The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-06 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

THE RUNNING AND DEFEAT OF NANCY.
Nancy actually put in an appearance at Chester. She
started for the principal Handicap, and was ingloriously
defeated. This was the only interesting and important
incident connected with the meeting—an incident that
created a "sensation," and occasioned not a little per-
plexity and suspicion. Notwithstanding the boasting of
her partisans, and the rumours of her regenerated racing
power, I was prepared to witness her defeat ; and my
opinion on her chance, and the movement that again
brought her prominently into notice, was expressed in
The Sun on Monday. Her performance gave no indica-
tion of racing ability, and was so utterly bad as to
destroy all confidence in her for the future. Although
she obtained a good start, she never once figured in com-
pany with the leading competitors. At the commence-
ment of the encounter she was last but four, and she
gradually dropped into the rear until she became abso-
lutely last. On passing the stand, however, the first
time, she slipped, and was thrown out of her stride,
but this occurrence was not sufficient to jeopardise
her chance, if, indeed, she ever had a chance. • She
was the first beaten in the race, and she walked in, her
jockey bespattered with mud, amidst the jeers and
shouts of the spectators. Her condition was anything
but satisfactory. She had apparently undergone no
preparation, and she gallopped short and stilty. Nancy
will, I believe, run for the Cesarewitch ; but it seems
reasonable to suppose that her party would scarcely
have allowed her to start for a comparatively insignifi-
cant race at Chester, where she was liable to an acci-
dent, and where her victory would have increased her
weight, had they entertained a belief in her ability to
win that event. Her party have either made a gross
mistake, or have systematically practised upon the gul-
libility of the public. On a future occasion I shall again
refer to this and other proceedings connected with
Nancy.

Oa Saturday I shall institute some odious compari-
sons between the chances of the probable competitors

for the Cesarewitch.
October 6.

A FRESH MAN.

COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

On Tuesday evening a collision took place on the Am-
bergate branch of the above railway. It appears that
on the afternoon of Tuesday an engine had got off the
down line to Matlock, and help had been sent for from
Derby. An engire was speedily dispatched, conveying
several men to render asaistance. On their arrival,
however, it was thought they had not sufficient strength
among them to replace the engine, and a message was
sent to Derby for further aid. Another engine, convey -
ing 14 or 15 men, was immediately sent, and on these
arriving at Ambergate, the engine was reversed, and it
ran towards Matlock, with the tender first. Before
this last assistance arrived, the men first sent had suc-
ceeded in getting the dislodged engine replaced on the
line ; and thinking the distance but short to Amber-
gate, they started to proceed thither on the line they
were on, instead of running a short distance in the op-
posite direction, and getting on to the up line by a
siding, which they could have done. The consequence
of this was, the two engines on arriving at a curve, came
into fearful collision, although the drivers shut off the
steam and reversed both engines immediately upon
coming in sight of each other. One of the men on
the tender jumped off before the engines came in con-
tact, but the others were scattered in all directions.
Many of them were seriously bruised on various parts of
their bodies, and others rendered insensible. Informa-
tion was immediately dispatched to the Ambergate sta-
tion, and thence a telegraphic message was sent to
Derby, for medical and other assistance.