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

TIMID EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day,

NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.

£5O HANDICAP PLATE.

Stockinger
Aurelian
Twilight
.. 3
Twenty ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.

Almack ! ......1
Principal .......................................... 2
Five ran.
MAIDEN PLATE.

RothEchild
Acrobat filly
.....
Eleven ran. ..... 2
SELLING HANDICAP.

Lady Derby
Damascus

Ten ran.
MATCHES.
No Name beat Black Lily.
Stockwell filly beat Privateer.
SWEEPSTAKES.

Lord Burleigh
Zelle 2

CRITERION STAKES.
Put off till to-morrow on account of fog.
LATEST BETTING.
CAMERIDGESHIRE.
7to 2 agst Limosina (taken)
sto 1 agat Catch'eni Alive (taken)
11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken)
100 to 6 agat Summersids (taken)
25 to 1 agst Port Royal (taken freely)
25 to 1 agst Tolurno (taken)
25 to 1 agat Despair (taken)
33 to 1 agst Bathilde (taken)
40 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken)
50 to 1 agst Woldga (taken)
Birdhill scratched.

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 large 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 niare 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 a
any animal.
The field for the Cambridgeshire will be selected from thq
following :

Yrs st lb
Carnival 3 8 8 ▪
Challoner
Carisbrook .. 4 8 1 .... Boyca
Exchequer .. 47 12 .... J. Adams
Glenorchy ..
3 712 .... Thomas
Victor
5 7 10 .... Grimshaw
Bathilde
Beaman
Hospodar
Watkins
Birdhill
4 7 7 .... Judd
Blue Mantle
Limosina
Polynesia
Antield
Tolurno 4 7 2 .... Doyle
Borealis 3 7 1 Covey
Catch 'em Alive 4 7 0 .... S. Adams
Baldwin
Giraffe colt .... 3 7 0 Nightingall
Port Royal 3 6 13 Crouch
Despair
Blondin
Cairncastle '3 611 ••_Forster
Roman Bee 3 6 10 Taylor
Topsy
Jack of Hearts.. 3 6 8 Mordan
Soapstone ...... 3 6 7 • • Dowling
Turcos
Comet
11,theinia.
•Jebb
Nebula
King Charming 3 6 1 • ... Dixon
Juliet a 6 1 .... Prior
Fantaron
Grand Dame
Mtnzzin
Merry Hart .... 3 5 12 Morris
Sumintrside 3 5 9 Murfet

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 question that he is one of the best,
if not the best, horse of his year. But 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
Sat 1 alb. 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 he has again been sent to the outside division. 1;1:o
chequer is very leniently treated, and ought not to disgr':e7n
himself. Bathilde won • her trial on Saturday b
rocs.
lengths, but she has become a worse favourite
She meets Limosina at a difference of 71bs from
carried last year, which should bring them close
Bellman, Birdhill, Blue Mantle, and Tom I
may help
F°°e;her at they
together.
to swell the field, but that will be all, unless it be Blues
Mantle,
Mantle, who has a fine turn of speed, but
uncer-
tain to trust. Limosina Last year ran
se
She was backed for heaps of money for eorijd for this race.
the Cesare witch, but
of the latter since at
suffered defeat by Lioness. The runqua quality for
n
i
tn
eg
risions for this race,
Kelso adds considerably to her P
and Lord Stamford has every prospectri
wlu aroinft iolnalgna dcfkionsrg. thej
Jack
good
thhi iena gr t thats i
s hheledhas safeby L
beenr P
i
nt
a race of this description, and chance Borealisreci is too small, although
fair
she is well in. Biondin has a from the
very
forward position ho held in the Cesare witch up to the bushes.
os
Catch'em-Alive has been supported for more genuine
money than any other horse ; and as William Day seldom.
makes a mistake in a large handicap, I would strongly ad-
vise an investment to be made on him. The only others
that may trouble the judge are Despair and Summerside,
the former
from his light weight, and the latter from the
forward ho 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
CATC li M.- ALiV.E
LIMOSINA .......................... 2
siThIMELISIDE
The other events to be decided are of no importance.
A FRESH MAN.

CRITERION STAKES,—iII have
paid forfeit but the fol-
l Owing : —lily, Knight ot Snowden, Garotter, Caryophyllus,
Coaslguard, Vauxhall, Fille de l'Air, Beatrix, Pheruy filly,
Linda, Gazza lAdra, Primo Arthur, Autinons, Bristles,
Beadle,
Tomfoolery, Evelina, Guerilla, Battaglia.
CAMBRIDOESIIIRE STAKES.—Hubert was struck cut at
10 30 p.m. Oec. 25.

Since Armagddon 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 hO4
enough of