The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-11 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The result of the Liverpool Handicap has been
fully borne out by my prediction of Monday. In
my letter I stated that Moorcock, if worth keeping
in training, ought to run away with the race, and
that I would have preferred %Veatherbound's
chance to that of her stable companion, Viatka ;
but I believe Weatherbound had had a severe
attack of the "metallic fever" shortly after the
Ipswich races. The running of Dundee with
Brown Duchess (who carried a penalty of slbs. in
the New Stakes at Ascot) proves him to be the
best two-yr-old horse that has been out this year,
and if he only keeps well during the winter Mr.
Merry will accomplish the same feat next year
as Sir Joseph Hawley did in 1858-9, by carrying
off the Derby two years in succession.
Abingdon and Pontefract races commence to-
morrow, and the former meeting will be patronised
by most of the turfites from Liverpool. There are
six races on each of the two days at Abingdon.
The Craven Handicap has thirty-one nomina-
tions, and Codicil, Norton, or Lady Peel ought to
furnish the winner.

The Berkshire Handicap has only ten accept-
ances. Gaspard ought to beat all the top weights,
and Rajah Brooke the light ones; and to these
two I shall leave the race.

The Nursery Stakes has an excellent entry, but
the horses entered are of very moderate calibre. I
shall trust in Mr. Merry's representatives, either
Pheny or Zodiac, and expect to see Eccola and Dira
close up at the finish.

The Marcham Handicap and the Calham Handi-
cap ought to fall to Remunerator.

The Abingdon Stakes will be a match between
Sporting Life and King of Kent, the former for
choice.

The Pontefract meeting also commences to-mor-
row, and has a well filled programme—there being
no less than fifteen events set for decision.

In the Londesborough Stakes I give the prefer-
ence to Morella and Vergis-mein-Night.
The Great West Riding Handicap is a certainty
if he runs, even should he be opposed by Edmund
Kean.

The Knottingley Stakes will, I think, be won by
Doefoot ; the Members' Plate by Tiddlywinks or
Royal Princess; the Two-yr-old Sedly Plate by
Goorkah filly ; the Yorkshire Welter by The
Mouldie or Brown Holland; and the Castleford
Stakes is another good thing for Doefoot.
The Pontefract Handicap looks another certainty
for Wildman or Brown Holland.

The Badsworth Welter Cup, for gentlemen
riders, has eleven nominations, and I shall expect
to see Secret Treason pull through.
With reference to the Goodwood Meeting I think
the horse Gridiron will win the Goodwood Stakes,
and notwithstanding that Gustave and Danger, the
two Frenchmen, have 141bs allowed, I will decidedly
give the preference to Butterfly, who has no penalty
for winning the Oaks or the Goodwood Cup.

A FRESH MAN.

LIVERPOOL RACES.-TUBSDAT.

The Mersey Stakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft,'with '5O added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Nine
subs.

Mr. Jackson's Longshot, Bst 71b (Bullock) 1
Mr. Aspinwall's Tresillian, Bst 71b ( Withington) I 2
Betting-6 to 4on Longshot, who made all the running,
and won by three lengths.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added. Optional
selling weights, &c. One mile. 3 subs.
Mr. Jackson's f by Goorkah, Crazy Peggy, 2 yrs (£2O),
(Doyle) 1
Mr. Barber's Lawl Pudrick, 3 yrs (£2O), Est 121 b
(Entwistle) 2
Mr. Edwin's Alchymist, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st (H. Grimshaw) 3
Rotting-6 to 4 nest Alchymist, 2to 1 agst Lawl Pudrick,
3 to 1 agst Crazy regs,
Won by a length; same distance between second and 11
third.
The Liverpool Cup in specie, value 200 soya, added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft ; the second
to receive 15 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles. 76
subs, 43 of whom declared.
Mr. T. Hunt's Moorcock, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, 7st
(Challoner) 1
Mr. Locke's Flitch, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (Mitchell) 2
Mr. Calder's Viatka, 3 yrs, 7st (A. Edwards) 3
The following also ran :—Gladiolus, Adam Bede, Aston,
The Druid, Edmund Kean, and Chirper.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Viatka, 4to 1 agst Moorcock, sto 1
agst Aston, 7to 1 eget Adam Bede, Bto 1 agst Flitch, 11
to 1 agst Gladiolus, 12 to 1 agst The Druid, 14 to 1 agst
Edmund Kean.
Won by half a length; two lengths between second and
third ; three lengths between the third and fourth. Ed-
mund Kean, the Druid, and Adam Bede were next.
Handicap Plate of 100 sovs ; winners, after the publication
of the weights of any handicap to carry 61b; and of the
Cup (should it be run first), 121 b extra. July 10.
Nearly six furlongs. 17 subs.
Mr. Jackson's Syringe, 3 yrs, 7st llb (in. 61b extra)
(Grimshaw) 1
Mr. A. Williams's Rara Avis, 4 yrs, 7st .... (Adams) 2
Mr. Eastwood's Teusle, 3 yrs, Est b.... (J. Snowden) 3
Hetty and North Lancashire also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Syringe, 7to 2 agst Tousle, 4to
1 agst Hetty, and 6to 1 agst Rara Avis. Won by half a
length ; the same between the second and third.
A Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 80 added; 2-yr-
olds, 4st 121 b ; three, 7st 91b ; four, Bst 111 b ; five and
upwards, 9at 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; win-
ners extra. One mile. 11 subs.
Mr. Edwards' Jack Spring, 6 yrs (J. Osborne) 1
Mr. Saxon's Brown Duchess, 2 yrs (Midgeley) 0
Mr. Jackson's Waterproof, 2 yrs
Col. Towneley's Doefoot, 2 yrs (J. Snowden) 0
Betting —6 to 4 on Brown Duchess, 2 to 1 agst Doefoot.
Both Brown Duchess and Doefoot bolted, leaving Jack
Spring to come in an easy winner.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added.
T.Y.C. 7 subs.
Mr. A. Williams's Rara Avis, 4 yrs, 7st 41b .. (Adams) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Athens, 3 yrs, Est 21b .. (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Barber's Polly Peachum, 5 yrs, 7st 61b.. (Entwistle) 3
Mr. Saville's Tirailleur, 3 yrs, Est 101 b
Betting—Even on Athens, 4 to 1 each agst Rara Aria
and Tirailleur. Won by a length; a head between the
second and third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
000DWOOD STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Avalanche (taken)
11 to 1 agst Tocher (taken)