Racing In England.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 482, 21 June 1890, Page 3

Racing In England.

THE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. London, April 27. At Derby on Saturday, when unsupported for sixpence by the stable (and commonly supposed to be “off colour”), the wretched Danbydale took it into its head to try, and won the Doveridge Handicap (of 600sovs, ■*

over a mile) in a canter, beating the heavilybacked Imp (3yrs, 6st 31b), Bullion (svsr, 7st 71b) and four others. Danbydale has started first favourite for five big handicaps since Captain Machell tried the colt a dead certainty for last year’s Ascot Hunt Cup. Before each of these five races, Weever (in whose stable the wretch now is) carefully tested the capabilities of the half-brother to Bendigo, and duly reported Danbydale able to win if it chose to try. Tens of thousands were nevertheless lost on Lord Rodney’s impostor up to the Lincolnshire of the present year, after which the stable resolved to waste no more money on it. The only person, therefore, who baeked Danbydale on Saturday was Captain Machell, an obstinate old” turfite who, once he forms a high estimate of a horse, never leaves it till it wins.

Notwithstanding that the City and Suburban Handicap was pronounced a gift to Pioneer from the moment that the weights appeared, a number of other animals were quietly backed, and on Monday the field promised to be well up to the average. The sharps lumped their money down steadily on Mr Abington’s colt at 3 to 1, but after thousands had been invested the price was still on offer. Yasistas (4yrs, Bst) had friends at 10 to 1 till the Frenchman wa3 beaten by Sainfoin in a trial, when Swift (4yrs, 7sfc 41b) took its place. Royal Star, Workington, and Kaikoura had also plenty of friends.

The Great Metropolitan Stakes of two miles and a-quar'cer was the principal event of Tuesday, and produced the largest field that has gone to the post for this event since IS6B, no fewer than fifteen runners out of 23 entries putting in an appearance. The Northampton winner Padua started a good favourite at 3 to 1, 9 to 2 being laid on Theosophist, 11 to 2 Lusignan, and 10 to 1 Crimea. The light weights made the pace a cracker, with the result that a quarter of a mile from home the favourites were all beaten, and Mr Cox’s Armada (3yrs, 6st 71b) looked like winning easily. At the bell, however, the outsider was challenged right and left by Galway (3yrs, 6st 91b) and Parlingtoni (3yrs, 6st 21b), and the latter getting the best of a ding-dong race home won by a short head, Galway being only beaten a neck for second place. Parlington, by Highborn out of Nancy Lee, belongs to the Duke of Beaufort, who accepted 500 to 30 once about the colt on Tuesday. Most of the bookies, however, skinned the lamb. The starting prices of the first three were 100 to 6 Parlington, 20 to 1 Armada, and 10 to 1 Gal wav.

Apart from the Metropolitan, backers had a bad time of it on Tuesday, as there were four better favourites than Mr Hammond’s St. Symphorien for the Great Surrey Handicap (which the speedy half-brother to St. Gatien won in a trot from Mephisto and a dozen others), and Mr Wadlow’s Tambourina, by Hampton scarcely mentioned for the Westminster Stakes. Odds of 13 to 8 were laid on Mr Abington’s Macuncas for the latter event, but both Tambourina and an outsider of Lord Hartington’s (Hear Hear, by Maiden —Applause) beat the green and plum cap.

The City and Suburban afternoon was splendidly fine, and tho stands and rings were in consequence almost as full as afc the Summer Meeting. Fifteen runners faced the starter, Pioneer finishing up a red-hot favourite at 5 to 2, whilst 7 to 1 was laid on Reve D’Or, 8 to 1 Gold, 100 to 9 Workington, 100 to 6 Surbiton and Royal Star, 25 to 1 each Bena, Swift, and St. Kiernan, 33 to 1 Antibes, 40 to 1 Quartus, 50 to 1 each Kaikoura, Tumsheen, and Vasistas. After a long delay the field were got off on fair terms, and Quartus settled down to make the running for Pioneer. At Tottenham Corner it looked anything’s race, but half way down the hill Workington drew out, pursued by Vasistas and the favourite with Reve D’Or on the top ground on the right. Morny Cannon soon after brought the mare right across the course, interfering somewhat with Workington, and letting Vasistas up. Fortunately, the former was beaten, or "there would certainly have been an objection. Reve D’Or straightened, quickly drew away, but in the last hundred yards Vasistas came again, making up ground so rapidly that the Duke of Beaufort’s mare only won by a neck. Workington, three lengths off, just deprived Pioneer by a head of the place long odds were laid on its getting. Royal Star was fifth and Bena last.

Lord Ellesmere’s Sabra, a beautiful filly by St. Simon out of Belindawas made a 6 to 4 favourite for the Hyde Park Plato of 500sovs, for two, year-olds, and won in a canter from Mr Nixon’s Hildebert (by Friar Rush —Hilda), Lord Londonderry’s Dereham (by Melton—. Athol Maid), and six others.