The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-16 00:00:00

SPORTIXG.

The Second Spring Meeting is not likely to be
abolished. Although your reporter annually argues
that the town would be benefittcd by its utter anni-
hilation, and I believe I have ere now followed on the
same side, I am quite sure, while certain old gentlemen
survive, this meeting (if meeting is the word), will
take place, if there be only one race in the three lays.
1 never remember a more respectable entry for the
Rowley Mile Plate. Ballinkeel (how came he there?
Is the Jockey Club's notice to Mr. Dixon with-
drawn ? I can do no more this day than ask the
question ?) instead of frightening others away,
seemed to attract all the available animals in the

town, no less than three in one stable being desir-
ous of competing with him. The betting on this
race was a farce ; about a hundred pounds was
laid on the Irish horse at evens, and 6 to 4 et voila

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tout. I have known thousands depending on this race;
but you cannot have your plumcake if you eat it,
consequently, if we lose our money at Chester, we
have it not to lose at Newmarket. A finer race I
have never seen. Seahorse wins by a head, Ballin-
keel beats Rosalind a head ; the same specific distance
separating this mare from Robert Grimstone ; pshaw!
I mean Robert de Gorham ; and Rover is not a neck
behind. Ballinkeel is thus no horse for Epsom ; he
may be speedy, but he does not look made to go on ;
moreover, the form is very different. A race-horse
would lose the whole tribe across the flat. The most

interesting match of the day was off. I allude to
Oakley and Scutari. The races commenced at one
o'clock. Why ? For the benefit of post-horses, I
suppose. Poor devils ! they are little thought of in the
race to see the same.

Envy us, pray, for you know not the luxury of
kicking your heels about Newmarket from 3 o'clock
till 6, watching the clouds of dust, and wishing the
watermen up to their necks in their favourite ponds.
The first race on Wednesday was the Jockey
Club Plate : in my notice of the last meeting here I
expressed my surprise that Barbara should beat
Flambeau, weight for age ; it was contrary to all pub-
lic running, as well as expectation. Flambeau must
then have been amiss, as, for this Plate, giving 3lbs.
more weight, he beat the mare in a canter. In the
next race, the half sister to Flambeau was absolutely
last; the best judges backed her so freely, that I
really thought all her previous performances must
have been wrong. The unfortunate little boy that
rode Lord Kelburne's colt was sadly blamed ; but
why put the saddle on the rider I know not, for the
mare Ma Mie won in a canter, and is in the Oaks.
Mr. Newton, I believe, ran horses about 17 years
without winning a race : what can be ping to happen
besides the burning the City of Hamburgh, and
making sausage-meat of two hundred and forty indi-
viduals on the Versailles Railroad, for Mr. Newton has
won twice in three weeks ? If any one had looked at
Lord Kelburne's colt, they would ss,4r-ely have blamed
the rider. Seveti started for the Sualk Stakes, value
therefore to the winner, 3551.; every one knew which
would be the first two horses in the race, for Judea
told them last Monday, and he certainly is entitled to
some credit for the selection, for the excellence of
the handicap is proved by the fact, that every horse
starting was freely backed in the morning, or on the
course. The first favourite, the Devil-among-the
Tailors, was beat off; as nobody, I belie e, ever
thought him good, save and except his respected
owner. I did not imagine this running would have
any effect on the position of Attila in the Derby ,