The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

The Warwick Meeting last week gave satienction to all
except. in one respect, viz., that no cards were to be had the
evening prior to the laces at Leamington, where the betting
men took up their quartets. It is a most annoying thing
that so -muth hitenvenierxe should be experienced by the
patrol :4 of racing on account cf the j?alcusy of printers.
The racing calls Ur no particular comment. Burlesque won
her race in a trot, and her form did infinite credit to Wallow.
In the Handicap, the favourite's defeat rather surprised me,
as he was by far the most favourably weighted hors in the
race, and ought, from his previous runni-g at Coventry, to
have defeated Godfrey with great ease. Of Goafrey's per-
formance I shall merely observe, that good as my opinion
of him has always been, I did not conceive with the lumping
weight_ B.A. 121 b., he could have occupi?d the place in the
race he did ; and in conclusion remark that, to use a theatri-
, ral phraee, " he never appeared to a greater advantage than

he aid on the present cccas•ian.''
The NorChantptou Sp,ring meeting commences to-morrow
with a stronger programme than instal, and, from the facili-
ties of access all prdtd by the Birmingham Railway, will be

no doubt, strongly patron:s,2,d by London sportsmen.
Seven races are set down in ll e lie', the first of which is
the Trial Stakes, to which t)tir horses ere named. Of these,
should old Discord nave recovered from tile accident he met
with at the Eastern Ccuatieso Railway, at the last. S, con('
October meeting, he ought in Ast a,ure,, I to be the best. The
next to be decittedis a Two-Yea, of 50 sovs. each,
with seven subscribers. Of the lot 11r. Ford's filly, by
Gladiator ( who ran second to Mund4r for the Darby), out of
Deception (an Oaks and all blt a Derby winner) is the Lest
total, but. from the superior condition in which Lord George's
.young stock are brought to the post, 1 sh,aild prefer
standing upon one of therm For the Great Northampton-
shire Stakes I do not think we shall have a very
large tl4l at the posi, Godfrey and Miss Elia being
so very favcurably weighted as hardly to give the others any
chance. It will be, we imagine, a tine race between the two,
but after Godfrey winning with Bst. 121 b. 114 easily at War-
wick, on Wednesday, with his lasting qualities, and a stone
less upon him, I mast say think his chance the best. But-
tress will, no doubt, struggle and obtain a good place. Zen-
thus and Yardley both like courses half a mile shorter than
this one.
In the Open Stakes, if I stot-al upoa any single horse, it
would be upon Lord George Bentinck'a Coal Black Rose, of
whose doings at Goodwood last year I have a favourable
recollection.
Nineteen horses are named for the Cup, but the field, I
c,.nceive, will be neither numerous or select. Discord,
9st. 101 b , since he has within the last two years managed to
emerge from the rank of a " trial horse" to that of a "cup
horse," his length being in getterala mile and a quarter, and
having now increased it to two miles, under his present
management ought, I thipk, to dispose of the lot. He will
meet at the post with little opposition. I come to this con-
clusion by the easy manner in which he won the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes last year at this meeting, and the Granby
Handicap and the Mold Cup at Croxton Park. For the
Granby lie carried llst. 10lb., and for the Gold Cup 12st. His
weight on this occasion will, not, I conjecture, inconvenience
him.
Of the nine nominations to the Althorpe Stakes, as none of
them have yet made their debilt in public, any opinion upon
their merits must be a matter of conjecture. Vor the reason
I have previously given my favourite would he GAbbler.
London, March 21,1846. TELEGRAPH.