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GOSSIP OF THE ENGLISH SPRING HANDICAPS. St. Amant, Derby Winner in 1904, Top Weight for the City and Suburban. The acceptances for the Spring Handicap and the fact that the colt Lally had been made the favorite in the early betting for the Derby, were the most important items of the latest English sporting exchanges received in this country. Lally is by Am-phion out of Miss Hoyden and is said to have shown great development during the winter months. As a two-year-old he did well and was reckoned a top-notcher. The Lincolnshire on .March Si is the first of the big handicaps on the schedule and the line list of fifty figures in the event. Top weight of 12G pounds has been allotted to Desmonds Gift, a four-year-old filly of a fine turn of speed, but with an unknown recor.d. Velocity, the Cambridgeshire winner, and a stable companion of Desmonds Gift, has been burdened with 110 pounds and should show to advantage. Roseate Dawn is leniently treated with 117 pounds and Catty Crag with a pound less although it is 27 pounds more than the latter carried a twelvemonth ago when he was so flukily beaten by Sanso-vino. Uninsured is given a distinct chance with 101 IKMiids, as it is seven pounds less than he carried to victory in 1!04, and it "may be remembered that he ran well in the Cambridgeshire last fall. With only 07 pounds up. Wolfshall looks to have a good chance, as he meets Uninsured upon four pounds better terms than when beaten three-quarters of a length two years ago and he still retains his form. Csardas, who was so consistently backed by the public for the event last year, looks attractive with iS pounds, that is, provided he goes to the post tit and well. Caravel, now a six-year-old .and the filly which gave such promise as a two-year-old, has been given 101 pounds. Other starters worthy of note are Williams Hill, 04 pounds, and Sir Daniel, with ,0! pounds. St. Amant, the Derby winner of 1904, heads the list in the City and Suburban to be run April 25 and over the Epsom Course, where the colt gained renown. He has been allotted 130 pounds and from the way the handicapper lias disposed of his job to pick the winner will be no easy task. But St. Amant should take care of all those in bis immediate vicinity in the handicap. Ambition has IK! pounds and as this is seven pounds more than he failed under last year, lie should be harmless. Sweet Mary, with 03 pounds, has a good chance. She is the best of. the three-year-olds in the event and likely to come early to band and should experience no difficulty in defeating her contemporaries Ath-league. 02; Achilles, SS; Succory, SC.; Royal Lass, 02; The White Knight, 84; Galloper, 84 and General Killian. 100. though the last named is reputed very smart. Sir Daniel has shown good form on this ground before and with OS pounds should be well in the running. Lady Hanora, 01; Silver Streak, 103; Outbreak. 100.; Holme Lacy, 107; Commune, 100, and Mimay, 101, seem nicely treated. The Kenipton Park Jubilee of 5,000, on May 12, has been well patronized, the post of honor going to Vedas, with 120 pounds. Ambition, 122, and Fermoy C, 124, which battled out the finish for the corresponding event last year, will have their inning again. Plum Centre, with 117 pounds, seems nicely weighted, but hardly a handy horse for the course, and Velocity, with 117; Silver Streak, 112, and Chauser, 114, seem well handled. Athi, with 102 pounds in the saddle, considering that he is reckoned the smartest of the three-year-olds in the race, is let off rather light.
