The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—This DAY.
LINCOLN HANDICAP.
100 to 15 agst King Charming (taken)
Sto 1 agst Czar (taken)
100 to 8 agst Ligurian (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Purveyor (taken)
100 to 7 agst Grey Stocking (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Feodor (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ainsley (taken)
20 to 1 agst Rhine Wine (off.)
25 to 1 agst Leases (off.)
25 to 1 agst Midwife (taken);
2:5 to 1 agst Beanstalk (taken and offered)
25 to 1. agst Easby (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Blueskin (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Ulphus (taken and offered)
100 to 3 agst Cauthleen (taken)
100 to 3 agst Lady ZAland (taken)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 7 agst Fan (offered)
100 to G agst Chimney Sweep (taken)
20 to 1 agst Alcibiado (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Tho Lamb (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken)
20 to 1 agst Daisy (taken) •
20 to 1 agst Tennyson (offered)
22 to 1 agst Thalassius (offered)
25 to 1 agst Despatch (taken)
25 to 1 agst Plover (taken)
100 to 3 agst Moose (taken)
100 to 3 asst Clansman (taken)
40 to 1 agst Benazet (taken)
50 to 1 agst Port Royal (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken)
Bto 1 agst Pace (taken)
DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken)

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SPOII7ING NOTES.

The commencement of the racing (although not
the legitimate) will be inaugurated at Lincoln to-
morrow, and the Liverpudlians will immediately
turn their sole attention to the Grand National
Steeplechase, which has created plenty of excite-
ment since the Birmingham Meeting, whereat
Shakespeare was so nearly disgraced. However, a
far worse doer than he, a novice called Moose, has
become a better favourite since his performance,
his stable-companion Pearl Diver having improved
in price also. Per contra, and more in accordance
with Cocker, Lord Stamford's Thalassius has
declined a little through the defeats of Brick
and the brute Archimedes ; and the run-
ning of Benazet tended to bring the Lamb for-
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is not spoiled thereby. it is a singular fact that
nearly every favourite the talent made for this
event has gone fishy in turn, and while 15 to 1 on
the field is now the order of the day, matters are
mystified by both Fan and llelen of Mr. Barber's,
and Tennyson and Chimney Sweep of Lord
Coventry's, being backed for apparently good
money ; albeit Daisy, Despatch, and Alcibiade ap-
pear the more safe investments till the two best of
the brown jackets are discovered. The other great
handicaps are almost a blank, Viridis's decline
for the Chester Cup comprising the only feature ;
and but for the Derby cracks taking it in turns
to "go into physic," they would be quiet for a
while. It turns out that the recent opposition to
Typhoeus was brought about by his simply going
through this very necessary routine, the enemy
taking the opportunity to say all sorts of things
against him ; but the brothers Matthew and John
Dawson are stilt hopeful of winning the Blue
Riband either with this colt or Pace—who seems
now to be the sole friend of the purple and white,
Harvester having gone to any price. I certainly
prefer Pace, glutton as he is, for the Two Thousand,
because he will like the, straight mile so much bet-
ter than the Epsom ups and downs ; and there is
not much to beat beyond Rosicrucian, who seems
to be taking Blue Gown's place on the retired list,
but may only be in the same boat as Typhoeus was
last week.

In the Brocklesby Stakes, run at Lincoln to-
morrow, Mr. Chaplin has quite a host to make
choice from, three of which—the sisters to Hermit
and Veda and the Diomedia colt—are very heavily
engaged ; and it appears that, while the 2,050-
guinea pair are kept for greater things, the smart
little sister to Veda will carry the rose. She is one
of those goers we invariably see doing much in early
half-mile scurries, and must be handy, particularly
as one of the most promising of her neighbours, Jas.
Dawson's De Vere, will not be so forward as she for
three or four weeks. The Rajah and Curieuse fur-
ther do credit to Newmarket, as should likewise
Alpenstock, King of the Rovers, Fenian, the Sun-
flower filly, Electricity, and Jove for their parties
when they are ready for battle ; nevertheless, if Mr.
Chaplin fail to carry off the nice little stake, Mat-
thew Dawson is the most likely to do the trick, his
own Lelia, and the Duke of Newcastle's Lure and
Runaway, all possessing so much merit that the best
of the trio has only to be pulled out, and I fancy
this is Lure, for the stable to win. In the Trial
Stakes they must also be near the mark with Specu-
lum (7st 131 b), Catton (7st 31b) being the most
dangerous of his opponents, for he could have given
Blueskin (6st 131 b) more than a stone last year.
The Lincolnshire Handicap betting has taken
such a wide range during the past two days, that
any reasonable amount of money can be got on
at tempting prices, thus promising to swell
the field to over 20. Young ones are backed es
confidently as the old, Purveyor, Ligurian, and
Rhine Wine having all been in force in their turn,
whilst Caprera and Lady Zetland carry a little
Yorkshire money, and there are hopes of Blueskin
and Redivivus coming on the boards too. Rhine
Wine has done a great thing with Lady Diana in his
trial, 141 b. and a 71b. beating being what he gave
the latter ; but the Lady is not so reliable a bit of
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A FRESH MAN.

RACING FIXT

RES FOR 1868.
lARY.

FEBR.
Lincoln Spring . 18
Mtnsfield —
Harrow 2O
MA
Liverpool Spring M 3
Chelmsford Spring M 10
Shrewsbury Spring 10
West Drayton l2
Warwick Spring

Nottingham Spring 25
Derby Spring

H.

AP:
Bromley Spring 6
Durham
llendon l3
Newmarket Craven
Knighton l4
Abergavenny .,... 16

Margate
Epsom Spring Dleoting 24
Croxton Park
Northampton

Chester 5
Winchester
York Spring
Doncaster Spring
Salisbury
if U.
West Drayton 1 I
Croydon 2d Summer ..„ 3
I
Manchester
Ascot Summer 9
Beverley, Bull, and
East Riding ............ 10
Windsor Summer
Jul
Chelmsford
Worcester Summer
Carlisle
Newmarket July 7
Pontefract
Reading
Down Royal Corp. l5
Liverpool July 11.

Catterick Bridge l6
Lewes Spring
Thirsk
Curragh April 2l
Newmarket Ist Spring 27

Eath
Croydon Ist Summer
Harpenden
Epsom Summer

17
No wton
18
Hampton
Newcastle 23
Club 23
Stockbridge
Alexandra Park 3O

Odiliam, l6
Stamford
Radcliffe • .. 2O
Huntingdon '2l.
Nottingham July
Southampton
Goodwood