The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-17 00:00:00

RA6INGt NOTEB.

The first day at Cottenham was a great triumph for the
backers and the prophets. The latter are naturally in
high glee, for there being one prominent favourite in all
the races, and this favourite having won in
nearly every instance, the triumph of prophecy
is, of course, great. Warlike was supported at
6 to 5 on for the Handicap Hurdle, and won ;
Schiedam carried off the Grand National Hunt,
for which he was first favourite ; Kinfisher gained the
Selling Steeplechase, for which he was' backed at evens ;
Q.C. bore away the Cottenham Handicap, his price being
5 to 4 on at the start ; Arlescott gained in a canter the
Hunters' Steeplechase, for which he was second
favourite. There was, however, a notable exception to
the rule in the defeat of Primrose for the Hunters' Race,
for which she started at 'll to 8 on. • The race was a good
one, but the favourite had no chance whatever against
Merry Monk, who won by half a length, Patchwork
beating Primrose by a head for second place.
The great event of the day, the Grand National
Hunt, gave rise to much speculation, but the race
turned out to be of but an ordinary kind. It was run at
a wretchedly' slow pace for three parts of the journey,
Tinderbox, The Hart, and Ledburn alternately hiving the
command till within a mile of home, where Baron Roths-
child's horse was beaten. Schiedam, who had always been
lying in the front division, then challenged The Hart, and
having him beaten immediately, he carried the rose jacket
to victory by an easy five lengths. Tinderbox, heading
Mr. Powell's horse at the distance, obtained the second
place by half a length, Tom being placed fourth. This is
'he third time that Mr. Chaplin has won the race. Schiedam
has not done much in the way of racing since he ran with-
out winning- g
several times as a two-year-old ;
but his great haunting reputation fixed his position in this
encounter. Mr. J. M. Richardson, who rode Schiedam,
displayed great skill and patience. There was an immense
crowd on the ground, the presence of the Prince and the
Princess of Wales proving a great attraction.
Respecting two minor meetings of the week, the Sport-
ing Life publishes from " Augur"the following forecast
" Kingsbury promises to be well supported on the last
three days of the week, and under the manage-
ment of Mr. W. P. Warner the course is cer:
tarn to be in excellent order. Four, events are
complete for Thursday, of which the Handicap
Hurdle Race (one mile and three-quarters) is likely to
fall to Dr. Wilson or Saturnalia, whilst the Visitors'
Plate should be won by The Hackler or Lady Middleton.
The Maiden Hurdle Race Stakes is bound to be won by
Warlike, if he is sent to the post, and for the Welter Cup
I prefer Travellor or Athens. Two events have closed
for Friday, the Midland Railway Hurdle Plate being
likely to fall to Hungerford or Hammerton, whilst the
Kingsbury Handicap I must award to Juanita or Billy Ped-
der. Eight events are complete for the first day at Crewkerne,
the winners of which it is not easy to predict, owing to the
same horses being engaged at several places. For; the
Dorsetshire Hurdle Race I prefer Robert Launarie and
Brown Jug, and in the Dorsetshire Handicap Steeple
Chase Albatross and Tempest look best. The
Ilminster Handicap Steeple Chase will- probably
be won by ,Eheu or Panther ; the Martock
Stakes by Satellite, in the absence of Snow-
storm ; and the Haselbury Handicap Hurdle is likely to
fall to Sapling or King Richard. On Friday, the Somer-
set Open Handicap Steeple Chase lies between Tally-ho
and,Albatross : whilst the Yeovil Handicap I Shall award
to Toby or Matlock. The Somersetshire Hurdle Race
will depend on the previous running, but at present I
prefer the chance of Sapling."
The &peculation on the City and Suburban Handicap
proceeds with undi m iilished vigour. Sabinus took decidedly
the first place on Tuesday, the best offer against him being
9to 1. Miss Davrell and Ashfield were each, however,
highly fancied, and it was exceedingly difficult at times
to decide which of the three really had the advantage.
Very little is'known of Ashfield, and the reports of his
doings are very contradictory, but an immense amount of
money has been invested on his chance. The three-year-
olds continue to enjoy almost a monopoly. of favour. It
seems necessary' to caution the public against Ladas, who
has been backed at a very short price. Mr. James Dover
declares that he has no instructions from Lord Rosebery,
whoisabroad, and unless he has special orders, Ladas willnot run.

The Two Thousand betting presents no feature of
change. Bell's Life says :—" Kingcraft continues to be
in great force for the Two Thousand, and the Newmarket
folks are becoming so fond of him that ill-natured critics
will soon begin to predict his overthrow. However, our
own notion has always been that over the Rowley Mile a
really good horse will be needed to effect the defeat of
Lord Falmouth's crack, and now that Sunshine's fol-
lowers are in such doleful dumps, it is hard to see whence
his conqueror is to spring. Astolfo is in renewed favour,
consequent on the canard respecting his coughing his heart
out having taken wing and departed, and it is a doubtful
point as yet which of the Russley lot will carry the yellow
jacket on theTwoThousa.nd day." With respect to Sunshine
the following important paragraph is given in the Sporting
Life:—" We have good reason for knowing that there is
not the slightest foundation for the rumour that this mare
had met with an accident, or become unsound. Het
numerous admirers and backers may rest assured she is
Perfectly sound in wind and limb."

TirE IRISH oHunat BILL.—The Church Herald
lays that the Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin have
come to a resolution' in consequence of the legislation of
last year with respect to the Irish Church, to abandon the
hitherto customary method of signing their names, viz.,
their Christian names and initials, followed by the names
of their sees; henceforth they will sign themselves "Marcus
G. Beresford," and " Richard C. Trench," respectively.-
REVERSING AN APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF CON..
STABLE. —At the recent Court of Quarter Sessions for
'Wiltshire, when Captain Bellers was appointed chief con-
stable for the county, an objection was raisedby the friends
of the other candidates on the ground that Captain Bellers
was beyond the stipulated age, which is 45. A communi-
cation has been received fromthe Home Office announcing
that under the circumstances Mr. Bruce declines to sanc-
tion the appointment. It is understood that Colonel Ross,
who stood second, will receive the appointment.
"FM NOT MYSELF AT ALL."—A. Bavarian soldier
who had entered the Pontifical army, got tired of the
service about three years ago, and deserted. A short time
since he began to think he would like to get back to his
old post, and, feeling certain that he would be
forgotten, returned to Rome. He presented him-
self to the proper authorities, and was accepted.
Unfortunately, however, he was recognised by
some of his old comrades, and was at once apprehended as
a deserter. The poor man was overwhelmed with asto-
nishment. The defence he made for himself was, perhaps,
the oddest ever attempted in similar circumstances. "You
are mistaken," he exclaimed; "it was not I. I ant my
brother /" They do not hesitate to believe some very
curious things in Rome, but this was too much even for
Pontifical officials.—Globe.
THE PIRACY OF MR. TENNYSON'S WORKS.—In
the Bill Charnber.of the Court of Session, at Edinburgh,
Lord Gifford has given judgment on the note of sus-
pension and interdict at the instance of Mr. Alfred
Tennyson, D. C. L. Poet-Laureate, residing at Farringdon,
Isle of Wight, and his publishers, Strahan and Co., of
London and Edinburgh, against Messrs. Logan and
Simpson, and four other publishers in Glasgow. The
complainers craved that the respondents should be pro-
hibited from continuing the sale of reprint or editions ,of
Mr. Tennyson's
_poetical works, which were printed and
published in the United States of America, and imported
into Great Britain, being an infringement of the copy-
right of Mr. Tennyson's works acquired by Strahan
and Co., for five years, from January, 1869. The
respondents having neither lodged answers, nor put in
an -appearance in, the case, Lord Gifford has passed the
note, and renewed the interdict granted ten days since.
On application to the outer division of the court,
the interdict against the sale will now be rendered
perpetual.
THE MANX LIBEL CASE.—The action for libel
brought against the Bishop of Soclor and Man by Mr.
Laughton, a member of the Manx bar, has terminated
after a protracted trial, the jury finding for the
plaintiff, and awarding him £4OO damages. The
action, it may be remembered, had its beginning
in the vagaries of several young men of strong ritualistic
proclivities, who had been trained in a sort of monastery
established by the Rev. Mr. Mossman, rector of Torring-
ton Lincolnshire, and ordained by the Bishop of Soder
and Man to curacies in the island. The proceedings of
Mr. Mossman's " monks," as they were contemptuously
termed, greatly aggrieved the Manx people ; and
when a bill to extend the patronage of the bishop
was recently submitted to the house of Keys
it was vigorously opposed, Mr. Laughton being
engaged to support a petition against the bill. In his
speech to the house Mr. Laughton sharply criticised the
conduct of the bishop, and declared that the Manx
people had no confidence in him. In a subsequent
charge to the clergy of his diocese, the bishop. retaliated
so
strongly upon Mr. Laughton that the latter instituted3b.o
action for libel which has just been brought to a close,