The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-19 00:00:00

SPORTING" I.NTELLIGEACE.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
The next horse in the Derby I am bounl to not ice is Mr.
Mostyn's Pantasa, by Piccaroon, out of Acanthus. This
animal has a great many friends in Cheshire and the neigh-
bouring counties, who say that he is wonderfully improved
in form since he ran last year. His doings are as follow :
At the Ascot Meeting last year he ran second to Old Eng-
land. At Liverpool he won the Mersey Stakes, beating by a
length Bretwalda, Hope, Ann Page, Pluto, Miss Elis, Somers,
Jinglepot, Pickpocket, filly by the Saddler, out of Fickle,
Helmsman, and Lass of Gowrie. At the York August
Meeting, carrying albs. extra, he ran second to Lancashire
Witch; and at Doncaster, for the Champagne, he ran fifth
to the Lancashire Witch. The success of Milton and Ala-
mode at Chester is certainly encouraging to his friends, who,
I have no doubt, will place him still higher in the market.
He i 3 in the hands of Blinkhorn, one of the best country
trainers in England, who has trained for Mr. Mostyn for
years, and won for him the Oaks and St. Leger with the
Queen of Trumps. Old Tommy Lye will ride him, and no
doubt make the most of him. If any of my readers may
have drawn Pantasa in a sweep, I recommend them not to
part with him.
The winter favourite, Alarm, from his position in the bet-
ting, I shall now attend to. Alarm is a bay colt by Venison,
out of Southdown, by Defence, out of Feltona, formerly the
property of Captain Delme, who, after his race for the Cham-
pagne Stakes at the Bibury Club Meeting, in which he beat
by a length Winchester, Lady Wildair, Nutbourne, andiEgis,
sold him for a long figure to Mr. C. Greville. From the
mere fact of his winning this race, and being purchased
by so celebrated a judge as Mr. Greville, Alarm became first
favourite for the Derby, and remained in that distinguished
place of honour until the commencement of the Craven
Meeting, when he was dethroned by Ides, and The Libel's
success at Chester made him succumb to that horse also.
Mr. Greville and his party still stick to him, and his being
matched against Old England for 500 soya. would infer that
their confidence was not impaired. He has been trained by
Dilly, at Littleton, near Winchester, until the beginning of
March, when for some reason he was sent to Newmarket,
where he still remains. Mr. Forth, from his great experience
as a trainer, always has some horse in his lot well supported,
and this year the public seem to think the best to be Doleful,
but whether he is the real Simon Pure I am
not prepared to say, as it is about as difficult a
task to discover what is going on in the Mitchel-grove
stable as it is to learn when the national debt will be paid
off. Many of my readers will no doubt recollect the Derby
of 1840. The public and Mr. Forth (ostensibly) backed the
Solace colt, while, in reality, all the veteran trainer's money
was on the Little Wonder, who, to the wonder of every one
except his, backers, won easily. Doleful is by Slane, out of
Frederica, and to his blood nobody can object. Slane, it
will be remembered, is by Royal Oak, and highly distin-
guished himself as a racer, winning, amongst other valuable
stakes, the Waterloo Shield, at Goodwood. Frederica is the
dam of Cobham and other good horses. He has never yet
started. He will, I vouch, be brought to the post in better
condition than any horse in the race, and exceedingly
well ridden by Bell, with whose merits as the
jockey of Foig-a-Ballagh every body is acquainted.
I now come to the outside division, as they may be termed,
from nothing less than 40 to 1 being offered against them.
I shall commence this lot with Clear-the-way. This horse,
by some very clever management of the Irish forces, actually
reached 15 to 1 in the betting; but this stratagem was so
quickly discovered, that he soon retrograded, and was pep-
pered so unmercifully by the great guns of the ring, that he
got back to his old place, 40 to 1. He is got by the cele-
bi ated Harkaway. out of Taglioni, a mare well-known on
the Irish turf. His doings are very moderate, having only
started three times as a two-years old at the Curragh, where
he was beaten twice by Old Ireland. He subsequently, how-
ever, won the Paget Stakes, beating Singaway, the Conquest
colt, and Vortex. But of this feat I think very little. Clear-
the-way is trained by Mr. Irwiu's private trainer, Murray, and
will if he goes, which is rather doubtful, be ridden by young
Murphy, the rider of Retriever in all his races. Mr. Cole-
man's Young Eclipse will, I think, tarn out to be as good as
his Jamal, about which there was so much mystery and talk
the year before last. He is by Elis out of Corrigie Bagh,
has never started but once, and then got well beaten by Old
England and Pantasa—l mean for the New Stake at Ascot.
He has been extensively patronised by that class of specula-
tors, whose five and ten pound notes annually swell to a
great extent the pockets of the bookmakers. Until within
the last week he has been trained by Coleman, but has now
been transferred to Kent, at Goodwood, to see what that
skilful artiste can make of him. Yesterday, at Tattersall's,
I saw a great disposition to back him at 100 to 1. He will
be ridden, most likely, by young Coleman.
Lord Glasgow has in the race, it will be scarcely credited,
something, very nearly approaching to a racehorse—l mean
the colt by Bay Middleton out of Miss Whip. But with his
Lordship's usual luck this colt, although he started four
times last year, could only contrive to win once, when he beat
Hersey at the Houghton Meeting, giving her 31bs. He has
not started this year, but I understand he is much im-
proved, and likely to run honestly. The races in which he
was beaten last year were the Ham, at Goodwood, the
Criterion, at Newmarket, and a match with Pam, at Don-
caster. Holmes will, I fancy, ride him. The Ironmaster
by Bran, out of the Prime Warden's darn, whose right to
start will, in all probability, be determined this afternoon, is
a very fine colt, the property of Mr. Hill, the owner of The
Libel. He has only started once at the Chester October
Meeting, where he won the Mostyn Stakes in a canter,
beating Master Stepney, Alvanley, Miracle, and colt by
Lord Stafford. He has recently been removed, I under-
stand, from his old training ground to Goodwood. Should
he be allowed to start I think he will be a much better
favourite.
Lord Verulam's Maynooth, by Sir Hercules, out of Chris-
tina, has only once made his appearance in public, when at
the Newmarket First Spring he wen a sweepstakes across
the Flat, beating Tunic and colt by Grand Duke, out of Miss
Julia. lie is engaged at Gorhambury to-morrow, and,
should he win, will of course assume a higher place in the
betting.
Columbus, Adonis, Mentor, and Newsmonger have never
started. Colonel Peel's colt, by Slane, out of Cobweb, started
once last year at Goodwood for the Ham Stakes, and was
beaten by Winchilsea, who beat him again this year easily
for the Riddlesworth. He was backed for a good deal of
money in the winter, but has now gone quite out of favour.
I should hardly think he would go.
I consider Jinglepot to be one of the best outsiders in the
race. He started three times last year, and won twice. Pan-
tasa beat him for the Mersey Stakes at Liverpool, to which
defeat I consider his beating Sir Henry, The Helmsman,
Pythia, Punjaub, Extravaganza, and filly by Muley Moloch,
out of Young Mary, at Richmond, and at Northallerton Co-
mical Boy, Alice Gray, Pluto, and filly by Sheet Anchor, out
of Valerian,. a quite sufficient set-off.
His merits, I imagine, will be tried with Pagan, by no
means a bad trial horse. They lay 50 to 1 against him now,
but will not do so, I think, at starting. Templeman will
have charge of him in the race. Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy
has a small party, whl are not often wrong, and who stick
to him with a pertinacity and devotion worthy of a better
cause. He started three times last year without success, on
account of his not being sufficiently prepared, at least so his
friends' assert. And, this year, with sst. 41b., and 81b. extra,
he was defeated by Sweatmeat for the Somerset Stakes. Im-
mense sums have been laid against this horse, and should he
win, some of the bookmakers will look very queer. It should
be borne in mind that horses quite as bad favourites as Cabin
Boy have won the Derby before now, and I cannot imagine
why, if he is so bad as some represent him to be, his party
should still remain by him. They were not far out when
they selected Gorhambury to stand upon in Cotherstone's
year. Cabin Boy is trained by Roe, at Crawley.
The Metropolitan Goodwood, as the Gorhambury Meeting
has not been inaptly termed, commences to-morrow, and will
afford five races each day. The vicinity of Gorhambury to
London, the beauty of the park in which the races are held,
and the excellent management which characterises them, all
tend to make this a delightful place of resort. To the Gor-
hambury Stakes there are 34 subscriber and 18 acceptances.
Had not Godfrey been running at Eglinton Park last week,
I should have fancied his chance by no means a bad one;
but I am afraid his two races there, in one of which he beat
Aristi les, and in the other was beaten by him, will prevent
his showing here. Millipede is very well in, and should
run well, as likewise Philip. The Queen of Tyne
would prefer the distance to be half-a-mile shorter,
and the weight will tell against Best Bower.
Fitzallen will, of course, have friends ; but, after
the Chester defeats, will, I opine, be rather too sore to
ran forward. lam prepared therefore to see either Millepede
or Philip win this race, with the Christina filly close to them.
Mr. Dawson with Crim-con will be first or second for the
Pras Stakes. The Brigade Stakes, in all probability, will go
either to Captain Oliver or Mr. Willan. I say this, because
they are by far the best jockies qualified to ride in this race.
Lord Verulam's Christina colt, with 41b. extra, will in the
Double-headed Oak Stakes meet Fitzallen and a good field,
and beat them. Lord G. Bentinck's Cherokee will have no
difficulty after his winnings at Northampton to put the
Park Stakes into the pocket of his noble owner—at least, such
is the opinion of TELEGRAPH.
London, May 19.