The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-20 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The success- of The Wizard last week has brought his
stable companion Klarikoff more prominently into the
manket for the Derby, and it will turn out that his trial
was all right after all. I have always entertained a high
opinion of this horse. From his action and staying powers
he is just the sort of animal to climb the Epsoin
hills, and if he does not pay his respects first to the judge
he will be nearer the winning horse than he was in the
Two Thousand. Last Tuesday one large north •country
bookmaker offered 3,.500 to 1,000 agst Mr. Merry's horse,
and 600 to 500 that Diophantus beats him "first past the
post." 4to 1 was frequently betted agst Dundee "on the
quiet," and the same odds taken about Lord Stamford's
horse. At first 25 to 1 was offered agst Kettleirum, who
was reported to have done no work since the Two Thou-
sand, but subsequently he was backed for upwards of X2OO
at 20 to 1. The horse has been indulged since he ran at
Newmarket, and has had a dose of physic, preparatory. to
being removed south to finish his preparation. King of
Kent, about whom as little as 20 to 1 was taken to money
in the course of the week, got a" settler" on Saturday. He
put his shoulder out in the morning, and the news was soon
flashed to London and Manchester, to those anxious to
"get a tenner." However, the real truth was soon " blazed"
in the City on Saturday, when a person who load been
"forestalled" let the murder out by offering "fifty pounds
to a cheroot" against him. The absence of much of the
metropolitan element from York was particularly notice-
able in the Ring, which was large enough, nevertheless,
for the number of backers, many of whom had an awful
time of it, as almost every favourite got bowled over.
Beyond the reduction to £5O of the Rawcliffe
Company's bonus to the stake named after their stud,
the only noticeable changes in the programme were
in the courses for The Flying Dutchman's Handicap
and Londesborough Cup, the distance for the former being
reduced from a mile and a half to a mile and a quarter, and
for the latter from one mile to the T.Y.C. All things con-
sidered, the sale of the Rawcliffe yearlings on Tuesday
morning was far more successful than for many years past,
and but for the niggardliness exhibited in making the at-
tractions of the sale sufficiently public—whether the fault
of the manager or the auctioneer is immaterial—the share-
holders of the Company would in all probability have had
a far larger dividend to receive. This week being Whit-
suntide, the cheap facilities of travel afforded by the various
railways will enable the pleasure folk of the metropolis to
enjoy a day or two's racing at either Bath, Manchester, or
Harpenden. The former will, doubtless, prove the most
attractive, now that we are on the eve cf the great Epsom
event, the speculation on which has lately been subject to
such extraordinary "chops and changes" that every one
who can manage at all is sure to be present at the "knock-
ing out" meeting, to learn the last move regarding the im-
pending drama, which has now so short a time to run. The
bill of fare issued by Mr. E. Reynolds is of an unusually
interesting character, no fewer than ten of the twelve items
to which it extends having already secured excellent entries.
Five horses are engaged in the Trial Stakes, the weights
for which stand thus :—Crater, 4 yrs, Pet llb ; Buccaneer,
4 yrs, Bst 81b; Paul Clifford, 3 yrs, 7st ; Cronstadt, 3 yrs,
fist 111 b ; and Lady Elizabeth, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b. Buccaneer,
in the absence of Crater, will prove the most trustworthy.
The runners for the Three Year Old Biennial may com-
prise Cashio, Russley, Camarino, Damascus, Antwerp,
Overstone, Vinegar Hill, Jingling Johnny, Lisbon, and
one of Lord Stamford's. I have not included Kildonan
or Big Ben, as they will, in all probability, be reserved for
the Derby. Russley has an allowance of 31bs, and he
ought to credit the stakes to Mr. Merry, his only dangerous
opponent being Damascus; who has greatly improved since
last year.
The Kelston Stakes has ten nominations, and I prefer
the -chance of Twilight. In the Two Year Old Biennial
there are forty-two youngsters engaged, but as Balerino
and Tolurno are amongst them, I need not look further for
the winner. In the Bath Handicap, Highflyer hag no
penalty for his performance last week at Salisbury, and to
him I leave the race.
The Somersetshire Stakes has an acceptance of forty-one,
comprising no fewer than twenty three-year-olds. Moor-
cock, Schism, Eskdale, Bumble Bee, Plumper, South
Australian, Farmer from Kerry, Russley, Anthem, Ipswich,
the Intimidation colt, and West End have the best of the
weights. Eskdale, if this is his journey, ought to have no
difficulty in disposing of the moderate lot that will oppose
him ; the next in my estimation being Bumble Bee and
the Intimidation colt.

Febrifuge, Patriot, and Discretion shall do duty for me
in the Weston Stakes, and I prefer them in the order
named.

There will be three days' sport at, Manchester, but the
majority of the events are scarcely worth noticing. In the
Union Cup, one' mile and a quarter, John Osborne's
stable is very threatening with Wildman and Sutton, and
if any beats the former it will be Man-at-Arms. In the
Sapling Stakes I expect to see Zetland perform better than
he did last week. If doomed to defeat it will be by Ethel.
Mr. Merry has Folkestone and St Irlight engaged in the
Manchester Produce Stakes, and whichever represents him
shall do the same for me. Ivanhoff, after his easy victory
at York, should have no difficulty in securing the Trades-
men's Cup,
The Harpenden Meeting takes place on Friday, but as
nearly all the horses engaged belong to two or three stables
they are not worth offering an opinion en by
A FRESH MAN.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY.
There was ;not much business done to-day. For the
Derby, Dundee improving since yesterday, was supported
at 7 to 2, and that, with the exception of King of Kent,
was the only change noticeable in the front division.
Almost any price could have been got against outsiders,
ataongsL whom we must now place Big Ben and King of
Kent. 1,000 to 10 was laid against the former, and freely
offered against the latter. 1,000 to 10 was offered against
any of Scott's lot bar one. For the Somersetshire Stakes
the only animal that we saw supported was Bumble Bee at
6 to 1, although West End and Moorcock had their friends,
but the price wanted could not be obtained ; and very little
more was done on any of the Manchester events.—Closing
prices :

THE DERBY.
7to 2 aget Dundee (taken)
sto 1 aget Diophantus (offered)
Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken)
810 1 agst Rouge Dragon (offered)
10 to 1 agst Kildonan (offered, take 11)
13 to 1 agst Dictator (taken)
20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken)
20 to 1 agst Imaus (taken)
50 to 1 agst Royalieu (offered, take 66)
66 to 1 aget Grouse (taken)
100 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken)
100 to 1 agst King of Kent (offered)
100 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (offered)
100 to 1 agat Robin Hood (offered)

503iERSETSHIRE STAKES.
6to 1 agst Bumblee Bee (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst West End (offered)
10 to 1 agst Moorcock (offered)

UNION CUP.
10 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken)
10 to 1 agst Flirtation (taken)

TRADESMEN'S CUP.
3to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS,

May 16, at 6 p.m.—Ariadne, out of Manchester engage-
ments.

May 17, at 4.40 p.m.—All Mr. Ten Broeck's horses, out
of all handicaps published in the calendar up to this date.
May 17, at 1 p m.—To the Clerk of the Scales and Judge
at Salisbury, Cronstadt, out of his engagements standing
in Lord Portsmouth's name.
_ _

May 18, at 9 a.m.—Oxford, out of his Manchester en-
gagements.

The Northumberland Plate has closed with 61 sub-
scribers.
The Ascot Stakes win close to-morrow.
MANCHESTER RACES.—Master Begot, Jack Spring,
Ripon, Cheesecake, Ariadne, Dover, Waterford, Sparrow
Hawk, Edmund Kean, Pounce, and Wkitewell are struck
out of the Union Cup. Cheesecake, Oxford, Sparrow
Hawk, Ramesis, and Whitewell out of the Trafford Handi-
cap.

THE GREAT EBOH HANDICAP.—There are already 39
subscribers to this race, which closes to-morrow.
The race•horse duty for the year ending April 5, 1862
has been paid on 117 horses.

rRES FOR 1861.

I Harpenden
f Epsom 2B
'NE.

Odihani 25
Newcastle 25
Bibury Club 26
Stockbridge ....27
Winchester ............ 28

rLy.
Nottingham l6
Stamford lB
Southampton 23
Hartlepool , 29
I Goodwood 3O

UST.
Radcliffe ..............19
Egham ................ 20
Oxford ...............22
York ................ 28
Plymouth ........... ...
... 29
ÜBER.

Itiehmoua 24
Leicester .......... 25
Walsall 25
Monmouth 26
Manchester Autumn 27
1BER:

Newmarket Hitle Isis 1,28

THE 21IONSTROUS SCALE 01 THE

PUBLIC .EXP.ENDITURE.

(Fropt. the Money 41forket Revive.)
We have more than once called attention to the
vast unproductive expenditure which is going on
—not only on the continent but in this country. It
is sapping the foundations of .material prosperity,
and, if continued only for two or three years longer,
will bring about an amount of _discontent which a
wise Government would do well to avert by timely
retrenchment. The amount of taxation raised in
this country is something monstrous, and, if we
mistake not, is more in the aggregate than the
public have any idea of. By an official paper we
perceive that there were in the Banks of England
and Ireland :
ExlcB6hle,qaumerouCnatsehd
tßoalances on 31st March,
1860, amounted to
year L 7
The Revenue for the
ending 31st March, '983 '3O
73,614,880

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wenotslyi7t4,he92a2,c9t2uo. al expenditurtheeexpenditurefo the y
of
the year 1860-1 amounted to the huge sum of
£1,422,000 per week. That expenditure is still
going on, and yet people wonder at money being
scarce ! The fact is, capital is being absorbed far
too largely by the expenses of the State. This is
further proved if, as Mr. Gladstone recently ob-
served, we are spending £20,000,000 per annum
more than we did a few years ago. Surely, as the
people of England and France are about to enter
into closer commercial relations, it is high time that
the two Governments should come to some definite
understanding with regard to reducing their re-
spective armaments, and, as a consequence, their
expenditure. How else is commerce to be extended ?
The troubles which have broken out in America
render it the more imperative that the most cordial
and intimate understanding should exist between
England and France. It seems to us that England
ought to look with jealousy ,upon the amount (short
of a really excessive amount) of land force which
France may deem it necessary to maintain, but she
has every reason to be jealous and watchful as re-
gards the increase in the French navy. Surely
some arrangement might be arrived at between the
two Governments on these points.
As daily witnesses of the anxieties of those con-
cerned in commerce, we are not merely serving the
cause of our constituents in advocating retrenchment,
but that of good government and peace. There is a
general and bitter complaint of the state of trade,
and of the limited amount of expenditure that is
going on among private individuals as compared
with ordinary times. The shopkeeping class
especially suffer, and, through them, the
wholsale houses. The scale of the national
expenditure fully accounts for this. No one but
those who dive beneath the surface can, perhaps,
appreciate the effect of an additional 10 or 20 mil-
lions per annum being abstracted from the pockets
of the people for unproductive expenditure. It is
precisely this active money which, spent by the
public at home in comforts (or luxuries if you will)
would cause activity in our home trade, and vivify
commerce.

The mere working of the machine of Government
is absorbing a far larger amount of capital than can
be spared by the money market, or by our internal
or foreign trade. Individuals are obliged to spend
less, because the State spends more. In all ages
this has been accounted a lamentable symptom.
It is a system which cannot be permanent, because
in the end it must exhaust the country, and then be
corrected. But is it not better to correct the evil
before the process of exhaustion is completed ? We
must say we are surprised at the lukewarmness dis-
played in this vital matter by the representatives of
commercial constituencies in the House of Commons.
Rarely is anything heard when millions are being
voted away, save a feeble remonstrance. As to rival
cabinets, the race between Whig and Tory seems to
be as to wnich can spend money the faster or pile
up the higher the already vast expenditure in the
annual balance sheet. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer simultaneously deprecates the present scale
of public expenditure, and sanctions it; whilst
Lord Palmerston, a,mocking master of the situa-
tion, is applauded vigorously by the official
claqueurs, when he turns aside by some poor jest
remonstrances which swell up from the very heart
of the nation.