The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-09 00:00:00

SPOR7 G NOTES.

There are three small meetings this week, viz.,
Windsor, Wolverhampton, and Egham. There
will be very small fields at the former. The
Clewer Stakes ought to be won by Ilawthornden,
and the August Handicap by Alpenstock. The
Egham programme has plenty of horses s:t down.
Sphynx and La Mon. se iu the Betting Stand Plate,
Myosostis ilnd Riga iu the Runnymede Stakes, and
Fflou and Hester in the Coopar's Hill Nursery,
are all worth looking after, and the runuieg for
these events will be a good guide to specula-
tors on the Duke of Edinburgh's Cup, Baron's
Stakes, Ilandicrp • Sweepstakes, and Princess
of Wales's Plate on the following day. The
King John Stakes will hardly bring out Temple,
who missed his Brighton and Lewes engagements;
but there is a probability of another struggle be-
tween the Blue Bell c and Green Riband, and the
latter will meet Mr. Bevill's representative on 91b
better terms than he did on Friday last. This ought
to turn the tatles in favour of Blue 8211 c. The
Surrey and Middlesex will fall to one of the light-
weights, Young Fenton being very leniently treated.
There arc fourteen left in the Wolverhampton
Stakes, including King's Cros. He reads less
taking than Kidderminster and Dalby, of the
other top weights, while these will probably knock
under to Adolphus, 3 yrs, 7st 41b, whose Goodwood
form seems good enough to stand on. Pearl-
feather is well in the Enville Plate, but she
paid forfeit for her other engagements, and
may not show for this, in which case the two-ye..r-
old Queen of Hearts may be worth standing. Of
the lot handicapped for the Staffordshire Nursery,
Agnes, Maiden's Blush, the filly by Lacydes, out
of Castanette, and Mr. Hodgman's pair—the filly
by Kuowsley out of Breeze, and Brother to Vex--
are the best in. Hollaadaise is the best performer
in the Eleventh Stamford Biennial, and of the
eleven in the Pat3hull Stakes the most notable are
The Boy, Storm King, the Skipper, and Fancy Boy.
The Tenth Stamford Biennial, on the second day,
will fall to Adolphus ; and the Lady Evelyn filly
and First Emperor are the pick of the fifteen in the
Holyoake Stakes, as Acorn, 4 yrs, Bst. 121 b., is of
the sever. left in the Borough Members' Plate. The
nominations for the Cleveland Cup include
Sagittt.rius, Formosa, See-Saw, Silenus, Vagabond,
and Vulcan, and it is rather improbable that For-
mosa will go to the post. See-Saw and Silenus,
too, are doubtful starters, and in their absence
Vagabond. There is very little doing on the St.
Leger, but Pretender keeps very firm, and there is
an inclination to knock Pero Gomez to the outside
division. Ile is doing well, and will become a
favourite before the day of the race.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.

July 29, at 1 p.m., Lord of the Valley, Fidelin, and
Oracle, out of Lewes engagements.

July 29, at 2 p.m., Vex, out of Brighton and Brighton
Club engagements.

July 29, at 2.10 p.m., Border Kuight, out of Chesterfield
Cup at Goodwood.
July 29, at 2.10 p.m., Guy Dayrell, out of Goodwood
Nursery.

July 29, at 2.40 p.m., Lavandiere and Bretteville, out of
Goodwood Nursory. •
July 2:, :32.50 p.m., Maid of Athol, out of Goodwood

Ntrsary.
July 21, at p.m., Iraßillion gelding and Our Mary
Ann, out of tie Chu: crileld Cup at Goodwood.
July '29, at 3 p.m., De►uidoff and Cal: pso, ut of the
Gcodwood Nursery.
July 30, at 2 p.m., Brigantine, out of all engagements
in 1869.
July- 30, at 2.10 p.m., St•irt,r, out of the Chest.” field Cup
at Goodwood.
July 30, at 4.30'p.m., Free T,ale, out of Brighton Nur-

sory.
July 30, at 4.40 p.m., Fast Day, out of the Brighton
Nursery.
July 30, at 4.40 p m., Rupert, out of all engagements at
Brighton.
July 31, after 2 p.m., Tim Weavor, Morphia, and Per-
former, out of the Brighton Nursery.
July 31, after 2 p.m., Vagabond, Fancy Boy, and the
Whiteleg colt, out of all engagements at Brighten.
Aug. 2, at J a.m., Clemente, out of the Plymouth Plate.
Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., Indian Ocean, out of the Brighton
Nursery.
Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., Young Melbourne filly and Ada Pene-
lope, out of the Wenlock Stakes.
Aug. 2, at 2.30 p.m., Nanuie, out of Windsor engage-
ments.
Aug. 2, at 3.20 p.m., Silvormero, out cf engagements
entered for by Mr M. Dawson.
Aug. 2, after 6 p.m., Tott, out of Windsor engagements.
Aug. 2, after 6 p.m., First Emperor, out of all handicaps
to dab,.
Aug. 2, after 6 p.m., Torment colt, Yule Cake colt, and
High Church, out of Priory Stakes at Lewes.
Aug. 3, at 9 a.m., Pearlfcather out of Stewards' Plate, at
Wolverhampton.
Aug. 3, at 9 a.m., Vex, out of all engagements at Wol-
verhampton.
Aug. 3, at 1.5 p.m., Cecil, out of the Wolverhampton
Stakes.
Aug. 3, at 1.20 p.m., Veda, out of the Wenlock Stakes.
Aug. 3, after 8 p.m., David Copperfield, out of Windsor
engagement.
Aug: 4, at 9 a.m., St. George, out of the King John
Stakes at Egham.

Biggleswade liunt Races will take place on Friday,
September 10.

Croydon Steeplechases will take place on November 23,
24, and 25.
St. Gcorge'ti (Salop) Races are arranged for September
20 and 21.

Dolphin was struck out of the Lewes Nursery at 3.40
p.m. on Friday.

THE OBJECTION TO PATCIIWORK.—The question of bet-
on the two races for which Patchwork has been disquali-
fied will be gono into by the committee of Tattersall's at
an early date.
BLUESKIN.—This horse, who won the Queen's Guineas
at Lewes, had iu the ten days previous run second three
times and third once, and in the five races traversed about
14 miles.

OUT AND OUTER, after winning the Sussex Stakes at
Brighton, was sold to Mr Joseph Wood for 205 guineas.
Mr Reeves claimed Truth, and Mr G. Bennett PrefesEor
Anderson.

BETE NOIRE.—This horse, wl,o figured so prominently
for a long time in the betting for the Goodw,)od Stakes,
and suddenly fell lame, left his training quarters at
Richmond on Wednesday for London, to undergo an
operation.

ILENUS.—Leforo running in tho Brighton Cup on Wei-
nesday, Sir Charles Logard purchased this horso from
Captain Machell for £l,OOO. Ile ran in the " dark blue"
of Sir Charles.

INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.

PI7TNEY, One o'Clock.

Those who visited Putney this morning were gratified
with seeing the American crow go faster than they have
ever gone before since they have been here, and that too
against wind and tide, in the Loudon Rom ing Club four,
with two new English oars aft and two American forward.
The crew sat the boat as follows:-_

Bow—Lyman 3. Simmons.
2. Feye Stroke—Loring.
She went cons.derably better than either of their own
boats, and the two now men in the bow were evidently a
great acquisition, as they possess more stamina than the
others, and row in better form, at about 40 strokes a
minute, they went at a clipping pace against wind and tide
quite as far as Crab Tree, round the Horseshoe Fght, and
then eased, continuing at e. more moderate Dace to
Hammersmith, where they turned and came
down very fast on the ebb; the change of the
stroke was evidently for the better, yet among other
things they have to learn to reach forward more ; with
two entirely new hands, however, rowing and time was
excellebt, and offers were made to take 5 to 2 ; the ques-
tion is whether they cau stay, and until the day of the
race that will not be found oat. Tha Oxonians arrive
here on Wednesday, and then the day of the race will be
fixed definitely. The Americans' new boat will be ready
to-morrow. -