The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-16 00:00:00

MANHATTAN.

But hold, enough I—if public form
Of winning be the test,
At once with me you'll all agree

LORD CLIFDEN is the best.
If fate should please Lord Clifden's
Success to overrule,
I think the Derby winner
Will prove to be Tom Fool.

SOMNAMBIMUS.

Half-distance is now passed, and at full speed the jockeys

ride,
Lord Clifden, Saccharometer, and Gillie side by side.
Brave Gillie's second by a neck—a glorious sight to see—
LORD CLIFDFN wins the Derby Stakes in Eighteen-sixty-
three.

(From the Era.)
TOUCHSTONE.

To sum up, we like the chances of Ghillie, Hospodar,
King of the Vale, Lord Clifden, Saccharomster, Ranger,
and Maccaroni best, and shall take the liberty of placing
the first three thus :—SACCHAROMETER, 1; Lord Clifden,
2; King of the Vale, 3.
THE STABLE MOUSE.

Here is my return :—Tom Fool., 1; The Gillie, 2;
Lord Clifden, 3.

MUGGINS'S DOG.
My tip is :—littiG ov THE WALE, 1; Tom Fool, 2;
Ranger, 3.

(From the Field)
OBSERVER.

I am induced to believe that the Two Thousand Guineas
winner is destined to preserve his pride of place, and that in
MACARONI, your readers will discover the winner of the
Derby. Next to him I fancy will be discovered Lord
Clifden and Gillie.

(From the Sunday limes.)
VATICINATOR.

It argues, we admit, some temerity to leave out from
one's calculation two prominent favourites like Lord Clifden
and Macaroni, but we must take our chance, and place the
first three thus :—SACCILLROMETER, 1 ; The Gillie, 2 ;
3. In arriving at this conclusion, we
King of the Vale,
must confess to having been much perplexed by the con-
flicting claims of Lord Strathmore's horse and the Wood-
yeate's representative. Should an outsider accomplish the
feat, there is none more likely, in our opinion, than Sca-
mender, who is reported to have been favourably tried
with Fairwater.

(From the Weekly Times.)
FLY-BY-NIGHT.

So many chops and changes have occurred in the betting
on the Derby 'within the last eight and forty hours that I
find it absolutely necessary to materially alter my selection
for that race. The backsliding of the Ranger, National
Guard, and Donnybrook is confirmatory of my opinion
concerning them, but I was hardly prepared for such a
demonstration in favour of the Frenchman. The ground-
work thereof is a reported wonderful trial with Haddington
and Stradella, and if there is any truth in it the horse must
be very dangerous, but this stable is far too critical to trust.
Lord Clifden was very tottery this afternoon at Harpenden,
and certain stentorial lungs offered 6 to I. freely against
him, and I much expect twice that figure will be presently
his quoted price. Baron Rothschild's colt, on the other
hand, showed every symptom of rising in public estima-
tion. After well weighing all these phases of the drama,
I must register my final vote as follows :—KING OF TILE
VALE, 1; Macaroni, 2.

(From the Sporting Life.)
AUGUR.

The fruits of my reasoning are distinct biases in favour
of Tom Fool, Hospodar, Lord Clifden, and King of the
Vale, one of whom, according to my judgment, will win.
Of this quartette the most dangerous ones appear, to my
thinking, H OSPODAR and LORD CLIPDEN. next to whom
I expect to see Tom Fool and King of the Vale.

PINDAR.
Go, G*llie, hide thy wither'd head
In some outlandish bower;
For our bleak Surrey gales, methinks,
Won't suit the silly Flower!
But for thee, SACCHAROXETER,
The prize does Fortune destine ;
And, Hayhoe, thou, with _King of the Pak,
Art deemed the second best in I
A DERBY ENIGMA.
My first as prince 'tween Turk and Russian rules ;
"More know" my second "than" my second " knows,"
My third's well versed in " couchant," " rampant,"
" guise ;"
Who backs all three may pay off all he owes.

(From the Illustrated Sporting News.)
Our impression is that King of the Vale, Macaroni, The
Giilie, Lord Clifden, The Ranger, and Tom Fool, will beat
the field, and thst it will be a race between KING OP THE
VALE and THE GILLIE for first place, and we are inclined
to give priority to Baron Rotbschild's horse.

A,4 BULL" ON TUE BENCH.—A few days since
one of the magistrates at the Council-house, Bristol, ad-
drming a man brought before him who did not appear
under very favourable circumstances, inquired if he were
married. " No," replied the man. " Then," rejoined his
worship, amid peals of laughter from the occupants of the
court, "it's a good thing for your wife,"—Sonterset
Herald.