The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.
R IV
-ETROSPECTIVE GL NC E AT THE LIVER-

POOL SPRING MEETING.

"Sow, if you look but closely, you will find
I have the the seeds of judgment in my mind :
The running gives at least a glimmering light;
The lines, though traced but roughly, are drawn right."
POPE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Although Lincoln commenced the compound
!a:tare of the legitimate and leather flapping as early as
6th of the present month, yet it was but a prelimi-
nary flourish to the great ingo of Liverpool, which
o,,Pin the last eight and .Forty hours has become a mat er
history. The Liverpool Spring Meeting of 1851, though
not able to show such large fields as in son- of those
Years
nealuteonw sunk on the shores of time, yet could boast of
dance, I think I may affirm, bey 'nit all
81:7!ceclent, most exciting contests, and some little
srettlation. The Spring Cup attracted eleven
fur • Post, one more than I ( xpected, and
uoitished a good race to the distance, with
how 3', Doubt, Baroness, Panope, and Caurire; here,
withe'Ler, matters changed; the three last were disgusted
• the pace and accordingly cut it; Unity and Doubt
• weet • '
it wi_oo in company to half-way up the distance, when
A 3 evident to all, that the three-year-old Unity, the
of Anti• Repealer and Tabitha Bramble, was
f,. utng easily, which she did by t.vo length; thus veri-
,f'cg the remark I made in the note No. 11, that though
,efe uabf see ms to be the crack, I very much DOUBT
/her he can give Unity nearly 3st, notwithstanding the
(111'11 Period of the season, and the length of the course
eteenz,ile4). " This observation was founded, to some
arta', On the forward state of the youngsters this year,
tb —"utable to the hitherto remarkable open state of
° weather, the resort to " the straw " this winter hav-
ingdbecti more the exception than the rule. In last
od 4„)''s note I placed " Caurire first, Unity second,
Doubt third;" this was not very far out, but in
ee°,,lldsrs, I took Unity as the absolute win
(tlere% Placing Caurire (fourth), and Baroness
• 15.: '9 next best in my estimation. I ea-
rn t,eed that there would be a larger field
tit the Grand National Steeplechase than mustered at
no starting-post, but as twenty-one came to the scratch,
atnirle can complain on that score. For this important
of e I selected Farnham and Fugitive, on the strength
tilt public performances, and the latter for
thnirt °en° had done in private likewise, little dreaming
es,' *net I heard in the City concerning the first-named
eetsveurrect• and that he was amiss. I placed unlimited
• eln 'epee in the pair, expecting one or other, bar acci-
barit to pull me through for a certainty. How I la-
willired under such a delusion with respect to Farnham I
fur explain in a few words :—my Irish correspondent in-
in V'ed me that Farnham and Sir John were the best
end'a gainer, the former certain to beat the latter;
bared 3' regular correspondent (who, it may be remem-
that—eltd int astray on the Lincoln races by stating
I badi some mystery hung over Nancy, and that
eidere better pass her chance over without con-
stelaZ`l°n) on Thursday week certified (after a
eel)
~to me that both Farnham and Fugitive
"oing good work. That he was correct
respect to Fugitive I am well aware, but as to
eeree,
it i„ tn. that was all humbug, as I know too well now
en, "co late; however, I'll take care this game don't
twour again. for I will at once do with them and one or
be other of ea
irregular correspondents what has lately
them
done with the Ministers of these realms—make
tlinSe resign their posts; and I have but little doubt that
re„,:,whe trust to my pilotage will benefit soon and
reorlally by this change in the sporting Ministry of
theet4n• The public must have observed, how, within
en last three or four we,-ks, I have in a way unusual to
rsinhr dinery tactics, tacked about several times in a
inYierious manner. This has been caused by the
a—,.°4k'v's of the gentry mentioned above; it will not
bee— again ; it will prevent me from laying
crier°
you to-day my analysis of the Chester
kaPt which shall be elaborately (as its importance de-
Tnds) examined in the course of the ensuing week.
thO r Pear to the subject which I had almost lost sight of,
eue, klyerpool Steeplechase was well contested by six
ireht et the seven animals I selected to form the first
•
teem at the finish (Farnham being the seventh), five of
end ,ZAbd-el-Fader, Maria Day, Sir John, Rat-trap,
' e,nPPerary Boy—passing the judges' chair first, se-
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third, fourth, and seventh. Fugitive, when going
nu~aabd k. like •
oo tog a winner, came down a burster,
placid Ping Bradley, and, from the stiffness of the pace,
tioeg her hors-de-combat at once; Maria Day's posi-
ti " the final struggle, convinces me that had Fugi-
lenv:pk:Pt on her pins she must have beau the winner or
spi "Y a neck or half-length, nothing else. It was a
theendid finish between Abd-el•Kader and Maria Day,
/ former only just nicking it by a long head.
frerninaY as well remark, before concluding this speech
Nu"'
"the throne—i.e., my desk—that the new order of
°Pon a much more extended scale, as announced
1441111 first note this year, will come into operation
frn:t iinmeliately, and that all rumours or reports
1141eilegl/eLd quarters will be inserted in the notes, as well
all —uuservations of myself and correspondents, with
' and
watieether.ery other information useful to the sporting
.*Poet'e„--'t is at my command, as announced in the
ante beforementioned, No. I.
oe te—'*--Peter Simple (if meant), at 10st. 111 b., must
bit,t's"ci thing for the Doncaster &eeplechase, not-
Idatei-„4lr,(ling that Abd el-Kader, British Yeoman, and
With Day figure in the same race. He ran very well
1 11
st up at Liverpool ; if he misses the mark,
~tle • 71b.
or the other three will hit it.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Feb. 28, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
\ter P
vra. y sew members were in attendance, and business
Yery flat, admitting of only a short quotation.
15 CHESTER CUP.
• to 1 eget Mr. Treen's Rnesus, 5 yrs, 7st—taken
and afterwards offered
25 to 1 Agit Lord Clifden's WallflAver, 5 yra, Est—t
50 to 1 agst Mr. Nichol's Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst—t
to 1 agst Lord Eufield's Bee.hunter, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
—taken
111? to 1 a it Mr. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—t
—'emus vrags backed early in the afternoon at 13 to 1.
100 TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES.
414 10 90 laid agst Grecian-5 to 1 agst The Moun-
' 'YIPh colt— and 10 to 1 agst Storm.
DERBY.
to 1 offered on the field
,12 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt
'0 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken and
25 afterwards off-Ted
3,00, to 1 'get Mr..l Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken
6.000 t° agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee—taken
W 4,1, to 150 aERLOO Cgst Mr. GrevOURSINGiIIMEETING. —ta e's Ariosto—
FIRST
'DAY.
Fs, a The Waterloo Cup.
Fs. 'eddes's Forlorn Hope bt Mr. G. Gre—son Dalton.
6''s
Grabens's Resignation bt Mr. Carr 's Capacity.
bir,dlsaton,
Wee-wee bt Mr. Webb's War Eagle.
TrW' Sharpse's Hughie Graham bt Sir St. G. Gore's
s r,°lzig.
41,c'ulla Columbus bt Mr. W. G. Barron's Finisher.
_n
`lolEnes's Mocking Bird bt Mr. J. Wilson's T
kip. Ver.
e
Itip;otherton's Mot bt Mr. Marshall's Grecian.
141'. —ldtiwara Symbol bt Mr. J. Brown's Break of Day.
.lackworth's Wat Tinlin bt Mr. J. Robinson's
,alr, alPa,ord,
tfird I'6lltke nd Mcnimi bt Mr. Deakin's Danceaway.
Staymaker bt Mr. Ellis's Bonnet Blue.
,4""'a Japhet bt Mr. Barnet's Betrue.
W"Ottwell's Puzzle'm bt Mr. N. Slater's Saxon.
fir, g • Wilson's Jamie Forest bt Mr. J. Cooke's Canto
4r. Je,,(3l,t,t'a Voltigeur bt Mr. Simson's Cairncorse.
~,j'il,„se 74's Uncertainty bt Mr. E. Taylor's Lucy Neele.
Graf Ties--Forlorn Hope bt Resignation, Hughie
bt 4:731 bt
l ee.wce, Nist bt Uncertainty, Staymaker
dt e4f,,„tuLti
s) W bt Jamie Forest, M
etbocking Bird
—"litt Tinlin bt Symbol, Japht Puzz l'em.
•Lut, Waberlcro Purse.
)41'. "his Wicked-eye bt Mr. W. G. Barron'a Blazilla.
fir,, rshall'a Glenalvon bt Mr. Jebb's Clent.
rte Graham's Writ of Error bt Mr. Deakin's Di-
t°r. r, 134
rilett'a Backward bt Mr. W. Wilson's Willie
P. ABl;reat.
i G. Gore's Triste bt Mr. Cooke's Chorus.
one
c•ttater,ew-gtra Clydesdale bt Mr. G. Holmes's M y-
ul „
130swell's The Nailer bt Mr J. Robinson's
41rY-legs.
Grepo,'s Neville bt Mr. N. Slater nd Considers-

laann' e are enabled to state, in the most positive..
the to r, that the reason why Mr. Gladstone refused to join
ie*iiiphtitenaplated Cabinet of Lord Stanley, was not in caonn-.
~Lhe of any disagreement between the Noble Lord d
t4tr,iignt Hon. Gentleman on the subject of free trade. Lord
l'he,,e3i' was quite Willing to put that question in abeyance.
reson why Mr.- .Gladstone declined
.to. enter office
tact e Noble Lord, was a difference of opinion between
felt 11°,4 the subject of the Papal aggression. Lord Stanley
aelf bound, alike from his principles as a Protestant,
.t. de duty as a Minister, to his Sovereign, to take de-
action in reference to the recent assumptions of f
nio
4teps !qr. Gladstone, on the other hand, would hear o h
I▪ to„e4ig taken at all to check the aggressions of the Church
We believe we are correct in stating that the rei4us: i.ord
and the Right Hon. Gentleman were not two
,ta.1448 together, befure they severally saw the utter unpro-
. yof their coming to an unders.tancling. - Advertiser.
13,,11t1(1„18Le.NING AT SODBURY.—The adjourned inquest
,',,,50,-,uoy of Mrs. Jane Hathway was resumed on. Wed-
▪ u''heod again caused intense interest. The prisoners,
"Ctin-4uand of deceased and the girl Caroline Carey, were
tristin Present in custody, but shortly after the business Fom-
hs l'ea the coroner said did not feel warranted in detaining
tlten4TAle Prisoner further, as there was nothing in the evi-
'.4ti:° Ux guilt upon her.' She was then discharged.
tleit,eer evidence having been given, the jury, after a short
I;ahtinn, returned a verdict—" Deceased came by her
Itu`to.S'"(,r,°,ugb Poison administered to her by her husband,
r tiril,l"l"be Hathwa " The husband was then committed
-, under the coroner's warrant, fur wilful murder.
In cntj,"; WARWICK AND WORCE:••TER RAILWAY.—
'ticitiCsecit:ence of the official manager, Mr. Wryghte, having
nis-iti.ltha: he intended on Wednesday to ask Masterißichards
'Ss, eall upon all those contributories who had received
tiese there was a most numerous attendance of pard-
that
w";erested, After a long hearing, the Master.observe
leirin what
had passed confirmed him in his intention of. re-
the sorne verified report as the basis of his proceedings.
at
,tlp latter
, was eventually adjourned to Friday, March 21,
15%,,iteiictv,aiat,tihneonirdeeertitnhga.t evidence might be. brought forward
ees e official manager in respect to various subjects dis-
e4st(o/41,0Tollington. has addressed a letter to the
txpre:! of Pontefract and the' adjacent district, in which he
i„
.eos b.oth.surprise and regret that he should have been
ti4„aegtlil_nae illation against his friend Mr. Lawley, and at the
be made the subject of a mortifying defeat.