The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

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NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Match—Strongbow beat Joc-o'-Sot.
Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old. A.F.
The Secret ... ~.
Malibran filly ...
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each for two yrs old. Ab. M.
Pitsford walked over.

Sweepstakes for three yrs old and upwards. A.F.
Antagonist
Dulcet

The Glasgow Stakes.

Brother to Epirote

Cariboo
Ghio (Merope colt) ...

Handicap for two crs old. D.M.

Muff filly
Estafette

... 1

... 1
... 2

... 3

1
... 2

Match—Beehunter and Clincher ran a dead heat.

SPORTING NOTES.

No. XV.

" Fortune is merry,
And in this mood will give us anything."
Julius Ccesar, Act 3, Scene 2.
" I have drunk deeply of the stream of fate,
And sounded the protounds of prophecy."

The Sybil.

" I've grasp'd the glories of the present scene—
The future and the past—the shall be and bath been !"
LADY FLORA HASTINGS.

Sta,—My prediction on the Criterion was verified to
the letter, The Nigger, Pitsford, and Nutshell, running
home first, second, and third. The Nigger's victory, as
a matter of course, immediately advanced his stable com-
panion, Ghillie Callum, to the premiership in the Derby
betting, and I think it not very improbable but what he
may head the favourites throughout the winter, and
should Bee Hunter win the 2,000 Guineas, up to the
hour of starting; I will venture to predict Ghillie CO'
lum's being priced in the Derby market at as little as 3
to 1 on or before the all-important day.
The only stake in the present Newmarket meeting
that now claims my attention is " The Nursery," for
which sixteen have accepted, out of thirty-nine nomina-
tions, viz :

st. lb.; st. lb.
William the Conqueror 8 12 Harum Scarum ~.... 7 0
Cariboo
Regina
Concertina Colt
The Monk.... 7 S Bastinado
Laura
Sister to Pillage
Little Jack
Presuming William the Conqueror will not run, I have
no hesitation in asserting that the "first flight" will
consist of Cariboo, Regina, Little Jaek, Harum Scaruint
Don John filly, Bastinsdo, and Countess,
preference to Cariboo, Little Jack, and Countess, 011°
placing them thus:—
LITTLE JACK
CARIBO() ... giving the
COUNTESS... 3
Before closing this, my last note of the present year, I
may as well, in my character of "Sporting Counsel to
i
your readers, advise the keeping of Ghillie Callum air
Sweetheart on the right side of their books for the
Derby, and not altogether forgetting The Italian and
Pontifex, take them as " forlorn hopes." Pitsford.
Hardinge, Pontifex, Brother to Epirote or Bee Hunter
must win the 2,000 Guinea Stakes; The Hunter for
choice. And now
" The pastime of the Turf o'er, slow drops
The curtain on my sated eye, and like ~
The rainbow in the heavens, the vision fades.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
October 25, 1849.

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HAYMARKET THEATRE.
Macready appeared as King Lear last evening, for
the first time this season. Lear has always been on,e
of the most popular and picturesque of .Macready
Shaksperian impersonations, and he played Lear I°.,
evening perhaps better than he has ever played ;
before. The scene in which he curses his daughteli
a
was perfectly awe-inspiring, from the intensity wbie
he threw into it, and the storm scene was ge
with a pathos that was heart-rending. The agonisiogi
manner in which be bangs over the dead body 0,
Cordelia was most touching, and the death scene ni
weak, and despised old man," was oneife
tthhee
most affecting ever witnessed on the stage. J.
King Lear was acted, as it always was called for at the conclusion, and applauded to the
echo. should of
acted, from the version of Shakspere ; and the Parted-
was admirably pe
the Fool preserved, which rforin f
by Miss P. Horton, who gave the little snatches 11°,
melody with which the part is interspersed with„tve
most exquisite taste imaginable. Mrs. Warner
to Goneril all her natural cruelty and arrogance; 111:11.
Miss Reynolds made a most interesting Coruf
(.0
Wallack's Edgar is the best that has appeared °Tinos
the days of Charles Kemble, and Stuart as 'Cent tte
excellent. The tragedy was admirably put 111:)°11
stage, and the house was crowded to suffocation.

Miss Cushman made her re-appearance before ttible.
_American audience on Monday, Oct. Bth, et f
Broad way Theatre, New York, in the character °
Mrs. Haller. A more brilliant and enthusiastic rvie
ception was never bestowed on an artiste. The Neb,'
York papers announce it as " a splendid triumP,o
and state that " thunders of applause" greeted l'".1
gifted lady on her entrance, and that 4, unequiYo,?e'd
demonstrations of excitement and admiration reer:6o,
the whole of her performance.' The house ..,„
literally crammed to suffocation, and hundreds wf'__
unable to procure standing room. At the conclasniu_';
of the play she was called for with a sort of natio r_
furore, and American hands did ample
American talent. Miss Cushman has afieldoete
career before her, which we trust will y jew,.
fortau
delight to her people, and increased fame and
tO bepelf. honour.'
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