The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

THE GRAND PRIZE.

Marquis of Hastings's Tho Earl, 'by Young Melbourne—
Bay Celia
If. A. Schizkler's Suzerain (Custance) 2

Count F. de Lagrange's Nelusko ..(Grimshaw) 3
Vale Royal, Blueskio, Sed•in, and Sardanaple also ran.
Won easily by a length, half a length separating the
second and third. Vale Royal was a bad fourth, Sedan
fifth, Blueskin sixth, and Sardanaple last.
PRIX D'ARMENONVILLE.
Neatherme 1

PRIX 1)U PAVILLON.

Perette
Montgoubert
PRIX DE LA V[LLE DE PARIS

Cristal 1

THE ROYAL YEARLINGS.

The Hampton Court sale always draws, if not
buyers, .amateurs and loungers enough to make a
good show in the pretty paddock where Mr. Ed-
mund Tattersall sets up his box, and if on Saturday
afternoon there were fewer on business bent than
usual, there were the drags and mail phaetons filled
with the faces one has been accustomed to see
there for many years, although some were miss-
ing from the ranks of that brilliant circle who
were wont to send up " the average" after a
,faaltion..Avs probably have seen the last of. The
Admiral, Sir Watkin Wynn, Lord Scarborough,
and Lord Combermere are generally to be found as
the representatives of what v. e must now call
the old school ; while Prince Soltykoff, the Duke
of Newcastle, Lord Falmouth, Lord Vivian, Mr.
Pryor, Mr. A. Heathcote, &c., did duty for the
moderns. The brilliant day had tempted many an
idler to try the beauties of the road—more largely
patronised than the rail—but the counter attrac-
tions of the Grand Prix and the Gun Clubs kept
away many of the habitues.
Truth to say, the show was not very well worth
coining to see. With one or two exceptions it was
as moderate a lot as ever the Royal Stud has
turned out. It does not always happen in the his-
tory of sales of blood stock that the top price is the
top lot; but figure and fact went together on
this occasion. When Mr. Tattersall's hammer
fell to 1,350 guineas for the colt by King Tom—
Bay Celia (the dam of The Duke and The Earl)
the undeubtedly best-looking yearling was dis-
posed of at a not too extravagant price. Two years
since, perhaps, 2,000 would hardly have bought
him ; now the fight for his possession lay between
Mr. Pryor and John Day, the latter becoming his
nominal purchaser. He was full of quality, and
about the handsomest King Tom we have yet seen.
Brother to Cambuscan sadly disappointed those
who had expected to see anything approaching to
' that sire. Very small, exhibiting no quality, and
with something very like a twisted foreleg, he went
for his full value to Woolcott, the trainer, for 380
guineas. There was some curiosity excited
about the first of Ely's stock that have yet ap-
peared, but, taken as a whole, they did not com-
mand any very warm commendation. One or two
were very fretful and nervous, the best-looking
being the one from Little Lady, a very racing-like
colt, for which the Duke of Newcastle gave 540
guineas. Why his Grace gave 600 for the colt by
St. Albans—Aquamarine, unless for his breeding
and relationship to Regalia, we cannot say ; but
Mr. Pryor had a bargain in an Ely colt, a half-
brother to Grimston, Qui Vive, and Verulam, very
compact and well-shaped, for 420 guineas. The
Ayacanora filly had all the quality of her sire,
Newminster, and Mr. Graham, who seems going in
for mares, did not give too much for her at 520
guineas. Another Newminster—The Deformed,
that we liked much better, a well-topped filly, with
great depth, Mr. Beadman, if there is truth in looks,
got a decided bargain at 360 guineas.
The sum total was 6,525 guineas, an average pf
only 225,
_and for which the sale is mainly in-
• • • ~- • • thaßay-cmia is. of course, a
falling off ; but we must remember that yearaug.
have been exotic plants for the last two or three
years, and their value an artificial one. It is as
well that breeders should look this fact in the face,
as also another. There is a probability that the
market is overstocked, and that there is more blood-
stock than can find purchasers. We hear on all
sides lamentations over those of the latter who have
4, gone" or retired (the distinct terms), and spe-
culations as to who are the "coming" men: To this
there is no satisfactory response, and while we
have no'fear that breeding in moderation will well
remunerate those who devote themselves to its
pursuit, there are just a few signs and symptoms
that the thing has been, perhaps, a little overdone.
Gs.

A brown filly by Ely—Garnish, by Faugh-a-Ballagh
(Mr. Heathcote) 85
A chestnut filly, by Ely—Lady Blanche, by Stockwell
(Mr. Cartwright) 100
A brown filly, by St. Albans —Lady Egidia, by New-
minster (Mr. Stevens) 50
A chestnut filly, by St. Albans—Lady Ann, by Touch-
stone
A chestnut colt, by Ely—Eldorado, by Harkaway
(Mr. H. Goater) 115
A black filly, by St. Albans—Amazon, by Touchstone
(Mr. J. Day) 120
A brown filly, by King Tom—Lady Gough, by
Launcelot (Mr. Pryor) IGO
A chestnut colt, by Ely—Theodora, by Orlando
(Mr. Pryor) 420
A chestnut filly, by Ely—Bracey, by Mosstroopor

(Mr. Stevens) 100
A bay filly (sister to Julius), by St. Albans--Julie,
by Orlando (Duke of Newcastle) 260
A brown colt, by Wild Dayrell—Jacqueline, by Don
John (Mr. Eyke) 80
A chestnut filly, by Stockwell—Ariadne, by New-
minster (Mr. H. Hill) 180
A brown filly, by St. Albans—The Countess of Albe-

marle, by Lanercost (Mr. Osborne) 65
A brown colt, by St. Albans—Aquamarine, by the
Flying Dutchman (Duke of Newcastle) GOO
A chestnut filly, by Orlando or St. Albans—Lady
Melbourne, by Melbourne (Mr. Johnstone) 70
A bay filly, by Caractacus—Rosabel, by Newminster
(Mr J. Day) 70
A bay colt, by Ely—Sister to Little Lady, foaled in
1857, by Orlando (Duke of Newcastle) 510
A chestnut filly, by St. Albans—llimalaya, by Bay
Middleton (Mr Pryor) 150
A bay colt, brother to Cambuscan, by Newminster •
—The Arrow, by Slane (Mr. I. Woolcott) 380
A bay colt, by Orlando—Lady Palmerson, by Mel-
bourne (Mr. Sherwood) 120
A bay filly, by Newminster—Ayacauora, by Bird-
catcher (Mr. I. Woolcott) 520
A bay colt, by Orlando—Flight, by Jeered
(Mr. J. Day) 200
A chestnut filly, by King Tom —Venus, by Orlando
(Mr. J. Day) 200
A bay colt, by King Tom—Bay Celia (dam of the
Puke and The Earl), by Orlando (Mr. J. Day) 1350
A bay colt, by Ely—Nun Appleton, by Bay Middle-
ton
A chestnut colt, by St. Albans, dam (foaled in 1855)
sister to Bay Rosalind, by Orlando (Mr M'Do-
nough)
A bay filly (sister to Miracle) by Nowmiuster—The
Deformed, by Burgundy or Harkaway (Mr Bead-
man) 360
A brown colt, by Wild Dayroll—Rosebud, by Ratan
(Mr Mytton) 35
A brown filly, by Wild Dayrell—Triekstress, by
Sleight of Hand (Mr. Stevens)

Total

6,525

TIIE GOLD CUP AND TIIE ALEXANDRA PLATE AT
ASCOT.—Tho following post entrances were made for the
Ascot Cup on Saturday: Blue Gown 3 yrs, Julius 4 yrs,
and King Alfred 3 yrs—the respective owners of the above
paying £lOO for the privilege of post entry up to the hour
of entering for the Trial Stakes, acording to the new
clause in the conditions. On the same terms the following
post entries were also made on Saturday for the Alexandra
Plate: Blinkhoolie 4 yrs, Julius 4 yrs, and Dalesman,
5 yrs.