The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

THU RSDAY.

The Grand Annual Steeplechase—Victim, Vain Hope,
British Yeoman, Fugitive, Rattrap, Miss Collingwood, An-
glesey, The Young'un, Mulligan, Rendsburgh, Miss Mow-
bray.
Free Handicap Steeplechase—Tbe Hero, Gulnare.
Free Handicap Hurdle Race—Fugitive, Half-and-Half,
Little Queen.
The weather is unfavourable and the course very heavy.
Warwick and Leamington are full.

SPORTING NOTES.

No. N.X.

WARWICK AND LEAMI gGTON RACES AND
STEEPLECHASES. •
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR—I forgot to state last week that the game grey
gelding Isaac, by Young Roller, dam by Drone, with
I let 101 b up, tooled by his trainer (W. Rutherford) verified
my prediction, by winning the:Milnthorpe Steeplecase in a
common canter by several lengths. A sporting paper ob-
serves, that it was the first essay of Isaac's trainer in a
steeplechase, and that he displayed courage and judgment.
The winner is nine years old, and up to this period has won
twenty-one steeplecases at all weights; his owner (Mr. Tier-
nan;,a highly honourable man, always running him to win,
and not playing off the shuffling tricks practised by many of
his contemporaries.
The betting at "The Corner" yesterday evidenced the rapid
approach of the legitimate racing season, by the number of
events touched upon, amounting to no less, than ten ; some
alterations of consequence occurred. St. Rosalie was ele-
vated to the premiership for the Northamptonshire Stakes,
7to I being the latest figure • Legerdemain declined to
eights, offered; Cocktail and dothworker at twelves each,
were the only others backed. Mem. The field is stronger
than the favourites at present. Agis sprang to the front not
only for the Willoughby Handicap, run to-day, but also for
the Metropolitan, for which 12 to 1 was taken to nearly a
hundred; for this stake The Ban was backed at an outside
figure ; and Glance and Vatican at 20 to 1 each. The Moun-
tain Sylph colt was in high force for both the Two Thousand
and Derby, 4 to 1 taken to between two and three hundred
pounds for the former, and 10 to 1 for the latter, in addition
to thirties and five-and-twenties, taken freely, that he won
both; good, judges say he will accomplish this feat, I.say
NO! Silt to five, and even five to four, might have been ob-
tained about Grecian for the Guineas, and 5 to 1 about New-
minster.
Lightfoot, the' bugbear of the ring, is in force at the list-
houses .as well as" The Corner," his price at the „former
ranging from 30 to 50 to 1, and at the latter no more than
fifty could be obtained. This mysterious animal, about
whom such strange accounts are heard, and concerning whom
a contemporary says, "A tale is going about that a clumsy
horse is shown up in Yorkshire to all corners as Lightfoot,
and that the real Simon Pure is caged,"—this said animal, I
can assure the public, was as late as last week doing good
work, and looking uncommonly well. He is not a bad look-
ing horse; a god deal of his sire's cut about him, and, I
think, will distinguish himself in the handicap department
some time of other; but, as to the Derby, the sporting com-
munity are well aware of my opinion of his chance, as I said
before, so I say again, "he is not worth a thought." The
Chester Cup betting, with the exception of Rhesus's advance
to 8, Nancy to 14, The Italian to 18, and Damask to 40, re-
mains much the same as before. Nancy, notwithstanding the
desperate chance a three-year-old stands on the Chester
Roodee begins to look dangerous. The Port Stakes seem to be
a certainty for Beehunter or Bolingbroke; both are forward
in their preparation ; the latter was missed from his work
for a few days a short time since, which put several parties
in the City into a terrific funk; but, as Charles Mathews in
Used Up would say, " There was nothing in it."
As I anticipated in Note No. 19, I have to make some
trifling alterations in the starting list for to-morrow's races
at Warwick. For the Great Warwickshire Handicap, of 20
sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, etc. ; two miles ;
the following will be brought to the post :--Doubt, 5 yrs,
7,,t 101 b ; Kiasaway, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; Bushranger,
4 yrs, 7st 41b; Escape, 6 yrs, 7st 31b; Zadoc, 4 yrs.
ist 21b ; Gladiole, 4 yrs, 7st ; Docility, 5 yrs, Est
121 b; Little George, 4 yrs, Est Illb ; A bd-el• Kader,
aged, Est lUlb ; Sunrise, 3 yrs, sst 4lb ; and Unity, 3 yrs,
53t. Borneo. Clothworker, Captain Parry, and Colibri,
may
also run, but it is very dubious. The winner, T fancy, will be
one of the three-years old, and as the sunrise tomorrow may
be a glorious one, I cannot altogether, in this instance, go
for unity of obe boutlthird,
Mr. Palmer's horse, with only 7st 10Ib up, will a
head-
pinion ; and I have but little doubt that
Gladiole, Kiasaway, and Zadoc next, with Bushranger
ing the hindmost lot. The Knight ofrt-hoeldTshtiashteele willl
dweirn.
the Castle Stakes. For the Two-yea
• stand Lizzy will not run, and that Peetesi is doubtful ; con-
, sequently I must place the Slane fillies and filly by Touchstone,
I out of ER IL, first on the list, and it Mai not surprise me,
.