The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

old, and have every reason to anticipate, from all my seeings
and hearings of late, that the horse which will first pass the
winning post will be LITTLE JACK, ridden by Jack Oliver ;
next in my estimation being the Black Doctor, whose owner
has, I hear, secured the services of young Osbornc to ride him ;
and I shall not be surprised at Pelson occuping the same
place as his brother (Poodle) did last year ; the two heavy
weights, Sir Alichael, and Banshee being the next to show.
And with full expectation of again having occasion to address
you before the event coining off, I remain, yours respectfully,
BEESWING.

Mr. H. Elves has named his two year-old filly by The Hero,
Joan of Arc.

Sweetness, by Sweetmeat, has been purchased by H. S
Thompson, Esq. .

Mr. W. Palmer has named bis colt, brother to Goldfinder,
The Nugget.
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John Osborne's (the jockey) first master, after his father's
stable, is Mr. Bennett.

Lord Strathmore, Lord Hopetoun, and General Anson, have
accepted the stewardship of Nortiiampton!aces next year.

West Australian was backed last week for 1,000 guineas at 9
to 1, the layer being desirous of going on at the same figure.

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Mr. Morton has purchased Shipwreck (the Grace Darling
filly), for 90 guineas, and she goes into Joseph Dawson's stable.

The sum of £B7O was taken at Northampton races for ad-
mission to the Grand Stand, being a large increase on former
years.
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Mr. E. R. Clarke has purchased Deerhound from Mr. Reeves,
for £6OO and half his winnings. Mr. Reeves gave fifteen guineas
for him.

The large stable of horses lately trained by Mr. H. Stebbins,
deceased, remain, for the present, under the care of Mr. J.
Winteringham.

Mr. Little has engaged the stables lately occupied by Mr.
Cooper, at Newniarket, and will shortly send his horses there
to be trained.

It is not expected that Constantine, by Cotherstone, out of
Crucifix, will be able to show for any of his engagements,
which are very numerous.

Defiance, the winner of the Northamptonshire Handicap was
bred by Sir Joseph Hawley, and sold to Mr. G. Drewe for fifty
guineas. His present owner gave 1,500 guineas for him.
Mr. W. Harrison's Mary Aislabie, by Malcolm, out of Lin-
drick's dam, has, by mistake, been named for the Northum-
berland Plate and Liverpool Cup as Kitty White, the latter
being a yearling colt, (Kit or Kitty being in Yorkshire the di-
minutives of Christopher,) by Malcolm or Theon, out of the
same mare, who is the property of Mr. Robert Harrison, of
Lindrick, near Ripon.
Catterick Bridge races, once so popular with the racing
public, was this year confined to one day ; an effort will, how-
ever, be •made to restore them to their former position next
year. KO sous. will be given to the various stakes, one of
which will be a handicap with 100 sous. added. The Earls of
Glasgow and Eglinton, and Messrs. Meikiam and Osborne,
have promised their support.
Ruby, the winner of the Althorp Park Stakes, at Northamp-
ton, was bought, when a yearling, for -t'3oo, from Mr. Dyson,
of Windsor. He is a remarkably fine, racing-like animal,
wonderfully furnished for a two year-old, and goes in splendid
style. His owner and friends won .4'10,000 upon the race, and
afterwards backed him for next year's Derby, for upwards of
..e5OO at 20 to 1. He is in the Mostyn Stakes at Chester, and
has ten other engagements this year.

During the past winter the Private Trial Course, at Newmar-
ket, has been prepared for its intended purpose by returfing a
large portion of its area, levelling the dip at the entrance, com-
pleting the new bank, and fixing, the requisite distance and
winning posts. It is now finished, and affords a quiet run
within its banks, the exact length of the T.Y.C. It was used
for the first time last week, when the ground was found to be
in excellent order. Several touts were dislodged from their
hiding places, on the "opening day." A sentinel will always
be present when the course is used, who will be able to see
everybody who may attempt to approach it.