The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

The two great meetings in the north and south of England have
fully answered the expectations of the promoters of them. At
Newcastle, in future, the meeting is to be reduced from four days
to three—a most judicious improvement in my eyes. The last
meeting was one of the best, if not the very best, ever held over
that course. The improvements of the stand, and the accommoda.
tion Tarnished to jockies and trainers are deserving of the greatest
praise, and worthy of imitation in other quarters. The fields, in
nearly every race were large, and afforded ample room for specula-
tion. The results of the Produce Stakes. the North Derby Stakes,
the Northern Oak Stakes, the Hunters' Stakes, the Queen's Plate,
the Northumberland Plate, and Corporation Plate, were all won by
the horses I specified, as may be seen by reference to my past letter,
and shows 1 had not miscalculated the merits of the competing
animals. The style in which Mentor won his engagements has
made him a rattling favourite for the great northern event, and I
should not at all be surprised to see him at the head of the poll
before the day comes. For the Northumberland Plate Inheritess's
position at the finish clearly evinced what she might have done at
Ascot with a different jockey on her back. The other races call
for no particular observation. At the Bibury Meeting Cowl, reco-
vered from his Ascot lameness, found no difficulty in winning the
Produce Stakes; while for another handicap Queen Mab, as might
have been expected, with so accomplished a jockey as Captain
Pettat, beat a good field, including Ajax and Sorella. The Cham.
pagne, as a matter of course, fell to Mr. Wreford, but not to
the one he intended it to go, owing to Sam Day being unable to
stop the winner. Freelance was a great pot for this race, and
many were stuck by it. In the Andover Stakes Arcanus showed
in very different colours (in both senses of the word) to what he
did at Hampton, and from the manner in which his present
owner won with him, convinces me I was not wrong in selecting
him to beat the small field he met at Moulsey. Mr. Etwall's
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"veteran hero of a hundred fights," Adrian, by a' neck. Some
time since, when speaking of races for gentlemen riders, I recom-
mended my readers never to look to the horses, but to back the
riders, and advised them in all cases to give the preference to
Captain Pettat and Percy Williams, who are immeasurably supe-
rior to any of their class.

In this inst.mee they were first and second. Few race-horses of
the present or past century have undergone more vicissitudes of
fortune than Adrian. The number of times he has run lam ab-
solutely afraid to say. He is perfectly acquainted with nearly every
race-course in England, from Newmarket, where he ran second to
Chapeau.de.Spagne for a three hundred sovs. sweepstakes, from
Goodwood, where he ran second to Harkaway for the Cup, down to
the Plate races in Hampshire, where I have seen him started for four
heats for a sweepstakes of one sovereign, with seven added, and
from winch Golconda Stake, two sovs. were to be deducted for the
second. Ills late performance was a most meritorious one, and I
attribute it entirely to the able manner in which his jockey rode
him. Adrian is a sluggish, bad tempered horse, and requires a
good deal of riding ; frequently he will not run a yard. He found
himself, however, on that day in the hands of one who would
not be trifled with, and who when once he got hold of him by the
head, was enabled to bring out those qualities which other men had
failed in doing from a lack of physical strength. The only subject
of regret on the course was that John Day, who acted as clerk of
the course, should have been, by the bad conduct of his two sons,
prevented from seeing them exhibiting their talents on a course
where their education may be said to have commenced and ended.
I understar,d that Lord. Palmerston has taken a lively interest in
the fate of young John, and has promised to endeavour to obtain
at least a mitigation of his sentence. I have little doubt that
atter a year or so the Jockey Club will restore him again to that
sphere in which he was wont to shine so conspicuously, and enable
him to support those who are entirely dependent upon him. Many
People complain of the severity of the sentence : surely, after all the
disgraceful exposes that have taken place on the turf an example
was wanted, and it is only to be regretted that one hitherto so
much respected should form that example.
The decision come to by the Jockey Club respecting the age of
the Queen of Cyprus, is a convincing proof of the truth of the old
proverb, " give a dog a bad name, &c.," and of the necessity that
exists for the registration of foals. It must be conceded, however
unfortunate Mr. Wagstaff's position may be, that Lord George
Bentirick has made some amends to him by offering to take the
mare off his hands now her real age is distinctly defined.

The Winchester meeting is the only one of any importance next
week, and from the number of training stables in the vicinity
some good sport may be anticipated.
The Great Produce Stakes has eleven subscribers. The wi.ner
of the two Riddlesworths and the Column, Winchilsea, if he comes
to the post, should beat the field with ease. Mr. Trcen's Bastion
will in ail probability occupy his usual place of second. Mr.
Wreford, from the forward state of his two-year- olds, may be said
almost to farm these stakes in the south of England. It may not
be generally known that to" force" his colts, Mr. Wreford keeps up
a most expensive dairy of cows, the new milk or which all goes to
the brood mares and their produce.
For the Original Hampshire Stakes six are left in, and
although Queen Mab has the top weight, eight stone,
assigned to her, still from her stoutness, and the assist-
ance she will derive from her lucky jockey Nat, I fancy
she will be found the winner. Ajax is very fond of being second
in most of the races he runs in, and the Original Hampshire Stakes
will be no exception to his predilection. Old England will most
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which the former beat Physalis and a large field. She ought, I
conclude, to win this stake without much trouble; but of the seven-
teen animals named for the Winchester Stakes, I think Brush,
Idleness, and Misdeal most deserving of support.
In conclusion, those who wish to see one of the oldest cities in
England, and enjoy a good day's sport, should go down on Wed-
nesday or Thursday, and they will be amply repaid for their
trouble.
TELEGRAPH.
London, June 30, 1845.