The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-14 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER
Acceptances for the Manc
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Age st 113
Rusaborcugh
Woolwich .....
Pitsford
Raby
Windischgratz ... 4 7 11
The Italian 4 7 10
Rhesus 5 7 8
Cocktail
Bro to Dough 4 7 ,
Chief Justice
F by Veralam, out
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C RACES, 1851.
Chester Tradesmen's Cup.
Age st lb
!Conveyor .. 46 11
The Mouse 4 6 10

Eva 5 6 9
Selina
Wilmont 4 6 5
Candlewick 4 6 3
Ondine
Electricity
Sir Philip
;Black Doctor 3 5 8

Tightwaist
_ .

of Whim 5 7 01
LAdy Eden 4 6 13'
tioneral Sale
The Sweep 4 6 12
Prior of Lanercost 4 6 12

Seagull ......
Sunrise .. .....

.3 5 4
,3 5 0

Pandemus

3 4 10

Paquetta 3 4 0

Acceptances for the Salford Borough Cap.
Age st lb Age st lb
Woolwich
Rust'uorough
The Iron Duke 5 7 13 Oxford Blue
The Italian
Adiesua 5 7 11 Candlewick 4 6 4
Maid of Team Captain Parry

Valley 5 7 9
Wild Rose
Haricot
Chief Justice . .
Heroine
Alonzo 4 7
Landseer 5 6 13
Conveyor
Selina 5 6 13

Elietricity
Birthday 4 6 0
Aristocrat.
Unity
Pandemus
Pierre de Touche 3 5 0
lianchester 3 5 0
Paquette 3 4 4

NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.
THURSDAY.
The Port Stakes.
First Ties—Manto bt Manosavrer, Miss Mary Ann bt
I)-wdrop, Linda bt Florette, Ratler ran a bye.
Second Ties—Manto bt Linda, Ratler bt Miss Mary
Ann.

The Derby.
Second Ties—Metaphor bt Damson, Dunkeld bt Fac-
totum.

The Cup.
Second Ties—llocking Bird bt Fair-play, Liberty bt
Forerunner.

The Oaks.
Second Ties—Merry Lass bt Grateful, Lola Montes bt
Gingerbread.

The Exning Stakes.
First Ties—Littlego bt Diadem, Great Northern ran
a bye.

HUNTING APPOINMENTS.

Brighton liars., Mon. Patcham ; Wed. Thunders Bar-
row; Sat. Dyke-101.
Brookside ham, Mon. Newmarket Hill ; Thurs.
Telscombe Tye.
Crawley and Horsham hda., Mon. Balcombe Village;
Wed. Strood Park; Fri. Crab Tree-104.
Southdown hds., Mon. King's Head, Horsebridge
—loi.
United Pack, Tues. Cwm Gilla Wood-9.
Worcester lids., Mon. Brockeridge Common; Wed.
Clopeut Elm; Fri. Chadwick-10i.
Warwickshire lids., Mon. Milverton Kennels; Tues.
Mitford Bridge; Thurs. Princethorpe; Fri. Epwell White
llouse ; Sat. Umberstode Park-10f.
Herefordshire Ms., Tuesday, Lcmgworth; Fri. Eng-
land's Gate-101.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon. Somers Arms, Eastnor; Fri.,
Pheasant, Weiland Common-10/.
Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon. Buckland School
Houqe; Tues. Curscombe, Thurs. Yellowham.
B.V. hds., Tues. Toomer Farm; Sat. Wallbridge-
-1 li,._ _

Conyer's hds., Mon. Fyfield; Wed. Old Sampford;
Thorn. Barnard's, Canfield. hall; Sat. Willingale-10i.
Holderneas hd•., Mon. Catwick . Mill; Tues. Ever-
ingham ; Thurs. Wiuestead Hall; Sat, Heblewood-104.
Sir Tatton Sykes's Lids., Mon. Pluckham; Wed. Stem•
ford Bridge; Fri. Raeethorp
Lord H. Bentinck's hds., Mon. Saxilby; Tues. Lang-
with Bridge; Wed. Gautby; Thurs. Magin Moor; Fri.
Bardney; Sat. IVickenby-11.
Lord Yarborough's hds.. Mon. Linwood Warren-12;
Wed. Nettleton Lodge-11; Sat., Roxton Wood-12.
Rufford hds., Mon. Keiham; Tues. Glapwell; Thurs.
Walesby Village; Sat. Clipstone-10f.
Bramham Moor hds., Mon. Boot and Shoe Inn; Wed.
Fox Inn. Camblesworth Common; Fri. Ribaton Moor;
Sat. Beckwithshaw-10i.
Mr. Lumley's hds., Mon. Sparkin Hall; Tues.lScrooby
Inn; Thurs. Stainton village; Fri. Grove-10i.
Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon. Chartley Castle ; Thurs.
Swarkatone Bridge ; Sat. New Inn, Needwood Forest-
-104.
6ir R.. Sutton's hds., Mon. Holt-12 ; Toes. Widmer-
pool lan; Wed. Steward's Hay; Thurs. Keythorpe Hall;
Fri. Rateliffa-11.

Dr,ke of Beadort's hds., Mon. The Chequers, Corsham ;
Wed. Compton Bassett; Sat. the Monument, Hawkes-
b try Upton.
Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon. Quarley Mill; Tues. Fifield,
*ear Pewsey-11.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. X
MEMORANDA FROM MY MINUTE-BOOK ON THE
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, &c, &c.

" 'Tis the sunshine of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before."
CAMPBELL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin, —The result of the St. -Albans Steeplechase proves,
with one horrible exception (the Mulligan caper), the accu-
racy of my information, and the thorough sifting the merits
of the animals engaged in that race nnderwent at my hands ;
for, excluding Ben Lomond's position, gained more by good
j ockeyship on the part of Frisby than ought else, the quin-
tette of horses to whom in my last note I awarded the five
foremost places, passed the judge's chair first, third, fourth,
filch and sixth, and I have but little doubt that the two I
placed first and second (Mulligan and Trust-me-Not) would
have run home in those positions had not the Mulligan party
(who messed their own interests with him a short time since
at Southam, now made a mull-again of it, with this diffe-
rence, however, that the good easy public were the sufferers
this time instead of themselves) discovered at the eleventh
hour that their horse was too good to be allowed to come
within the 2001. selling clause in the conditions, preferring to
reserve him for the Doncaster Steeplechase, or some "good
thing" they have in view, or, for some other cogent reason,
which, as

" Nature has made man's heart no windores,
To publish what he does within doors,
Nor what dark secrets there inhabit,
Unless his own rash folly blab it"
I have not been able to discover ; but this much I do know,
that on the arrival at St. Albans on Wednesday morning of
a good sprinkling of the speculative division, the flying ru-
mours of the night before in town received immediate confirm-
ation by the tact becoming known that Archer had been
shifted from Mulligan to Buscot,_ and that Mr. H.
Elmore would ride the quondam crack, for crack he
was no longer; as little as 5 to 2 had been booked about
him in town on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, but
his first price at ancient Verulam was sto 1, minus takers.
Prom this price he rapidly receded to a figure much nearer
fifty; in fact, any price was obtainable—it was the Peter
Simple game at Lincoln over again. The disappearance of
Mulligan elevated my second best fancy, Trust-me-Not, to
the premiership in the odds, who, tooled by Mason, won
cleverly from Ben Lomond, despite the artistical handling of
the latter by Frisby. The next batch consisted of Valiant,
St. Leger, Legislator, and Mulligan.
Since the publication of my last note an important change
has come o'er the spirit of the

BETTING MARKET,
more particularly on the Chester Cup, for which stake Ha-
ricot cannot be quoted at more than 18 to 1, while Rhesus,
who has hitherto held, at least since the appearance of the
weights, the foremost position in the odds, has fallen
from his high estate, r. e., from 12 to 18 to 1, partly
caused by doubts as to whether he is going for
the Metropolitan, which, as a matter of course, would
seriously affect his Chester chance; The Italian, in the early
part of the week, also tumbled from his position at 18 to 30
to 1, but has since returned to 25, at which price he rules
unsteady. Brother to Dough, the dangerous representative
of Daaebury, has advanced two or three points, and stands
at 30 to 1 ,• this horse, if bottled up for Chester, and well on
the day, will be one of the first four. I estimate Brother to
Dough's chance to be about as good as Lady Evelyn's (who
is firm in the market at 25 to 1), who will be about first on
the Roodee, not only in the race, but also in the ring. Lord
P.glinton's Coatis has rushed to the front in the betting on
The Metropolitan, being quoted .firm at 12 to 1, fifteens taken
freely yesterday at " the Corner." The Northampton Handl-
Qte still commands but little attention ; Cocktail finds backers
at 8 to I, and two of Treen's—Zadoc and the Swindler, were
est erday
muchc is doing; Nutmeg Supported at 15 and 20 to 1 • beyond this nothing
15 to 1, well worth taking, I should say.
Th
is occasionally inquired after, and
booked
at
principal events of the Liverpool Spring Meeting are
beginning to attract general attention ; for the Spring Cup
Doubt and Panope are equal favourites at 5 to 1 each, Unity
(not heed at 4st 101b)may be quoted 6 to 1 (the outside
figure), Idle Boy 8 to 1, and Caurire 10 to 1; and for the
Steeplechase Vainhope still maintains the lead at a slight ad-
vance yesterday upon previous prices, having been done at 7
to 1 ; Sir John re-appeared, at 10 to 1; Peter Simple was su
ported at twelves, and Rescue and the Tipperary Boy 11
a;
twenties each ; I shall make a point of touching upon these
events in a prophetic mood next week.
A few scraps of information have come to hand concern-
ing the .

NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP.
which lead nae to infer that the starting of Vatican, Rhesus,
Clermont, Langton, Mouse, Joe Sutherland, Cottager, The
Cutler, and Harpsichord is very doubtful; and that it is not
at all improbable but what thimus and Brother to
Dou h may eventually be classed in the same category.
-
Legerdemain's running is said to be problematical, but, if
she goes, I shall not hold her chance . too cheap ; with
re-
spect to the rest, I am inclined to look favourably upon
Cocktail and Nutmeg in particular;
.Sw.indler,
Z.idoc (barring the bill), Miss Etty cult, and Gmevra in
general.
Now for the licensed victuallers' pet, the produce of Bee-
tonian industry in Milk-street and elsewhere, the
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP,
Which hitherto, by various unfortunate concurrent causes,
has been more or less a failure; this year it was hoped by
the appaint:nent of Mr. Topham as the handicapper, that
the previous cause of complaint, the wretched adjustment of
weights, by the secret tribunal, would be met and mastered,
but 5U.C11 is not the• case, the Epsom Handicap has been
sacrificed in favour of the Chester Cup, by the similarity of
the y,-eights, which, by the bye, cannot be correct for both
hanilicaps, for, though the course differ but little in length,
ther'a natures are as wide apart as well can be ; the
Rt,odee being perfectly flat, while the Downs are any-
th iing but so, the course-being on. the rise or fall pretty'
'nearly throughout, and ending up a stiffish ascent, thus re-
quiring a much gamer horse for the latter course than the
former, where a fair turn of speed is the principal requisite;
consequently we have this year but the trivial increase of