The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-26 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The Lincoln Meeting witnessed the overthrow a
Copenhagen and Valiant, the two favourites for
the handicap. One drawback to the thorough en-
joyment of the racing, however, was in connection
with the starting, which was as bad as ever—long
delays taking place at the post, and horses finally
despatched in straggling order. Complaints were,,
as usual, heard on all sides, and one of the most crin-
spicuous offenders—Barker, the rider of Treasure
Trove—was ordered to appear before the Stewards,
and he was suspended till after the Epsom Meet-
ing. Severe as this sentence at first sight ap-
pears, obedience must be enforced. The fielders
began their labours auspiciously, as Wise Man,
backed for a mere trifle by those who saw his
fitness and remembered he claimed important
allowances, beat Old Warden and Alberta—two very
moderate animals—in easy style. Notwithstand-
ing the defeat, however, of Alberta, Copenhagen
maintained the pride of place with wonderful firm-
ness for the Lincolnshire Handicap, and the £2,000
invested on him by the followers of the Danebury
stable was considered as good as won. But Mr.
Hill's colt—who was the same flat-sided badly-
shaped horse we saw disgracefully beaten for the
Two Thousand Guineas in 1864—only secured the
third position, Treasure Trove and Saceharometer
fighting out the battle for winning honours, which
the young one won by a neck. Though beaten,
Saccharometer—Lord Strathmore's pet, and nearly
as sweet-looking a horse as The Doctor—was not
disgraced, and the gallant fight the speedy scion of
Sweetmeat, when conceding nearly 4st. to his juve-
nile opponent, made was a sight worth witnessing.
For Copenhagen John Day candidly admitted he
had no excuse. Valiant ran badly, but what
chance Caithness had cannot be estimated, as his
prospects were extinguished at the onset, through
running against a post, as were also those of
Nizam, who broke away in the false starts, and
eventually got away indifferently. Twenty-two
youngsters went down to the post for the
Brocklesby Stakes, the majority of them being
remarkably fit, considering the early period of the
year. Those possessing most quality were Problem,
Miss Bateman, Bounceaway, Vicious, Phantom
Sail, Narine, the filly by Dundee from Sacrifice,
and the filly by Dundee from Blanche of Middlebie,
all of whom have racing points of no mean order.
On the second day, in the City Handicap, a three-
year-old was again victorious, as Indian Star easily
beat East Lynn, Gemma, Elastic, Musician, and
several others. Had the start, however, been evenly
effected, I question if Indian Star would have won,
as Musician, who was one of the last horses away
from the post, ran very fast, but had too much ground
to make up to beat Indian Star, who was in the
front division when the flags fell. The decision
of the Steeplechase, which was a second time
secured by Bridegroom, threw no light on the fast
approaching Grand National, as Cortolvin, one of
the leading favourites for the Liverpool prize, was
an absentee, and Green's stable was unrepresented.
The principal appointments for this week are Not-
tingham and Derby, the meeting on Sherwood
Forest being fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday ;
and the supplemental one at Derby for Thursday.
The closed races for Tuesday are the Spring Handi-
cap, the Trial Stakes, the Stand Plate, the Inn-
keepers' Plate, and the Maccaroni Stakes. To the
Nottingham Spring Handicap, the distance for
which is now one mile and a quarter, there
are 53 entries, only four of which—Lytham,
Pelios, Signalman, and the Lizard—have up
to the present time paid the minor forfeit.
TREASURE TROVE, if amongst the starters, is worth
standing against the field. His most dangerous
opponents being EMPRESS OF INDIA and LORD
CONYNGIIAM. The Half Mile Stakes should be won
by TROUBLESOME or POLLY PERKINS, as Saladiu
will be reserved for Chester. SACRIFICE filly, from
her short head race with Problem at Lincoln, can
scarcely lose the Little John Stakes ; the result of
which will point out the winner of the Harrington
Stakes at Derby, which meeting immediately follows
Nottingham. The other races to be decided are of
no particular importance.

A FRESHMAN.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WINDSOR RACES-SATURDAY.
GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.

Meerschaum (Capt. Tempest) 1.
Ironsides (Capt. Johnstone) 2
"lunge' ford (Mr. Atkins) 3
Sir Stephen (Mr Atkins) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Ironsides, 4to 1 agst Meerschaum,
4 to 1 agst Hunger:ord.
Won by 20 lengths.

CASTLE STEEPLECHASE PLATE.
Banker (Mr. Barry) 1
Agnes (Boyce) 2
The following also ran:—Rochester, Strike, Douglass,
Rosalie, and Simpleton.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Rosalie, 3to 1 agst Banker, sto 1
agst Agnes. Won by 10 lengths.

MATCH.

Bravo
(Capt. Shaw) 1
Arrow
(Capt. Tempest) 2
WINDSOR OPEN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.
Bristles (Mr. Owen) 1
Doubloon (B. Land) 2
Navarino (Mr. Barry) 3
Old Squire, Oscar, Dewdrop, and Scrub also ran.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Navarino, 6to 1 agst Bristles.
Won by a neck; a length between second and third.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866.
MARCH.
Derby Spring 1 Croxton Park l6
Liverpool Spring
Warwick Spring
Doncaster
Lewos Spring
AP

tiL.

Newmarket Craven 2
Durham
Blackheath Ot Woolwich 2
Catterick Bridge
AbergavennY 5
Lichfield Spring
Chelmsford Spring

Thirsk lO
Epsom Spring
Newmarket Ist Spring l6
Liverpool ilunt Cup,,.,., 211
Chester
Curragh
:AY.

Ascot Spring 1
Salisbury
Bath 8
Harpenden
York Spring

Epsom Summer l5
Uxbridge
Manchester
Ascot Summer

Windsor Summer JU
Newton 5
6
Hampton 7
Odiham l2
Bibury l3
Stockbridge
Chelmsford l9

Liverpool
Beverley 2O
Ipswich
Hungerford
Newcastle on-Tyne 26
Curragh 26
Worcester

JU:
Carlisle
Newmarket July
Pontefract
Abingdon
Reading
Nottingham
Down Royal Corp lB
AUG

.Y.
Stamford l9
Radcliffe 23
Winchester 24
Southampton 25
Huntingdon
31
26
Goodwood

Brighton 7
Brighton Club
Lowes lO
Egham l4
Wolverhampton l4
Stockton l5
Oxford l6
Hastings 2l
SEPTI

UST.
York August...
LDF lie3ev'llionfluoculadtuhd Exeter
Tunbridge 2B
Derby Suzumer 29
Weymouth 3O

_
Warwick September _ 4
Curragh
Leicester 6
Doncaster ll
Brecon l7
Canterbury lB
OCT(

Northampton 2
Newmarket 2d October 8
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