The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

(From the Newmarket Correspondent of the Racing Times.)
Sir Joseph Hawley may with truth be called the lucky
baronet, as he has already won throe Derby's, whilst some
gentlemen much older than himself have laboured in vain
all their lives to achieve such an honour, and having much
larger studs of horses than Sir Joseph cannot even get a
situation. Nearly all the sporting writers during the past
week have thrust the Two Thousand, One Thousand, and
Derby on him with Resicrucian and Green Sleeve,
so that fortune is likely to beset Sir Joseph again in
the year 1868, with both hands full—that is if we are to
believe all the prophets who have thrust such greatness
on his head. I am afraid it will be too much for one man
to bear all in one year—although a less excitable man, in
my opinion, does not exist than Sir Joseph ; for it was
really astonishing to see how calmly he bore the disappoint-
ment of losing the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, after
ho had won as he thought, and would have landed a large
sum in bets. He smoked his cigar, and looked as uncon-
cerned as if nothing had happened to disturb his temper,
when a lot of low fellows that perhaps had & sovereign on
were making use of the most filthy language against poor
Wells, who felt the mistake he had made most keenly him-
self ; and although Wells had met with many a breeze
before he never had such a blow. I have seen him my-
self lay, as I thought, dead on four different racecourses.
Yhe first time was at Walsall, about 17 years ago ; the next
was at Northampton, when he rode a mare of Mr. Payne's.
She fell and broke her neck, and nearly killed him ; then
at Hampton Court lie met with a severe injury, when it
was reported ho was dead. The next, and I hope the last,
accident he will ever moat with was at Chester, when he
rode Summerside in the Dee Stakes. This, I believe, in
another sense, was the most severe shaking he ever had ;
but I am quite sure, from what I know of Wells, that if all
the misfortunes ho has had through life were more
than three times doubled, they were nothing to
compare to what he felt after the unfortunate mis-
take ho made at Doncaster. I should not have
alluded to this unpleasant subject here, only I see every
week ono or two sporting writers call the mistake a most
unpardonable offence, but I have no doubt Sir Joseph is
aware that nothing becomes a man with half so good a
grace as mercy does. Ile has forgiven him, and I hope
Wells will have the good fortune to win him another
Derby, which, I am sure, would be a consummation de-
voutly to be wished by that famous jockey. But ho mover
I may respect the cherry and black cap myself, I must
differ in opinion with some of your contemporaries
for, to take public running as my guide, I canno
see how Sir Joseph can beat Lady Alizaleeth, for I
feel sure Blue Gown is not within 141 b. oft he Marquis's filly ;
and suppose, for the sake of argument, that Lady Elizabeth
had been kept quiet all the year for the Middle Park
Plate, and had the maiden allowance the same as Green

Sleeve had, I wonder what she would have done with Sir
Joseph's two ? In my opinion, she would have cantered
in. It is admitted on all sides that she settled Grinistone,
as he never recovered his two severe races at Epsom, and
surely it must have taken something out of the filly; and
yet we aro told she can't stay. But, in my opinion, we
never have seen such a filly as Lady Elizabeth, and
whenever I hare differed in opinion from other sporting
writers I have always had the satisfaction of seeing n'Y
predictions realised to the letter. It will be remembered
that a correspondent stated last winter that the Dragaa
would come to sto 1, and The Rake go to 30. I stated
the following week that The Rake would see 4 to 1, and
the Dragon go to 40, which was verified, as they took 3 to
1 about The Rake at Bath, and I saw him backed against
Vauban for two thousand pounds ; and I am confident had
ho not broken a blood vessel he would have won the Derby,
especially from what I saw him do with Friponnier ; and be-
yond doubt the latter is the best 3-year-old we have seen
out this year. Sir Joseph must have a great chance of
winning the Two Thousand Guineas, bu., in my opinion'
he must pull out Rosicrucian to win, as I hare not such a
high opinion of Green Sleeve as some people have,
as I am persuaded Rosicrucian would have beat her bad
lie nct stumbled in the rave; and 1 am not sure she
can beat Formosa, as the latter was giving her 101bs.
the last time they met, and was not more than a length
from Sir Joseph's pair. I have a very high opinion of
Formosa, as I cannot forget how she cantered away frog].
Suffolk and Leonie in the Chesterfield Stakes at New-
market; and the latter was not within 101bs. of her best
form when she ran second to Rosicrucian in the Criterion,
as she had been dead amiss the week before, and
had only recovered the week before she ran at
Shrewsbury. In my opinion that was the !wooed
best two-year-old performance that I saw last year,
when she cantered away from Knight of the Garter and
some other good old horses at a difference of only 91b.,
and I really think she would have beaten any two year old
in England that day bar Lady Elizabeth, as she was fully
141 b. better than when she ran in the Criterion ; and
should she be all right and meet Green Sleeve in the
One Thousand Guineas, it will be seen who is correct,
for I don't think anything on four legs eau
beat Leonie when she is well bar Lady Eliza-
beth. We are told Lady Coventry is as goods
but I doubt it ; besides, they are not in the same interest,
as it will be remembered that the latter ran in Lord Jer-
sey's colours on her first and last appearance in public
but one would suppose that Dawson has an interest in
Lady Coventry, as Lord Jersey has taken all his horses
from Newmarket, except this fine daughter of Dundee
There are a lot of horses in the Two Thousand Guinea
that are written about every week as having a chance, not
good enough to win a handicap. I have n 9 fancy for
Typhoeus or Rabican, although 1 suppose the French stable
will have a Derby favourite some time this year, for the
public can't forget Gladiateur for another year or two.
Pace is one of the grandest-looking horses at Newmarket'
and if Mat Dawson can only get him to stand a prepara-
tion he will beat all the horses at head-quarters, when
ever he moots them either for the Two Th emend or
Derby ; but I shall keep your readers‘ well posted frorn
headquarters as soon as the horses get into strong work.
We can tell but very little about them at present, as they
aro only cantering about to keep them in healthy exercise.
It will be seen from the foregoing remarks that I fancy
Rosicrucian or Formosa for the Two Thousand, Lad!,
Elizabeth for the Derby, and if she is pulled out for the
One Thousand she will win ; if not, I shall stand Leonid.

RACING FIXTI
FEBR

Lincoln lB
Harrow 2O
MA.
Liverpool Spring M 3
Chelmsford Spring M lO
West Dray ton l2

AP.
Durham
Hendon l3
Newmarket Craven 13
Chester 5
Winchester
York Spring
Salisbury l4

West Drayton 1
Croy dou 2d Summer
Ascot Summer 9
Windsor Summer
JU.
Worcester Summer 2
Newmarket July 7
Reading
Liverpool l6

URES FOR 1868.
uARY.
Nottingham Spring 251
21
Derby Spring
RUM
Epsom Spring Mooting 2341
Northampton

AUG.
Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer
Wolverhampton ll
Stockton
Windsor
Egharn
Hastings

IL.
Lewes Spring
Newmarket Ist Spring 21

.Y.
Bath
Croydon Ist Summer 22
Harpenden
Epsom Summer

E.
23
Bibury Club
Stockbridge
30
Chelmsford Summer
30
Alexandra Park

AY. 2t
Huntingdon
Nottingham July
Goodwood

SEPTE
Warwick
Abingdon 3
Leicester
Doncaster 8
Richmond
OCTC
Bedford 1
Newmarket 2d October 5
Cheltenham l3
NOVE.

UST. 19
York
Oxford
Canterbury
Derby Summer
Weymouth
Lichfield
Tuubridge

MBER. 11
Kelso ll
Hendon l9
Monmouth
Newmarket Ist October 22
West Drayton
)BER.
Newmarket Houghton 19
21
Worcester

Shrewsbury ,