The New York herald., 1869-04-05
NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY April. s. lses-TRlPLE SHEET

Gus, but ordered him to keep "a his room. Wlshng,
noMever 10 try his horse slowI an enHal,ea & IA 'no
marw,ck Handicap, he inprua ehly ara, wcnS oI., ~,
Causnt auullonal cold and never ,I ~
was one OF the most curious charaetes = on tat turi
W Wulch ne was deyotedy altasned. i.e,a & a. a. a
carry age tie owner Of fortune OF f6 900 scar ne
never married, but at once con,neaoed RAM al
nrst going aoouf from meeting 10 ine.tDg WA 'ous
DTihg the siieaiest monetary interest IN sie ree
Le subsequently, became al owner VI horses allA
had some good aniDas, particularly Beeswing wbo
won >hlm the Liverpool Autumn Cup the
Chester Cup and the Wa. wien Handicap, but was
sngularS beaten. BY her jockey being ''oauglt nap
ping" Tor the great Ebor HdDdirap for which her
owner had backed her to WIN G2ooJoor Sioo 300. NJ
Heathcote was great folioyer OF the hounds, and
was one OF the straghtest and iGcst daring riders
that ever crossed horse. he was witha' genial.
kindly nan, of wonderful conversational powers aud
great und VI aifecdote. aud was exceedingly clever
anu astute both In racing and IN the 0Ier aIfrs OF
life. He wore his rat haf way dcwn his back. Though
only forty when he died, and both from age and pO-
siioh enlited to place among the Jeu'iesse d0ree
he was always most unfashionably dressed; and he
spoke In nigh squeak. with cOmical deliberauon
and with "twang" which we are accustomed to as
sOciate with Americans; and he never SPOKE OF any,
tnem oia" s t1at eia skrmtsa" Es"'a aad ha
old Beeswtng"-expresstonS that have become
"h0u3ehold words" on the turf.
SPORTING JOURNALISM EXTRAORDINARY.
Great are the marves Of journalism in these days;
but with all Its skill and enterprise DEFY the HERALD
to beat "Hotspur'' Of the DLtv Telegraph, who, In
his letter OF yesterday to that Journal speaks Of Le
great oxford and Cambridge boat race. and says:
Glving the preference TINS year to the Thames In
satisfaction TO see the complete realization OF my
anticpatons far as the result Of the inter-univer
sty boat race was COncerned.D And then, In 'HN
same article he says Of the second day OF tue M rth
anpton meeting (the day OF the Thames match):-
"Mr. Merry, the owner OF Beladrum, was among tio
arlst0cratic company; and although section OF Cle
boOkmakers were. as usual l0nd in their offers to
lay against the horse did not notice him take more
than casual interest n the market status OF his son
OF StOckwell." Sir Boyle Roche. the famous Irish
baronet, who said that "a man could not be In two
places at once unless he were bird is surely just
f.1d slf a
TIE LATEST ACCESSION TO THE TURF.
Bookmakers are apt to deplore the loss of turf
OF the decline Of the sport But as the scotch pro
verb says, "As ane door steeks anither Opens,''
d. noea s Tssy step ap
his shoes The latest accession II Lord
Rosebery. who has commenced wen by pur-
chasing LadaS, the chief northern candidate iOr the
Derby. who as two year old was never beaten,
though he never % appeared in good He E
to one in the quotations.
ABANDONMENT OF TIE NEWCASTLE RACES.
There is to be no meeting at Newcastle every year
In consequence OF quarrel between the Race Com
mittee and body called the Herbage Committee,
and in nave ali sors of hnSranee
in the way Of the two annual gatherings. There Ii
no place III the world where racing regarded with
such interest as Tyneside and the coers, who love
horses as they do their wives and families, have
SHOWN their contempt Tor the ireemen by going out
in the night and tearing up the raillnes which the
heritage Committee had erected. The bitterest feel
ing has arisen in the town, and though the races
have been abandoned for this year there Is little
doubt that the municipal authorities viii ultimately
have 10 give way Ii they do not wish the Inhabitants
to tear them to pieces.
LORD GLAsC0w'S HORSES.
AS anticipated, the late Earl bequeethed the
whole OF his stud to his Old friends, General Peel,
VINO has retired from the turf. and MIR. George
Payne who Is still devoted sportsman. The col
lection OF horses Is very valuable for 1t comprises
The staons rapid Rhone. Knowsley and General
PEEL and the threeyear ods Brother 10 General Peel
and the two llies, daughter and granddaughter, OF
Maid Of Mosham,