The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

between Trovi.tore and Madame Eglantine. To see
the former run, Mr. J. Merry had arrived ex-
pressly from Glasgow, and according to the line
furnished by Thormanby at Epsom,.he considered
that he should first do the filly. The partisans of
the cherry jacket were, however, firm in their alle-
giance, and capped so assiduously to Madame that
she was made first favourite. One of those glorious
uncertainties which mark the Turf destroyed their
hopes, and upset the calculations of the Merry-men.
Madame Eglantine was very fretful and impatient,
and required a good deal of coaxing to make her
join her horses; she was led to the post by. G.
Manning, who loosened his hold the moment the
flag fell, when the mare instantly whipped round,
and, to the consternation of her backers, was left
behind. The race from the first was confined to
High Treason and Trovatore, the former proving
that the great reputation which preceded
hid inglorious exhibition at York had some
foundation in fact, by the style in which
he defeated Mr. Merry's colt. High Treason
is a fine, good-looking animal, albeit, like all the
Mildews, he is unable to stay. He was decidedly
third favourite; his principal supporter, who took
10 and 12 to 1 about him,. being the noble

lord whose recent liberal donation to the
Newmarket Race Fund has just been
acknowledged by the Jockey Club. The easy
success of Buccaneer for the Chesterfield caused
his elevation to the premiership for the Derby.
His pretensions must, however, be more severely
tested before I can place implicit faith in him for
the Epsom event. Seclusion was all "off," and this
fact her owner publicly declared before the race--
a most praiseworthy example, which I fear will
have few followers.

Mr. Topham allows no circumstance to diminish
the energy which he exerts to provide an attrac-
tive programme for the Liverpool July Meeting.
His efforts are not fully appreciated by the Liver-
poolians, who witness the result of his labours with
pleasure, but who refuse to contribute to the race
fund. Mr. Topham has the entire pecuniary re-
sponsibility of the undertaking on his own shoul-
ders; in addition to a heavy rental and enormous
taxcs, he has to find every farthing of the added
money to the different stakes. If, however, he'
charges an extra shilling or two for admission
to the Grand Stand, racing men, who share
the chief advantages of the campaign, most un-
reasonably grumbled at being called upon to supply
something towards carrying on the war. The list
for the three days comprises twenty items ; for the
Nursery Plate eighteen are handicapped, Madrid
and Mr. Barber's nominations seeming as worthy
of consideration as any thing. Should the Lady
Mary colt and Bankrupt show for the Bentinck
Testimonial they shall command my confidence.
For the Croxteth Handicap the two top weights,
Katherine Logic and Master Bagot are most
to my fancy. The Mersey Stakes lie between
Emily and Rattlebone
; the Corinthian Welter Cup,
a new item in the programme, may be won by either
Lifeboat or Zuyder Zee. Speculation on the
Liverpool Cup has been very unsettled, and is not
likely to be resumed in earnest until the numbers
are placed on the telegraph board. If Royal Sove-
reign possesses a tithe of that merit which it was
asserted he had before the Chester Cup, he surely
ought to win ; and, in coupling
him with
Paul I do not think I have made a bad
selection to represent my interest, but The Ancient
Briton can run when he likes, and it is just possible
he may pop his head in first.
Should Summerside and ACtieoll meet for the
Liverpool St. Leger the raw) will be somewhat in-
teresting. My partiality is for the mare.
A FRESH MAN.