The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-17 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven e'Clock.

SPORTING NOTES.
Na CXLIV.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY'S RACING AT

NEWMARKET,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
.SIR,--Wednesday's races were a very mediocre affair
both as to sport and attraction; the only one that will
require gy notice being the D.M. Handicap, and that
is for the victory of Heroine and .lEolus over Vanguard;
certainly Heroine's weight was 1 at under Vanguard's,
and this to some extent may account for his defeat, but
still I certainly should have fancied him over the mile in
preference to the mare. Yesterday, in the 10 sovs.
Stakes over the T.Y.C., one of the Derby nags of next
year, the Old Lad, was beaten somewhat easily by Steb-
bing's filly by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Celeste, and
Lord Exeter's Toga filly; the latter a pretty specimen
of a wretch to be beaten by. In the Handicap Plate of
100 sovs., A.F., Sir W. Booth's Retail, with 7st 41b up,
managed to beat Hungerford, Antigone, and Westow
very easily; and so he ought to do considering they
carried respectively Est 121 b, 6st 131 b, and 7st 121 b.
Those inferior imitatiocs of a racer, Herbert and
Loadstone, were among the field, beaten off, and
only weighted at 7et 71b and 7st 61b. That pretty little
filly of John Scott's, ycle-dt the Mountain Flower, swept
the 10 Soy. Stakes, first half of the .tab. M., by a length,
beating Ravenswing (second), Turtle (a good third),
and a field consisting of Fidgety Girl, Paquette, New-
port. Touchstone colt, Forlorn Hope, Brennus, and Her-
schel. The mare had the race in hand all the way, and
so sure was Charlton of winning that :he did not leave
the ruck until he reached the stand, then, waited on by
the leading horses to the last five or six strides, won, as
before stated, by a length. Of course Herschel's chance
for the Darby next year is out. The Dinner Stakes
were won, somewhat unexpectedly, by Mr. E. R. Clark's
Plumstead, by no less than ten lengths, beating Mr.
Payne'a Hirsute; odds were laid confidently on Mr.
Bayne's mare. Next to this race was run the great Match
for 1,000 sovs., between Teddington and Mountain Deer,
which, contrary to my expectation, came off. It was a
thorougly sporting affair from end to end, and, not-
withstanding the confidence of the partisans of the
cherry colour, was a very close affair. A vast deal of
money was speculated upon it; in the first instance 2 to
1 and 9 to 4, but yesterday morning in the town the
odds advanced to 5 to 2, and 3 to 1 on Teddington; in
one or two instances. 7 to 2 was actually laid. Among the
heavy bets concerning it, was one of 61to 2 in thousands,
which I believe was either taken by the Squire or laid
by his opponent. The match is described in a few words;
the winner of the Derby cut out the work at a good
pace, was never headed, and won, after one of the most
exciting races on record, by a long neck, but to accom-
plish this he suffered severe punishment.• As I pre-
dicted, Bet-Blind and Glenluce were first and second for
the Bretby Stakes, for a very potent reason—be-
cause they could not bo anywhere else. With
the exception of a short distance, Red Hind cut
out all the work, and won very easily by three
lengths. Mr. Robinson's colt, by Kremlin, out
of Glee, tooled by G. E. Sharp, beat Nat on
Catalpa, at a difference of a stone and a half, as well as
Guardsman and Nepauk in the D.M. Handicap for
three years old. It was a fine piece of jockeyship at the
finish on the part of Sharp, Nat for once actually being
outdone in the headpiece. The sporting Match for 100
SOV4., bete:mei Mr. Detatnere'e Guy Msnnering, Bst 71h,
and Mr: Itezaea' Cornelius, 7st elb, must have proved
1.0 Mr. Hughes, that a SO-90 horse like Cornelius cannot
attempt to take of an equal but 131bs for the year, espe-
cially when the distance was in favour of his opponent.
To show what the ring thought of it, they laid 3 to 1
on Guy Manuering, who won very cleverly by a length.
The decision of' the Match, and one or two other
moves on the quiet, canoed some important alterations
in the Cambridgeshire betting—Breba, on the strength
of Teddington's victory and something connected
with it in private, advanced to 5 to 1, taken to 2001.
Notwithstanding the confidence toe Fyfield pasty put in
Breha, for my part I cannot fancy she will turn out the
winner; although, if got off perfectly straight and left
to teak° her own way, she may perchance do the deed of
note. Mountain Deer's close running with Teddington
has also advanced him from an outside figure to 10 to
1. The former favourites aro more cr less of
the shaky description, Heriot being the only one
who has maintained his place, the others, namely,
Carl,. the Prime Minister, Newminster, Candlewick,
Eliza- 'Middleton, and Deckle have all retired a
few points, and are not likely to come with much of a
rush again. The Prendergast is admitted to be a cer-
tainty for Maidstone.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF TEE TURF.
Oct. 17, 1850.