The New York herald., 1870-08-19
week he almost "lost' his opponents, some of

week he almost "lost' his opponents, some of
them very smart animals.
DR. sHoRTHoUsB AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
Nr. Graham, the owner OF Sabinus has been
the object Of much suspicion of late, on account
Of his management If that famous horse, and there
are many who believe that in the races which he
has lost he has been run to lose. Now, it is
somewhat curious that this animal is raced In the
name of Mr.. Hessey, and that others of Mr..
Graham's stud are run in the name
OF Mr.. Jones, but nobody has ever
seen either the one gentleman or the other
IN fact, there is good ground for believing that
each is "Mrs Harris" After Sabinus, with
five to four on him, lost the Goodwood Cup, DR..
Shorthouse was exceedingly wroth, and wrote in
his paper an article, the purport of which was
that the horse had not tried, and that his owner
had laid against him. Thereupon Mr.. Graham
wrote to two of the sporting papers, denying en-
phatically that he had bet against Sabinus in
the races which he had lost, or that he had au-
thorized any one to do so and in reference to
the insinuatohs about Rowell the jockey who
rode the horse every time he won, not riding him
when he lost, he gave explanations which ehec-
tually disposed of them But, further, he threat
ened DIR. Shorthouse with criminal prosecution
for libel, and swore that he would give him what
Sir Joseph Hawley had given him-three months
imprisonment. / am, however, inclined to be-
leve that The action will never come off, for do
not think Mr.. Graham is vindictive enough to
maintain it, and if he were, DR.. Shorthouse has
such healthy horror of prison fare that he
would "eat' any quantity OF ''leeks" To AVOID
anOtnef experience OF IL.
LATEST STORY OF THE COLONEL.
The latest intelligence We have OF the Colonel,
the winner of the last two grand national steepe
chases, is to the effect that he had been offered by
Mr.. Andre, his new owner, who is devoted
German, to the King Of Prussia, to be used as a
field charger. Everybody here is rejoiced to
learn that this is not to be the fate of the gallant
horse for the King has found that he is
not ''up to his weight and that moreover, he is
afflicted with .'staggers" Since he went to
the Continent the Colonel appears to have gone
all to pieces, and has been twice beaten by jury
man, an animal who twas supposed could not
hold candle TO him in England; but still it would
be rather hard lines, after all he has done, to be
turned into war horse.
COUNT BATTHYANY,
who is one of the most enlightened and liberal of
the supporters of the English turf has, by the death
of a relative, become Prince of tho holy Roman
empire, and has acquired vast possessions abroad
He deserves every honor and emolument he may
attain.
THE AUTUMN HANDICAPS,
the entries for which have just been published.
prove ncontestably that, if the turf is at present
somewhat dull, commercially the sport was never
more prosperous or on he althier basis. In the
case OF each OF these handicaps there is an i'm
pOrtant increase in the entries of the past few
years; and taking the largest subscriptions of
recent date, those Of 1855, which was tho height
Of the "plunging" period, we find that with regard
to the Great Eastern handicap there are now ten
more entries; October handicap nine fewer; Cesa-
rewitch stakes twenty-four more, and Cambridge
shire stakes thirty-twO more-a striking proof Of
the fact that the turf is recovering rapidly from
the baneful effects of Overtrading and is in even
better financial position than during its cOntinu-
ance. The entries for the Cesarewitch are zoe
and for the Cambridgeshire 236.