The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-05 00:00:00

NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
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Latitude colt

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Five ran.

SPORTING NOTES.

SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

The "Craven" will not be a busy week. Few horses
have arrived, and the " special" brought only a small
accession of visitors. The night is bright, but cold
withal, and the fineness of the weather has induced the
visitors to promenade the street, or to form themselves
into little conversational knots under the shadow of the
New Rooms. The latest rumours are the topics of dis-
cussion, and they are sifted and commented upon with
a warmth and earnestness worthy of the Temple Forum.
The hostility which has been arrayed against Mentmore
for the Two Thousand occupies the attention of one
small group, and some light is thrown on the subject by
a new comer's stating that the horse was tried with New
Brighton on Saturday morning, and found very much
wanting indeed. This new corner states his conviction
that Mentmore is not worth fourpence. From Mentmore
the conversation is turned to the latest arrivals, and the
antics of Anton at exercise this morning excite some
curiosity. It appears that the horse reared, and popped
the lad who was riding him on to the ground. Anton
got loose, but quietly went up to Alfred Day, who was
on a hack, and did no damage either to himself or to
anything else. "Alfred" afterwards mounted him, and
sent him merrily along. The horse seemed quiet
enough, and did not display much of that temper
which the hard work that he went through last
year caused him to show. Before these desultory notes
meet the reader's eye, the great match between Kent
aed Anton will be decided. The appearance of Vedette
and Ignoramus is next discussed. Vedette has not lost
that " dot and go one" style of going which characterisd
him last year. It iss even said that whilst walking he
limps worse than ever, and that his old complaint,
rheumatism in the feet, grows upon him. After a
gallop, however, and when thoroughly warmed, he loses
all his lameness and gees bowling along in that cricket-
hall style which distinguished him last year. Ignoramus
is as big, lumbering. and ugly as ever, and his great club-
foot does not improve his appearance.
" How about the handicap horses," suggests a," well-
informed party" in another throng. Then a budget of
good and bad news is opened. Amsterdam has done
no work for weeks. The French horse, Monarqwe, goes
well and looks like staying. Brother to Bird•on-the-
Wing appears soft, and does not seem to care for a dis-
tance. Fadladeen is a big and somewhat unfinished
colt, requiring a good scope of ground. East Langton
re much improved, and is greatly fancied ; he has grown
and rounded into a remarkably compact colt. Pavilion
is the pet of the Newmarket division. Since the Hough-
ton Meeting she has been scarcely stopped a fortnight in
her work. " Can she stay I" Why, of course, she can
—didn't her race for the Feather Plate, which she ought
to have won easy, prove that I Wouvermans has only
just come in; his party fancy him, and he has had no
sash trial this time. Stapleton, too, is mentioned with
favour ; the Dividend filly and others are classiad with
the ragged let that could not win if they had only
fourpenny bit and a railway ticket tied to their tail.
In another quarter the spirit of inquiry is directed
into a new channel. "Many men, many minds," and
opinions different to those held by one group of loungers
are exchanged and believed by another. Telegram is a
three-cornered horse, and not much improved. Eclipse
has not been seen, but people talk of him as if he were
labouring under the Clydesdale epidemic. Star of the
East has galloped several times, and is thought likely
to win all his engagements, if Charles the Second
do not corns which is deemed improbable and
it the Cymba colt be not sent for from Danebury.
Wrestler has not arrived, and Gunboat is scratched for
all his engagements this week, so opinions agree that
Fisherman will win the 100 Boys Plate on Wednesday.
Such are the Sayings and Doings which have come to
my knowledge since I have been located in this town.

About a dozen starters are likely to sho-s for the
Newmarket Handicap, a somewhat larger field than this
event has of late years commanded. Monarque, with
Ashmall "up," is deservedly fancied by his own party,
and the remembrance of his success at Goodwood last
year cause English tnrfites to regard his cbanca with
some fondness. For that event he beat a good three-yr-old
like Riseber, at 211bs, and he is now called upon to meet
Fadladeen, Pavilion, and Wouvermans—horses certainly
not of the Riseber stamp—on much worse terms. The
question is, will he be capable of conceding lumps of
' weight, not only to the three-yr-olds, but to a four-yr•
idd horse, moderate though he be, like Worcester /
I must pause for a reply until after the race.
I expect Monarque to obtain a very forward position,
but I scarcely deem him good enough to win. Fadla-
deen, according to his running last year, should be a
most dangerous competitor, and East Langton I bold in
nigh estimation. Of the 3 yr-old horses, my partiality
is for Pavilion ; if she be amongst the starters I shall
expect her to compensate her party for the
wentdisappoint-
which Eloquence occasioned them last year.
Wouvermans will be again backed by his owner and
friends, but he ran a bad horse at Northampton. Isbell
place my hopes in