Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-11
Foreign Sporting ru,e,,,pcnce.

Mail adyices to the 25th ult show Peregrine
and AranZa to be better favorites for the Lincoln
Handicap than Hesper. the quotations tor both
closing on the Gath at 100 to T. Abiding to this
the Sportsman says: For the Carhomme race
Peregrine was decidedly the fayorite at one
time, 500 to 80 and 200 to 12 several times being
followed by the acceptance of 800 to SIS. When
however. the gentleman who has been so busy
befrending Aranza came upon the scene the po-
sItion OF affairs was somewhat altered. and the
American fllly left Off in equal request with Per-
egrne, 900 to 60 and 500 to 81 being the prin-
cipal wagers recorded to her name"
The business for the week ending February %
was very light on the Grand National CITY and
Suburban. 2,000 Guineas and the Derby. For the
Grand National the only rea, business done was
100 to against Empress and 100 to against
Cypress. For the City and Suburban 20 to l
was taken against Whitechapel. % to / against
Lucy Glitters and 40 to l against Big Jemima
For the 2,o00 Guineas the only transaction re-
corded on the 9th was a century at 10 to l
accepted against Troll while for the Derby %
to was accepted against Kingdom and 50 to
against Mr. LOrillard's Sachem.
Abiding to the Lincolnshire Handicap the
Sportsmdn's Newmarket commissioner SAYS
"AranZa and Mistake are looking and moving
very well indeed. The former. as | have here
tofOre stated, is great. goOd-lOOkmg mare and
the latter moves in an amiable manner since he
has been added to the list. In fact. the Ameri-
can stable has fairly good chance with these
two animals to win the first great handicap of
the season."
OF the work done by the American horses on
the 24th, the Sporting Life says that on the race
course side at Newmarket Pincus ..gave Mis-
take, 1roquos, Gerald, Sachem and Arauza two
steady pace mile-galiops the reverse way of the
nat, and that at Shipton, with fine spring
morning, 1.-THE horses were out i'm good time.
FoXhall, accompanied by Golden Gate. Romeo.
Bookmaker and Cromwell, had couple Of nice
canters, after which Golden Gate. Cromwell and
Gen. Scott covered mile at steady pace The
twO-year OldS took trOtting and cantering eXer-
else. all looking WELL"
Bruce, the Derby favorite, continues to do
good work. At dinner recently given by the
Albert Club, Mr.. Rymil, his owner. i'm reply to a
personal toast, said that he believed Bruce
would win. The quotations on the cath ultimo
We're 8 to against Bruce. and to l against
Gerald. Abiding to the American. the Sporting
Life on the 25th uIt said of Gerald and Sachems
chances for the Z, 900 Guineas 1.-The almost ne
cessarily observed. however, are the American
colts Gerald and Sachem The latter is
big, mealy chestnut horse, some
thing after the style and stamp of Barrett. such
great failure in this country last year. and
there is just the possibility that the son of War
Dance and Sly Boots may cut up much after the
same manner. He is somewhat short too and
bears with him altogether soft appearance
On the other hand, Gerald is colt of nice size.
lengthy and rare goer, showing far more char
acter than is generally the case with our visi-
tors. He appears. too, sound enough now, but
has developed a nasty irritable temper that
necessltates his being exercised in blinkers.
though only now in in steady work What will
be the result when pitched into and his eyes
opened bit is subject OF conjecture but still
may be pretty correctly anticipated. and prob
abilities are that he will train himself pretty
light before being asked a question by his
trainer. Under such circumstances l should
hardly think the home cOlOrs will be lowered by
his aid in the first threeyearold event of 1852
Abiding to the Oxford-C ambridge crews the
Field says of Oxford in connection with the fact
that Mr.. l.. r. West, last years stroke. who re-
Gently lost his father by DEATH will not be in the
boat this year. that the crew Twill be a bad one
to beat" In the Cambridge crew the resident
correspondent of the Field notes considerable
Individual improvement. and says THAT this
should be the case we attribute entirely to the
advent OF Mr.. Hockin, who. has taken the crew
in hand since last Saturday, and will. we be-
lieve, continue to coach them until the race"
The Hanlan-BOyd race over the Tyne course
fixed for April 3. continues 10 excite much
interest. OF Hanlan the Sportsman of the
10Th. notes that owing to sore feet he did
not take his morning walk. and in place of
his before -dlnner practice he went to Kemp
ton Park and witnessed the ''coursng"
there. Returning, he got afiOat shortly before 5
pm. and when clear of the boats in front of the
London Rowing Club he's set-to for the down
course at strong 49, and was very quickly
through the old bridge and down by Wandsworth
pier. There he got round without delay, and
commenced the return journey at best pace.
striking IS, and putting great power into the
strokes On by the Union brewery the cham
pon sped without change, and shot Putney
bridge and the aqueduct without easing. The
last part of the trip was performed WELL bust
ness af1oat for the day ceasing just above the
Thames bOat-hOuse. The sweat was pouring off
Hanlan when he disembarked, showing that the
mornings laziness had been fully atoned for
On the same day Boyd. with the best weather
since he began practice on the Tyne, did very
satisfactory work rowing fully eleven miles, in
Guiding half mile against the steamer Coquet
during which she was unable to gain yard on
him.