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HUE 5T1VO IHOimAXD GVIJTEAD.
( rrom the Snortmn Magazine'.)
Thore was littlo aoing in Newmarket' itself. Joey
Jones was not in costume, but in (wo presume) court
mourning, and orjly drovo a mulo-cart up and down the
thoroughfares, in an 'eccentric' and violent manner,
and elicited tho curl on every lip, as, with tho reins a
milo apart, ho tore past tho betting-rooms. Peoplo
seemed to talk of Savers and Hcenan' more than any
thing elso, and wo heaid many farmers say th it they
had morcly como to seo them. Any man who could toll
w. . — ??-? (nuuviii a^hiiu, hiiu uviiuiu n aa IJUllV Mb It
premium. A Snyerito would rcconnt how a member of
lho Jockey Club, who went to tho fight, had sent Tom
a £100 note, and then branch off into' anecdotes of his
sojourn and habits of Iffo at Newmarket. How, for in
stance, ho used to run round tho Bury Hill, two miles at
least, without slopping, and then get rubbed down
with^ whiskey, with littlo garnishes about his going to
bed at 10, after a quiet look' in at tho billiard-rooms,
and winding up with an eulogy on Sam Rogers, for his
empty horso van dodge, tho magistrates in genernl.who
Wouldn't back tho warrant, and tho magistrate in parti
cular who would havo said nothing, but rather liked it,
if tho ring had been formed in hia park. In fact, such
was tho interest with which ''every drop of the immortal
man ' wns sucked in, that if tho room whero ho slept
had been shown at a shilling a head, it would never
havo been empty all tho forenoon. Tho American jour
nalists did visit it weeks ago, to make a drawing, am)
saw not only old English ivy and primroses and crocuses
near-it, hut roses and jessamines, and we knownotwhat,
peeping forth, and already 'green with tho eyes of
spring 1' Jiecnan, too, was watched about everywhere,
and most exciting to many was tho story that 'his face
could not. bo reduced sufficiently bolbro , the fight,
although Maedonald made him play tho part, day after,
day, of ' the Jman with tho (flannel) mask-.' Their
horao, Umpire, has been doing long slow work for three
weeks, finishing each tjmo up tho Cambridge hill ; but
onq of. the lirst things we heard was, that six monkeys
to oho had been laid against' him by a 'dangerous'
hand oVer night. '
The horsemen were all drawing up towards the Ditch
Stables to witness the Two Thousand candidates, as wo
reach tho course, Tho greatost,myitl8cation seemed to
prevail among tho carriage people, as, to the new rule,
and perpetual, turnings back to the result. Some ram
pant young Cantab, after their, wonted drive down town,
drove madly across the cdu,rso. In vain did Mr. Wea-'
thorby hurry towards them on' foot, and Starling, with
his coat flaps flying, urge on his wild career after them,
to ladmonish and command. '. There seemed no per
manent remedy till Admiral Rous bore down with up
lifted whin on a couple ; of gig loads, and summarily
smashed their hopes of seeing the Djtch Stables that
day. There was a great crowd round the latter, waiting
for Nicholas, 'who seemed very strongly fancied in, tho
course' of tho morning, and. was as much talked of as
any homo on tho Heath. IQultc a. mounted guard of
honour clustered round him as ho came oat, but wo can
not say that ho was worthy of so much attention. He
was tho fiCO-guinea premier of Mr. Grevile's 1858 Balo,
which caused such sovcro competition between Mr.
Crauford and John Day ; but he Is a trifle datsided, and
high on the leg, and hardly so lengthy as he then
promised to be. Richmond is a low lengthy horse, thick
through, and decidedly the best looking, to our minds,
of tho Two Thousand candidates; but ho atopped going
down Tho Bushes hill, exactly as ho did
in' tbo Craven Meeting, over the samo
courso. Somehow dietnnco seems to becomo loss
and less lho forte of the Orlando stock. Traduccr was
light and short, and not a few were found to shako
their heads at his chance, although Promised Land is
not a trial horso to bo sneezed at, after tho form ho
showed In at Epsom. Still, wo hear of such immenso
things dono bv overy horse ' at 211b.' with tho crack of
his stable, before every great race, that it seems to bo
como a more stereotyped expression. Aurora was a little
tucked-up creature, which looked as if 'the grass
hopper,' much loss Alfred Day's 8st 41b, would have
been ' a burden ;' nnd Grenadior wns ns big bb hie
name, but stiir fined down into a useful sort of horse.
Liko him,1 Vou Stroom was good-looking, but hardly a
racer, nnd Merrlmno looks five years old nt least, to
judgo from his stallion neck, but ho does not look sot in
tho mould for a mover; while Ebony had a queer coat,
and wns ' all of a heap.' Lupollus hardly seemed him
self. It was said that ho ran untried, nnd certainly his
coat gave. us an idoathnt ho can taka somo more lion
haui's polish boforo tho Derby. His ends aro big and
good, and although many attacked him on that point,
wo cannot soo that his middle is too light in proportion.
His action from tho post was very nlco, but ho did not
seem to bo in a very Drst-rato humour for his work that
afternoon. ,'
Peart galloping up to tho now stables near tho gap,
and a fly with tho voritnblo Wizard In his track, gave
noto whero tho Malton trio were preparing ; and ere long
thev camis out, Ashmall in tho bonutiful bluo and rod
which ' tho ladB of tho coaly Type ' ao lovo, leading
tho way on Tho Wizard, and just ono pound over
weight. This is the first timo wo remember such a de
claration in a Two Thousand; but tho weather was
against Tom, nnd tho recusant 8st 01b of Epsom
would only split tho diffcrenca with tlia coveted
8st 71b. Ills Bomowhat leggy bay looked well, but
thoro was a weakness behind tho saddle, which did not
striko us when wo saw him last December, and makes
us fancy that ho is hardly a crack Derby horso. Wo
thought how, seven years ago, in tho pelting shower, wo
watched, from tho top of tho ditch, Frank onnter ' Tho
West'1 down from tho Bunbury Milo stables, . for. this
vtiryraco, and what ft tremendous contr»Bf there was
between siro and son, though for speed Tho Wizard
lookos as it h« could run over him: If he had a while
reach WO Could, too,, havo almost fancied that tho ghost
of Melbourno the grandsira had almost undergone
transmigration into a blown horse, whom a baronet
bestrode on tho heath that diiy. Tom Bowline is very
littlo better, to tho eye, than ho was last year, and seemed
to ' feel' with his neai- foro-leg, whLh was bandpged;
and ; Tho Rap had nn, especially blood-liko head and
??ok.
Shortly beforo thoy drow in lino, tho gallant Benicia
Boy. with his American attondant, who drew his mar
tial cloak around him, n8 if hu wna preparing to defy
/IMus as woll as tho Champion, loomed into sight
through tho Gap. Tbo jockeys seemed to look quito
as much at him as the starter, and I o seated himself on
the while chain standards, directly opposite Mr. Hib
burd. and demanded' from Teddy Sharp a candid opin
ion ns to Trnduccr's chuhco when ho had camed them
all a falso start. B. B seemed a perfect king among
men, andifitbe truo that ho fought nt 13st 131b, ho
roust bo nenrly 101b heavier now, nnd yet there is no
lumber on him nnywhero, except perhaps on hig legs,
which looked liko massive pillirs an he sat. A conical
hat, a blue great coat, and check trmvaers, completed
his attire, and lili fuco is that of a prize fighter's, puro
and unadulterated. On tho right corner oi his right oyo,
thero wns a deeply congested mass of blood-shot, a slight
cut still gaped beneath it, but hi.i faco was very little
swelled, although as fur as complexion went, ho might
havo been dyed ii n decoction of light green ten, and
then sprinkled with gunpowder to heighten -the effect.
People gazed at him in muto wondir.nent, but his eyes
were on the inagnilic»nt many-coloured lino ol fifteen in
front of him, and he miu lit well throw up his groat sinewy
right and left ?' dukes' I' nnd invoke a blessing on thoso
who hnd brought him from America, ii it wus ' only to
see such a eight.'
Scarcely a cheer was heard in tho distanco, ai wo viewed
them pass the post, and wo noon hcar.l that Tho Wizard
'came tut and won fifteen Ictinthsj' John Scott's lly
wis drawn up on the Bushes Hill, and the race »ai over
from that point. Peoplo seemed struck dumb, and the
first bmafidc ' sensation ' of the season win felt nt last.
After tho trial, John Scott hail hardly ventured to hope
against hope, but perhaps no result ou tho Whitehall
trhl book novor disappointed him more. Cnpe Flyaway
will tell them something more about it when tlity get
homo, as unfortunately Tho Rap was not in it. Tho
solution seems to be tlmt tho horse is, liko his siro, a bad
beginner, and got chopped down, and that he had been
' iet into ' protty freely einco then. Tom Bowline with
Aldcroft up, won tho trial just as he liked, and a York
shireman writes us that ''six rural policemen attended
the ceremony.' One of the sclueat owners we know,
observed on tho Monday, that he had seldom seen a horse
go up tho gallop better, nnd Ashmall was so pleased
with him when ho rode him at oxerciso on the Sunday
with Tom Bowline, tlmt it is said ho took 3 to 1 twice
over from Aldcroft, thnt ho beat him.
' Tho upper ten thousand ' caught it heavily, and so
did many other belioven in tho sinble; nnd numerous
were tho recitnls that nit-lit of how'men had won money
in spite of themselves. In vain did Mr. Nichol telegraph
that morning to try and hedge, nnd what
with this horse, Nunnykirk, Nuwminstor, nnd
Prior of St. Aiargnret'a, no man has Ios3
reason to complain of ill luck. Tho Wizard's grand dam,
Mowerinn, wns duo to foal that very day to Kingston,
and a groy colt by Chanticleer out ot Tho Flapper, and
fillies by Voltigour out of Auld Acquaintance, by West
Australian out of Forgct-me.nor, nnd bv Orlando out of
Wiasma, complete the Strcathain Castle' foal list of this
year. Wo did not obsorvo Nat on tho hoith, and regret
to hear that, like John Holmes, he is very far from well.
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