The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-08 00:00:00

THE CESAREWITCII.

Of course the great event of the week will be the Trades-
man's Handicap, for which there are fifty-two acceptances.
Upwards of thirty may be expected to come to the post,
selected from the following list of
PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS.
Lifeboat

Comforter Wcils,
Cape Flyaway kldcroft.
Gallus
Fordh
Newcastle ....
alvertam.
El Hakim C .
Yorkshire Grey Sharp.
Ben Webster Entwistle.
Moorcock Challoner.
Bullock.
Sir an
Sir William Madden.
Stapleton ........ T. Adams.
Ancient Briton. Dickenson,
Viatka Charlton.
Bevisßrewer. Bray.

Killigrew ................. .. .... . . . Bottom.
...........
Dulcibella ... .
........... .. . J. Adams.
Chance Shot ...................
Richmond ...................... J. Daley.
Plumper ............ Drewe. •
Golden Pippin
Optimist
Feodorowna ...... H. Grimshaw.
Heiress Johnson.
Jeddah .. Page.
Signet
Sandy M'Pherson Bundy.
Glendinning Midgley.
Sheffield. ..
llavourneen . Cannon.
Barabbas Roper.
If Lifeboat were in anything like his old form I should
not despise him, but his racing days seem to be over.
Comforter satisfied us at Goodwood and Doncaster that
he was quite capable of racing with a good weight in the
pigskin. Both Custance and Wells are spoken of with
regard to the mount, but under the tuition of either the
horse would have the assistance of the ablest of jockeys,
and I shall expect. to see him take a prominent part in the
race, if he does not prove the actual winner. He belongs
to what is termed in racing circles the "gentlemen's"
party, so that the public will have a fair run for their
money.
Cape Flyaway, 3 yrs, Sst llb, must give way to Feodo-
rowna, if their York running is taken into consideration.
Newcastle, 4 yrs, 3st llb, is sure to run well, but I can
hardly believe him capable of conceding the weight to the
three• yr-olds, and I believe it is this view of the case which
induced his noble owner to lay the odds against him at
Newmarket last week.

Lady Trespass, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b, Yorkshire Grey, aid
Claire will find the company a little bit too good for them.
Moorcook, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, should the ground be hard and
the race run at a strong pace, would undoubtedly force his
way to the front, and keep Newcastle safe. At home he is
thought to possess a good outside chance.
Stapleton, 5 yrs, 7st 41b, has only to stay the distance to
finish as close up as Clydesdale did last year. He will re-
present the Findon stable, and as he gave Wallace 2st 4lb
at Nottingham this spring, and got within two lengths or
him, and ran Jenny Longlegs to a head, giving her 401 b in
the same race (the Nottingham Handicap), there are more
unlikely things than Stapleton winning.
The Alderman, 5 yrs, 7st 41b, has an outside chance, look-
ing at his Richmond race with Lady Trespass, but ho is
scarcely elever enough for this company. He ought to be
kept on the safe side.
Ancient Briton will carry Lord Coventry's colours and
not disgrace them, as his easy victory for the Liverpool Cup
in 1858 must not be overlooked, and his performance at
Warwick in the spring of this year showed him still to pos•
seas the fine speed for which he always had credit. The
Brewer is one of those old stagers who has been so
often going to do a "good thing" and won't, that I must
discard him.

Two of the four comprising the Woodyates lot are in the
market—Bevis and Dulcibella—the latter backed for " heaps
of money," but with which, if either, their clever trainer
intends to shoot is not within my knowledge. I have no
great faith in either, as Bevis's victery for the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes, beating such horses as Harraton, Gladio-
lus, and Yellow Rose, scarcely entitles him to a very high
position as a racehorse ; and although he defeated Fisher-
man at Salisbury for the Guineas in a week or two after,
the latter was 89 unfit I give him little credit for the per-
formance. Dulcibella has run five times this year, her best
performance being at the Newmarket Craven meeting,
on the Rowley Mile, when Cape Flyaway gave her 171 b
and beat her easily, Feodorowna and Rattlesnake being her
other competitors. Such a performance little warrants the
belief that she will turn out the winner of a race like the
Cesarewitch, particularly as she showed no better in her
subsequent career, but rather worse, as she ran nowhere to
Gorsehill at Epsom, receiving 191 b.
Heiress is likely to turn out the best of the Epsom divi-
sion, A heavy commission was executed about her in the
City on Saturday. Her performances hitherto have been
very moderate. With her extremely light weight it would
not astonish me to see her carry her colours past Judge
Clark with success.

Weatherbound will be " homeward bound" on this occa-
sion, if looking to the state of the market is any criterion.
The next for consideration is the favourite, Golden Pip-
pin, and what must I say of her ? Only that her perform-
ances are very equivocal to entitle her to hold such a posi-
tion. It is true that she obtained a bad fourth place for
the Thousand, and at Chester ran second to Ben Webster,
giving him a lump of weight (241 b), but although she
finished before Horace, to whom she gave 81b, it was no
second. Her other performances are equally indifferent,
and were she located in any stable with less prestige than
Godding's she would not command a tithe of the respect
she now does.

Sheffield has been supported for the off chance, at out-
side prices. He has never shown any ability to travel a
long distance, but with sst 111 b only, he ought to be for-
ward in the race.

Gridiron was backed for an immense stake for the Good-
wood Stakes, but, bolting on that occasion, his chance was
extinguished. Should he be found at his post, ho is cer-
tain to distinguish himself, his speed being of an undeniably
good character, but I prefer his chance for the Cambridge-
shire.
Mavourneen has a very sanguine party, who think thathe
by her trial with Precursor, a mile and a quarter, she
is better than Faultless. I think sho is sure to finish very
furward in the race.
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To choose between such a lot of animals as these enu-
merated is no easy matter. Those that I expect the winner
to spring from are COMFORTER, OPTIMIST, HEIRESS;
DULCIBELLA, MASOURNEEN, and SIGNET; and to reduce
these still further, I shall stand on
COMFORTER, and HEIRESS.
On Wednesday we shall probably see the Derby winner,
Thormanby, defeated by Buccaneer for the Select Stakes,
as they only run the Ditch Mile ; and Diophantes and the
Phemy colt may fight out their Stockbridge and Goodwood
battles over again in the Bedford Stakes, five furlongs,
Lord Stamford's colt having a shade the best of it, as he
gave the unnamed gentleman 51b and a half-length beating
in one instance. On Thursday Thormanby has the 500
Sovs Sweepstakes, D.M., and Eda one on the T.M.M.,
apparently at their mercy ; while Vaga should have little
difficulty in sacking the Bretby Stakes, three quarters of a
mile; Cowley the Curzon Stakes, T.Y.C. ; and Lord
Stamford the 300 Sovs Sweepstakes on the Bretby Stakes
Course.
The Prendergast Stakes is the only race yet closed for
Friday, and the formidable name of Dundee again appears
amongst the entries. Should he win the Clearwell Stakes he
will incur a 121 b penalty for this race; the distance, how-
ever, a furlong further than the Hopeful and the same as
the Clearwell Stakes, may inducer Lord Stamford to have al
cut at the Derby crack with Diophantes; but as the latterb
is also penalised 91b, I cannot doubt his being defeated y
Dundee, whose stoutness should again serve him success'
fully over this course. Pf Cape
In their respective matches I prefer the chances
Flyaway, Baron Munchausen, and Postage.
A FRESkL "

THE STEAM PLOUGH IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE:.
Fowler's plough is now in full work in the neigh-
bourhood steam
of Gloucester, a steam plough company having
been formed in that cityk with bead, for
Lieutenant of the
county, Earl Ducie, at its bead, for the purpose of supply-
ingmculenti.v
At the
the farmers of the county with the means of having
their lands ploughed by steam. At the recent annual
at work ou
meeting of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society Mr.
Holland, 111. P., dilated upon the glreat advantages arising
pinlouthghe
from the introduction of steam power
the land, and at the annual ploughing match of a district
society on Wednesday the steam plough was
the ground among the competing
dinner of the society several tenant fa
spoke in terms of high praise of the rmers and others
the benefits they were likely to deri v f steam plough and
observing that, the landlords I e from its employment,
the subject up, all obstacle laving warmly taken
necessary enlargement of the fi 8 in the way of the
by the removal of useless trees eld3 Tor their steam plough,
an end, thus giving the and h Ages, would soon 1e at
favour," while steam steam ploug h " a fair field and no
reality to ",speed 0, was befibuj u_
g to teach us h9w in
"4 plough"