The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-23 00:00:00

PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS.

nom. SIRE. DAM. JOCKEY.
Lady Elizabeth Trumpeter Miss Bowzer ... Fordham
Blue Gown Beadsman Bas Bleu Walls

Rosicrucian Beadsman Mdme.Eglantine J. Adams
Green Sleeve ... Beadsman Mrs. Quickley ... Huxtable
Suffolk North Lincoln ... t rotection J. Daley
Paul Jones Buccaneer Qn.of the Gipsies Cannon
Forest King Kingof the Forest Start Point Hibberd
Speculum Vedette Doralice Aldcroft
Pace Caterer Lady Tresspass Kenyon
Orion Cramond Beautiful Star... Clement

Colt by Torn Bowline Melbourne mare Ohs Honer
St. Ronan St. Albans Elspeth Custance
*Uncas Stockwell Nightingale H. Taylor
Mercury Lambton Starlight J. Osborne
Purveyor Caterer Cygnet Lynch
Cock of the Walk Chanticleer Whimsical T. Frenoh
Viscount Marquis Columbine Cameron
Rabican Monarque Prefer& J. Grimshaw
Samson
Stockwell Tunstall Maid... Deacon
_

Sawyer Kettledrum Corrival J. Snowdon
Colt by Buccaneer Viscountess
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*The Earl Y. Melbourne ... Bay Celia -
*Restitution King Tom Rest's dam -
*Franchise Stockwell Bribery -
Those marked with an asterisk (*) are doubtful runners.

Lady Elizabeth, although strong efforts have been made,
by the layers to drive her back in the quotations, main-
tains her position with remarkable firmness, and, like
Patron, she may be backed against the field before the flag
falls. Her performances as a two-year- old are well known,
and need not be recapitulated here. Only once, in the
Middle Park Plate, did Lady Elizabeth suffer defeat in
1867. During the interregnum she is reported to have
trained on, and grown into a magnificent filly, whilst
her temper, even her enemies admit, has improved.
Fit on the day, where is the colt, now that Rosi-
crucian is reported to ,have lost his old form, to be
found capable of giving Lady Elizabeth 31b ? The Earl,
in ease of Lady Elizabeth going amiss at the eleventh
hour, would be a useful " second string " for Danebury.
Sir Joseph Hawley's trio—Blue Gown, Rosicrucian, and
Green Sleeve—have all in turn been backed, and, notwith-
standing the decline of Rosicrucian to 25 to 1, odds of 5 to
2 are accepted about tho lot. The market at present
points to Blue Gown as the probable champion, but we.do
not think he will stay the course, and would rather trust
to Green Sleeve, who will be a good favourite before the
Derby day arrives. The trial horse of Sir Joseph Haw-
ley's team is said to have been Moslem, who is quite capa-
ble of testing the Merits of a Derby candidate ; but with the
downfall of Rosicrucian all hopes of the " bias ribbon "
going to Kingsclere have, in our opinion, vanished. Orion,
on the strength of having beaten Paul Jones in a trial a
few weeks ago, has been heavily supported, to win and
also for a place. Beyond a mile Orion has not yet
shown hie ability to travel, and, as we believe him to bo
a non-stayer, and an uneertein horse, like his sire, to
boot, we discard the son of Cramond, as his best public
form has never been within 1.41 b of the form required to
win a Derby. Paul Jones is a mere handicap horse, and
though good judges are reported to be "going for" the
son of Buccaneer, nothing would surprise us more than
to see Mr. Hodgman's colt secure the greatest prize of
the year. Speculum is a good, honest horse, far su-
perior to Orion and Paul Jones, and is almost certain
to be one of the first three. The Duke of Newcastle's
other representative, Pace, may be formidable in the
Doncaster St. Leger, but he has not speed enough for
the Derby, and his action is quite unsuited to the hill
and dale at Epsom. The colt by Toni Bowline, after hav-
ing been tried a good horse, has been lama, and conse-
quently declined to 100 to 1. At Bath he was partially
resuscitated, but we fear Lord Glasgow's colours will not
be to the fore in this year's Derby, Suffolk. 'on his best
form, has an outside chance— nothing more—but, as he
belongs to the uncertain school, we discard Baron
Rothschild's colt, for he is not ehaped to act well over
the Epsom course. St. Ronan, though a game horse, is
a "piper;" and Rabican, who is said to be a certain
starter, has been lame too recently for us to seri-
ously entertain his chance. Mercury and Uncas, mea-
sured by their York performances last year, are ono
and the same horse; but neither animal has the least
Derby pretensions, though in the second-class races
they will hold their own. Forest King, who is trained
privately in his owner's park, may run creditably, and, as
he once beat Orion, there is no "just cause or impediment"
why he should not do so again. Viscount we have put
down as a runner, but memories of Whitewall will not be
revived by the victory of this son of The Marquis and
Columbine. Amongst the doubtful starters there is no
dangerous name save that of The Earl. From the above
remarks it will be gathered that we have strong faith in