The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-06 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.—No. OCOOVI.

EPSOM SPRING MEETING.—A first-rate days :sport
commences at 1 o'clock to-morrow with the Epso.mlTrial
Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, over the mile
course. Among the entries are to be found the
cana st t
itikmeagllknee
high-
sounding names of Hobble Noble, Weathergage, Frantic,
this ; if he is, of course, he will win, the distance ex-
actly suiting him ; but as I think he is more likely to be
tEtipahte lisuosi,3btaen Noble
will
t-tbho e pulled
outl for cannot
absent, I shall turn to FRANTIC as the most likely horse
to win, he being much faster than Weathergage or Bird-
on-the-Wing at the mile, and I think more than a, match
for Ephesus at this distance.
At a gum ter to 2, the City and Suburban Handicap
sf 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., &c., with 150 soya. added, .the
last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course, will
be run off. This stake, out of its 84 nomination s, will,
I have not the slightest doubt, afford the largest field of
the day. As far as I have been able to ascertain,
it will consist of the following :—Longbow, Prime
Minister, Glenluce, Evadne, Convulsion, Kate, the
Heriot, Allegro, Narcissus (d), Babette, Wedlock, filly
(4 yrs), Defiance, Chilton (d), Ethelbert, Stain:ford,
Madam Landeau, the Varmint, Snarry, Jullien, Pan-
cake, Appleton, Jouvence, Ann Page, and perhaps 3 five
or six more. Out of a field like this, it is not at all an
easy task to select the winner, especially when the; ma-
jority of the trials have been won easily. Lo'agbowweight at Bst 81b, but notwithstanding
quarter of a mile longer than he fan-
cies,figuresthe
coursethe
and that the weight is very stiff, that he has to
concede to nearly all the runners, I have but little doubt
but under Alfred Day's management, he will be cme of
the first three, if not the absolute first. Prime Minister
will be sure to run well. Glenluce, I know but little
about ; it is rumoured, however, that she will have Nat
up. Evadne's chance cannot be a bad one at 7st 51b,
and the distance is a matter of no consequence to hor, as
she bas proved herself equally at home at all lengths. Con-
vulsion we saw beaten easily enough the other day ; we: may
set his champion on one side. Kate is no better isan
the preceding. As I observed the other day, Allegro is
much fancied by the backers of his stable, from which I
argue that there is some danger from this quarter t o be
apprehended. Babette and the Wedlock filly I have no
fancy for. Defiance, at 6st. 121 b., carries a little bit
too much to win this time. The starting of Chiltern I
hold to be extremely doubtful, as he seems to be much
better in for the Railway Plate. Ethelbert, over this
course--which I take is the distance he likes best—is a
very dangerous animal to be against, as his wein-ht,
though heavy, is not sufficiently so to stop him el fee-
tually. Madame Landeau has many admirers, trat I
am not among them. The Varmint is a thorough ',vote,
but at the weight-sst. 41b. for a four-years-old—
ought, if meant, to ran very forward. Snarry, an-
other animal of the same class and age, at a pound
less, will get near the front, but has not heart enough
to win. Jullien, same age and weight as the last
named, will also finish in the front rank. If Pan-
cake, let in at 21bs less than Jullien and Snarly, cannot
finish somewhere about the mark, had better be putout
of training. Sting's daughter, Jouvence, will beat Ann
Page and all the other three-year-old light weightn. To
draw my remarks to a point, I consider that the. race
ought to lie with Longbow, Evadne, Ethelbert, Jouv-
ence, and Pancake ; and that of these the ex-Premier's
horse LONGBOW or ETHELBERT ought to hold the bjading
position, the others being veiy close up.
The Two-year-old Stakes of 10 soya. each, 50 added,
half a mile, is the next stake on the card for decision.
A good field will go to the post, and in the absence of
Spinaway, who has been "or," the winner will 17 ot im-
probably be found in EPAMINONDAS Or HIMALAYA.

The next race, marked for half-past three, is the grand
attraction of the day—the Great Metropolitan. Stakes of
25 sous. each, 15 il., &c., with 350 added, two miles and
a quarter. In consequence of the great favouritism of
Contentment, the field will be much smaller than it
would otherwise have been, but as it is, it will 'be one of
very fair dimensions. The starting l'st will comprise the
names of the following :—Candlewick, filly by Venison,
Pug Orrock, Happy Joe, Richmond, Gadabout, Snow-
don Dunhill, Fionn ma Coul, Invasion, Irelantd's Eye,
Peggy, Pantomime, Contentment, and probably some
five or six others, whose starting at the present. moment
has not been decided on. Candlewick is much too slow
for a race like what this will be. The Venison filly is a
bit of a mystery to me. Pug Orrock, taking the line
through Defiance and the capital work he has has been
doing lately into consideration, ought to finish very for-
ward. Happy Joe, I should think, would not improve
much on his Northampton running. Richmond is a very
inferior animal. Gadabout has been tried to be better
than Grapeshot, and in consequence will run moderately
well. Snowdon Dunhill, looking at his last performance,
place.p
an orsArse
is
well bred in public, and the confidence reposed in him. by his
stable is, I presume, cer fain to obtain a place. Fionn
ma Coul is " dark" to me. Invasion Ido not fear.
Ireland's Eye comes f-om Day's stable, with a stron
chieedthbeyl' Iset., on the list,
reputation, which I think he will maintain to a certr_an
extentit seems,
t os a yo,f he
he
CoPnet'gegynt:
for the distance, and had she been_ backed by'
her stable, albalset„ wouldbut
nuted t
havecon
considered
nfano
emMayidrla run
ndi nlotto. a
is to be, without Mr. Parr has made an egregious mis-
take, the horse. I fancy the race will terminate in this
wisc —CONTENTMENT or PUG °BROOK, 1 ; Snowdon and
Ireland's Eye in the next two places.
The Selling Stakes and Railway Plate will bring a
long afternoon's amusement to a conclusion between five
and six o'clock.
BITS or TURF, by "Priam." The clever seer of the
Racing Times has issued, in a compact form, some very
graphic sketches of racing incidents publishedlast year
in that paper. They are true to life, and the world
would be no loser if a few more in the same style were
current, as it would let those prejudiced against sporting
know the exact grounds of their dislike, and drive away
many ugly fancies. The book furnishes an, hour's plea-
sant and light reading.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

LAUGHABLE JUVENILE THEN-OUT. —The turn-out fever,
which is so prevalent at present amongst-the Workmen
of this town, has just commenced to infect the juvenile
portion of the community. On Wednesday morning last
a number of youths, employed as assistants to the
boiler-makers in the Victoria engine-works, Kirkdale
conceiving that their wages, which averaged about 3s. 6d.'
or 4s. a week, were too small, turned out in n body at
the breakfast hour, and demanded from the manager ss.
a week before they resumed work. The notice was pre-
mature and unexpected, and the workmen were unable
to proceed with their work for want of the'ir assistants ;
but all this did not operate in favour of the boys, for
the manager refused their demands, and i'a a very short
time supplied their places with other lads. In the after-
noon the turn-outs assembled at the gate, armed with
sticks and stones, fully determined to wreak their ven-
geance on the young " knobsticks " who had supplanted
them. Some stones were thrown into the boiler-shed,
and at one time they made a regular attack. Upon the
foreman, however, making his appearance with a stick
to repel them, they instantly decamped, and escaped de-
tection. At leaving-off time the turn-outs again met "at
the works, for the purpose of inflicting punishment on
the strange lads, and some of the latter had to be
escorted home. Yesterday, it was said, a few of the
juveniles who " struck" obtained employment else-
where, and the business at the Victoria engine-works
was allowed to proceed in its usual course—Liverpool
Mercury,