The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

One of the great meetings of the season has been brought
Lo a successful issue during the past week, and "To Deum
Laudamus" under particularly fine weather, occasional
showers excepted, in comparison with seine of the,
wretched days we had to go through iu April. The last
of that month, however, on which day Chester races com-
menced, was, although ushered in with plenty of wet in
o morn'ng, a most agreeable one throughout the after-
The usual "swells" put in au appearance, and at
,ntervals throughout the week a perfect galaxy of
beauty made the fair sex conspicuous on the
Grand Stand, and the cynosure of all eyes. The first day's
racing has no special feature of interest to comment upon.
Moulsey showed himself in his best form by beating Re-
galia in a canter for the Grosvenor Stakes whilst Goojerat and
Lady Highthorn ran up to the trials they had previously
had iu public, the first winning the Wynnstay Handicap,
and the other the Mostyu Stakes. The filly by Parmesan
out of Archeress, now called Parma, won the Eaton Plate,'
thereby upsetting a groat pot on Sycee. Red Riband had
no difficulty in settling the pretensions of Arundel for the
Chesterfield Stakes. The attendance on the Cup day was
fully equal to the usual average, and never did it take place
when the weather was more auspicious. It is true
Boeswing beat her twenty opponents with consum-
mate ease, but I question if the skrimmago which
took place, in which Grinashaw's stirrup leather was
broken, did not materially alter the result—indeed, if
Moulsey, who ran fifth as it was, could have got the dis-
tance, he must have won, and as the old horse never was
in finer form, I think he would, from his after running,
have done so. Lecturer, who was very little better
favourite than Lord Bateman's horse, is not the " clinker"
ho was supposed ; and aunt, who never appeared dan-
gerous in the race, did not run up to his last year's form.
Therunning of Hiss Havelock was too bad to be true —in-
deed, from the style in which she landed her Majesty's
Guineas on Thursday, there is very little doubt, with
such a jockey as Kenyon in the saddle, whose services
I believe Mr. Woad might have obtained, she must
have been very near, if not the absolute winner.
Lucifer was beat a long way, but the horse had evidently
not been half prepared, and later in the season, at Ascot
will very. likely be heard of to
or Goodwood, to wit,
greater advantage. In the Deo Stakes Van Atnburgh, by
beating The Rescue in a canter, proved himself a good
outsider for the Derby, and was backed accordingly. There
was no other event of much interest during the meeting,
and I must now turn my attention to the engagements
of the week, which will divide the north and south divi-
sion of trainers and bookmakers most effectually.
Tho Ascot SPRING Meeting commences on Tuesday, but
it is generally understood that it will not be continued,
her Majesty being opposed to it, after the present season.
The second year of the First Spring Biennial Stakes has
KNIGHT OF THE GARTER and Friponnier engaged, and I
give the preference to the first named. In the Brabant
Stakes CONUNDRUM and MONITRESS appear best in. For
the Grand Stand Plate I fancy LICTOR or Baron Roths-
chili's representative. On Wednesday the South-Western
Railway Plato will be won by SWEET HOME, whilst VEDA
ought to give a good account of herself in the Sunning
Hill Stakes. •

noon.

The unfortunate clashing of Ascot with York Spring
Meeting will doubtless do a considerable injury to the
Knavesmire attendance, and later on in the week Doncaster
must suffer from the Salisbury races taking place on the
same days. Ou the first day I see nothing to beat
ARCHIMEDES unless he should• be reserved for the Great
Northern Handicap, for which, however, he is no fancy of
mine ; indeed, my voting must be for BRACKEN. Hav-
ing had the pleasure of inspecting VISCOUNT when a
yearling, should ho be sent for the Zetland Stakes I have
no hesitation in saying he will strip the bust-looking horse
in the race and be returned as the winner also. The
Knavesmirk Plate should go to HATTY, who claims a 71b
allowance. The Union Hunt Plate I know nothing about.
The Eglinton Stakes, run on Wednesday, is a moral
for WROUGHTON, and in his absence, BISMARCK should
win; KNIGHT Or ST. AlicHaEL cannot very well lose the
Londesborough Cup, and HAWKSWELL might win the
Flying Dutchman's Handicap.
Passing on to Doncaster, there is nothing tobeat HUNTS-
MAN iu the Trial Stakes ; and I shall plump for LIEL-
TELLYN in the Hopeful Stakes. For the Londesborough
Plate APPLECROSS looks to have a great chance. As _lie-

trousse's running for the Doncaster Spring Handicap de-
pends upon his performance at York, I prefer the chances
of SELIM and IIAwKswELL. In the absence of Knight of
the Garter for the Betting Room stakes, HUNTSMAN will

take a great deal of beating, and as most of the horses en-
gaged in the Chesterfield Handicap will have been run
through previously, your readers will then be more com-
petent to judge for themselves than I can possibly be
now.

The Salisbury Spring Meeting, on Thursday and Fri-
day, is sure to produce good fields; but although there
aro 35 horses engaged in -the Salisbury Stakes, it seems
odds on LADY ELIZARPTH. 11111 NINNY, whom I fancy in
the order named. The Wiltshire Stakos is next door to a
certainty for Mr. Brayley's representative, and that, I
should think, would be Douno, next to whom I fancy
Charles 11.

The Old Castle Stakes and the Craven Plate aro better
left alone ; and as regards the Wilton Park Stakes, run on
Friday,, t4e-pwuer of PYRENEES, should be the recipient,
whilst Abergeldie, in his City and Suburban form, cannot
be defeated 41 the Salisbury Cup.