The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

THE FORTHCOMING GOODWOOD RACES

(From the Correspondent of the Racing Times.)

Sir, _ln commencing to write for the Racing Times let me
reroo.you that I shall be very plain in all my remarks
about the herses in training here, bud " nothing Die
aught in' , inane°, "and say, like
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Apementtis—". T here is-nothing I like half so well as plain
dealing, which will not cost a man a doit." When I wrote
for a contemporary I was often told that I was too plain
in my remarks about the Nov/market horses, but time has
given proof that I was quite correct in every word I
said about them. The gallant Admiral never made a
truer remark in his life than when he stated that any
trainer could get a horse into the market and made favou-
rite for a ten-pound note, for it is as clear as noon-day
that there are men deployed to write up horses to suit
certain parties, or, in plain language, for the bookmakers.
There has been a great deal said about the disgraceful
conduct of the parties connected with Lady Elizabeth but
in my opinion the sporting journals that sent men to
Danebury to see the mare, and wrote her up as going like
a bird, and that John Day never trained such an animal
. in his life, are quite as bad as the sliders, for they assisted
her owner and trainer to make her a great favourite, and
thus rob the public. There can be no blame attached to
those who wrote in her favour who had not seen her since
a two-year-old, for, on public form, they could not do
otherwise than select her to win the Derby, providing she
was brought fit and well to the post. We are often told by
men that consider themselves clever writers that the
Newmarket Touts aro the worst judges in England; but I
am quite sure if Lady Eliz:tbeth had been trained here she
would not have started at 6 to 4. Her price would have
been 50 to 1, for I should have given the public the same
tip that 1 did about an animal that was trained here, and
was furced into the market for the City and Suburban to
nag.ed. A.a actpa,...,aa I saw the said lily Irpreaouneecl
iterei'bag of bones, and she has not won a race since, nor
is she likely to do so for some time to come. I thought
we should have hoard no more of Pace, but a certain clever
writer, in alluding to him in an article lately, says Pace is
a cripple, as he always ass,rted through a storm of Opposi-
tion. \Vhat nest? What bad memories some peop'o have?
Does he forget stating that he would ba one of the best-
trained horses at Newmarket, and that he wont some clink-
ing gallops on the LimAilns ? I never knew that cripples
could go clinking gallops and be brought fit to run for a
Derby. I hope the gentleman in question will allow me to
be the only writer that ever condemned Pace, as I always
stated that he was a rank impostol, and that his clever
trainer could not, and dared not, gallop him. I sent him
back to 12 to 1 for the T wo Thousand, but when the writer
in question and his name-sake came down here they brought
him back to 6 to 1 for the Guineas and 12 to 1 for the Derby.
I don't understand what the writer moans by putnicod
foot. I know Pace has a club-foot, and four very dickey
legs ; however, I must confess that I have never taken
out my degrees as a veterinary surgeon, but Shakspere
says

"Knowledge is by industry achieved,
And perfected-by the swift course of time."
Some of our sporting writers would be hard up for
matter to write about at times only for the spider-and-
.fly remarks of the Admiral, but they have worn it
threadbare, and it has become the oft-told tale to a
drowsy man. I have the greatest respect for the gallant
Admiral's writing on all matters connected with horse-
racing ; but as Ainsworth would say he has robbed
the immortal William of one of his quotations, without
giving him the credit for it. Shakspere, in alluding to
gross ignorance, says :—" If you take that little, little loss
than I;ttle wit from them that they have,- which short-
armed ignorance itself knows is so abundant, scarce, it will
not in circumvention deliver a fly from a spider, with-
out drawing the massy iron and cutting the web."— Troilus
and Cressida—Act IL and Scene 3. .

Would not a usurer be-I:more appropriate name for the
gentleman alluded to ? Or, as Shakspere says—
" The man bound between gold and want."
It was thought, when men were stationed at all the train-
ing grounds in England to report what work horses were
doing that the public would be told the truth; but, as
John Road used to say, "it's all a farce and a snare." It
is really amusing to read the betting at times. I have seen
the quotations about the Goodwood Cup Betting, and that
Friponnier has been backed for thousands. I don't believe
one word of such rubbish, for it's well known here that
Friponnier has not had a gallop since the July meeting,
and, in fact, all Mr. Prior's horses have been turned out of
training until we get some rain. So much for the betting
on the future events, and so much for the special training
notes. I shall now proceed to offer a fewremarks on the
events to be decided next week at glorious Goodwood.
The first race in the list is the Lavant Stakes, which
looks a certainty for BADOWORTH. The Roux Stakes look
liko a moral for Paul Jones, or, as ho was called before the
Derby, Mr. Hodgman's Steam Engine. The Jratwicke
Stakes I know nothing about, and therefore shall not give
an opinion. The Ilam Stakes is a certainty for Belladrum,
as we have nothing here that has any chance with him.
Should Blinkhoolie be pulled out for the Annesloy Stakes
he will win ; if not, Taraban will boat all the others.
The Stewards' Cup is a very heavy handicap, and in my
opinion all the top-weights are out of it ; and as it would
be like looking for a needle in a bundle of hay to select
the winner, I shall only state what I consider the best of
the No win irket lot. We have got Hermit, King Victor,
Lanerot, Silenus, Van Amburgh, Sir Oliver, St. Ronan,
Leonia, Nernea, La Belle Jeanne, Barrington, Clairon,
Reindeer, Slanderer, Snowdrop, Balsamo, and the filly by
Knowsly out of Miss Whip, so that it will be seen we
have top and bottom weights trained here. The first
three are too heavily weighted, and Silenus is getting
stale. Sir Oliver is very well, but has got about 10Ibs too
much to carry. St. Ronan has been doing good work,
the distance will suit him, and if he runs he will beat more
than will beat him. Leonid does not like over half a
mile. Clairon is well, and I think will be sure to run for-
ward. The.Knowsley filly is well in, considering the
manner she ran here with Speculum in :the spring ; but
I think she is only very moderato. Snowdrop is well in,
and if the stable btck her she will be a great favourite ;
and I think if the Stewards' Cup comes to Newmarket it
will be by the ai 1 of Mr.. Dixon's smart filly.
The Fiudon Stokes looks like coining to the ducal stable by
the aid of Tenedos. I think I may take credit to myself
for being the first to write about this good-looking
Brother to Moslem. When writing in a contemporary
about Pace, I stated that the Duke of Newctstlo would
have a bettor chance of winning the Darby of 1869 with
Tenedos, or tho good-looking half brother to Julius, than
he had of winning this year with the rank impostor Paco.
The latter was at 6 to 1 for the Two Thousand Guineas
at the time the above remarks were penned by me ; and in
my epioiop Prince Imperial, who is half-brother to Julius,
will be the best two year old in Matthew Dawson's stable,
as I stated at the time; but he wants time. Wild Oats is
a good-looking colt when fit to run. We have nothing
in, the Drawing Xtoom. Stakes that hay any cliancQ with