The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-16 00:00:00

THE GREAT ST. LEGER.

There will be about 16 to contest the great race of the
meeting, and they will be selected from the following :
Horses. Probable Riders.
Kettledrum L. Snowden.
Aurelian
Kildonan G. Fordhrm.
Imaus A. Edwards.
Janus .. Wells.
The Sage S. Rogers.
Billy Dwindles .. Withington.
The Roe .. A. Day.
Lady Ripon Bullock.
Conqueror
Russley
Clarissa colt Aldcroft.
Brown Stout .. Charlton.
Camerino H. Grimshaw.
Brownie
Dictator J. Osborne.
Caller Ou

The following are the performances of the different horses
likely to take part in the race :
Kettledrum, by Rataplan, out of Mincemeat's dam—At
the York August Meeting, in 1860, won the North of Eng-
land Biennial Stakes, receiving 31b from Dictator, the
favourite, who was beaten by a neck ; Minnie a bad third.
Beaten the following day, in the Colt Sapling Stakes (2 to

lion him) by Gardener (first) and Phemy colt (second)—
won by a length and a halt; Kettledrum beaten a neck
from the second. Second to Walloon, by a neck, for the
Champagne, 6to 1 being laid against him. Ran second to
Diophantus for the Two Thousand, at even weights of Bst
71b, Klarikoff being third ; won by three lengths ; a head
between second and third. Won the Derby by an easy
length from Dundee, Diophantus being third ; a head fur -
ther away, and a neck from him, finished Aurelian ; 100 to
7 was laid against the winner.
Aurelian did not start as a 2-year-old. He made his ap-
pearance at Epsom for the Derby, for which national trophy
he ran fourth. In this race he was heads and tails with
the second and third. 1,000 to 15 was laid against him at
starting. Aurelian's reappearance was at Ascot, where,
carrying 7st 31b, he ran a very bad fifth to Parmesan, 4 yrs
Bst 101 b, for the Gold Vase.
Big Ben, by Ethelbert, out of Phcebe, 1860, ran second
to Lady Clifden, for the Tyro Stakes, at Liverpool Spring,
giving 51b to the mare. Not placed for the Althorpe Park
Stakes, at Northampton, won by Walloon. Won the New-
market Two-Year-Old Plate, receiving 51b from Walloon
by two lengths. Won the Mostyn Stakes at Chests- Spring,'
carrying Bst 121 b. Dictator, Bst 71b, was second, a length
off, and from the latter by a neck, was Kildonan. Walked
over for a Biennial Produce at the same meeting. Divided
forfeits with Canary for the Wirral Stakes next day. Won
the Ninth Biennial at Bath, Bst 71b ; Damascus, Bst 101 b,
second ; won by a head only ; and at the same meeting,
won the Weston Stakes by half a length, Fairwater
second. Was beaten by a length by Mountebank for
the Wild Dayrell Stakes, Hungerford, but he only
lost through running out at the turn. Ran
third for the Fernhill Stakes, Ascot ; won by six
lengths by Queen of the Vale. Was not placed for the
Stockbridge Biennial, won by Cynic. Walked over for the
Abingdon Two Year Old, and ran fourth for the Tenth
Bentinck Memorial Stakes, at Goodwood, won by Vergiss-
mein-nicht. Won, this season, the A.F. Sweepstakes by a
neck from Zingaro. Beat Cashio for a Swinley Course
Sweepstakes at Ascot, in a canter by six lengths.
Bombardier was bred in Ireland. He is by Surplice (who
was the first since Champion's year, 1800, to add the St.
Leger to his Derby victory), out of Janette, but like most
of the Surplice stock, his reputation is founded on what he
ought or might have done, not upon what he has done.
His principal achievements were in Ireland, but he only
met moderate animals in the place of his birth. His first

appearance was at the Curragh on the 4th of September,
1860, when he beat a field of 15 by a length and a half. His
or ponents, however, were of the most moderate character.
At the same meeting he met with a reverse, but perhaps his
defeat conferred more credit upon him than his first suc-
cess, for in a field of 13 he ran second to The Lawyer (who
won in a canter by two lengths) for the Railway Stakes.
Still it is no disgrace to be "second best" in a race in which
The Lawyer has a sure cas9 to conduct. In the October
meeting at the Curragh we find Bombardier beating by a
head Bally Edmond, a horse that has recently obtained no
very insignificant reputation in England.
Brown Stout is described as being a great but somewhat
overgrown horse. He has certainly good blood to recom-
mend him, for he is by Sir John Barleycorn, who, despite
the puffs of his owner, is a really fine horse, and one that,
unlike many modern stallions, can still follow hounds " up
to his owner's weight," which is no trifle. As a two-yr-old
Brown Stout had only one opportunity of distinguishing
himself, and of this opportunity he dii not seem to take the
best advantage, for he ran very badly in the Two-yr-Old
Plate at Harpenden, which was won by Blisworth, 16 start-
ing. He rested until the Harpenden Meeting of this dear
when, carrying 6st 71b, and ridden by that clever light
weight, Johnny Daley, he did not obtain the honour of a
situation in a race for which seven started, and which was
won by Estella, aged, 7st. His next performance was at
Ascot, in the July Meeting, where he ran a very indifferent
third to Prairie Hen, 2 yrs, ist 21b, for the South-Western
Stakes ; Eheu, 4 yrs, 9st, being second ; six others started.
At the same meeting, carrying 7st 71b, ran second, beaten
by a length, to Gaylad, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b, having Chirper, 4
yrs, Bst 131 b, and two others behind him.
Caller Oui, br f, by Stockwell, out of Haricot, first made
her debut at Beverley, where, with Bst 31b in the Bishop
Burton Stakes, she was a bad fourth, despite being made
Ihe favourite at 2to Ito Doefoot. Dictator gave her 71b
and a length's beating the same day, in the Londesborough
Stakes. Merrie Carlisle showed her another second, Doe-
foot beating her again at 31b better advantage—the winner's
mpost being Bst 10Ib, and the mare 101 b less. Upon th e
Yellow Jack principle, there was still another second at
Stockton to her old opponent, Dictator ; won by three
quarters of a length, the winner giving 101 b over the T.Y.C.
There were still further "secondary symptoms" at the same
meeting, Lady Louisa giving her 31b and a length's beat-
ing, similar distance. Her first appearance at Doncaster,
where she never ran up in the Portland Plate, with Est 31b
up, Tattoo winning at Est 51b from Emily, Est 51b, by half a
length. Her first victory was at Leicester, where she beat
Lava in a canter by three lengths; the second giving the
winner exactly a stone, over the half mile spin for the
Bradgate Park Stakes. Once more second to Scrubbing
Brush, at Bst 61b, giving the winner 31b, and the odds of 6
to 4 being on her. Won by a neck. Then comes the se-
cond victory at Bst 11b, over a Field of ten at Melton, Lady

Bird, the favourite, winning by two lengths. Pursuing
her career of better form, she beat Staunton by two
lengths in the Langton Stakes, the following day. Another
second—to Oberon, allowing 251 b the same meeting ; won
by three-quarters of a length. Not placed for the half-
mile Handicap, won by Nutbush, at the same place.
Ia 1861, we find her in the Waltham Plate, at Croxton,
muting second, at Bst 51b, six furlongs, to Nicholas, a four
yr old, Bst 121 b. A still further second, carrying Bst 91b,
in the Knavesmire Plate—won by Baliverne ; 16 starters.
Her fourth winning was at Malton, over a straight four
furlongs, Bst 91b, beating Trust and seven others ; won by
a head only. Beat Lopcatcher, receiving 51b, at Manches-
ter, by three lengths-1 mile 240 yards. She next appeared
in :the Oaks, but was placed seventh : won by Brown
Duchess. At Newton, not placed to Cape Flyaway, for the
Great Newton Handicap ; won a length from Sutton.
Camerino is by Stockwell, out of Sylphine. He has per-
formed many times, but his exhibitions have been little to
his credit, far, despite the position—insignificant as it was
—which he for a short time held in the market, no " score"
has been placed against his name to justify it.
Dictator, by the Cure, out of the Queen—At Chester, car-
rying Derby weight, second to Big Ben (Bst 121 b) for the
Mcstyn Stakes—by a length. Kildonan, with the same
impost as the winner, was beaten only by a neck for second
place. At Beverley, he won the Londesborough Produce,
beating Caller Oui. At Newmarket won the July Stakes,
Walloon second, by three-quarters. Knight of the Thistle
was third, and Lupus "nowhere." At York August meet-
ing, he ran second to Kettledrum, giving the winner 81b
for the sth North of England Biennial Stakes, T.Y C.—
won only by a neck. Bushey was fourth ; eight started.
Won the Cleveland Stakes, at Stockton, carrying Bst 121 b,
byithree-quarters of a length, Caller Oui second, with Bst
21b. At Doncaster, in the Eglinton Stakes, won by Lady
Clifden, 6st 111 b, he was second, and defeated by two
lengths, carrying 7st 51b, and giving 51b to Folkestone,
who was third—a leng h from the second. During this
season he was not placed in the Derby, won by Kettledrum,
quite in the ruck. Won the North Derby in a canter by
ten lengths, carrying Bst 121 b. Galileo second, Bst 71b, and
Yorkminster, Bst 71b, the latter, made a strong-favourite at
6 to 4.
linens, by Nowmiuster, out of Fl imalaya,—At Newmar-

ket, July 3d in the Chesterfield Stakes—won by Touch-me-
Not. Diophantus was beaten off a long way. In the Clear-
well Stakes he also ran third to Folkestone, at Bst ; Vergiss-
mein-Nicht second. Won by two lengths, a head between
the second and third. For the third time he was 3d for a
T.Y.C. Sweepstakes, at the Houghton Meeting, won by
Sweet Hawthorne; Elborus second. Won by two lengths ;
one between second and third. In 1861, won the Whittle-
bury Stakes, Northampton, after a dead heat with Manrico,
Bst 31b, by two lengths ; eleven starters. Same meeting,
won the Racing Stakes, one mile, 9st 31b, beating Kildonan,
Bst 51b, in a canter by a length. Walked over for a £75
Sweepstakes at Newmarket Craven Meeting, where he also
ran second to Kildonan, in the S de Stakes, across the flat ;
the winner giving 31b. At same place, won the Rowley Mile
Sweepstakes, Bst 71b ; Conjuror (second), Bst 21b ; Doefoot,
Bst 31b, third; won in a canter by three lengths. His next
performance was in the Two Thousand Guineas, which
Diophantus won by three lengths from Kettledrum, Klari
koff being third. He was beaten off from the third half a
length. He was not placed in the Derby.
Janus, by King Tom, out of Orestes's dam.—Won the
Grosvenor Place Sweepstakes, at Newmarket, from Carbi-
neer and three others this spring, by a neck, Bst 41b weights.
Not placed the next day for The Third N. Biennial, won
by Russley, by a neck ; Yorkminster defeating Asteroid by
a similar distance. On the succeeding day, carrying Bst 31b,
won a Ditch Mile Sweepstakes easily by three-quarters of
a length from Reaper, Prudence third. Not placed for the
Two Thousand, won by Diophantus. Ran fourth for the
Craven States, won by Cantine. At Ascot, ran first for the
Derby Stakes, beating Knight of St. Patrick, at even
weights, easily by four lengths. Ran second on the follow-
ing day to Lupus, for the Ascot Biennial, won by a neck,
Diophantus third. Won a mile sweepstakes at the same
meeting by twelve lengths, beating Walloon (second), and
Baguio (third).

Kildonan, by Newminster, out of Shamrock.—Ran third
to Big Ben for the Mostyn Stakes ; won by a length, Kil-
donan being a neck from Dictator, the second. Ran third
to Knight of the Thistle for First Year of the Wothorpe
Biennial Stakes, at Stamford ; won by a length ; bad
third. Second to Imaus for the Racing Stakes at Northamp-
ton ; the winner clearing the chair in a canter by a length ;
Strike third. Won the Walton Stakes at Epsom, beating
Parasite by three-quarters of a length. Won the Fifth
Sale Stakes at Newmarket Craven, beating Imaus, second,
by three. quarters of a length easily ; Captain Fortibus third
Not placed for the Derby. At Manchester, ran second to
Malta, for the Suffolk Stakes, at 7st 71b each ; won by a
length and a half easily. At Worcester, in the Croome
Stakes, he ran second to Billy Dwindles, who won by a
length, the former carrying 71b more. Ran third to The
Sage, for the Second Wothorpe Stakes, at Stamford; won
by three-quarters of a length. Won the Goodwood Derby
beating Snapshot in a canter by three lengths, 6 to 4 being
laid on the latter. His recent achievements at Wolver-
hampton and Stockton are too fresh in the memory of our
readers to require notice.
Lady Ripon, by Stockwell, out of Mary Aislabie.—Ran

third for the Western Meeting Stakes, at the Caledonian
meeting, to Aurora ; Joey Jones second ; won easily by two
lengths. Won a sweepstakes at the same meeting, beating
Homeward Bound by a length. Ran second to Nutbush
for the Knowsley Nursery, Liverpool ; won by two lengths.
Beaten by Yorkthinster for the Juvenile Stakes, at the
same place, by a length. Beaten by Sporting Life for the
Salopian Stakes, by half a length. Beaten by Venison, by
a head, for the Nursery Plate, at the same place. No-
where in the All-Aged Handicap, on the following day;
won by a length easily. At Chester, ran a bad fifth to
General Hesse, for the Grosvenor Stakes. Fcr the Dun-
ham Massey Plate, she also ran so indifferently as not
gain a place. Ran fifth to Chere Amie for the Stewards'
Cup at the same meeting; won by half a length bt Ben
Webster. Ran second to Brown Duchess for the Oaks—won
by a neck only, after a splendid race between the two ;
Fairwater third. The Durdans Plate she won the next
clay, beating Industrious by three lengths easily. Nowhere
in the Queen's Stand Plate, Asc3t—won by Buckstone.
Ran secon 1 to Optimist, by a length, for the Royal Stand
Plate, at the same meeting, the former carrying 6st 131 b,
and the latter Bst 31b. For the South Lancashire Trades-
men's Plate, she ran third to Pastime, Lustre being second,
and a head dividing the three. Placed fourth to Silkstone
for the Grand Stand Stakes.
The Roe, by Wild Dayrell, out of Chamois, has only
figured once in public, when she ran fourth for the Third
Biennial Stakes, at Newmarket, in the Craven Meeting.
Russley was the winner, York Minster second, and Asteroid
third; seventeen started, including Janus, The Sage,
Lupus, and King of Kent.
Sage, by Teddington, out of sister to Singapore.—ln
1860, not placed for the Newmarket Two-Yr-Old Plate,
won by Big Ben. Ran fourth to Doefoot for the Sapling
Stakes, Manchester. Won the Welland Stakes, Stamford,
by three-quarters of a length, beating Sacetdos and three
others. Ran last in the Wothorpe Stakes the same day,
won by Knight of the Thistle, by a length, Cynic second,
and Kildonan a bad third. At the Newmarket Second
October Meeting, not placed for a £5O T.Y.C. Plate, won
by Lava. Not placed for a Handicap Sweepstakes, won by
Sporting Life, the next day, and likewise ran nowhere in
the Half-mile Sweepstakes, won by Nutbush, at the same
meeting. At Warwick Spring, this year, ran seventh to
Thunderbolt for the Trial Stakes. At Newmarket Craven,
was beaten by a neck by Cosmopolite for a Handicap Plate,
and did not g..in a place in next day's Biennial. Won the
Extra Class Wokingham, beating Frailty by a head, after
a luau heat. Won the Borough Members' Plate at Stam-
ford, beating Pardalote by a length ; the Second
Wothorpe, at the same meeting, from Russley, Kildonan
being third ; won by three-quarters of a length.
After Kettledrum's easy victory at Epsom, and the good
field of horses he defeated, it would be madness to oppose
him on the present occasion. Aurelian, Lady Ripon, and
Kildonan I have a great fancy for. Both Janus and Imaus
have been stopped in their work for three or four days, or
they would have caused the backers of the favourite some
uneasiness. Brown Stout, I expect, will be nearer last than
first, and those that back him to be last will have a better
chance of winning their money than those who operate on
him winning. The finish of the race will lie between
KETTLEDRUM, AuRELIAN, and KILDONAN, and the
judge's fiat in favour of
KETTLEDRUM.

Longshot, Hesper, and Antwerp are favourably handi-
capfa in the Corporation Prate ; and the same remarks
apply to Hesper, Olive Branch, Fravola, and Donner und
Blitz in the Portland Stakes. Lady Clifden ought to secure
the Eg,linton Stakes, Imaus the Scarborough Stakes, and
Carbineer the Zetland Stakes. Brown Dachess will likely
walk over for the Park Hill Stakes, unless Pardalote puts
in an appearance to secure the 100 sous for second. Donner
und Blitz is again "well in" in the Cleveland Handicap.
The Don Stakes should be secured by The Lawyer. Several
other items have yet to close, including the Doncaster Cup,
for which an investment on the Wizard will turn out pro-
fitable. A FRESH MAN.