The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-27 00:00:00

WOOL.

Although there has been a full average number of both
home and foreign buyers at the colonial wool sales held
since our last report the biddings have been inactive, at
the decline already noticed in value—viz., ld. to 2d. per
lb. Last week's imports amounted to 37 bales from
Odessa, 3,293 from Port Philip, 240 from Taganrog, end
2,388 from Sydney.

The Visitors' Stakes on Thursday will only be a canter for
ROMPING Glum, if she starts. For the St. Helen's Purse I
believe in CAPITOL& The Haddock Two-Year-Old Stakes
has PERO again engaged, and as she would only incur a
penalty- of 31b for winning the Galborne Park Stakes, I
fancy her chance in this. The thrswood Handicap should
go to BELMONT, and I shall plump for JoRN OSBORNE (the
horse of that name I mean) in the Manor Cup.
The Lyme Park Stakes, which takes place on Friday,
appears a good thing for CATTON. With all his weight
Pirr, if he is seat to Newton, will win the Warring-
ton Handicap, and my recommendation for the South Lan-
cashire Tradesmen's Cup is MASTER WILLIE.
There are only two or three of the razes at Croydon that
I dare venture to say anything about. I fancy DERRY
for t Tin 'l' vro 1/1.1.tr-111.1_SZt.")”,•, 4vo f..a. I 1 f,
Nursery Plate, both run on Wednesday, nor can I sea any-
thing likely to beat LIZ I.IID for the Croydon. Handicap
next day. _ _

The Grand Prix de Paris comes off on Sunday next,
and, from the form which MARKSMAN displayed in the
Derby, I am satisfied he will have no difficulty in going
over the extra distance of ground—throo furlongs
beating Vauban again, who in my opinion is not a good
stayer. Patrician appears to me to be the best place in-
vestment; indeed he has anything but an indifferent
chance of absolutely winning. As I shall probably be
present at the Paris meeting, I hope to furnish your readers
with a full, true, and particular account in next Monday's
publication.
A FRESH MAN.

(From the Newmarket Correspondent of the Racing Times.)
Sporting readers must be getting tired of the oft-told
tales of what every sporting writer and tipster has said
about tho Derby horses:. It is really amusing to read how
some of them rake up the remarks made about the Her-
mit two years ago that ho was the glass of fashion and the
mould of form. They say the same of nearly every two
year old and yearling that is sold at the annual sales
throughout England, and prophesy that nine out of every
ten of them are sure to make racehorses. The Hermit was
ono of the best two year olds we had last year, but from
the manner he shirked some of his engagements last back
end, and the mode of training him that was pursued by
the brothers Bloss, no man in his senses could fancy the
horse good enough to win the Derby; therefore it is ridi-
culous to find fault with what Hotspur, Augur, Vigilant,
and the special commissioners have said about the HERMIT,
for they have all played their part in the Comedy of Errors,
myself included.
I hope it will b 3 a warning to some of the Newmarket
touts who were so delighted at the downfall of the Rake
and Hermit. One of them followed Mr. Bloss from the
racecourse on the Friday morning to lay 50 to 1 against
the Hermit. It must be mortifying enough to Mr. Daw-
son and Mr. Bless to have their horses go on wrong with-
out being annoyed by a few of the ignorant touts who
infest Newmarket. Your readots must understand that I
don't condemn all the mon that gat a living thereby.
They may call them racing touts or what they like, but
there aro many of them very respectable men, who live in
their own houses, bring up large families, and pay their
tradesmen's bills when due, more punctual than some of
the first-class tradesmen. The largest winners are, of
course, Mr. Chaplin, Sir P. Johnstone, and Captain
Macbell, but I am afraid there aro also some heavy'
losers, as I know of several bookmakers who backed
a lot of horses which they were bad against—but
from the
_position of the Hermit in the market
and the fact of Mr. Chaplin giving up Cuitance to ride
the Rake, besides the Hermit having ruptured a blood
vessel—could not see any danger front him. Before I
take leave of the Derby, I must say that I feel a groat
deal of pleasure at the extraordinary luck of the unassum-
ing quiet honest Johnny Daley, who hitherto has only
had a very small share of fortune's favours. His father
always told me that Johnny was a good judge of pace,
and would some day make a fine horseman, which he ve-
rified by the manner he finished in the Derby and Oaks.
The trusty proverb, that misfortunes seldom come singly,
was proved by those who lost their money on Vaubta,
and plunged on Achievement to get a portion of it back—
those gentlemen must have had an awful time of it. All
I can say to them is, that I hope they have got plenty of
adversity's sweet milk—philosophy as a wise man
never bewails his present loss, but will try and get it back,
I hope they will all bo able to settle their accounts, and
wish them better luck next time. The consternation caused
iu thelling when Hermit won the Derby was nothing when
compared to the excitement at the overtLrow of Achieve-
ment by Hippia, and the painful silence that reigned
among the gentlemen when the modern Crucifix was de-
feated. Disappointment was visible in nearly every face.
Not so outside, as the success of the Baron was hailed
with loud cheering by those who follow the blue and yellow.
All lovers of honest racing must be delighted at such an
honest sportsman as the Baron winning one of the largest
stakes on the English turf ; but he seldom or over gets a
chance of winning a handicap, as his horses invariably
get badly in. As a proof of that ho has started two horses
several times this year— TOURMALIN and JASPER—and the
oftener they get beat the more weight they get next time.
JASPER was last in the Rous Stakes on Monday with
Gst 91b. Ho was entered for the Carew Handicap, and
was favoured with just ono stone more. Surely the
handicapper could not think that the horse was " pulled."

The Earl of Wilton entertained the following guests at
his mansion in Grosvenor-square—viz., Marquis of Hast-
ings, Earl of Westmoreland, Earl of Winchilsea, Earl of
Coventry, Earl of Glasgow, Earl of Strafford, Earl
Annesley, Earl of Bradford, Viscount Canterbury, Vis-
count Exmouth, Viscount Andover, Lord Bateman, Baron
Meyer de Rothschild, Hon. Admiral Rous, Right Hon.
General Peel, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Sir Joseph Hawley,
Sir Henry des Vceux, Hon. Frederick Calthorpe, Hon.
Henry Forester, Mr. H. Sawn°, Mr. Crawford, Mr. H.
Chaplin, Mr, W. G. Cravon, ealci rape.

Jeffery

(a) After a dead heat with the winner.
(b) A dad heat for the second place itt the Oaks.
(c) After a dead heat.
(d) Two walks over.
(a) Including one walk over.
(f) A dead heat for second placs in the Oaks.

Last year the Derby Stakes were worth £7,350,
—a Lk. n4vc., stalms £4.650- This season the value
of the first mentioned prize was £7,000, of the
latter £5,200.

NOTES

1,1103 i

TRAINING QUARTERS

THIS DAY.

D,INEBURY.

The lat 3 rains have done much good to our
clowns, and now that all our head men have re-
turned from Epsom, and Vauban has rested a day
or two, training operations have recommenced in
earnest. Vauban, Distin, and Uucas came home
on the day after the Derby, and resumed active
exercise this morning. The former was given two
nice canters and a good gallop of a mile and a half.
Ile goes to Paris in the middle of the week, to run
for the Grand Prix there. Lord Ronald took John
Davis, Caucasus, and Fairfield a mile and three-
quarters steadily. Miss Havelock went a couple of
miles by herself. Seville, Harpenden, and Lady
Elizabeth cantered thrice, but did not gallop. Pan-
taloon was leading a lot of two-year-olds in fair
work. The Duke was not out.