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THE FIELD 
luck, winning perhaps on (ho average, in 1849-52. 
about thirteen races a year, while last year he won 
verv lew. In spite of his slight frame, he was possessed 
of gnat muscular power and finished remarkably strong 
t.n his horso, however far the distance. Ili* connexion 
with I'. Parr’s stable introduced him lo “The Squire'*” 
notice, who considered him otto of the very finest riders 
of the day, and gave him several mounts on his pet Moun- 
tain Deer. Mr. Mon is often employed him when Basham 
could not get the weight, and his handling of Ihmgerford 
for (hut gentleman in the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 1852, 
was most masterly. At the time of his death he had no 
regular masters, but ho still picked up an average number 
of ices. It was not his fate to b© connected with a large 
fashionable stable, and to enjoy those chaucts which one or 
two wo could name, have flung away, simply because they 
could not “ put their tongues in rest” after a trial. 
Although the tumble of Dr. O’Toole nt Chester did not 
end fatally to his little jo?k, it bus been (ho means of setting 
two doctors completely by the ears, end causing nil t he pro- 
fession in Chester (bur four) to resolve themselves into a 
committee to arrange matters. So exciting did the dispute 
become that a Liverpool and a Chester cotemporary seem to 
have flung theinselvi s heart and soul into the subject. It 
seems that two doctors (say A and B) were unconsciously 
otlciidiug to the Jud in the weighing-house at the same time, 
and that when II had just directed him to he taken to the 
Infirmary he heard A order that lie should be taken to his 
loggings. On this 11 used unparliamentary language to A, 
and stated that it “ i rat another of his (/IV) low Scotch 
tricks." Arbitrators and an umpire were eventually ap- 
pointed, who drew up n certain “ wilhdrawol of expres- 
sions” for B, which A accepted us an “apology.” II then 
requested A to know that it was not an apology, but 
merely a ‘ withdrawal, &c.,” and A good-humour '< illy ac- 
cepted it in that form. The whole affair formed an amusing 
finale to a capita) race- week, and the little 4st. 1 01b. patient 
was well and back again ut Danebury some days before it 
was settled. Dr. O’Toole’s unsteady logs have a grout deal 
to answer for. 
The result of the Derby quite confirms the eonoctncss of 
tin; warnings we have given our readers about Dervish 
since the middle of January. Wc then slatid that “it was 
A LIBEL ON COMMOX SENSK to suppose that a llOl'SO of 
his build behind the saddle could win u Derby” ai d to that 
opinion wo have most pertinaciously adhered. It f* a per- 
fect enigma to us li»w any one, after looking him ou r at 
York could think otherwise. There is no duubi that Scott lias 
made tin ce great mistake* this year; onout Newmarket, by 
supposing that Boinrdo could slay in the Two Thousand 
Guineas — another at Chester, in declining Wells’s services 
for Acrobat, even with G lbs. over ; anil the tl.iid, in not 
having u proper trial between Acrobat and Dervish over I lie 
Derby course. He was always wont to do this in bis I’igburn 
days, in t he week before the St. Legcr, so early in the 
morning, that Lord Derby, and his other employers, who 
used to come from London especially, by the mail train, could 
hunlly tell what was winning iho trial, till they were close at 
the chair. We cannot help thinkiug thut t hero, must have 
been a little private pique at finding hia judgment in Hie 
mutter so openly disputed, and' that he dared not bring the 
matter to u test, but simply trusted to rnuuh gallops and two 
year old recollections, l’or our parts, we took a negative 
view of the race altogether. When Acrobat and King Tom 
seemed hopeless cases, wo could see no further, but only felt 
certain of one thing, viz., that Dervish would not win, and 
wo selected a place on the bill commanding the straight run 
in, for Iho express purpose of watching him “ era k. - ’ Hud 
Acrobat been in Lord Eglin ton’s or Lord Zetland’s stable for 
instance, not a soul dared have laid more than 4 or 5 to 1 
against him, and yet 200 to 1 against him would have gone 
begging for a full week before he was scratched. In short, 
Lord Derby must be pretty well convinced now, that tlio only 
horse of his which had a chance ofwinuing, was quietly chump-* 
ing his corn at Lentherhead on the day. The money lost on 
this horse was something enormous, as nil ranks of men were 
on him; and no wonder they were so bitterly indignant at 
having to pay over with tho knowledge that the stable would 
not givo them a chance. Wo do not pretend t<> say that be 
could have beaten Andover, but lie and King Tom ought, ut I 
all events, to have made a stout fight of it. As it is, the 
error Iiub udded great interest lo the St. Leger, and the bet- 
ting between these two, if they keep well and clear of each 
other in tlio Great Biennial at York, will probubly be very 
heavy. 
The St. Leger this year is a much richer one than usual, 
reaching something like .£3,700 clear, and knowing the 
llaion'8 liking for these greut leading English prizes, there 
is little doubt that ho will save his horse as much 
as possible for it. Taking Hermit as our guide, 
it is evident thut cither King has over-rated the 
t rial with Middlesex, (who it is hinted was rather stale at the 
time) or that in consequence of his stoppugo in work, and 
being a somewhat “gross” horse, he i an. some pounds below 
his form on Wednesday. Along with these two in tho St. 
Leger, aie, Scythian, Arthur Wellesley, Star of Surry, 
(whose day is perhaps to come,) Knight of S'. George, 
Marsyaa, The Trapper, Middlesex, Anibas, Incubus, Cham- 
pagne, Calumus, Ivan, Tioa, &c., so that at present it is 
sadly weak. 
The other races at Epsom, as far as we know them, 
have not bad many very noticeable facts. limber more 
than half a length separated Defiance (who is for sale lor 
1000 gs.) and Kingston at Gibs, on the Tuesday, and when 
Kingston fuced Itaiuplun next day lit 7ll»s, lie just beat him 
a head. Tho distance certain I y whs u quarter of u mile 
longer on the second day, which could hardly have 
had much to do with it, but the result either makes 
Kingston a most unaccountably uncertain horse, which 
we believe lie is, or shows Defiance ia belter ill n Hala- 
plan, which we very much doubt. Ccrtaii.lv Kingston 
never looked bet ter, and to see Basham glauciug ever tl,« left, 
and hustling him along, und Nat creeping so cin e to him 
at laid, that he vvus obliged to sit down and lui; I) fh.g him 
home was as pretty a sight as wo have witnessed at Epsoiu. 
We do n-.t, however, admire Kingston’s stv h- of going 
nearly so much us Rataplan’s, as ho pitches'll m.di more, 
and be Jius none of the latter's workmanlike sweep! 
Ephesus made very short work of a couple of plates for 
Captain Lane, and it is strange, ufler Teddington has 
retired, U> nolo how Ajiosto and Ephesus, the No. •> ami 3 
“ ‘ 1 "‘ ]vhite-legged trio by Orlando, which were fo cou- 
vtrlcfabW u, 1851, still keep uptheir ruiftftng. Yumli idtcken 
; cut^*p.vety badly in the Summer Handicap, und itisevi- 
oefrt his weak back- is not" comfortable under much 
vepfit, while Flattererquite carried out our notions in tho 
TrooUcoJof 6 1 akes. He is a race-horse all over, uud no 
mistake ; and the issue between him and Border Chief, in 
the New Stakes at Ascot, bids fair to bo one of no ordinary 
interest. Trainers say that they will be as fine u pair u> 
woro ever stripped. It is worthy also of noting, when we 
are on the subject, how wretchedly small the acceptances for 
tho Ascot Slakes are. Tho top weight was only 9st. 21b*. 
hut it i< u high handicap for ail that, whicli trainers uncom- 
monly dislike, 
Manchester has no lack of sport for her Whitsun holiday 
seekers. Sicily (no penalty) ought again to beat Lord 
Alfred as she is in on 41bs. better terms with him than she 
was then. We should fancy both llieir forms better than 
those of Yewtick and The De.-pised. De Clare, a hull 
brother to Longbow, is in this race. lie is said to be u very 
fine animal, but a roarer. St. Cluir (3 lbs. ullovved) is in 
such form ut prosont, that it is difficult to imagine what L 
to bent him in the Produce Stakes; and oven with her 7 b+. 
extra, which makes her give 4 lbs. to Lord Alfred, and 1 lb. 
to Katerfelto, wo do not seo that Lady Palmerston, of Don- 
caster spring renown, is in imminent jeopardy from the for- 
mer, certainly Dot from the latter. Tho Wilton Stakes 
would seem lo follow soil with the Sapling. The Meiklun 
Derby and Chesterfield Handicaps have very much the same 
horses in them, and after his Epsom running, Ilu/Jcnut, in 
spite of Iris 5 lbs. penalty, has nothing to complain of in 
either of the latter two. 
In the Union CiipTypro, 7st Gib, seems to look best, while 
Hazelnut, Gs^ 81b, and Little Hurry, 7st lSSHj, are equally 
well off. 1 or the Trades Cup Rutuplan lias a 101b. penalty, 
bringing bis weight up to list 31b, which looks like a stopper 
for him, especially after his recent lull'd work ; and Baln.w- 
nio 8>l 2II>, Joe Miller 7s 7 lb, and Pantomime 7st 1 fl. seem 
tho most dangerous, the former especially so; whilst the 
Sul lord Borough Cup does not look unlike Helena’s, at Gst 
121b (penalty included), or Lotigb Buwn’s,at 7st Sib. 
DERBY DAY RECOLLECTIONS, 
“ From t"ice one hundred thousand throats, 
Itnshes the Cockney roar : 
And the name of the winner proudly floats, 
A league from the course or more.” 
Although tho pour-down, during parts of tho pi ece ling 
forty-eight hours, had been such as to sink the diems *>f 
Dervisli, at intervals, into the very direst despair, a lovelier 
Derby-day never smiled on tho sportsmen of Cockaigne. 
The sun, in fact, sliouc out brilliantly soon after four in tl e 
morning, and with such permanent effect, that by fom in the 
afternoon, the mads :o iho court e which seemed hup. Jcssly 
sloppy on the preceding day, gave forth their usual amount 
of Derby dust, which was however participat'd in, to our 
eye, by hardly so many spectators as usual. Those w ho had 
believed in tho Trapper, found, on arriving nt Epsom, i hut 
* lie pen had been rim through l.is name. The much-talked 
of trial at 4 a m. on Saturday, which was said to have come 
off in the presence of his owner, with the assistance of Adiuc 
and Spinaway, was believed to have been very moderate 
utter all. Still it had proved not only a trap to the unwary 
ut Tattersall’s, many of whom had snapped up the odds for 
two days till the horse was brought to 10 to 1 , but even the 
people of Epsom hud got quite worked up into the idea, that 
as tho fifteen-hand Amato had clothed them with honour, 
the seventeen-hand Trapper was clearly destined, after a 
lapse of 16 years, to do the same. As it was, a certificate 
as to liis lameness in the near fore-leg was the o.-lensible 
cause of his scratching, it is said that as soon us Nat 
was thus relcused from his “ broad black and white 
stripes” engagement, t hat great efforts were mado by- 
Scott’s Stable lo get him for Dervish. Earl Chesterfield, 
however, put in Ins claim, although it was pretty generally 
surmised that he would have lesigued him for Acrobat, 
(that despised son of Ithuriel), if he had been going to run, 
but that be would not do so for Dervish. Templcmun’.- 
friends were naturally very indignant at this attempt to 
supersede him, and certainly “ the gentlemen’s ” habits of 
displacing their regular jockeys at the eleven ill hqu". cannoi 
be ton much reprobated. Iluving their feelings and reputa- 
tions so trifled with, i, enough to make jockeys disloval, and 
certainly the sportsmen of the real old school were never 
guilty of it, except under the most extreme circumstances. 
Nothing could be more appalling to l.is foes than the 
Leatherl.ead accounts of Dervish, which described him as a 
beautifully-furnished fifteen-three horse, with a temper u> 
quiet as a lamb’s— every thing l.i- trainer coaid wish in point 
of health — und, in short, a better thing by pounds than 
West Australian. Still, strange as it inav seem, it was 
frankly confessed that his reputation did not rest on any 
regular trial, but was principally based in John Scott's own 
own mind on a trial before Goodwood last year, in which he 
gave 1G lbs. to Sortie and lost her, and bis rough gallops 
during the present season. In fact, such was his romantic 
fondness for him, that lie vowed that Scythian and Acrobat 
were “ maro platers by the side of him.” As we stated last 
week, Butler’s medical man had strongly advised him not to 
think of riding, as he considered that knocking off of the 
requisite lOlbs. would have been, after his recent iliuess as 
much as his life was vvortiL Seeing that (us wo have always 
stated) his opinion as to Dervish’s staying powers has long 
been no Secrufc to Scott, we feel pretty sure that he did not, 
as far as t ho actual mount was concerned, regret standing 
down. Whatever the rash layer of 5000 to 50 against ICiim 
Tom, at the Club, may have thought, his friends rallied 
strongly round him again, and tlieir belief was m arly a> 
strong as ever, win n it wua found lie hud m.ly been 
stopped some four days in hia work. It seems that he 
wus gulloping in tho siring in front) of fluugerlord, and that 
the 1 'tier’s jockey being unable to pull. him up at the proper 
time, he ran on to him and struck him a severe blow on the 
stifle-joint, which produced temporary lameness. 
A Derby favourite is lucky who can survive the ten 
minutes allowed for refreshment ut Swindon on the first 
day of the Bath Meeting, and certainly Autocrat deserved 
the death-blow ho received there. His legs, which wo hinted 
to our readers so fur buck us tho first of February, “ were, 
not u II that could be wished,” have been gradually * going, 
going,” till he is now become quite a cripple, and lie was 
only brought to the post to decide u £500 bet on the subject, 
fbe parly showed a little Ibudiicss for Woodcoto, which was 
somewhat strengthened by the running of Luscclles. There 
was no longer any doubt us to Andover liuviug beeu tried to 
be 7 lbs. belter than Hermit ; und it also became known that 
Rogers could not bo on the latter, but would ride Wi li am Am 
Lord Lonsdale, who. more, wo fancy, from his old Spaniel 
recollections than anything ebu, was anxious to swell the 
field. Some doubt was thrown over Onnutc’s starling, 
from reasons, so wo w ere told, connected with his nominator. 
His non-acccptance atOst. for the Northumberland Piute 
was the reverse of encouraging, and tho Yorkshiremen still 
retained a wonderful fancy for Hospodur, \vhi"se~T^~~~ 
with Ivan at 10 lbs. seein to he no my th. ' Uo ' n t>« 
It may be mere fancy, we did not think that the sad Hi 
paddock was by any means so full as wo have seen ii i, "S 
vioue years. The grass was beautifully dry, and theft' ' 
powerful that among tho numerous recumbent 
espied iho President of the Council and the Secretary nni-'' 0 
stretched full length, und bivouacking quite coin A , r 
under the simile ofuu umbrella. New Warrior, Chanm 
Grey Plover, and Panclibox (iho latter jn unwonted sup"'.’ 
walked round and round without one single follower V 1 *'' 
mall, we believed, not only “dressed” and weighed i' 
came down to tho paddock to ride the former, but Nat ^ 
finally substituted. This looks as if the qu’esiion 0 r 
Dervish mount, to which we have ai ready adverted n ■ C 
mnot-point to the very last moment. DervLfi and' j)° S , a 
horses (which at last mustered four strong) drew off n e V 
all the attention, us they paced about at the Park end J'., y 
paddock, while King Tom noil Middlesex took a le-s ex l 
sive runge, and went round and round it, with a uiv mer 
guard of honour at their luels. Their yellow nigs e( ]° u ? 
with black made them a most conspicuous object ami u 
uninitiated seemed quite to labour under the impression tl 
Middlesex must be the crack. He is a gnat, ixieen- hand 1 
dark brown animal, with a Yoltigeur bead and shoulder ' 
and fine limbs, but a very wretched middle and lo’o.i. Kin*’ 
Tom is a powerful hay, and lias a very game, decisive | 0|1 l 
about linn, but bis hind quarters arc so drooping nni i r,l ;i ii 
that ono would not lie disposed, at first sight, to class bin! 
higher than a useful hunter. We cun lmrdly say that hn In 
a pretty point about him, and lie walks somewhat wide, w|,i!i! 
generally betokens staying. He was very eluS'dy followed 
and examined, and while some found out that he was a liiil 
lame from his recent accident, it struck us, with many others 
that it was more a sort of natural “dwelling action” win! 
his hind legs than any thing e'se. No horse could li au . 
looked bet ti r. or in higher spirits. WeBmm is quite of the 
pony order— speedy, no dubt, as all the Cowls me— but 
neither possessed ol lungs or bone sufficient to enable him 
to slay under 8si 7 lbs. lienee, Rogers’s mount. fanned \ 
striking contrast to his Sittinghoiirue one bistycur. Wimd- 
eote was slight, lengthy, ;.ud weak in the back; and Auto- 
crat, whoso front legs wcic bandaged op to the knee, looked 
a very elegant unimn 1 . In short, he is so like Coronation 
that but for the blindages on his legs, and tho iiiiiny-Inokimr 
jockey on his back, we could almost have fancied ihat “ ilm 
dial of our days” hud gone back thirteen years, and that 
Coronation and C> nolly were once morn befiue us. 
Job Murson, after a virtual divorce of two yeuis from it 
once more appeared in thu straw jacket, on Alembic, who 
perfectly towered aloft .<mouu his compeer* ! There wiis 
not an aloin of the Derby winner about him, and ho ap- 
peared lighter, and ci rtuinly not so (it, as lie did on the Two 
Thousand Guinea day. Hospodar followed close behind 
him, and comparing the two it seemed as if M arson had beeu 
elevated about a hand und a hall in the world, by Lord 
Clilileu’s claim. The former is certainly very little bigger, 
if any, than Daniel O’Rourke, and hud a plain Roman lo ad, 
plenty of length, and was in capital haid condition. Rada 
Meli had no pretensions whatever, and Wiukfie'd and Pup- 
agcuo struck us as being flash short distance horses — Iho for- 
mer especially so. Coup d’ E'kl had a long hollow buck, 
and Was quite the worst looking candidate there. Neville 
who was, we believe, originally sold by his breeder for £100, 
and afterwards for £15, was quite “ a little dumpy,” ami 
did not seem to have grown ono inch. lie has a rare good 
back and u clever forehand, und on tho whole he slightly 
reminded us ol Assault, though lie has not so much hour. 
St. George is not unliko him, and looked a small but re- 
markably quick, smart, animal. Canute has very much 
grown, and ccv'uinly not improved in any way. In pointof 
condition be etriu-k y* as being decidi dly below the mark, 
and by no means justifying the professed confidence of h s 
owner, who i.« as deep a Yorkbhiicrnuu as over bicutlicd. 
Wo can hard'; believe that lie ever iefuse*l two tho a sand 
guineas for him at Newcastle, last year. Harry Pearl, who 
alter a very clever boyhood in tho Clifdcu and H iwley sad- 
dles, &c. , has, we believe, for some months past, joined 
the fraternity of Metropolitan Licensed Victuallers, hud 
wasted considerably upwards of a stone to ride him, and 
very pule he looked after the process. Still he had tho 
mcagie pleasure, unless our eyes greatly deceived us, of 
bring almost first as they scaled the brow of the hill, 
uhhough the horse w ent in slow bad form. Mursyas scorns 
a much more upstanding horse than we hadexpeeted to >co 
him, but Ids illness has been of u very serious nature, 
and seeing how much he lias been perforce hurried in his 
work of late, he showed himself remarkably gumo. Wild 
Hunk-man does not strike us as having thickened during 
the winter, hut lie wus as bloodliku and beautiful as ever, 
while New Warrior had plenty of length, and was veiy fur 
from bring a contemptible outsider os far as looks went. 
Hermit does not strike the eye ns n Derby lior.-o, with his 
longi-h legs, weak hack, and light timbered frame; bid 
Andover’s appem-unco was such as to rivet all eyes on linn, 
and dcstr >y evou Dervish’s spell at the eleventh hour. Wo 
should cull him a bountiful blood bay, just fifteen two, with 
a good game head on a nice neck, which lie holds rather 
straight. When wc add to this a beautiful shoulder, great 
depth of girth, good sound' fleet, and short logs, not much is 
leit to bo desired. If anything, lie is a trifle long in the 
back, and' rather light in the hack ribs. At fir-t sight, 
owing to his length und gci.eral look, wc should guess him 
to he by Charles XII. Stiil, dangerous u customer as he 
seemed, the lii' iids of Dorv i Ii wero wonderfully “ foud, 
and as with Bracken in fiont of him, John Scott with 
his hand on the rein, and Lord Derby at his side, lie left the 
paddock, there >co ‘ #d quite a hushed feeling of awe at Ins 
look. Independent ol his beautiful eoudit ion, it was whispered 
thut it was the aniiivoisiuy of his lordship’s weddiug-d»y, 
and futalists to 'k courage from that. Thera was not a 
remnant of. his York humour, but still beautiful n* his 
forehand wus, those who remembered him as u two year old, 
looked to his loin-, ami though they were much improved 
since last yam, it was still apparent that it was his weak 
point, anil they thought of But lei’s deliberately express '* 
opinion, ' Unit no training could malic him stay." Punch 
Box did nut at first nppiur in front of the Stand, and people 
began to th'-lik thut Mr. Cltu-ku’s courage bud fuilfid him at 
the eleventh hour, but ii turned out that ho had only 
thrown, a phi tn which was soon *et right. 
A flop the gallops hud been conducted in due foiiu, the 
whole 27 walked two or three limes round the paddock, and 
they were then seen slowly filing out from the gate ah'Dn 
the peuk paiuig*. In the two lust years, Butler hud always 
made n point of coining out last for luck, but TemplcnMJ* 
came out fourteenth, and when tho “right about face 
