The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-16 00:00:00

Prix de Neuilly.

L'Aspirant
Elizabeth
Contrebande....
The Em

peror was present at the meeting, which was
'avoured with splendid weather.

LATEST BETTING.
FRFNCII DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Alaric
7to 1 agst Valois
Bto 1 agst Minotaur°
10 to 1 agst Cantato
12 to 1 agst Bigarreau
15 to 1 agst Jarnac
20 to 1 agst Don Carlos
20 to 1 agst Mars
30 to 1 agst Miss Hot-vine

• CITY B ETTING— SAT URD AY.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Toison d'Or (taken and offered)
to 1 Bar one (offered)
DERBY.
500 to 400 agst Macgregor (offered)
9to 1 agst Sunshine (offered—take 10 to 1)
10 to 1 agst Camel (offered-1,100 to 100 taken)
100 to 6 agst Prince of Wales (offered—take 20 to 1)
22 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Palmerston (wanted)
t 5 to 1 agst Bridgewater (offered—take 1,000 to 30)
1000 to 25 agst Cymbal (offered)
2000 to 10 agst Sarsfield (offered)

PLACE BETTING.
200 to 100 on Macgregor (offered—take 250 to 100)
3to 1 agst Camel (taken)
4 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (offered take 3to 1)
sto 1 agst Palmerston (taken to £100)
sto 1 agst Normanby (wanted)
sto 1 agst Kingcraft (taken)

ANTICIPATIONS FOR YORK AND °HELMS-

F 0111).

The Field says :—The appointments for the ap-
proaching week are York, Doncaster, Chelmsford,
Harpenden, Wye, and Baldoyle. The York Spring
Meeting will take place on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and in Mr. Johnson's list are thirteen races
etanding for decision. For the Great Northern Handicap
(two miles, over the old course) twenty-one horses have
accepted ; but neither of the first four in the Chester Cup
are in the entry. Adolphus has a very taking
appearance at first sight, but he may fail to beat Toisou
d'Or and Lord Harewood. Thirty-six two-year-olds have
been nominated for the Zetland Stakes (5 furlongs 44
yards), several of whom are highly bred. Clanronald,
by Kettledrum out of Lady Macdonald, is a very nice
two-year-old ; but as he may not be brought out at York,
the Queen lee Filly and Rebecca are the pair
we shall rely on, although the latter is pe-
nalised 7 lb. The Craven Stakes (1 mile) may
be carried off by White Slave ; the Knavesmire
Plate (4 furlongs) by Thunderstorm or Perambulator ' • the
Glasgow Plate (5 furlongs 44 yards) by East Coast or
Ismael ; and the Ebor Plate (2 miles) by Primrose or Slap
Bang. On Wednesday, in the Flying Dutchman's Han-
dicap miles) twenty-seven horses have been weighted.
Musket holds Idus safe, measured by their positions
when running at Newmarket, and Mr. Payne's colt reads
like the winner, though Lumley must be dangerous.
Twenty-eight horses have been nominated for the Londes-
borough Cup (6 furlongs), and Douglas and Lady Zetland
have none the worst of the weights. The Stamford Plate
(4 furlongs) will be won by Talisman or Sister to
Promptress, and the Eglington Stakes 5 furlongs 44
yards) by the Queen Bee filly.
The Chelmsford Meeting will be held on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Old Sam and, Salus will, however, beat all
comers in the Chelmsford Handicap. Six moderate
animals have been named for the Galleywood Plate (four
furlongs), and the best at the weights is Lady Middleton,
In the Great Baddow Stakes (four furlongs) twenty-seven
two year olds have been engaged, and few of these have
run in public. Dr. Giles or Sweet Home will probably
win this stake. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each (four fur-
longs) will fall to Bayminster. On Wednesday the Two-
year-old Plate (four furlongs) is the only closed race, and
this will be won by Jennings's representative, Repose or
Dr. Giles.

Bell's Life says :—" Capital entries have been obtained
for the races at York. Contrary to custom only three
year olds are this time engaged in the Craven Stakes, and
of these White Slave or Ralph Lambton will probably
prove the best. Brennus (Bst 71b) and Star and Garter
(7st 31b) will take some beating for the Glasgow
Plate and for the Knavesmire Plate Peram-
bulator and Frederica must represent us. No
fewer than thirty-six two year olds, many of them very
highly bred, are engaged in the Zetland Stakes, and it is to
be regretted that amongst them is nothing belonging to the
noble earl from whom the race receives its name. The
Chester winner Rebecca, who has incurred a 71b. penalty,
is very likely to go to the post. If we choose Brigg's best
and Columbus to represent us we may not be far out." No
betting has yet been quoted on the Great Northern. Of the
threeyear olds our only fancy is for The Bobby, Fearnought,
and Lord Harewood. The first-named can stay well,
and is in form just now, and Lord Harewood can, we be-
lieve, race a little ; so that the pair must be dangerous in
so-so company. Of Fearnought good accounts have
reached us, and despite his defeat at Chester, he must not
be hastily set down as worthless. We do not look upon.
Mr. Bowes's filly as a really good stayer, but, considering
the cattle that will oppose them, Toison d'Or or Paul Jonee
may win, and The Bobby should be a good place invest-
ment.

In the second day's running, Musket looks like being
good business for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap, and
the best of the Spigot Lodge pair—Duneane and Pistache
—should be thereabouts for the Londesborough Cup.
The prophet of the Sportanzan says :—For the Great
Northern Handicap only twenty-one horses have accepted,
and we may expect that about half this number will come
to the post. Of the animals that ran in the Chester Cup
Paul Jones and Wild Flower are likely to fight
their battle over again, but I think they will
both be again defeated, and I expect that we
shall see the winner in Toison d'Or, or Lord
Harewood, whose most dangerous opponent will be The
Bobby. The Craven Stakes will, in all probability, be
won by White Slave or Promptress. The Knavesmiro
Plate, for two and three year olds, will, I think, be won
by Perambulator or Thunderstorm. The Zetland Stakes
I shall award to Rebecca. In the Ebor Plate I must
once more go for Slap Bang, next to whom will be seen
Fairyland.

Bell's Life hears that, on account of the continued ill-
ness of Mr. Heene, his entire stud of horses in training,
including Bismarck, Acorn,' Hawthornden, and some
highiy bred two-year olds, will be sold without reserve at
Albert Gate on the Thursday before the Derby.
The Prince of Wales (acoording to the South London
Press) will be solicited to patronise the Oval Cricket
Ground, at Kennington, this year. His Royal Highness
is proprietor of the ground. During the past fifteen years
£30,000 has been spent on account of the Surrey county
matches. The cost of last year's matches was £1,157, and
the income £2,440.
The first of Lord Westminster's horses ran in public at
Chester on Friday.
The Hudson Amateur Rowing Association have sent
a challenge to the London Rowing Club for a six-oared
boat-race with or without coxwains to take place on the.
Hudson river in October next. In their invitation the
association offer to pay the passages of the London crew
both going to and returning from America.

THE FRENCH TREATY.—The Manohester Cham-
ber of Commerce have decided to send three gentlemen
as witnesses to Paris—Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr. John
Slagg, jun., and Mr, 13enjamin Armitage—to give evi-
dence before the Court of Inquiry now sitting as to the
operation of the Treaty of 1860 with respect to cotton
goods. An application has been made to those interested
in the cotton trade with France in the manufacturing
districts to send any suggestion or evidence to the Man-
chester Chamber of Commerce, which may be useful
for the information of the delegates ; and it may be as-
sumed that information of a similar character from
gentlemen interested in the trade in other parts of the
country would be equally acceptable. Such persons
are requested to put their communications in writing,
and forward them to the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce. _

LUSE( EDVCATION.--New Ireland, commenting on
the recommendation of the Education Commissioners in
favour of doing away with the National system, and ap-
plying the denominational, in all parishes where there
are all Protestants, and no Catholic, or all Catholics, says :
—The report is a virtual triumph for the hierarchy, and
an equally severe blow to all who have at heart the
national system. It is, and is meant to be, the thin end
of the wedge for splitting asunder the system of which
every independent man in Ireland is proud.
An ofAcial telegram from Cuba announces a Spa-
nish victory over the rebels in the central department of
the island. The insurgents lost 150 men killed and many
wounded, and three guns and munitions of war were
captured,