The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV Er$lNG, SEPTEMBER 4, 1866.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS--This Day.

(Before Mr. Sergeant Dowling.)

Two boys, named Baker and Peck, were indicted for
stealing about 1 cwt. of lead, the property of Mr. Smith,
and a marine storekeeper, named Spiors, was indicted for
receiving tho same, well knowing the same to have been
stolen.

From the evidence of a boy, named John Fox, it ap-
peared that he saw the prisoners Baker and Peck hanging
about the premises of Mr. Smith, a cowkeoper in Maryle-
bone, and the lead stolen was originally an old pump from
which the water supply of the yard was procured. The
pump was forcibly broken down by the prisoners, and
although it was worth about £5 to the owner it was sold at
the shop of the prisoner Spicrs for a few shillings. A wit-
ness named Bacon said ho was sleeping in a loft in the
yard unknown to Mr. Smith, and about half-past nine
o'clock on the night of the robbery the two younger pri-
soners came into the place. Shortly after Peck set to
work to cut down the pump with a chisel and a piece
of iron. It was got down and then broken up into pieces,
and removed in parts from the yard, and sold at the yard
of Spiers, in Tottenham-street. The witness also stated
that he followed the boys, and saw them go into the shop,
and afterwards that Spiers came to the door, and he heard
him ask the two boys if any one was looking about, when
Baker replied "No." Spiers then told them to bring in the
lead at the side door, and then to get away as fast as they
could.

The prisoner Baker said Bacon was the one who was the
most guilty, as he invited him (prisoner) to take part in the
robbery. Peck said that Bacon was the party who actually
tore the pump down, and that, ho did it with a crowbar.
Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, said he was a cowkeeper, and
occupied the premises in Oval-yard, Marylebone. The
pump was an old-fashioned one, and it had cost him be-
tween £6 and £7 to replace it.
Mr. Ribton (who defended Spiers)—You can't do with.
out it, then ?

Witness —No. (Laughter.)
Mr. Ribton —A pump has an extraordinary tendency to
increase the quantity of milk, has it not ? (Laughter.)
Witness—Yes, when it is required. (Laughter)

Mr. Besley (who prosecuted)—But Mr. Ribton you must
not forget that cows drink water—(laughter) —and the
pump therefore was a necessity in a cowkeeper's yard.
The two boys, in their defence, said the real person who
stole the pump was Bacon.
Mr. Ribton, for Spiers, said that tho evidence was of a
worthless character, and therefore he felt that the jury, as
men of intelligence, would at once acquit his client of any
felonious intention, who, in the present case, had been
made the victim of a gang of idle boys. Bacon did not
deny being the associate of the two lads at the bar, and,
indeed, admitted that he had had some conversation with
them relative to the robbery, therefore his evidence must
be taken with the greatest suspicion.

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Spiers
and guilty against Baker and Peck.
The Court was then informed that the prisoner Spiers
was convicted last session of receiving a copper which had
been stolen, and it was in consequence of tho circumstances
that came to light at that trial that th. present charge had
arisen.

The learned Judge said it was fortunate for Spiers that
the jury had come to a favourable conclusion with regard
to the present charge, otherwise he should have been com-
pelled to pass a sentence of penal servitude upon him. He
dOuld not conceal from his mind the great injury and
temptation that was held out to boys to rob their
employers by the way in which business was transacted
in many of the shops similar to that kept by the prisoner,
and put out of view altogether the case which had just
concluded. He sentenced Spiers :o 12 months' imprison-
ment with hard labour. With respect to the boys, the
witness Bacon's evidence was not free from suspicion ;
therefore he should sentence them to a week's imprison-
ment, at the expiration of which they were to be well
whipped and then discharged. By that means they, being
young in crime, would have a chance of redeeming their
character.

SURREY SESSIONS—This Day.

FIRST COURT.
(Before J. E. Johnson, Esq., Chairman.)
ROBBERY BY A CLERK.

William Homewood, a clerk, was charged with stealing
a gallon of rum from the promises of his employers, Messrs.
Chaplin and Horn; the eminent carriers, to which he
pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Barnard appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Lilley
for the prisoner.

From the evidence it appeared that on the 7th ult. a
cask containing 28 gallons of rum, from Messrs. Wedder-
burn's distillery, was delivered at the premises of Messrs.
Chaplin and Home, Southwark. It was placed, by direc-
tion of the foreman, in the upper warehouse, and was quite
safe at half-past eight in the evening, at which time he
locked up the warehouse and deposited the keys in the
usual place in the office. The next morning the prisoner
was found hiding behind some wool-sacks in the upper
warehouse by the manager of the establishment. On
searching the place ho found about a gallon of rum in a
pint pot, a bottle, and a bucket, of which quantity the
cask, on examination, was found to be deficient.
The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
not guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THEM?—Dennis Sullivan,
a tall, well-grown boy of nine years of ago, but looking
much older, carrying, rather than wearing, a heap of rags,
which for any purposes of clothing or decency might just
as well have been off as on, was charged with stealing 4s.
Gd. from his mother, Mary Sullivan, a widow, living in
King-street, Drury-lane.
The mother, who gave her evidence with every appear-
ance of emotion, said that she went out to work yesterday
morning about 10 o'clock, leaving under her pillow a
pocket containing 4s. Gd., with which she intended to pay
her rent. When she came back at about six o'clock in the
evening she found that the money was gone. The neigh-
bours told her that they had seen the prisoner spending
money. It was not the first time he had robbed her, and
his bad conduct was breaking her heart. Ho was always
up and down the street with the worst of characters.
Mr. Flowers—Why did you leave the money where ho
could get it if he had robbed you before ?
Witness— I thought he would not take it, me being so
poor and his father dead.

- The Prisoner--I did not take the money. I was out
selling flowers all day, and my mother came home blind
drunk.

The Mother—Don't believe him, your worship, he is a
dreadful liar. All the neighbours know it. _

Jeremiah MacCarthy, a labourer, living a few doors from
the prosecutrix, here tendered his evidence. He said the
prisoner was a very bad boy, and in the habit of calling
his mother bad names. He had known the prisoner steal
money over and over again, but he knew nothing. about
this charge.

Mr. Flowers—l thought this man was to prove either
that the mother was sober, or that the boy took the
money ?

MacCarthy—No, sir. I came to prove what an out-
rageous scoundrel ho is to his mother.

Mr. Flowers—But, you know, ho says ho did not take it,
and, by law, I can do nothing without proof.
MacCarthy said the boy ought to be put into an insti-
tution.

Mr. Flowers observed that it was \Very well to say that,
but there were so many who wanted to put their children
into institutions that those places were now full. There
was no room for any more.

The Mother—lt would be a great charity, sir.
Mr. Flowers —The child is in a deplorable condition.
_ _ _

Redshill, tho gaoler—He is, sir. Ho is nearly naked,
and his feet aro bare. His toes aro sore, and several of he
nails are off.

Mr. Flowers —I shall remand him for a week. You
must bring evidence to show that he took the money, and
I shall consider what is to be done.

IiARLBOROUGII-STREET.

A BARMAN CILA-RGED 'WITH ROBBING liIS EMPLOYER.—
Benjamin Price, a young man, barman in the employ of
Mr. Edward Williams, of the Two Ships Tavern, Old
Compton-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
the following robbery.

Mr. Williams said the prisoner had been in his employ
about a week as a barman. Last night he discovered two
shillings and two sixpences in a part of a till where they
ought not to have been, and thinking the circumstance
very suspicious, ho replaced the coins with marked ones
of a similar kind. The coins remained in the till all night,
and in the morning ho followed the prisoner down stairs.
After tho prisoner had cleaned out the till, that being
part of his duty, he wont down to the cellar, and on
coming up again ho (Mr. Williams) looked in the till, and
finding the marked coins gone, called the prisoner into his
bar parlour, and taxed him with robbing him. The pri-
soner said he had only taken one shilling,, and that he had
never done anything of the kind before. Ile then asked
the prisoner to let him see what money ho had got about
him, and the prisoner then took from his pocket the whole
of the marked money, and two sixpences besides, and he
then gave him into custody.
Wzn. Williams, cellarman to the prosecutor, proved
marking the money, and seeing the prisoner take it from
his pocket.

Thomas Davis, 227 0, said that on taking the prisoner
into custody he said he was very sorry, and that ho had
never done anything of the kind before.
Tho prisoner wished the case settled at once, and pleaded
guilty. _ _ _

Mr. Tyrwhitt said for the sake of two or three shillings
the prisoner had forfeited his character, and) would be im-
prisoned, with hard labour, for six weeks.

Sussex-street, Pimlico, said at about 10 o'clock last night
he was ejecting a man from his house, and there was a
crowd at the door. He suddenly felt a hand at his scarf
and missed his pin. A gentleman then said prisoner had
got it, and the latter was dragged into the house, where he
showed fight, and witness struck him. The pin was not
found on him, but on the ground near the door, and then
witness having got his pin ejected the prisoner from the
house.

Mr. James Bayley proved seeing a hand go to Mr.
Pearso's scarf, where the pin was, seeing the hand come
away, and no pin in the scarf, and seizing the hand, which
was the prisoner's. There was no pin in it. He searched
for the pin, and found it near the doer, where it must have
been dropped by soma; one after the prisoner was taken
into the house.

Edward Penny, a boy, said he saw prisonor take the
pin, but his evidence was contradictory.
James Sutton, 162 B, saw the prisoner ejected : he
would not go away, saying he would not be hit for
nothing. Shortly after he was called-to take prisoner.
Mr. Sella could not understand why Mr. Pearse, know-
ing he had the,thief, struck him, and pushed him out of the
house, not giving him in charge. It was not tho act of a
thief to remain outside the door and not go away, and he
thought no jury would convict. The prisonor was well
known, and had better be careful. He was now dis-
charged.

The Great Explosion Opposite New York.

The papers brought by the Java give details of
the terrific oil explosion opposite New York, the
facts of which were published by telegraph on Satur-
day. The New York Herald says :
" Shortly after 8 o'clock on Sunday morning the
inhabitants of Jersey City and Hoboken were alarmed
by a loud rumbling, like thunder, that shook the earth
and conjured up to timid hearts premonitory symp-
toms of an earthquake. Immediately after volumes
of black smoke rolled into the air, and it was per-
ceived to proceed from a spot adjacent to the Pavonia
ferry. The kerosene oil dock, leased by C. 11. Valen-
tine and Co., the tobacco and cotton dock held by
Jarvis and Co., and the Erie Railway Dock, were all on
fire. The latter escaped pretty well, through the ex-
traordinary exertions of the firemen, but the whirling
surge elsewhere had struck with such terrific effect
that it mocked the puny efforts of man to cope with
it. Storehouses on land and vessels in the water
succumbed to the fiery element, and in the general
ruin 13 human beings perished. One man lies
agonising at the verge of _the grave, several others
are undergoing more or less suffering, and, con-
sidering the sudden and devouring sweep of the fire,
it is miraculous how the others escaped. Neither
life nor property was pitied, and the occasion is one
not soon to be forgotten.
"At 10 minutes to eight o'clock on Sunday
morning Henry Kevral, mate of the schooner
Alfred Barrett, of Boston, brought breakfast to
Captain Kelly, who was lying ill in the cabin.
Another man was in the vessel, familiarly known
as Arthur,' besides the mate and Kelly. When
the mate was returning he heard something crack
under his foot like a match, and instantly he was
surrounded by a sheet of flame. He ran on deck,
and, having reached the deck sank down from con-
sternation and the prostrating effect of the heat
through which he had passed. He was quickly
aroused by the crash and rumbling of the barrels
which were falling after the explosion, and he reached
the clear air with difficulty. His hair and beard were
burnt off, his clothes almost consumed, and when he
reached the hospital it was found that his face was
badly burned and his fingers were almost a crisp.
There was scarcely a part of his body that escaped
the fire. It is thought that he cannot possibly
recover.

" Captain Kelly and his brother, the mate, with
Arthur, above alluded to, perished. Two women and
a child, on a canal boat, were seen rushing on deck
in flames, and, uttering fearful shrieks, sank back
into the fiery pool. The child tottered over-
board. Three other children who were in this boat
were also lost. The captain and two men of a lighter
lying outside the Barrett fell victims to the flames.
On the lighter Smith a man rushed wildly along
the deck in flames, and, seeing no hope of succour,
plunged into the water and disappeared. The
mate, Kelly, of the Barrett, was seen hanging
over the stern of the vessel, while his clothes were
on fire, and his body remained in this position for
nearly three-quarters of an hour. A sailor of the
brig Matron had a vest burned off his back; still
he persevered in efforts to save his vessel. A cap-
tain of a lighter ran away while his clothes were on
fire, badly burned about the face. He was so
terror-stricken that persons who pursued him were
left far behind in the chase. Few, if any, es-
caped uninjured. In the explosion of the lighter
lying next the Barrett, mentioned above, a man
was blown up 60 feet in the air, and fell into
the river. Those who witnessed the frantic
rushing to and fro of the women were almost
paralysed with terror. One of them, who ap-
peared to be the child's mother, dashed forward be-
side the little one wild and frenzied with despair.
Their terrible condition was horror in all its phases.
Reason must have departed, for they rushed. across
the deck in places where they could have found no
footing, and they seemed to tread on air. A mur-
mur of terror and grief burst from the bystanders
as the ill-fated beings sank into the water. The
tenacity with which they clung to life must have
been strengthened by the assurance that help would
momentarily arrive. The little fellow instinctively
resisted the decree of an inexorable fatality ; but in
a few moments he had passed with his mother be-
yond the portals of life into the region of eternity.
"No sooner had the schooner blown up than
a scene of terrible sublimity presented itself.
Barrel after barrel of oil caught fire with great
rapidity, until on a space of over two acres there
was one vast sheet of flame, capped, as it
were, by black masses of rolling smoke, which
mounted up like a pyramid until lost in the sky.
Three piers, nearly 20,000 barrels of oil, and the
sailing craft mentioned elsewhere, were blazing,
defying the efforts of the firemen to subdue the
fiery element. The oil floating on the water also
caught, until here and there could be seen tiny jets
of flame, which seemed to issue from the depths of
the river. •

" The lighters were soon consumed, not being
heavily laden ; but the schooner Alfred •Barrett
continued burning throughout the entire day. It
was remarked that, although floating in 17 feet
of water, she did not sink, even after her stern
was burned to the water's edge. So fearfully
intense was the heat that it appeared to prevent
the water from rushing into the hold. About
dusk a brisk breeze sprang up, which fanned
the smoke away and revealed the flames and as
each barrel in the hold caught, a long and
round column of fire, large at the base and tapering
into a slender, lightning-like streak, shot out from
amid the general blaze and swayed to and fro until
the oil was consumed. Column after column of this
fire burst forth in rapid succession, forming a mag-
nificent panoramic view. On the vessels laden with
tobacco the fire burned slowly and without consi-
derable extent of flame. Nevertheless, the efforts
to sudue it failed, in Consequence of its being low
down the hold. Late in the evening several jets of
flame burst from the sides, and, after creeping up to
the deck, exposed the ribs of the vessels and showed
the burning tobacco.
" The office of the oil company was totally de-
stroyed, together with all its contents. A large
number of valuable papers were also consumed, to-
gether with the books. The safe is reported to have
sunk into the dock, and will be got out."

THE CAUSES OF THE LATE CRISIS IN THE CITY.—
All the globe over we have attempted too much for
our means ; those moans have been prematurely exhausted:
the works begun were not carried to the stage of produc-
tiveness; they were stopped beiore they yielded any
results ; and the capital is lost, now, if not for ever. It
matters not whether the enterprises commenced were
bubbles or judicious and well-planned schemes, thoroughly
calculated to yield a large accession of wealth and in-
come ; either they were not finished, and brought nothing,
or if completed, they could replace tho outlay only after a
series of years. In both cases alike, if the sums thus ex-
pended exceeded the actual surplus, the stock of spare
commodities in the nation, there must be poverty and
distress. The cause of the disaster is very simple, but it
is also very profound; it is sufficient to generate all the
confusion and all the suffering. To spend too much,
oven on wise and productive works, is a sure way to be-
come poor. A nation is only a collection of individuals.
The man who begins more drainage or building than he
can carry to completion must end in poverty; in the same
way the surplus capital of the country, distributed by
means of the money market, if invested on works which
remain unfruitful, is destroyed. Aud, the one vital, all-
important moral to draw is this—that the City, like an in-
dividual, if it desires to escape disaster, must combine the
consideration of means with ends ; in other words, must
endeavour to ascertain what surplus capital there is to
spare, and then determine the number and extent of new
enterprises accordingly.—Bonamy Price, in The Gentle-
man's Magazine. _ _ _

An organisation has been formed throughout the
Southern States for the purpose of exhuming and inter-
ring in ~..emeteries the Confederate dead, and sites for this
purpose have been purchased upon several of the great
battle-fields. It is a curious result, reported from the
South, that the sudden transition from slavery to freedom,
together with the terrible sufferings of tho negroes since
the war ended, has filled to overflowing all the lunatic
asylums in the South. Many more blacks have become
lunatics than whites.

STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT ON TIIE THAMES.—Yes
terday afternoon, about 1 o'clock, a serious acci-
dent occurred on the Thames, between Cherry-garden
Pier and London-bridge. Ono of tho Woolwich and
Watermen Company's steamers ran into a small boat con-
taining two men. The boat was completely stove in, and
tho men thrown into the river. Ono of them disappeared
immediately, and the other drifted with the tide under one
of the paddle-wheels of the steamer, neither of them being
afterwards seen, notwithstanding every effort on the part
of the crow and passengers of the steamboat.
THE ROSENEATH ESTATES.--It is said that the
Roseneath estates of the Duke of Argyll, recently adver-
tised for sale, aro about to pass into the possession of an
eminent Glasgow sugar merchant and successful yachts-
man. The price is said to be about £180,000. G-reenoe:
itdrertiser.

SPORTING INTELLIGE:NOE.—This Day

1 WARWICK RACES.—This DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TEN:XGRAI'II.
TRIAL STAKES.
The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; two
year-olds Gst 21b, three 7st 121 b, four Bst 91b, five and
upwards 9st; winners in 1866 of 100 sovs 71b extra
(handicaps excepted) ; mares and geldings:allowed 41b ;
the winner to be sold for 500 sovs or 71b extra ; one mile.
Mr. Saxon's Bees wing- (Grimshaw) 1
Marquis of Hastings' Whirligig c....(Clarke) 2
Mr. Chaplin's Vespasian. (Custance) 3
Stolceley and Sister to Minnie also ran Betting-7 to
4on Vespasian, 4to 1 agst Beeswing, Gto 1 others. Won
by a length ; bad third.
RACING STAKES.
The RACING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; Iwo-
year-olds 7st 41b, three 9st, four and upwards 9st 71b ;
mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners of 50 sovs iu
186 G 31b extra; the winner to be sold for 200 sous; if
for 100 sovs allowed 31b, 80 71b, GO 121 b, 40 16lb, 30 211 b;
three-quarters of a mile.
Marquis of Hastings's Jane Shore (Cannon) 1
Mr. Bennett's Practitioner (Hibbort) 2
Mr. Chaplin's Cantharides (Co vey)l3
Colonist dam c, and Sandford also ran. Betting-7 to 4
agst Cantharides, 3to 1 agst Jane Shore. Won by a neck.
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
The LEAMINGTON STAKES (Handicap) of 25 sovs each,
15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; winners
of any handicap value 200 sovs after Aug. 23 (at 11 a:m.)
101 b extra, and the second in any such race 51b extra ;
winners of any other handicap amounting to 100 sovs
51b, and of two such handicaps 101 b extra (extreme
penalty); the second to save his stake. Two mile
course ; 51 subs, 33 of whom declared.
Mr. J. Saxon's Monitress (Vinell) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Moose (Cameron) 2
Mr. W. Graham's Regalia (Parry) 3
Roma, Pintail, Dr. Syntax, Langhom, Antimacassar,
Trapeze and Lizard also ran. Betting-100 to 30 agst
Regalia, 5 to 1 agst Rama and Pintail, 100 to 15 agst Dr.
Syntax, 100 to 8 agst Monitress. Won- by three lengths.
Bradamante was scratched at 2.10.
SHORTS HANDICAP.
The SHORTS HAN-DicAr of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added ;
winners of any handicap after Aug. 30 (eleven a.m.) 51b
extra ; five furlongs ; 20 subs.
Mr. A. Heathcote'e Bessie (Hibberd) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Venturesome (Clarke) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Harlequina (Kenyon) 3
Glendusk, Rustic Beauty, and Blackbird also ran. Bet-
ting-2 to 1 agst Glendusk, 3to 1 agst Venturesome. Ito
1 agst Bessie. Won easily.
AVON STAKES.
The AVON STAKES of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 30 added;
two year olds 7st ; three Bst 111 b ; fillies and geldings
allowed 31b; the winner to be sold with engagements
for 50 sovs ; maiden two year olds having started once
allowed 31b, twice 51b, thrice 71b ; maiden three year
olds having started once allowed 41b, twice 71b, thrice
101 b ; five furlongs ; 12 subs.
Mineral
Elegance 2
Sparkle
General Sherman 4
Won by a length.
CASTLE PARK STAKES.
Tho CASTLE PARK STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added,
for two-year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; maidens
having started twice and not won allowed 31b, thrice
51b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, &c. T.Y.C.
(three-quarters of a mile); 12 subs.
Sunnyside w.o.

URSERY HANDICAP.
The WOODCOTE NURSERY HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 2 ft,
if declared on Monday evening, with 50 added ; winners
after Aug. 30 (at eleven a.m.) 71b extra ; the winner to
be sold for 500 soya, &c. ; five furlongs. Should the
highest weight accepting be under Bst 101 b it will be
raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion.
Whirligig 1
Phantom Sail 2
Purchase 3
Eight ran.
QUEEN'S PLATE.
The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 gs ; three year olds Bst 71b, four
9st 71b, five, six, and aged 9st 121 b ; the Two Mile
Course.
Elland beat Ackworth easily by a length.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
ST. LEGER.
5 to 4on Lord Lyon (taken)
4to 1 agst Savcrnake (taken)
10 to 1 agst Rustic (taken)
25 to 1 agst Westwick (offered)

SPORTING NOTES.

The St. Leger is the only race that there is any
legitimate betting on, Lord Lyon still maintaining
the premiership, notwithstanding the large outlays
on Savernake. Rustic seems to be a" gone coon."
Westwick is certain to beat Strathconan the next
time they meet, and it would not astonish me to see
him repeat the Warlock coup of 1856 by winning
both the Ebor and the Leger. Speculation is now
carried on simultaneously at so many different loca-
lities as to render a complete compilation of the
quotations almost impossible. It frequently hap-
pens nowadays that more betting takes place at ono
or two of the West-end clubs in the course of a few
hours, than is transacted in as many weeks at the
recognised resorts of the profesiionals. During the
last day or two, however, some disposition has been
evinced to back Knight of the Crescent, but
notwithstanding his forward position, both in
the Two Thousand and Derby, I have
little faith in his capabilities, and fully expect
to see Westwick finish before him in the race.
The publication of the weights for the Cesarewitch
and Cambridgeshire, about Thursday next, is
looked forward to this year with an absorbing in-
terest, and, as usual, a whole legion of " Amateur
Casuals" have besieged the sporting journals with
attempts —often marvellously conflicting, to antici-
pate the Admiral's pronunciamento. It is to be
hoped that the Admiral will not forget the " roping"
performances of several horses during the last two
months.

The Cup, run to-morrow at Warwick, will be
won by Rama or Elland, the former for choice, and
Brick should secure the Welter Cup. The Nursery
Handicap looks a good thing for Miller's Maid ;
and the Grand Stand Plate Beeswiug
ought to win. On Monday I hope I will be as
fortunate in anticipating the judges decision for the
St. Leger as I was in the Great Ebor Handicap, in
my prophecy iu The Sun' of Monday, August 20,
when I actually placed the one, two, three, in the
order they came iu, viz.,

Westviick
Gomera
Scamander
A prophecy rarely accomplished by any sporting
writer. A FRESH MAN.