The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-04 00:00:00

DONCASTER RACES.

The Town Council have refused to sanction the ap-
pointment of Mr. Hibburd as starter, on the ground that
no complaint had been made to them of the inefficiency
of Mr. Birley, who, it appears, is fortunate enough to
have met with the approval of Lords G. Bentinck and
Rancliffe. The policy of interfering with the stewards
in the exercise of a legitimate authority, may be called
in question, especially as the appointment was made at
the request of several gentlemen interested in Doncaster
Races (1. e., the owners of race-horses), and without put-
ting the Corporation to any additional expense.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-

" Now comes apace the evening of the year,
With all its sunset glories spread around."
" Fair Hope, the season to the turfite ytelds—
Large stakes, rich handicaps, and sporting fields."

The autumnal racing campaign of Surplice's year com-
mences with the meeting at Warwick on Tuesday next,
and will be brought to a conclusion on or about the 28th
of October, that being the last day in the Newmarket
Houghton week; this campaign of eight weeks it is m)
intention to to take a " bird's eye view" of, with a peep
at the leading stakes of '49, so as in some measure to
dispel the mists of futurity, and give your sporting
readers the benefit of a telescopic glance through the
lens of my judgment at the destinies of the crack stakes
of '4B and '49, for
" Such comprehensive views the Spirit takes,
That in a few short minutes—"
" The scene,
With all its pleasures and its pains,"
Of many a well earned triumph shall my anticipation
before your mind's eye lay.
To begin with the beginning, for the Leamington
Stakes at Warwick on Tuesday, a small field of about
six will will be brought to the post, probably consisting
of Footstool, The Cur, Yardley, Ulysses, Sylvan, and
Doctrine, to which might be added Pillage, Pottinger.
Columbus, and Remembrance; should the later start I
see nothing to beat him, in his absence the race, I pre
sumo, will come off, thus:—
Footstool (Butler) or Sylvan (Fenn)
Ulysses (Ryder) ... ••• •••
The Cur (Rogers) ..• ••• •••
Yardley (Whitehouse) ... •••
Doctrine (Pearl) ..• ••• •• •
The Castle Park Stakes to the Iron Duke or The
Arab.
The Great Warwickshire Stakes has twelve nominations,
but nothing good enough to interfere with Shylock's
chance; The Great Western may possibly run second.
The Warwick Cup to the Hero or Pyrrhus whichever
the stable may please to start, Ellerdale second.
At Doncaster, for the Champagne Stakes, Philippa,

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... 2

the victress of Borneo, will meet the Flying Dutchin-an
and Honeycomb; a good race may be expected between
be trio, and it is just possible the " Byer" may have
to strike his colours.

For the St. Leger from eight to twelve are expected
to run, to be selected from the following :—*Besborough;
*Backbiter, Springy Jack, *Voyager, Justice to Ire-
land, *Big Jerry, Flatcatcher, Assault, *Beverlac, L'lL-
rondelle colt, *King of Kildare, Aspasia, *Blaze, *Ban;
lit, Surplice, Loadstone, *The Stinger, Canezou, *M
rasvhino, and *Fern.
Those marked thus * are very doubtful starters.
Mr. Green's colours with Assault or Flatcatcher will
be about the mark this time, with Surplice and Canezon
in attendance. Justice to Ireland it is dangerous to
meddle with either pro or con, and Springy Jack I am
afraid will find the distance too long for him. The rest
possess no attractions for me, and are, in my opinion,
without a chance. _ _ _

I attach my anticipated results of the Autumna
stakes :

STAKE. PROBABLE WINNER.
Great Yorkshire Handicap—Executor or Vampyre. .
Pack- hill—Lady Masham or Canezou.
Doncaster Cup—Van Tromp.
Two-year old—Elthiron or the Flying Dutchman.
FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
Buckenham—Colonel Peel.
Grand Duke Michael—Surplice or Flatcatcher.
Hopeful—lone, Glauca, or Czarina.
Granby—Farthingale or Borneo.
Rutland—Nina or Ploughboy.
First Triennial—Tadmor 1, Elthiron 2, Honeycomb 3.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
Royal—Surplice 1, Glendower, 2.
Clearwell—lndus, Elthiron, or Sister to Arkwright.
Bedford—Little Frank or Puffy.
Bikreentbdy—ergGaslta_ucEalouriiSroisnt,elrnidouAs,rokrwirliognheticomb.
Cesarewitch—Justice to Ireland, Gardenia; Cossack
or Remembrance.
HOUGHTON MEETING.

Criterion—Elthiron, Nina, or Philippa.
Cambridgeshire—Glendower, Planet, The Fidler, or.
Conyngham.
I can at present give no very decided opinion on the
Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, but will do so at the
earliest opportunity.
In 1849, for the 2,000 Guineas, Nunnykirk, Honey-
comb, Uriel, and Indus, will be rattling favourites, and
between them lays the race. Mr. Merry will he in great
force for the Chester Cup; and as for the Derby, on
Colonel Peel's Tadmor, by lon, out of Palmyra, I will
stake my reputation as a prophet, and with Shakspere
exclaim,

" I will not change my horse fur any that
Treads but upon four pasterns."
The Emma cult, Old Dan Tucker, Flying Dutchman,
Elthiron, Saucy Dick, Honeycomb, Nunnykirk, Indus,
Uriel, and Osterley are respectively worth an invest-
ment.
For the Oaks, Lord Chesterfield, Colonels Peel and
Anson, and Mr. Irwin, respectively own a clipper, and
from their stables the winner I expect will spring.
As I've got so far a head of time, I may as well in
conclusion state that Lord Clifden possesses in Sidus,
Pontifex, and Narbonne, three very promising yearlings
for the 2,000 Guineas, Derby, and Oaks of 1850.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Monday morning.

DERBY SWEEPS.—On Saturday, at a petty ses-
sions held before the magistrates for the district of St.
Anne's, Westminster, J. Whiskin, Esq., in the chair,
the proceedings which took place in the House of Com-
mons, with reference to Derby sweeps, came before the
consideration of the bench.—The Chairman (Mr.
Whiskin) said that he had ttiat morning read with some
surprise and regret the couhe which the Attorney-Ge-
neral had thought proper to pursue with regard to
Derby sweeps. It was said by the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman that he did not intend to interfere further
than to declare that the advertising such sweeps in the
newspapers would henceforth be considered an illegal
act. He (the chairman) could not see what difference
there could be between permitting parties having
sweeps held at their houses to publish and circulate
bills announcing such fact and allowing them to make
use of the advertisement columns of a newspaper for the
same purpose. In his (the chairmen's) opinion, all
kinds of sweeps were bad in principle, seeing that they
led to results of a mischievous character to many
families, the heads of which speculated their shilling in
the hopes of obtaining considerable amounts without in-
dustrial efforts. He did think that, as magistrates, it
was their duty to do all they could in order to suppress
these " sweeps," and he must repeat his regret that the
Government had not acted more firmly in the matter. If
the Attorney-General was of opinion that the measure
he had proposed would lead to the suppression of these
clubs, he (the chairman) was of a different opinion; he-
thought it would lead more probably to an increase or
evil.—Mr.vthiteablyproveto H.
bßeostehconsidered
,thahtissucpharwt,ouhlde ine-
vitably
sanctioned these kind of lotteries, nor would he
Ido so. The Attorney-General was certainly wrong ix
not putting down these gambling speculations at once.— •
After the transaction of the customary business thei?eech
broke up.