The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The most important race which will he decided
at Liverpool to-day is the Two-yr-old Plate of 500
sovs, by subscription of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with
100 added; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. Dundee,
who has a penalty of 51bs, should have no difficulty
in disposing of Brown Duchess, the only other with
the slightest pretension being Dictator, and if
these three could only be brought together we
perhaps might get a guide to the winner of next
year's Derby, as Brown Duchess has defeated every
horse of consequence that has been brought out
this year.

The Liverpool Cup (run to-morrow) will bring
to the post nearly the half of those left in, and I
expect the field will be made up from the fol-
lowing

Yrs st lb Yrs st lb
Gladiolus
Adam Bede 4 8 7 The Pitman 3 7 0
Petra 4 8 6 Moorcoek
Aston
Northern Light(slb Horace
extra)
Druid
Edmund Kean.... 3 7 1 Starbeck
Viatka

Aston, Adam Bede, and Gladiolus have too much
weight; and the same remark applies to Northern
Light, who, with his penalty for winning at Stock-
bridge, has the steadying weight of Bst., but it
would not astonish me to see him in the first flight
at the finish, as Mr. Merry is always dangerous
over this course. Petra will run a better horse
than many imagine, and no liberties ought to be
taken with him, as I believe he has been specially
reserved for this journey. The Druid has been
running well in the sister island, and if he do not
quite pull through, is almost sure to be one of the
first three past the judge's chair. Viatka and
Weatherbound are the property of Fred. Swindells,
and if Viatka is better thanWeatherbound, I need
not look farther for the winner, but of that I have
my doubts, and if Weatherbound was brought to
the post she would be my sole representative. Her
performance with Predictor in the Queen's Guineas
at Ipswich stamps her as one of the best fillies of
the year. Moorcock, if worth keeping in training,
ought to run away with the race. Horace, who
has always shown himself a game horse over short
distances, appears to me to have the best chance of
anything if he can only stay the distance, but the
company he will have to run with is so moderate
that I unhesitatingly award him the preference
over everything in the race. Last year the whole
of the prophets, with the exception of " A Fresh
Man," said that Ancient Briton could not stay ;
but he, stayed so well that after the race it was
difficult to get those who had taken liberties with
the Briton to " stay" and fork up their losings. To
sum up, as I do not expect to get a start with
Weatherbound, I must discard her stable companion
Viatka, and expect to see the Cup carried off by

HORACE or PETRA,

to be followed by THE DRUID and NORTHERN
LIGHT.

A Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 80
added by the Earl of Derby ; two-yr-olds, 4st 121 b ;
three, ist 91b ; four, Bst 1 llb ; five and upwards,
9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b, should be
carried off by Damascus (late colt by Tadmor), or
Brown Duchess.

The Handicap Plate of 100 SOTS may find Griffin
leading at the finish.
The Mersey Stakes I expect will prove an easy
victory f&r Dundee, although Sambo may save his
stake.

After Master Bagot's running last week I will
look no further for the winner of the Molyneaux
Plate.

The Liverpool St. Leger appears a gift to
Northern Light, although Sir William and Wild-
man may fight their battle over again for tho 50
sovs given to the second horse.
The Knowsley Dinner Stakes of 100 sovs each
will be a walk over for Northern Light, as Thor-
manby is not expected to show.
Abingdon and Pontefract races, which commence
on Thursday, I shall refer to in my letter of Wed-
nesday.
A FRESH MAN.
London, July 9.