The New York herald., 1874-12-08
The TURF IN ENGLAND
The Race for the Great Shrop-
shire Stakes.
THE SHREWSBURY CUP.
Reciprocity In Horse Racing Between
France and England.

Ffdnco 6nQ England.
LONDON, Nov. q, 1874
The Shrewsbury meeting. the second last OF the
English nat race season, was held this week, and
proved great success, as DO all the '4back end'
gatherings, for reasons which nave before ex-
planned. The principal race was that Ior the great
Shropshire STAKES, an important handicap, which
always brings out q good neld or horses OF tnat
class. On this occasion the favorte was found.
among seventeen runners, In Peeping Tom.
three -year-old. belonging to Lord Falmouth, and
trained at Newmarket By Matthew Dawson. 1t
was, however, only at the last moment that
weight and money brought him to the front In the
quotations, and previously his stable companion.
the four.year.old Thunder. was In far greater de-
mand. Pesping Tom has always had the reputa-
tion OF being o good horse In private. but he has
never shown much OF his quality In public, having
taken only one race In the course OF his career.
He ran, however, very prominently for the DON
caster stakes for which he was beaten By
NO MORE THAN 4 HEAD
by good horse ike Leoinas, while another nrst
class animal, Trent, winner or the Grand Prtx dc
Paris, was length and half behind him. Thunder
IL, mile, the distance Of the Great Shropshire
Stakes, Of the greatest horses OF the time and
only last week he second to Louise Victoria for
the Liverpool Autumn Cup. giving her year and
seventeen pounds, but despite that performance,
Q to was now obtainable about him. Syrian was
1or some days hardly mentioned In the betting,
but he was IN enormous demand at the finish.
The people connected with him. and in particular,
Peck, the trainer for Mr.. Merry, who had the
..manasement" OF him, protested that they did not
fancy him at all and ascrbed the position he lat
terly gained In the market to public money. This
was, to say the least,
A CURIOUS THEORY,
for the public must either have been remarkably
clever or remarkably stupid II they backed syrian.
The horse won this very race last year. with ten
pounds more than he had now to carry; but, on
the other hand, hts performances this season
have been so extremely bad that 1t appeared
absolute folly to invest shilling on him. he had
previously run seven times this season without
scoring single victory, and last week, in the
Liverpool Autumn Cup. wnen he carried pound
less than he had now TO 40. he
RAN DIsGRACErULLY,
never getting near the front and finishing nowhere.
1t was, howeveS, to be noticed that on all these
occasions he was never supported BY his party
and that whereas at Liverpool he had on his back
q 'cnalkn jockey. A. Wood, ne was now ridden BY q
square" jockey, Glover, to whom most OF the great
handicaps OF the season have fallen. "chalk"
rider is one who has strong arm and can use It
when wanted. A square" one does not possess
these dubious qualifications The result win be
found IN the summary OF the race. The Miss
Hawthorne colt. who was next in demand 70
Syrian ran very well IN the great Lancashire han
dicap last week, when he was beaten by no more
than . neck by Spectator. who was conceding MIN
fifteen pounds Rostrevor, who was much fancied
by hts party, Is useful horse, but has great
innrmity In q bad temper. Newry's principal per-
formance was as Q two-year-old, when he won the
Do laf nd q
animal; but he has the misfortune to belong 20 .
party
WHO CANNOT 'ao STRAIGHT"
and in trying to overreach the pubic have always
overreached themselves. Modena, who was .
nne two-year-old, has returned to her early form
this season and has won some important races In
cluding the Stewards Cup, ct Goodwood (slx fur
longO the Stewards Cup, at Brighton Zone
mile) the West Of England Handicap, st Bristol
(dve furlongs 100 yards). and the Aoulton stakea
at Newmarket ave furlongs 40 yards). knedive
was great three-year-old, but subsequently lost
his form, and for long time was in retirement
He started, however, Q great favorite for the
Cesarewitch, In which no ran very badly; but he
was now once more trusted. Delay IL fair handi
cap horse, who won the Prince OF Wales stakes
at Newmarket, In tho spring, but had not since
distinguished himself Benedictine was the early
favorits for the Cambridgeshire. in which she
8Te8ty ulsappoluIcu AcE CouueCuO05 AAuUEoOk0
ran SO prominently for . mile in the Liverpool
here. Conseu ran very lndinerently at Liverpool
Lowiander, at one period OF TINS year,
SHOWED SPLENDID FORM
and In the CambridgeShtre, under crushing
weight he was. probably third best though be
did not obtain the third place. Kelcnburn and
Rsby Castle, who were also intrusted with some
ltttle money, are only moderate handicap horses.
Summary
THE GREAT SHROPSHIRE HANDICAP OF 500 sovs.,
added to q sweepstakes OF rs sovs. each, Is Tor
feIts winners extra. New straight mile. 4s sub
MAJOR is stapylton's cn. b. Syrian, BY Mentmore--
Princess, by Autocrat, aged, 10l lbs Glover.
N. Leievre's ch. 6. Consei, years, "a lbs.
Prizes Bsstshyanys Delay, years % lbs
Mr III Il. BROS Lowiander yrs isa lbs iParrryj.
Mr. NJ. Dawson's Thunder, years, i2c Ids.
Lord 0vsSs. Wson's noaena years; 100 lbs a. Can.
Mr.. 0a' aG'r;oucociis He1ry, years. iio lbs l0on.
me- Casplns Khsdiva years, ioi lbs. "a.
Mr. oIAe povsis The Tester years. ss lbs tMor:
LORD fa,mouia;s Pseping Tom. years. 0i los.
MI. somsrsessiire;: Rosrevor, years 50 lbs
MT. JohnsIone's bay colt, by Blinkhoolie-Miss
Nj. R. ". 5. 6oison's Pacsinston. Years. IS :
Mr. M A. Va Il. I. T. Ne N swcomen's mems Ksich6urne, s years,
SO lbs. lcar. % lbs lHoran) ................
Sir q. chetwynd's Kldbrooke. years, IS lbs.
Lord Hasceiles; Benedictne, years, Is lbs. jcar.
70 lbs.), (Aacdonaldl.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. o
Mr.: J. Rooinson's Kaby Castle. 8 years, 81 lbs.
BETTING AT rHE START
100 to l5 against Peeplng Tom (taken) Z to /
sssnii ss. Hawthorn sS511n colt sien against sssa:
R0strevor ttaken); 10 against Thun-