The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-03 00:00:00

BLUESKIN

or THE RE3CUE. The Earl of %Vestmoreland is too good a
judge not to run JOHN LEECII through his engagements,
and I see nothing to beat him for the Marine Plate un-
less it be MUSA, whose form in the Stewards' Cup last
week ought not to be lost sight of. I have not time to
calculate the penalties and allowances for the Champagne
Stakes, but if I did,VEsPAsuis is grown into such a grand-
looking horse he would then be my selection. The first
time PERFUME runs she will win, and I expect to see her
do so here, as she has nothing particular to beat in the
Priory Stakes. If a jockey was put up with proper in-
structions I should fancy nothing but THE COLT BY KET-
TLEDRUM Out of IMPERATRICE ; and if SPECULUM runs for
the Brighton Cup, he will certainly win. In his ab-
sence FORTUNIO might win.

The Brighton Club Meeting commences on Thursday
next, and for the Brighton Club -Stakes I fancy TOY.
In the Claret Stakes REINDEER is engaged, and ought
to prove the winner. The Ninth Biennial Stakes is a
certainty for SPECULUM, and the Tenth Biennial Stakes
for MATILDA.

I can say very little about Lewas meeting as none of
the acceptances have yet appeared, but if Musk accapts
for the Da Warrenne Handicap, she will certainly make
every other animal in the race gallop to beat her. I pre-
sume AlzLobv will prove good enough to win the Priory
Stakes.

The principal handicap is run on Saturday, and is a
good thing for KING OF THE FAIIIIES.
The Sussex Stakes will be a walk over for Ilvsitwortnr,
and if FLEETWING should bo pulled out by her late pur-
chaser and present noble owner, I filly expect she will

prove herself one of the best two-year-olds out by beating
Leonie and Abstinence.

A FRESH MAN.

THE GOODTPOOD MEETING.

(From a Correspondent of the Racing Times.)

Like all the rest of the racing world I paid my annual
visit to glorious Goodwood last week, and •oust any there
was a great falling off noticeable in the attendance, and
also the quality of the horses that contested the different
races during the meeting. By the time my remarks will
reach the public they will be tired of reading those
of other writers about the Ducal meeting, for I am quite
sure there are more sporting articles written at the
present time than the most inveterate lovers of racing
can find time and patience to road. I shall not weary
your readers with particulars about the aristocratic
visitors to Goodwood House, for I am not so fond as
some people are of discover:ng any little personal story of
great men, but you know what great personages do the less
will prattle off. My occupation is with horses ; therefore
I shall proceed at once to offer a few remarks about some
I saw run during the past week. The racing com-
menced with the Craven Stakes, which was won cleverly
by Charnwood, who beat Vespasian, Mandrake, and Satyr.
The latter was fourth and last, which proved what a
wretched lot must have been behind him in the Royal
Hunt Cup at Ascot. Vespasian ran a goad horse, con-
sidering he was short of work, as the ground has
been too hard to gallop such a large fra,mel horse. Charn-
wood is a sound, wiry horse, and the hard ground just
suited him; but I have no doubt when we gat some rain,
Vespasian will turn the tables on him. Indeed I think
the running we have seen lately will nearly all be upset
when the ground is in better order for racing. The win-
ner of the Sweepstakes for all ages is as smart a colt as I
ever saw : Sir Oliver, whom he defeated, looks and goes
better every day, and he seemed to like the hard ground; Mr.
Hodgman's youngster is th 3refore likely to prove a good one.
The lucky Edward Brayley pulled off the rich _Levant
Stakes wi.h his new purchase, the Duke of Beaufort. I
have no excuse to offer for the indifferent feral shown by
Badsworth, as the horse had done plenty of work; bat he
went back in the betting in a most mysterious manner.
His backers commenced by laying odds on him, but the
bookmakers offered 2 to lat the finish. One seldom
or over sees a horse win a race when he goes
up and down in the market as Badsworth did. We have
been often told if Badsworth was is the Derby ho would
have a 7 to 1 chance, and if his running is correct here it
should not be more than 10 to 1 against Mr. Brayley's
horse, as they were running at a difference of only 31b,
but as 1 stated before, we shall see all this running upset
when they meet again. The Stewards' Cup brought out
twenty-ono runners, and, as I remarked before the race, all
the top weights were out of it. Xi made the best fight
of it, but the weight told on him at the finish, indeed 3i
stone is too much to expect any horse to give a moderate
three year old at this time of the year, indeed I think the
stable got all the money themselves, for all those who
saw him run at Windsor could not back him after the in-
different form he showed there. Cellina looked all over
a winner at the distance, but shut up when Kenyon called
on her. His lordship backed her for a lot of money, and if
she had run up to her trial she could not have lost. We
were old Charnwood could not win with 6st 71b, but such
extraordinary private trials as we hear of at times are very
deceptive. Belladrum had no difficulty in winning the
Ham Stakes ; his opponents seemed to me to be a very mo-
derate lot, with the exception of Chanoinesse, and she can-
not stay over half a mile. Mr. Merry's horse seems likely to
hold his own against all comers as long as he keeps well.
lie is the beat-looking Derby horse I have seen this year,
and I am afraid we have nothing at Newmarket likely to
beat him in the Derby, although I think the best of our lot
has not been out yet. The racing commenced on Wednesday
with the Sweepstakes of 300 sous, which the roaring St.
Ronanlvon in a canter, as I predicted, although it will be
remembered he never was a favourite of mine, as I was
the first to give the public the straight tip about him in
the Liverpool Spring week, when a gallant captain gave
the public the genuine information that St. Ronan or
Suffolk would win the Derby. I then stated that Mr.
Chaplin's horse was a rank roarer, and that Suffolk was a
duffer, which has turned out to be quite correct. Tenedos
won the Findon Stakes in a canter. This brother to
Knight of the Crescent is a nice horse, and was one
of my selection; as I stated he would do the
stable some service before the year was over; but
unless they can find a better I am afraid they will never •
be able to beat Belladrum, and unless Prince Imperial,
the half-brother to Julius, should turn out a good horse,
we have nothing at Newmarket within 71bs of Belladrum.
It will be seen that my remarks about the Goodwool
Stakes in your last week's paper were as near correct as
possible, as I proved from public running
.that Gomera
was not in the race. Sho was at 7t02 in the betting at
the time my lines were penned, and I hope my remarks
prevented your readers from backing her. She was always
a very moderate mare, but very fortunate in meeting such
a lot of bad horses last year in the Bath and
Somerset and Goodwoood Stakes. She has turned
out a very dear bargain for the Duke of Newcastle,
as she has deceived the stable twice this year is trials.
Not that I think she has lost them any money on the pre-
sent occasion, as no money was invested on .her before she
beat Juliui at Stockbridge, and lam sure Matthew Daw-
son is too good a judge to advise his Grace to back a mare
for Goodwood Stakes that has deceived him twice in trials
at home. Those sporting writers who stated every week
that ehe was backed for thousands, and could not lose,
kept her in the market. I never had the least hope of the
stakes coming to Newmarket, and I told your readers the
best of Tom Dawson's would win ; still, from what I knew.
about Ecarte, I thought ho would run better than he did
Gomera broke down in the race, and there is an end to her
racing career. What a fortunate man the Duke of Beau-
fort must be to get such enormous prices for throe such
cripples as Vauban, Gemara, and 'Viridis. I stated in a
contemporary at the time that the three horses were not
worth the price paid for one of them, but they were all
written up by some sporting writers as cheap animals ; but
as Admiral Rous said about trainers getting a horse in the
market for a ten-pound note, any owner of horses wish-
ing to dispose of them can have thorn written up for the
smallest consideration.

" When we for recomponce have praised tho vile
It stains the glory in that happy verse
Where aptly sings the gopd."—Shalapere.
The Goodwood Cup brought out only five runners, and I
am sorry to say that my old friend Julius has turned out
an arrant rogue. He refused to gallop when Daley called
on him—in fact, ho would never go up to his horses in any
part of the race. This is the second occasion he has de-
ceived his friends and the stable. If he had only run up
to his trial at home he coal 1 nat hwe lost, as it is well
known he was tried to give Speculum two stone and beat
him. Speculum is only what I always said he was, a fair,
honest horse, as will be seen from Blueskia getting so
close to him at the finish. Neither of them are within
14113. of Derby form. Those who selected Speculum to win
and backed him may thank their kind stars that Julius
has lost his temper. He ran just as currish as ho did at
Ascot, whore Blinkhoolie ran away from him; and had the
latter kept well he would have won the Goodwood ()up