The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-18

The Racing Of the wsck-KKAvos Among the
AristoerNey-Reforms Needed In Sporting
Msiier,S-The Bettius House Presecssieas--
Gossip Of the Tart.


LoSpo,I July 3, 1859.
The racing Of the week may be very easily dis
posed OF, for 1t was u the most undressing
aud un'mportant character. Meetings we're Held
st Liverpool, Chelmsford and Worcester, but they
were all OF inferior quality and call for little
comment That &C the western seaport was once
. grea. fixture, and the time was wncn the Liver
pool Summer Cup was one OF the finest betting
handlcaps of the year. II has, however, under Mr..
Topham's manag ,meDt, dwinded down sadly Of late
years. and some idea OF the srate OF affairs may be
gathered from the fact thar nearly every race during
the three days sport by four five lengths,
ana by animals whoee chances were considered
20 good that odds Of from 2 to 10 TO
were bet on them. The cup brought
ont only I'VE second and third rate horses and was
won by The spy, four years, the property OF Mr..
Bowes. who carried on the Northumberland Plate
last week. So good was hi chance considered after
that performance thar, though Il procured him
penalty OF eight pounds. inaklag his weight lis
pounds, s to 4 was laid on him. Captain Grsy's
Fortunio, i've years, 122 pounds, was second and
Mr.. Moseley's Sportsman, six years, eiqhty-six
pounds, third
SUSPICIOUS PROCEEDINGS oP LORD STAMFORD.
The event was chiefly notable for the proceedings
IN connection with The Laird, the property Of Lord
Stamford, who, LOOKING at his previous perform
ances and the weight at which he was handicapped,
had evidently capital chance. His I0rdship sent
special message 10 his training quarters to have
the horse brought on 10 Liverpool and accordingly
The Laird made his appearance In the town on
Tuesday, the being fixed for che following day.
He was taken to the course on Wednesday and was
at once heavily backed BIZ the public, who believed
they had got really good thing" SO they
wonid have had had he run, but he did
not for he was 'scratchedr very shortly before the
race. IT is said-I have too much respect for the
aIistocracy OF these realms to hint such thing on
my own respons oility-that Lord Stamford
'mllked" The Laird and extracted good round sum
from the pockets OF the public by laying against the
horse knowing all the while that he would not run.
With respect TO that to which have just alluded,
can hardly credit such conduc. however natural
In the ordinary blackIegs OF the turf In his iordshp
but It must be sad that It looks remarkably queer,
the more SO rs the reputation OF the Lord Of Envlle
for generous and straightforward policy is not re-
znakaby conspicuous.
AN EscLArpRg IN HIGH LIFB.
Wnno am deslng with the aristocracy NAV be
permitted to refer to meInDer OF that Industrious
body whom had occasion TO mention last week.
That is my Lord Courtenay. who is very well
Stock Exchange. 1 thilk told you that
and sharcs but had not then learned the worst Of
the matter LORD Cour1enay has fed the country II
Is SAID and u Is also reported, not because he could
not lace his creditors, but because the police
wanted hm'' on q moss serious charge. I hope
the ugly reports now anoat are unfoGnded. HIS
lOrdship IL Only about tr three years Of age ana
IL remaik ably handsome man
COLLAPSE OF THE MARQUIS OF ANGLEeEY.
Still another fall OF pillar OF the turf; this time
high position among our arstocratic sportsmen.
This day three weeks he bought number OF year.
they were sent this week TO Danebury, where hue
horses are trained by John Day. They had no
hpon tvtv1e TN voit
for them. They were commissioned to do SO
By creditors who have been put or 80 long
mention, though, perhaps, 1t s not necessary
,has Mr. Blenkiron had not been paid for the year
the roll Of our sportsmen and IL must be about the
last, FOR there are now very fow left The gentle.
man, peer 10 10 sald, who In the Times the otner
Veox,"a letter IN which he cursed the turf by his
gods said that the inscription oyer tho door Of Tat
here" and called upon the legislature to put the
sport on the same footing IA the prlxe ring must be
highly satisfied with the result.
TIE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMISSION AGENTS.
There is nothing new TO report IN connection with
BY the authorities for matters are in ssa;u quo. AS
I stated In my last letter, the magistrate at Bow
street had agreed 10 adjourn the case for fortnight
to allow counsel on botn sides TO prepare case for
Of the diricult points Of law raised unoer
nothing more until this daY week. when they
Will again go before him, and, the CASE having been
Thomas Henry exacted a promise from the defend.
ants that until II Is formally decided one way or
another they VIII suspend business, and that they
ATTEMPTS TO EvApE THE LAW.
AS 1t Is impossible trat a decision can be given
within the next nine months and as IL Is highly
probable that 1t VIII be against them, the leading
commission agents are concoctIng schemes for car
rying on business In such that the Betting
act cannot touch them The profits Of their rade
were enormous, and 1t Is natural enough that they
should do their best to strive against rn IL 10 eyi.
n m acfc urpi
SION agencies cannot exist IN England; but they may
exist elsewhere. TO Scotland. for instance the
Betanx act does not apply and Is under consldera
ton to open the agencies there Indeed one
gentleman, Mr.. feddie. advertises to-day that
burg, where his customers are to send
Their letters to him, addressed to the general Post
shall have the singular spectacle OF tremendous
business 10 horse racing De,ig done IN the cody
METROPOLIS met OF the North That, however could not
them az once; the presDyteries would present petl
tons agaInst tnem mites in length; Jeremiades
mad, aud then we snold nave tie application Of
some local act--I believe there Is onef0r tue sup
BY other as soaoga eS and ths cna
Del islands, and preparations are beng made Tor
commencing business, TO which there would seem
10 be no legal bar IL Is proposed, too to turn tae
agencies into banks, the managers Of which WIN
trade with the moneys deposited with tn ECU In rae
for the government declared poInted,y that they
could not touch Tatrersall's, that being private
THE SPORTING NEWSPAPERS.
This government prosecution has made wonder
ful difference TO the sporting newspapers, which de
pended greatly on the long advertisements Of the
commission agencies THESE brcu1nt In to the
sportsman, which Is pub ished four times week
something like f6,000 O year; 1t IL "hard lines
that II - compelled TO exclude them the penalty
being fl0O for every one so great Is the loss that
the proprietor of this journal finds himself under the
necessity OF raising the price OF each publication ons
hnn penny. The Sporting LIE, It's rival, Is con
inning at It's old figure. but only at very heavy ex
psnsc; ana ~ ior BeWs LIE and the sporting
Gtxeue, they have been so long on their last le9s
mat nothing can make them much worse.
THE STATE OF PUBLIC FEELINu.
Inc general Impression is that the condition of the
uFf ~ such that some reform Is absolutely necessary
Dut mat IN This action the government have gone
5est q ttie TOO far. Tho puOc very indignant
az tne way IN which the police getting up their
cases by entrapping people into the commission or
the o1ences for which tney afterwards seek TO pun
ish them. A good deal OF coDiment IL made on the
conduct OF the authorities M distinctly refusing TO
prosecute Overend Garaey h Co., white eager to
proceed against the commission agents They
would not NEEDLE with the gigantic commercial