UR LONDON LETTER.

Auckland Star, Volume XV, Issue 3757, 26 August 1882, Page 2

UR LONDON LETTER.

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market. ■"*'«'- LONDON, in July, i 8 hot i oppress.. Most people ar e£} *thet away for a few days, and it was If' with keen pleasure that I accep ted o' 6 tation to Newmarket, f or Z , ttUWJuly meeting, and f ouu d myself PJJ* morning of the 4th in*, once ' m _ #° n «"> i ing across the "chWic ZT^T what a place Newmarket fa „, ** different to tho ordinary racecon,«d hoy its turmoil, and hubbubslS^* Epsom Summer is a reunion 1 Otin& attend nolens volons, becauso of «,„ r.mtlllt Ascot is the perfection of K|£ ?"by. and Goodwood and DonettK?°»R worth at least one visit, but f oth enjoyment give me Newmarket 'ssl5 s1 need to crush on to a stand c ° through the crowd there. The rae« seen A.l. from anywhere TJia i an')B Newmarket heath v its broaS g. ?o{ courses. Most people have read' uffi famous Rowley mile, along which tu<** Thousand Guineas is anDnaßS,^? but without seeing it I defy Z *&**. how immeasurably Buporiorthi.fi 89 I stretch of heath ia to the ordin.™, fina arena. The « Banbury nnV^So^?" T.Y.C." courses are the 0 2L ,3? utilised for the July meeting, an d tW about two miles from town, behind what» known as the " ditcb." The Zu , .1' f fringed with a beautiful plantaS "f" f half-a-milc in length, and ben "h a,^'* ? one can see the finest thorough'in England being walked backwaSS, and ft" " ' wards for inspection. The p,C. Z 5 Walea usually attends the July V, ing, and waa present erory day this t;^ trotting about in a tweed suitYf ditt unmolested and comparatively im,.!'' I H.It.H. (who happened to KC/S fat) Grace, the Uuchess of MontroaelstnL next to the writer during the rS tt Kxeter Stakes on the sefond C%Z\& lutely condescended to nsk if I conM «« what was leading. Of coune I h boaited about the circumstance ever sine? but my private impresiion is that the Princn mistook me for a gentleman who had been at his elbow a minute or two previously However, if such were indeed the case" H.K.H. was too well-bred to show it and pleasantly observed as the horses passed tho post tbat he now thought Britomatti. (the favourite) w«uld get beaten, an d h» hoped I had <» got the tip. and I backed Highland Chief (the winner 1 '■ The racing at Newmarket in July i s n j t specially remarkable. The principal events are the July and the Chesterfield Stakee richly-dowerod "sprints" for first-clasß ' two-year-olds, In the former (worth no. [ wards of £2,000) many now historical celebrities—such as Hannah, Cumballo, and BalVal—achieved their first success.'This 1 year, however, the race has hardly excited ' us much interest as usual. At Stockbridee i the Aicot New Stakes winner, Adriana (who up to that time represented the best two- i year-old form of the year) went down before Mr W. S. Crawford's Macheath (a magnificent bay colt by Macaroni, out of Heather Bell), and this youngster having to meet no notable "darkies," it was natural that the July Stakes should be considered a foregone conclusion for him. Eight youngsters came to the post, Macheattfs most formidable opponents seeming to be Fulmen and Tyudrum, bith of whom had distinguished themselves at Ascot. Betting opened by backers laying 9 to 4 on Macheath, bat bo warmly were several of the outsiders supported that eventually fielders accepted as little as 13 to 8. The odds were never ia doubt, for though Fulmen challenged resolutely as the field approached the finish, ke never really troubled the favourite, who, drawing out, won as he liked by a length. Time, lmin. 15secs.; value of the slakes, £2,030. After this the Chesterfield Stake?, on the Thursday, was naturally thought to I be a mere walk-over for Macbeatn, but his owner apparently opined differently, for he declined to start him, and a dark colt of Lord Falmouth's, named Galliard (by Ualopin—Mavis) became favourite. f'n this certainty, ton, | backers laid odda, and again they came oft', Archer almost walking in before a colt of the Duke of Hamilton's named Oxford, and ' Prince Soltykoffs Padlock. Galliard ia the most bloodlike and beautiful two-year- '?: old I have ever seen, and should make a great name on the turf. The " special commissioner" of the "Sportsman" declares him thus, and his remarks are worth print- ' ing, because runners of the Chesterfield in- . ~' variably distinguish themselves subsequently. A'chievcmenr, Formosa, King- a craft, Crcmome, Bend Or, and Iroquois, all | won tbia particular race. Galliard is a whole - brown, without white, and shows a black patch or birth-mark on his near quarters, standing quite 15 hands 3in, with a = grand bead and neck, and writ- : formed shoulders. Be is really a splendid horse in front of the saddle; his back, loins, rnmp, quarters, thighs, - and gaskins show an immense deal of ' power, and his large, well-formed hocks are as clean as if carved from ebony or heart of ' oak. His arms are long, strong, and . muscular, his knees well-formed, and his fore-legs are big and perfectly shaped, while he stands as true as a die and firm as a rock all round, on the very best of feet,