The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-17 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

Tho most important of the coming fixtures are Eghani,
York August, Dover, Plymouth, and Tunbridge ; and of
these Egham, York, and Tunbridge will obtain the most
patronaage. I shall confine my remarks to the programmes
put forth from the two first-named places, anticipating but
moderate sport for tho.se who assist at the Southern
fixtures. The two leading handicaps, the Runnymede
Stakes, one mile, and the Surrey and Middlesex .Stakes,
one mile and a half, have obtained, respectively,
but seven and three acceptances, and as Mr. G.
Angell may not mean business, the first-named
will probably fall to President Lincoln, 3 yrs, 7st blb.
The Cooper's Hill Nursery Handicap, for two year old;
three-quarters of a mile, will not find Fleetwiug, Bst 121 b.
far from the mark if her new owner deems it politic to run
her, and with his representative I shall couple Sagax, Gs!
71b, to produce the winner. The Batting Stand Plato,
five furlongs, will bring out the largest field on the first
day, and Laird of Scotland, 3 yrs, Get 71b, and Hue an I
Cry, 3 yrs, Gst, are worthy of attention; as ate Van-
brugh, 7st 41b, and Adolphus, 7sl 2:5, of the nice in the
Baron's stakes, for two year of 14, fire furleug4, this being
the only remaining handicap we can pass an oleinion upon.
Of the 41 entered for the King John Stakes for two year
old; T.Y.C., the best performers are Acir,ss, B troness
(Mr. Dunbar's), Amadeu, Charon, Matilda, Ninny Thc,r-
manby, and Stern Kinz. Mail la has Scale engegemen's
at York, but her owner caa wiu the race under notice with
h if he likes, and if he declines te sand tier Am tdou should
win. The Princess of Wales's P 1 it three quarters of a
mile, is only a question of asking on the part of the owner of
Candidate. Tho Yurk list is very strong, ten item; being
set for the first, twelve for the sec cad, and tsa for the con-
cluding day. The sport to come off on the Knavesmire
will not affect the St. Leger in any groat degree, none of
the prominent Doncaster favourites having engagements ;
still the Great Yorkshire Stakes may bring out Cap-a-pie,
of whose improvement there is so much talk, and if be
wins easily no doubt he will take a mere prominent posi-
tion in the Leger betting than ho now holds. If he is beaten
his case will be hopeless as far as the coming event is
concerned. A few of the races in the programme will be
walked over for, and of those set for Wednesday the Black
Duck Stakes, for two year old; three-quarters of a mile,
is likely to have that termination, Belladrutn being vastly
superior to the rest of the nominations. The Burgundy
intakes, for four year olds, two miles, has only two left in,
Wroughton and Sir Oliver, whose owners are pretty sure
to come to an arrangement. The Yorkshire Stakes, for
three year old fillies, one mile and a quarter, will not be
productive of a strong competition, and the pick
.of the
sixty-six entries are Buttercup, Leonie, Athena, Miss
Osborne, Contempt, Lady Elizabeth, Lady Highthorn,
Nrysotis, Witchcraft, Quality, and Naivete. The
latter has no penalty, and as she has stayed
the distance I prefer her to her stable com-
panions, Athena and Lady Elizabeth, believing that she
has the most danger to apprehend from Leonie. The
Convivial Stakes, T.Y.C., is regarded as the most impor-
tant two year old event of the meeting, but the public
performers among the sixty-three nominated are not a
grand lot, and a respectable "dark" candidate can readily
take the prize. if it is fated to fall to one whose preten-
sions are known, Acaster, who showed good form at Hun-
tingdon, and ran forward for the Goodwood Nursery with a
big weight, and Minaret are the most likely The
three year old North of England Biennial, two miles,
may bring out The Herald; Tympanum, St. Ronan,
Apollo, The Sawyer, Clairon, Vale Royal, Blueskin, Vis-
count, and Warrington in opposition, and, as the journey
will be too far for the "roaring " St. Ronan, Blueskin and
Viscount must be my champions; the latter has improved
since he last ran in public, according to the training re-
porters. 2he Chesterfield Handicap Plato, one mile, has
Taraban at the head of affairs with Bst 121 b, and the dis-
tance will not suit him so well as it will Honostish, 4
years, Bst 21b; The Dean, 4 years, 7st 121 b; The Priest,
1 years, 7st 81b; Donaldbain, 3 years, 7st llb ; and Russian
Bear, 3 years, Get 101 b, these being apparently the best
of the twenty-two weighted. The Tupgill representative
will probably start first favourite, and my choice must
be the best--The Dean and :The Priest. The Filly
Sapling Stakes, for two year olds, T.Y.C., rests with
Melody and Minaret, the best of the others being Lady
Cecilia and Matilda. Tho latter can win the Rawcliffe
Stakes, T.Y.C., and the Glasgow Stakes, for two-yr-olds
T.Y.C., and the Ebor St. Leger, for three year olds, one
mile and three quarters, should fall respectively to Vest-
min .ter and Apollo, while, in the probable absence of De
Vere, the Fairfield Stake; for two and three year olds,
three quarters of a mile, will look equally as promising
for the representative of Mr. Johnstone—Mercury or the
Lady Melbourne filly. The two year old North of En

land Biennial, T.Y.C., Mr. Savile can take with Rysh-
worth, and only is the absencs of the lattm will Acaster
and Duke of Beaufort bo found worthy of attention. The

Prince of Wales Stakes, also for two year old; T.Y.C., is
a certainty for M trtyrdom, and Charnwood can take the
Hopeful Stakes, for threo year old; in the absence of Ta-
bouret, who will be wanted for hismore important engage-

meat. The Great Ebor Handicap, two miles, has not
os-
cited a wonderful amount of speculation, and, according to
present appearances, the competition will be litn ited. S trath-
conan's penalty puts him out of cmirt, for he cannot con-

cede 121 b to last year's winner, 111.tudrake; who will repre-
sent Tupgill stable, independently of Tabouret, the pair
belonging to different owners. They meet at about weight
for age, and ns we can readily bJlieve that Mandrake
could have won the Giodwoo I Stakes with about 7st 51b,
he must be considered am :formidaille as the son of
Rataplan, who will beat Ilium again, and who reads more
promising than the Spigot Lodge caudllat3, Fersracques,

because he. finished a long way a head of the four year

oil for the Liverpool Cup —a race he might have won
in a canter. There has been a strong disposition to
lay against Fervacques since the defeat of Fortunio at
Stockton, where Three per Cent. cat such a moderato

show behind the grey for the principal handicap that he

can have no chance for the race under notice. On the
following day The Spy could only just boat Tha
Sawyer, giving him 41b, and this is hardly enough,
despite the Goodwood form of the Whitewall horse, who
will meet Tabouret on much bettor terms than ho did the
last time they met. Still the last-named was along distance
ahead, and we cannot shut cur oyes to flea fact that
the Tupgill school have readily supported the son of

Rataplan, and that they must b 3 able to form a good
idea of the pretentions of those trained at Whitewall. Man-
drake beat Taraban a long way at Ascot at even weights,
but at Stockton, with only 31b the worst of it, he could

only win by a neck, after a most determined struggle, and

it remains to be seen if an advantage of 111 b will enable
he latter to turn the tablei. Of his merits Toni Dawson

can get a capital idea through Tynedale, who
finished just in front of him for the Northumberland

Plate, and the last performance of the winner o:

that trophy does not say much for Taraban, thdugh, as
remarked above, the latter did well on. Friday at Stockton.
Fair Wind has been waiting a long time to run in his true

colours, and if he performs on Thursday he will probably
meet the usual fate of kept good things. Lord Palmerston

can stay, but is hardly class enough, and the same may
be said of Donaldbain, who na IT run to assist Ta-

bouret. Wild Briar is turned loose, and has no penalty
for winning at Wolvorhampton, but the distance is
too far for her; and, to sum up briefly, I think John
Scottor Tom Dawson will supply the winner, and that the
prize will fall to The Spy or Tabourot. The Nursery llan.-
dicap, for two year old; T.Y.C., is ono of the most int-

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portant of the minor events fixed for the concluding day,
and from the lot weighted for this we can only select the
Imperatrice colt, 7st 41b, and Brother to Shibboleth, 6st
121 b (including 71b extra) as a promising couple.
The latter, won his Stockton engagement on Thursday

in a canter, and the other has only to run up to his private

Form to recompense those who backed him so unprofitably

during the Sussex fortnight. The Gimcrack Stakes, for
two year olds, will try the stamina of the competitors,

ho distance to be traversed being a mile. The most notable

of the 38 entered are Matilda, Number Nip, Lady Dewhurst,
the ,
filly byNewminster, out of Lady Mabourne, Thor wald-

sen, Banco, and Melody, from whom we select the latter

and Thorwalsden. The York Cup, two miles, promises
to be a more interesting affair than usual, and it will pro-
bably attract Strathconan, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (last year's win-
ner); Tynedale, 4 yrs, Bst 71b; Knight of the Gaiter, 4
yrs, Bst 71b; Speculum, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b; and perhaps Vale
Royal, 3 yrs, 7st 51b. Blinkhoolie, Julius, and Blueskin are
among the remaining nominations, but tho pair first named
are very doubtful starters, and the other will bo wanted
for a heavier engagement, in which sass I think Strath'-

Conan and Speculum will be found the most worthy

of support. The Great Yorkshire Stakes, for throe

year old; one mile and three-quart2r; has seventy

entries, including The Spy, The Sawyer, Orion
Lady Highthorn, Geant des Battulles, Charnwood
Viscount, Blueskin, Cap-a-Pie, The Parson, Uncas, an,:

Quality. It is any odds on ono of this lot securing the
prize, and, wero they fit, Orion and Mercury would be
the most entitled to attention on public grounds. They
have recently boen amiss, and as Colonel Pearson may
not fancy bringino. Cap-a-Pie out with the St. Leger so
near at hand, I shall elect to be represented by Blueskin
and Charnwood, the latter of whom stayed the Craven
Stakes Course at Goodwood, and ought to do the extra
half mile on the Knavesmire.

A FRESH MAN.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

DEAL, Monday Morning.

Wind, N.E., moderate.

Passed, Aug. 16.—Ernie, from London, for Corfu;
Cerone, from London, for St. Helena; Uruguay, screw
steamer, from London, for Liverpool ; Thule, from Lon-
don, for Quebec; Leda, screw steamer, from Bordeaux,
for London.

Passed, Aug. 17.—Charles, from London for Quebec.
Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Duncan, for the north.

NORTHERN OF FRANCE RAILWAY.--The traffic re-
ceipts on this company's old and new lines amounted for
the week ending July 28 to £66,972, and for thecorre-
sponding week in 1867 to £74,922.

TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—It appears that the
directors of this company intend to recommend a dividend
for thd half-year ending June U 0 last at the rate of 8i per
coat. per anuLtai.