THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 325, 28 June 1875, Page 3

THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

(Pall Mall Gazette.')

This is the first important race of the present season which has not been won by an “ outsider,” and the success of Camballo, if not strictly in accordance with the most recent “ public form.” was generally anticipated. He was first favorite for the Two Thousand Guineas throughout the winter, but he receded several points in the betting after his defeat at Northampton a month ago. Bent there to run in the Cup .Stakes, he was easily beaten by Ecossais and Seymour, to the latter of whom, far his inferior as a two-year-old, he was conceding 101 b. His defeat was attributed at the time to his want of condition, and doubts were expressed as to whether his trainer would be able to get him sufficiently “ fit” by the Two Thousand day—doubts which his performance of Wednesday effectually dispelled. As a two-year-old Camballo’s running was somewhat inconsistent. His first appearance was in the Biennial Stakes at Ascot, which he won very easily from Seymour, Earl of Dartrey, Balfe, and several others, and he followed up this victory by beating Claremont at Stockbridge. With long odds betted on him, he defeated Craig Millar, Garterly Bell, Balfe, and Mirliflor in the Newmarket July Stakes; but in the Chesterfield Stakes, at the same meeting, he was unplaced to Balfe, Dreadnought, and Claremont, two of whom had already succumbed to him. His next performance was in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, when he obtained an easy triumph over Earl of Dartrey and Breechloader; but Holy Friar beat, him with comparative ease two days afterwards over a rather longer course. In the Hopeful Stakes at the Newmarket First

October Meeting, Balfe defeated him for the second time, and Camballo wound up his erratic two-year old career by failing to ob tain a place in the Prendergast Stakes, for which Chaplet, Garterly Bell, and Breechloader, the latter of whom seems to have a predilection . for third place, finished in the order given. The two races in which he was defeated by Balfe were run for over very short courses, and, as it was believed that Camballo was a good stayer, these defeats were not held to be damaging to his prospects as a three-year-old. This view has proved to be correct, and for once a horse for whom it was necessary to find all sorts of excuses has been returned the winner of a great race. All his opponents on Wednesday, except Picnic and those horses that were started to assist their stable companions, had already measured strength with him, and the result seems to show among other things that Camballo is the best stayer” of them all. The weather was very fine at Newmarket, but the attendance, especially in the Jockey Club Stand, was scarcely so large as usual, and the sport, with the exception of the Two Thousand Guineas, singularly uninteresting. There were thirteen runners for this race, but Gilbert, Leveret, and the Miss Whip colt were the stable companions of Picnic, Claremont, and Breechloader, in whose interests they were presumably started. Town Crier was quite out of place in this field, and Camballo, who had become a better favorite than ever during the two days preceding the race, maintained his supremacy to the last. Craig Millar, after the double triumph of his trial-horse, Mauton, in two handicaps, passed Picnic in the betting, and was heavily supported by the followers of the Fyfield stable, and Balfe, though his temper was said to have got worse than ever, stood at a rather shorter price than Picnic and Earl of Dartrey. There was little support forthcoming for Garterly Bell and Breechloader, and Claremont receded to double the odds accepted about him two days ago. Of the contest itself there is little to be said ; for Claremont who took the lead at the “ Bushes, ’ was deprived of it by Camballo half way down the the hill, and from that point the race was over. Increasing his advantage at every stride, Camballo breasted the final ascent with great resolution, and won in a canter by two lengths. Picnic, vigorously ridden by Fordham, made up some ground at last, and finished second, being a neck in advance of Breechloader, who was followed by Claremont and Balfe. Craig Millar was sixth, and one of the last two was Earl of Dartrey who had been generally looked upon as a safe investment for a “ place.” Picnic is not engaged in the Derby, and as Camballo won so easily, many of those horses which were beaten by him on Wednesday may also be absentees. This apparently reduces the Epsom race to very narrow limits, and beyond Galopin, Holy Friar, Seymour, and Moriturus, it is difficult to mention a single horse likely to enter the lists against Camballo and those he defeated on Wednesday. Camballo was ridden by John Osborne, who had the mount in most of his two-year-old engagements; but Mr Vyner will have to engage another jockey for the Derby, as in that race Osborne will ride Holy Friar. Camballo is now first favorite for the Epsom prize, and if he fails to win it he will still have a good chance of securing the Grand Prix de Paris and the Doncaster St Leger, in which neither Galopin nor Holy Friar is engaged,