The New York herald., 1871-09-09
THE TURF IN ENGLAND.
CONTINUED ~ FROM EIGHTH PAGE.

heishtofhocd OF London. which seem to have been
specially devised for the purpose OF collecting on
Spe spS tns ana 81
70 improve tne breed OF race h0rssa " simply
xidlculoas. for. as rule the animals that run at
Keep We N ther miserable csrcases, Al the same
time SUCH meetillgsr prlng the turf into conlempr
sued Win honor; Tor. IN osses out OF tsn you
may pr0phesy tAAt . horse Is not trying" and
ss Ss sS y wnaS G e ss
fnas are held in the utmost dlsfavor, ana y
may bo satd WIN truth t1ag they have
.done u much 70 disErace the sport IN the eyes
the nofsn q Easiand--a three days meestns-tne m
,laclng wasgaAerNn OF . ntgh character, and some
wen Known and notable animals went 70 the post.
Ono of the chI1r events was the ~ 1lHN
'tN .a.s eT0CK4ON TRADEsnEN's HANDICAP
OF 1oo soyerelgns. ADDED % q sweepstakes. twenty
small aud generally indifferent fsids of seven.
which. however, contained William Days Cedric
sss Eas CON- wss .SH
1avori3 t6r ths G1odwood stskcs, tor which he nm
lsned secpnd: beaten by Old Tarsbans Oa tlst occa
ei0Uit IaS evept thai MS Jockey. Constable, had
s now iSse % In Isvor q stable lad named White
hCes sna pa On S no ore tnsn two " % nuSdsSs
pounds, Their sd0uptss whatever they may have
vas = usbls - GoasIanis mad hsen 70 rouse the
horse e. tne nnisn anu Was Indeed iarly exhausted
before tn0y naQ 80t near tho chair. Cedric WAS
-fccordilgE beaten very easily, by SIX lengths, BY
out Of Irene, VINO carried eiqhty-one pounds and
started ~ ~ l. ono vi the surprises of the race
was The very bad running 0f the onr-year-old mare
Agility who WAS Que Of the fastest twOyear 0lds or
! - - TousrElNrH zErLAxD B1ssn1AL N. rea
ipr three-yearoids was notable for the appearance
In n OF tAlngw0od, svne Of the three animais-the
others being Bothwell and ftsherman-on whom the
TupHt stx6le depended on carrying on the races OF
th0 Heas0asr Thomas ~DaurOn 'beileved, before the
Two Thousand Guineasy that RlngwOOd was the best
OF the lOss but the victory VI BOthWtlk In that
undeceived MIN. Here, while carrying l22 lbs and
with Mr., Bakers Cot Barefoot, 116 lbs, who had
been heavily backed Tor the Great Eb0r Handicap
next week. II ~ supposed that the defeat OF the
latter would eiiectualy dispose or his chance for
that race but II evident that some suspicion at.
tachedto the performance, ior ne i now again frst
f~'s ossAr NORTHERN 1xapR ,..,
2Ringw0od. 12S lbs, showed those OF Bothwell's
hackers who, after the victory referred to, had
become friehteneJ, that he was the best OF the
Tupgtl lot ana that ne would win tho DOnCaSter st.
Legex In september, that they were mistaken. In
the stockton Leger he never had tho slightest chance
the same weight he, anu M0nGg0muay's filly Mile.
de Mailoe, lis lbs., who finished dead heat for
1lrSt place, their owners alterward dividing the
stakes. A slmllar surprise was furnished next day
In the isN ,rssI .s-yf. Won -.asf3. aroN
. FOUR-YRAR-0LD CLARET STAKES, fra
for which, with only TWO runners, odds Of S to
were laid on Mr.. BOwes' horse NObieinan. He was
met by Agility, who carried, The same weight, and
wn0s after allowing him TO make the running to The
distance, then raced up 10 HIM and beat him by hal
Q leEgth-an extraordinary performance, looking al
her previous overthrow. .at ~