The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-27 00:00:00

OCTOBER 27, 1851.

GATHERING.

Oct. 27, 1851.

THE CRITERION STARES.
5 to 2 agst Daniel O'Rourke—taken.
DERBY.

SPOR,TING NOTES.
No. CXLVIII.
TIIE HOUGHTON HAY AND STRAW"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
F-In.—Having already disposed of the great race of
Tuesday, with the exception of my final remarks, I shall
now in regular order review the bill of fare for the
week. There are sixty-one stakes and matches on the
list, which gives an average of ten per diem; they will
not, however, be so evenly divided, Monday beginning
with nine only. The list for the day is of the skeleton
descre p lion ;
six sweepstakes over various courses, al-
though now nominated for the entries, have not reached
me, which in fact matters but little, as ere this ap-
pears in print above half will have been de-
cided. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sous. each,
20 it, for two years old; cults, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst Mb;
from the turn of the lands in, which, by the
bye, is, all up hill, will afford a good criterion of the
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merits of the animals engaged therein. The field will
mbr oosfe,tchaeratrae:
Frantic, St. Alban, Fidgetty Firl, Glenlnce, and perhaps
Red Hind. In consequence of the penalty that will fall
to the lot of RED HIND, .1 think her starting very
dubious; were she to do so, I should most certainly
award her the first or second place; in her absence I
shall place Daniel O'Rourke first, Genluce second, and
Stockwell third. The two Matches over the T.Y.C. will,
I fancy, be won by the two Sophistrys.
To-morrow's races commence with a Handicap Plate
of 100 soya., which, together with six other stakes, have
yet to close and name.
The field for the great stake of the week—the Cam-
bridgeshire—will in all probability be very large, and
consist of the following:—Bordeaux (i 1), Lady Evelyn
(d), Newminster, The Nigger, Grecian, Prime Minis-
ter, Loadstone, N( ashen (d), Knight of Gwynne, The
Italian, Ariosto, Mountain Deer, Ribaldry, Ephesus,
Dulcet, Officious, Confidence, Heroine, California,
Darkie, Eliza Middleton, Ellerslie, Garforth, The He-
riot, Huugerford, Haricot, Breba, Deceitful, Mokanna,
Paquette, Humphrey, Manifold, Candlewick, Boarding
School Miss filly, Follow-me-Lads, and Curl. In sum-
ming' up, on Saturday, I gave it as my opinion that the
race
would be between Prime Minister, Ariosto, Moun-
tain Deer, Eliza Middleton, Haricot, Ellerslie, Breba,
and Newminster. My opinion remains unchanged; but,
as eight is rather a tremendous selection, I must cut them
down. The Prime Minister, Ariosto, and Mountain Deer,
I consider much on a par, and know not which to
choose from the three. Breba, notwithstanding the
lines that Sir Joseph holds in his hands, I cannot fancy
will turn out a winner, although I think it very likely
she may obtain a place. Newminster, I think, wlll
finish in the third or fourth position ; .Eliza Middleton
will be either first or imbedded in the ruck ; and, con-
sidering the size of the field, I shall take to myself two
forlorn hopes on this occasion, in Haricot and Eleralie;
but before all commend me to the three first-mentioned,
PRIME MINISTER, ARIOSTO, and MOUNTAIN
DEER.

Wednesday's list, like all the others, is headed
with nine skeleton Stakes, the only fixture worth men-
tioning being a 50 sous. Sweepstakes, for which
Odd Fellow, Fonthill, and Red Hind, the last
named of course the winner, and Fonthill second.
Colonel Peel's Post Match with the Duke of
Bedford, in which two cripples are backed against
two animals not worth 50/., will, I should fancy, fall
to the ground, although, if run, I look upon Colonel
Peel's chance as the best. The Match for 500 over the
T.Y.C., between Lord Caledon's Sister to Pyrrhus the
First, and Lord Clifden'a Sister to Surplice, I must
award to the former. In another Match for 500 over
the same course. Lord Caledon's Brother to Shylock
will have the felicity of beating Lord Clifden's Hes-
perus. The Mike of Bedford's Martinet will probably
triumph over Sir J. Hawley's Caloric, and Faux Pas
will likely enough repeat the foregoing for Cornelius.
Thursday sports seven Sweepstakes of the skin-and-
bone description, a couple of other Stakes, and three
Matches, a very fair day's work. Tho Glasgow Stakes
for 100 soya. each, h ft, T.Y.C. course, last three-quar-
ters of the Rowley mile, will be contested by one of
Lord Clifden's, probably Hesperus, Ilex, Wingenund,
and, I presume, Houlakin. Should the last-named run,
I have no hesitation in giving him the victory; in his
absence Wingenund is a certainty. The 50 sous. Stakes
over the Ab. M. ought to be carried off by Mr. Payne's
Glenluce. The Post Match between Lord Exeter and
the Dune of Bedford will be an uncommonly close affair,
the Duke perhaps just getting the best of it. Another
Post Match between the same parties will also turn out
in favour of the Duke with his Sophistry; the Duke
will likewise have another victory in a Match for 300/.
over the Ab. M., in which his Bordeaux will dispose of
Mr.Pregory's Rhesus easily enough.
Friday's list consists of one Match and ten Stakes as
yet to close and name, including the Nursery Stakes,
which I have been successful enough to name the winner
of several years running, beginning with the memorable
victress of the Cesarewitch, Mrs. Taft, in 1847. My
remarks on this stake will appear on Wednesday or
Thursday. The Match between Lord Exeter's Clelia
and Mr. Greville's Frantic, the former giving two stone
for the year, will I fancy be won by Frantic.
Saturday has a complement of five Stakes, and two
Matches, by way of windieg-up the last great meeting at
head quarters for the memorable year 1851. The stakes
have ail to close and name. The Match for 100 between
Guy Mannering and Knight of the Garter, at 13lb dif-
ference, will be decided in favour of Lord Glasgow. The
Match between Scarecrow and Caracara will of course
errninwe in favour of the Scarecrow. This terminates
he Houghton "hay and straw" gathering.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTEL LI GEN CE.
TA ETERSA LL'S—SATURDAY.
CANISXIDGEsuIRE.
5 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Breba—taken and after-
wards offered
6 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—take 7 to 1
14 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Dser
15 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister
20 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Candlewick
20 to 1 agst Mr. Delananre's Curl
22 to 1 agst Mr. Brown's Haricot
25 to 1 agst Mr. Carew's The Heriot—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Waring's Manifold—taken and
afterwards offered
28 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger
40 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez
3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken
500 to 5 ngst Mr. Etwall's Bushranger—taken
500 to 5 agst Lord Clifilen's Loadstone—taken
5 to 1 was laid to nearly 1,0004 agst Breba, and 10 to
1 to 1001. that she will not remain first favourite up to
the start and win. 7 to 1 would have been taken about
Nowa:lir:star, and any advance on the quoted prices about
the Mountain Deer, Curl, and Candlewick. Haricot,
Ariosto, and the Goodwood horses were almost
friendless.

1,000 to 40 and 1,000 to 35 taken about Daniel
O'Rourke to between 2001. and 3001.
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.

LATEST ARRIVALS.—LOTIginU!, The Heriot, Haricot,
Ribaldry, Sister to Pyrrhus the First, Post Tempore,
Officious, Red Hind, Confidence, Miss Bundy, Scar,
Serus, Dulcet, M. Robin, Flareup, Knight of Gwynne,
Mary Ann, Brother to Sledinere, Eliza Middleton,
Prime Minister, Daniel O'Rourke, Deceitful, Brother to
Shylock, Follow-me-Lads, The Nigger, Grecian, Car-
dinal Wiseman, Tonic, Manifold, Teeswater, Thornhill,
M. Houdin, Fonthill, Ephesus,Louis Napoleon, Prestige,
Newminster, Lady Bibina, Prince Caradoc colt, c by
Charles XII., data by Touchstone, Mokanna, No Chance,
Arlette, Ellerslie, Cytherea filly, f by Young Lochinvar,
out of Madcap's dam, Happy Joe, Leybourne.
Sir J. Hawley's and E. Parr's horses have not yet
arrived.
The following are the present scratching for the Cam-
bridgeshire : Woodlark, Clarissa, Royal Hart, Clelia,
Hooleem Snivey, the Flying Gout, and Cane.
NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT.
ENT/LIES FOR MONDAY.
Sweepstakes; winner to bo sold for 2.50/., Lc.
Knight of Gwynne, 4 yrs—Paquetta, 3 yrs—Van-
guard, 5 yrs.
Sweepstakes; winner to bo sold for 1:0/., &c- D.M.
Palmyra f, 3 yrs—Sagacity, aged—Lady Bibina,
5 yrs.
Sweepstakes; winner to be sold for 350/., &c. Criterion