The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXX.
11Y Derby fancy, notwithstanding his uncommonly
fresh state, and well adapted as he is to the nature of the
course, electrified my vision amazingly when he cried
qua
"um suf. at the beginning of the Stand. I still
hold a good opinion of him, and fancy he will do a good
thing in the time to come. The majority of my re-
marks, in my analysis of the Derby published three
Months ago, and again on Tuesday, were remarkably
correct. In the beginning of March I stated that the
Only antagonists Orestes had to fear were West Austra-
lian, Prince Leopold, and the Reiver. The two last
were disposed of—one by going altogether to pieces, and
the other by being a month or more back in his prepa-
ration.
In my final observations on Tuesday I gave
Orestes to win ; but if anything beat him it would be
either West Australian or Pharos ; so that I may take
4 diminutive amount of credit to myself in having re-
served West Australian in case Orestes should miss the
mark.
The day was as hot as that in Surplice's year, and I
think the attendance was, without exception, the greatest
ever witnessed ; the mass of carriages completely
uvering the hill—the favourite resort of past days—
_"ing equal to the Derby day in Merry Monarch's
Year.

THE OAKS.
The only event requiring any particular attention to-
morrow is the Oaks Stakes, of 50 soya. each, h ft. New
Derby Course. Out of the one hundred and forty-three
nominations,
think we shall not see more than twenty
ttoaltwenty-t Iree at the post, namely, The Queen, Tell-
s ggy, Hybla, Miss Tennyson, Itch, filly by Don
° n, out of Miss Sarah, Coalition, Maria Bell, Mistle-
toe, Helena, Charity, Sylphine, Amazon, Lady Louisa,
entinore Lass, Catherine Hayes, Mabella, England's
zeaa
tw one or two of Lord Exeter's. Another or
ra 0, perhaps, may start, and one or two of the foregoing
1;1,3Y he deducted, such weather as the present being
"'„,,,elY to affect them.
/ :be QUEEN the representative of Scott's stable, by
R31,1"° "t of Trickstress' dam, claims my attention first.
yoejan three times last year, making her deb& at the
f Spring, where she beat Grapeshot by half a neck
$
or the Zetland Stakes, Lambton being close up. Her
ee"(1 appearance was at the York August Meeting,
length,
carried off the Prince of Wales' Staes by half a
beating a very moderate lot, however. Her last
exhibition was as Doncaster, where, carrying Bst 111 b,
141,1 e finished a very bad third to Lambton, Bst 111 b, and
7. ten, Bst 71b. This was for the Two Year Old Sweep-
es, I expect she will run uncommonly well to-mor-
2°W, but I do not think the winner will be found in her.
After all the noise made about PEGGY, she ought to
„,;;„3enlewhere about winning, but it is my opinion she
first not be able to get into the third place, much less the
xi.„,z.rTetEter 'L TALE, TALE, livai4A, Miss TENNYSON, THE ITCH, and
horses, I have not the slightest fancy for.
b - think Lord Glasgow's couple will run tolerably well,
i t 110 such luck as winning is in store, I am afraid, for
lordship,34
ARIA BELL made some sensation in the market a
short time back, but I have no reason to think she will
ck
-nlerrow, or that she will finish anywhere but in the
ru.
i‘ t eIisTLETOE, after having been first favourite, receded
to 1, but yesterday came back again to 5 to 2. Her
•411'3" seemed to be very sweet upon their horse, but,
notwithstanding, she is a nice showy-looking animal,
yet I doubt her capabilities for winning.
If she running in Ireland was uncommonly good.
Sne can improve upon it on English ground, she may
aye a chance of winning—not otherwise.
C4Alurr will only make one of the field.
of.TfLPHINE, after the knocking about she has received
this tim
ea.nd her very doubtful condition, is of no use
de nbt AliAzotr bouty say, will run well, but I am very
ful it.
Louise I should hardly fancy would run as
Wl,:t as her stable companion Mentmore Lass. She has
n. backed though by rather knowing parties for a
good deal of the circulating medium.
4ENTMORE LASS has her reputation founded on her
neenamonly easy victory for the One Thousand Gui-
neas' That performance was quite good enough to en-
tie her chance to grave consideration. She is a regular
dalighter of the Melbourne blood, and shows it. Her
„411; Emerald, by Defence, is a capital brood mare ;
Plsequently she comes from good blood on both sides.
wineensider that she will run uncommonly forward, and
ivrinanage a place at least.
gr. • Wauchope's celebrated br filly CATHERINE
'IRS, by Lanercost out of Constance, is, to my think-
-1)g, the finest animal in the race. She is as yet un-
-1;4". She made her first appearance last year at the
Vi ?wick spring., when she ran a dead heat with Con-
for the two year old stakes, and afterwards won
decidino• heat in a canter. She next shews her-
parkat Salisbury, where she wins the Wilton
note Stakes very easily, having nothing, however, of
fto beat. Her third and most extraordinary per-
311:nance was carrying the top weight for the Nursery
1,4 at Goodwood, and winning cleverly by a length.
Ri4ler last appearance was a walk over. This mare, I
.I.lglY fancy, will be the absolute winner. I think
a.' ~18 as quite as fine an animal among the Oaks' fillies
west Australian was among the Derby gentry.
MABELLA I have very little opinion of.
za.GLA.N-D's BEAUTY, though one of the best bred ani-
of 'als in the race, is, famafraid, not equal to the task
g6ttmg more than a third place at the outside.
'oub bring my ob§ervatione to a point, I have but little
t but that 'Marlow on

CATHERINE HAYES
~ti~ll be first past the judge's chair, and that THE QUEEN
-14 MEIsiTMORE LASS will be her nearest attendants.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

EPSOM RACES-DERBY DAY.

hasre
in our long . .
~ The attraction of the Derby
411 precedent. Never, this
me in year
bra n
remembrance,
surpassedwas
s
o
o
hour in the m
het a multitude collected upon any similar oocrcansiniogntohne
the Downs. From an early
town,
poured into the h
that
t!air!ls continued to arrive in quick succession, each add-
ing its numbers to the crowds
of the approaching
Little
k4'1,(1 blocked up the streets from the Spread Eagle toetone.
t,-`,T.g's Head, where the chances
0' formed the subject of animatteedd,ditshcuession.
-usities, Was, however, transactor
"the ring" on the
professionalseeurse
~,ie r
ii tesides the immense number of.visitothrsewrahilo,
fineness of the
or eady and rapid mode
. of transit by
~' Persons, tempted by the extraordinaryhundredspreferred
weather selected the road,t r-
from the cos e
vehicles' of every grade and fashion,
which. was thronged with
fc,,,_t;.
floury
donkey-cart to the aristocratic barouchofe
the
(.4reglirl,-halid, recalling the_ almost
.i fyo.rgoTttheen glories
brilliancy of
tbge s highway on the Derby. cla
je pro uce ,
were corn-
e sun d d however, its invariable consequence
the cloud of dust with which the outsiders
Pletely enveloped
which
cour-
t, 1;-modp-raise is due to the officialrthehLyond-
-I,•"ge station for the admirable arrangements.
,titlieetneblidefalveenrievadrmeitotnefdusitoon,tlaiendtrfaoirnsthe without
atnhde
11,4•tt,.111aritYlotitht"wheich the transit of so vast an assem-
theewas effected to and from Epsom. .
eyeit first race—the Carew
. Stakes—being over, the
eidi meat commenced in earnest asoatehheedt.imeThfeordadrk
1/41 '' the great event of the day
gta human beings by which tidiargserrobuenitdownabsoctohvesirdeeds,
of dually formed itself into an
t‘ve c°llrse, which lay like a broad I),ea two dark borders, from
44 the Old Stand House. At length, after an
Ila
t te nghraeme n Cornerribbon
be-
yondf arLoos i
kh4,„ interval, the telegraphhicrbseosardnsami
littek. c'ealleedereP
oierem,ned that 28 of the 32 nedthoenitaheelecsaurrde
des.
pate for what the late Lord George Ben-
" the blue ribbon of the turf.
(14 afterwards cantered up the course froomwTnhteehrsehopras
and
t • Whieli, for the accommodation of
tlitier.lieathcote. After due time b
d the starter,
allowed for
tooi',asPection of the horses, Mr. Ih
clbur -,
starti °large of the troupe, and conductedll
them to the
be difficult
lea.i I.lg Post; and at the first signal. got them away in
t,, . itiful order At this moment it would
~. ie1a,..;... . .
Nip glue a more animated an
d was resplendent
With" presented. The Grand Stand
d exciting scene than the
ate stands were
erowdaaPmer fashions, and the
..
Club in short, a more
441 tieu• With the membersP
and flipernidvs of the stewards
brilith„ie,gentlernen of the Jockey ;
has never been
Visit f 7 4 nleeting, both as regards the number of the
feu and the fineness of the weather,
It i84 -958014 Downs.
~, tslieh years
circum-
• importance, a
moues chip Ystery, interest, and imp
BC'
13113 e
since the Derby was
od
invested with
an unpreju-
a,,eyeltizefly attributed to the Cineas and Honeywo
;ged -4"• The however, who, with
.k 411.,, l'egard, Tier
for the Two
the "e' 'when thepulled up after the Face,
, usatd, , y
yuLiniseil West Australian and Sitting-
eon4 f ha never any doubt rekt, or the Derby. Through good. report and evil
d the lead in
of their being first and
'4 ',,W.est Australian firmly maintained
1114 la 411_4g," and fully did he justify the confidence of
ltew' e'er It is doubtless well remembered. that AI
'441 4,111:. In 1835 he won the Derby with Mu dl ;
'.11:4 3411eved a similar triumph last ear with Daniel
n..g
The "43 with Cotherstone.
Nleatlrefreshrnent rooms in the Grand Stand were
j ex-
'4o w,,„And abundantly supplied by Messrs. aq
uet
Arri --,oornfr.
de N "g the Ina fashionable visitors were the Duke
1),., btriours , . i,)3,
h Ambassador, the
flake of Rieviis Excellency the French
elloka.rcinift:ll):°lld, the Duke and Duchess. of Montrose,
de and the Mar-
Wi,ess of 7,8 01 Exeter and Clanricar
Jersey,,
),,, 404, ( ,4-Y.lesbury ; the Earls of Derby,
borough,
,7440, ranville, Annesley, Chesterfield, Bes
Viscounts
414,41 ' mr.ith
41,, fitolle ',,,, more, Bruce, and Longford ;
d , Lascelles,
te,ateld, -Vif,',4ewPort, Anson, Curson,
Chf
enCount Ben-
to?klio . -,,;lers; and 'Viscountess Villiers ;
terds ii. Bare; Baroness, and Meyer Rothschild ;
Alex. G.
4,4llox,•c,„'`.°rdon Lennox, Geo. G. Lennox, _ N '',4llarirre°•._ Manners, M. P. Burleigb, Exrn.outiltl,
4:1, .ir t uunkellin, and Londesborough ; ':
Sll3-o.ot.
144,. r. ~,1r,..11a1n, Sir G. Armitage, Sir R. I.
...P
Itiira4Ohrtid, li I'4M R. Lawley,Anson, Hon. J.
Ti;etelis, &eon. Gl'. S. Smythe, Hon. W. Bagot, Ad-
Alt 4,04 came off as follows :-
3't•olq„tw,, STAIrEs
l'Pwa„' St alb • 5 sovs, each, with 50 added ; 2:
kilo --"' sst 1211;three, Bst 61b ; four, 9st 71b ; five and
.
ro,awanee
__
beaten; ares allowed slb and geldings 31b ;
Air 'tete off :I; . horses, &c. New T.Y.C., three
i ll' 11. Clark,
nile (13 subs.)
1.,(1, Yre, 78t .. Mr. Sykes, by Sir Tatton Sykes,
k..r.d clif.d._ 1.21 b ............. . ............... (J. Osborne) 1
r,,_ Goilivl_,B Nightshade, 2 yrs, sst . 51b (Oliver) 2
ho foilov? Village Lass, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Wells) 3
%lig also ran :—Determination, Don Quixote,

Pelopidas, The Kafir, Folly of the Day, Blondel, and
Miss Dela,mere.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Village Lass ;3to 1 agst Night-
shade, 4 to 1 agst Pelopidas, 6 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. -A
good race from the distance with Mr. Sykes, Night-
shade, Village Lass, and Blonde!. Won by a neck, a
head only between the second and third. Blondel
good fourth. The others beaten off. The winner was
objected to on the ground of not carrying proper weight.
DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 216 ; the owner of the
second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. New
Course. One mile and a half. (195 subs.)
Mr. Bowes's West Australian, by Melbourne
(F. Butler) 1

Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham
(S. Rogers) 2
Mr. Powney's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus
(Bumby) 3
Mr. Howard's Rataplan, by The Baron (Wells) 4
The following also ran :
Baron Rothschild's Orestes (Charlton) 0

Lord Londesborough's Mayor of Hu11...(J. Holmes), 0
Count Batthyany's Stone Plover (W. Abdale) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes . (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Mare's Pharold (Pettit) 0
Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 0

Mr. Perren's lonic.

Lord Derby's Umbriel
Duke of Richmond's Pharos
Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer
Lord Clifden's Cheddar

(iiornsby) 0

(Temple►nan) 0
....(Flatman) 0
(Sly) 0
(A. Day) 0

Lord Caledon's Prince Leopold.
Mr. B. Way's Brocket
Mr. Knowles's Talfourd

... (W Shari)) 0
(Thick) 0
(Basham) 0

Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco.
Mr. Howard's Lascelles

.(Marlon) 0
(W. Day) 0

Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert (Crickmere) 0
Mr. ,Surtee's na Honeywood (J. Osborne) 0
Mr. Rowan's Fion ma Coule (D. Wynne) 0
Mr. J. Ayling na Rattle (G. E. Sharpe) 0
Mr. Thompson's Coomburland Stathesmon(Aldcroft) 0
Lord Glasgow's Barbatus (Whitehouse) 0
Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken (Marlow) 0
Mr. Wilkins's Peggy (H. Neale) 0

Betting at Starting-6 to 4 agst West Australian, sto
1 agst Orestes, 6 to 1 agst Honeywood, 8 to 1 agst Sit-
tingbourne, 20 to 1 agst Umbriel, 20 to 1 agst Pharos
(off), 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer, 30 to 1 agst Cineas, 30
to 1 agst Peggy, 50 to 1 each agst Cheddar, Barbatus,
and Rataplan, 100 to 1 agst Coomberland Stathesmon.
An excellent start, all getting off in a cluster, except
Coomburland Stathesmon, who was some lengths behind.
Cheddar and Cineas started in front, but they had scarcely
proceeded halfway up the bill when Umbriel took up the
running, with Cheddar, Cineas, Orestes, Ethelbert,
Ninnyhammer, and Rattle, well laid up, and directly in
their wake were Pharos, Honeywood, and Filbert ; West
Australian, with Sittingbourne in close attendance upon
him, being the next two. No material change occurred
until they arrived at the turn into the straight, when
Umbriel began to drop off. Rattle immediately went
on with the lead, but at the road was passed by Cineas,
and at the same time West Australian, with Sitting-
bourne at his quarters, was seen to draw forward. At
the distance theseitwo singled themselves out, and a very
exciting race home ended in favour of West Australian
by a neck. Rataplan, who left the ruck in the last
quarter of a mile, and gradually improved his position,
finished about half a length behind the third. Honey-
wood and Rattle were the next two. Barbatus pulled
up lame.
Run in 2 min. 56 sec. Amount of the stakes, 5,425/.
Jerry Kent was scratched at 10.30 a.m.