The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

RHYMING RlCHARD—Sporting Gazette.

The shifty Blue Mantle is not worth a (w)rap I
To defend such a coward my Muse will not stoop,
No " I spy" he will hear in return for his Hoop;
I own to a sort of half-fancy irrational
In behalf the Guard whose prrenomen is National,
He and Donnybrock stand as conjointly dividers
Of the favour—'tis small—which 1 feel for outsiders;
But I won't have a " cockboat," and so—sink or swim—
Lord Clifden, Queen B,
With AVENGER and BERTHA my vessel I WILL I
Birmingham ,Sporting Gazette.
rell tgtor at Paris you must have a call,
uleileThhaenidlya,nagreer'all that I see;
of st. Vincent is losing his steel,
mantle of honour will ne'er on thee fall;
BluerGoArhrrveeetahn:Degevlet ai
Come, Challoner, give him a taste of your heel;
And Wells is at work before reaching the Stand.
Though the Queen gamely answers each stroke of his wand.
avenge her, Avenge her, defeat is the cry,
As Stamford's bright colours rush gallantly by;
But all is in vain, for the captain's aboard,
And the three by Blue Mantle are hoplessly ft)ored,
As finishing second—one mighty hurrah,
Proclaims that AVENGER, is victor to-day I
NEVER MlSS—Sporting Gazette.
But all in vain, for gamely though
Queen Bertha struggles on,
By the shortest head, just on the post,
LORD STAMFORD'S horse has won I
Tern TWOPENNY WARBLER—Sporting Gazette.
Queen Bertha—well, the Mahon touts all swear that every
sweater
Thatau with Hurricane she takes she shows still better form
d better ;
But, to cut the matter short, my friends, the end of all my
tale is,
That the Leger eighteen-sixty- three will fall to BOREALIS.
TOUCHSTONE—Bra.
We never knew this famed race to present a more open
character, and that it has that aspect is evidenced by the
price offered on the field, a touch longer one than ought to
be if The Ranger and Lord Clifden are all right, seeing
that they have displayed the best form of the whole lot who
have shown in public. We shall stand against the majority
of the favourites, and anticipate the judge's verdict thus—
THE AVENGER, 1; Blue Mantle, 2; National Guard, 3.

STABLE MOUSE—Era.
and then placing them face to face, and toPsY
Putting this and that together, and then pulling 'eta
taupravryt, and head over heels, this is my conviction as to the
result of the St. Leger, that QUEEN BERTHA. and GOLDEN
PLEDGE will be first and second, with Borealis very close
to them.
Sporting News.

The trial of Avenger has really been so good that danger
must be apprehended from Lord Stamford's jacket; never-
theless, we cannot desert QUEEN BEET
mad must retain our confidence through weal
HA., WllO was our
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candidates,e d through a
of the market, we can arrive at no other conclusion than
let us
that the Leger of Wednesday next is confined to Avenger,
Having
carefully
the severalw ei
assign the positions thus :—AVENGER, 1; Queen
Rangerß lue ;
and Mantle, i
n
three Pledge,
to
osecure
Bertha, 2;
The Ranger, 3; with a profound respect for Blue Mantle
also.
FLy-EY-NIGHT— Weekly limes.
Lord Stamford's horse is each day
with the public, and before the 16th inst. will see as short a
price as 3to 1. Jos. Dawson estimates him a 211 b better
animal than when ho was at Ascot, and we saw how ridi-
culously easy his victory there was accomplished, though
he had not had a gallop for a fortnight previous thereto.
The present showery weather is most favourable for his
" poor feet," and from the confidence that is expressed by
all the friends of the stable I feel justified in nominating
AVENGER as the absolute winner next week of the rich priu
of 4,925 sous.

VATICINATOR—Sunday limes.
We have now glanced at the prospects of all the likely
runners, our leaning being towards The Ranger, Avenger,
Golden Pledge, Blue Mantle, and Borealis, and confessing
to a doubt between Mr. Savile's and Lord Stamford's re-
presentatives, we make our choice as follows :—AVENGEIt,
1; The Ranger, 2'.; Golden Pledge, 3.