The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-22 00:00:00

LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

HANDICAP PLATE OF £2oo.—Rustic, Mr. Pitt, Jack. in-
the-Green, Icicle, Sweet Anne, Timolous, Maid Marian,
Primrose, Gipsy Queen, Skylight, Lady Blanche filly,
Stewardess.

CRlTERlON.—Splitvote, Vauban, Rinderpest, Queen of
Nuts, Star of India, Sunnylocks, Van Amburg, Uncas,
Empress, Prodigal, "Fakir, Vici, Imperator, Cerf, Volant,
Cyclone, Roquefort, Libertine, Harpenden, Fairfield, Grand
Cross, Arundel.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—ATChiMOdeS, Robin Hood, Duke of
York, Freedom, and 11l Re Galantuomo.

SPORTING NOTES.

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The last of the recognised legitimate meetings for the
season takes place at head-quarters during the present
week, commencing to-day, and concluding on Saturday
next. The great race of the week—the Cambridgeshire
Stakes—takes place to-morrow, in which a large num-
ber of horses may be expected to. start. Out of the lot,
Aowever, I shall content myself—as in the Cosarewitch
with alluding to those only which appear to have a chance,
and limit my selection to the following eighteen horses,
from which division I expect the winner will turn up.

Age st. lb. Trainers.
Brown Bread
Ti 3 7 9 Porter.
Affidavit
Dalesman 3 7 5 Hayhoe.
Etoile Filante 3 7 4 In France.
Caithness 3 7 3 • Price.

Claxton
Paris 5 6 12 Pryor.
Abergeldie
Life Guardsman 3 6 7 Saunders.
Scarborough
Scheldt 4 6 9 Bloss.
Moldavia 4 6 7 Flliott.
Act ca ... 3 6 6 Drewott.
Ambition 3 6 0 J. Hayhoe.
Thalia 3 5 9 W. Goater.
Chepstow 3 5 7 Price.
Proserpina 3 5 7 IL Goater.

The selection is somewhat different from thoso I
gave in my article of last week, as for Master
Richard, Duke of York, Sidewind, and Black Prince, I
have substituted Brown Bread, Affidavit, Life Guardsman,
and Moldavia. I look upon the first-named, who is at New-
market under the care of young Thomas Dawson, as the
most formidable outsider in the race, and if he does not
run into a situation I shall be very much surprised. He
was fifth in the Chesterfield Cup, with 9st on his back,
earlier on this year, when quite unprepared, and with 71b
ess ou his back, if in anything like his last year's Cesare-
witch form,when, carrying 7st 131 b and after twisting a
plate, he ran a good fourth, he would make the best of them
gallop. Affidavit is backed in downright earnest by the
French division, and as just before Goodwin he ran Sultan
(the winner of the Stewards' Cup) to a neck at a difference
of 41b only, he must have a great chance. The partisans of
Moldavia cannot grumble at his weight, as he ran fifth,
carrying but 21b less in this race last year; and whereas to
Nu, who ran second,' the Admiral has apportioned an in-
crease of two stcne, he has only increased the former 51b.
Having discussed tha chances of the others in your last
number, it is not worth while repeating those arguments,
and I shall at once proceed to say that I have
great faith in the folldwing six, namely : —Paris,
Adergeldie, Chepstow, Xi, Acta" and Thalia,
and of these I have most preference for the three first
named. But, under the impression that the right money
is all on, and that ho is superior to his stable companion,
Caithness, who could not lose at his weight I expect
the judge to place them. thus—
CHEPSTOW 1
ABERGELDIE 2
ACT/EA 3

The Sweepstakes of 200 sovs on the same day will most
likely be won by THE HERMIT, who will surely be brought
out for a stake like this. The All-Aged Stakes bids fair
to be the most exciting event of the week, as there is every
probability of the two cracks, Lord Lyon and Gladiateur,
contesting for it; and although Friponnier is engaged in
it, there is very little doubt in my mind that it will rest
between the two best horses of their year, who can each
boast of a triple victory, in winning the Two Thousand,
Derby, and St. Leger; but I have always held that
the French horse _ is of a far superior class to
Lord Lyon, and I expect to see my opinion
corroborated by the former winning easily. In the
absence of Grand Cross I should stand FAKIR for
the Glasgow Stakes, and CLAYMORE ought to win the
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each. On Thursday the Free
Handicap Sweepstakes will probably bring out Rustic,
Vespasian, Strathconan, Janitor, one of Count Bathyany's,
and LECTURER, for which latter, however, it looks on paper
a really good thing, in the absence of Staghound, to whom
he has to give 10Ib. For tho Troy StakeS I have the
greafest fancy for Mr. Merry's representative, MARKSMAN
or BIRDPOItTII, but it must not bo overlooked that Julius
and Lady Hester each take a 71b allowance. KLARINSKA
is sure to win the Sweepstakes of 100 sovs, and the
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs will go to HIPPIA The weights
for the two Nursery Stakes are not out yet, and even if
they were it would be almost futile to attempt to select the
winner out of 118 entries in one case and 116 in the other.
Friday's racing includes a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs, in
which the half dozen nominations are a ragged lot, but
whichever Lord Stamford runs will win ; and, of course,
it is a certainty for MARKSMAN to win the Sweepstakes
ay of
500 sovs each.. Concerning the matches on
Monc,
HIPPIA should beat Brother to Ascham, and I shall nolt l
be
in
at all surprised to see Prince do Soltykoff success
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each of his three, DUKE of YORK v.. Douro, PD
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THYRA v. Lady Bugle Eye, and T,
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Syntax. In, the match on Wednesday preferl
to Ceylon, and on Thursday Elland.
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and of the two matches made by Mr.
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BREADALBANE will beat Duke o. :ork,
BUGLE EYE will defeat Trombone, Mr. C. 's candidate for
the other ono. A FRESH MAN.

A man named Bryant, upwards of 80 years of age, was
knocked down and killed at Barnet on Thursday. The
deceased was crossing the course, and came in contact with
Arlescott, whilst ho was cantering, previously to the open-
ing race.