The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

SPORTING! IN TELLIGENCE.

TATTERS ALL'S—MONDAY.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
6to 1 Contentment.
25 to 1 agst Lampedo•
25 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill.
1000 to 30 Wedding-day filly.

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn.
25 to 1 agst Scarecrow.
30 to 1 agst Constantine (taken).
30 to 1 agst Trifle.
40 to 1 agst Richard Primmer.
40 to 1 agst Contentment.
50 to 1 agst Truth.
• 50 to 1 agsc Augur.
1000 to 10 agst Rosalba.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst Contentment (taken).
12 to 1 agst Tavistock.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
9to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken.)
11 to 1 agst Oscar.
12 to 1 agst Half-and-half.
15 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie.

DERBY.
10 to 1 agst West Australian.
15 to 1 asst Cineas.
17 to 1 agst Sittingbourno—(taken.)
45 to 1 agst Contentment.
OAKS.
6to 1 asst Catherine Hayes.
10 to 1 agst The Queen.

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCOLXVIIL
ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH

DERBY.

In order to bring this analysis of the Derby to as
speedy a termination as I can, consistently with justice
to the subject, I shall from now to the conclusion of my
task, condense my observations on all but the " cele-
brities," into the smallest space possible.
ALEXANDER TAYLOR,

Fyfield-house, Marlborough, has no less than seven
Derby nags in training, the property of Mr. J. M. Stan-
ley ; five of whom, viz., ch c THE DANDY, by the Ugly
Buck, out of. Maria by Sir Hercules, nominated by Mr.
H. Baker ; ch C CORYBANTES, by Scamander, out of
Dinah, nominated by Mr. J. Barnard ; br c VETERAN,
by Old England, out of Vat, nominated by Sir J.
Hawley ; ch c MASSENA, by Don John, out of
Decision, nominated by Sir Joseph Hawley ; and
b f BLOOMER, by Melbourne, out of lAkly Sarah,
nominated by Sir Joseph Hawley, are of not the least
use for the Derby ; although I have but little doubt that
the Dandy and Veteran will be heard of satisfactorily in
the handicap department. The two b colts nominated
by Sir J. Hawley—NOßTH POLE, by Orlando, out of
Enterprise, and ORINOCO, by Orlando, out of Regalia's
dam—are much better animals then the preceding for
Derby purposes, but not good enough, I fancy, by some
seven pounds, at least, for a win. The performances of
the former are of a fairish stamp, as he figured a good
fourth in the Criterion, and carrying the top weight
(Bst 71b) was third to the Treacherous filly in the Second
Class Nursery Stakes, conceding to her the stiff allow-
ance of 241bs. Orinoco's performances, although not first
rate, are also very fair. At Doncaster he finished second
to Vindex for the Champagne ; and at Newmarket won
the Clearwell by a head, beating Estrella, Filbert, and
four others. With 61bs. extra ho ran a good fourth for
the Prendergast ; won by Sittingbourne.
E. JONES,

Of Marlborough, has a couple of tolerably good animals
in training for this race, viz., Mr. B. Way's b c BROCKET,
by Melbourne, out of Miss Slick, who, in his only ap-
pearance in public at the Newmarket First October
Meeting, won the Hopeful Stakes by a neck from
Vaultress, beating Sylphine and six others ; and Mr. C.
Liley's ch c TAVISTOCK, bp Oakley, out of Brenna, the
winner of two races out of five. The latter horse is of
little or no use for the Derby, although not improbably he
may figure as a starter. He is already a good favourite
for a couple of the spring handicaps ; for one or both of
whom I expect he will run exceedingly well. With re-
spect to Brocket, this horse originally broken and tried
by John Day, but supposed to be devoid of good quali-
ties, was transferred to his present trainer, who has
managed to make something of him. I 'think his forte
is speed, and that he is deficient in staying qualities ;
consequently he will not do for the Derby.
Mr. J. Dixon's c by Bay Middleton, out of Cestus,
has been out of training for a length of time.
Treen, of Beckhampton, had a horse of Mr. Wrinch's
in preparation some time since, a br c ALINGTON (h.b.)
by Sir Hercules, out of Dexterous' dam, but what has
become of it I cannot say.

PERCY,
Of Pimpern, Blandford, has a couple of Mr. Herbert's
and one of Mr. Cooper's nominations for the Derby in
training, viz., b c THE FRIAR, by Cowl, out of Alumette,
belonging to the latter gentleman ; and b c LETUS, by
Bay Middleton, out of Miss Letty ; and ch c GRAND
DUKE MICHAEL, by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, be-
longing to the former. They have not the smallest pre-
tensions to Derby honours.
T. STEVENS,
Of Lime Tree Cottage, Chilton, has a couple of Derby
horses under his care, viz., his own, b c CHILTON, by
Cowl, out of Blanche of Devon, nominated by Mr. W.
Gulliver, a winner of two races out of eight ; and Sir
C. Rushout's ch c ETITELBERT, by Faugh•a-Ballagh, out
of Espoir, who has started four times, and been four
times beaten.

Captain Archdall's oh c 13-Arrum, by Barrier, out of
Medea, and Mr. Cowley's br c FRIAR TUCK, by Old
England, out of Mendicant, nominated by Sir Joseph
Hawley, have been put out of training. .Of course I need
not observe that the Derby winner is not in Stevens'
stable.

SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS-It is said, bar acci-
dents, that the field for this stake will be composed of
West Australian, Sittingbourne, the Reiver, Mr. Sykes,
Towton, Barbatus, one of Lord Exeter's, one of Mr.
Stanley's, and perhaps Ninnyhammer. have not been
able to obtain any information that can be relied on
about Cheddar, Break-o'-day-boy, Erycthon, or Osiris.
It is supposed, however, that the first named
will not appear in public this year before the
day of days in May. West Australian is doing
a good work ; and so admiraly suited for the
Rowley Mile course, as he is, will be A 1, or there-
abouts, on the day. Sittingbourne looks and goes un-
commonly well. He ought to be in the vicinity, if not
the occupant, of the second place. Barbatus will run
respectably ; but nothing would so little astonish me as
seeing the Reiver bowl the lot over. Mum is the word
respecting Ninnyhammer at present. He is a remark-
ably fine animal, but has not been altogether " the thing"
latterly.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.
The Steeplechase Handicap ; sft. if declared Feb. 7.
St lb St lb
Peter (aged) ll 5 Talisman 9 12
Abd el-Bader lO 10 Hope 9 10
The General lO 8 Simple Peter 9 10
Carrig lO 8 Psyche 9 10
Little Queen lO 7 The Brewer 9 10
Wild Hero lO 5 Poll 9 9
Forest Lad lO 0 Ringdove
Proceed 9 13 Bruce 9 0
Quickstep 9 12
WEDS

THE LINCOLN Sr
Yrs st lb
Newport a 8 7
Musician
Telescope 5 8 2
Kohinoor 4 8 0
Little Davie....... 4 7 11
The Bishop 4 7 9
Abdallah 6 7 6
The Greek 4 7 1
Broughton 3 6 12

ESD AY.
?RING HANDICAP.

Yrs st lb
ro f by Lanercost,
out of Baleine... 3 6 7
Sir Eustace de
Grey
Lianforda 3 6 0
King David 3 6 0
Lady Mowbray 3 6 12
br f by Liverpool
Junior, out of
Fair Louisa 3 5 7

DONCASTER SP:
TIIEE

RING MEETING.
{DAY.

THE GRAND NATIONAL

iTEEPLICHASII HANDICAP.

St lb
Sir Peter Laurie 11 7
Peter ll 3
Knight of Gwynne ...11 1
Bourton lO 12
Miss Mowbray 10 10
Lucy Neale lO 9
Abd-el-Kader 10 9
Peter Simple lO 7
Carrig lO 6
Victress lO 6
Melford 10 5
The General 10 5
Half-and-Half lO 4
The Drag 10 2
Maria Day lO 2
Forest Lad lO 2
Oscar 10 1
Laporella lO 0
Calmar lO 0
Betsy Prig lO 0

St lb
Dandy Jem 10 0
Great Western 10 0
Maurice Daley lO 0
IGeraldus
Field Marshal 9 12
Harriot 9 12
Dearest Mae 9 10
Trust-me-Not
The Brewer 9 9
Simple Peter
Talisman 9 7
Psyche 9 7
Benedict 9 6
Maley 9 5
Honest Tom 9 5
Yorkshireman 9 3
Ringdove 9 0
Friendless 9 0
Buford . 8 7