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 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 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 Cambridgeshire will be selected from the
following :

Yrs st lb
Carnival 3 8 8 .... Challoner
Carisbrook .. 4 8 1 .... Boyce
Exchequer 4 7 12 .... J. Adams
Glenorchy 3 712 .... Thomas
Victor
Bathilde
Bellman 5 7 10 .... Reeves
Hospodar
Birdhill
Blue Mantle
Limosina .. 4 7 3 .... Edwards
Polynesia
Anfield
Tolurno 4 7 2 .... Doyle
Borealis 3 7 1 .... Covey
Catch 'em Alive 4 7 0
.... S. Adams
Bald win
Ncriogulicthingall
Giraffe colt .... 3 7 0 ....
Port Royal .... 3 6 13
....
Despair....,,.. 4 613 .... . Gri Blondin ........ 3 Gl2 .... Cannon
o
Cairncastle
T 0....
Roman Bee
psy ........ 3 6 9 ...
Jack of Hearts.. 3 6 8 .. , Mor dan
Soapstone ...... 3 6 7 .. :. Dowling
Turcos ........ 3 6 7 .... Wheatley
Bohemia
Comet
.• Jebb
Nebula
. . .
„„ .. Brewty
King Charming 3 6 1
.... Dixon
Juliet
1 .... Prior
Fanfaron
Grand Dame
Muezzin
Merry Hart ••
3 5 12 •
.... Morris
Summerside
Carnival, after his defeat of Clarissimus, has been backed
t:r 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 81b, 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. Gamma came with a rush
into the market last week, which caused Limosina to de-
cline a point or two, bat the demonstration was short lived.,
as he has again been sent to the outside division.
disgrace
di'grten
chequer is very leniently treated, and ought not to s
himself. Bathildo won her trial on Saturday Nerin__.
lengths, but she has become a worse favourite evheart ee
they
She meets Limosina at a difference of 71bs from
help
carried last year, which should bring them close
Bellman, Birdhill, Blue Mantle, and Tow F°
it be Blue
to swell the field, but that will bo all, unless,:•very Mantle, who has a fine turn of speed, 'l°
but
for this race.
uncer-
tain to trust. Limosina last year ran
theso
Cesarewitch, but
elgyether.
She was backed for heaps of money for
of the latter since at
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Lions for this race,
waiting for. Jack of
prospectpretensions
of landing the good
7.''olumo lacks quality for
and Lord Stamford has every,
o_
s ° patiently
r chance from the very
Borealis is too small, although
thing that he has been
Hearts is held safe by Limosina.
d n has a
a race of this description,i an
she is well in. Blon .
, supported for Moro genuine.
Catch'em-Alive has been supported forward position he held in the Cesarewitch up to the bushes
and as William
a large handicap, I would strongly ad-
money than any
.other horse , Day seldom
makes a mistake in _ . .
The only others
investment to be made on hitii.
vise an
trouble the judge are Despair and Summerside,
his light weight, and the latter from the
.
the former fro
in the '
he maintained Cesarewitch for the last mile
forward
that may
ai
and a
half. Raving 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
CATCIPEM-ALiVE
LIMOSINA .. 2
SUMMELLSID
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The other events to be decided are of no importance.
A FRESH MAN,

CRITEItION STAKES,—AII have paid forfeit but the fol-
-I°winfi" —Ely, linightof Snowden, Garotter, Caryophyllus,
Coastguard, Vauxhall, Fißo de I'Air, Beatrix, Phemy filly.
Linda, Gazza Ladra, Prince Arthur, Antinous, Bristles,
Beadle, Tomfoolery, Evelina, Guerilla, Battaglia.
CA,MBRIDGESIIIRB STALES.--Hubert was struck out at
10 30 p.m. Oct. 25.

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