The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-13
ENGLISH SPORTS.
Wind Up Of the Flat Racing Seasonal Fine
Time Arguments in Favor of Late Racing
Jockey Club Restrictions Horsefesh
Going Down in Price Return Of
German Horses-Prussian Hit
at French Turfmen.


LONDON, Dec. !, 1870
The English nat racing season Is now in the sere
ana yellow leaf very much indeed; fact the last
meeting of the year is now being held at warwick
and the proceedings there are made up of what Is
called the Legitimate business" with strong sea.
sening OF the dumping game.n It Is rather
remarkable feature OF our turf-perhaps the case Is
the same In Amerlca-that tho concluding gather.
ings Of the season, however uncomfortable those
who take part In them may be rendered by cold or
rain or seet among the most successful that are
held during the whole nine months. A proof
Is supplied In the fact that at Warwick yesterday no
fewer than ninety nine horses ran in the course OF
the day, the business of whch-ten races IN all
lasted frem half past eleven In the forenoon until
darkness set in. The three ''back endn meetings
Mt Newmarket and those which have recently been
held at Liverpool and Shrewsbury, were almost
equally successful the 1eldsn nearly every instance
being enormously large, the contests highly ex-
citing, aud the wagering, as consequence. on O
very extensive scale. Two reasons may be assigned
for this pecuharity.
: In the first place, the ground il 80 hard during
the summer months that many owners are afraid to
run their stock over IT, and prefer TO keep them In
gentle exercise for the autumn meetings, when the
prizes given are very valuable, and when owing to
heavy rains, the turf Is 80 soft and yielding that
the legs Of the vsriest "screwn can sustain no
injury. Is . great pity that the Jockey Club
should, Internationally, OF course, lay the axe at
the root OF fixture 80 highly successful and SO tho
roughly enjoyable ~ thai OF warwick.
BY the law which they passed in the spring the
autumn limit which they have fixed for Legitimate,
racing VIII just cut or this gathering, and the lessee
will consequently be forced to bring IL forward so
that IL must necessarily clash more or less with
Shrewsbury to the disadvantage Of BOTH 1t would
be far better II the club could knock few weeks
out Of the summer portion Of the season, when the
soil, being as hard as the Queens highway, cannot
fail to have preludicial influence the limbs of
the horses and allow OF racing later In the autumn
when no sucn ulefrect need be feared.
RETRlBUriON.
The common subject or conversation amonV
sporting men In the early part OF the week was the
revenge which the whirltgig of time brought the
referred to the fact that this gentleman mad kept
his horse, Cardinal York. the winner OF the Cesare
Witch n inc betting on rhe Liverpool osp qnl the
the ground that he had been 'orestaed" by the
public and could not get fair odds against the Car
dina or course, Mt Pryor had perfect right TO
do what he liked with his own; but 1t was evident
the odds would not improve as time went on and IL
he was not satisfied with what was offered him at
first he should have at once struck cut his horse
The fact that he did not do so, and that general
hackers consequently lost heavily was highly exas-
peratng to the public and they mad some reason to
complain OF MIS- conduct. But they had their re-
venge Cardinal York was KEEP, for the severn Cup
hts chance that he backed him FOR large amount or
money; indeed he started at two to one on him. He
was, however, defeated by M. Payne's horse Mus,
ket and the scene when both were led into the sad
ding enclosure was one CT the most tremendous
excitement ever witnessed on an English racecourse.
The people outside and the betting men and back
ers within cneered Musket until they black In
caps in the air-not that they loved Mr. Payne more
but that they loved Mr.. Pryor less. And when Car
dinal York appeared groans and Kisses were heard
In all directions.
DETERIORATION IN THE VALUE OF noRsEFLEsH.
do not refer to PARIS, where horsenesh Is pro.
baby rising in value TO Tattersalls famous auc-
ton mart, where 1t Is decidedly falling. 1t always
doea however at this period OF the year. for owners
are now anxious TO weed their studs OF all the ant
mails wROse prospects on the turf are not sufficiently
bright to warrant the expenditure OF their WATERS
keep. The sale OF the team Of Captain AtGins-a
and who, having Deen over In America this summer,
must be well known TO many OF your sporting
Dundee. out OF Camlola who had been adj
vertised for sale by private contract for
Henry, whom Mr.. Wright bought at Count de La
grange sale for 1850 guineas now fetched more
Than 200 guineas; the value OF free Trade fell
from 500 gulneas NJ which lie was bought to 4l0
guneas at which he was now got rid Of; Coutts once
greatly fanced for the Derby and Tor the Grand Prize
OF Paris fetched but 70 guineas; Gascognc who went
at Count de Lagrange's sale for 800 guineas could
now bring no more than 30. LORD Wilton's stud was
DISPERSED at the same time and with little better re-
an IS Curo. who had long been for sale by private
contract for 800 guineas. was sold for 100 and
Mount Blanc, who was "fauciedo for the CAM
bridseshirc, was knocked down at IS. SO much for
equine greatness, to which many horse, OF whom
much was expected, has to bid O long farewell
when lie comes before Mr.. Tattersa in the autumn,
GERMAN AND FRENCH HORSES.
Blue Gown, Adons and Flibusler went back to
Prussia Monday last, after having done good SER
vice to the exchequers oil their owners who are
probably, more gratiied with their bloodless tri.
umphs than with the success OF their own arms be-
fore Paris. All OF tham have races OF conslde-
raple value, and, on the whole, Prince Pless and
Count Renard have no reason to regret their autumn
campaign IN England, the more especially as there
is no racing whatever In Germany.
The French horses. of which there are q great
many here just now, have-a brief squirt at the be-
ginning OF the autumn excepted-not done quite
of late been repeatedly bowled over by English
animals. Some complaints nave recently come Trsm
France OF the conduct OF various racing gentlemen
VINO are enjoying themselves here when they should
be lighting for their country; but such consldera-
lions are not likely to have much force.