The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-15 00:00:00

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DONCAS I'ER.—TIESDAY.
It is beyond dispute that, up to the Warwick week,
the St. Leger, as a betting race, had been incomparably
dull, and then it was only the rumours set afloat, to the
disparagement of the favourite, that infused anything
like spirit into the speculations on it. For this tailing.
off it is not difficult to account ; the race it self has been
gradually sinking for some years, not in the estimation of
sporting men only, but of the public generally ; the im-
mense preponderance of Scot t's stable hastened its decline,
rival meetings sprung up, the Goodwood, Liverpool, New-
castleand Chester events, and a host of handicaps, came in
for their share of attention, the death of some of the most
influential supporters of the turf, and the retirement of
others, made vacancies that have not been filled up; the
ring has been awfully shaken in numbers, wealth and
confidence by two bad Derby •settlings, and the attention
of hundreds devotedly attached to the sport has been
distracted, and their means of enjoying it diminished by.
the melancholy state of trade in every part of
the kingdom. In exemplification of the last-men-
tioned items, we need only refer to Manchester, where
every second man attests his interest in the sport,
either in the shape of a "sweep" or a bet—the recent
disturbancs have utterly deprived them of the where-
withal to indulge their fancies. At Sheffield (one
of the most sporting towns in the North), which
is dependent entirely on the American market,
business is in so deplorable a state, that at
this moment upwards of five thousand able-bodied
artificers are on the parish books. There has
been no " turn-out " at Sheffield. The causes
we have enumerated have had a sensible effect
on all kinds of arausements —on racing (the
most expensive of them all) in particular, and more
so on the present St. Leger than any other event of the
year. After reading this brief preamble, those who derive
their knowledge of the passing events of the turf from
t columns of a newspaper, will not be surprised to
hear that the St. Leger day, celebrated on Tuesday last,
fell short of the grandetn: and excitement that we have
so often witnessed and described in the " olden time ;"
still, in the hacknied sense of the phrase, it was a
" grand day ;" the railroads from the north and
south, the Midland and Western Counties, brought
a very large increase to the company mentioned
as having arrived on Monday ; the streets were
thronged at an early hour ; the list promised a good
start for the race, and a sufficiency of running of
a less exciting character. The weather was -fine, and
one or the field" repeated in every variety of dialect,
showed the anxiety that was felt in the approaching
struggle. The betting-rooms were thronged for some
' hours before the commencement of the races, and rings,
large and small, being formed in different parts of the
room, business proceedeclavith considerable activity to
the last moment. Amongst other prominent favourites
were Blue Bonnet and Master Thomas. The first had
never been spoken of .as either in the list of expected
starters, or by the prophets, until Monday morning,
when her debut was proclaimed by a bet of 1,000 to 10;
before midnight she was backed heavily at 10 to 1 by
the parties who had eagerly supplied the wants of the
Eglinton party, at thousands to twenty-five, twenty, and
so on, up to less than half those odds—in truth they looked
uncommonly "blue ;" the gelding (Master Thomas)
placed them in just as pleasant a predicament, and thou-
sands to twenty-five were most reluctantly hedged at 10
to 1. After the first half-hour a change vastly to the pre-
judice of the gelding occurred. Attila was in greatdemand
at 6 to 5, and in a very brief space his companion (the
gelding aforesaid) went out of the betting. Beyond
this, and an improvement of two or three points in
Ballinkeele and Eboracum, there was nothing done that
claims particular notice. About one o'clock the books
and the doors were closed ; and in another half hour,
the thousands that had been cooped up within the nar-
row confines of the town, had changed the venue to the
race course. The scene there was exceedingly bril-
liant ; the Stands, large and small, were full to over-
flowing ; and an immense multitude was congregated
on either side of the rails, from the gravel road
above the Starting-post, to considerably below
the Distance. So cheerful and well-ordered an as-
semblage has not been seen on Dsacaster race-course for
many years ; the only ingredient wanting to make the
picture complete was a better display of beauty and
fashion. The first race on the day's list ended in a walk
over ; the second was little better ; these disposed of, the
bell rang for saddling for the St. Leger, of which, and
the events that preceded and followed, we subjoin ample
details :
The Two-yr-old Stakes of 100 sovs., h ft. Red-house In.
(3 Subs.)
Mr. Clarke's b f Amiene, by Bay Middleton, walkedover.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, for3-yr-olds, colts Bst 71b;
and fillies, Bst 31b. Mile-and-a-half. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Bowes's ch f Ladye of Silverkeld Well (Nat) 1
Mr. Mostyn's b cby Bay Middleton—Her Highness 2
2 to 1 on the Ladye, who made all the running, and
won in a common canter by several lengths.
The Great St. Leger Stakes cf 50 sows, each, h ft ; for
3 yr-old colts, Bat 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. The se-
cond horse to receive 100/ out of the stakes. St. Leger
course. (133 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's b f Blue Bonnet, by Touchstone(Lye) 1
Gen. Yates's br c Seahorse, by Camel (Chapple) 2
Mr. Forth's Policy, by Bustard (F. Butler) 0
Col. Anson's b c Attila, by Colwick (W. Scott) 0
Mr. Bell's b c'Eboracum, by St. Nicholas (Heseltine) 0
Mr. Clark's b g Master Thomas, by Tomboy(Holmes) 0
Mr. Combe's Rosalind, by Touchstone...(J. Rogers) 0
Mr. Ferguson's Fire,away, by Frenzy (Jaques) 0
Mr. S. King's b c Cattonite, by Muley Moloch(J.Day) 0
Mr. Kitching's Priscilla Tomboy, by Tomboy (Oates) 0
Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, by Physician (Templeman) 0
Mr. Owsley's Happy-go-Lucky, ha- Y. Emilius
Mr. Price's b f Marion, by The Mold ...(Cartwright) 0
Mr. Ramsay's ch c Cabrera, by Tomboy. (Noble) 0
Mr. Thompson's br f Pharmacopoeia, by Physician
Mr. Dixon's b. c Ballinkeele, by Birdcatcher
Lord Milltown's ch c Scalteen, by Philip (Calloway) 0
Betting at starting-41 to 8 agst Attila, 7to 1 agst
Ballinkeele, 8 to 1 agst Blue Bennett, .10 to 1 asst Ca-
brera, 12 to 1 agst Rosalind, 13 to 1 agst Eboracum, 11 to
1 agst Fireaway, 15 to 1 agst Policy, 20 to 1 agst Sea-
horse, 25 to 1 agst Scalteen, 25 to 1 agst Master Thomas,
and 50 to 1 rgst any other.
THE RACE.—About a quarter past three, fifteen
out of the seventeen that started had taken their pre-
liminary canters ; some minutes after, the other two—
Attila and Master Thomas—made their appearance in
company, took a short gallop, and joined in the cus-
tomary parade from the Grand Stand to the starting-
post. After one slight failure an effective start
was accomplished, and the race commenced,
Attila taking the lead at a strong pace, followed
by Scalteen and Eboracum—Marion, Priscilla Tom-
boy, Fireaway, Happy-go-Lucky, and several
others treading upon theft: heels, with every
other horse in the race closely laid up, ex-
cept Ballinkeele, Seahorse, and Cattonite. Marion
receded from the front rank in a few strides, and
Priscilla Tomboy, finding the speed too much
for her, was fain to keep company with Seahorse and
Cattonite in the rear. In rising the hill, Scalteen was
passed by Eboracum, who neared the favourite at the
mile post, and forced the running so effectually, that at
the Red House it was evident, even from the stand, that
Attila was in difficulty ; in making the bend this was
placed beyond all doubt, and "The favourite's beaten" was
heard from all parts of the course. Eboracum and Seal-
teen retired with him, and the running was taken up
by Fireaway ; Blue Bonnet, who had been in the
ruck up to the Red House, showed in front
immediately after with Priscilla Tomboy, and at
the two mile post they were close up with him,
Blue Bonnet lying on his left, close to the rails, and
Priscilla Tomboy on his right ; Cabrera was in their
wake, and Seahorse, who had been most conspicuously
in the rear to the turn, having passed the beaten horses
rapidly, was lying in his track at the distance. About
two hundred yards from home Blue Bonnet wrested the
lead from Fireaway, was never after caught, and wan
very easily by a length. Priscilla Tomboy went past
Fireaway at the Stand, but was herself challenged by
Seahorse a few strides from the chair, and beaten by
half a length. Fireaway turned jady before he reached
home, began kicking, and was a bad fourth; Ballinkeele
made a waiting race of it, and by an effort at the last ran
his compatriot, Fireaway, to a length. Cabrera was
some lengths behind, and was followed in by a crowd of
horses, at the head of which, we understood, were Attila,
Pharmacopoeia, Policy, &c. Cattonite looked in bad
condition, and ran as bad as he looked—he was beaten
off in the first fifty yards. The race was run in three
minutes eighteen seconds. Value of the stakes, 3,6001.
That Attila was a different animal to the Attila that won
the Derby cannot be doubted—he was nervous at the post,
and betrayed other unequivocal symptoms of not being
in his proper racing form ; had he shown ten minutes
sooner he must have gone back in the betting. Sea-
horse's friends were very much annoyed at the position
he occupied from the.starting post to the Red House ;
they insist that Chapple laid out of his ground, and that
his chance was greatly prejudiced by having so much
leeway to make up ; we believe the fact to be, that he
lost a little ground at starting, but that, like Priscilla
Tomboy, he could not go the pace. The settling seems
likely to be easy ; Lord Eglinton, we believe, wins about
5,0001, and his trainer, Dawson (the owner of Nell, the
winner of the Oaks) and frierals, a much larger sum.
The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 50 sovs. added. The second
receives 30/. One mile. (25 Subs 13 of whom
declared.)
Mr. Walker's Billin,aham Lass, 4 yrs, 7st ...(Bumby) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Knight-of-the-Whistle, 4 yr 5...... 2
Lord Kelburne's c by Retainer, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 3
Mr. Brook's Idolatry, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 4
Mr. Denham's Compensation, aged, Bst 5
Mr. Bell's Frea, 3 yrs, Gst •
2 to 1 agst Billinghara Lass, 5 to 1 agst Free, 4 to I
alit any other. Biffingham Lass made all the running
to the distance, and after a slashing race home with the
Knight, won by a head.
The Chesterfield Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added,
fir four-yrs-old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ;
maidens at the time of naming allowed 51bs. Mile
and a half. ("3 Subs.)
Colonel Cradoek's Pagan (Templeman) 1
Mr. Gascoigne's Jack Sheppard 2
sto 4 on Jack Sheppard. Pagan ran a waiting race,
and won cleverly by half a length.

Several houses at Bordeaux have received letters
from their correspondents at illaeAricht, complaining
that I-Mgiqm has eNcluded horn the favour granted
to French wines those which come to that city by the
Meuse and Rotterdam. We should suppose that
Belgium will alter this decision, especially since it
grants to the wines of Prussia and Germany the care
privilege as to French wines. The arrival by the
Meuse and Rotterdam is the most natural for the
whole country of Liep ; it play therefore be believed
that it wiil La adopted by Belgium, unless the irri- [
portation through Maestricht should be attended with I
too great inconvenience to the treasury.—Commerce.