The New York herald., 1870-08-19
THE ENGLISH TURF.
Racing During Week-Magnilcen DIS.
plays Of Jockeyship-Breakdown Of
st. Leger FavOrite-Sharp Practice
by a ''SweIl''-A Fortunate Pur-
chase-OId Reindeer Still
AIive-The Col0nel-The
Autumn Handicaps.

Autumn nanUlcdpss
LONDON, August Q, 1870.
The racing of the week st Brighton and Lewes
concludes what is known as the Sussex" fort
night, and now all the sport Of the year is done so
far AZ the south country is concerned and all we
see looming in the future are York, Doncaster and
the Newmarket autumn meetings, with, of course,
q number Of minor fixtures, held in the midland
and northern counties, interspersed. At Brighton
the experienced sportsman always looks out for
squalls, and If the Gather elsewhere or pre-
viously has been of the most beautiful description
fortihes himself with his umbrella or his water
proof, or BOTH Even If the rain does not come
down in buckets, there is nearly always mist
hanging over the hills so dense to defy the long
est vision, and the finest voigtlander and the
oldest turtle cannot make out the coors of the
jackets until the horses are within quarter of
mile from home. Strange TO say, ON this occasion
there was very little to complain Of for there was
not drop Of rain, the mist was only partial and
the atmosphere was extremely pleasant. The at
tendance, however, was very poor, and was COM
posed TO a large extent Of the st. Johns
Wood and Pimlco Sisterhood, who ut this
season always assemble in immense force
at the great bathing place anxious to pick
up little color for the winter campaign. as well
as pursue their avocatons in the gay and ieentous
London-superMare. The sport was. taken as
whole, very poor, but it led to some Of the most
wonderful finishes ever saw and to displays Of
horsemanship which were never surpassed by
Robinson, Chifney or Buckle.
Perhaps the most important event Of the week
was the breakdown of Mr.. Joseph DawsOn's horse
King o. Scots, who was O strong favorite for the
Derby, in which he performed very ndiierently,
but who, Of late, has run so well that he was
quoted at the comparatively short price of 100 to
8 for the st. Leger It was in his race for the
Champagne Stakes on Tuesday that all his hopes
Of carrying the great northern three-year old
stake to Doncaster was dissipated. He had three
opponents Mr.. Cranford's four -year.old mare
Heather Bell Sir Joseph Hawley's four-year old
horse Rosicrucian, and Mr.. Grsham's well-known
three-year old Sabinus. There were some fears on
the part Of the stable about King o. Scots fore
legs, which have always been dicky, and which
ran greater risk than usual from the
course being down hill. They were therefore
somewhat hestating in their support of him,
while the public, on seeing his legs wrapped
up in baudages, were also somewhat
suspicious. The consequence was that he started
only slightly better favorIte than Rosicrucan,
the two figuring at seventy to forty and seventy
five to forty respectively; but the chances of
6abinus and Heather Bell were considered so
hopeless that 1--WE to one was laid against each
Mr.. Graham's horse could not make the sem
blance Of fight when Rosicruoian challenged
him, and the favorits was also hopelessly "out OF
it' at the foot Of the hill, having indeed as was
afterwards ascertained, broken down. The race
then seemed to be at the mercy of Sir Joseph
Hawley's horse, but Chaloner, giving Heather Bell
dig with the spurs as they approached the post,
brought her on level terms with Rosicrucian. The
struggle which ensued was one of the most mag
nifcent ever witnessed on an English race course;
for while the animals fought it out with q des-
perate resolution the jockeys assisted them with
all their strength and all their skill. Heather Bell
and Chaloner however, always had slightly the
best oft, and Rosicrucian and Wells were Just
beaten by the shortest of heads.
The race was followed bya bit Of sharp prac-
tice on the part of one of the "swelis," which
shows that "bue blood'' ia not inconsistent with
the possession Of fine eye to business. King %
Scots did not betray any symptoms Of having
broken down till after he had passed the post,
part of the course at which the horses can
not be seen BY the members members OF the
stewards stand. Immediately after the
race Sir Charles Legard turned round and shout
ed "forty afties against King o. scots"-for the
st. Leger, OF course. Done, :" cried Bob Lee, the
bookmaker, aud down went the bet. But an en-
terprsing brother OF the pencil having been to
the state Of affairs remarking you're done Bob:
the King has broken down" Lee had to lay
1000 to 30 and 1000 to 20 "to get OUT
Sir Charles Legard Is a highly popular follower
OF the sport on which he has wasted his sub
1xu ~ L.. 4 4.
up" though he still keeps few horses in training
1t may be with assistance. No one, therefore
grudged hun the couple of races secured for him
this week by his four year old Border Knight who
age in England. He WAS made favoite for the
Brighton stakes, which he won, ridden by Gus
tance, after an interesting race with Lord 81.
vincent's representative Violet; but the field was
far from being good one. Next day, how
ever, IN the Brighton Cup he opened the eyes of
spectators by fairly beating one of the best three
year olds Of the season, Remington, at the very
post. The result was wholly due to the magnif-
cent hOrsemanship of CnstaDce, whose powerful
fairly lifted the horse forward in the last two
strides and enabled him 10 beat his opponent by
about the breadth OF mans hand. Half dozen
yards from the post the race was Kenningtons.
and half q dozen yards beyond 1t the race was
Kennngton's but at the post, solely by that time
ly lift Of the great jockey, it was given to Border
Knight. or course such exertons as these unfit
ted the horse for subsequent work and regret
that Sir Charles Legard did not let we'll alone;
but he had tasted bood' and could give
the gallant Knight no rest lie brought
him out once more on Friday to
oppose Sir Joseph Hawley's famous
four year old Sider0te who. at even weights.
beat him by many lengths u fact which was no
doubt due TO Border Knight being overwork ed,
while Sderolite had not run SINCE he won the
Goodwood Cup.
Reindeer, the wonderful old horse whose age
to three-fourths of the present race Of sporting
men is unknown, but who is really twelve years
old, appeared at Brighton after it was supposed
that he had retired into private life" with the
exception of brief interval OF rest, earned by
his being knocked all TO pieces, he has been hard
at work since be was two years OF age and If he
could speak might tell tale which would astonisb
most of US. He is generally brought ont at Brirh.
ton, where be never fails to win race or two The
ground being apparently admirably suited TO his