The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-11 00:00:00

THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING,

Bell's Life.—Fifty Soy& Sweepstakes: Restitu-
tion. Free Handicap : Matthew Dawson's and the
Van Amburgh stables. Fillies Sweepstakes : Nyanza.
Colts' Sweepstakes: Courtmantle. The Biennial :
Blue Gown. Newmarket Handicap : Mauceuvre
filly. Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl. Claret Stakes :
Friponnier. Ninth Biennial : Julius.
Sporting Gazette.—Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs.: Res-
titution or Brother to Knight of the Crescent.
Tenth Biennial Stakes : Blue Gown. Newmarket
Handicap : Manoeuvre filly and Beauclerk. Sweep-
stakes of 100 Sovs. : Courtmantle. Sale Sakes :
Osprey or Pyrenees. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.:
Nyanza or Miracle. Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl.
The Era.—Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs. : Restitu-
tion. Free Handicap Sweepstakes : Melbourne and
Cawdor, Tenth Biennial Stakes : .Blue Gown.
Sweepstakes of 100 Sivs. : Nyanza. Sale Stakes :
Pyrenees. Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl. New-
market Handicap : Beauclerk and a Longchamps.
Sweepstakes of 25 Sovs.: Brother to Lure. Column
Stakes: Ma,esllwch. Selling Sweepstakes: Com-
missioner. Three Year Old Sweepstakes of 50
Sovs. : Pyrenees. Ninth Biennial Stakes : Julius.
Claret Stakes : Friponnier. S•,reepstakes of 50
Sovs., R. 11.: Lady Coventry or Speculum. Port
Stakes : Julius. Bennington Stakes : Charnw•ood.
The Sportsman.•—Fifty Soya. Sweepstakes : Res-
titution. Free Handicap Sweepstakes : Matthew
Dawson's stable and Jeanie Deans. Sweepstakes
of 100 Sovs.: The Parson. Tenth Newmarket
Biennial : Blue Gown or Suffolk. Newmarket Han-
dicap: Miss Sarah colt and Mr. Savile's best. Sweep-
stakes of 100 Sovs.: Nyanza. Beacon Stakes :
Flower Girl. •

SPorting Life.—Fifty Sovs. Sweepstakes : Resti-
tution. Tenth Newmarket Biennial : Blue Gown.
Newmarket Handicap : Manoeuvre filly and Blue-
skin ; Montagnard and Beauclerk for place. Sweep-
stakes of 100 Soya.: Court Mantle. Sale Stakes
Pyrenees. Sweepstakes of 100 Soya.: Nyanza.
Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl. Sweepstakes of 25
Sovs.: Artesian. Two Year Old Sweepstakes of
25 Sovs. each : Brother to Poleaxe or Lure. Column
Stakes : Sunbeam colt. Three Year Old Sweep-
stakes of 50 Soya.: Pearlfeather. Fillies' Sweep-
stakes of 50 Soya.: St. Angela or Pyrenees. Four
Year Old Biennial: Julius.

Sunday Times.—Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs. : Res-
titution. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: Sir David
Gain. Tenth Biennial : Blue Gown. Sale Stakes :
Pyrenees. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: Nyanza.
Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl. Newmarket Handi-
cap : Manceuvre filly and Blueskin ; Beauclerk
and the French representative for place. Sweep-
stakes of 25 Sovs.: Artesian. Column Stakes :
Sunbeam colt or Maesllwch. Two Year Old Sweep-
stakes of 50 Sovs.: Pearlfeather and St. Angela.
Three Year Old Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs. : Sun-
beam colt. Ninth Biennial : Julius. Claret Stakes :
Friponnier. Abingdon Stakes : Sister to Hermit.
Bennington Stakes : Sunbeam colt.
Sporting Times.—Free Handicap Sweepstakes
Ischia filly. Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs.: Restitution
or Citron. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.: The Parson.
Sale Stakes : Osprey. Newmarket Handicap: Beau-
clerk and Nyanza ; Pyrrhic and Guy of Warwick
for place. Tenth biennial Stakes : Blue Gown.
Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs. : Nyanza. Beacon Stakes:
Flower Girl. Sweepstakes of 25 Sovs. : Artesian.
Column Stakes : Maesllwch. Sweepstakes of 50
Sovs.: Pearlfeather. Aske Produce Stakes : Queen
of Beauty. Abingdon Stakes : Armada or North
Lincoln filly. Ninth Biennial Stakes : Julius. Ben-
nington Stakes : Herald. 100 Sovs. Sweepstakes :
Pace or King Alfred. Port Stakes : Julius.
Weekly Times.—Sweepstakes of 50 Sovs.: Knight
of the Crescent. Newmarket Handicap : Mauceuvre
filly or Mr. Savile's representative. Tenth Biennial
Stakes : The Earl: Beacon Stakes : Flower Girl
or North Lincoln colt. Sale Stakes : Pyrenees.
Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs. : Courtmautle or The
Parson. Sweepstakes of 25 Sovs.: Artesian. The
Column Stakes : Maesllwch. Aske Produce Stakes:
Queen of Beauty. Abingdon Stakes : Sister to
Hermit. Claret Stakes : Wroughton or Dragon.
Port Stakes : Vauban.

SPURTING

(From the Sporting Gazette.)

The first meeting at head-quarters for 1868 takes
place in the ensuing week, with a fairly filled list,
the prominent features of Which are, as usual, the
Free Handicap Sweepstakes, with 200 sovs added,
the Newmarket Handicap, the Three Year Old
Biennial, the Beacon Stakes, the Four Year Old
Biennial, the Claret, the Port, and the Bennington
Stakes, in which are engaged several horses, the
performances of whom will afford a pretty reliable
guide to the future, in respect not only of the
Two Thousand and the Derby, but of many other
most important events in enibr)o. Thelist for Mon-
day contains six races and two matches ; but, as at
the time of my writing, owing to the required num-
ber not having accepted for the Free Handicap,only
one race—viz., the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, for
three year olds—remains for discussion, my task
for the " opening day" is comparatively light.
In the Sweepstakes named, which is run on the
Rowley Mile, seven horses are engaged, including
Brother to Knight of the Crescent, Restitution,
Naivete, and Coup d'Eclat, besides Citron, Papil-
lon, and Cork Jacket, all of whom take a 41b allow-
ance, and consequently meet on equal terms. Only
the first named has run this year, and he showed
fair form on each occasion of his three performances.
Restitution is a remarkably good-looking horse, by
King Tom out of Lady Louisa by Touchstone, her
dam by Lanercost out of Caroline by Whisker.
This colt is consequently out of the dam of Orest,
who, being a fair horse himself, Restitution ought
to race. Coup d'Eclat was tried to be a good filly
with Bounceaway last year, but failed to run so
well as Prince Soltykoff anticipated, as she only
won two of the ten races in which she started.
The several performances of Citron, Papillon, and
Cork Jacket have been equally indifferent, conse-
quently I consider the race a "moral" for either
RESTITUTION or Brother to Knight of the Crescent,
the former of whom ought to achieve an easy vic-
tory if worthy of the support he has lately received
for the Two 'Thousand and Derby.
In the Match between Retty and PUFF, I prefer
the chance of the latter.

On Tuesday two of the most important events of
the meeting will be brought to issue—viz., the three
Year Old Biennial and the Newmarket Handicap,
which, together with the Beacon Stakes, the Sale
Stakes, a Sweepstakes for three year olds, a Two
Year Old Plate, a Selling Sweepstakes, and the
Match between Bounceaway and Bel Giorno, will
make up the best day's racing of the five. There
are seventy-two nominations to the Biennial, but
the field will, nevertheless, not exceed a dozen.

It is not improbable that Danebury will have two
representatives—viz., The Earl and Herald, but if
it be true that the former was easily beaten by
Silenus in their trial, which the state of the market
on the Two Thousand and Derby hardly leaves
any room to doubt, neither has any chance of being
enrolled the winner of this rich prize. The Earl
unquestionably distinguished himself on or three
occasions last year, but Herald, as we saw at the
Duke of Beaufort's sale, has improved considerably,
but his easy defeat by Idalia and Hatchment in the
Ham Stakes, at Goodwood, showed him to hardly
possess second class form, which will not do in such
company as Blue Gown, Suffolk, and others, likely
to be opposed to him here. Baron Rothschild has
also two to chose from in Suffolk and King Alfred ;
but I presume the first named will be the trusted one
this journey, as through him the Baron will be en-
abled to judge of wl.lll-. chance Restitution pos-
sesses for the Two Thousand. My conviction is
that Suffolk will be compelled to succumb to BLUE
GoWN, whose easy success I anticipate.
Though there are forty-four acceptances for the
Newmarket Handicap, the field will hardly reach a
dozen. The Miss Sarah colt is one of the best look-
ing horses at Newmarket, and has shown good form
on two or three occasions, having won the Queen's
Plate, at Doncaster, beating Goodwood and Lec-
turer ; whilst at the Newmarket Houghton Meeting
he finished only a neck behind The Palmer and
Julius, iJA their celehrAted dead hot for the free

Handicap (across the flat), receiving 31b from The
Palmer, and 91b from the -Cesarewitch winner.
Good as these performances are, I, however, ques-
tion his ability to get quite home under such a
heavy impost as Bst 121 b, as the finish of this race
is all against collar. Longchamps is another horse
that has shown fair form, as he beat Hermit, Man-
drake, Taraban, and Jasper for the Newmarket
Derby ; but that performance, nevertheless, cannot
be regarded as a very brilliant one, seeing that he re-
ceived a stone from Hermit, and 71b from each of the
others. It must, however, be borne in mind that
this race was run on the last mile and a half of the
Beacon Course, which shows that he can get up hill
well, and on that account must be formidable, par-
ticularly if he carries Count Lagrange's colours in
preference to Mintagnard, whicli is very likely to
be thecase, as the latter is held safe by the Manoeuvre
filly, whom he. has to meet on 31b worse terms than
at Epsom. The Peer is nicely weighted, au lif he
has returned to the form he shiwc.l 1 Lst spring, .1
should not look beyond him for the winner. Porter's
Knot and Bagpipe represent the same interest, and
I prefer the former, for although he never got his head
first in any of the eleven races he ran last year, he
was second on four occasions—viz., to Pericles,
in a Subscription Plate, at Newma.rk,4 ; to
Monitor in the Stand Plate, at Reading ; to
Viridis, in the Oatlauds Plate, at New►nar-
ket; and to Sweet Anne, in a Sweepstakes
across the flat, also at Newmarket. Being a large
horse, there was so much room for improvement in
him that it is far from improbable his emulating
the performance of Leases last year, who was also
trained by Peter Price. In reference to the colt by
Romulus out of Attack, the race would be a gift to
him if he would only " try" in public as well as in
private; but as he wont do so, there is no hope for
him. The De Clare gelding and Guy of Warwick
will find the company too good. Beauclerck is
fancied at Newmarket,. but like the Attack colt he
has neverrun up to the form he has shown at home.
His best race was running third to Pintail and
Tourmalin for a Free Handicap on the last two
miles of the Cesarewitch Course, receiving from the
winner 241 b, and from Tourmalin 371 b, which is
not very bright form; but as he has no such stayers
to meet on this occasion, his chance of winning
must be a great one, with such a lenient weight
as Gst bib. The filly by Malcolm out of Manoeuvre
showed at Epsom that she can stay, and if her
owner, who, I am told, has not backed her, only makes
np his mind to send her to the post, she holds Mr.
Savile's pair so safe that I need not further refer to
them. It will be thus seen that I consider Long-
champs, The Peer, Porter's Knot, Beauclerk, and
the Manoeuvre filly all to have an excellent chance ;
but that

THE MAN(EUVRE FILLY AND BEAUCLERK
are entitled to the preference, owing to the lenient
weight they have .to carry.

In the 100 Sovs Sweepstakes (D.M.) there aro
eight three year olds engaged, including COURT-
MANTLE, The Parson, and Sir David Gam, for the
first named of whom it is a " certainty," if tie will
only do his best.

The eleven horses entered in the Sale Stakes are
so moderate that 1 can select nothing better than
OSPREY or PYRENEES to supply the winner.
In the 100 Sovereign Sweepstakes for fillies, five
of the six are engaged, and it looks a " good
thing " for either MIRACLE or NYANZA, for the
latter of whom I have most fair 3y.

In the Beacon Stakes (last half mile of the 8.C.)
thirteen youngsters are engaged, including Flower
Girl, Little Lord, Sister to Veda, Badsworth, and
Workman, all of whom we have seen run, but
FLOWER GIRL is so much the best that I must take
her to furnish the winner ; Badsworth, who was
not quite fit at Epsom, being her most troublesome
opponent.

Wednesday is a very unimportant day from pre-
sent appearances, the old Column being reduced to
a match between Maesllwch and the noisy Sun-
beam colt or Picnic, so that Mr. Hodgman has a
really good chance of getting back the greater por-
tion of the money he gave for the filly at Ascot.
There are two other three year old Sweepstakes
on the off day, resting between St. Angela and
Pyrenees, and Pearlfeather and Thorsgill ; and we
shall take the first named for choice in each
instance.

ThurSday's list boasts nine completed races, but
the majority are of the most insignificant character,
the cattle in a couple of 100 sous Sweepstakes and
the Aske Produce Stakes being so bad that it would
be ridiculous to make selections from them.

The Claret will provoke a race, because Fripon-
nier was amiss not long ago, and the second saves
his stake. It is singular that the lot engaged to
run this " D. 1." are reputed to be non-stayers, with
the exception of the young Melbourne colt, and he
has ever been troubled with the slows. Sir Oliver
and Pirate Chief can scarcely get half the course,
and probably only Wroughton and Dragon will go
in for the second money, or the off chance of bowl-
ing over Friponnier, who should, however, outstay
all comers, and credit Mr. Pryor with the stake.
The Ninth Biennial, on the same course, has a
better entry. Vauban and The Hermit being in
the same interest, will not both be wanted now,
and the latter's match with Julius may keep him at
home ; but " with a run" we shall stand by Julius
to beat Vauban. Both the latter being in Friday's
Port Stakes, perhaps their owners will arrange so
as they shall not meet, as one will look very like a
certainty in the absence of the other.

Notwithstanding the resume of the meeting at
66 head-quarters," racing will be carried on
during the week at Durham, Lichfield, Knighton,
Kingsbury and Hendon, Aberystwith, Isle of Wight,
and Beverley. Durham takes place on Monday
and Tuesday, when a well filled list gives pro-
mise of some most interesting racing, as most of the
northern stables will send representatives to the
jneeting• There are sixteen acceptances for the
Durham Handicap, for which I consider LIBERAL,
4 yrs, 7st 41b, and Miss Osborne, 3 yrs, 7st, to have
the best chance ; and of tbo twenty-four horses
weighted for the Corporation Plate I consider
WARWICK, 5 yrs, 7st 51b, and Zingari, 3 yrs, sst
91b, to be best in.

In the Elemore Stakes nineteen youngsters are
engaged nearly all of whom are dark. Clarionette,
from the form she showed in the Ravensworth
Stakes, at Newcastle, is bound to run well, and I
must couple her with NUMBER NIP and Retort to
furnish the winner. The former was not quite fit
when he ran at Lincoln, and I hear a very flattering
account of Retort, who is by Kettledrum or Little
Hastings out of Repartee.

The great impetus given to breeding good half-
bred horses by the establishment of races exclusively
confined to hunters is proved by the large entries
for the Durham Hunt Cup, for which the entry
reaches the large number of thirty-five. Among so
many untried horses it is not easy to hit the right
nail on the head, but I am told CAST&NETTE is as
likely to win as anything.

On the second day LIBERAL and Miss OSBORNE
are again " well iu" in the North Durham Handi-
cap ; and as RETORT is also engaged in the Lambton
Stakes, it is not unlikely that both the two year old
races will fall to Mr. East wood, and thus recoup
him for his disappointment with Lord Hastings at
Northampton.

The United Huntors Stakes looks like falling to
DENMARK or Searrington ; the Wynyard Plate to
DONALDBAIN ; and the Baby Stakes to SKYLARK.

Lichfield takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday
with a list filled sufficiently well to afford two good
clays' sport.

The Anglesey Plate, for which sixteen horses
have been weighted, is likely to fall to BEDFORD,
4 yrs, 7st 131 b, or St. Valentine, 3 yrs, 7*t 21b.
In the Two Year Old Plate ten youngsters arc
engaged, of whom VERMICELLI, AIASQUER, or MISS
WHIFFLER have the best chances, and the former is
entitled to the preference.
For the second day there is an excellent entry of
thirty-four horses for the Grand Handicap Steeple-
chase, but as the acceptances are not to be declared
until this day (Saturday) I inust defer any cont-
inents on the race until Wednesday.

There are large entries for all the races to be
brought to issuo at Kingsbury, on Monday and
Tuesday. The Middlesex Steeplechase, ou the first
day, will probably fall to Ittsic 6 yrs, list ; the
Trial LlAuclicap Utwdl@ Race to NY 111iYiani) 4 yrs?