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

SPORTING NOTES.—No: OCCOVL

EPSOM SPRING MEETING.—A first-rate days sport
commences at 1 o'clock to-morrow with the Epsom Trial
Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, over the mile
course. Among the entries are to be found the high-
sounding names of Hobbie Noble, Weathergage, Frantic,
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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 quarter to 2, the City and Suburban Handicap
of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., &c., with 150 sovs. added, the
last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course, will
be run off. This stake, out of its 84 nominations, 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, Stamford,
Madam Landeau, the Varmint, Snarry, Jullien, Pan-
cake, Appleton, Jouvence, Ann Page, and perhaps 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. Longbow
figures at the top weight at Bst 81b, but notwithstanding
that the course is a quarter of a mile longer than he fan-
cies, 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 one 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 her, as
she has 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 than
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 to be
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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 weight,
though heavy, is not sufficiently so to stop him effec-
tually. Madame Landeau has many admirers, but I
am not among them. The Varmint is a thorough brute,
but at the weight-sst. 41b. for a four-years-old—
ought, if meant, to run 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 Snarry, cannot
finish somewhere about the mark, had better be put out
of training. Sting's daughter, Jouvence, will beat Ann
Page and all the other three-year-old light weights. 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 hTHELBERT ought to hold the leading
position, the others being very close up.
The Two-year-old Stakes of 10 sovs. 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 " off," the winner will not 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 sovs. each, 15 ft., &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 list will comprise the
names of the following :—Candlewick, filly by Venison,
Pug Orrock, Happy Joe, Richmond, Gadabout, Snow-
don Dunhill, Fionn ma Coul, Invasion, Ireland'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,
in public, and the confidence reposed in him by his
stable is, I presume, certain to obtain a place. Fionn
ma Coul is " dark" to me. Invasion Ido not fear.
Ireland's Eye comes from Day's stable, with a strong
reputation, which I think he will maintain to a certain
extent ; that is to say, he may run into a place. Peggy,
it seems, is the hope of the Midland lot. Pantomime is
well bred for the distance, and had she been backed by
her stable, would have been fancied by me. Content-
ment, last, but not considered to be the least, on the list,
is to be, without Mr. Parr has made an egregious mis-
take, the horse. I fancy the race will terminate in this
wise—CONTENTMENT or PUG °BROCK, I ; 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.
f, Priam." The clever seer of the
BITS OP TuRE, by
Racing Times has issued, in a compact form, some very
graphic sketches of racing incidents published last 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 TURN-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. ed.
or 4s. a week, were too small, turned out in a 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 their assistants ;
but all this did not operate in favour of the boys, for
the manager refused their demands, and in 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 wroak 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.