The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-24 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The Warwick Meeting would have been a great success
if it had net been f.r the miserable state of the weather.
The Trial Stakes brought out five competitors, and resulted
in an easy victory for Catnerino, Aurelian being second,
and Cosmopolite third. Blackcock's running does not say
much for Ensign's chance for the Derby, as he leads him
his gallops. Audrey was backward in preparation. The
Selling Stakes, which resulted in favour of Queen Eliza-
beth, showed that she had improved very little since last
year, as Southerly Wind ran her to a head. Those behind
the pair were a wretched looking lot, with the exception of
The Temple, who, however, showed little pretensions to
race, though a good goer. In the Handicap, on the six
furlong course, Loid of the Manor astonished everybody
by the ease with which he beat Ellerton and Abron,
giving to the former 201 b, and to Abron 2ulb.
The Willoughby Handicap brought to the post only five of
the eleven acceptors, and the three-year-old Warminster,
in the hands of Fordham, accomplished an easy victory over
Loiterer, Prince Imperial, Romeo, and Vesper, ridden by
Corinthians. In the Stand Handicap, the easy success of
Necromancer and the excellent form he was brought to the
post in, gave a foretaste of what Lord St. Vincent's new
trainer, Edwin Parr, can do. The five hunters which con-
tested the Farmers' Plate were a very so-so looking party,
with the exception of the winner, Mr. Gulliver's Grace
Darling, a half-bred of the celebrated Combat family,
who, being also the best trained, won easily.
On the second day the weather was bright and warm,
and the attendance good, both in numbers and quality.
With regard to the Great Warwickshire Handicap,
"Augur," of the Sporting Life, very justly remarks :
" The Great Warwickshire Handicap was a surprise to the
general public, although Loiterer started first favourite, for
Pagoda had been tried at the weights with the winner prior
to leaving Newmarket, and found the best. Pagoda was,
however, sent to the course, where he was paraded round
the enclosure for upwards of an hour, but struck out at
2.30' (the handicap was set for three o'clock), on the old
plea that the owner had been forestalled,' and that there
was not 'one penny on.' " I really must confess my extreme
surprise, after what we saw at Liverpool last week, and the
indignation thereby created in the public mind, that a
nobleman in the Lord of Enville's exalted position should
condescend to adopt such a course as to refuse to al-
low his animal to go to the post, because ' the public' were
on. Mr. Bennett had two horses in the Grand Na-
tional, and withdrew one, but the Stamford stable had no
other representative in the race at Warwick. Admitting at
once that Pagoda was not used, as any of the Liverpool
animals were, to get money out of,' yet I think it must,
on the other hand, be deemed entirely beneath the dignity
of a nobleman who carries in his veins the bluest blood of
Northern Earls' to scratch his horses simply from the
public having been somewhat premature in investing."
Loiterer had no difficulty in disposing of the remaining
lot who faced the starter, although the performance
of one or two who took part in the race
was fraught with great suspicion. Pagoda ought
to be watched for the Chester Cup. The Two-Year-Old
Stakes was a mere repetition of the Little John Stakes at
Nottingtom, with the exception that Lord Stamford's horse
being "riper" began better, when the race was at once
over, as Marmion, who hung back when the flag fell, was
only able to make up his leeway in time to obtain the barren
honour of second place; Rapture and Wax both got badly
off. The Walton Handicap was won easily by Ellerton
from Sagittarius and six others; and the Fifty Sovs. Han-
dicap Plate fell to Lord of the Manor by a head. Ariadne
ran the rank jade she has over and over again proved herself
to be, notwithstanding which her owner, unlike Theseus,
sticks to her on every occasion with the fondness of a first
love. The uncertainty attending racing in mud was exem-
plified by Dominie Sampson, a mere weed, who had pre-
viously performed in the Hurdle Race, beating Ariadne,
and running Lord of the Manor to a head ; a performance,
if true, that would cause him to rank with the best " speed"
of the day, Opposed by such a moderate pair as Vesper
and Watersprite, Ariadne But sequently carried off the Wel-
ter Stakes, and the Debdale having fallen to Shropshire,
the curtain fell upon the legitimate portion of the Warwick
amusements.

The Grand Annual Steeplechase brought to the post a
field of nine, but was run at such a wretched pace that
Levity, a mere pony, scarcely 16 hands high, turned up the
winner, despite her being opposed to some of the crack
steeplechase horses of the day, including Bridegroom, who
had again the misfortune of being only able to secure
second honours. Mr. Perry has kindly consented to act as
treasurer for the fund now raising on behalf o.f the
' mother, brothers, and sisters of the unfortunate jockey
Wynne, who lost his life while riding O'Connell for the
Grand National Steeplechase. Although there ere queer
doings with regard to the above race, I have no doutt that
all true lovers of our national pastimes will lend a helping
hand to the distressed relatives of this unfortunate jockey.
As the legitimate racing season commences on the Ist
pros. at Northampton, it is only a waste of time to take any
notice of the events to be decided this week at Birmingham
and Shrewsbury. My advice is to let them alone, as neither
of them are worth offering an opinion upon.
With regard to the Northamptonshire Stakes my present
opinion is that Prince Plausible is only a market horse, and
the sooner those who have backed him get out of their in-
vestments the better, and if they put them on the selected
of Osborne's, either B.apparee or Moorcock, they will have
no reason to regret doing so in the opinion of
A FRESHMAN.