The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, T ITESDAY

SPORTING NOTES.

No. LTV.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—MrJtaugan's communication relativ:t., to the
non-starting of Russborough, which appeared in The
Sun of yesterday, explains away to a great extent se
veral ideas not very creditable to him which the public
mind had laid hold of. He states " that immediately
upon landing in England on Monday last, and finding
the commission I had given to back Russborough not
executed, I went to Tattersall's, and publicly declared
that I should not start my horse for the Empiror's Cup,
unless I could get a stake on him." This was all very
well, tut the announcement was made in too private a
manner to reach the ears of the public generally; it
ought to have been posted, instead of which it was con-
fined to a small portion of the members of the Subscrip-
tion-room. It did not reach the ears of the reporters
to the public press, consequently was of comparatively
little service to the sporting world generally. Agate, he
says, that he did not hear " the horse's name mentioned
in the ring on the course on either day of the races pre-
viously to the Cup being run for." That may have
been the case for more reasons than one, but it was
mentioned elsewhere, and very heavily supported. lam
not one of those who advocate that curious doctrine that,
because the public choose to back any particular horse,
whether good or bad, Lightfoot to wit, it thereby be-
comes, in a peculiar sense, the public property;
although, at the same time, I consider it to be the more
honourable course, should the horse have been tried
high and not found wanting in the necessary
requisites, more especially if for such an important
stake as the Derby, Chester Cup, &e., to run it on its
merits, that is, provided the public have selected it to
bear the weight of their investments, and this to hold
good whether the owrer is "on " himself, or not. Of
course these ideas of mine do not apply to small stakes,
to any, in fact, but the leading handicaps, Derby, Oaks,
St. Leger, &c.; or even to those where early notice is
given that the horse will not start. There is a consider-
able amount of truth in the following lines, extracted
from a poetical effusion of Lord M—'s published in
1847 :

iorses are not the public property I !
The public never paid one single farthing.
To keep the owner or his horse from starving;
The public bet, tout, bother, and forestall,
And if they burn themselves, the public squall."
The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes at Hampton, to my
view, look very like a certainty for Gladiola or Abdal-
lah. Old Dan Tucker is " talked about" this morning.
Rhesus is considered a first-rate thing for the Manches-
ter Cup; as is Uriel for the Northumberland Plate. I
doubt much whether the former will come off; I should
take Pandemus and Candlewick in preference. W. H.
M. P. B. is informed that should the present favourites
continue well for the St. Leger, Exeter will have no
chance. For answers to other queries sce Derby article
t0.13:101TOW.

I nro, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

June 10,1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TAT TERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
A heavy settling and a crowded room prevented much
business on future events; two or three horses, however,
were backed with considerable spirit, and enough was
done to admit of a list of prices:—
SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Abdallah—taken
4 to 1 apt Sir J. Hawley's Gladiole—taken
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
4 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel
GOODWOOD CUP.
10 to 3 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius—taken
10 to 1 agst Baron Maltzahn's War Horse
12 to 1 agst Count Hahn's Mon,es
16 to 1 agst Prince Galitzin's Young Altisidora
ST. LEGER.
7 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite—taken
7 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez—taken
10 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Misserima—taken
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Brother to Elthiron
28 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed—t
30 to 1 agst Mr. S. Davidson's Vortex—taken
33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Houlakin—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke—taken
33 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse
40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Lapidist—taken
45 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur—taken

A paragraph having appeared in our paper, headed
"Not to be Done," we beg to state that at the time of
its appearance we knew nothing of the gentleman who
now complains of it; and although Nro do not think it
bears the offensive meaning which he now attributes to
it, we have no hesitation in expressing our regret that it
should have appeared in our columns.

ROYAL HENLEY-ON-THAMES REGATTA.
Yesterday a meeting of the stewards, competitors,
and others interested in these races was held in the
town-hall, Henley, for the making of the usual prelimi-
nary arrangements for the regatta, which is to take
place upon the 17th and 18th. The following have
already entered :
GRAND CHALLENGE ClTP.—Cambridge University
Boat Club, and another conditionally.
LADIES' CHALLENGE PLATE.—Cambridge First
Trinity Boat Club (Black Prince) and another club con-
ditionally.
STEWARDS' CHALLENGE CUP.—Several boats condi-
tionally.
VISITORS' CHALLENGE CUP. Cambridge First
Trinity Boat Club, and another conditionally.
SILVER GOBLETS, PAIR OARS.—Messrs. Howard and
Williams, Leander Club, London, and Messrs. Hawkins
and Symonds.
DIAMOND CHALLENGE SCULLS.—C. Clifford, 'Meteor
Club, London; G. P. Edwards, Thames Club, London;
E. L. Vaughan, J. E. Clarke, and H. Cowie, First
Trinity Boat Club, Cambridge; and E. Macnaghten,
Trinity College, Cambridge.
CHAMPION PRIZE, FOUR OARS.—Newcastle crew,
Richard Clasper, Robert Clasper, William Clasper
(stroke), and John Clasper (coxswain) ; Richmond,
Mackinny's crew; and London, R. Coombes's crew.
The races are expected to go off with great eclat, and
at present they promise to be more brilliant than those
of last year.

WRESTLING AT COPENHAGEN-110USE.
These annual matches, in the Cornish style, com-
menced yesterday, at the above house, and considering
the unsettled rawness of the day, the suburban grounds
were most numerously and respectably attended, many
of the honourable subscribers being present to witness
the play—the prizes being open to all players to con-
tend for, drew forth a numerous lot of players from dif-
ferent counties. We have only space to name the win-
ners in their well-contested matches, Robinson of Cum-
berland defeating Rattenbury of Devon; Niakolson, of
Westmoreland, throwing Moore, of Devon; Pierce, of
Cornwall, Dowring lloopel, of Devon. Stephens, of
Oxford, played a beautiful winning game with Bowden,
of Devon. Several other matches came off, the last
being the Giant G 1 oyne cf Devon, being matches
against Berryman of C., a fresh man came with the in-
tentions of wearing home the champion's belt, but the
giant very obstinately r( futed his claim, playing a most
severe bout with him for upwards of a❑ hour, when
night put an end to one of the finest day's wrestling ever
seen in London.

A NEW MODE OF COOKING OLD POTATOES."'
After the Ist of April potatoes ought to be peeled at night
for the one or two o'clock dinner, and for late dinners any
time before nine o'clock the same day. I have repeated this
experiment many times, and the improvement in the quality
of the potato is very great. It is well known that, owing to
the inherent nature of the potato it will grow in spite of
every precaution to stop its growth, leaving the tuber very'
spongy and with much of the water extracted out of it. By
peeling and steeping them in cold spring water for ten or
twelve hours the pores and cells become filled, however limp
the tuber may be, and in the process of boiling this fresh
water is again discharged, taking with it all bad flavour as
well as partly removing the dark spots which all potatoes at
this time of the year have. I tried them steeped in salt and
water, but the salt turned them dark. I has, e also steeped
cut sets, which in twelve hours became firm, and, like steep.
ing seeds, they would vegetate directly. Water will, how-
ever, not penetrate through the tough skin of a whole potato
so easily.—Correspondent of a Morning Paper.
THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN SOUTH WALES.—At the
sitting of the magistrates at Aberdare on Thursday, Mr. F.
James appeared on behalf of the Anti-Truck Committee, and
filed forty informations against Mr. R. Fothergill of the
Aberdare and Treforest Iron Works. Four informations
having been previously- filed, the hearing of them was ap-
pointed for to-day ; previously, however, to their being called
on, Mr. Edwards, solicitor of Pontypool, appeared on
of the Aberdare Iron Company, and stated that the company
having been convinced of their error iu acting contrary to
law, were determined to give up the truck system entirely,
and that in future all the men should be paid in cash; and
further, that every man shoal be at perfect liberty to spend
his money where and how he pleased—the company also
agreeing to pay all the costs which had been incurred. The
Anti-Truck Society, through their solicitor, therefore en-
gaged to suspend all their proceedings for the present, keep-
ing, however, the forty informations filed as a guarantee
of good faith. The proceedings then terminated.
THBwALoLOT WANTED.--A carpenter of the name
of Dash, h
gave his vote to Mr. Dawes at the late Isle of
Wight election, has been discharged by his employer for so
doing. He was unblushingly asked, " Who told you to vote
for Dawes ? I did not !" If electors require protection at
the hustings from the violence of a mob, how much more
does a poor man with a family require protection from the
tyranny .of those who would starve him for conscientiously
discharging a public duty ? The ballot will go far to accom-
plish both these desired ends.— Hampshire Independent.
The whole number of lawyers in the United States
is 21,979, of which number New York has 4,374, Massachu-
setts 1,040, Rhode Island 112, Pennsylvania 1,739. It is
estimated that, supposing 979 to have retired from practice,
the annual emoluments of each practising lawyer average
1,500 dolls., making the total income of the profession to be
31,500,000 dolls.
REPRESENTATION OF CHATHAM.--A movement is
in progreis at Chatham to secure the return of a more active
and energetic Member than the Noble Lord who now repre-
sents the town. It appears that Viscount Enfield has been
for some time past intimately connected with the Govern-
ment, and that whenever lie votes his, support is given to
the Administration, whatever may be the wants or wishes of
his constituency. The dockyard and other Government
establishments at the port of Chatham give the Minister of
the day considerable influence over the elections; but still it
is believed that, if the requisite energy be shown, a thorough
Liberal may be returned. Committees for that purpose will
be formed.
CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS ELECTION..--The fol-
lowing are the numbers on the gross poll at four o'clock on
the first day :—Mr. Johnstone, 300; Mr. Adam, 243; ma-
jority for Mr. Johnstone, 57. Both candidates are Free-
traders.
The advices from Rouen represent the manufac-
turing interest as having suffered from increased depression.
Prices for most descriptions of
fur-
ther given way, but sales continue to be effected With diffi-
culty. goods, it is stated, have