The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The heading (for motto it can hardly becalled) to
,his note is almost too strong for 's frail mortal like
myself to use; for, although gifted with some slight pre-
tensions to feresight, or rather, I should say, to sound
judgment in all matters connected with the turf,
ioundeo, as they are, (in a close observation of
men and character (highly necessary.), of horses,
their powers of staying, pace, and other qua-
litics—on what is taken into but little consideration.
the peculiar nature of the various courses they have to
run over; and last, but not least, on first-class informa-
tion, these concomitants necessary to the making of a
Frampton, a Mellish, a Bentincle, or a Roos; in
otherwords,a crack judge of horst flesh and a success-
ful speculator in the ring, am I more or less possessed of,
yet I am by no manner of means infallible, as my prog-
nostication on the Cevarewitch has testified. I selected
Land"rave as the winner of th+gt race, and am still cf
opinion that had not the jockey s strength failed him at
the finish lie mast have won—as it was, he was only beaten
half a length from the winner; Glauca admirably tooled
by Chapple clearing Mr. Clark's chair first, by a neck
from Essedarius, who with all the weight (Bst. 51b.), by
the masterly handling of Alfrul Day, obtained a long
neck the advantage of Landgrave; immediately in the
rear of the lat:er was the Squire's Fugleman and
Frottncer close together ; behind these and leading
the ruck was Bolingbroke followed by Backbiterand Wanola ; the rest were scattered here, there,
and everywhere. That rattling son of Melbourne
end Pantalonade, the Prime Minister, one of my
Derby team, verified my anticipations, and justified the
good opinion I have entertained of him for
the last year or two, in fact ever since he
was foaled, by winning the Clearwell in a very
off-hand style by two lengths, beating Confidence (to
whom he gave 51br.., and a jibs. beating at the leash; by
the way, Confidence is said to have given Prestige some
7lbs. and beaten her easily; verbum sap. Think of this
performance, and' the Prf mit r's Derby chance!), Turtle
who was third, and some ' half-dc zen others. This vic-
tory elevated him almost to the premiership in the Derby
betting, the prices, 7 to 1 agst him, and 13 to 3 agst The
Grecian. Those who took my advice a year ago and
backed him (as I know some did) at 100 to 1, stand in
a very enviable position. I still place unlimited confi-
dence in the Premier, and think he will bear down all
opposition (if well) at the National Pastime Exhibition
on the Downs f Epsom next Derby day. I understand
Ilalford has been offered 5,0001. for him, refused it,
and declared that 10,0001. Consols would not buy him!

The Houghton Meeting at Newmarket commences on
Monday, as usual, with the 50 Soya. Plate, and ha: five
other sweepstakes (including the Criterion) and two
matches on the list for that day,
The Criterion Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft., &c., up
riing ground from end to end, has 38 subs., and the
following I expect will show, viz.:—Ariosto, Bst 71b;
Cvtieu!a, Sat 81o; Midas, Bst 131 b, or Phlegra, Bst 111 b;
Mr. Merryman, Bat 71b; Confidence, Bst 51b; Scapulary,
Bst 71b; Auspach, Bst sth; 800, Bst 71b, or Hernandez,
Bst 131 b; and colt by Touchstone out of Mountain Sylph,
Bst 71b; a few others may hate a" go" for the off-cf•ance;
these are, Turpentine, Sat 71b; Nondescript, Bst 71b;
Miserrima, Bst 81b; the Empress colt, Sst 71b; Confes-
sor, 8,! 7113; and Buckhcund, Sat 101 b. They will not, at
any rate, affect the decision. 800 is the only "dark"
nag of any importance, and should he be equal to Her-
nandez, may possibly defeat the Italian poet; but, ex-
cepting this contingency, I shall stake my sporting re-
putation on