The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
So dull a Monday before the races was never known;
the subscribers. it is true, mustered in great numbers;
but, beyond offers to back Nunnykirk and Chatterer,
there was no appearance of business until near four
o'clock. The spirit then began to move a little, and to
some purpose, the disposition to lay against the first
favourite being so decided, that he eventually declined to
‘1 to 4; a good deal of money was laid against him at
those odds, and at sto 2. Isainnykirk was in immense
favour; but from the general disinclination to lay, the
amount got on was not very heavy; from the tone of the
market, it is not at all improbable that he will take pre-
cedence of the Dutchman befure -starting. Chatterer
was backed freely at 6 to 1; and Tadmor for a small
sum, at 6 to 1 and 13 to 2; the latter had not many
friends. Vatican and Eithiron were on the decline.
Vanguard and The Knout were friendless. The Oaks
betting was flat, and noticeable only for a great improve-
ment in Imperatrix. A very small field is expected.
Closing prices:—

DERBY.
9 to 4 agst Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman
6 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk—taken and
afterwards offered
6 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Chatterer—taken freely
13 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken
20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican
35 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron
30 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb
40 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Farrance's The Old Fox
2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Disney's Montague—taken
1.000 to 15 sgst Mr Godwin's Hotspur
4,000 to 20 agst Lord Exeter's Glenalvon-o-taken
3,000 to 15 agst Mr. Nicholls's Woolwich—taken
2,000 to 10 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey—taken
1,000 to 5 ages Sir G. Heatbcote's lot—taken
700 to 100 agst The Flying Dutchman winning the
Derby and St. Leger—taken and aft. off.
OAKS.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Clarissa—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca
13 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright
7 to 1 agst Mr. Vreford's Woodlark
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Imperatrix—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade
500 to 400 on Glauca, Clarissa, Sister to Arkwright,
and Woodlark against the field.
EMPEROR'S VASE (AscoT).
4 to 1 agst Lord Eglintou's Van Tromp—taken

" 'Tie time
I should inform thee further."
"The hour's now• come;
The very minute bids thee ope thine ear."
" In such indexes, although small pricks
To their subsequent volumes, there is seen
The baby figure of the gisut mass
Of things to come."

SIAK SPIRE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—During the sixty hours which-have elapsed
since I penned my Derby epistle, several important
changes have been brought abut materially affecting
the great race of to-morrow. In the first place, the
Dutchman has receded in public favour from 2 to 1 to
5 to 2 ; white Scott's black-un has advanced from 4, 10
3to 1, taken. It would not surprise me to see Nuuny-
kirk in Springy Jack's place, an absolute second and
defeated by a neck ; of one thing I am particularly con-
fident, and that is, that bar an accident he will be first,
second, or third.

Day's horse, Chatterer, is to me a puzzle. His late ad-
vance in the odds from 33 to 6 to 1, the latter price
being taken freely, seem to say most unmistakeably that
the Danebury nag is everything that could be wished;
he certainly won his trial cleverly enough, but in the
face of this, and the confidence of his party, I reiterate
my, opinion as expressed in my last letter, he cannot win,
although I must award him a better place than the rear.
Is strikes me very forcibly, with respect to several of
the " cracks," that
"Many a man ere this day week,
Although no ditcher's fate he'd seek,
Will wish he'd been a hedger!"
With respect to Vatican, who is still supported upon the
strength of some fancy idea or other, I beg to say that
there are

" Within the realm
Five hundred good as he."
As to Honeycomb,
" I am content that he shall take the c.dds
Of his great name and estimation ;"
and that is all I think he will take by his motion to-
morrow. My confidence in my especial favourite, the
" Dumpling' of Newmarket, is unabated, and those who
take shelter under Colonel Peel's Palm-Tree (for such is
the signification of Tadmor in the original language)
are not likely to regret doing so.
The Epsom Four-Year-Old Stakes look very like a
walk over fur Comet.
_ _

The Grand Stand Plate seems destined for the Coun-
tess colt, or Swordplayer; Cyinba third.
The Nonsuch Stakes to Hose Pompon or Miss Lark-
away.
Fur the Oaks a field of some fifteen or sixteen will
run, probably the following:—Glauca, Clarissa, Wood-
laik, West Country Lass, Emma Donna, Mysticle, Lady
Jersey, Industry filly, Highland Fling, Era, Diana,
Grace, lmperatrix, Plebeia, and Lady Superior; Wet
Nurse and Lady Tryphena may run; is that cue West
Country Lass will be withdrawn.
I shall not anal)ae their merits, but at once jump to
the conclusion by taking Glauca and Clarissa as the
most likely to catch the judge's eye first, former for
choice, Day's fillies being close up.
I will conclude by laying before your readers a table
of anticipations of the fate of the principal stakes of
1849, and Derby, 1850.

STARE.
Ascot Derby
Triennial
Welcome ~,
New „.

ASCOT.
PROBABLE WINNERS.
... Drakelow.
Nunnykirk, 1; Elthiron, 2.
... The Knout, or Sobraon.
... Cadger, or William the Con-
queror.
Van Tromp, 1; Chanticleer, 2 ;
Cossack, 3.
NEWCASTLE.

Emperor's Plate

Northumberland Plate.. Mahon, 6st 11lb; Belus, list 81b.
Stebbing's lot look certain to carry this Plate ott
llotspur ... ... Elthiron, or Nunnykirk.
Gateshead .. ... The Knout.

Gold Cup
Tyro...

... Van Tromp, or Chanticleer.
... Countess of Albemarle, or
The Douglass.

The Cup

LIVERPOOL.
... Peep. o' Day- Boy, Bst 41b ; Lady
3daham, ist 91b; Esseda-
rius, sst Clb.
... Flying Dutchman, 1; Van-
guard, 2.
... Cadger, or Flash.
GOODWOOD.
▪ Tudmor.
... Colonel Peel, or Mr. Meiklam.
• Sergius, or William the Con-
queror.
_ _

St. Leger

Mersey

Gratwick©
Th© liam
Lavant ...

Drawing•room
Racing ... .

▪ Uriel.
• Honeycomb, or Uriel.
Y ORM.
Et hiron.
.. Ellen Middleton, or Lady
Jersey

Ebor St. Leger
Yorkshire Oaks

DONCASTER.
... Nunoykirk, or Flying Dutch•

St. Leger

man.

EPSOM, 1850.
Pontitex, Skins, The Italian,
or The Cadger.

Derby ...

I am Sir, yours, Ecc.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THE DERBY RACE.
feovretnhe fray;array
The Starter cries " Off !" and away they all fly,
.‘ Off, off I" from the Stand is the general cry.
See Elthiron leads for the Dutchman the van,
EachThel‘-a g
horse s are
and its iotws ridermars haar l
e l'
hot o int
Followed by the colt out of " Flambeau's dam;"
Dan Tucker, Old Fox, follow close in their wake,
And Nat, on his Tit, gives Tadmor a shake;
While Chatterer, Honeycomb, and Dutchman so bold,
Give work to their Jockies to keep them in bold;
And Vatican now pushes forward the pace,
And at once becomes forward, e'en first in the race.
" Tattenham Corner" they round, where the Dutchman

appears,
'Mid the hopes of his friends, and yet with their fears,
Followed close in his wake by " Touchstone's" bold son,
Whilst Nat upon Tadmor goes fearlessly on,
The distance is reached, " Bay Middleton's blood,
That never the distance has ever yet stood,
Gets tired, then wearied, then losses first place,
And Tadmor now takes the lead in the race.
The crowd cry out, that Tadmor wins the day,
Not seeing Touchstone's son comieg away
From out the ruck, which pent bial in so long,
And in earnest makes the pace both fast and strong.
Tadmor and he, now neck and neck they race,
And at the stand the black one takes first place.
The fray is o'er, the race is run;
The son of Beeswing and of Touchstone's won,
Whilst " Sim" on Vatican obtains third place,
And struggling beats the Dutchman in the race.

SOUTHANIFTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—The cotton
sales at Havre were yesterday very languid, sales up to
two o'clock ainounting to 508 bales, without any
alteration in price. The Merchant from Savannah, and
the Jeune Nelly from Pernambuco, arrived yesterday
at Havre. The Peter Marcy and Thomas Wright, with
4,980 bales of cotton, were reported laot evening as being
in the channel, bound for that port.