The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-03
THE ENGLISH TURF.
Lntes, Events In General Review.

Latest Events In General Review.
LONDON, July Is, 1868.
II Is fortunate that the racing news of the past
week is not Of such Importance as to demand any
heightened review; for In the present condition OF
the weather, and the physical exhaustion to which it
gives rse should have great difficulty in furnishing
1t. There is not thermometer just at hand. and
can't state the exact position of the mercury; but
yesterday 1t was like to have jumped out of the tube
altogether.
OF course the great events OF the future excite
much interest and lead to a large amount of bust
ness; but at the ordinary meetings enterprise is
almost stihed. Good horses cannot be got out, and
even bad ones are so few that the fields as rule,
are miserably small and the contests destitute OF
attraction. There are no doubt some owners
who take as much out Of their teams as they
can possibly get, and manage to make as
much out Of their summer earnings as will pay for
their winters corn and something over Poor
Ryshworth for instance, the Derby "crack," now at
the top Of the quotations for the big event. has to
make hay while the sun Shines and is trotted all
over the country and brought out for such heaps OF
paltry stakes that he must be heartily disgu with
the whole affair. Not few others daily finding
that their fame does not contribute to their comfort
The real business OF the week has been of singu-
larry tame description and am sadly afraid shall
be unable from the whole pie to pick out-d la the
immortal little Jack Horner-a plum for the enter
tainment of your readers We have had two meet
ngs at Reading and Stamford. which we have
finished, and there is another at Liverpool which is
now going on and the chief result of which am
afraid shan't get In time to allow of my letting
you have it in this despatch. The Reading affair was
frightful infection, most meetings near London
generally prove.
The Stamford meeting was, from racing point OF
view, complete failure and showed woful falling
of from Its ancient celebrity 1t Is usual to call this
gathering the Northern Goodwood chiefly, ap-
parently because like the great Southern fixture it
is held In private park-certanly not because IL
has any pretensiOns to compete with 1t in sport
who like the Duke OF Richmond, gives 1t for the
purposes OF the meeting and assigns the proceeds to
the monetary benefit Of the meeting.
The Burghey Handicap, in which several Good
wood stakes horses were engaged, to give us a
"wrnkle" ~ to that event The Stamford st. Leger
was TO try the relative merits OF Spectrum, the
Derby third; Blueskin, the winner Of the Great
Metropolitan, and perhaps The Earl. The nifty
sovereigns sweepstakes, by the meeting of Rysh-
worth and Tenedos, was to settle the premiership IN
the Derby quotations, and great deal more Of the
same sort. And the RESULT The most wretched
card was monster one for each day, but 1t shrunk
up TO the most atenuated proportions. The bladder
was squeezed and II burst ut once. Tho apples OF
S0dom melted into ashes In our mouths. In the first
place, In the Stamford st. Leger nobody cared to
Spectrum, who was allowed to walk over for the
stakes. In the very next event-the fifty sovereign
Sweepstakes same a nobleman's great two year
who was leit in the stable to the great disgust OF
those who thought they would witness q decisive
struggle between the famous "cracksn The Wei
land stakes and the Rutland stakes could not get
anybody at all to contest them and were declared
void fve sovereign selling handicap was walked
over for by Captain Machel's Balsamo and that 1ne
old George Sfs Pyns wnS Wished to
Westmoreland plate, allowed that nobeman TO walk
over for 1t with Foresight on discovering to
two voIds In one days racing What are we coming
toy
dicap, the Borough Members plate and the welter
cup. The two latter may be dismissed with the re-
mark that the two year old Carotta was beaten by
the three year old Pretty. who was giving her three
pounds and that silenus could not beat even the
wretched Citron, who got forty.nine pounds from
him, and the result u, perhaps, considering the
The Burshey Handicap the great event Of the
meeting brought nine horses to the post, Of whom
Lord st. vincents Lucier, I've years, 116 lbs, who
has long held doubtful position In the betting on
the Goodwood stakes was picked out by the "talent'
him. Kiddermnster, four years. % lbs, was re.
garded by many as real good thing" and four 70
a. o ana he MUosc ae
Vi lbs, were in some favor az point more; Lord
Palmerson, three years, 80 lbs, was backed at one
hundred TO eight and ArmOrer, 81 lbs. at one hun
dred to seven. The others were Dista1, four years.
90 lbs; the Clown, aged, 103 lbs and Alicia four
years. 81 lbs. AS soon as the nag fell the favorte
took the command, in close attendance being
the Clown, DistafY and Alicia, next to whom were
Emigration, Lord Palmerston and Moose IN q COM
pact body the rear being brought up by Armorer.
they proceeded almost without any change In this
order until they passed the stand the first time 1.-THE
distance OF the course being two miles and quarter
when Kidderminster, pulling double came forward
from the rear and running to the leading quartet
headed them as they rounded the TOD turn and took
a commanding lead OF Alicia, who ct the same mo-
ment took second place, which she maintained until
the lot disappeared from view behind the cump Of
trees opposite the stand, when she fell away In com
pany with her stable companion, The Clown both
belong to Sir Frederick JohnstoneL Emigration was
now left In attendance on the Lincoln colt Kidder-
ing Distan, the favorite, and Armorer-the last
have come well up latterly; the next was Lord Pal
merston. and the lot were whipped I'm by Moore.
As they went down the backstretch Kidderminster,
ridden by Kenyon, increased his lead and also very
materially improved the pace and the order above
straight Fordham then reused the favorite who,
answering the call, drew up to Mr.. PAynes mare
Emigration, but was scarcely equal TO any further
effort as n ne fen lame and dropped away
they got fairly into the straight the issue was vrtu
ally left to Kiddermnster; though Wilson on Distan
made strenuous EFFORT TO get up he could not sue
coed, and she was defeated by neck, Emigration,
Pslmerston fourth, Armorer fth, Lucifer sixth,
Moose and Alicia next ct q considerable distance and
the Clown absolutely last. The disgraceul defeat Of
Lucifer and the success OF Kiddermnster had an i'm
mediate effect on the quotations for the Goodwood
stakes, In which both are engaged
have received no intelligence a. TO the result OF
the Liverpool Cup, run this afternoon. The only
event In yesterdays sport AZ tde great seaport
worthy Of notice was the Molyneux Cup, which was
Won bT Mr. hastAenan's Honesty. Ia pounds.