The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

SPORTING.

In a former epistle I expressed my fears that John
Scott would shortly train every horse entered in the
Derby : for this I "find I have been anathematised by
all book-makers, such a result being the height of
their ambition.

The betting on Monday was spirited, but axclu-
sively confined to the kill devil and ruin-man stable.
While anything over 8 to 1 was eagerly taken about
Attila, 25 to 1 less was taken about each of three
others, the Lord of Holderness, the Joanna colt, and
Meteor. The same odds have been taken about the
Dirce colt and Artful Dodger, and before they left the
stable William de Fortibus and Auckland. The
public have also backed William de Gros, the Amadon
colt, Master Thomas, Woldsman, Baronet, Johnny Fan,
and the Puncher, and I have now mentioned every
horse in the lot, except the last arrival, Lord Mil-
town's two, individually at different periods. Horses
leave the stable and go out of the.betting: a horse is
claimed for 3501., goes into the stable, and is at this
moment in such high favour that he will possibly be
some day first favourite !! ! Gemini crankunt twee-
dle ! ! ! but there must be 'something wonderfully
bracing in the Pigburn air. The leviathan, never-
theless, has only carried off one Derby in his life,
and that with about the worst horse that ever won the
great race. The great Wizard of the North is a fool
to John Scott—the egg trick morning exercise, the
gun trick a mere canter. I have heard, and Ido
often hear, this wonderful conjurer (I mean John
Scott, and not the other Mephistophiles) terribly
abused. Poor man ! his greatest crime being that he
is the best trainer in the world, and that he does not.
publish in the newspapers—mark, before he knows
himself, which is the best horse out of some dozen
good-looking and well-bred ones.
Scott's horses engaged next and the following week,
have arrived at Newmarket; at least all that mean to
show, I believe. Attila, Meteor, the Dirce colt, and
the Ladye of Silverkeld Well are there.
There have been several meetings this last week.
The Trial Stakes at Northampton did not fill, and
gentleman riders were appointed to the only other
race for thoroughbred horses. This, however, is more
a hunt than a race meeting, and is an excuse for gen-
tleman in the neighbourhood to fill their houses, that
the ball in the evening may be well attended, which I
read in the Morning Post was the case.
There was a good deal of racing, such as it was, at
Epsom On Wednesday. Thanks to a severe shower of
hail and rain, there were two races for the Heatheote
Plate—in the first the winner and second being left
behind. The second race being spun out into four
heats, and a miscalled match follovvin, the sports
were not over till dusk. Mr. Thompson s mare is in
the Oaks, and Vibration (one of Forth's lot) is in the
Derby and Oaks ; the latter has not been backed in
my hearing, except with the rest of her stable com-
panions.
The Catterick Bridge and Croxton Park Meetings
have also come off this week. Why so many races
should be fixed for the same week, I cannot guess.
The latter is celebrated as one of the few meetings in
the kingdom where all the jockeys are gentlemen—
quite enough to insure my absence, I have no idea of
scrubbing the floor, while the housemaid can do it so
much better ; but why should I complain. The
Duke's tenants are amused ; and these gentry and
their families form a considerable portion of the good
folks accustomed to visit Croxton Park Races.
l3allinkeely is arrived at last ; lie is a good-looking
bay horse, and will be trained by J. Scott at Ascot,
who is fully competent to do him justice. Curious
enough, the horse is a much worse favourite since his
arrival.

There seems to be no longer any doubt that the
Hippodrome ceases to be a racecourse. It is to be
regretted that the races cannot be transferred to New-
market, or anywhere indeed, but the subscribers
whose nominations are dead would decidedly object
to any such arrangement. The liability of the pro-
prietors of the racecourse for the sums advertised to
be added to the different stakes is questioned by
many parties. JUDEX.
April 4.
THE QUEEN'S lIOUNDS.

Saturday's run with the Royal hounds, although a
small field in comparison to several former, was the
finest of the season. It was exceedingly select with
respect to the quality of the sportsmen, and included
several officers of the Royal Horse Guards :—Captain
Seymour, Captain Vyse, W. Baker, Makepiece,
Benbow Payne, 'Esqrs., &c., &c.
The noble stag Mouse was= unca;ted at Bricic-
bridge, and led the way in gallant style over the
country towards llawthorn-hill, then bearing to the
right, went straight away to Buck Farm, Binield,
Lawrance Waltham, Shottersbrook Park, making
for the great wood; then bearing to the left he
made for White Waltham Tuchenend, along the side
of Bray Drainage, taking the country all the way ;
here the pace was " reeling," and those who were
fortunate enough to be on the right side of Bray
Drainage, had it all to themselves, which number,
from the severity of the running, was reduced to a
few only of the right sort, and these were Captain
Nyse, Mr. Baker, Mr. Benbow, another gentleman,
and Harry King, the whip. The running now began
to slacken, and the deer, in view for the first time
during the hunt, bore to the right over llolyport
Green, and was captured at Tunchenend after two
hours and a quarter of the best hunting run this
season, every hound doing his share of work like a
pack of harriers. It was a rare day—the Leicester-
shire of the Queen's hunt.

THE TORY LANDLORDS AND
THEIR TENANTS.

From the Vale of Alford; from the Howe of the Mearns,
and, in a word, from almost every Tory district of this and the
adjoining counties, no report now reaches us but one general
voice of lamentation and great mourning over the fall
in the vices of catt:e consequent upon the promulgation
of the new tariff, the landlords striving to comfort their
poor tenants with assurance that " all would yet be
well," but the farmers refusing to be comforted, be-
cause that their high rents remain, while their high prices are
gone for ever. Accustomed as the Conservative squirearchy
have all along been to represent the Whigs as friendly to the
importation of foreign produce, and to identify such a policy
with the ruin of the farming interest, they now feel sadly at a
loss what to say to their tenants, who come to them with long
faces, and ask what is now to be done, when the calamity which
they had been so often taught to dread from their enemies': the
Whigs, has came upon them with redoubled force from their
friends, the Tories? At tae outset it would appear that the lords of
the soil fancied themselves of such importance in the eyes of
the nation, that they bad but to signify their disasproval of
the intended measure to have it abandoned; and accord-
ingly, they assured their tenants at first that they
would take care to have the whole thing put right.
But the haughty bearing of Sir Robert Peel in Par-
liament towards the agricultural bigots of his own party having
taught all this sort of people a lesson as to their own insignifi-
cance, it would seem that the Conservative gentry had wisely
resolved to keep themselves quiet upon the occasion, but to stir
up the farmers to sign petitions to Parliament setting forth what
an evil it would be to them if the present high price of beef was
not kept up! Foreseeing, however, no doubt that theirpctitioning
would all end in smoke, and that their tenantrw ould soot, ret urn to
them w ith the demand "how they were to pay high rents with low
prices of oats and cattle, they are now adopting another policy
with regard to the farmers, and are gravely assuring them that
the measure will, after all, be " goodless, ill-less," for that the
,ports had been opened to the importation of foreign cattle only
because it was well ascertained that there were none to come
in ! —Abereeen Herald.

WAR IN AFFGRANSTAN.—MT. Wvld, of Charing-
cross, has just published a map which will be found of
great use at the present eventful crisis. In addition to
our possessions in India, it contains Affghanstan, Caubul,
and the countries to the west of the Indus, and is ac-
companied by notes, explanatory of the nature of these
countries, and the route to Caubul, with the distances.
This map, executed in Mr. Wyld's usual style of excel-
lence, appears at the most appropriate moment,