The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INT Rf.T.raRNPFI.

GOODWOOD RACES.—THURSDAY.
THE CUP DAY.
The Cup day was true to its traditions. The
weather was warm and sunny, and only now and

then was the blue sky overcast by da-rk clouds.
This propitious change in the Ekiey influence nut
only produced a perceptible effect upon the number
and character of the company, but it rendered the
proceedings additionally attractive and enjoyable.
In the Grand Stand enclosure were the Duke of

Cambridge, the noble guests of the Duke of Rich-
mond, and other patrons of die sport, whose names
we have frequently recorded among the distin-
guished vi,itors to this meeting. To give the list
of company at present would occupy spice to the
exclusion of many interesting facts connected with
the racing. The raised embankment under the

trees WalCllo longer deserted, but it was occupied
by a store of ladi-s, whose elegant and varied
toilettes were, a 3 usual, foremost in the effective
sights of the day.
Amongst the most curious and eager spectators
were several foreigners,
who entered with an ardour
into the pursuit of sport which fairly outdid our
own countrymen, who are, as it were, " to the
mann r born."

The first race was appointed for one o'clock, but
Star-of-the-East walked over for it, and thus active
business did not commence until half an hour later.
Rainbow won the Memorial Stakes for two-year.
olds, but his achievement evidently did not please
the cognoscenti, and did not imFrove his position
in the Derby tutting,. Bifore the race, 30 to 1 was
taken about him for the Derby, after it 25 to 1
was OT-red.

Merryman beat Cynricus, and restored a repute:
riot] which his defeat on Tuesday somewhat darn
agTedh.e Cup commanded
Charleston, anded eight starters, among whom
Ventretehue rue,
thepres champion of
America. ntati veof the
were French
eri turf, St.
al
ca. The French horse was made an immense
favourite, and it was supposed that if ho possessed
any pretensions to racing merits, his light weight
would enable him to
come through in triumph.
As our return and description of the race will
show, two English horses made a terrible example,
not only of the " foreigners," but of their native
opponents. Saunterer woo in a style which indi-
cated that his last year's form was correct, and that
his running early in the season had been "all a
mistake." Fisherman, who is as well known in
every county in England as a judge of assize, ran
with wonderful gameness under his crushing' weight,
and still further extended that vast reputation
which his many triumphs have established.
In place of the conventional " Cup," Mr. C. F.
Hancock, of Bruton-street, substituted two large
massive silver tankards, a novelty in race prizes
which excited much curiosity and admiration. The
ornamental and the useful were never more taste-
fully combined. These tankards, each of which is
upwards of a foot and a half in height, and a corn
mensurate circumference, are exqu•sitely chased.
The subject of one of them is the victory of Alex-
ander the Great over Darius at the battle of Arbela,
bdevscbreibßedrublir,tahned now produced
Quintus Curtius, painted
produced in silver by Mr.
Hancock. The suhject of the other is the bat le of
Zamer, in which Hannibal was defea ed by Scipio,
and the Roman Republic) saved—also after Le
Brun's picture in the Louvre. Mr. Hancock also
exhibited the Emperor Napoleon's Cup for the
Roy'l Yacht Squadron Regatta. It is an elabo-
rately wrought massive silver tankard ; the lid is
surmounted by a group, representing a lion hunt in
cited much
ocahudd these deserved
des praise, and as a work of art it
cannot be too highly commended, whether for its
meaariese richly, embossed. It ex
design or execution.
North Lincoln was deemed invincible until Pro-
mised Land defeated him to-day, and so ea.,fly was
he beaten that Promised Lsnd was immediately
afterwards made first favourite for the Derby. To
the general public, however, the most interesting
incident was the re-appearance of Blink Bonny,
who was started for the Sixth Alemorial Stakes.
She had only' recently recovered, or partly re-
covered, from a malignant diseasP, and surely her
owner, when he sent her to Geodwood, could
nave had no id-a of her fulfilling her engagement
with success. She looks untrained, and in fact only
of hi r former self.
as h ce
mouudnot ear fpeiitti resemblance"able exhibition,
and Charlton judi
ciously stopped h-r before she had gone little more
than half the required distance. It was, in fact,
an act of cruelty to run her in her present state.
We believe, however, that she was sent to Good-
wood in the expectation of being allowed to walk
over, for in that case she would have won the stake
three years in succession, and have been strictly
entitled to the additional plate, amounting to up-
wards of 7001., which was formed by a per tentage
annuslly deducted front the entite stake. This per