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

SPO.RTING NOTES.

There will be two excellent meetings this week, one at
Stockbridge and the other at Newcastle. The programme
for the Newcastle eneeting extends over three days, which
might well have been confined to two, as there are only
sixteel races set for decision.
The North Derby Stakes will not produce a largo field.
If Yorkminster puts in an appearance he ought to be suc-
cessful. In his absence the stakes will go to Dictator, if he
has improved 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.
This brings me to the great event of the meeting—the
Northumberland Plate, for which there are twenty-seven
acceptances. Underhand, aged, Bst 121 b, has been installed
the favourite for some time, and from the money that he has
been backed for he is now at a very short price. He has
carried the same stake off three times, therefore he knows
the ground well. His running this season at Chester, when
he won the Wynnstay Handicap, and ran third for the
Stewards' Cup, in which ho was beaten by Chere Arnie
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 y rs, Est 111 b, and Rapparee, 3 yrs,
sst 71b ; and as Wildman is not by any means overweighted
he might obtain a place. Dilkoosh, East Stanley, Doefoot,
and Yorkminster are all in the same stable. From the
movements in the market it would seem that Doefoot will
be the Simon Pure. She has now recovered her last year'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. Pre-
dictor is now numbered among the " dead 'uns." Russley
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, mill be

UNDERHAND,
followed closely by DOBFOOT 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 Odiham handicap looks a good thing for Sandy Mac-
pherson or the best of Mr. Parr's, either Niger or Nuthatch.
The Hurstboutne 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 it thirty-seven 2-year-olds are nomi-'
nted, and if the New Stakes competitors, Alvediston and
Buckstone,only meet again, and are joined in the contest
by the reputed "crack" of Whitewall, Night Watch:6[lnd
by the "pet" of Sussex, Ashford, a race of surpassing
interest may be 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 Buckstone
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 Fly.by-night, being by The Flying
Dutchman out of The Flapper, by Touchstone ; and Ash-
ford is own brother to Sittingbourne, being by Chatham
cut of The Landgravine. Buckstone and Alvediston will
fight their Ascot battle over again, and no doubt the come-
dian will turn the tables on his A scot 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 •
sumo the character of a handicap, stand thus :

Age st lb Age st lb
Amsterdam .. 6 0 7 The Roe
Gallus
Atberstone .... .. 4 9 3 Farfalla 2 6 7
Lifeboat
Twilight
Risinc, Sun
Lupulus 4 9 1 Duneira 2 6 4
High Treason .... 1 S 13 c by Rattle—Sin-
Faultless ... .
Lord Palmerston 4 8 10 Lord Clyde
Angelo
Lupus 3 8 S Febrifuge
Ellerton 3 8 8 Marble Hill
Seclusion
Fairwater
Scrubbing Brush
Dangu .. 4 8 0 Margery 2 6 1
Robin Hood
Bravo 3 7 13 Fby 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 CI) de or Fair-
water the winner.

For the Stand Plate 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 cf business done to-day, but prin-
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-
poi ted 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
field for the Goodwood Stakes, but we saw no wager
recorded; and the business done on the St. Leger, with
the exception of a very few transactions, was confined to
Matador. Closing prices

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
3to 1 agst Underhand (taken freely)
13 to 2 agst D3efoot (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 ag,t Jim (taken)
100 to 1 agst Upperhand (taken)
100 to 1 agst Yorkminster (taken)

RACING FIXTI
.TU.

ORES FOR 1861.

Odiham 25 Stockbridge
Newcastle 25 Winchester 2B
Bibury Club. 26

JULY.

Newmarket
Carlisle
Worcester
Liverpool July .. 9
Abingdon
Pontefract ll

Nottingham 16
Stamford
Southampton 23
Hartlepool 29
Goodwood 3O