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The only drawbacks from the nitt .I,:oiw, :
the racing at- Northampton wc ire fare ~ . ti the
sudden change in the weather on the second day.
Still the high quality of the sp prt rendered turfittes
indifferent to the snow and raj) p, and did not pm.
vent them from appreciating th al efforts which the
Messrs. Marshall made to insure* a great gatheditg.
and to meet the requirements of the visitors.. The,
reader has already been rendered. familiar with the
principal incidents, but there wire certain proceed.
ings on which I hold peculiar op unions, and respect-
ing which I feel compelled to state my views.
The accident which happened: to North Lincoln
created quite a sensation, and as-. Wells seemed to
have been " riding" the horse at the time of the
occurrence many persons believ e that the New-
market " flyer- - uld have ,been ;Ea 'an under any
circumstance. This opinion I cal snot entertain, for
the horse is a lazy goer, and requires a good deal
of rousing. I still adhere to nly conviction that
his mishap alone prevented his sancess. I was a
close observer of his fall ; on r(!s•ching the foot-
path about half-way up the distance his hind legs
slipped from under him, and he fell first on to
his haunches ; on attempting to vecover himself, he
lunged forward, and went on to his head, placing
Wells in a very unpleasant and perilous position
on his neck. To deny merit to the winner, Chirp,
however, would be absurd, for getting .badly or he
was soon up with the leaders, and when North
Lincoln fell he came out like a shot from a gun.
Luck was certainly dead against the "Baron" at
Northampton, for another horse of his, Scribbler,
also came down, and I am infor fried that he slid
upwards of a hundred yards. before he was
recovered. Mr. Parr seemed to be mach an.
nosed that North Lincoln was not brought out
to face Gaspard, of whose success he- was se C011ii•
dent that it is said that he rejected an offer of a
compromise which was made by the Baron's party,
about a week before the race. After Gaspard's
running at Croxton, however, he doubtless thanked
fortune for putting the stake at Northampton in
his pocket. Gaspard is certainly not an attractive
animal, and I shall be much surprised if he again
plays a conspicuous part in the Derby betting.
The prestige of the Woodyate's stable is likely
to be much increased by the success of Bevis and
Chirp. William Day is invariably formidable
in Spring Handicaps, and the soundness of his
judgment is proved by the rarity of his mistakes.
Bevis is certainly a rum 'un to look at, but he may
be a good 'un to go, although his victory is mainly
attributable to the superb condition in which he
was sent to the post. His action was light and
corky, and he seemed as hard as nails. The dis-
qualification of Newcastle was most vexatious, and
everybody appeared to sympathise with the nomi-
nator of the horse. When the question was brought
before the Stewards, however,they had no alterna-
tive but to put the law in force. J. Dawson,
however, at one time was inclined to dispute
their ruling and run the horse under protest. For
this purpose, therefore, the horse was actually
saddled and mounted; but on an intimation that
the stewards of the Jockey Club would doubtless
deal stringently with Mr. J. Dawson if he placed
their laws at defiance, the horse was called back.
The affair has created great annoyance and dis-
satisfaction.

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The Spencer's Plate commanded an immense field
but the slippery state of the ground must have ma-
terially damaged the chances of several of the
competitors. Cresswell, the rider of Tiara, pre-
sented a striking contrast to the other jockeys, for,
getting off in front, he escaped without a
splash of mud on either his face or hi■
bright blue jacket, whilst those behind him were
so smothered and begrimed with dirt, " that the
mothers that them bore, if they had been in
presence there, would not have known their
child."

The praise which has been bestowed on the
management of the meeting was well deserved,
albeit it was to be regretted that a. more expe-
rienced officer had not been employed to discou-
rage the presence of the " Welshers."
Hr. Frail's meetings at Shrewsbury and Lad-
low look quite formidable on paper by the intro-
duction of the new Free Handicaps into the pro-
gramme. Still, although the sport is not likely to
be over abundant, yet it will doubtless be sufficient
to meet the exigencies of speculation. So many
horses, however, have in and out engagements at
both meetings, whilst many are also entered at
Thirsk, that the winners can after all be merely
guessed.

For the Great Cleveland Handicap only ten are
left in, and of these either Abron or the Greek may
add the stake to his winning list. For the Stewards'
Cup I must give my preference to Aneurin, and
Spicebox will have only the Daniel O'Rourke colt
to fear for the Longner Hall Stakes.
The Shropshire Stakes may go to either Nosegay
or Clara Webster, and the Corporation Plate to
Cleman the.

The Ludlow Meeting I shall not touch upon,
but on Wednesday I will discuss the Thirsk
programme.

A FRESH MAN.

CRIMINAL COU.RT-(THIS DAY).

OLD COURT.

The April Sessions of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs,
and the other civic authorities.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said it was a
circumstance of gratification that offences of a violent de-
scription continued to decrease, and it was also a pleasure to
find that the calendar was a very light one, although a
month's longer time had elapsed than usual since the last
session. There were very few cases involving personal
violence, and the charges generally were not of a serious
description. There was only one case of manslaughter,
which appeared to have arisen from a drunken struggle ;
and in another case in which the prisoner was charged with
cutting and wounding two of his messmates on board ship,
with intent to murder them, he believed it would turn
out that the prisoner was insane, and not re-
sponsible for his actions. The only remaining case
to which he considered it necessary to allude was
charge of libel. They would consider the whole of the'facts
connected with the case, and if they were of opinion that
the prosecutor was the person referred to, then they would
return a true bill against the person charged.
The grand jury then retired to their room, and after a
short interval the trials were proceeded with.

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