The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

One of the last of the autumnal meetings took place last
week, under the management of Mr. Topham, at Aintree ;
and although the fields were
.not up to last year's average
some interesting sport was enjoyed. The only event,
however, that I think it necessary to criticise is the Cup,
which the worthy clerk of the course has for several years
reserved for the last day, but which I am satisfied the
Messrs. Topham would, in the interest of many of their
patrons, and,the Press especially, do well to fix for Wed-
nesday or Thursday. Now that the race is over, no one
can disputo that it turned out ono of the, finest handicaps
of the season. The three first places in the race were occu-
pied by rank outsiders; and the fact of two bJekmakers
who are no mean judges picking out fourteen horses to lay
5 to lagainst when the weights appared, in each case hav-
ing different lots, and each giving the backer one, two,
and throe, speaks volumes as to the extraordinary ability
of the handicapper.
Mr. John Frail, the enterprising clerk of the course,
has issued, as usual, a mast attractive programme fur the
four days' racing at Shrewsbury, which commences to-day.
Many of the most influential members of the turf and the
aristocracy continue their horses in training after the
Newmarket Houghton Meeting is 'supposed to have finished
the legitimate racing of the season purposely to assist at
this popular gathering. As a proof of the estimation in
which Mr. Frail is held, it may be noticed that amongst
the nominators are Prince de Soltykoff, the Dukes of New-
castle, Cleveland, and Hamilton ; Earls Westmorland,
Bradford, Wilton, Poulett, Stamford, and Brownlow ; Lords
Bateman and Forester; Count Batthyany ; Sirs C.Eushout,
Fred. Johnstone, H. Edwardes, and W. Booth ; Messrs. W.
G. Craven, Merry, Payne, Pryor, A.Heatheote, Tea Broeck,
H. Coventry, and a host of other turf notabilities.

The Shrewsbury Cup will be the great feature of Tues-
day, when, doubtless, several of the Liverpool Cup com-
petitors will meet again for this valuable prize, but of that
division I am under the impression that;Beeswing's 141 b
and Moulsey's 71b penalties will settle their pretensions,
and consequently that the winner will emerge from that
lot which did not figure on the Aintree racecourse last
week. Of the'se, I must at once ignore the chance of
Ostreger, on account of the distance, and of Hollyfox, be-
cause he is not doing sufficient work. Westwick is next
on the list; but notwithstanding the crushing weight of
7st 121 b for a three year old, which he has to carry, I ex-
pect to see him in the first three, as he is about the best
class horse engaged in the handicap. Arkansas and Pro-
visor have no attraction for rue ; on the contrary, Sir
Frederick Johnstone's lot, Scarborough, Cranford, and
Queen Mary, appear especially dangerous. Of the re-
mainder, presuming Gibraltar is a " gone coon " from old
ago, I see no danger from anything except Wild Poppy
and Jezabel. The Battlefield Handicap should go to
LORD WESTMORLAND or VOLUNTEER, whose perform-
ances latterly make him formidable with all his weight.
It is any odds on KNIGHT OF THE GARTER for the
Salopian Stakes if he should start. In the Column Han-
dicap, to be decided on Wednesday, there is nothing
with a chance superior to BRICK; and for the Monk-
moor Handicap HATTY is nicely weighted. The Hurdle
Race is* aquestion of going to whichever Lord Poulett starts,
and nothing is better in the Wynnstay Welter Cup than
WILD AGNEs. For the Gold Cup on Thursday, it would
be an exciting race if VIRIDIS and Friponnier were both to
put in an appearance, though in case he did I have very
little doubt of the first-named filly's superiority over this
distance of ground. The Copeland Nursery will, of course,
depend a great deal upon previous running; and I can only
point to the extraordinary chance which FREEMASON ap-
pears to possess with only Gst 101 b on his back, as it must
be recollected he has beenbacked for considerable sums for
next year's Derby. This horse is also well in in the Calde-
cot Nursery, and the owner of RATTY has nothing to com-
plain of in her weight ; still the result naturally depends
almost entirely upon previous running, and for that reason
I think it desirable to say nothing about the Hawkstone
Welter Cup and the Longner Hurdle Race.

A FRESH MAN.

SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING.

SELECTIONS FROM THE WEEKLY PAPERS.
The following appeared in our Third Edition of Satur-
day evening :
CARNITAL NURSERY HANDICAP.—" Bell's Life :" Knight
Errant, Foresight, Gentle Gale, or Bismarck. "Sunday
Times:" Opoponax., Moonbeam, Made°, Gentle Gals; or
Knight Errant. " Era :" Sister to Vedette, or Ailosbury.
"Sporting Gazette :" Sister to Vedette, Knight Errant, or
Moonbeam. "Sportsman:" Python, 9r Knight Errant.
CLEVELAND PLATE.—" Bell's Life :" Historian, Kil-
kenny, or Custard Castle. "Sunday Times :" Confede-
rate, Custard Castle, or Historian. "Era:" Her Ladyship
or Historian. " Sporting Gazette :"• Confederate or Wild
Agnes. " Sportsman :" Salliet or Lady Valentine.
STEWARDS' Cur.—" Bell's Life :" Violent, Thalia, or
Lady Sophie. " Sunday Times :" Stoekinger, Thalia, or
Kingsley. " Era :" Killgsloy or llopvine. " Sportsman :"
Thalia, Kingsley, or Wild Poppy.
SHREWSBURY Cur.—" Bell's Life:" Cranford, Marco
Spada, or Westwick. "Sunday Times:" Westwick, Cran-
ford, or Ostregor. " Sporting Gazette :" Moulsey, Jezabel,
or Pearl Diver. "Sportsman :" Pearl Diver or Jezabel.
BATTLEFIELD HANDICAP.—"BeII's Life :" Volunteer or
Kilkenny. "Sunday Times :" Kilkenny or her Ladyship
"Era :" Volunteer or Confederate. "Sporting Gazette :"
Volunteer. " Sportsman :" Confederate, Lady Valentine,
or Her Ladyship.
SALOPIAN STAKES.—" Bell's Lifo" : Knight of the Gar-
ter. " Sunday Times{' : Capt. Machell's selected. " Era"
Knight of the Garter or Plunder. " Sporting Gazette" :
Knight of the Garter.
COLUMN HANDICAP.—" Bell's Life" : Moulsey, Cranford,
or Marco Spada. " Sunday Times": Nu, Moulscy, or
Cranford.
Moxxmoon. HANDICAP.—" Bell's Life": Mr. Pryor's or
Lord Westmorland's best, Jeannie Deans or Hatty.
WYNNSTAY WELTER Cur.—"Bell's Lifo": The Beadle.
" Sunday Times": Arkansas.
HURDLE RACE.—" Life": The Clown, Benazet, or
Guildhall. "Sunday Times": Banazet.
NEWPORT GOLD Cur.—" Bell's Life :" Viridis, Fripop-
nier, or Lecturer. "Sunday Times:" Lecturer, Viridis, or
Ostregor.
COPELAND NURSERY HANDICAP.—" Bell's Life " and
" Sunday Times :" Challenge.
HAWKSTONE WELTER CUP. —" S unday Times :" S tock-
Inger.
CALDECOT NURSERY HANDICAP. —" Bell's Life" and
"Sunday Times :" Narino.
LONGNER HURDLE RACE PLATE.—"Bell's Life :" The
Clown, Pirate, Brick, or Fortunatus. " Sunday Times
Fortunatus or The Clown.

THE FRENCH IRON-CLAD SQUADRON.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TOULON, Nov. 10.
The French iron-clad squadron has received
orders to be in readiness for sailing on the 28th
inst. It is stated that the squadron will bring back
the French troops from Rome.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LOXDON, Nov. 12.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze, and lino weather, but rather
cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Holms-
dale, for Melbourne.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Fair
Wind, from Quebec. Sailed—Roman, for the Cape of
Good Hope.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Cuba
,Packet, from Havannah. Sailed—Xantippe, for the Cape
of Good Hope.
YARMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Orinoco,
from Shields for Dieppe, with windlass broken down and
other damage.
DARTMOWTH, Nov. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—Eidsvold,
from Calcutta.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday ornn g .

Arrived, Nov. 11—Norfolk, from Honfleur.
Sailed, Nov. 12.—Palestine, for Ceylon : Odessa, steamer,
for Odessa; Cella, steamer, for New York.
Monday Morning.
'DEAL,
Nru, from
Passed—Smock, from London, for Adelaidht).
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Havre, for Sunderland (and not as reported last ng
LITERARY V.—The Earl of Derby, himself
a scholar ENSION
, knowing bow very few are the original
lexicographers of Great Brita
some German scholars
iv, on whose chief classical
dictionaries, &c.,. the name of
of Dr.h his eminent
enAtrlcihteibraarlyd
Aflorumrissthroens,;
Fund in addition to his pen-
services, advised her Majesty to grant him a donation of
h'sasa'dvillancc°edusaidger'a•Ltnidonalosof
Civil of .£6O per annum. Ho is
£siolnooofnrottiniet Reraoyryal
still keeping a school in Peekhain-rye, and the success of
his late pupil, the son of Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., exhibits
the strength of his intellectual skill and business-like
habits. It is a noteworthy fact that the gentleman whose
duty it was to sign the £lOO cheque on behalf of
the
Treasury was an old pupil of the now " Lexicographer I
Royal." After passing the cheque to the doctor, the pre-
sent writer (who happened to be in the office) heard the
cashier say to him, " I knew a Dr. Armstrong once who
used to come with
lived at Chelsea. I went to his school."
master, who,
name ?" asked the doctor." "My n What is your
your brother!" exclaimed the oldis Earnshaw."
his great surprise, recognised a pupilto whom 40 years
" Were you indeed the little boy
delighted
Nvhoam 5
previously he said he had been much attached. At thatto
was engaged in composingo greatfhitshese isalnadn
islands,
a, baonrda t
ae
period he
work, the first Dictionary o e Gaelic Language and
Literature ; the original languageth
chief branch of Celtic. Afterwards he became head-master
of the South Lambeth Grammar School ; during which
period he was a humorous contributor to Fraser's Maga-
zine, the Anthcnceum, and other periodicals.--South London
Chronicle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SHREWSBURY RACES.--THIS DAY.
EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
ABBEY HANDICAP.
The Abbey Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added, for
three year olds and upwards ; the second to save his
stake ; winners after the declaration of the weights 71b
extra ; about three-quarters of a mile.
Her Ladyship
Indian Star
W hitby

:Seven ran

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CLEVELAND PLATE.
The Cleveland Plate of 2:10 sovs (Handicap) ;winners of
handicap after Nov. 1 (at ten a.m.) 711), of 100 sovs 101 b
or a second in such latter race 51b extra. About five
furlongs, straight.
5a11iet..................................................................
Lady Valentine
Thalassius* ............................................................ 3
SHOBDON COURT sTAkEs.
The Shobdou. Court Stakes of 10 sovs each, h It, with 50
added ; two year olds Get 111 b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 11b,
live, six, and aged 9,3 t 31b; mares and geldings allowed
31b; winners this year (matches and handicaps excepted)
of 200 sovs at any ono time 51b extra; maidens this year
having started three times without winning 50 sovs
allowed Sib; about three quarters of a mile; 8 subs.
Volunteer • • • • 1
Saccharometer

CARNIVAL HANDICAP.
The Carnival Nursery Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft,
with 100 added, the second to save his stake ; winners
after Nov. 1 (at 10 a.m.) 71b, 100 101 b extra, the second
in such latter race 51b extra ; about seven furlongs ; 49
subs.
Lady Pam
Knight Errant
Haidee..