The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-26 00:00:00

OBSERVER—The Field.

After sifting the running of each and all of the candidates
I can come to no other conclusion than that the Cambridge-
shire will be carried off by either Henham Lass or The Roe
and next to them I shall look for Asteroid and Confectioner.
BREVITY—WeekIy limes,

I boldly give the preference to Donner and Blitz, not-
withstanding his retrogression in the market, and Lime-
flower.

SPHYNX—Sunday Times.
This writer, in a letter, which nobody but himself under-
stands, says :

My heart's in the Highlands,
My heart is not here ;
My heart's in the Highlands,
Following the deer ;
Chasing the wild deer and following
THE ROE—

and suddenly the voice stops. Is it a prophecy? Hark I
it breaks forth again, that sweet voice, but not in song. It
is in declamation now—
When in the Cambridgeshire remember this,
For every bettor there's a Nemesis;
Oh I be Precise in all where'er you are,
•
And firmly gaze upon the .Planet Star.

From the above extracts it will be seen that the prophets
have selected fully two -thirds of the horses that will run,
and it will be strange if the winner should turn up in the
other third, as was the case in the Cesarewitch. In that
race I have reason to congratulate myself on the judge'o
decision with reference to the second and third, as I placed
Paste second and Asteroid third.

The Criterion Stakes is the only wont of importanoo to
bo decided on Monday, and if Buckstono only runs I shall
look no further for the winner. In his absence Wingravo
will defeat Old Calabar. For the Cambridgeshire my im-
pression is that

CONFECTIONER or MUTINEER
will prove the winner, but I shall give my final opinion on
Monday, as important alterations may take place at the
" Corner" this evening. A FRESH MAN.

HOW THE MONEY GOES.—There are now in
course of preparation in New York, gun-carriages, cais-
sons, battery waggons, and forges for more than 200
10-pounder and 20-pounder Parrot guns (field-pieces),
which require about 500 vehicles in all to fit them for the
field. Of these enough for 100 pieces are manufactured for
the Government, 80 for the State of New York, and 28 for
the army of the West, under General Fremont. Over 300
men are constantly employed on the work at Stephenson's
manufactory, and the required number of vehicles for 30
pieces are completed eaoh week.

SHARPS AND FLITS.—The philosophical teacher
in " Candide" laid it! down as an undeniable proposition
that nothing that existed among mankind was without its
peculiar use, nor
Lg
e thes,said pr. pai
adjunct beigst calculatedioss,were re
o clearlyt dis-
play its capabilities.
made to wear breeches; so there are breeches. Tho nose
was given a bridge to support spectacles ; accordingly we
have spectacles. Natural philosophers have in like man-
ner declared that no animal has been created that has not
some smaller animal also made to be its prey and support.
Pheasants eat worms, and man eats pheasants; so also
sharpers are made to live upon flats, and flats are born for
the especial purpose of feeding and maintaining sharpers.
As there are many races of sharpers, so also are there seve-
ral distinct species of flats. Here is the lame horse dealer,
there is also the country gentleman who leaves his cheque
as a deposit while he is trying the lame horse, and returns
to the stable to find the seller flown and the cheque pre-
sented. There is the skittle sharp ; born for his support
there is the countryman, who has come to see the sights of
London, and who is lucky enough to meet with a friend who
is acquainted with them all, and whose only failure consists
in finding that what used to be a rifle• ground is now a
skittle alley. Thirdly, there is the fortune Jaunting sharp
—this last being usually a foreign noble,—and for his sup-
port are reared certain ladies of a certain age, with strong
appetites for husbands and a comfortable sum in the Three
Iper Cents. One of the last-named fitly-matched pairs have
this week had their tale of true love brought before the pub-
lie through the somewhat unnutinieutal medium of the Old
13ailoy,—London levi4.