The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

SP ORTLV G NOTES.

THE CITY AND SUBURBAN AND THE
METROPOLITAN.
People were so engrossed by the fight that they had
neither time nor inclination yesterday to bestow a thought
on racing affairs. To-day, however, the interest in the Turf
has revived, and every one is speculating oncoming events.
The Two Thousand betting has within the last two days
undergone no material change. Despite the large sum of
money which has been invested on The Wizard an opinion,
whether well founded or not, exists that by some rapid
slight-of-hard, his disappearance from the list of quota-
tions will be effected. Certain it is that the horse is not
firm in the market. The indignation which was excited
by the scratching of Buccaneer is, however, calculated to
induce the managers of The Wizard to pause b3fore they
follow so pernicious a precedent.
That the field for the different races at Epsom will be
numerically strong admits of no doubt, for I am informed
that race-horse duty for the year has been paid for upwards
of fifty horses that have engagements at the Epsom Spring
Meeting alone. Mr. Dorling, too, appears to be making
the most energetic efforts to prove that he is not indifferent
to the prosperity of the meeting, and to show that he is
willing to make any sacrifice which may conduce to the
racing interest of the town. Thanks to the liberality
of Mr. M'Cowen, who by relinquishing a sum of money
which was annually paid to him for the use of a portion of
bis ground, Mr. Dorling has been enabled to carry out the
wishes of the inhabitants of the town by extending his
meeting to two days, and to issue a programme which will
bear comparison with that for any meeting in the kingdom.
By appointing the City and Suburban to be decided on the
first day, and the Metropolitan on the second, the attrac-
tions of the meeting will be very evenly balanced. For the
first-mentioned event Godding has furnished, as he has
done for every great handicap contested this year, 'a most
formidable favourite. Chere Amie is at present his repre-
sentative, and is likely to continue the most trusted animal
in the stable up to the hour of starting, This assertion,
however, may seem somewhat precipitate, considering the
changes which were rung with his horses at Northampton
and at Newmarket. Chere Arnie was, it is said, tried with
Man-at-Arms on Friday last, and so satisfactorily that, if
no mistake were made, her success merely resolves itself
into a question of health. Still I have a notion that the
trial was too good to be true, but on that ground alone I do
not record my want of faith in Chere Arnie. She may be a
good-'un to go, but she is unquestionably a rum-'un to
look at. She is a small weedy animal, and even her light
weight and her recently attained reputation will not induce
me to put faith in her.

Yoicks is another animal whose trial makes him, as his
friends aver, good enough to walk in. He is reported to
be equal to Meg Merrilies at even weights, and this state-
ment is supported by the spirit with which he has been
backed. Still the ardour of his partizans has cooled since
Confectioner and others have been brought so prominently
forward. The readers do not require to be reminded of the
great things which Confectioner accomplished with Miss
Julia prior to the Northampton Meeting to induce them to
entertain a most favourable consideration of his chance.
The horse's great racing ability was fully proved at New-
market, where he won the race with at least 141bs to spare.
He professes not only great speed, but he is also a stayer—
two most essential qualities .for the City and Suburban
course. He will run for his owner's £3,000 book, and he
will be trusted by the entire Epsom division. I once en-
tertained a great partiality for Paleface, but the betting
would indicate that Bentinck would do battle for Lord
Stamford. His lordship's stable is in " form," and which-
ever animal may carry his colours will doubtless run well.
Ariadne is very quiet in the market, and with Odo it has
become a case of "0 don't," since the running of North Lin-
coln and Athos at Newmarket. Remunerator has been an
unfortunate horse, and I do not think he will compensate
his owner to-morrow for the disappointment which he has
occasioned him. The horse was heavily backed for a place
for the Newmarket Handicap, for which event he merely
obtained a " situation" by being completely ridden out.
Still he may come off with the barren honours of a
position.

- Little or nothing is now heard of Heiman, and his suc-
cess is not likely to gladden the hearts of the rural recluses
of Smitham Bottom. Fitzreland is reported sound and
well again, and should this be the fact, his weight, 7st 71b,
must render him very dangerous. Without referring fur-
ther to the chances, I shall select