The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-08 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

MANY MATTERS.

The two most important sporting incidents of
the past week were unquestionably the investigation
into the Aladdin case, and the publication of the
weights for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire
Stakes. They who attentively read the evidence
given before the referees with respect to the identity
of the horse Aladdin can only arrive at the con-
viction that Mr. Edwin Parr has been made an
unfortunate victim, and that he has been compelled
to pay dearly for his whistle. The facts may be
thus briefly stated : A man goes to Tattersall's and
purchases a horse for fifteen guineas, and imme-
diately by ringing the changes sells it to a friend
with a false pedigree for 71 guineas 1 As it is, however,
the Gretna horse, the veritable Aladdin, about whom
all the fuss has been made, proved to be a lucky and
valuable purchase ; but the Ukraine horse, which was
sold at Tattersall's for 74/. 11s., went blind, and after
working on a farm is now driven in a baker's cart. The
conduct of the " Guernsey witness" was throughout the
entire affair meat suspicious and discreditable. The
referees acquitted Mr. Parr of all blame, but the framers
of the Cesarewitch Handicap have very properly marked
their opinion of the whole proceeding by putting Aladdin
at the top of the list, with the steadying weight of
9st. 121 b. If Handicappers, by the way, would always
place the heaviest imposts upon horses that have been
used in any manner for the purpose of duping and vic-
timising the public, something like honesty and fair
dealing would be obtained. I would have those horses
placed at the top of the list, with a black line to separate
them from the others.

I have scarcely had time to examine carefully the
weights for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, which,
by the way, I supplied exclusively to the first edition of
The Sun on Friday. The imposts, however, appear to
have been most carefully distributed. It is said that a
celebrated Northern Handicapper was desired to
make a handicap "as a guide," and it is said that in
certain instances nearly a stone difference was discovered
in his estimate of a horse, and that formed by the stewards.
One animal in particular, the property of a nobleman,
was so leniently treated by him that if the impost had
not been altered the ring would have immediately
discovered a rather hot favourite. The Trapper and
Pole Star have been backed with some show of spirit
since the publication of the weights, and they are
certainly not over handicapped. I should advise
he reader, however, to reserve his operations until
after the publication of the acceptances. I shall not at
present hazard an opinion.abaut the chances, as I ha►e
no pretensions to a knowledge of stable secrats or the
intensions of owners of horses.

A letter from Newmarket informs ms of the death of
Mr. John Bottom, who was well known to a large ma-
jority of sporting men, and who was widely respected
in the town of Newmarket. Mr. Bottom, of late years,
ept the Jockey Ciub Rooms, and he discharged the

luties of his situation in a manner which created general
satisfaction. He has left a widow and a young family
to deplore their loss.
The opinion which I expressed respecting the War-
wick meeting in my letter from Leamington on Tuesday
.light was fully borne out, and it is said that the commit-
' en were not best pleased that Mr. Merry should reserve
lie most attractive " bill " for his benefit on Thursday.
Isaac Day was in great force with his lot of horses, and
[ am glad that Lord Clifden possesses so undeniably
good an animal as Melissa. Isaac Day is a clever
trainer, a shrewd tactitian, and a very popular man
vithal. lam told, too, that ha is a constant reader of
The Sun, and at admirer of " The Fresh Man," two very

‘miable traits in his character. I ha'l some of his cham-
pagne after the race for the Cup, and drank his health,
although he didn't know it. Another source of gratifica-
tion was opened at Warwick by the success of Lord Rib-
hlesdale's Greyling, and we trust that this wilt be only the
forerunner of many triumphs on the turf. His lordship's
corses will, I hope, soon sport his colours. 'William
Day was, too, "as pleased as punch" by Lord llibbles-
ale's good fortune, and there is often a good deal of
pleasure to be derived from seeing the success of a
nobleman now a days, for it is not often that the return
ists have any very respectable names amongst the

.inners.

What is Mr. E. R. Clark about with Mr. Sykes 1
Why is he knocking him about in so extraordinary
a manner as we have seen of late ? In a word, what is
his game ?
Ellington is spiritedly backed for the St. Leger, but
his partisans had better reserve their shouting until the
raoe is over. The Wizird of the North is in earnest
and means mischief, whilst an outidcr is talked of as
coming—where from I can't tell.

The races appointed for the current week are not very
attractive. The Lichfield Meeting will commence to.
,norrow, but its programme is not at all promising.
Whichever Tom Taylor sends for the Staffordshire
Stakes—Typec or Shoreham—will win, whilst Mr.
Mather will have the negative satisfaction of seeing his
bad-tempered little brute St. Clare second.
Tricolour ought to win the Champagne, but if she is
not sent for it, Yorkshireman will pull through.
Illuminator may carry off the Biennial Stakes, and
the City Members' Cup I shall assign to Shoreham.
The Lincoln Meeting will, perhaps, afford the best
racing of the week, but somehow the officials in that
locality do not exactly "put their horses' heads to
gether." For the Handicap my fancy points to the two
top weights, Courtenay and Yorkshire Grey. Auzury
will win the Granby Stakes. For the Brocklesby Han-
dicap I shall select Vindex and Prince Plausible.
Metropolitan turfites will patronise the Rochester and
Chatham "appointment." The sport, however, will not
he remarkably attractive. Either Caledonian or Emu
lation ought to win the Tradesmen's Plate. Index i;
turned loose for the Rockingham Handicap. Should
Fulbeck start for the Members' Plate his number will,
perhaps, be first hoisted on the telegraph. For the
New Stakes I fancy Barbarity.
Sept. S. A FRESH MAN.

The specie arrivals of the week have amounted to
1,150,0001. silver, but the whole will be absorbed by the
Eastern and continental demand.
The Yorkshireatan understands that the Lady Char-
lotte Scott, daughter of the Earl of Eldon, and niece of
Lord Feversham, is about to be united to her cousin,
Eldon Surtees Bankes, Et:q , of Corfe Castle.

LONDON ANTIQUITIES IN BRITISH MUSEUM—Those
who look in to that comparatively desert space in the
British Museum, called the British and Mediaeval depart-
ment, will find that one of the empty cases has been
filled with a part of the valuable collection of antiquities
which Lave been chiefly gathered from the Thames and
London, after years of patient care, by Mr. C. Roach
Smith. The matters at present exposed to public vi 3
are but a tithe of the ancient remains of Old London,
which have, by the efforts cf the press, and the exertions
of a number of individuals, become national property ;
it is, however, pleasant to look over them. The speci-
mens of glass of various colours are well worthy of no-
tice ; the deep rich tints, of blue and purple, are particu-
lady rich. The castings of heads, of fine design, in deli.
cately coloured glass, have quite a gem-like appearance
some of these beautiful objects are from Clement s;
lane, and other parts of the City. There are some
fragments of old armour from East Smithfield ; bronze
Celts, and other similar matters, found off the Temple in
1831; Roman and Saxon swords, found off the Temple ;
small altars ; combs, of different width of teeth ; Saxon
crosses, and other objects of the greatest use in illustrat-
ing the history and manners of ancient London. It would
be a great benefit if the thousands of objects of value and
interest contained in the British Museum were described
in a popular manner, and at some length ; the place
would then be like an instructive and useful book to all
6, who chose to walk through it.—The Builder.