The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

THEW ',SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, EVE NINO, MAY -13, :a 1862.

SPORTING, 17 0 T:i3S.

Business done

THE CHESTER CUP.

1021

age at lb
Stampede
• -

Caller Ou

Butterfly

Fairwater

1021
1513 i 4

Chere Arnie
Wild Rose

Henham Lass .... 4 7 13

Royallieu
•Springwell
•Vancouver
Simla 5 7 11

Zodiac
Prince of Denmark a ' 7 5

*Reindeer
_5

TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY.

CHESTER. cur.
7to 1 agst Silkstone (taken)
Bto 1 agst Stampedo (taken)
Bto 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
10 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken)
10 to 1 agst Zodiac (taken)
100 to 7 agst Wild Rose (taken)
14 to 1 agst Caractacus (taken)
14 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (offered)
15 to 1 agst Brighton (taken)
50 to 1 Sappho (taken)

CITY BETTING-THIS DAY.

As stated yesterday, I now resume my remarks on the
above race. The field will h 3 mere rmmerous than last
year, but scarcely half the numter will face the starter than
did when Joe Miller won it. The field will be selected
from the following:—

age at lb
Tim Whiffler
C by Wild Doyrell
—Vest
Caractacus 3 6 8
Sappho
Silkstone
Hadji Stavros
*Dalesman
Victrix
Brighton ..
F by Longbow out
of Sis. to Stafford 3 6 0
Agag .. 3 6 0
Jung Frau .. 3 6 0

•Astarte 4 6 12.
Those I have thus (0) marked I consider to be doubtful
starters, so the field will number about five and twenty—
some people who pretend to "know all about it," say there
won't be more than a dozen—the majority of which have
already been in public this year without attaining any very
distinguished success, the names of S!ampedo and Brighton
being alone enrolled among the list of winners. The former
showed himself to be a thoroughly good horse by the style
in which he won the Northamptonshire Stakes, but the
101 b penalty he thereby incurred will, I fear, prove fatal to
his chance here. Caller Ou I look upon as the best of the
heavy weights, and is almost sure to get a place. Fair-
water is now the very picture of condition, and as her
running both for the Oaks and the Ascot Cup displayed
first-rate staying qualities, I have no doubt of her
getting the distance ; but that she can quite give
the weight she has to do to some of the three-
year-olds is somewhat questionable. Chere Amie,
when unable to carry Mr. Naylor's colours to the
fore last year, with such a light impost as 6st 81b, will
hardly do so now that she will have to carry Bst lb. Wild
Rose has been backed for what is termed " good money,"
and were she really sound and returned to her old form,
there would be no occasion to look beyond her for the nil),
nor. Henham Lass, it is rumoured, will certainly run,
and that she is improved so much there is now every pro-
bability of her doing the " good thing" she failed to do for
the Cambridgeshire. Her backers on that occasion have,
however, a too vivid recollection of the inglorious figure
she cut on a short c:urse to now trust her on a longer one.
Springwell was infirm last year, and I have heard nothing
of him this to warrant the expectation of seeing him at the
post. Royallieu can only have a very remote chance, if
we saw the best of him in the Derby Trial Stakes. Van-
couver won't like the distance. Simla's running
in the Metropolitan last year was good until she
fell lame, which !necessitated her being thrown up for the
remainder of the season. Her weight is favourable,
but though I believe she is now sound, I have little
confidence in anything having the character of " a leg'
round such a tortuous course. Zodiac has been a "hot
'un" in the market for a long time, money being " heaped
on" him to no end, which is scarcely warranted by his
running hitherto, as on two or three occasions last year,
when also trusted with a " lump," he showed the " white
feather" so nnmistakably that I should be loath to trust
him in so severe a contest as this is likely to be, bearing
in mind how he was beaten at Derby by the two moderate
horses, Jingling Johnny and Coronet. The excuse may
certainly be made for him that he previously ran a
severe race, in which he beat Caller Ou and Sawcutter,
a feather in his cap, no doubt, were he not in receipt of
considerable weight from both. It must then be, upon
what he can now do, not upon what he has done, his owner
builds his hopes ; but unless the " course is cleared" for
him, which some people believe to be the case, I have
no expectation of seeing him pull through. nine°
of Denmark is boo slow to enable Mr. Barber to carry off
the Cup, for the second time in succession. The " Eme -
raider" Reindeer showed some speed as a two-year-old, after
which the dicky state of his legs required rest. Being a
Mountain Deer, I doubt his staying. Astarte has not had
time to improve much since her change of quarters. The
Vest colt ran well at Epsom, and as he is better on sound
ground than in dirt, he is bound to be forward. The re-
cent performance of Duke Rollo makes Caractacus only
moderate, if his running in the Biennial was correct.
Sappho, if recovered from her late slight illness, will take
some beating. Hadji Stavros will represent the French
division, who are always dangerous when they put the
coppers down. Silkstone has been highly tried with
Elcho, and her clever party seldom make a
mistake over large handicaps. She performed well
last year, and as public [form is the best guide, I shall
pin my faith to her on the present occasion. Dalesman is
rumoured to be a good horse, but though nibbled at for
both this race and the Derby, the market, at the time of
my writing, has given no sign of his allowing the public to
judge of his abilities in the grand contest on the Roodee.
Victrix was once fancied a little, but now seems out of
favour, from which it is only reasonable to infer that Rap-
paree has given her the eetip de graee at home. Brighton
ran a fair horse in the Metropolitan, and was well up in the
Two Thousand, which if not a false run race, ought to give
him a great chance here. As only one horse can win, it is
no use selecting a dozen, and then claiming the winner, as
some of the sporting writers do ; therefore I shall stand or
tall with

SILKSTONE,
as the winner of the Chester Cup. The VEST COLT I ex.
pect to sea second, and WILD ROSE third.
A FRESH MAN,

Wild Rose and Stampedo are very firm at their respec-
tive quotations. Fairwater is not so firm, but Wild Rose
looks like seeing a shorter price. The following is the
business done :

CHESTER OUT.
7to 1 agst Silkstone (taken)
7to 1 aget Stamped° (take 8 freely)
Bto 1 agst Fairwater (offered)
9to 1 agst Vest colt (taken)
10 to 1 agst Zodiac (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken)
12 to 1 agst Caractacus (taken)
12 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken and offered)
15 to 1 agst Brighton (taken)
20 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark (taken)
20 to 1 agst Simla (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken)
33 to 1 agst Tim Whiffler (taken)
50 to 1 agst Sappho (offered)

THIRD EDITION.

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