The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-25 00:00:00

THIS WEEK'S RACING.

Sixteen meetings are set down for decision this week.
The principal are those to be held at Guildford, East-
bourne Hunt, Cardiff, Croydon ; and in Scotland there is
the Eglinton Hunt, two clays, to gather the
clans. Speculation on some of these events
must necessarily be premature ; but Bell's Life
adventures the following :—At the Eastbourne Hunt
Meeting, Molloy Bawn or Effigy should win the Mile and
a Quarter Handicap, Lady Greensleeves the Tradesman's
Plate, and Sophie the Innkeepers' Plate. With Guildford
results we dare not meddle, beyond suggesting that Lord
Poulett should carry off the Grand Annual Steeple.
chase and at Cardiff, Osprey will be returned
victorious for the Corporation Plate, and Daisy will very.
probably place the Open Steeplechase to Mr. Powell's
credit. A large amount of added money given to the two
days' meeting at Croydon might have been
expected to attract a better class of horses
than those engaged in the fiat races, although in
the hurdle and cross country events we meet with
the names of some of the crack performers of the day. The
fields will, no doubt, be good, and the fixture is so happily
timed that the attendance is likely to exceed that
noticed on any previous occasion. As yet Tues-
day's races alone can be dealt with. The Wood.
side Plate may probably be won by the penalised Brother
to Vex or Royal Exchange ; and of those likely to
run for the Great " Welcomes " Handicap, Paganini and
Apollo read dangerous, although Mr. Brayley may very
likely have a good favourite. Limerick may win the
Grand National Hurdle Race, and Q.C. the Steeplechase
Plate. In the Hunters' Steeplechase nothing appears to
possess claims superior to Leoncillo and Three Per Cent.
The Sportsman prophet deals only with Guildford :
On Monday, in the Guildford Grand Anneal Steeplechase,
I shall stand whichever Ben Land runs. In the Percy
Plate Ligurian and Toby appear to have the best chances.
The Surrey Great Hurdle Race will, I think, fall to
Knight or Down or Head Centre. In the Railway Plate
Duchess of Devonshire and Wistaria have the best
chances. The Albury Steeplechase Plate will be won by
Aintree. _

The Sporting Life writer deals with three meetings in
this wise :—The Guildford Grand Annual Steeplechase
had 20 subscribers, of whom 15 have accepted, the dis-
tance being four miles, and of these I prefer Carlos or
Double Event. The Percy Plate will be won by Toby or
Head Centre ; whilst for the Surrey Grand Hurdle Race
I shall rely solely on Aerolite. In the Railway Plate of
50 sovs (5 fur.), I prefer Zerlina and Phantom, and the
Albury Steeplechase Plate will be won by Aintree. Three
e,y,enitueporgpleV foe_Tuesday, the Aldershot Camp
" Goblets" to Widdles • whilst Gentlem;.ii should' wk et
the Chilworth Stakes, if' he is good for anything. The
Eastbourne Hunt Meeting will be held on Monday, and
is likely to afford some sport to the frequenters
of that fashionable watering-place. Four races have closed,
and of these the Eastbourne Handicap should be won by
Juanita, and the Tradesmen's Plate will fall to Outpost or
Satellite. For the Innkeepers' Plate I prefer Roderick
Dhu or Billy Pedder, and the Hurdle Race Handicap
looks best for Saturnalia or Hungerfcrd. Croydon fol-
lows on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the entries being
numerous, some good racing of the plating form is likely to
take place. Five events are complete for Tuesday, of which
the Woodside Plate will bring out a good field, and is likely
to be won by Antias or Brother to Vex. In the Great
Welcomes Handicap I prefer Nightjar or Tourist, should
the latter have returned from Newmarket ; and in the
Grand National Hurdle Race, Limerick and Ada Penelope
look best. The distance of the Croyden Steeple Chase (three
miles) will just suit Q.C., and with him I must couple
Lord Waldegrave. On Wednesday I shall stand on
Mount Pleasant and Nightjar for the Welter Cup, whilst
the Surrey Grand Open Steeple Chase will be won by
Brick or Scarrington, and in the Selling Handicap Steeple
Chase I see nothing capable of beating Fleetwing.
The Field adventures a guess at the Scotch meeting—
the Eglinton Hunt :—On Thursday the most impor-
tant items in the card are the Eglinton Handicap Steeple-
chase, the Glasgow Plate, and Welter Cup. Twenty
horses remain in the Eglinton' Steeplechase (3i miles) and
if Mr. St. John decides to run The Doctor, this son of
the Cure will win, if Ile can beat Gloster. The Welter
Cup (II miles) will be carried off by Target ;
and the Glasgow Plate (6 furlongs) by Lord
Eglinton's representative, Blackwell or Bloodshot. On
Friday the Irvine Cup (one and a half miles) will be won
by Moscow ; and the West of Scotland Grand National
Steeplechase (two and a half miles) by Barbarian or Bona-
parte. The same writer has these remarks on the Croydon
meeting :—ln the Great Welcomes Handicap (one and a
quarter miles) seventeen horses stand from the original
twenty-nine nominations. Paganini, Ost., is the top
weight; but he wiLl•scarcely beat Ventnor and Ligurian,
and to this pair the issue may be left. The Woodside
Plate (about five furlongs) has attracted twenty-six
entries, and if Royal Exchange is sent for it
we do not perceive how he can be defeated.
In his absence, the elected of Mr. Bennett's pair
—Romance or Brother to Vex—may pull through.
There are twenty-four nominations for the Croy-
don Steeplechase Plate (three miles), and we
prefer the chances of The Elk and Roving Maid the last
being very nicely handicapped. In the Grand
National
Hurdle Race (two miles) Double Event will, notwith-
standing his comparatively heavy weight, run forward, as
a cleverer jumper than this son of Vedette is not in train-
ing. He may, however, fail to beat Ada Penelope and La
Sorrentina. On Wednesday, the Welter Cup (one and a-half
miles) may be won by Tasman ; the Grand Open Hanel.
e_IT Steeplechase (about 31 miles) by Scarrington or
Madrid ; and the Hurdle Handicap Plate miles) by
Acton. For the latter event Glenfalloch, who is second
favourite for Chester Cup, has been nominated, but there
is little fear of the horse commencing a jumping career at
this early date.
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Bell's Life notes that James Snowdon, who broke his
thigh by falling with Falkland in the West York Nursery
at Pontefract, last July, has taken to silk again and won
the Borough Handicap at Catterick on Friday. Blue
Gown was given up to Peter Price on Thursday
morning, and will remain at Newmarket for some
time to be prepared for the foreign races in which he
is eligible to contend. Custance will ride the King o'
Scots, son of King Tom and Katherine Logic, in the Twl
Thousand.

--We learn from the Sporting Gazette that Kangaroo, the
horse for which the Marquis of Hastings gave £6,000 after
winning the three-year-old Biennial at the Newmarket
Craven Meeting, 1865, while running for the Hambledon
plate at the Hambledon Hunt meeting on Thursday.
smashed his off fore fetlock joint so badly that he was im-
mediately shot.

The Sporting Gazette states that Blue Gown and The
Colonel are now in Peter Price's stables at Newmarket.
Blue Gown will remain under Price's care to be trained
for the Ascot Cup, after which he will make his
deb& on the Continent, in the Grand Prix at Lyons,
in June. His next appearance will be in the Cup
at Deauville, and his last in the Grand Prix at
Baden Baden, when he will take leave of the Turf, and
be put to the stud at Hoppegarten' near Berlin. Wells
has been engaged to ride him in all the above races. The
Colonel will start next year for Hoppegorteti. His first
appearance will be in a steeplechase at Berlin, in June ;
and in the course of the summer he will run in the Ham-
bOurg, Wiesbaden, Frankfort, and Baden Dad= steeple-
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