le Marechal 3 7 0
promising,
Atherstone
Croagh Patrick 5 9 2 Sea King 3 6 11
Fairwater ....... 5
im 9 2 pt
3 6 11
Atherstone showed
self lest
season to be one of the best
horses in England over this distance, and having tried
Arbury last week, as we saw, satisfactorily, he must now
be in form, and will most likely find his most troublesome
h
one among the old horses, in Twilight.
Neither Le Mare.
chal nor King of Utopia are likely to show, but the 3 yr-
old, Sea King, so kindly recommended to Mr. Arnold for
the City and Suburban by the drunken "helper," may put
in an appearance, but with no chance of defeating Ather-
stone, unless as good as his prophet declared. The Wil-
loughby Handicap has five left in, and if Dulcibella should
be brought' out sbe will win, but if reserved, Loiterer maybe
safely reckoned upon. The Five Furlong Handicap should
fall to Margery or Ellerton. In the Match I prefer Pip to
Paddy from Cork. On Thursday there are seven races,
the chief events being the Great IV arwickshire Handicap
and the Two-Year-Old Stakes. In the last-mentioned
Yates, Starbeam, Whitefield, Lady di Vergy, Coirobra, the
Merry Sunshine's dam filly, Lady Nichol, and Faith, who
have already performed in public, are engaged. Lady Nichol
has incurred 41b penalty for winning 'at Nottingham, but
the three furlongs is so directly suited to her speediness
that I fully anticipate her success. The Debdale Stakes,
for horses that have been regularly hunted, ought to be
won by the best of Wadlow's—Shropshire or Pot Pourri.
The Handicap Plate of £5O I shall award to Hungerf ord or

Ellerton, and the Handicap Hurdle Race to Sinking Fund
or Jacob. Tho Great Was wickshire Handicap has obtained
a moderate acceptance, the following being best in :—Dul-
cibella, Oldminster, Catch-'em- Alive, and Bedouin. What
the intentions of the stables may be I cannot say, but Dul-
cibella and Oldminster are sure to stay the course, and one
of the two may win, with Lord Stamford's mare for choice.
To-morrow I shall be able to speak with more distinct-
ness
on the 'probable result of the Great Warwickshire
Handicap, when I shall at the same time refer to the
e%ents of Friday. PEGASUS.

T ERS A LL'S —l,Asr EVENING.
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
- 14 to 1 ag,t Bi ,ndella (taken)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
15 to 2 agst Gritns;onp (taken)
Bto 1 agst. Kuutsford (Wien)
16 to 1 agst Grisi (taken)
20 to 1 agst Freeholder (takes)
20 to 1 agst Canzonette (taken)
25 to 1 ag,t Lady Evelyn colt (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
20 to 1 agst Gardener (offered)
30 to 1 agst Beachy Head (taken)
33 to 1 agst Alchymist (taken)
33 to 1 agst Oberon (taken) ,
33 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken)
33 to 1 agst Jacqueline (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
18 to 1 agst Stradalla (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
3to 1. agst Hopodar (offered)
9 to s 2 agst Saccharometer (take 5 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken)
11 to 1 agst Michael Scott (takiin)
12 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken)
THE i)ERBY.
6to 1 agst Lord Clilden (taken)
11 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken)
11 to 1 agst Honcoodat (take 12 to 1)
28 to 1 agst Automaton (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Early Purl (taken)
50 to 1 agst Melrose (taken)

DC WASTER SPRING MEETING.-MONDAY.

The Trial Stakes, of 5 soya each, with 30 sovs:adied ;
weight for age; allowances, &c. ; winners extra. The
winner to pay 15 sous towards expenses. T.Y.C.
Mr. Temperley's Wetsail, 4 yrs, Bst 41b .... (Snowden) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Comet, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ' • (Whiteley) 2
Mr. H. Savile's Miranda filly, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (Woodhouse) 3
Mr. T. Parr's Judex," 3 yrs, 6st 91b
Count Lagrange's Semiramis, Est 61b (Hunter) 5
Betting—Even on Semiramis, 7 to 2 agst Wetsail, 4 to 1
agst the Miranda filly, 6 to 1 agst Judea.

Wetsail got away with a lead of three lengths, and he
showed the way to the half-mile post, where he was joined
by the favourite, Judex bringing up the rear. At the bend
the latter came up on the butside, but he died away before
getting to the distance, where Semiramis dropped back,,her
place being taken by Comet, between whom and Wetsail a
splendid race ensued. Opposite the stand the young one
had slightly the best of it, but Wetsail getting up in the
last stride, he won by a head, the Miranda filly finishing
three lengths from the pair. Judex was a bad fourth, and
the favourite last.

The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 soya each, sft, and
only 3if declared, with 100 sous added. Winners extra.
The second to save his stake. The St. Leger Course. 40
subs, 13 of whom having declared, &C., pay 3 sous. each.
Mr. Temperley's Joey Jones, 5 yrs, 7st "lb (Snowden) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Soothsayer, aged, 6st 61b (Morris) 2
Mr. Fob art's Upperhand, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (Doyle) 3
Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st .21b (includ. 61b extra)
(Whiteley) 4
The following also ran :—The Lawyer, The Monk, Amy,
Little Dick, Bernice, Fontenoy, Dirt Cheap, Devotee,
Sledmere, Picco, and Jenny Wren.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Joey Jones, 6to 1 agst Amy, 7to I
agst The Lawyer, 8 to 1 each agst Upperhand, The Monk,
and Fontenoy, 10 to 1 aget Soothsayer, 100 to 8 agst any
9ther.

Directly the flag descended Joey Jones went to the fore,
and attended by Picco, Soothsayer, and Sledmere, he made
the running up the back of the course, Bernice, Upperhand,
Dirt Cheap, and Flytrap heading the others, who were
whipped in by The Lawyer, Devotee, and Amy. Ascend-
ing the rise, Jenny Wren, taking a wide line to herself,
joined the leading division, and at the top of the hill she,
with Bernice, went to the front, but, dying away again
along the woodside, Fontenoy came through and took a
place next to Bernice ; the next lot, consisting of Joey Jones,
Upperhand, Soothsayer, Flytrap, and The Lawyer, the
last named of whom got nearer as they approached the Red
House, where Fontenoy held the lead. Before coming to
the bend Joey Jones resumed the command, The Lawyer
following second into the straight, and then giving way to
Soothsayer and Upperhand, the remainder presenting a
lengthened tail. At the distance the favourite had all safe,
and he won in a canter by two lengths from Soothsayer,
Upperhand coming home two lengths behind the pair.
Flytrap tinishJel a bad fourth, and then came Fontenoy,
Bernice, Devotee, Picco, and The Lawyer in the order
named, the last consisting of limy, The Monk, and Jenny
Wren.

The hopeful Stakes, of 5 sow each, with 100 added by the
Corporation of Doncaster, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b;
fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; winners extra; the second
to receive 20 soya out of the stakes. Hopeful Course
(about 5 furlongs), 16 subs.
Captain Rennie's Starbeam, Bst 71b (Reeves) 1
Mr. Drummond's Area colt, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Orme's Sabra colt, Bst IClb (French) 3
Mr. John Osborne's Lord Adolphus, Bst 101 b
(J. Osborne) 4
The following also ran :--Daniel, Langholm, and Tib
Tacket filly.

Betting-2 to 1 agst the Area filly, 3to 1 agst the Sabra
colt, 4 to 1 agst Starbeam, 6 to 1 agst Lord Adolphus.
Starbeam, closely followed by Lord Adolphus, the Sabra
colt, and the Area filly, made the running up to the turn,
when Lord Adolphus gave way to the Sabra colt and the
favourite, who got on nearly equal terms with the leader
before coining to the distance. Starbeam, however, drew
away again at the stand, and won cleverly by a length, a
neck separating the second and third. Lord Adolphus was
a bad fourth, Daniel fifth, Langholm sixth, and the Tib
Tacket filly last.

The Londesborough Plate of £5O, winners extra. Red

House in.
Mr. Gilby's Adventurer, 4 yrs (Noble) 1
Lord Bateman's Peignoir, 4 yrs, (including 71b extra)
(Fordham) 2
Mr. H. Savile's Miranda filly, 3 yrs (Woodhouse) 3
Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fov, 4 yrs (Metcalf) 4
Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs
Mr. Draper's Ripley, 3 yrs . (Gurry) 0
Betting—Even on Adventurer, 3 to 1 agst Peignoir, S to
1 agst the Miranda filly, 7 to 1 agst Churchman, 8 to 1
agst Charles Fox.

The favourite got the best of a straggling start, and,
attended by Charles Pox and Peignoir, he made the
running to the turn into the straight, where the Miranda
filly, who got badly off, joined the leading trio. At the
distance Charles Fox dropped behind Peignoir, who failed
to reach Adventurer, the latter winning easily by two
lengths. Four lengths separated Peignoir from the Mi-
randa filly, at the girths of whom finished Charles Fox and
Churchman, but Ripley, who was beaten a long way, did
not pass the post.

RUGBY HUNT AND GRAND MILITARY
STEEPLECHASES—MONDAY.
The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 sous, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; 12st
each ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; second to save
his stake and receive 20 soya. Three miles. 26 subs.
Rifleman, 12st 101 b.... (Mr. Riddell) 1
Justice's Jealousy, aged, 13st (inc. 141 b extra)
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Mr. Featherstonhaugh's Windsor, 12st
CaptainMatchll) 2
. . (Owner) 3
The following also :an:—Cannibal, My Mary, Emily,
Glenatros, Redwing, Inkerman, Prank, Doubtful, The
Nabob, Hazard, and Eishaw.
Betting---5 to 4 agst Jealousy, 6to 1 each agst Hazard,
Cannibal, and Windsor, 9 to 1 agst any other. Won easily
by three lengths; a bad third; Elshaw was fourth,
Hazard fifth, Redwing sixth, and Doubtful seventh.
The Rugby Hunt Cup, value 50 sous, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 6 soya each ; weight for age; winners extra.
About three miles.
The Hon. N. North's Antelope, aged, 13st.. (Mr. James) 1
Mr. H. F. Chichester's Bridesmaid, h b, aged, 13st
(Owner) 2
Mr. Arding ns b g Jacques, aged, 135 t.... (Mr. Parker) 3
The following also ran :—Rattlebone, St. George, St.
James, and The Doctor.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Antelop©, 7to 2 agst Jacques, sto 1
agst any other. Won easily by six lengths; a bad third.
The Open Steeplechase (Handicap), of 10 soya each, with
30 added ; winners extra. About four miles.
Mr. B. Land's Deceiver, lOst 131 b ..... . (B. Land, jun.) 1
Mr. Briscoe's Yaller Gal, llst 7113 ....... (Mr. Dixon) 2
Mr. Handley's Doubtful, lOst 7113 .. .
........ (C. Boyce) 3
The following also ran :—Heads or Tails, Light of Other
Days, Countess, and Ben Lomond,
Betting-7 to 4 agst Yeller Gal, sto 2 agst Deceiver, 3to
I agst Light of Other Days, 9 to 1 agst Heads or Tails, 7 to
1 agst Doubtful, and Bto 1 agst Countess. Won easily by
six lengths ; a bad third ; Heads or Tails was fourth; and
the others did not pass the post,
The Veteran Stakes of 10 sous each ; 12st each; gentlemen
riders ; winners extra. Military steeplechase course.
20 subs.
Mr.Duffield's Bounce, 13st 71b (inc. 141 b extra) (Owner) 1
Mr. Handley's
A A.
Tommy,l2ut 7113 .... (Captain Beverley) 2
iur. Lady of La Garaye, 12st 71b
Parka
The
(Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Tuscarora, Antelope, The
Monmouthshire, and Dice-box.
1
Butting-7to 4 agst Bounce, 5 to 2 agst the Monmouth-
shire,st o 1
any
other. Won easily by ten lengths; a bad
third,