The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-05 00:00:00

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enunciation, was the delicate t of Nil Desperandum'a
legs (which led to his spraining bis knee in the race),
and which I did not kern until the morning before the
race ; but which I rectified in a second letter by taking
Surplice and Springy Jack as a certainty for the first
two places, and Eagle's Plume as the representative of
the outside division ; by this I have, for the fourth time,
pulled through successfully on the greatest race in
Christendom.

The Royal meeting on the Heath of Ascot com-
mences on Tuesday, continues four days, has eight
stakes on Tuesday, six on Wednesday, seven on Thurs-
day five on Friday, for which one hundred and thirty
horses have arrived; a very good bill of fare, and enoag,is
to satisfy any reasonable appetite.
It is not my intention to enter into particulars upon
any but the leading stakes, but to annex a list of the
supposed winners at the bottom of this epistle.
The Ascot Stakes will muster a good field at the pit
amounting to about a score, or, perhaps, two dozen, to
.be selected from the following:—
st lb st Ib
Chanticleer, 5 yrs ... 8 7 Nfarpe*us, 4 yrs ....• 6 0
Lady Wildair, 6 yrs 8 4 Birdlime filly, 3 yrs 6 0
Rattrap, .5 yr 5......... 8 0 Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs . .5 10
Mathematician, 4 yrs 7 9 lodine, 3 vrs
Plaudit, 6 yr 5........ 7 9 Backbiter, 3 yrs
Montpensier, 4 yrs . 7 6 Milliner, 5 yrs
Joc-o-sot, 4 yrs 7 5 Armin, 3 yrs ...... 5.1
Sheraton. 5 yrs 7 2 Swordplayer. 3 yrs . 5 2
Fergus, 4 yrs 6 13 Woodcraft. 3 yrs ... 5 2
Miss Whip filly, 4yrs 6 11 Miss Orbell, 3 yrs... 4 12
Sultana. 4 yes 6 10'Embrace, 3 yrs 4 10
Forest Flower, 6 yrs 6 10 Sis to Valentissimo,
Tarella, 4 yrs 6 5 3 yrs 4 4
Vampyre, 4 yrs' 6 sj-lecuba, 3 yrs 4 0
From the top weights, I should select Lady Wildair,
Mathematician, and Montpensier; from the middle,
Fergus and Vampyre; and from the light weights, Mrs.
Taft, lodine, Swordplayer, Sister to Valentissimo and
Hecuba; this last is a most formidable division, and
may perchance tura up the first and second.
Lady Wildair I consider to be as good if not better
than anything in the race; and to Lord Chesterfield,
with her or Mrs. Taft the stakes I think will go.
. I can fancy the horses passing the post in the follow-
ing order:—
Ludy Wildair ... (Butler or Nat) 1
Montpensier or Mathematician ...
.2
Fergus, Sister to Valentissimo, and Vampyre close up.
Fur the Emperor's Plate from four to six will corm
in thus:—
War Eagle . .... (Marson) 1
The Hero
Saddle (F. Butler) 3
Flatcatcher (Fenn or Prince) 4
I shall conclude by appending a list of my anticipa-
tions of the week's racing:--
Trial Stakes War Eagle, if he starts
Ascot Stakes Lady Wildair or Mrs. Taft
Queen's Vase ...Jericho or Cymba
Welcome Stakes Springy Jack or Glendower
Produce Stakes Wiasma
50 Sovs. Stakes Glenyon
Ascot I)erby Woodcraft
Triennial Stakes Jester, Glenalvon. or Crucible
Royal Hunt Cup Conyngham or Clementine
Fern Hill Stakes Blaze ur Woodcraft
Windsor Stakes
Coronation Stakes Tisiphone
10 Sovs. Stakes Lady Mary or Wanota
Windsor Town Plate Syrup or Isis
Emperor's Plate War Eagle
New Stakes Glance or Concertina o
Railway Plate Sir Martin or the Moor
I am, Sir, your's &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Saturday evening.