The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

SPORTING.

The Gorhambury races take place to-morrow and
next day. The programme is capital. There are
seven races in the list for the first day, among them
theGorhamburyHandicap, for which last year twenty-
one accepted, and twenty started. On this occasion
eleven only are left in ; they will all run, I believe,
except Fat Jack. Bob Peel carries 51b. extra for
winning the Suffolk Stakes, but the distance (two
miles) will hardly suit his complexion so well as the
last mile and a half of the Round Course. Out of the
fourteen two-year-olds entered in the Park Stakes,
there are on the spot—Bastile, Esperance f., Rooksnest,
Vitula, Humbug, sister to Indolence, c. by Redshank
and Jamal. All entered in the Pre Stakes are also
' at Gorhambury. It will be remembered that the
Acacia colt, receiving 31b., beat Archy in the Co-
lumn at Newmarket, and that Archy afterwards beat
the winner of that race the same distance, but over
an easier course, the hill at the end of the 'Rowley
Mile not suiting the roarer. There may be some ar-
gument about this; but I think the Column will be
wrong, and Archy right ; who shall say ? There
will not be a very large field for the officers'' race,
which, unless the hour of starting is advanced, two
o'clock being at present fixed, will probably come off
about eight; this is a bad and indigestible arrange-
ment, and, I trust, the Noble Earl of Gorhambury
will read what I say in sufficient time to remedy the
defect. There will be halfa dozen races on these -
cond day, and two matches, and Verulam, Lord
March, and Lord Maidstone, are the Stewards—a suf-
ficient guarantee that all the new rules and regula-
tions of the last few years will be strictly adhered to.
I gave you on Monday last a rough list of the
horses likely to start for the Derby. I have very
little alteration to make in that list at present ; omit
Ballinkeele, and substitute one of John Day's outside
horses for Curator, and I should leave it until this
day week, when we shall probably know what Scott
and Forth will run. John Day, senior, will ride
Coldrenick ; William Scott and Holmes the two—
some say the Scotts will run five. Pooh ! Marson
will ride Auckland, Nat will ride Canadian, Robinson
will ride Barrier, Marlow will ride Combermere,
Chapple for Sir Gilbert, Templeman Lasso, Chiffney,
I understand, is engaged for the Agreeable colt ;
Rogers must ride something in Kent's lot, deponent
knoweth not what ; Darling has been applied to on
behalf of Cheops, and there remain Macdonald, S.
Mann, Wakefield, Lye, Whitehouse, Cartwright, Cal-
loway, Butler, Edwards, fat Pettit, Sly, and
Francis. No offence if I omit any jockey of cele-
brity, but at this moment I recollect no other great
man.

Tattersall's yard was very full yesterday ; what it
will be on Sunday next I leave you to guess. There
was very little betting. Coldrenick and Attila were
severally backed for several hundred pounds at prices
which equal even betting on those two horses against
the field. Jack was also in favour, 11 to 1 being
taken freely about him. The same side would have
been taken about Canadian and Auckland, and this,
by many, is thought a good moment to commence a
book. You certainly might get round with good
luck, and you would perhaps have Robert de Gorham
to win you all your money; this, if the settlm. g,was
tolerably heavy, would be a very profitable invest-
ment of time and capital. The new subscription
room is to be opened, I believe, on Monday next.
May 16. • JUDEX.