The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Manchester, Tuesday Evening.
On Friday evening we observed that further advances would
must probably follow the revolution even then caused in the
Chester Cup speculations by the appearance of the weights.
This will be found to have been the case by a single glance at
the positions now held by various horses in the bettings. It will
not have escaped recollection that at this period of last January,
the topic seas the favourable weight, to say the least of it, be-
stowed upon Sir J. Boswell's celebrated horse General Chasse,
and the nice accuracy of the handicap as regarded the Marquis
of Westminster's Snyders, who received the coup de ()race in
one short hour, being hurled from the leadership to the extreme
fag end of the odds. If, twelve months ago, the noble owner of
Snyders deemed it correct to pay instantly on the appearance
of the handicap (and for the same reason to be. found not ex-
tending his patronage to the Tradesmen's piece of Plate of May
next,) it will not astonish Its if a little of the cream of the entry
should vanish on or before the first of February, and for the
very reason which caused Snyders to leave in the lurch his
numerous backers, at 9, 10, and 11 to 1. Another fortnight
will, however, settle the question, how many of the first half-
dozen top weights accept or pay. Out of that lot, only one
week ago, five were backed, and three of them at 12 to 1, or
under. Now they will all he found in the rear rank, without a
solitary nibble, even at tempting odds. This revolution is, of
course, the effect of the handicap. the merits of which rest, in
the opinion of many gentlemen, in the closeness of the race.
NVhaley's price is two points under our quotation on Friday ;
indeed, a little silver has been given on more occasions than
one fur 10 to I—say 100 to 10. He has various friends willing
to support him, although their books were pretty wellaccommo•
dated at double the figure previous to the publishing of the
weights. Zohrab, Heron, Catherina, and Magician, haVe all
made a little jump forwards; and, by the spirited manner in
which they have been noticed.within the past three days, there
is little fear as to their accenting. Birdlime was supported at
15 to 1, but the offers have since been three or four points worse.
The Master of the Rolls was backed last evening at 100 to 3.
So little bas been said or done upon the Derby race that we
may simply observe, that 9 to 1 would have been laid with much
spirit last night on the field ;•and, in the course of the present
day, 10 to 1 was offered even against the new premier at Tatter-
sall's yesterday, viz., Mr. Armitage's cult, out of Nonplus's
dam. A few gentlemen have backed this colt heavily in our
market during the past three months, and will, no doubt, find
hedging very agreeable. The appearance of the London busi-
ness indicates that he is the crack in NI r. Scott's powerful stable.
It is, however, a long period to Epsom races, and we should
say, in the face of a journey from the ncrth to Newmarket
Heath, the layers at 10 to I cannot be said to have so very good
a thing in band; and again it is not often that the horse of
Scott's is made so conspicuous a favourite, upwards of four
months before the Derby day.
THE CHESTER CUP, P.P.—(Accept or not.)-91 to 1 against
Mr. Robinson's Whaley ; 121 to 1 against Mr. Fatrlie's Zohrab
(taken;) 100 to 6 agaiiist Mr. Clarke's Magician (tk;) 18 to 1
agst Mr. tlouldsworth's Combat (tk;) '2OO to 11 against Mr.
Fowler's Heron (tk ;) 18 to I agst Mt. Alti:Ata's Birdlime (off;)
20 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Catherina (taken;) 22 to 1 agst Mr.
Fowlees ersev (taken;) 20 to 1 against Mr. Walter's Prime
Warden (off;) 26 to 1 agst Mr. Walter's King Cole; 20 to 1
agst General Yates's Sylvan (off;) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Buckley's
Dick (off;) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Wentworth (tk ;1 25 to 1
agst Captain Lamb's Chit Chat (off;) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowers's
Lord Stafford ; 33 to 1 against Sir E. Smyth's Master of the
Rolls (tk;) the field versus any six.