The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-29 00:00:00

SPORTING I\ OT
Nu. CXV.
DERBY AND EGHAII REMINISCENCES;

WAR 'ATP KANTICIPATIONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The Derby Produce Stulies was, as a matter of
course, won by The Prime Minister; his only opponent
sot being able to make even the semblance of a race with
the quondam Derby crack. It strikes me very forcihls
notwithstanding the Minister's decidedly dicky under-
standings, and the length of the course being against
himat Doncaster, he will manage to run forward in the
Great St. Leger race, into the third place at least if not
nearer. My selection for the Tradesmen's Plate (Abbess
efJervaux) was beaten cleverly a half length by Ciamus,
!vho,itt last under his new ownership has managed to quit
his usual position of second or third and attain the very
desirable first place. In touching on the Chesterfield
Stakes in Note No. 113, I remarked that they had
'been set down as the property of Drinhald; but
teitlwitt taking into consideration Sir Charles Napier's
Chance which cannot be the worst in the world. 1 have an
idea that Wadlow will on this occasion administer a dose
It PEPPERMINT that will effectually settle the question."
Peppermint, one of my fancy animals far next year's
rby, made a victorious debut by winning the Chester-
field by a head, beating Conrad (second), Grey Tommy
(third), Mountain Flower (fourth), and hve others. This
feet it may be said was not a very crack affair, as he
beat nothing but good second rates; I admit it, but when
You take into consideration the fact that he was not fully
prepared, and ran excessively green, the performance
Was a very creditable one. In my rema ks on the
EGHAM
meeting I observed that the Runnymede Stakes would
;have Prestige and Bushranger in the foreground, with
Joe o' Sot inclose attendance." Prestige, though first
.sasvourite for some time in town, did not run ;
zushranger lost start, and was left at the posts and
Sot was second. I likewise remarked that Flirt
Jr Joe Miller on paper seemed a certainty for the King
s„.ehrt Stakes; one was first, the other third. I selected
Maria instead of Plemstead as the representative of the
Goodwood stable for the Magna Charta Stakes, or I
should have run first and second with hsr and Poetess. I
Pounced upon Don Pedro on the 9.11 of the present
sleuth, before the acceptances were out, as my fancy
,g for the Surrey and Middlesex Stake 4; he won by
Ileout four lengths, beating Little Jack, who could no
more afford to give three stone nine pounds to the Don,
he any other wretched specimen of the rce horse, than
could accomplish any other impossiblea feat.
The next ri-union of note that claims my attention
Itid the services of my pen is that denominated the
WARWICK
September meeting, which, under the stewardship of
s Id Guernsey, Messrs. Payne and Meiklam, will be the
grind masnet to the sporting world of the ensuing
Week. Tuesday's list is headed with the Racing Stakes
(1 5 cove. each. with 25 added, etc., seven furlongs. To
close and name on Monday evening. The Foal Stakes
!), 10 soya. each, with 25 added, about two miles, will.
in all probability, find their way into Lord Warwick's
OCket by the aid of LEAP-YEAR; his opponents, if any,
take it, will turn up in Ella or Hazy; the former re-
telling 81bs, and the latter 5, hs of Leap- Year. The next
rake on the list is the prii c pal attraction of the meet
'°g; the Leamington Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and
only 5 if declared, etc., with 100 added; two miles and
forty-}'our yards. The second horse to receive the money
tided, and the third 50 soya. out of the stakes. A very
respectable field, so far as numbers are concerned, will
h° found at the post fee this event, the component parts
dfwhich may be selected from the following: —Win-
scberatz, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Clothworker, 5 yrs,
kUlt 71b 0); Fogleman, 6 yrs, 7st 51b; Sewer-la-Coupe,
f" Yea,i 7st 51b (d); Herbert, 5 yrs, 7st 31b; The Cock-
-5 7 t (d); Windhound, 4 yrs. Est 111 b; Lord
Exeter's
yrs, s
Tuphana, or Nutcracker; Valentine, 4 yrs,
sit 71b; Grief, 5 yrs, Est 71b, including 51bs extra; or
.4'esP-year, 3 yrs, sst 41b, including slbs extra; Gold-
'Leder, 3 yrs, Est 31b, including 51bs extra; Humphrey,
IY,re, 6st 31b (d); The Castle, 4 yrs, 63t 31b (d); Miss
5 yrs, 6,t 11b; Tightwaist, 3 yrs, sat 121 b (d);
rtla, 3 yrs, sst 51b. The mischievous moiety of the
tregoing is composed of Windischgratz, Clothworker,
~illgleman, Herbert, Windhound, Grief, Goldfinder, The
441 e, and Tightwaist. Of these, at the present
'moment, for the reasons attached, I should be in-
eced to pitch over Windischgraiz, the ceure
(1 weight being a little too stiff for him;
Clothworker, for having had something more than bit,
share of work lately; Windhound, for having given no
illYelptoms as yet of being anything more than a mile
°lles* Goldfinder, as being weighted half-a-dozen
prods too much, this in the face of his being superior
o last year's winner of this stake (Doubt) at the weight;
Tigbtwaist as being an uncertain starter. This
varation leaves me Fugleman, who I am afraid is get-
ising stale; Herbert, the money horse; Grief, who
l'obigh slow can get the distance; and The Castle, who
'kb very much afraid will be sacrificed to his stable
t2o3panion. FUTILEMAN or HERBERT, the former for
'eke, with The Castle and Grief in attendance, is the
selection of Yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Aug. 29,1851.
(To be continued.)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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