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London, England, 1851-10-03 00:00:00

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SPORTING NOTES.
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.31IMISJENCES OF THE NEWMARKET

FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sla,—ln my first remarks on this meeting I was led
to suppose, from various causes, that it would in most
respects be decidedly below par; I am glad, however,
that that observation has since been rendered a falsity
by as respectable an attendance and amount of sport as
is generally met with at the First October reunion.
Several curious results have distinguished the week from
its predecessors of the last three or four years; one of
them beine• the extraordinary sweep on the part of the
Goodwood stable of the three principal races of the
ris
eet—the Triennials. Red Hind's victory in the Fourth
Triennial Produce Stakes is another curious circum-
atance; the race being booked so dead a certainty for
Lord Derby's Longbow that Lapidist (to whom I had
a-varded the race) and several others were withdrawn,
in consequence of the formidable appearance of the
Melton crack. The betting up to within half an hour
of the race was even, 5, and G to 4 on Longbow, but at
the last moment, after saddling, it was discovered that
he was lame—that is to say, slightly so; in consequencethe Ode veered round, 6to 4 being laid against
.Red
hind, who thus became first favourite, and 7 to 4 against
Long'siow; so little was the rest of the field valued that
8 to
1 W 53 offered against any other. The race came
off exactly as the betting stood ; Red Hind taking a
lead of a length at starting, made all the running, and
won very easily by two lengths, the same distance
divided Longbow from the Odessa oolt, Caloric beaten
two lengths for third place, Hirsute, and Ambrose fifth
and sixth, in close company, Child of the Mist and
Peacock (the two last) beaten off. The race was timed
sat 1 min. 9 sec. and is uncommonly creditable to the
speed of the soldier's daughter. Longbow, reported to
be the best thing in Scott's stable for next year's
Derby, had he been beaten on his merits, would
have sent the whole lot bang out of the Derby
market; I hope however yet to see, when fit, that he
will be able to tarn the tables on some of the very best
of the year; and when it is reported on good authority
that Daniel O'Rourke has succumbed to him at a dif-
ference of either seven or ten pounds, I think it must be
evident to any one connected with sporting affairs that
his chance cannot be by any means an inferior one. In
my earliest prophecy concerning this stake I gave the
race to Lapidist and Red Hind, and in my revised one to
L. apidit and Longbow, thus making a contrary mess of
t, placing the first horse in one and the second in the
9taer. A singular specimen of running was evidenced
in the race for the Town Plate yesterday; Anspach,
whom.. they backed against the field with avidity, and
laid fives again“ aly„other, was actually, though better
than. the three behind her--Gaylase Pialeeethon, and
Timid Fawn—beaten very cleverly by that 'pretty little
Trinket of Mr. Barnes's. Westow, who seems to be in
running, giving half a stone to Nutshell, and nearly a
couple to Presto, made a waiting race until within a
short distance of home, then went to the front, and,
cleared the chair an easy five lengths for Her Majesty
Plate. The Rutland Stakes brought out that clever
little filly of Mr. Greville's, Adine, who, with the race in
hand from end to end, laid in the rear to the cords,
where taking her proper position—in front—won very
easily by two or three lengths from Caloric (second),
Atiebro,e (third), Lady in W aiting (fourth). Passion colt
(fiEh), and the Joanna filly (sixth and last). I have
animadverted at some length on the principal two-year-
old running, merely because it will be necessary to bear
in mind the performances of the horses engaged in those
stakes with respect to their Derby and Oaks chances. I
have but a few remarks to make on Wednesday's races.
The St. Leger stakes were won by that game little Mi-
das, but only by a short head, Artisan struggling
well against him to the last; Merry Peal third. The
Granby Stakes was another slice of luck for Sir Joseph
Eat.vley; his Bilberry in the final struggle just getting
the best of Mr. Hueltes's Sophis.ry—a neck only divi-
ded them—Freedom was a fair third. The Four Year
0:d Triennial Stakes was won, as I predicted, by the
Goodwood horse, the Nigger, who in the run in beat
Cranberry a clever length. To this latter horse, in
the absence of the Nigger, I had awarded the palm of
superiority; so, therefore, may be considered to have
placed first and second. Abdalleb, whom I had spoken
of as the City Horse tor this race, showed a slight im-
provement on his previous running by scrambling into
the third position.
Before closing this communicestion, I shall notice the
few events that have occurred in the North during the
past week, as probably being interesting to some of
year readers. The Richmond races are rendered rather
remarkable this year by three facts, one of which is
great, another small, and the third somewhat mediocre.
Touching the groat one—Nancy goes for the Plate, has
the race all her own way, and wins in a canter, but
beats nothing worth naming ; it proves, however, that
she is doing strong work and is in beautiful condition.
People still say she is sure to win one
of the great Newmarket goes, to which I
reply by a strong negative. The
.small fact is a strange
fact, too, that old Radulphue, with a welter weight up as
usual, beats a tidy field very cleverly for the Sweep-
stakes. It strikes me forcibly that this Radulphus must
be the shadow of that sturdy old animal the Bishop of
Romford's Cob. The remain* fact is, that the Calcu-
lator, whose running is very much in and out, carrying
weight for age, wine the cup from England's Glory with
the most perfect ease.

THE CESAREWITCH
betting, in consequence of the repeated victories of the
Goodwood Stable during the present week, has been
materially altered in several important points; the
greatest of which relates to the first favourite. Lord H.
Lcnnox's veiled prophet, the great MOLANNA, so cele-
bratrd by Moore in his poetical effusion denominated
" Lalla Rookh," is to be the mystic name to be circu-
lated through the length and breath of the land as the
Premier for the Cesarewitch of 1851, I will not at the
present moment say the victor, for that is very pro-
blematical, but I will venture to assert, that if he con-
tinues in his present form and work, he must be either
first, second, or third. What are the odds ho does
not figure in the last named place, and from
nothing else but bad jockeyship? I have not as yet for-
gotten that his stable companion Landgrave, after
winning the Triennial last year, was by nothing else
than the cause just mentioned, or rather, perhaps I
ought to say, incapacity from weakness, debarred from
getting any nearer the primal position than third; and
yet afterwards, with a clever jockey up in good health,
carried off the Cambridgeshire triumphantly. So to
those that are already on him at stiff prices, it
would be the wisest to make sure by hedging,
as netween now and the day of the race he is about cer-
tain to stand in the quotations at about 6 or 7 to 4.
Rogers' couple of horses. Mr. Craa ford's Darkie 4 yrs,
at 6st 101 b, and Mr. Shafto's Westow, 5 yrs, at 6s't 131 b,
ought to be a couple of good outsiders for this race; who-
ever the winner is, depend upon it they will not be far
in his rear.