The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

ISENDAY AT WIMBLEDON.

Sunday, althou..h In one rerprot a die. non at Wimbledon,
Is Loot snob. r pond of viLor one of the moat attire. The
council, the lone AMY I ISo. rs, and the markers, fired
from their .1 fl an hue. OIL lii tbeir act et at del:l.ft. lei iced
to the day of tett and the freed•ut vduch it Minas from loon
1, are of duty under a burning sum. Int Shnd. ), on the
rib, r hand. ns the I.reat day for what stay be cmleu the raid(
and tile of rl,ltors The number of tune who Attend the
mornine Bert tee held in the open air utn.er the grad 11111•
hrella test Is nereciar3y hutted core& lerttitilli of space,
and a',n try the hr.ur at wt.lh It is held; hut 1 tter itl the
:elle 911 1...1A.9 fret ii tort ty teal iii tins direct err,
nd the t oi.ds area 'i.e with the dust, of approaelung and
departing Yohtrlec

The Pally titles gives the following eleaception of the
reo ;pilot the ii ieee het with :—The Prim, f Wales was I
mobbed here betw.en four and six o'clock on Saturday after.
;won The Vulgar curiosity and role per,isterce rune
raynlty dawn self It were no•ue a. range thing let ont tor the •
aniuseine t of lie liour—the.e exalted Minch, were ram-
pant. Trail ratlines, p Pllfl kept the people
hack, lint they elu.tert d ten deep round the rine amt taxed
the entreire of the others. ro concentrate all mental effort
into a flied alert; to • lieni ly Mit pdpi.hy tick • if every
movement of the Prince, as if he wern a I oval pluee of
meehanis 1. Met wound up to pane whispt red COll Inelllß
lila epee, Ids hale, his mouth, lie c nt, his hat, I ic boots ;
I. 1133' RUMMY." Ile.cliii fignoW ; " or " Se'e saying 'one.
thing to Lot el Spencer," or " Pe a Meat rite lie', emaklinr. hut
Itll R cigar mar hone e ; why do, a Ile Salt ,ke egret tent"
cre fair at ecluiei a of the mono. rs red en rtitio day.
Rum. airs trail Nan afloat to early morale that the Prince
was ear-tied, alid Were oantranicted at noon. A teiegtain
hid been received deferitng lila slat, people sold, aim the
banner an- uncing Ills in rival, which the eiiiitut mattentwer's
titan ran t the 11,1 staff in front of ford spencers col ta-.0
chnut four o'clock. bought colnateers and visitors t "in all
pin tions ef the camp like ft e- to dug ii. First peeping and
alit lag thri ugh tl e opt, in t;li tie tot while the Prince w-as
there, In a way whit Ii rcmroi, 0 ~..e of Leech's sketch of the
chiblrer peering under the circus canvas and calling to the
pastime-by t.." coine and see tile res 'end.," they set if at
lull speed in chase of hint direct`y. Ile appoired allis Lady
.pencer in a pony carriage an ktog lite ti, :g place, at
wlich the great international tiopily was being shot for. The
scene wan now like nothing no much as a game at " hare and
hounds," at a hich fill -grown intuits id troth sews were
playing. Twill, dnulitlece do eimilar things elcewhere, hut
the situation and the mamma of Wimbledon made the eager
vulgarity more marked. on as level plain ho Indian he mete
and flowing white cap clothe, the kuicket hockers and uni-
te:me, In whic.i men of all ages, Antony, awl Santee ate
arrioal, are s en to great advantage when their isecte a are
reciter pelt melt in one direc•ii in A b .Ifclreaccd ret idiot at
Stride, IV pißroied and miming tor its life and a handicap in
which ml egret loan touching the I' iii e of WAeit nouti win
prize, we e both tuntected by the feve: ish rack lot d Spell& r
• led the way oil horseback for his soma. p .1* Cali ittge,
and tie ctly it. occupante had alighted joined them. Ind,
with Prince Trek. the Marguie of An. r vii,, the 51111(01:R of
Thniegid. and Stew 0111r1V, (ARA up a poFitloli a Itlirci Rl,fllt of
the hula The hundreds of peop'e in cita..e arr.ved that
panting sod breathlren, their numbers incie,ed 1 y strarp
glen I *eked op on the road, cud a compact platonic ten or a
dozen deep ea.; itrimodiatel)' tot lied r• the r..pes gnarded
by poleemen and val,nt. en. The '• Stony Itch kit stare "
wee practleed without lutermiselon up to tile tilde of
the ha lee Wing precented to the toicees,fill conipetitor—a
coremony per armed very greet:llo:y and a inning!), hy the
Prince. Trio school 1101 ess of checylisg" log -n again int
metliately after this, when the royal party returned, and
continued clarinets stay. There a-as not even the pi,tenee of
repaving privacy. and hail the heir to tie crown beet an
it itiMant nimlo-tlayer, 'lra preteen -r t f legerdemain pi cells-
ins hic oct. e could not have been watehed more cl 'key end
openly by the encroaching crowd. Tics 01.1 y when Le eat
still. To move from Inc part of the camp to another ails to
be so promptly an-t energetically hunted down, that one
almost listened lithe view halloo.