The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
THE TURF IN ENGLAND.
The Chester Cup Winner
Objected To.
foatponement OF the Settlement Of tho
Jockey club-Racing Of the wesk-cap-
tain Machell Going to America.

1 'ocAeY 0lao-naclng OF the Week-Cap-
tain Machell Going to America
LONDON, May Is, 1871
Since the memorable objection raised by gfr
Joseph Hawey to Pretender, the winner Of tha
Derby receiving the stakes the ground that his
nominator was dead, event has excited tho
2 turf world here the objection laid last week
against Inveresk, winner OF the Chester Cup
Though this race on this occasion was, when com.
pared with Its traditions, almost o failure, the
stake was 80 valuable and the betting had been so
large that the interests involved very heavy,
inveresk, the winner, three yearold horse, Is the
property of Mr. william Nichols, professional bet
] ting man, whose business Is conducted on q very
extensive scale, and who is indeed of the
ieViatnans OF the turf they love to be called.
nc mas OF late years owned few horses; but that
isauepartmento OF racing which Is merely subsidiary
10 MS regular pursuits 'slayer.u Mr. Brayley,
who made the objection, was also at one time a
'pookmaKer," but for good many years
has forsaken that walk In life and he
pally steepe-chasers. 1t will be remembered
that few months ago he obtained the highest
object Of his ambition by winning the Grand
National Steeple Chase at Liverpool with his mare
eTete, but he has generally been very unlucky
though in his time he has had many celebrated ami
mails. Keeping race horses and backing them as
rule, tend to put man the straight road to the
Bankruptcy Court and the wOrkhouse, unless he
has very sound judgment and fair share OF luck.
Mr. Brayey has plenty of the former. but he has not
had much OF the latter, and OF course, even with
his Casserole winnings, he has had enough to do
to make both ends meet. 1t was, therefore, bitter
disappointment to him when, after his horse
SOucar came down the straight run for home at
Chester, appearing to have the much at hia
mercy that long odds were offered on him, he
should have been beaten by Inveresk who, coming
out at the distance, headed him and defeated him
without much difficulty. Under these clrcum,
should have LEFT no stone unturned to secure the
race, and the stone which he TIED to turn on this
occasion was the
Il to Inveresk, on the ground that he had not been
Gsscsad IN n entry HIS desorpSn
\ by Arthur Wellesley, out of Polly, by Ratan.n 1t
must be allowed that the pedigree is a rather hazy
one In respects, fOr in the first place, there ia
great doubt as to the dam of Polly herself and In
the second there is difficulty about her daughter,
the dam of Inveresk. The Information given In the
"Stud Bookn is by no means complete, and much
depended on the evidence to be supplied by those
who have been associated with Polly and her prog
|eny. That mare herself appears to have had q
4 rather checkered career; for she was for long
+ period employed in phaeton and cart work, and
Yorkshire where She now is it Is believed that
she is by the celebrated sire Maey Moloch, out Of q
! is by no means complete. In the "Calendar' Of
1862 one of her sons, Melandra is described 'by
With regard to the dam or Inveresk though there
was, far as the ''5tud Book" went, considerable
doubt about her. there could be little difficulty in
tracing her history from those who had had to do
with her breeding The result OF the laying OF the
objection was the almost
COMPLETE sToPPAGR OF THE SETTLING,
) 80 far rs lnveresk and Soucar were concerneds
4 though bookmakers, with their usual astutcness,
received all the money that had been lost other
animals In the race but declined to pay over these
4 two until the difficulty was settled. Many OF the
Y they have at tho minor betting clubs, settled as
y usual on Monday last as II there had been no OBJ
lection and had the race been awarded to so mSa
OF three to were however, laid on the objection
y being overrued, and Admiral Rous himself openly
y declared that II frivolous. 1t was referred by
the Stewards OF the Chester meeting to the Stewards
i of the Jockey Club Admiral Rons Lord calthorpo
=: yesterday. After hearing the evidence Of three
{; breeders who had been connected with Polly, with
4 the dam Of Inveresk and with Inveresk himself,
4 they unanimously ~ J.
ovERRrLED the OBJECTION. Ky
4 and declared 1t Invalid As, however Mr. Brayley
expressed wish to have the horses mouth ex-
amned to determine his age, and as Mr.. Nichols
cOncurred, Mr. Barrow, a veterinary surgeon of
Newmarket, has been Apo nted for that purpose
There will, however, be difficulty in his doing the
work before Monday, Middleham, where Inveresk is
now stationed, being long way from Newmarket,
and II IS possible enough that, alter all the settling
may not take place on Monday. The chief race
meeting of the week has been the :
SECOND SPRING AT NEWMARKET,
which is the last of the series Of three spring tx.
lures at the headquartcrs' Of the turf 1t only
lrevived ayear or two ago aud is always very dull
AFFAIR." the sport, which Is tame being witnessed by
only handful ofpeople Its principal feature ON
4 this occasion was It's two-year-old racing which
was on the whole interesting, though 1t is doubtful
I whether we have yet any yo1ngster who will
, be able to hold his own month or two
bay colt by Young Melbourne out Of Twght''
Y belonging to Mr. T. f. Walker, who won two valua-
able stakes-thc Newmarket TWO year-old Plate and
Y NJ ctvIa
: Next to him, perhaps the best we saw was Mr..
Someryille's colt Oxford MIXTURE by Oxford, out Of
Rataplan out OF Borealis. very Interesting race
was that In which Baron Rothschid's "nying' marc
Chopette, who last year was almost invincble over
six urlong courses was beaten by that great, hulk
ing brute Ravenshoe, for whom M. Lefevre gave O
large sum OF money. and who was made q favorte
for the Derby, the st. Leger and other Important
races but never won shilling in his life till he met
poor Chopette This was, however over a mile and
half of ground, at which she was completely out
ran Tor mile and quarter, 1t Is clear that she is
! far better slayer than had been supposed.
The most startling racing gossip we have heard
during the week is that which relates the certain
RETIREMENT OF CAPTAIN MACHErL
or Captain MacHell, as his enemies call him. from
the English turf, and his probable departure for
America. He has long been the right hand man Of
slsts OF Lord Calthorpe, MIR. Chaplin. Sir George
Chetwynd, Mr.. 7. T.. Walker and Captain Machell
The last has more brains than all the others put
astute men on the turf The reason for his retire.
ment do not know but probably he has been too
guage none of the best. It is said he Intends
10 establish racing stable in America, but with
Ma ow truth TS am not aware II he does he viii hold
the best OF them viii not get much the advantage
OF captain Macheil. II may also be voted that he
Is sklilul IN the use OF his fists, with which he is
very ready.
la CARD FROM HEALTH OFFICER WANDER.
P0EL.