The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-29 00:00:00

EVENING, APRIL 29, 1850.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
[Horses to which an asterisk is prefixed are either at
Newmarket, or on their road.]
MONDAY.
501. for four years old, Tat 101 h; five, Sat 91b; six and
aged, 9st. Last three miles of B.C.
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs old, 7st;
four, Bst 91b; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 41b. D.M.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, if de-
dared, &c., for three yrs old and upwards. T. Y. C.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for three years old colts,
Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold fur
2001., &c. T. Y. C.
Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for four yrs old
colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. Cesarewitch course.
(7 Subs.)—*Colonel Anson's Dm Juan—*Sir J. Haw-
ley's Queensberry—*Lord Suffield's Fleece— 4Duke of
Bedford's Beauvale—*Mr. Combe's b c the Count—
*Mr. R. H. Nevili's Letitia—" Lord Eglinton's Solon.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old.
D.M. (3 Subs.)—*Mr. Stevens'. Knigtt of Gwynne,
Sat 71b—Mr. Rsmsbottom's Manufacturer, Bst—*Dulp9
of Richmond's Harum Scarum, 7st 121 b.
Match, 200, h ft. D.M.—*Mr. Gordon's William the
Conqueror, Set 71b, agst *Lord W. Powlett's c by John
o' Gaunt, out of Ma Mie's dam, Sat 41b.
Match, 300, 501. ft. T.YC.—*Lord Clifden's Surplice,
Bst 10114 agat Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, ist 151 b.

SIR,-

upwards. D.M.—Beauclere, 5 yrs—b c by Lanereost,
out of Concertina, 3 yrs—Knight-of Gwynne, 3 yrs.
Sweepstakes for three yrs old; ; winner to be
sold for 200:., tkc.—Osbaldeston, Falcon, Diligence, b c
by the Nob out of Harmony.
William the Conqueror reef lees from the John
o'Gaunt colt.
Arrivals—Be ehunter, William the Conqueror, Pits-
ford, Moultan, California, Osbaldeston, Queensberry,
Thornhill, &c.
CURRAGH APRIL MEETING.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26.—The meeting terminated this
day. The weather was as fine as could be desired,
and the racing much better than on any day during the
week.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, h ft, with 30 added.
Mr.:A tkinson's ch h The Poacher, aged,7st 91b (Lilly) 1
Mr. Irwin's ch h Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 9et 101b...(Wynne) 2
Sir T. Burke's eh c Ormsby, 4 yrs, 7st Illb (Jones) 3
Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (E. Keegan) 0
Ld Waterford's b c Whiteboy, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Doyle jun) 0
Her Majesty's Plate for 100 Guineas, for mares; weight
for age. NA
Mr. Courtenay's gr f Caprice, 3 yrs (E. Keegan) 1
Mr. Watt's b f Marchioness d'Eu, 3 yrs (J. Wynne) 2
Lord Howth's ch f Alma, 3 yrs (Monahan) 0
Ld Waterford's ch f Queen Margaret, 3 yrs(Doyle j un) 0
Mr. Murphy's oh f byTearaway—Zulims,3yrs(Dunne) 0
Mr. Walsh's b m Panic, aged (Foley) 0

Captain Haworth's ch naß;roness, 4 yrs (Chifney) 0
Mr. Wallace's br f Dark-haired Girl, 3 yrs (Whelan) 0
Mr. Irwin's Sweet Norah, 3 yrs (Lynch) 0
Mr. Davies's bl f Make Safe, 3 yrs (Taylor) 0
Mr. J. W. Murphy's br f Consuella, 3 yrs (Fallon) 0
Mr. J. Hyland's b m Allegretto, 5 yrs (Wynne) 0
Second Class Madrid Stakes, for 3 yrs old; 25 sous. each.
Mr. G. Power's b c Bullion, 7st 21b (E. Keegan) 1
Mr. Williamson's b c Larry's the Lad, 7st 31b . 2
Mr. Disney's b c Conveyor, 7st 81b ...........(Lilly) 0
Mr. M'Cormick's ch c Louis Philippe, 7st 51b 0
Mr. Knox's br c St. John, 7st 51b . (Foley) 0
Sir Thomas Burke's oh fby Birdcatcher, 6st 101 b ... 0
The Corinthian Stakes, 10 soya. each, h ft, 25 soya. added.
Lord Waterford's Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs, 12st 91b 1 0
Captain Lane's b m The Darter, 5 yrs, 12st 91b... 2 1
Mr. Quinn's ch h Farewell, 5 yrs, 12st 21b
Mr. Irwin's Queen of Kildare, 4 yrs, lOst

SPORTING NOTES.

No. 5.

A GLANCE AT THE RACING SEASON OF 1850

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

" 'Tis now the hour that must proclaim
The life or death of my prophetic fame."
Brnox.

" The English nation loves a horse ;
Adores a race, and likes a bet of course."
TIIE RING.
• " We justly boast
At least superior jockeyship, and claim-
The honours of the turf as all our own !"
CGWPER.
"Not those fam'd mares which erst the prophet bore,
Nor those tierce steeds Achilles lashed of yore;
Nor all which ever spurn'd Olympic dust,
Tho' sung by Pinder s self, and ta'en on trust
By after ages-could compete with ours
For swiftness, courage, and enduring powers."
THE RING.

"I do love RACING, 'tis a noble sport ;
'Tis manly, joyous, and exhilarating;
I'll bet a dozen of old bee's-wing port,
You'll not name one that's half so animating."
TILE SPORTSMAN.
"Age cannot wither it, nor custom stale
Its infinite variety."

SHAKSPERE.

"In this one passion man can strength enjoy,
As fits give vigour just when they destroy;
Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand,
Yet tames not this ; it sticks to the last eand."— PorE,

" It is the deep and mystic hour,
When nature sinks into repose,"
hat finds me weaving out the threads of fate, reviewing the
past's eventful page,
" And noting, ere they fade away,
The little lines of yesterday."
In other words, as the first act of the racing drama of 1850 has
just closed, and moreover, as we are rapidly ap-roaching the
time appointed for the decision of the 2,000 and 1,000
Guineas Stakes, very properly termed the keys to the Derby
and Oaks, I conceived it very possible that those who take
The Spirit for their guide might wish to have a little ge-
neral spiritual advice touching the disposition of their
purses souls; in consequence, I resolved on devoting one or
two of the small hours, when Creation sleeps (a few
hours after gas-rise, being highly preferable to any time
after sun-rise, for vaticinatory and reflective, as well as for
poetical and other purposes) to the publication of a
page or two from the " book and volume of my sporting
brain," believing I can furnish a few ideas and
memoranda that at the present time may considerably as-
sist the sporting public in arriving at the solution of certain
turf problems, now involved in considerable doubt and
mystery.
Beginning with the
PAST.
Nothing of sufficient importance having occurred at Liver-
pool or Warwick, to claim my particular attention, I must
leap over them, and one or two other small meetings, to that
judgment
and Northampton, where the' first great contest of
and opinion was fought, much to the disadvantage of the ad-
mirers of the favourite theory, who were bowled over in
nearly every instance; but
" Fortune's a changeful jade, a steed whose rein
Requires an iron hand. Al times the boldest rider
Is unhorsed, left in the deepest mire : anon
A child may guide her ;"
as the triumphs of the cracks in the forthcoming week will
testify.
Collingwood was the first trump card played off at North-
ampton. He won the Trial Stakes there as easily as he has
since won the Lansdown Trial Stakes at Bath, both perform-
ances being accomplished almost without an effort. He has
been backed quietly for the Chester Cup to win a good round
sum ; and if Peep-o'-day Boy's chance of winning
that stake is good, his is much better—at least I think so.
The running for the Harlestone Prodnce and Great
Northamptonshire Stakes was far from being true;
as I remarked in No. 111. of these Sporting
Notes, Bee Hunter's defeat by Clelia for the former stake,
was attributable "to the state of the ground and drawing
the race too fine ;" and the success of Priestess, 4 yrs, Est 101 b,
over Chantrey, 4 yrs, Est 131 b, and Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st, in the
race for the latter stake, was owing, at least so far as
Osterly is concerned, to the curious style in which Mr. Hill's
horse was handled; he began by almost running away, cut-
ting out the work at a great pace, then charging the Hill a
la Tartar, was completely pumped out by the time he was
half way up the distance, and Priestess, well in hand, won by
a length from Chantrey, who had a head the best of Oster-
ley ; this trio will be heard of to considerable advantage ere
many months have passed away.
The filly by Slane, out of Receipt, one of the Bretby stud,
lately purchased by Mr. Ford of Lori Chesterfield (for Mr.
C. G. Kemys Tynte, I believe) won the Althorpe Park
Stakes in a canter by three lengths, in 44 seconds; one of
the most extraordinary performances on record, beating Pres-
tige (a known fast one), and Buckhound (said to be
the best of the Goodwood youngsters) in the easiest style
imaginable.
Penang, another member of the Bretby stud, won the
Belvoir Castle Stakes, at Crofton Park, with great ease,
beating Confidence, and two others; he has materially im-
proved since last year, will do a good thing some of these days,
but I am afraid is of no use for the Derby.
Backbiter, after winning the Granby Handicap with lOst
1 llb up, proved to the world that for once he was in form,
by winning the (great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom, carry-
ing 7.,t 31b (a very easy weight for a 5-year old), a neck from
Mounseer, 4 yrs, Est 101 b ; Cheerful, 4 yrs, 6st, losing the
second place by a length.
Buckhound won the Epsom Two-year-old Stake in a style
that speaks volumes for his superiors, Prestige and the Slave

filly. -
The Newmarket Craven Meeting, in the " good old times,"
commenced what has since been termed the " legitimate
racing season ;" but now-a-days Northampton and Epsom
anticipate it in that respect.
The first gathering at head• quarters was rendered pecu-
liarly interesting by the signal defeat of Mickleton and Clelia
(who ran fourth and fifth) for the Column Stakes, Longinus
and Cariboo having the race to themselves, the former win-
ning by a head! Cranberry a bad third. This of course
settles Mickleton's, Cariboo's, and Cranberry's chances for ,
the Derby, and Clelia's for the Oaks ; Longinus being cle-
verly defeated the following day by Nutshell in the spin for
the 100 sow. Stakes.
The race for the Newmarket Handicap, the truestrun this
year was won by Cheerful, 4 yrs, sst 121 b, from end to end,
nothing having a chance with her, except the Knighth of
Gwynne, 3 yrs, sst 11b, and Herbert, 4 yrs, st oth,
however, cleverly disposed of.
Hardinge and Officious, respectively, won a couple of
stakes ; the former beating Nutcracker and Tomboy in a very
slovenly manner ; and ,bent atter Abdallah and Falcon, in
her usual off-hand styl a common canter, by several
lengths.
erfection, so far as trainingOsterley, the pitch of p a
goes, won the Port Stakes' cleverly, after a very true run
race with Lady Evelyn, by half a length ; this, of course,
annihilates her ladyship's chance at Chester.
The Somersetshire Stakes at Bath, thanks to Halo's break
down, was a coup de fortune for Mr. Drinkald with his
Sauter-ht-Coup ; and the Dyrham Park Stakesis easytoposaitnnin th
wine
for Deicoon, without however improving his
Derby market.
It is peculiarly remarkable how unfortunate I have been
this year in my predictions on the three great handicaps,
although singularly successful on all other races. 3
For the Northamptonshire I selected Osterley to win, and
Chantrey to fill the second place ; the reckless manner in
which Osterley was handled sent him past the post a good
third; Chantrey, however, was second.
For the Metropolitan I placed Cheerful first and Moun-
seer second; here again I was right with respect to the
second horse, but through the wretched pace at which
the race was run, I was made anything but cheer-
ful by seeing my primal choice third. And as if to
reach the acme of contrarieties, the race for the Newmarket
Handicap, the truest run this year, ended by placing Cheerful
and Herbert first and third ; the very animals whom I had
selected to be second and third; but

"Fortune at my time of life,
Although a female moderately fickle,
Will hardly leave me (as she's not my wife)
For any length of days in such a pickle,
To strive to with our fate were such a strife
As if the corn-sheaf should oppose the sickle :
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men."

Having touched on the past as much as the limits of this
epistle will allow of; before plunging into the future, I have
a few words to say on the

PRESENT
state of the betting market, which, just now, is in a highly
sensitive condition. Rumour, with her hundred tongues, is
hard at work on the merits and conditions of various high-bred
cattle; reports are rife, telling how Pitsford has beaten Os-
terley at even weights; how Mayors gave the DutchmClincher, an his
work to do; how Ghillie Callum is coughing; how
on the strength of his trial with Cariboo, to whom he gave
101bs and a beating, is a wonder; how BHuntert is not up
to the mark ; how Bolingbroke, enormous
stride, looks and goes as well as his most ar-
dent admirers could wish ; how John Day is to produce
the winners of the 2,000 Guineas and Chester Cup; how
John Cosser is to do wonders in the race for the Coop ; how
Wagner is a rare thing fur the Derby; and how Woodlark
may tune up merrily on the banks of the Dee. This, and
much more, has made the betting very feverish. For the
Guineas, Pitsford, after many ups and downs, was last night
once pore elevated to the preraiellhiP ; Dee Hunter gotting