The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-03 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The. Royal Ascot Meeting commences to-morrow, and
will be graced by the presence of the Prince of Wales:
The -Ascot Stakes acceptances have left 'in a field of
twenty-two horses to contest for it, of which 1 like the
chances of Dalesman, Bliukhoolie, and Zenobia. Lucifer
is by no means badly in, but I think his journey will be
later on in the season, as report says he is not very for-
ward in his preparation. Such excellent accounts,
however, reach me respecting Baron Rothschild's
horse, ghat I shall stand DALESMAN, BLINKHOOLIE, and
ZENOBIA. The Prince of Wales's Stakes is one of the
richest prizes of the meeting—worth nearly £l,OOO. I
suppose we shall see at the post Vauban, Marksman,
Achievement, Van Amburgh, and 0 wain Glyndwr
amongst others, but nothing in the tl ild, besides app airs •
likely to interfere with the result. The four first-naned
horses carry pnaltieq, and my choice of these is M.kRKS-
mAN, and should he be beat, I think it will be by OwAtx
GLYNnwvn, who is allowed 71b, and although not per-
severed with in the Derby ran sixth. The p !nalties and
allowances for the Geld Vase make it very like a handi-
cap, but though MOULSEY carries 9st 131 b, still I have
very little doubt of his success, and the only one likely to
give him. any trouble being MAIL TRAIN, who I hear is
to be heard of successfully some time during the meeting.
Tho Queen's Stand Plato has some clinkers amongst tho
eighteen animals engaged, but my opinion is in favour
of CECROPS and OSTREGER, notwithstanding their having to
carry 9st 121 b and 9st 111 b respectively. I can see nothing
likely to compete successfully with SUFFOLK for the Tenth
Ascot Biennial Stakes. If SAVERNAKE should be brought
out for the Thirteenth Ascot Triennial Stakes it is a cer-
tainty for him, and in his absence I prefer SEALSKIN.
As usual on Wednesday the Royal Hunt Cup is sure to
furnish a large field of horses, the best in of which aro
Mail Train, Union Jack, Life Guardsman, and Baron
Rothschild's lot. And of this lot, having a lively recollec-
tion of the form Mr. Ten Broeck's horse displayed in this
race two years ago, when carrying Bst 121 b he ran
third to Gratitude, I feel bound to recommend nothing
but UNION JACK, if in anything like his four-
year-old form. In the absence of Hermit I fancy
Star of India ought to win the Ascot Derby Stakes; and,
presuming Mr. Chaplin's horse is sent for the Ninth Ascot
Biennial Stakes, having no penalty to carry,. he cannot
very well be beat. Tho Fifteenth Triennial Stakes will
most likely recompense Baron RothsChild for the Wood-
cote Stakes, which, I believe, with a fair start, ho would
have won ; anyhow I shall go for RESTITUTION this jour-
ney, though I hear The Parson is a good horse. LADY
ELIZABETH will certainly win the Fernhill Stakes if she
runs.
On Thursday, of course, THE HERMIT will win the St.
James's Palace Stakes. I fancy TIIE PARSON in the Fifth
New Biennial Stakes, and MARKSMAN (should he run) for
Tho 'Fourth New Biennial Stakes. 1 also think LADY
ELIZABETH is good enough to give 51b. and a beating to
her field in The New Stakes. It is difficult to say what
will put in an appearance for The Gold Cup; but in case
of MARKSMAN doing so, he must be my champion.
For the Alexandra Plate, which takes place on Friday,
my recommendation is LOTHARIO ; and ACHIEVEMENT over
her favourite distance of ground, one mile, should win The
Ascot Triennial Stakes.

A FRESH MAN.

ASCOT RACE 3.

(From our SpeciaaPorting Reporter.)

ASCOT, Monday.

There is a most flattering prospect of a leviathan
meeting on the regal heath to-morrow and during
the three succeeding days, as a more than usually
large amount of stabling has been secured, and ad
ditional houSe accommodation for visitors cannot
now be obtained for love or lucre. At the close of
last week the course was so bard in places, parti-
culary on ,the new ground, that fears were at
one time entertained some of the cracks would
be prevented thereby fulfilling their engagements,
but there was a timely fall of rain early
this morning; and as it continued for some
hours the weather has been materially benefited
through it, and the " going " 'cannot fail to be
beautiful to-morrow. Though the acceptances for
the Ascot Stakes are not so numerous as could be
wished, the plates filled so well on Saturday
evening that they formed a goof " set off "
against the disappointment; and now that in im-
provement has been effected by the elements in
the running ground, we are certain to have all the
popular two and three-year-old "stars " imprint-
ing their hoofs on the royal turf, and a tremen-
dous field for the Hunt Cup struggle. The Prince
of Wales will be present each day, and
all that is wanting now to secure a bril-
liant eclat to the gathering i 3 fine weather.
The arivals to the present time are exceedingly few,
but upwards of 100 horses are exp._.ete.-1 here in the,
course' of to-day and to-morrow, including Inc
Hermit, Marksman, Vauban, Achievement, Lord
Lyon, Savernake, Moulsey, Ostreger, Regalia,
Rama, &c. This morning there were some gallops
of interest, as not only was Cecrops going beauti-
fully, but Van Amburgh and Hippia were in active
exercise, and Baron Rothschild's splendid two-yr-
olds--Suffolk, Restitution, King Alfred, Nyanza,
and North Marston—also showed. Tourmalin was
set by Hayhoe to give the whole team two nice can-
ters, after which the filly took Dalesman, Jasper, and
Hippia a splendid mile and threequartersgallop,the
juveniles galloping a little over a mile. Dalesman
moved in such form that he ought to be supported
for the Ascot Stakes, well as Zenobia is ins and
despite that £l,OOO arrears of forfeit have specially
been paid up for the mare for this journey. Hippia
bowled along in rare style, and Jasper struck us as
being wonderfully improved. Van Amburgh, too,
who went nearly a couple of miles, looked more
himself than he did on the Derby day, but we were
more taken with his companion Cecrops, who struck
us as going in his old form, indicative of danger to
all who oppose him in the Queen's Stand Plate.
Ajax and Nancy were doing a fair amount of work.

To-morrow we shall give full details of the interim
gallops, which special reports will be continued in
Wednesday's and Thursday's editions.

ASCOT HEATH SUMMER RACES, -

The following appeared in Our latest edition of Saturday
evening:—

We subjoin the " selections" of the weekly me-
tropolitan sporting press for the various events to
be decided on the regal heath of Berkshire, on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next :
The Queen's Vase (2 miles). —" Bell's Life:"
Savernake or Mail Train. " Sunday Times :"
Moulsey or Savernake. " Era :" Moulsey or
Knight of the Garter. " Field :" Moulsey. "Sport-
ing Life :" Moulsey or Savernake. "Sporting
Gazette :" Moulsey, Miss Havelock, or Tynedale.
".Sportsman :" Moulsey or Mail Train.
Ascot Stakes (21 miles).—" Bell's Life :" War or
Zenobia. " Sunday Times :" The Peer or Zenobia
to win ; Brayley's or War for places. " Era:"
Miss Harriette or Zenobia. " Field :" Vigorous,
Miss Harriette, or Zenobia. " Sporting Life :"
Brayley'stest, Zenobia, or War. " Sportsman :"
Lord of the Dales, Bliukhoolie, or Zenobia.
Prince of Wales's Stakes (1 mile 5 furlong6).—
" Bell's Life :" Marksman or Owain Glyndwr.
" Era :" Vauban or Marksman. "Field :" Achieve-
ment. " Sporting Life :" Marksman. " Sporting
Gazette :" Achievement. " Sportsman :" Achieve-
ment.
Tenth Biennial (5 furlongs 186 yards).—"
Life," "Sunday Times," isEra," '' Field,"
"Sporting Life," "Sporting Gazette," and
" Sportsman :" Suffolk.
Queen's Stand Plate (5 furlongs Is 6 yards).—
" Bell's Life :" Cecrops or Xi. " Sunday Times :"
Cecrops or Innerdale. "Era:" Cecrops. " Field:"
Innerdale. "Sporting Life :" Ostreger or Cecrops.
"Sporting Gazette :" Nyanza or Speculum.
" Sportsman :" Speculum or Idalia.
Thirteenth Triennial (once round).--" Bell's
Life :" Savernake or Sealskin. " Sunday Tines :"
Savernake or Mr. Bowes's. "Era :" Sealskin.
" Field :" Savernake. " Sporting Life :" Saver-
nake or John Scott's. " Sporting Gazette :" Sa-
vernake or Sealskin. " Sportsman :" Sealskin.
Ascot Derby (4 miles).—" Bell's Life :" ller-
mit. " Sunday Times :" fn the absence of Her-
mit, Star of India or Palmer. " Era :" Palmer.
"Field :" Moutgonbert. " Sporting Life :" Pal-
mer. "Sporting Gazette :" Hermit, or Star of lu-
dia. " Sportsman :" Thornapple, or the Cordelia
colt.

Ninth Biennial (old mile).—" Bell's Life :" Her-
mit, or Wroughton. " Sunday Times :" Hermit,
or Julius. " Era :" Julius, or Wroughton. " Field :"
Hermit, or Julius. " Sporting Life :" Wroughton,
or Julius. " Sporting Gazette :" Hermit. " Sports-
man :" Hermit. •

Fifteenth Triennial (5 fur. 136 yds.).—" Bell'
Life :" Restitution. " Sunday Times :" Restitu-
tiion) or Michael de Basco. i‘ Era :"'Restitution.