The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-17 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The local meetings last week passed off pleasantly.
To-morrow the Bibury Club hold their meeting at
Stockbridge, a*d to strengthen their card three
great two-year-old events are taken out of the pro-
gramme of the " open" gathering, which makes no
earthly difference, as the ground run over is all the
same. These three juvenile items, supposing they
come to a head, will be worth a good eight thousand
guineas in the aggregate, and the Marquis of Hast-
ings having some crack things in each of them,
there will be something additional hanging to their
results. These are not the only great contests to
be decided, several others having to come off before
Friday is over ; and as most of the two-year-old
celebrities, whether of public or private repute,
are engaged in them, the returns will be vastly
important. In one of the 1,000 soya. sweepstakes
—the Donnington—we have Mameluke, who is ru-
moured to be much better than Lady Elizabeth,
which character he can sustain if heis capable of beat-
ing Sir Joseph's selected champion, Blue Gown or
Rosicrucian, to say nothing of Innerdale and the
Duke of Newcastle's birds of promise. As the course
is only five furlongs, there is a chance of Blue Gown
taking the rich prize away from Stockbridge, and
Danebury is not quite certain to retain the richer
one, the Hamilton Sweepstakes, for fillies, L6onie
being a " rurn'un" for even Athena to tackle, and
she might stay the five furlongs best. Innerdale
will be more at home in the Biennial, for which,
however, Mat Dawson has also three of the Duke of
Newcastle's to choose from, and it is the selected of
the stable that will have to be backed (supposing ,
of course, the Marquis of Hastings does not " play"
with either Athena or Mameluke) against the Duke
of Beaufort's Herald or Europa, Mr. Chaplin's high-
priced St. Ronan, Sir F. Johnstone's Michael de
Basco, or Banditto, Mr. Alerry's Parson, Mr. Thel-
lusson's Black Diamond, or anything else. These
are all animals of repute, and in giving the prefe-
rence to the Beaufort hoops it must be admitted
there is not much to feel confident over. On
Wednesday there is a capital day's racing, com-
mencing with the Biennial, which Vauban should
have no difficulty in securing ; and the Coven-
try Stakes is almost an equal gift for Lady
Elizabeth, if pulled out for it. The Eltham
Plate has one of the best entries of the week,
John Day, William Day, and Alfred Day, as
well as Mat Dawson and Dover, contributing to
swell the subscription. Lady Elizabeth, however,
is so much superior to the others that she cannot be
beaten. In the Croon© Produce, Innerdale may
perhaps turn up the winner, and in the Beaufort
Handicap it looks to be any odds upon Julius. The
Railway Plate reads to be a good thing for Miller's
Maid, and in the Visitors' Plate Wild Agnes and
Historian strike me as having the call of the others.
On Thursday there is no falling off in the prospect
of the sport, and Lady Elizabeth has another good
race before her in the Troy Stakes. The Stock-
bridge Cup will drop down to a small field, and
Lord Lyon and Leoriie will be found the best for it ;
and the Hastings Plate should go toWild Moor, who
ran very fast in the Derby. On Friday there are
three events apparently at the mercy of the Marquis
of Hastings, with Lady Elizabeth and See 3aw in
the two Sweepstakes, and Lecturer in the Hurst-
bourne Cup, Savernake being scarcely in a condi-
tion to compete with the gallant little Ascot hero
yet, even with 101 b. the best of the weights. Selim
ought to win the Bishop Burton Stakes, and
Capitola tho Grimston Plate.

A FRESH MAN.

NOTES

FEO3I
TRAINING QUARTERS.

lIS DAY.