The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-24 00:00:00

SPORTIVG NOTES.

There are eight meetings this week, but Scarborough,
Lichfield, Derby, and Oxford are the only programmes
worth noticing. For the Scarborough Meeting, which
takes place on Monday and Tuesday, Mr. Johnson has
published a capital programme, and thousands of racing
visitors will be attracted to this charming watering place.
Six out of the tw,lve races iu the list are completed, and
the main items iu Monday's card are the Prince of Wales's
Stakes, the Londesborough Cup, the Ganton Lland!cap,
and the Visitors' Plate.

To-morrow, in the Scarborough Handicap (14 miles),
Chivalry, Est 91b, Liberal, Gst 21b, The Last Rose of Sum-
mer, Est 21b, and Stella, ast 121 b, hava been well placed
Liberal is a most unlucky horse, but I shall nevortheless
couple him with Tte Last Rose of Summer as the most
trustworthy pair in this han Heap. There are twenty en-
tries fur the Nursery Plate (six furlongs), and those best
in are Retort, 7st 101 b, Rattletrap, 7st 21b, Lord Bothwell,
7st, and Light Cloud, Gst 121 b. The last-named is a very
clever filly, but in this Nursery I prefer the chances of
'Retort and Rattletrap.

The Derby Meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday, and although the first day comes intq collision
with the last dv at Scarborough, Mr. Bradfield's
gathering will be well attended, as derby is a
favourite place with the "upper ton." Twelve
horses have been left in in the Tradesmen's Plate
(1k miles), and Wild Briar and Armouror, the
former of whom ran fast in the Ebor Handi-
cap, should hit the winning mark. The Drakelow
Stakes (1 furlongs) I award to Pantaloon or Parma; the
Chatsworth Stakes (li miles) to Python or Ittoonbeam;
and the Chesterfield Stakes (6 furlongs) to Miss Foote or
Amadou. For Wednesday three races have closed. To the
Beaufort Cup (6 furlongs) there are fifteen subscriptions,
and Loonie, although she has the comparatively heavy im-
post of Bst 121 b, will win, if she can beat Kettleholder.
In the Nursery Plate (4 furlongs) seventeen horses have
been handicapped, and the pick of these are Rosecleer, 7s
41b; Sagax, Est 121 b ; the colt by Dundee out of Black-
bird, Est 121 b; and Fenian, Est 101 b. The Blackbird colt,
if sent to Derby, will be successful; but in his absence
Fenian or Rosecleer may win. The Rawdon Handicap
(one mile) has twenty-one nomination; but although
Victress and Adamanthea are well in, I prefer the Duke
of Hamilton's pair, Chamonix) and Contempt.
The Lichfield Meeting, on Thursday and Friday, will
be strongly patronised by the Hodnesford trainers, and,
considering the vast quantity of racing there is nowadays,
Mr. Sheldon has issued an average programme, which in-
cludes fourteen races. The acceptances for the Stafford-
shire Stakes (1f miles) aro not due till Tuesday, but, as the
weights now stand, Success and Fidelia read best in, and
I like the chance of the first named most. In the Cham-
pagne Stakes (four furlongs) ten two-year olds have been
nominated, and Lady Lavender, who is entitled to an al-
lowance of 31b, has only Lady of Croome to beat to win.
For the Tamworth Plate (six furlongs), Saunders's repre-
sentative, St. Valentine or Beaudesert, has nothing to fear,
neither has Wadlow's Parma or Catton in the Flying
Stakes (four furlongs). The Gold Cup (1 mile) has at-
tracted twenty-four nominations, and the weights range
from Actass, Bst 121 b, to William, sst 71b. The candidates
that appear most favourably weighted are Begum, 7st ;
Rejoinder, Est 101 b ; Fidelia, Est 81b ; and Deceit, Est 71b.
One of the Holy well pair, Deceit or Begum, will be handy,
and should win if either can defeat Fidelia, whose forte is
speed rather than staying.

The Oxford Meeting will take place on Thursday and
Friday, and Mr. Marshall has put forth a lengthy pro-
gramme. In the Oxfordshire Stakes (2 miles) eight
horses stand from the original 21 entries. Romping Girl,
Bst 121 b, would win, if sent to Oxford, hut, as she is likely
to bo reserved for a more important engagement, Virginia
Creeper should boat the remaining horses. For the Port
Meadow Plate (5 furlongs) thirty-eight horses have
been nominated, and Honesty or Miss„ Hayes will win.
The County Members' Plate (6 furlongs), may be as-
signed to Ambition ; and the Freemen's Plate (1 mile)
to Ilonestish. In the Prince of Wales's Stakes (4 fur-
longs) there is no horse engaged capable of beating
Chanoinesse, although amongst the entries are
Antias, Carlotta, Dunbar, and Grand Turk. In the
Stratton Audley Nursery Handicap (6 furlongs) thirty-
three candidates have been nominated. The bast of them
are La Belle Helene, 7st 1 Olb ; Dunbar, ist 81b; Lord of
the Valley, Tat 515 ; King of the Rovers, 7st ; Engraver,
Get 10lb; Sagas, Est 71b. Dunbar, though beaten,
ran well at Stockton, sad I take this well-bred colt and
La Belle Helene to be the most dangerous pair in the above
Nursery. A F EZESH MAN.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 18G8.

AUGUST.

Canterbury
Great Yarmouth 25 Lichfield
Derby Summer
Weymouth

BEPTEMBEIt
Baden
Warwick September ... 1 1 Monmouth ..... l7
A.bingdou 3 I Manchester
Leicester
Doncaster September 8 Walsall
I Brecon l4 Edinburgh
Richmond
If 'IV AI I it, il Caledonian H't

riampton
Kelso il• and Western M
OCTOBER.

Bedford 1 Sudbury and Ealing ... 15
I
Bromley Autumn
Newmarkat 2d October 5 1 Harrow .27
Lanark ... 8 I Worcester Autumn 21
Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 i Lincoln Autumn 2,
Cheltenham l3 I

NOVEMBER.
Liverpool 3 I Leamington l7
Shrewsbury 3 1

STEEPLECHASES.
OCTOBER.

Bromley
DECEMBER.

St. Albans --1
1 Ealing 26
Kingsbury 8

MUSICAL ITEMS.—Arditi is to be decorated by

the Sultan \Mil 'the cross" of an Officer of Medjidi. We
hoar that Mr. Brinley Richards will be a leading member
in next year's Eisteddfod, which will bo held at Brecon.
Madlle. Julia Hisson is destined to eclipse all the present
operatic singers : this is on no less an authority than the
veteran Aubar.—Musical Standard.

DETENTION OF A ROYAL PRESENT.—The Queen
is just now experiencing the effect of the Cattle Plague
Regulations. A splendid heifer, a present to her Majesty

from the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, arrived in Hull by steamer
on the 14th inst. The orders of the Privy Council as to
cattle direct that all foreign cattle landed in Hull shall,
after a specified time, be slaughtered. The heifer from
Saxe-Coburg, although consigned to the Queen, was there-.
fore detained, and is still in Hull, in the keeping of the
Custom-house authorities. Fortunately for the life of the
heifer ono Order of Council has a clause a:lowing cattle to
go seaward, so on Saturday next her Majesty's present
will, under a bond of .£l.OO, be forwarded by steamer for
London, and there she will ba transhipped to Southampton,
whence, after a quarantine of 28 days, she will, under a
certificate, be taken to the Royal Farm at Windsor.

Two NEW WAR SHIPS.—The principal ship-
building firms in the kingdom having been called upon to
send in their terms to the Admiralty for constructing two
ships of the Audacious class, to be called the Triumph and
wiftsure, tenders ware received in consequence at
Whitehall last week, but owing, we presume, to the ab-
sence of their lordships on their annual tour of inspection,
no decision was arrived at until yesterday as to the par-
ties to whom the important work should be entrusted,
when it was resolved that Messrs. Palmer, of the Jarrow
works, should be the builders of both vessels. The ships
are each to mount 14 very heavy guns on the broadside
system, they are to have double screws, are to be of 3,774
tons, and are to have a nominal pawer of 800 horses.—
Army and Nary Gazette.
ROMNEY LAMB FAIR.—The annual fair for the
sale of sheep and lambs bred upon Romney-marshes
was held at New Romney, on Friday. About 18,000 sheep
and lambs were penned, the majority of the latter being
very poor, owing to the shortness of keep caused by the
Irsuess of the season. Somo of the best flocks were sold
at 1'71,;. per head, and others exchanged hands at from 13s.
to 15s. A .c.ivr wretchedly poor were got rid of at lower
price; one flock only realising ss. per head. There was
tegs, bat,
. Mosttrade in these was dull "
a goad show of wothe,
to "s of the lambs
..
and prices ranged from 2qp
of the other kinds of
v usualtlhye a brisk
ro
were
exchanged hands, but a goo 1 mt..'
is
sheep on offer remained unsold.
'
trade done in wool at this fair, but on Tub: 1 3
.-4 the best
but few transaction; growers declining to aceol
offers made by the few buyers present—viz., £l5 )-os. per
pack for good Kent fleeces.

Iv OMEN'S HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE.--The overseers
in tho borough of Southwark have put the names of all
the women householders of their borough on tho register
of voters. The overseer
sex, have done the same.
of Hillingdon, in West Nliddlo-

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