The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-12 00:00:00

HARLOCK.

The string originally amounted to eight, three of whom
(the MAJOR, commented on in No. 365 of these Notes ;
b c NUTHOOIC, by Nutwith out of Toga ; and b c HusK,
by Nutwith out of Elegance) have been disposed of at
very low figures, on account of their inferior quality ;
and the Hersey colt, nominated by Col. Peel, purchased
at the sale of that gentleman's stud in August, 1851, for
170 guineas, added, making the number in training at
the present time six.

The br c NUTPEOBER, by Nutwith out of Amina ; ch c
COBNUT, by Nutwith out of Glenara, ; b c HAZLENUT,
by Nutwith out of Macremma ; b g WALNUT, by Nut-
with out of Silistria ; and b c by Orlando out of Hersey,
have, one and all, not the ghost of a chance of winning
the Derby. The whole batch have got plenty of work
out out for them in the Craven and First Spring Meet-
ings at home without taking into consideration the
Epsom affair.

The three-years-old pick of the stable, b c FILBERT, by
Nutwith oat of Celia, has hitherto been destined to the
same fate as his stable companion Ambrose—that of ever
being near the first position, but never occupying it. He
made his first appearance in the betting on the Monday
in the last Second October Meeting at Newmarket, when
he was backed' by his owner at 30 to 1 in thousands, and
in the course of the following fortnight, at figures varying
between 20 and 33 to 1, to win about forty thousand
more, all of which, I fancy, will eventually go into the
sinking fund. His first appearance was for the Clear-
well Stakes, when, not up to the mark, he finished a
very good third to Orinoco, not being beaten by a
length, and after running very green throughout. His
next essay was for the Prendergast, for which he was
beaten three parts of a length by Sittingbourne. At the
Houghton Meeting he finished a good third to Speed the
Plough for the Criterion Stakes ; and his fourth and last
race, as a two-years-old saw him figure as a bad second
to West Australian for the Glasgow Stakes. That he is
an useful and improving animal I at once admit, and
that he will give a good account of his performances at
head quarters this spring, I consider certain, but as the
winner of the Derby I cannot have him for an instant.
J. ROGERS

has four Derby horses at work. Lord W. Powlett's b e
DEAR ME by Melbourne, out
,of Ennui, nominated by
Mr. Jaques ; Mr. Ramsbottom 8 b c JUPITER TORNANS,
by Alarm, out of Queen of Cyprus ; Mr. T. Robinson's
br c JERRY KENT, by Jericho, out of Glee ; and his own
br c JORDAN, by Jericho, out of Lady Love. Not one
of these have as yet appeared in public. They are all
moderate animals, Jordan being the best, and are of no
us* for the Epsom event.
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Beresford has Mr. Nevill's ch e by Verulam, out of
Madinella, nominated by Mr. Johnston, in training.
He has run once, and is not good enough by a stone at
least for the Derby.i

Rayner has Mr. Lucas' b c RUMOUR, by the Libel,
dam by Reveller, out of Veil, at work. He has not ap-
peared yet, and, when he does, will not perform very
favourably.
Mr. Bosville's b e lONIC, by lon, out of Diploma, is
doing fair work under the guidance of J. Perren. Has
run once, and been beaten. Is a third-rate animal.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

New life annuity tables have been issued by the Com-
missioners for the reduction of the National Debt. In
the former tables the scale of annuities varied up to the
price of 1041. Cs. Ind. for the Three per Cents., but it
110 W !Stoll M 891.3 x. 6d.