The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-07 00:00:00

PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS,

HORSE. SIRE. Age st lb RIDER.
Success Tamils 5 8 5 Snowden.
Lothario King Tom 4 8 4 Daley.
Pearl Diver, or ... 1 ... j
Marsyas a 8 4 ... i Cannon.
Harry Brailsford j ... The Hadji 58 3 ... Murray.
Scamander Voltigeur a 8 2 J. Grimshaw.
Tormentor King Tom 4 8 2 J. Mann.
Sealskin - 4 8 0 Fordham.
Julius
Blinkhoolie Rataplan —.. . 3 7 0 Jeffery.
Romping Girl Wild Dayrell . 3 7 0 --
Etoile Filante Y. Gladiator... 4 6 13 Huxtable.
Rescue, The Lifeboat 3 6 12 Peppier.
Montgoubert Ellington 3 6 12 Barker.
La Dauphine Stockwell 4 6 10 Hammond.
Pirate Chief Buccaneer....... 3 6 8 Killick.
Honesty Voltigeur 3 6 7 ...... Covey.
Leases Rapparee 3 6 7 Goodwin.
King Victor Fazzolotto 3 6 3 Brown.
Armourer Kut. of Kars... 3 6 2 Kenyon.
King of the Fairies... Claret 3 6 2 Cameron.
King's Cross
. St. Albans 3 5 13 Pranglo.

NUM% Pompilius, or Romulus 3
Guy of Warwick j Leamington-- 3 Butler.

What earthly chance Success can have I am at a loss to
conceive, as King's Cross run him to a neck for her Ma-
jesty's Guineas at Lichfield at a difference of 211b5.,
whereas he has to give tho 3 yr-old 341bs. on this occasion.
Lothario is a sound, honest horse, and may run into a
situation, but does not strike me as likely to be the abso-
lute winner. Mr. Brayley is always the market to
a cept 1,000 to 15 about his two Pearl Diver and Harry
Brailsford coupled, but I believe that astute judge has a
more favoerable opinion of Julius, notwithstanding his
heavy impost. At any rate I cannot stand on either of
his for a great race like this. Scamander has been
reserved too long to give me the slightest confi-
dence in his chance. Tormentor has been ignominiously
defeated some seven times this year, and although she is
highly fancied by good judges for this valuable prize, no
argument will hold good in her favour that does not at once
admit she has not yet started this season with winning
orders. However, as Admiral Roes took sufficient interest
in her (last meeting, I think) to be a spectato: when she
went one of her gallops, there may be something in it,
but I leave your readers to exercise their own discretion
in the matter, as certainly, according to public form, she
is not in the race. Sealskin, who bolon;s to Mr. Saville,
and will be ridden by Fordham, i 3 sure to got a situation
if he runs up to the form ho displayed in beating Sundee-
lah at York, as it would be putting that horso in at Bst 51b,
and I should certainly bo disposed to back the latter at a
very short price if he were handicapped at that weight.
The Baron's horse may be able to give him 41b and a boat-
ing; in fact ho did so in last year's Cosarowitch,
Julius is a long way the best performed horse in the
race, but has too much weight. Blinkhoolie js certain
to be one of the first three, if not the actual winner.
Romping Girl is now the property of Lord Westmorland,
and will, from the tone of the market, most likely be the
ono selected to do battle for his lordship, who backed her
a week ago on the Cambridge platform to win about
£15,000, and probably stands her for a much larger stake.
Etoile Filante, on her last year's form, would take a forward
part in the race, but has run too indifferently this year for
me to trust her. The Rescue, judging from his Chester
Cup performance, has an outside chance, but the stable do not
back him atpresent. Montgoubert has been evidently backed
by the right party to win a large stake, and will doubtless
carry Count Lagrango's colours conspicuously in the van,
especially if, as is stated, ho is 10Ib. better than his stable
companion, Troca,dero. I can only say, in that case, the
Cesarewitch of 1867 is a gift to him. La Dauphine
is not good enough to win in this company, but she
might got home amongst the first three. Pirate
Chief will only run to swell the field. Honesty has only
private
,reputation in his favour. Leases is too uncer-
tain to make it worth any one's while to back him.
King Victor is a race horse, I am thoroughly convinced,
but unless tho October Handicap last week was all wrong,
what chance can he have after that performance ? Ar-
mourer is likely to turn out one of William Day's good
things, and I believe has done all that has been asked of
him with the Findon division, and Kenyon is likely to
have the mount. King of the Fairies, Nutria Pompilius,
and Guy of Warwick are no fancy of mine, and as no
demonstration has boon made in favour of King's Cross ho
is best loft alone; still I am under the impression he will
one of those days win a good stake for his noble owner.
Having now gone over the list of probable starters, I see
nothing to defeat