The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

VICTORIA CLUB BETTLNG—Turs DAY.
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Copenhagen (takexi freely)
sto 1 agst Valiant (taken)
9to 1 agst Caithness (taken)
100 to 7 agst Saccharomeier (taken)
15 to 1 agst Provisor (taken)
15 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gemma (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken)
20 to lagst Skirmish (taken)
33 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken)
No betting on any oilier race.

SPORTING NOTES.

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The Lincoln Meeting has always been regarded as the
opening of the legitimate racing -reason. There are fire
races to be decided to-morrow -viz., the Trial Stakes, the
Broeklesby Stakes, the Lincolnshire Handicap,• a Handicap
Hurdle Race, and an All-aged Selling Stakes, the four
former of which have closed with perhaps the most satis-
factory list of entries known since the establishment of the
meeting in 1851, when it took place as early as Feb. 6
with only one flat race a day—the Trial Stakes and a
Handicap, the former of which was won by the celebrated
Nancy, an earnest of her future glorious career; and the
latter by Post-tempore, who ran second' to her. Oddly
enough there were that year exactly the same number of
horses entered in the Trial Stakes as on this occasion, viz.,
14, and the conditions were much alike to what they now
are, except that the course was a mile and a distance in-
stead of a mile. The penalties and allowatices almost re-
duce the race to the character of a handicap, and the weights
of the 14 horses entered are as

yrs st lb yrs st lb
Saccharometer 6lO 6 Wild Boy 4B 3
Donnybrook 6 10 6 Alberta 3 7 0
Saladin 4 9 6 Cracksman 3 6 13
Sidewind 4 9 3 Killarney 3 6 13
Rufford 4 8 3 Wise Man 3 6 13
Scarborough 4 8 3 Opposition.
Old Warden 4 8 3 John of the. Isles.- a 6 13
With Scarborough at the post I should look no further
for the winner, but, with several more important handicaps
in view, ho will in all probability be an absentee.
Saecharometer will be reserved for .the Lincoln Handicap.
The race will be a match between Saladin and Alberta
—the former for ehaee. There is a very larso entry for
the Brocklesby Stakes. Among the horses nominated are
the following ten engaged in the Derby ;—Viscount St.
Albans, by St. Albans out of Garnish ; Whirligig, by St.
Albans, out of Maypole ; Charles 11., by Monarquo out
of Frolic (bought at the Middle Park sale by Sir F. John-
stone for 650 gs); Regentess, by St. Albans out of sister to
Little Lady (bought at the Royal sale by Mr. G. Jones for
300 gs); Littleport, by Newcastle or Van Galen out of
Eastern Princess; Verulam, by St. Albans out of Theo-
dora ; Fitzwilliam, by Mildew out of Wentetorth's dam ;
Politician, by St. Albans out of Marionette's dam ; Liber-
tine, by Newminster, out of Licence ; and the colt by
Vedette out of Firmament's dam. And there are also the
following Oaks fillies engaged :—Filly by Dundee, out of
Sacrifice ; filly by Oxford, dam by Mountain Dee; out of
Ibis ; filly by Dundee out of Blanche of Middlebie ; Re-
gentess (also in the Derby, as above) ; Miss Bateman, by
Marsyas out of Curse Royal; Phantom Sail, by Zudyer
Zee out of Helios ; Amour Propre, by Lord of the Isles out
of Savoir Faire ; Bounceaway, by Zuyder Zee out of
Press Forward ; Laverne., by Chevalier d'lndustrie out of
Lizzie (bought at the Deans Hill sale by Mr. Thellusson
for 300 gs) ; Jessie of Dunblane, by High Treason, out
of Sweet Jessie's dam; and Confessional, by Sur-
plice out of Smut. To give an opinion of the
probable winner would only tend to mislead intending
speculators, as, at this early period 'of the season, it is im-
possible to tell the probable starters. The acceptances for
the Lincolnshire Handicap is the largest ever known, no
fewer than 54 out of the 80 nominated having cried " con-
tent." There is no doubt but a large field will face the
starter, for the stables are all reported to be remarkably
healthy, and the open winter has admitted of the horses
being got more forward than they ever were previously so
early in the year. The entry, it will be seen, includes re-
presentatives from all the great stables with the exception
of John Scott's, Drewitt's Godding's, and Baron Roths-
child's. Goodwin has two in—Saccharometer, 6 yrs, 9st
and Delight, 3 yrs, 6st. Tho former has always been a
great horse this distance, proof of which we had last year
by the style in which, carrying 9st 81b, he cut down
Gemma, 9st 121 b, Lytham, 9st 51b, and eight others for
the Queen's Stand Plato at Ascot; and though he was
subsequently "on the shelf" until Shrewsbury, he then
proved that he still retained his former speed, and but for
the way he was bullied at the post owing to false starts,
might_ have finished nearer to Money Spinner, to whom he
was giving three stone five pounds, a pretty good guaran-
tee of his ability to now not only dispose of his stable
companion, Delight (better known as the Placid colt),
but all the other three year olds engaged. Mr.
A. Heathcote has accepted with Donnybrook,
6 yrs, Bst 10lb ; Skirmish, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; and Inheritress
3 yrs, sst 91b, and- of this trio Skirmish is entitled to the
preference, as he has remarkably good speed. Lord Stam-
ford has two in—Gemina, aged, Bst 91b, and Thalassius, 4
yrs, 7st 51b. The former ran in 12 races in 1864, of which
she won five, and 19 times last year, when she only got her
head first on three occasions, her best performance being
the win of the Craven Stakes at Epsom, beating Breeze and
Sidewind, giving the former 61b, and Lord Westmorland's
filly 251 b; but she showed in good form at the Liverpool
Autumn Meeting, when she won the Sefton Handicap,
beating a large field. The Chilton stable accepted with
Stockinger and Wild Bee, for the latter of whom I have
the most fancy, but as he only runs on 41b better terms than
Skirmish, they are bound to finish close together. Twi-
light, trained on Wroughton Downs, by T. Brown, is too
old to win a race of this kind. William Day's His-
torian, 5 yrs, Bst, is also well in, and if any demonstra-
tion is made in his favour he ought to be kept harmless.
Lucky Star, 4 yrs, Bst, trained by Bloss at Newmarket, is
not out of the fray. Joseph Dawson has Knight of Snow-
don, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b, and Musician, 3 yrs, 6st, engaged.
The former, though fancied at Newmarket after the pub-
lication of the weights, never has showed form good enough
to win a race of this kind. Danebury accepted with three,
viz., Copenhagen, 5 yrs, 7st 12lb; Pantaloon, 4 yrs, 7st
1 llb ; and William Pitt, 3 yrs, Est 71b. The latter has not
been very well treated by the handicapper, but neither he
nor the others have much to complain of, particularly
Copenhagen, who has to be only half as good as repre-
sented to win easily enough. On his public form he is no
more than fairly treated, for when three years old he ran
wretchedly for the Two Thousand and the Derby, the
only two races for which he started, and last year ho was
beaten easily for the Stockbridge Cup by Attache. His
defeat for the Two Thousand and Derby was attributed
to the hardness of the ground. If the mony is all right he
will be hard to beat, as John Day makes few mistakes.
Claxton, 5 yrs, 7st 81b, has not sufficient speed, though he
is remarkably well in. The Fiudon stable accepted with
four, viz., Idler, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ; Provisor, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ;
Sidewind, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; and Lady Sophie, 3 yrs, 6st 41b.
The first and last named have but a very remote chance,
but should the stable back either of the others, it will be
worth rowing in the same boat, particularly should it be
Provisor. Henry Goater has three in—Filbert, 4 yrs, 7st
51b; Junius, 5 yrs, 7st 21b; and Mephistopheles, 3 yrs, sst
91b, of whom the last is to be preferred ; but there must be
something wrong, as he has been nearly knocked out of the
market. Tho principal Epsom stable is represented by
Valiant, 5 yrs, 7st, who is well enough in to win, if in form.
Fobert stands with East Lynn, 4 yrs, 7st, but though that
is not a back-breaking weight, it :mist be remembered that
he is a roarer, and never distinguished himself on any
course longer than the T.Y.C., his best performance being
at the Liverpool Autumn, where he beat Skylark at 161 b
for the year, after having been defeated a day or two before
by both Queen of Trumps and The Clown, who gave him
respectively three stone fluepounds and two stone two pounds.
Welbeck is only a plater. Papoose, 4 years, Est
121 b, has as yet shown no more than plating form.
Advance, Est 121 b, is trained by Blanton, and ran tolerably
oon the only two occasions he was out lust year. tCaith-
ness I hear good accounts, as also Miss Williams, Treasure
raccoop,EttAnGyviophinisionin,oswtiall go to
bury with the aid of anger-.
DTaronvee, and Oracle.
.The
ons opponents being Saecharomoter and -Miss Williams.
Sand Ace of Hearts are the two Most trustworthy in
the Hurdle
einurdle Race. The Steeplecaso I expect will be won
by The Rogue or Rook the Gardener.

A FRESH MAN.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 186 G.
FEBRUARY.
Lincoln . , ... ................ 20 Nottingham Spring "7
MARCH.
Derby Spring ............... 1 Crofton Park l6
Liverpool Spring
Warwick Spring
Doncaster
Lewes Spring

Newmarket Craven
Durham
Blackheath & Woolwich 2
Catterick Bridge
Abergavenny 5
Lichfield Spring -
Chelmsford Spring

RIL.
T hirsk lO
Epsom Spring
Newmarket Ist Spring l6
Liverpool Hunt Cup
Chester
Curragh

Ascot Spring 1
Salisbury
Bath 8
Harpenden lO
York Spring

.Y.
,n,i ............ 15
Uxbridge .................... 21
Manchester ........ ...... 23
Ascot SAmmer . 29

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LirerPoul
Beverley 2O
Ipswich
I-Ling-010rd
Newcastle on-Tyue
Curragh 2G
Worcester
:MI3ER.

Windsor Summer 5
Newton
Hampton 7
Odiham
Bibury l3
Stockbridg 3
Chelmsford

NOVE

Lincoln " 1
Liverpool 1 ttttttttt {WWI 5

Shrewsbury
Leamington ~,,, ,„ tJ

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE JAVA.
QUEENSTOWN, Sunday.

The royal mail steamship Java, from New York
on the 7th inst., arrived here at 3.30 p.m. to-day
with 300 passengers and £363,200 in specie. She
landed 105 sacks of mails and nine passengers, and
proceeded for Liverpool at 4 p.m. All well. The
Java experienced severe north-easterly gales
throughout the passage.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (9 a.m.)
The New York press universally express extreme
satisfaction at the Emperor Napoleon's announce-
ment of preparations for the withdrawal of the
French troops from Mexico, which they regard as
an augury of peace between France and the United
States.
In the Senate Mr. Sumner has delivered a speech
against the constitutional amendment making the
total number of the population the basis of repre,
sentation, excepting those deprived of the suffrage
on account of their colour. He considered a simple
act of Congress would better effect the desired
object, and submitted a substitute declaring al
distinctions on account of colour abolished in the
late rebellious States. Mr. Sumner also reported
a bill from the Committee on Foreign Relations
authorising the appointment of a Minister to
Dominica.

The House of Representatives have passed a bill
extending the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau as
amended by the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs,
and confining its operations to those States in
which the privilege of Habeas Corpus remained
suspended on Feb. 1 of this year. The bill was
passed by 136 against 33 votes.

The Military Committee have voted to report a
bill creating the grade of general in the Federal
army.

A political movement is reported to be on foot in
Washington to inaugurate a new political party
comprising the Union Democrats and the Conser-
vative Republicans, to support the President's
policy as opposed to the Radical Republicans.
At San Domingo Mr. Seward had an interview
with President Baez, at which he stated unofficially
that the United States had been ready to recognise
the Dominican Republic since 1861. At that time,
however, Dominicafiad, by the choice of her people,
become a possession of Spain, and the United
States would not intervene in Dominica or any
other country to establish republican institutions by
force. If a Dominican Minister were now sent to
Washington he would be recognised.
General Weitzel was mustered out of the United
States service on the 31st ult.
The Spanish Consul, accompanied by one of
Mejia's officers, left Matamoras on the 31st ult. for
the city of Mexico on important business.

Despatches from the Rio Grande, published by the
Havana Diario de la Marina, assert positively that
Bagdad was seized, sacked, and defended by Fede-
ral coloured troops, led by Federal officers, some of
whose names it publishes.
The Supreme Court has re-affirmed the decision
of the lower courts in the case of the seizure of
champagne at San Francisco for under-valuation.
This settles all similar cases, involving a large
amount of money to French wine merchants.
New Orleans despatches report that there are
40,000 destitute persons in Alabama, who will re-
quire an expenditure of £2,000,000 yearly to relieve
their necessities.
The Fenian alarm has abated at Toronto.
Sweeney is said not be in Canada. O'Mahony's
bonds are reported to be selling freely throughout
the United States.