The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-28 00:00:00

SPORTING.

(PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
The Goodwood Meeting, the first in England, and conse-
quently the first in the world, commences to-morrow and
concludes on Friday.
The programme is of unparalleled length, and the presence
of so popular and amiable a monarch as the King of the
Netherland:4 cannot fail to add to the numerous attractions
provided tor the visitors. lam of opinion that nothing con-
tributes more to the stability of racing abroad than the pre-
sence of foreign monarchs and princes at our principal meet-
ings. They cannot fail to be struck with admi-
ration at the manner in which they are carried on. The
symmetry of the horses, the elegant dress of the jockies, the
punctuality with which the races are run, and the instanta-
neous method adopted of making the name of the winner
known to the assembled thousands, must make a deep im
pres:4on on their minds, and cause them to endeavour as
ouch as possible to render their own meetings similarly
attractive. _

Ou Tue,day eleven' races will be found on the card, the
first of which will be the Craven Stakes, for which the entries
close this evening.
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The second will be the Lavant, for two year olds. Out of the
31 animals named for this stake, I expect to see at the post
Cherokee, Princess Alice, Madcap, Sotades, Sting. Fair
Helen, Collingwood, Tugnet, and Cambaules. Of these
Sting, I think, will find himself in very different company
from what he met at Ascot, and Tugnet's victory at Gorham-
bury is not a sufficient one to render her likely to beat
Cherokee. Madcap's winning has been so in and out lately
that I ca•,not fancy her. Sotades I do not like . Fair
Helen comes from a stable in which the horses are full
of running, but that is her only claim to public favour.
Cherokee is the best two year-old that has been out this season,
and, moreover, is a capital starter. Cambaules is dark, but
such is my preference for Mr. Wreford's two year olds on this
course, that I have. no hesitation in naming his horse as the
winner of the race, provided he can beat Cherokee. Between
the two it is sure to be a severe race, and, from the prestige
attached to former races, I lean to Mr. Wreford, with his son
of Camel.
The Sweepstakes of 300 soya. will be walked over for by
Collingwood.
The great Four-year-old Stakes of 300 sous. each, by the
rumoured absence of the Ugly Buck, who had been kept for
this stake, will be reduced to a match between The-Devil.
to-Pay and Joe Lovel. From a recollection of their previous
doings, and the Devil's running at Gorhambury last year, I
have no doubt my readers will see him put down as the
winner of this valuable stake.
In the Gratwicke, the Merry Monarch will only find one
or two antagonists, and those he should dispose of without
the slightest difficulty.
For the 11am Stakes there is sure to be a very large field ;
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but, as Princess Alice has lost her running, I think there is
nothing likely to beat Witsend unless it is Tugnet, whose
victory at Gorhambury, it must be borne in mind, was over
a very moderate field. To the Stockbridge stable, I believe,
I must assign this race.
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Wood Pigeon ; and the two first found at the winning-post,
Old England and Wood Pigeon.
For the Goodwood Club Stakes I prefer most Quebec, as
last year he won the first class of the March Stakes, and at
the same time the Challenge, with the winner of the second
class. The Slane colt and Arcanus will no doubt run
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quisite. The following., I imagine, will not start :—True-
boy, Venus, Naworth, Joe Lovel, Milton, Lady Wildair, Sad-
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Deer, Crikey Billy, Alamode, Poussin, Little John,
Jenny Wren, St. Bernard. The field will, in all probability,
amount to twenty, and I imagine the betting will be widely
different to what it is at present. Pythia, in my opinion,
will find the distance too far for her. So will Boarding
School Miss, Nottingham, Queen of the Tyne, Rowena,
must surely be placed, if she does not win.
Laird o' Cockpen, Miss Elis, Europa, and The Libel. Ajax
is too slow. Aristides' legs are too uncertain for me to
islE ‘g,eirsywell in, and can hardly fail to run in front.
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John o'Gaunt, too, will beat more than many fancy he will.
The weight will stop Lothario, anti I am afraid also Queen
Blab. Rochester, like Ajax, is well in, but has not suf-
ficient speed for this race. Una has and can run well.
lo 1844 she marl live handicaps in succession, i and last year
she carried off the Trade Cup at Tewkesbury, and the Cup at
Abingdon. She is perfectly fresh—has been backed by able
judges for a large sum. Of Dawson's lot I think the most
fiaanidable is Glossy, 5 yrs, 6st 111 b, who has been backed
quickly for a very heavy stake. Her performances I have
alieadv detailed ; and as she has won all her races at long
distances, and now carries only 6st I Ilb, I have a strong idea
she will turn out to be winner of this race. Next to her I
would have Una. "Egis will, no doubt, beat all the three-
year-olds ; but the distance is too far for a boy to ride to
give him a chance of finishing with old jockies. The other
races I will touch on to-morrow.
London, July 28.
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