The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

DONCASTER SEPTEMBER• MEETING.
DONCASTER, Monday Evening.

" Upwards of 1,700 guineas, added money, given I
at this meeting." Such is the announcement which
precedes the programme prepared by the racing
authoritiei at Doncaster that their liberality is
duly appreciated is attested by the long list of en-
tries which is appended to the different stakes,
and by the large numbPr of horses located in the
vicinity of the town. Southern stab!es will not be
very numerously represented. From Newmarket
only one horse will, it is said, be sent, whilst Win.
Day and others will not have a champion to do
battle for them on Doncaster's far-famed Town
Moor. The training establishments of the North,
however, will be fully represented ; and, indeed,
the gathering wtll be essentially a' Yorkshire one.
A Yorkshire mare is one of the favourites for the
Great Yorkshire Handicap, and Blintz Bonny and
Ignoramus, the leading favourites for the St. Leger,
are Yorkshire bred and trained. Indeed, these two
ani.nals have given rise to a controversy as violent
in its character as that respecting the comparative
merits of the Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur, and
the St. Leger will therefore occasion an encounter
as exciting as that in which the Dutchman was com-
pelledio strike his colours before Voltigeur in the
memorable race for the Cup in 1850. The disturb •
ances in India will deprive the meeting of many of
its influential supporters. Still, to judge from the
crowd of visitors which fills the high street, and the
long trains arriving in quick succession, the assem-
blage of companywill not be perceptibly diminished.
The list of sport contains thirty items, and its at-
traction does not centre entirely in the St. Leger,
for to-day in addition to th Handicap, the Cham-
pagne. Stakes—an important two-year-old race—
will be decided. For this event Eclipse, a < olt
much talked about in connexion with next year's
Derby will mike his first appearance in public, a d
the fact of his having been so heavily backed for
the Epsom event, coupled with a report which
describes him as better than hrs stable companions,
Clydesdale and Sedbury, causes his debut to be re-
garded with much interest and curiosity. The
Fitz william Stakes (the entries for which will ba
found below) has been rest, red to its original form,
at the request, it is said, of Lord Milton, one of the
stewards. It is now a weight-for-age . race, a de-
scription of " event," which we regret to state has
almost gone out of fashion. Handicaps have
su2erseded weights-for-age races, and no wonder,
for few horses could compete on equal terms with
animals of the Fisherman and Skirmisher class.

Sotithern sportsmen really regard the boast which
has been made about the northern " cracks " for
the St. Leeer with a kind of grim complacency, and
believe that one of their outsiders will upset all
calculations which may have been formed about
the favourites. Adawas and Blink Bonny will
fight their Derby battle over again, and the result
will prove whether it was chance only that enabled
Adamas to obtain the forward position which he did
at Epsom. The recent rain has rendered the
ground somewhat sticky, and this circumstance
tends to increase the 'Uneasiness of the backers of
the favourites, and to heighten the expectations of
the fielders. It is probable that the number of
ate/lions will be larger than is anticipated. So long
ago as last year, a bet of six monkeys to four
(3,0001. to 2,0001.) was laid on Ignoramus against
Dawson's lot, who will, of course, have a represen-
tative in the lists. Should Blink Bonny win, how-
ever, she will accomplish that which has not yet
been achieved. To win the Derby, Oaks, and
St. Leger has never fallen to the lot of one
animal. People who like strange coincidences
may derive some amusement from the following
statement : Champion was the first horse that won
Derby and St. Leger. In 1800 he won
the double event, and from that period down to
1848 the "Champion Charm" was not broken.
Surplice, a horse bred by Lerd George Bentinck, in
that year won the northern and southern event, and
in 1849 and 1850 similar triumphs awaited the
Flyiug Dutchman and Voltigeur. An interval of
two years then elapsed before a Derby victor added
the St. Leger to his achievements ; but in 18b3
West Australian accomplished the feat of winning
the three great races of the season, viz., the Two
Thousand, the Derby and the Se, Leger. Since
that period the St. Leger has fallen to outsiders.
Champion won the two races in 1300 ; in 1810
Eleanor carried off the Derby and Oaks ; and in
1853 Queen of Trumps won the Oaks and St.
Leger • and since that time those races have not
been Placed to the credit of one animal. Sdli, as
Surplice destroyed the " charm" which was popu-
larly supposed. to prevent a Derby winner from
adding the St. Leger to his success and as
West Australian won the three leading events
in his year, Blink Bonny may surpass the
Eleanor and Queen of Trumps triumphs,
by securing the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger. The
cards for Thursday and Friday will present their
won.o features. On the last day the Cup will be
run for, and the St. Leger vic'tor or victrese will
perhaps appear amongst the competitors.
Several alterations have been made in the Grand
Stand and enclosure, the moat noticeable improve-
ment being the erection of outer rails to prevent
the mob from having communication with people
in the "ring."
Several is sales of blood stock will take
place during the week, and not the least interesting
proceeding will be the meeting to which the race
officials of the kingdom are invited to discuss the
present state of the turf. They will inaugurate
their business on the " Leger night" with the gaod
old English °eastern of a dinre-r. Pedple Are curious
to ascertain what measures of turf reform they will
suggest. Lieut.-Colonel Ousley Higgins, Major
Wortley, and James Merry, Esq., have consented
to preside on the occasion.
Entries for the Fitzwilliam Stakes.—Minn'e,
Queenstown, Fisherman, Princess Royal, Yeller
Gal, Old Tem, Saunterer, Mainstay, East Langton,
Fright, Arta, Vedette, Laxly Alice, Honeystick.

LATEST BETTING.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agEt Relapse (take 3to 1)
6to 1 agat ary other

ET LEG ER.
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7 to 4 agst Blink Bonny (offered)
7to 4 agst Ignoramus (offered)
10 to 1 agst any other
The lust race, the Fitzwilli3rn Stakes, will too at 1.304
,he Great Yorkshire Handiesp at 3.15.