The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
I have attended Liverpool races now for many years in succes-
sion, and I think I never witnessed a fuller attendance of cum.
pany than were present last week. The sport, if not first-rate,
was still very respectable, and I doubt not, after the comments
which have been so properly made by the press, that an alteration
will be made in the time of declaring the acceptances for the Cup.
There is only one drawback, I am aware, attending the Liverpool
Races, and that has been felt by almost every person I am
acquainted with. I allude to the danger experienced in returning
from the cot.rse to the town. The getting back from Epsom is
nothing to it : and I can only estimate the danger by comparing
it to that which is experienced by a passenger going or returning
from London to Gravesend in a steamer on a Sunday, when eighteen
hundred people are crammed into a vessel capable of holding only
four hundred with any degree of comfort.
The Croxteth Stakes was remarkable more for the re-introduc-
tion of the Lancashire Witch into the racing world, than any-
thing else. Upon her making her appearance she was much
scrutinised, and the result of the race showed that the odds laid
against her were not done so without great reason. Few mares have
fallen offs° much frod heir two-yr-old running asMrs'Vs'or. h ngton's.
Trueboy, the favourite, displayed again his "favourite trick"
of " shutting up" directly he was called upon. It will be a long
time, I think, before his friends will trust him with any snore
money. The winner was not mentioned in the ring, and is a nice-
looking filly. Fur the Mersey Stakes, Princess Alice was again I
beaten, much to the chagrin of her backers. Luminary is the first
of Launcelot's stock that has been out, and her success will, no I
doubt, give her sire a lift in the estimation of breeders. In the
Plate that followed, the stable companion of Rowena played a very
creditable part. It is somewhat remarkable that nearly all the
Slanes that have yet been seen in public have been winners.
For the Cup Nat brought Lothario in (as I told my readers
last week he would) in front of sixteen others, including Hescl-
tine's crack Winesour. A great many apologies are made for this
horse's defeat, but I never imagined he had the slightest chance.
Although he was run against, surely in a race of two miles there
was time enough for him to recover his position. Rowena's place
at the finish, and the running of the Slane colt, deservedly raised
Rowena in the betting for the Goodwood Stakes, and makes Daw-
son's lot a dangerous one to stand against.
In the Derby Handicap, Sweetmeat, another of my selections,
followed up her success at Ascot, beating Godfrey and eighteen
others. Lothario was very foolishly started for this, and although
much inconvenienced by being hung upon, yet was only beaten
by a length and a head. After this they took 16 to 1 about him
for the stakes.
The Stanley Stakes were won by that game little animal, Mid_
lothian, beating, among others, Pluto, Hope, and the Lancashire
Witch. Hope, my favourite, next to Pluto, was the favourite, at
7to 4, but was not even placed. Had the distance been longer I
think Pluto would have won. Lord Warwick's Yardley has at last
won a race for his owner, and beside putting a good stake in his
pocket, caused a handsome salver to be added to the family plate
chest. I know not who is the author of the inscription engraved
upon it, but I must say, a better one I never perused. Such a tes -
timonial must have been most gratifying to his Lordship. The
Ironmaster's running today completely destroyed the hopes of his
numerous backers for the Goodwood Cup.
The Liverpool St. Leger was a most exciting race. Under an
impression that Mentor would not run, I selected Pantasa for my
winner, and he was only beaten a head, after a race three seconds
and a half faster than the one between Ithuriel and Red Deer, last
year. The betting, after it was over on the Doncaster St. Leger,
was most unaccountable, Mentor being backed at 8 to 1, and the
Welsh horse at 20 to I. I expect to see the latter's position,
however, materially improved before long. The Baron, I hear, is
gone to John Scott's to get that improvement he so evidently re-
quired; had he been ever so fit, the manner in which be was ridden
was sufficient to have destroyed his chance of winning.
The Newton Meeting, which may not inappropriately be termed
the Goodwood of the North, commences to-morrow, with every
probability of good sport. For the Gold Cup twenty-three horses
have been left in, and the following are their respective merits :
Robert de Gorham has the top weight, 9st, assigned to him;
had he been obliged to have carried the Tower of London, it
would have made no difference, as he broke down a fortnight, ago
at Carlisle, and is now for sale. The Shadow, Bst 91b—looking
at her running last week for the Queen's Plate--is too much
stumped up to make me think she has any chance. Trueboy, Bst 91b,
cannot be trusted for sixpence. Aristotle, Bst 81b, if all right,
ought to run very forward. Winesour, Bst 71b, I cannot have, after
his exhibition last week. Ratan, 7st 121 b, will find the weight too
much for him, and Semiseria, 7st 81b, the distance too long.
Parthian, 7st 71b, I think, will beat all the others. Erebus and
Juvena', I consider, have no chance. Cataract's legs Ido not think
will last him for such a distance as this. Little Hampton is well
in, and will run in frunt. Fitzallen, 3 yrs, sst 31b, after his lung
rest, will, if he starts, have, I imagine, a very fair chalice of putting
into his owner's pocket the money he cost him at Chester. Sinbad,
Cock Robin, Agriculture, April Noddy, and Winyard, I think,
will not start, so entering into a discussion of their merits is use-
less. After a careful examination, therefore, of their qualities, 1
think, in the large field that will be sure to start for it, Parthian
will be found first at the winning post, and Constable, Little
Hampton, and Fitzallen in close attendance.
In the Drawing-Room Stakes Thaliacan hardly find one superior
to herself.
The St. Leger will be a nice race between Pluto and Fitzallen,
and will be won by the former, as the distance suits him better
than it did at Liverpool.
The Golborne Stakes seems booked to Lord Harry.
For Sir John Gerard's Cup I prefer most Parthian and Godfrey
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