The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-30 00:00:00

THE LONDON,. MONDAY

BELTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY.

DERBY.
sto 4 on Macgregor (taken)
Bto 1 agst Camel (taken and offered)
11 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)
16 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (tnken)
20 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Normanby (taken)
25 to 1 agst Palmerston (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Cymbal (taken)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
100 to 7 agst Five per Cent: (taken)
100 to 6 agst Phoebus (taken)
20 to 1 agst Myosotis (taken)
20 to 1 agst Newsman (taken)
20 to 1 agst Brennus (taken) •
20 to 1 agst Exciseman (taken)
83 to 1 agst Ploughboy (offered)

ANTICIPATIONS FOR THE DERBY AND
OAKS.

The race for the Derby takes place on Wednesday next,
and on Friday the Oaks Stakes will be contested for.
The following are the probable starters and jockeys for
the former :
Macgregor, by Macaroni—Necklace J. Daley.
Sunshine, by Thormanby—Sunbeam J. Snowden.
Camel, by Thormanby—Eastem
Princess Custance.
Normanby, by Thormanby—Emily
King o' Scots, by King Tom—Kathe-
rine Logie Parry.
Kingcraft, by King Tom—Woodcraft T. French.
Palmerston, by Brocket—Rita.. T. Chaloner.
Cymbal, by Kettledrum—Nelly Hill Lynch.
Nobleman, by The Marquis—Auld
Acquaintance
Prince of Wales, by Chevalier d'ln-
dustrie—Tension Cannon.
The Recorder, by The Lawyer—Wild
Cherry
Stanley, by Knowsley—Allegra
Or
Exciseman, by Saunterer—Coast-
guard's dam
Champion, by Skirmisher—Fistiana... Maidment.
Bonny Swell, by Macaroni—Bonny
Bell Jeffery.
Sarsfield, by Yorkminster—Freney
mare
Tabernacle, by Newminster—Mrs
Wood J Goater.
Tourist, by The Rover—Maid of Tyne Marsh or Wyatt.
Chancelier, by Monarque—Chevrette Butler.
In the " Oaks," the following horses will probably
run :
Agility, by Adventurer—Mandragora J. Osborne.
Annexion, oy Ventre St. Gris—Tolla Butler.
Asterope, by Asteroil Madame
Egientine
Bright Weather, by Mildew—Easby Deacon.
Cradle, by. Saunterer—Margery Daw Cannon.
Fragrance, by Voltigeur—Sweetbriar J. Snowden.
Gamos, by Saunterer—Bess Lyon G. Fordham.
Gertrude, by Saunterer—Queen Bertha T. French.
Hester, by Thormanby—Tomyris J. Grimshaw.
Lightning, by Thunderbolt May
Queen Morris.
Mahonia, by King Tom—Blooming
Heather Maidment.
Pandore, by Newminster—Caller Ou Custance.
Pate, by Macaroni—Songstress Marsh or Wyatt.
Performer, by Adventurer—Olga Cameron.
Sunshine, by Stockwell—Sunbeam J. Daley.
The prophets of the sporting papers do not in a single
instance withhold their partizanship from the famous
Macgregor, his gallops all the week and his
triumph at Bath having fully entitled him to
all the favour that can be given him. Bridg-
water is looked upon generally as a dark horse,
owing chiefly perhaps to his near relationship to
Savernake, who struggled so hard to take the victory
from Lord Lyon in his famous race. The horse is said to
have " broken down," or disappointed his friends, at the
trials during the week, but as these statements are made
in a vague manner, and not confirmed by positive
instances of his alleged failures, suspicion about him is
increased.
Bell's Life. says everything points at present to Mac-
gregor carrying the entire confidence of Mr. Merry, and

his recent public form is so undeniably good that we look
in vain for anything likely to effect his overthrow. Our
final vote on Wednesday_ will, so far as can at present be
foreseen, be given to acgregor, and despite the very
general opinion expressed in his disfavour, it will not sur-
prise us to see the now despised Kingcraft gain a place.
Prophesying for the remainder of the Epsom races, this
paper says the Stanley Stakes, a new and so far as entry
goes highly successful two yeir old race will probably be won
by Tullibardine. Grimston and Lady Sophia are as well
handicapped as anything in the Bentinck Plate, and the
pair are freely treated again in the Epsom Town Plate.
In the new mile and a half race, the High Level Handi-
cap, to which the handsome amount of £2OO is added.
Phcebus and Paganini are fairly handicapped, and one of
the pair is pretty certain to be thereabouts at the finish.
with reference to the Oaks Bell's Life says should Hester
and -Sunshine come together the meeting between these
crack daughters of Thormanby will alone be sufficient to
lend a greater interest to the race than it has created for
years past. Baron Rothschild may run a couple,
Mahonia and an own sister to Tomato, which has
been doing well of late, and the first named
is pretty certain to run into a place. All the Epsom
division are sanguine as to the success of Pate, a really
clever and improved filly, whose class is, nevertheless, we
take it, inferior to that of the three cracks. For the suc-
cess of one of these we look rather confidently, and either
Hester or Mabonia will be our final selection for the chief
fillies' race of the year.
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The Field says it is possible that Sunshine may not run
in the Derby, as it may be considered wise to reserve the
mare specially for the fillies' race. Camel, Normanby,
and King o' Scots are the Bedford Lodge trio. Camel—
consideringhis best performances are winning the Eglinton
Stakes and Nursery Plate at Doncaster, after being five
times defeated in all kinds of company—occupies a false
position in the list of quotations. He is a coarse horse,
destitute of that fine quality generally seen in high-class
animals, and, in our opinion, Camel will, so far as winning
the Derby is concerned, prove an impostor as his stable
companion, King.o' Scots, did in the Guineas. Normanby
is a good, sound horse, and the best place investment in
the race, as he is fitter to run now than when he got
second to Macgregor in the Two Thousand Guineas.
King o' Scots, though he has never won during his
racing career, still finds backers, who must have more
money than brains, as this son of King Tom, after
failing in minor events is scarcely likely to win the
Derby. Kingcraft ran fast in the Two Thousand race to
the Bushes, at which point he was done with, and we
cannot see how he is to reverse positions with Macgregor
and Normanby, though Lord Falmouth's handsome colt
is sure to beat all such second-raters as King o' Scots.
Macgregor, Sunshine, Normanby, and Kingcraft, are the
best public horses engaged in the Derby; that Mr. Merry
will win the blue riband of the turf this year, however,
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we have no doubt, as either Macgregor or unshine is
good enough to beat the horses that will
oppose them. Our confidence is in Macgregor,
and Belladrum will, we trust, be avenged by the
victory of the gallant son of Macaroni and Necklace.
The Field gives its plumper to Sunshine for the Oaks.
" Harkaway " in Land and Water is of opinion that in
the Derby struggle Macgregor and Bridgwater will finish
first and second. As for the Oaks, he will not desert
Hester, who carried him home with flying colours for the
One Thousand. Mahonia, he beheves, will be her
most troublesome opponent. The Sporting Life
expects Macgregor to win the Derby " easily " and
will hope to see Normanby and Kingcraft fight
out the battle for second and third places. In the opinion
of " Augur," who writes for this journal, there is no
prospect of anything compelling Macgregor to succumb,
unless it be some animal whose pretensions there have
been no public opportunities for guaging. For the Oaks
there is no horse to beat Hester and Sunshine, between
whom he fancies an interesting race may be expected.
Pate may be enabled to secure a place. The prophet of
the Sportsman thinks that the first three animals in the
Derby will be Macgregor, Prince of Wales, and Camel.
Hester, he is confident, will be the winner of the Oaks.
Bridgwater was scratched on Saturday.
" Touchstone," in the Era, says :—" Mr. Merry was not
afraid to pull out Macgregor at Bath, and if he did so
to ascertain whether the colt could stay 0.1 not, he may be
thoroughly satisfied on the point, as the Guineas hero had
scarcely turned a hair when he went by the winning-post at
the end of his mile and a half journey. His last performance
was almost as impressive as his first, and hehas only to keep
well to be the warmest Derby favourite at the post that we
have had for years." He anticipates that Normanby will
be second, and Camel third.
" Censor," in the Sporting Gazette, will not desert Mac-
gregor for the great race, and thinks that Normanby may
be placed.
Much difference of opinion exists as to the manner in
which the Derby of 1870 will be patronised by the public.
The Sporting Life thinks that nothing is wanting but a
continuance of the present superb weather to ensure one
of the largest attendances ever known.
Bell's Life, on the other hand, ventures to predict that
from one cause or other next Wednesday will be the dullest
Derby day that journalists have had to chronicle for
years.

YACHTING.
THE SAPPHO AND CAMBRIA.

We, Bell's Life, understand that Mr. Ashbury has
declined to accept Mr. Douglas's challenge to sail two
matches sixty miles to windward and back, the Cambria
to receive time allowance in the first race according to
Thames measurement, and in the second according to New
York Yacht Club measurement ; but we hear on good
authority, that on his arrival in New York the owner of
the Cambria will enter her for all club and sweepstake
races, and in all likelihood will entertain Mr. Douglas's
proposal for one or more races, twenty miles to windward
and back, subject to an equitable time allowance.