The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-24 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

There will be two excellent meetings this week, one at
Stockbridge and the other at Newcastle. The programme
for the Newcastle meeting extends over three days, which
might well have been confined to two, as there are only
sixteen races set for decision.

The North Derby Stakes will not produce a large field.
If Yorkminster puts in an appearance he ought to be suc-
cessful. In his absence the stakes will go to Dictator, it he
has unproved on his Epsom form.
For the Members' Plate I prefer the chances of Gipsy
Girl and Cramond.

There are eighteen youngsters engaged in. the Tyro
Stakes, the best of which will be found in Birdhill and the
Physalis filly.

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backed for he is now at a very short price. He has
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carried the same stake off three times, therefore he knows
the ground well. His running when
he won the Wynnstay Handicap, and ran third for the
Stewards' Cup, in which he was beaten by Chere A mie
and Ben Webster, would prove him to be sound,
and I expect to see him carry it off for the
fourth time. Wildman, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b, forms one
of J. Osborne's lot, which also includes Desmond, 4 yrs,
6st 111 b, Rosamond, 4 yrs, Est 111 b, and Rapparee, 3 yrs,
sst 71b ; and as Wildman is not by any means overweiglited
he might obtain a place. Dilkoosh, East Stanley, Doefoot,
and Yorkminster are all in the same stable. Front the
movements in the market it would seem that Doefoot will
be the Simon Pure. She has now recovered her last ye ar's
form, and will be very close up at the finish. She is 'well
worth backing for a place. Syringe is very well in, but has
been bottled up too long for me to place any faith in. 3 're-
dieter is now numbered among the dead 'uns." Ras sley
will be an absentee. Joey Jones and. Wambat are both
very dangerous over this course, and from the very forward
position the latter occupied in the Oaks she might turn the
tables on the old horse. The winner, I anticipate, wi:(1 be
UNDERHAND,
followed closely by DoErooT and WOMBAT.

The Licensed Victuallers' Handicap should go to Bird-
lime or Gipsy Girl ; and the Gold Cup to Joey Jones or
Brassey. The Corporation Plate I shall not offer an opinion
on, as it greatly depends on the result of the previous races.
The Odihani handicap looks a good thing for Sandy Mac-
pherson or the best of Mr. Parr's, either Niger or Nuthatch.
The Hurstbourne Stakes may fall to the lot of Bolero, who
has a three pound penalty; the Manor Plate to Bookaloom,
and the Dogmersfield Park Stakes to the Queen of Spain.
The Stockbridge Biennial is the principal race at the
Bibury meeting. For itthirty-seven 2-year-olds are norni-
nted, and if the New Stakes competitors, Alvediston and
Buckstone,only meet again, and aro joined in the contest
by the reputed " crack " of Whitewall, Night Watch, and
by the " pet " of Sussex, Ashford, a race of surpassing
interest may he anticipated. The little Woodyates horse
will have a slight pull over the others in the weights,
as he takes a 31b untried allowance, which, however, places
him on 21b worse terms than he previously met Buckatone
at. Through Hippodamia or Carisbrook Whitewall can
measure Night Watch's pretensions to a nicety ; and as De-
ception can do the same for Ashford it will be well for those
who intend to speculate on this event to "follow the money,"
for in the event of the four joining in the contest, on which-
ever the ," pieces" are put down thickest, there may the
winner be looked for. Night 'Watch, it will be recollected,
is own brother to Flyby-night, being by The Flying
Dutchman out of The Flapper, by Touchstone ; and Ash-
ford is own brother to Sittingbourne, being by Chatham
out of The Landgravine. Buckstono and Alvediston will
fight their Ascot battle over again, and no doubt the come-
dian will turn the tables on his Ascot conqueror.
The Stockbridge programme contains ten races. The
entry for the £2OO Subscription Plate includes horses of all
ages, two year olds included, and the weights, which as-
sume the character of a handicap, stand thus :
Age st Ibi Ago st lb
Amsterdam
Gallus
Atb erstone
Lifeboat
Twilight
Rising Sun
Lupulus
High Treason .... 4 8 13 C by Rattle—Sin-
Faultless
Lord Palmerston 4 8 10 , Lord Clyde
Angelo
Lupus 3 8 8; Febrifuge
Ellerton
Seclusion
Farwater ..
Scrubbing Brush
Dangu
Robin Hood' 3 7 13 Sister to Cecilia .. 2 6 1
Bravo 7 13 F by Wild Dayrell
Antwerp

Last year Dundee won this race with such ridiculous
ease that it immediately installed him first favourite for the
Derby, a position he held even up to the time of starting.
On this occasion I expect to soe Lord Clyde or Fair-
water the winner.

For the Stand Plato the three-yr-olds have the worst of
the weights compared with the four-yr-olds, and those that
have shown the best form are Avalanche and Pretendant,
and one of them should furnish the winner.

For the Goodwood Stakes an investment on Starke may
prove remunerative, and the same remark applies to
Optimist for the Goodwood Cup.

A FRESH MAN.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY.

We had a fair amount of business done to-day, but prim
cipally on the Northumberland Plate, for which Under-
hand maintains his position as favourite, with more money
for him than could be got on at 3 to 1, but no disposition
was evinced to take less. Doefoot was very firm, and
Wombat, commencing at long shots, was very freely sup-
ported down to Bto 1. Joey Jones, Volatile, Syringe, and
Peggy Taft receded a little, which seemed only a neces-
sary consequence of the support given to the others,
while Upperhand and Yorkminster appear to have re-
ceived their quietus. 100 to 8 was offered on the
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NORTHUIII3ERLAND PLATE.
3to 1 agst Underhand (taken freely)
13 to 2 agst Doefoot (taken)
Bto 1 agst Wombat (taken)
10 to 1 agst Rosamond (taken freely)
10 to 1 agst Joey Jones (offered)
12 to 1 agst Volatile (taken and offered)
14 to 1 agst Peggy Taft (taken)
14 to 1 agst Syringe (taken)
16 to 1 agst Danae (offered)
16 to 1 agst Russley (offered)
30 to 1 agst Jim (taken)
100 to 1 agst Upperhand (taken)
100 to 1 agst Yorkminster (taken)

XS FOR 1861.

Stockbridge ....27
Winchester ............28

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Nottingham l6
Stamford ......
23
Southampton
29
Hartlepool , ......
Goodwood 30

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Radcliff° . • .
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Egham ...... ....20
Oxford ................22
York .................. 28
Plymouth ............ 29
VEBER.

Richmond ........... ' 21.
Leicester 25
"Walsall 25
Monmouth 26
Manchester Autumn.. • •27

Down Royal Corporation.. 24