ENGLISH SPORTING.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2294, 10 August 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH SPORTING.

Old Joe Hayhoe, says the English " Licensed Victuallers' Gazette," haß joined the ever increasing majority. "Old Joe" lived all his sixty-seven years, and was. an ardent admirer of horses and the fair sex. He trained three Derby winners viz., Favonius, Kisber, and Sir Bevys; whilst for the Baron, amongst many others, he instructed King Tom, Hannah, Corisande, Hungerford, Tomato. Hay hoe was brought up under John Scott's auspices, and thoroughly understood in every detail his calling, and with him passes away one of the last links of the old school of trainers. May his son Alfred worthily tread in the footsteps of his father is our cordial wish.

Sir John Astley has been writing what must be considered a very curious letter to the " Sportsman," in which he offers to rnn Iroquois or any three-year-old in England, weight for age, a mile and half, for 1000 sovs, with his new purchase, the impostor Peter. In this connection the L.Y.G. has the following :—" We fancy, before Sir John wrote that gushing Peter effusion to the " Sportsman," the Lincolnshire baronet had been imbibing sparkling wine the epistle had an air of 'chain* about it." Peter was defeated subsequently in the Manchester Cup of 2000 sovs, of whioh I append brief details Thursday, of oourse, was the " day of days," the " Coop," and nothing but the " Coop," attracting thousands of the hardy sons of toil, to say nothing of a gorgeous sprinkling of the "upper ten." Overnight .betting waxed fast and furious. Fernandez was the popular idol, his gallop, with Cannon up, in the morning, having given the greatest satisfaction, and he was voted as fit and well as either Alec Taylor, or even John Porter, could make him, and enthusiastic baokers greedily snapped up 3 to 1. Teviotdale and Peter had plenty of followers, whilst of the outsiders Cylinder, Spitsbergen, and. Billycock wore inquired about. The first race, fixed as late as half-past two, fell to Lord Sidmoutb, and then followed the 2000 sovs prize. Tho final market showed little change, except the support awarded to Cylinder, who started at the reduoed odds of 6 to 4, whilst beyond Fernandez, Peter, Cylinder, Teviotdale, and Ambassadress, nothing new was supported for any serious amount of money. The story of the race is soon told. Spitzbergen showed great speed, but was unable to stay, and nearly half a mile from home the vaunted crack Fernandez showed evident signs of dis tress. Opposite the stand enclosure Peter, the hope of tho braggadocio, Sir John, took up the running, and it looked odds on him ; but Fred Archer, the baronet's despised socalled retained jockey, brought Valour up, and oleverly won for the astute owner of the white jacket and blueoap the valuable prize by a neck—l may say, In oompliment to the rider, by an Archer's neck, for Charley Wood, though a useful ordinary jockey, cannot hold a candle to the " Prinoe of Horsemen "—the

never-to-be-denied Fred Archer. Teviotdale failed to ihow to advantage, whilst Cylinder, Fernandez, Bidotto, and Co. only lost money for those who believed in their ability to win. In going for Peter and Fernandez, my readers had good hedging, and with Peter they had a fair run for their money ; and either Valour is an undoubted flyer, or Peter and Company are incompetent to give weight away to any racehorses of average pretensions. Valour u the property of Captain Maohell. The Salford Borough Handioap, of 1000 sovs, was won by the Duke of Montrose's Strathblane, by Kingcraft. Oharibert, who was conceding him 2it, and who was ridden by Archer, was second. Ulster Queen is the two-year-old flyer of the season. Old Parole keeps on winning raoes in the land of his birth, and he has just added to his record by winning the Westohester Cup at Jerome Park. Backers of horses know very well that he missed the English Chester Cup when he started such a hot favorite, with Fred Aroher on his back ; but the son of Leamington had a fair spell of luok in England, for in 1879 he won tho Newmarket Handioap, the City and Suburban, the Great Metropolitan at Epsom, the Great Cheshire Stakes at Chester, and the Gold Cup at the Epsom Summer Meeting. Begal probably finished his racing career recently, when he split his pastern while running in the Grand Steeplechase at Auteuil. In the same race The Scot cut himself badly through getting entangled in some posts and rails.

A cablegram from New York says:—Mr Lorillard observes concerning the Derby victory—" The result was a surprise to me. I hardly thought Iroquois good enough to win the Derby ; in fact, 1 thought I had two in my stable better than he, Barrett and Passaic I had very little money on Iroquois ; my money was on the other two. I only won about £2500, enough to pay my trainer and jockey. I cabled over word to give Archer a thousand pounds for his success. Iroqouis will stay in England during the year, as he is engaged in about all the great three year-old races. I may possibly bring him home to use as a stallion when he has won races enough, but I am very doubtful about his making a first-class one." The news of the victory was received here with great rejoicing. All the morning papers devote much space to it. The" Tribune " and " World " have especially full accounts from their own correspondents. The " Tribune " says that Iroquois is the son of an imported English stallion, the best ever brought to tho United States, and that as the American turf is the outgrowth of the English it is foolish to endeavor to exalt the former at the expense of the latter. Tho English must now admit that the outgrowth is a lusty one, and likely in time to surpass the parent stock. The " World" says that the manly temper in whioh the American viotory was acclaimed by the thousands who witnessed it at Epsom will add greatly to its value in the eyes of all right-minded Americans." The " Times " says—*' It seems fit that while almost every American product is challenging the admiration of Europe we should be able to claim a triumph on a field in which we have not hitherto won any considerable laurels." By American files I learn full particulars of the Ascot meeting, of whioh I append brief details. Mr P. Lorillard has had another out in with that constant horse Iroquois, who at the Ascot meeting won the rich Prince of Wales' Stakes of 1000 sovs., carrying his Dorby penalty of 91bs. At the same meeting Iroquois won the St. James' Palace Stakes of 2000 sovs. Bobert the Devil carried off the Gold Cup, beating Petronel and Exeter, and also the Alexandra Plate of 1000 sovs, Exeter and Reveller being second and third. The New Stakes of 500 sovs. was won by Kermesse, a filly by Oremorne. Peter ran a grand horse throughout the meeting, as he won the Boyal Hunt Olub Cup, value 500 sovs., and the rich Hardwioke Stakes of 2000 sovs. Mr Jardine's blue and silver was to the front in the Wokingham and Ascot Stakes of 500 sovs. each. Lord Falmouth oarried off the Gold Vase with the aid of Ambassadress. The Count de Lagrange was in good form too, as he scored one win in the Ascot Derby Stakes with Maskelyn, Mr Lorillard being second with Passaic. The Count also won the Bous Memorial Stakes of 1000 sovs with the assistance of Poulet, a son of the speedy Peut-etre. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs each fell to Mr Saville's Mazurka, by See Saw, Isonomy's Bister Isola, Mudra being second. Messrs G. and P. Lorillard have been wonderfully successful at the American meetings with Sir Hugh, Geranium, Gerald, Grenada, Vanguard, Bambler, Greenland, and others. The number of telegraphio messages despatched from the Grand Stand at Epsom on the Derby day was 6001. So far as the Derby day was concerned that was the best on record, but it did not come up to the City and Suburban day. Mr Hoselton, the well-known racing official, will shortly publish a portrait of Archer, taken in Mr Lorillard'* colors after winning the Derby. The colt Golden Plover, at one time a prominent favorite for the Two Thousand Guineas, and also thought well of for the Derby, injured himself at Newmarket recently in one of his gallops, and had to be shot.

The race for the French Derby was run on 29th alt., and was won in a canter by Count de Lagrange's bay colt Albion, by Oonaul, out of The Abbess. The name gentleman's chesnut colt Patre finished second, and Royauinont third. The time was 2min 39seo. According to Benson's chronograph Iroquois won tbe Derby on Wednesday in 2min SOsec. Last season Bend Or won in 2min 46ieo. Thebais won the Oaks in Smin 46sec, according to Benson's obronograph, whilst last year Jenny Howlet took 2min 49aeo to go the course, and Wheel of Fortune, 1879, 3min 2sec. In 1878, when Janette won, the record was 2min 54seo, Placida's time in the previous year being 2min 54isee. The dead-heaters, JEnguerrande and Oamelia, in 1876, compassed the distance in 2min 39sec. The valuo of the Derby Stakes, won by Iroquois, was £5925. Mr Joscelino Bagot and Mr Drummond, of the Grenadier Guards, acoompanied by Mr T. Wright, the winner of the International Balloon Contest, went up in a balloon from the Crystal Palace at 1 p.m on June Ist. When the ropes were loosed they asoended to the height of 5000 ft, and travelled slowly in a southwesterly direction for the distance of about eight miles. The balloon then suddenly sank, but ballast being thrown out, it rose again to 8000 ft, and traversed in tho direction of Epsom. The aeronauts then descended in a field about a quarter of a mile from the Grand Stand, which they reaohed in time to witnesss the race for the Derby. My friend "Red Hover" writes: —"The dialogue heard at Punohestown, and quoted in your notes the other day, reminds me of a similar case at Higbpurse, on the borders of Wales, that took place a few Mays ago, when I was on a visit to a friend's place for rook and rabbit shooting for a week. I was at the railway station on the morning of tbe raoes, and noticed two peouliar- looking, shabbily well-dressed, middle-aged men get out of the train, and ask the station master very particularly if there was no train between the 4.5 and the 7.15 p.m. He assured them that there was not. They then inquired the way to Eighpurse, and how far it was. I had the ouriosity to ask the stationmaster to show me the halves of their tickets, second class from Liverpool. Presently I mounted my hack and rode to tho course. The prinoipal race came off at 3 p.m., just an hour before the 4.5 p.m. train left Brush station. The favorite, Esther, belonged to a friend of mine, a young farmer named Brisk, and she was a exceedingly good safe maro, but a terrific puller; the distance three miles, over a fair hunting country; betting 2to 1 against Esther. A few of the knowing ones of the young farmers found out that two bookmakers were there from "Birmingham," and wore laying 3 to 1, consequently the sovereigns and half-sovereigns kept pouring into the pockets of the " Brummagem" baokers in return for small bits of pasteboard. The seven runners were started, all going safely and together the first time round. Esther led them all the way until coming at the last fence into tho winning field, ten lengths from everything, when the crowd, seeing their favourite winning, set up suoh a yell that the mare baulked the fence and bolted. Meantime my hack reared straight on end, and also bolted, fortunately, towards the high road, where, to my surprise, I saw as fine a race between two stout men, dressed in blaok (my friends of the morning) as I ever saw in my life. Their action was superb ; too high for pace on the flat, perhaps ; but, as they were stepping down hill, they got over the ground uncommonly well for suoh weight carriers. Suddenly one looked round and saw that the mare had bolted, upon which they stopped, crept under the hedge, and quietly walked back to the course."