The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-05 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

Now that the Derby is decided, and the horse that I
selected four weeks ago has won, it becomes my duty to
take a glance at the doings connected with some of the
horses that wore favourites, but took no part in the race.
First, there was the great trial before the Two Thousand
between Liddington, Zambesi, and Wild Charley, in which
the latter won ; and then there was the sensation scratch-
ingof thoformer, who was reported to have gotan attack of
measles. Mr. Merry was deservedly applauded by nearly all
the sporting writers as an honourable man. Then, again,
there was the striking out of Zambesi, when he found
that the horse had no chance, which made him a
more honourable man. But the groat sensation was the
reported scratching of Wild Charley, who, it was said, was
131bs. bettor than Zambesi, which proved to be un-
founded. Nevertheless, it turned out that the horse was
sneezing on the day of the race, but that those of the public
who had backed him would have a run for their money.
Of course, they did get a run ; but on reaching Tottenham
Corner, Edwards found that the horse had only got three
legs, and stopped him to lot the Frenchman through. Who
ever hoard of a horse with three legs running for the
Derby? Of course, Mr. Merry, MX. for the Falkirk
burghs, being an honourable man, wanted the public to
judge for themselves. The next sensation was Kangaroo,
who was suddenly seized with tic doloreux while running
in the Two Thousand, and had to be taken on a stretcher
to the hospital by four policemen of the A division. Next
came The Duke, who was reported to have swallowed one
of the stable boy's fustian jackets, which was put in his
manger amongst some hay by mistake. As a matter of
course, he also had to bo invalided, as, in getting the jacket
out of his mouth, part of one of the sleeves stuck in his throat,
and caused glanders. The young Marquis of Hastings was
very irritated when he was made aware of the mishap to
his horse ; and, being an honourable man, ho immediately
put the pen through his name. Then, there were Mr.
Chaplin's two sensation horses, Breadalbane and Brownie-
law—the former suckled by a cart horse, perhaps milked
by the public would be a better word. They both started,
and the latter boat the much-vaunted Breadalbane easily
in their places. Of course, Mr. Chaplin also is au honour-
able man. But the greatest sensation horse of all was
Chattanooga. Last year his performances were as good as
any two year-old that ran. In the Criterion Stakes,
although Gladiateur carried a penalty of Gibs., he gave him
a good 101 b. beating. He was throughoutthe winterbackiLt
at a very short price both for the Two Thousand and the
Derby, but there were very suspicious rumours' that he
would not start for either race. Accordingly, he was
knocked to all sorts of prices for the Two Thousand ; awl
after the operators had got the last penny out of him, Mr.
Naylor, being a highly honourable man, on the
morning of the race, put the pen through Chat-and-no-
go. The same game that was played with him for the
Two Thousand was again adopted with him for the
Derby ; but, as said before, Mr. Naylor, being a highly
honourable man, resolved this time to hold a coroner's
inquest ovorthe horse, and got Admiral Rous to act as coro-
ner, who, after a long and careful investigation, it is reported,
returned the following verdict :—" That the horse, having
had a long and serious attack of typhus fever, better known
amongst sporting men as metallic fever, he would strongly
advise Mr. Naylor to strike him out of the Derby, as ho did
not think in his present weak condition he would be able to
'undergo another operation, as it might prove fatal to
him." Accordingly, the pen was put through his name
on the Sunday night before the race, there being
not another single shilling to be got out of him. Whether
it was the owners, trainers, bookmakers, welchers, or
jockeys that had been operating, I do not care to in-
quire, but will conclude my remarks with a quotation
from "Julius Ceasar," in the celebrated oration of Mare
Antony over the dead body of Ceases :

" For Brutus was an honourable man.
So are they all, all honourable men."

It is to bo hoped that all owners and trainers will act as
honourably as the abovenamed nobleman and gentlemeu,
when they find their horses have gone amiss.
Those who wish to invest on the small meetings to bo
hold this week had better see the horses' numbers go up.
A FRESH MAN.