The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-13 00:00:00

THE FORTHCOMING ST. LEG

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(From the Doncaster Gazette of this day.) s‘.
, That the St. Leger of this year presents greatere
ractions than has been the case for a very cOnsider. ate
period, every o.e appears ready to admit. Thelvo
sufficient grounds for entertaining this opinion. 'l.OlO
is presented no decided flper to frighten his Marl tier,
_no easy winner of the Derby to intimidate the °
the
fearful, or deter them from taking their chalice for obe
golden prize—no dead certainty that the victory °Lot.
won by the first favourite, with odds on theJie
Hence, the interest becomes not only deepened, bis,ti i of
probability more apparent, that a larger WO, 1'; es'
horses will come to the post than was, at one toll,-'3llO
pected. In the present racing aspect, looking 'ILO
final issue, much will depend upon the actual contsio;
of the horses on the morning of the great day of cob
and hence also the anxiety to keep, if possibLieicbibl,
horse " up to the mark" to meet his many forPP
competitors. aer
" %Vell—what's to win ?"—is the all-importan'.oo
tion heard on all hands—in all sporting eireliodo
Tattt rsall's—from the rendezvous of our sporting if;0050
in Manchester, down to the humblest coterie that, moll
of its •• sweep." There is a deal of the noddingtn 70 to,
and the shrugging of shoulders on the probabilitio
the winner. But each one finds it no small Olt' 001
difficulty to point with his pencil to the very hers. loter
no sooner has one person laid down his opinions ro in
mingled with doubts, than the same question i
reqtioof
another quarter—" What's to win ?" with this add him
" Can Scott do it this year, after his luck deserteuipor
in '42 and '43 ?" Scott's lot, including Ithurielfeis
Monsus, Princess, and Valerian— all at Pighur
backed at evens. 'But first of The Cure. d
TUE CURE, by Physician, cut of Morsel, is traineberro
Robert Hesseltine, at Hambleton. He has bit'folol'
proved himself a game horse ; and his public Pascale.
antes have placed him at the top of the betting oat'
He is worthy of his position : whether before the %OP
ful day arrives he will be supplanted by a forra;,;"
rival, remains to be seen. His friends in his own," )01
bourhood are confident that he can win, and bac", and
with a degree of earnestness which shows the trail;
sincerity of their own convictions. That his trairljere 0
devote to him his utmost skill and experience, Ili, the
no doubt. But a formidable objection stares one 100
face, ehich training cannot overcome. He is 6 ggifel
horse; but he is a little one, and this circumstance toed
rise to the opinion, that he cannot maintain the r,egooos
fleetness against the more powerful stride of h'sa the
formidable competitors, always bearing in °al.,. bile
length of the St. Leger race. His game will carry
through. The blood of Physician swells his veins.o
is the untiring son of an untiring sire. It is Under
that Robert Hesseltine will ride The Cure, vet'
is a bay colt, by Touchstone, out of
berm, and the property of Lord Stanley. The nr. tsbies of
portant fact in favour of the powers and captain' Bed
this horse is, the decided victory he achieved 0/crowd
Deer at the Liverpool July Meeting, in a race %rots
by extraordinary fleetness—the mile and three Ce slag
having been run in three minutes ten seconds. I': out
carried off the Gratwicke Stakes at Goodwonn;„ 5 at
he was defeated by The Cure for the Dee Sti'et)eirig
Chester, although, at that time, he was far from
in his right form. Grey
BAY MOMUS, by Bay Middleton, out of sister to olia
Mornus, was bred by Sir Tatton Sykes, and sold to "'to
Scott. This colt was defeated at Newcastle hinecteil
Era ; but it should be borne in mind that, can_l2
with the circumstance of his comparatively r.j;oo.
chase, he was not in the right trim on that cc:eot bt
That he afterwards improved was rendered app!:fourto
the fact, that he ran, as the horses came in, a go'..o,kine
for the Derby, after the lot bad sustained the #

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