The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

CHESTER AND NEWMARKET.
The incidents of the Chester Meeting will long
be remembered by the racing public. Indeed it is
difficult to indicate throughout the historic records
of the turf a more remarkable meeting. The un-
paralleled circumstance of a second victory for
Leamington and the unhappy affair in. the Dee
Stakes were occurrences so extraordinary in their
nature, that they will form the themes in turf
coteries for many many years to come. The sport
was not of the brilliant order one is wont to asso-
ciate with Chester, but the "class" of the competi-
tprs was beyond the average of superiority.
Leamington's success undeniably stamps him as
one of the best animals of the present century, and
I rejoice that he is in the possession of so consistent
and honourable a sportsman as Mr. Frank Higgins.
Certainly " luck's all" on the turf ; imagine a
breeder having the good fortune to breed Fisherman
and Leamington in one season, as was actually the
case with this pair of turf celebrities. They were
bred by Mr. Halford in 18'53, an incident well
worthy of record among the curiosities of turf
literature. The great winners by Leamington's
success are Mr. Frank Higgins and Mr. F. Swin-
dells, a "gallant captain," and Sir Joseph Hawley ;
the latter doubtless, by Wells' instrumentality,
threw in for large stakes. The disastrous accident
in the Dee Stakes has created a most painful sensa-
tion, which has scarcely abated even when the
gratifying intelligence of Wells' improved condition
has become known. Mr. Merry.has sustained a
severe loss by the death 'of Rainbow, who was
trusted with over a thousand pounds by his owner
for the Derby. Wells is much improved, and on
Friday morning was sufficiently conscious to intimate
to one of his oldest friends, with whom he resides
at Epsom during the Derby week, " not to forget
to save him a bed." He has left the Infirmary.
Although the programme of the First Spring
looks uncommonly barren, yet the meeting will be
productive of some features which will materially
influence future events. The "lion" of the gather-
ing will of course he The Promised Land, and the
rush to get a peep al him will be tremendous. His
extraordinary position in the betting will frighten
many animals out of the field, but in any case the
following may be expected to congregate at the
starting post :
Promised Land I Crafton I Napoleon
Nimrod Cynricus Sir Hercules
Phantom Lord of the Manor Ralph°
Guy Fawkes, St. Clarence, and something of Mr.
Gratwicke's, are also not unlikely to put in an ap-
pearance. The Woodyeates hero has such irre-
fragable pretensions, and the support which he
receives indicates so clearly that he is as formidable
as ever, that it seems impossible he can be beaten.
Crafton carries the hopes of Newmarket, and his
stable are, I learn, sanguine of their horse being
among the first three. He may reward an invest-
ment for " a place."
Whitewall has furnished a prominent favourite
in Phantom, but taking the line through, Indiffe-
rence on the York running, the .last-mentioned
must have grown considerably worse or the former
extraordinarily better for the Wizard's Phantom
to possess the ghost of a chance.
Napoleon, a good-looking son of Voltiguer, has
run but once, at York, when he was " chopped"
down by the Birthday filly. That running, I have
reasons for believing, was not " quite correct," and
Napoleon may Not unlikely accomplish a coup
d'etat for the ring.
Cynricus will have the advantage of Sam Rogers's
jockeyship, but he was always so inferior to Merry-
man that I have no faith in his pretensions.
Lord of the Manor is highly bred and highly
trained, but his temper renders him untrustworthy.
I have now alluded briefly to the Guineas com-
petitors, and I see nothing whatever to interfere
with the easy success of
THE PROMISED LAND.
My next communication will be from New-
market, when I will enter into the discussion of the
emaining events of the meeting.
FRESHMAN.

On the 17th inst., the marriage of the lion. Mr.
Dudley, second son of Lord llarrowby, with Miss Dent,
will be celebrated at St. George's, Hanover-square.
THE LATE RIBAND OUTRAGE.--Our latest ae•
counts from the county of Westmeath represent Jessop, the
recent victim of tenant-right legislation, as being still alive,
although his medical attendants can hardly venture to hold
out a hope of his ultimate recovery. As yet it has not been
deemed safe to submit the wounded man to the risk of a
formal magisterial examination. It is feared that the ex-
citement which would be produced by such a proceeding
might prove fatal in his present debilitated state. Mean-
while, however, the authorities have not been idle, ant!
young man has been arrested on suspicion of beingperpetrator of the murderous act. It is said that a
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stances which have come to the knowledge of thento
t, for
strates are of a nature to criminate the prisoner:
1 reasons,
the present, the strictest reserve is, for prudential
demon-
maintained. .Uvery day's investigation tendsr __to by his
strate that Jessop's murder was looked fo ward.
neighbours as a settled affair. The attack on his ide and his
present sufferings are spoken of with theturn e
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cern, as if the slaughter of a fellow-creaand
we understand
of the slightest possible import
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