The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

ST. ALBANS STEEPLECHASES.—SATURDAY.
Th© Whittiugstall Plate (Handicap) of 40 sous. Two

miles.
Mr. Lindsney's Helice, by Muscovite - lonica, 5 yrs,
list 71b . ......(J....... Potter) 1
Mr. Ellison's The Guide, 5 yrs, list 101 b (Rickaby) 2
Mr. E. Rickard's Sportsman, aged, 10st 71b (Owner) 3
Mr. F. G. Hobsou's Ace of Trumps, aged, lOst 12Ib
(0 wner) 0
Mr. Mswell's Gorsehawk, aged, lOst 101b...(J. Forster) 0
Mr. W ithers's Merry Horn,. yrs, lOst 81b (Hyland) 0
Mr. 11111's BedlanfitA, 3 yrrl.oat (Flack) 0
Mr. E. Appleford's Ganymede, aged, lOst 811) (H States) 0
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Helice and Ace of Trumps, 4
to 1 each agst Sportsman and Tho Guide. Wou easily by
a length. Sportsman was a bad third, Ace of Trumps
pulled up fourth, Merry Horn fifth Ganymede sixth
Gorsehawk seventh, and Bedlamite last.
The Selling Handicap Plate of 30 sovs ; winner to be sold
for 40 sovs. Two miles.
Mr. Jarvis's Love-in-a-Mist, by Martext —Wings of a
Dove, aged, lOst 91b
Mr. Cox's Penelope, 6 yrs, lOst, 41b (Mr. F. G Hobson) 2
Mr. Gilkes's Sir Stephen, aged, lOst 101 b (Kennedy) 3
Mr. Martha's Beverley, aged, lOst 71b (J. Foster 4
Mr. C. itigby's Alice Mary, 3 yrs, lOst (J. Knott) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Alice Mary, 4to 1. each agst
Beverley and Penelope-10 to 1 each agst Love-in-a-Mist.
Won easily by a length; Sir Stephen was a bad third, and
Beverley was last.
The St. Albans Open Steeplechase Handicap of 15 sovs
each, 10 ft, with 100 added; the winner of the Grand
Metropolitan Steeplechase at Croydon 101 b, and the
second in the same 51b, or any other winner after Nov.
22 (at nine a.m.) 71b extra ; weights not to be accumu-
lative ; about three miles and a half ; 25 subs. The
highest weight accepting being list 121 b, it has been
raised to 12st 71b, and the others in proportion.
Mr Lynton's Hornet, by Lord of the Isles—Wasp, aged,
1
llst 111 b (Griffiths)
Sir W. Call's Laurence (late Maelstrom) (h b), l
Yates
list 121 b
(in 6 71b extra) (Mr. A.
Mr. Ellison', Arlescott, aged, list 101 b (inc 71b extra
(0n 0
Mr F. G. Hobson'
aishopton, 5 yrs, 10st 91b (Owner) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst 2to 1 agst Laurence, 6to 1
agst Arlescott.
Won after a good race by a length. 13ishopton, who
was pulled up half amile from home, did not i;:).ss the post.
The Maiden Steeplechase Plate of 30 sovs; list 7h, :ach ;
if beaten three times previous to the time of starting.
allowed 71b, twice 51b ; winners after the day of entry
51b extra ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; about two

miles.
Mr Wodehouse's Panther, by Rochester (h b), aged, list
51b (inc 51b extra)
bir Cox's Penelope, 6 yrs, llst (Grant) 2
Mr. Ducrow's Byfield, aged, list (I Knott) 3
Mr Ellison's Miss Franklin, 5 yrs, list (Mr. Vallender) 0
Bettiog-6 to 4 agst Byfield, 5 to 2 agst Panther, 4 to 1
agst Penelope, sto 1 agst Miss Franklin. Won easily by
a length.
The Local Cup (the gift of the licensed victuallers in the
town and neighbourhood of St. Albans), for horses the
property of persons residing within 40 miles of 5t
Albans, except winners of a handicap steeplechase ; llst
each ; and any winner over country 71b extra. Once
round the Steeplechase Course, starting in frcnt of the
Grand Stand.
Mr W. H. Cooper's Horace Walpole, by Teddington
Kitty-cut-a-dash, 5 yrs, 11st (A. French) 1
Mr Clark's Clarina, 6 yrs, list (Rickaby) 2
Mr I 's Killarney, 4 yrs, llst 21b (H. States) 3
(Hyena) '
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Irwin ,
Mr Fuller's Wild Bee, 5 yrs, list (Iliscol 0
Mr. Wales's The Cripple, aged, list (Jarvis 0
Betting—Even on Horace Wapole, 2 to 1 agst Clarina,
4to 1 agst Wild Bee. Horace Walpole got in front and
won by a length, which distance separated the second and
third, Killarney being in the latter position. The other
two did not pass the post.

(From the Newmarket Correspondent of the Racing Times.)
Baron Rothschild has five horses entered in next
year's Derby, and only three of them h ave yet appeared in
public viz., Suffolk, Restitution, and King Alfred.
Macleod I have never seen, but Northerner I noticed in the
spring as likely to make a racehorse some day, though
he wanted time. His darn, Mincemeat, has bred some win-
ners, of which I think Tomato, was the best, as she won
the One Thousand Guineas for the Baron, and ran second
to Fills de l'Air for the Oaks. lam afraid the son of
North Lincoln and Mincemeat will never do the Baron so
much service as did his half sister Tomata—however, that
remains to be seen. Suffolk is a brown colt by North
Lincoln out of Protection, therefore is own brother to
Magpie, who once ran pretty well as a two-year-old, but
turned out to be worthless at three years old, as he was
claimed in a selling race at Newmarket for £lOO, and from
his running since has proved a very dear bargain.
Suffolk made his first appearance at Lincoln in the
Brocklesby Stakes, and, as I have stated before,
was one of the best furnished two-year-olds I
over remember having seen so early in the spring, and
it will be seen I selected him to win coupled with Ninny ;
and I think that Lad he get off on good terms with the
latter he would have won, as the next time they met at
Epsom he won in a canter; but I know Ninny was all
wrong on that occasion, and as the remainder of the field
were very moderate, as Cork Jacket got second to him, we
must not place much confidence in his performance on that
occasion. His next appearance was at Northampton,
where he met Lady Elizabeth, but she was then as ragged
as a sheep, and had not shed her coat, and as they walked
rouhd the saddling paddock it looked a hundred to one on
him beating her ladyship, but she won all the way. Lady
Highthorn ran him to a head, and from her performance
since it would not seem that the Baron's chance of win-

ning the Derby is very rosy. We next saw him canter
away from a lot of wretches in the Two Year Old Plato at
Newmarket; Sister to Maid Marian was second—in
fact there was nothing behind him for that event
that could win a Derby with sst. 71b. on their backs.
His next appearance was at Ascot, and with 3 to 1 laid
on him, it took him all his time to beat a lot of horses that
were at that time very backward. Vale Royal ran a close
race with him from the distance, and # was evident that
Wells bad to ride him to win. The Earl was not within
101 b. of the form he showed later in the season. We now
go with Suffolk on to his own ground at Newmarket,
where he could only get a bad third to Formosa and
Leonie ; the latter beat him by three lengths, and as there
was only albs. between them, that performance is very
moderate. He then had a long rest until the Newmarket
September Meeting, when The Earl beat him in a canter by
four lengths, but he beat The Earl afterwards by ahead in
the October Meeting, when, to my thinking, the latter was
as stale as a post horse, for when Suffolk came out again
his performance was so wretched that it is too bad
to be true: however, it will be seen from the above
remarks that I have no fancy for Suffolk for the Derby,
for whenever he met with a pretty good horse he always
got beat, and yet we are told we have not seen the best of
him ; but in ray opinion we saw the best of him at Ascot,
where his brother Magpie showed us his best form, and
was never worth £5 for racing purposes afterwards.
faro
seldom or ever have seen a two-year-old so well fur-
nished and fit to run as Suffolk was last March that over
did much afterwards, and in my opinion he will turn out
just like his brother did at, three years old-o S ch—a regulaolar's
r
duffer. King Alfred by to
is uDam, therefore he is own broths: to Kin
big of Diamonds
brothers cowl
and King of the Vale ; and as his fay.:g
gallop, I shall not be surprised to see 11,21 turn out a
Letter three-year-old than Suffolk, as he was clary back-
ward all the year, and like most of the King ToiLls he
wants time. His first appearance was at Epsom, when.;
like his stable companion Suffolk, he suffered defeat
from Lady Elizabeth, and only got third to her
ladyship and Gritnston, who ran a dead heat. He next
ran second to Orion, giving him 4lbs., and, as ho was
only beat three quarters of a length from Mr. Beadsman's
horse, it was thought by the stable to be a pretty good
performance at the time, as he was very backward ; and
Mr. Markham, the Baron's stud groom, laid the Baron the
large amount of £5 that he would turn out a better horse
than Suffolk, and, in my opinion, Mr. Markham will win.
He next ran at Ascot, where he ran third to Lady Eliza-
beth again, but was a long way before the great French
favourite, Rabican, that was backed for hundreds, both
for that race and the Derby ; but the readers of the Racing
Times would be prepared for the defeat of Rabi,3an, as I
stated, the week before the 'race, that he was what an
Irishman would call a Barron, which signifies a horse
that is only fit for dog's meat ; and two sporting
writers need not have kicked up such a row
about which of them wins best favourite with the