The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-05 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 5. 1863.

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tickets to admit four, 3 guineas : =removed seats, 10e. dd. ; to
be had at the libraries and musicwellers. and of Mr. Ask
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the Issue of half-crown admission tickets. To-morrow the price
will be live shillings. Reserved stalls will be on sale up to half-
past 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. From the large attendance
anticipated, visitors will do well to provide themselves with

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001711111W8 DRAWS.
CIENTLEMEN are invited to inspect the NEW
VI STOCK of WALKING and OV ATE, kept for in-
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Strand, opposite Exeter-hail.

OORlLLAR—Monsieur I>ti Cho well known and Interesting
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and catalogues had of Mr. J. C. &virus. auctioneer and valuer,
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Ith Edition, with numerous Einstrations, h.,
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AGM efiIICTIJXD.
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This day, with fa Illastratioaa, octavo, Sec,
IWANUAL of HUMAN MICROSCOPIC
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London : Parker, Boa, and Bourn, West Strand.

were but few starters for the prize, but they were
the best horses in England, and therefore in
the world. It seemed to be a generally
received opinion that the race would lie between
the favourite, Tim Whiffler, and Buckstone—the
former a fine powerful black horse, the latter as
fine and as powerfulslchestnut. The ime appointed
for the start was half-past 3 o'clock, but it did not
take place till half-past 4. This delay was attri-
butable to the great numbers who were on the
course, and the impossibility of clearing it in due
time in the interval between the different races.
The start was a fine one, and the excitement great
as the racers bounded forward and passed the Grand
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and Royal Stands • butt the ' tiona of success
afforded by the start am rare be depended on, 1
and it on the reappearance the horses after
rounding the course that the tement became
I intense. Men would stretch hecks and jump
on their feet to have a sight of the probable winner,
and soon there is a cry passed along the crowd, even
faster than the horse's flight, that " Buckatone has it."
I But no, the favourite, Tim Whiffler, is up with him ;
they rave and madden over the award ; the jockeys
of both horses urge them to their topmost speed—
one of the " blue ribanda" of the turf is the prise
contended for—neck and neck they bound from op-
posite we Grand Stand to the goal

Like oxeyes* of fisigeortal vice

With necks in thunder clothed and loud resounding pies.
The friends and backers of either horse will have it
that his favourite has won. But all dispute is soon
ended by the judger who sends aloft the board with
the figures 5 and 4 in horizontal line, thereby indi-
cating that there is a tie between Buckstone
and Tim Whiffler. Both horses passed j
the winning-post as level and as bounding as a
couplet of Drydeus. They must make a second
effort for the supremacy of the turf, but
the noble animals must be allowed some time to
recruit after their long run and desperate struggle.
All the other races of the day were completely cast
into the shade by the excitement caused by this
rare occurrence. They were in, but not of the
programme of the day, and no one cared to think
of any other horses than Backstops and Tim
Whiffler, and large sums of money were bet on the
one horse or the other, but Buckstone ran so well
that he seemed to have taken the place of favourite
in the second race. Still there was little to cbooee
between them, and the non-professional visitor at
a race-course would have wished that the prize
might have been divided as in the more intellectual
contests of the universities and public schools—
ex-equo. But where beta have to be decided another
rule must prevail, and optima habeto is the only
standard that can be applied. Tim Whiffler and
Buckstone then, after an interval of something like
an hour, are pitted against each other once more,
and the excitement of the field is at its extremeat
point. Away they go in splendid style, Tim Whif-
fler leading, and keeping his lead till within a
short distance of the winning post. Here Back-
stops performs the same feat that his adversary
executed in the first race, but with more vigour and
energy, for he not only gains a position of equality
with Tim Whiffler, but turns so far a-head as to
justify to him the position of the premiership
amongst the racers of England.

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Queen's weather has become almost a proverb in
reference to the public oeremooies of her Majesty, and the
elements seem to favour equally the visits of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales on special
occuions. The Cup Day at Ascot was delightfully fine,
although the excessive crowding rendered portions of the
heath oppressively warm. It had become generally known
that the Prince and Primus inter.ded to honour the
course with their presence, and hence it is we
have to chronicle one of the most fashionable and brilliant
assemblages that ever congregated on the royal race ground.
A rumour was industriously *insulated in the early part of
the day that the Ring of the Belgians had died suddenly,
and that consequently the Prince and Princess would not be
present. This report proved a mere idle canard, and the
thousands who arrived anxious to testify their loyalty to
the heir to the throne and his bride were not dis-
appointed. From an early hour immense trains,
containing gaily attired voyageurs, reached the Ascot
station, the proportion of ladies being ncusually large even
for Ascot, which has long been famous for its grand displays
of feminine grace and beauty. Nor was the road un-
patroniaad, as there was every variety of vehicle, from the
crasy trap of country posting-bows to the dashing turn-
outs of the aristocracy, with their smart liveried postilions.
By mid-day the heath presented a most extraordinary ap-
pearance, the stands and balconies being closely packed,
while masses of pedestrians sauntered up and down the
course, which was rendered almost impassable in places, by
crowds collected round "Punch and Judy," the "perform-
ing pony," or those ingenious rascals who pretend to give
away money or articles of gold, but who in reality play as
crafty • game as the proficienta at three cards or any other
popular swindle. The ring was crammed, and the Grand
Stand choked with company, the balconies and the seats oa
the lawn being graced by an array of female beauty, attired
in all the elegancies of summer toilettes. The first
' nos was appointed for 1.15, and for • considerable
time before that hour whole battalions of ladies and gentle-
men had ranged themselves next to the rails in the ring, in
joyous anticipation of welcoming the illustrious visitor&
Bereavements in the royal family have precluded her
Majesty and the court from honouring the heath with their
presence since 1859, and it was felt in this instance as a
signal compliment to the national pastime that the heir to the
throne and his bride should honour the meeting with their pre-
sence on Tuesday as well as Thursday. Whenthe course was
cleared for the tirst race and the honer had cantered down,
the national standard was hoisted on the Royal Stand, and
the Prince's cos lige was seen approaching up the New
Mile. The carriages were not on the present occasion pre-
ceded by the royal huntamen and the master of the hounds,
bat by the usual outriders. There were in all four open
carriages, the find of which contained their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Waite and the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge. During their progress up
the cosine their royal Wasson were enthusiastically
cheered by the multitude, and the Prince of Wales was
again most loyally and sincerely welcomed when be ap-
peared immediately afterwards at the open windows of the
Royal Stand. Shortly after his arrival the Prince went
down into the private enclosure, shook hands cordially
with the chief patrons of the sport, sod entered
freely into conversation with Lord Derby and other
noblemen. So interested were the crowd in watching the
movements of the royal party that they most stubbornly
refused to leave the course, and Mr. Superintendent Walker
and his admirably disciplined body of men had no little
difficulty is compelling the masses of people to remove from
the front of the enclosure. The Princess wore a light dress,
• white bonnet with mauve ribbons, and • white lace shawl,
while the Prince himself, in his white hat, •
richly-gemmed horse-shoe pin in his scarf, and
rue-glass slung round him, looked the bean-ideal of
an Ascot visitor. The first race was an event of little im-
portune, and just before its decision an incident occurred
which seemed to amuse the Prince and Princess immensely.
A carriage horse having got loose galloped at • mad pace up
the course with his traces and harness flying wildly about
him. After some ineffectual efforts on the part of the
police to stop the brute, he tore off the coarse at the New
Meat Hotel end. Little interest was manifested in the
opening nee, for which five came to the poet; ,but
it was marked by an accident which might have
bean attended with serious consequences. Curie, ridden by
Fordham, trod oe some rotten, sandy ground shortly after
starting, sad fell, rendering her rider for some time seam-
less. Iced Coventry, 03 the post kindly manner, went at
ocm to the prostrate jockey, around whom • crowd had col-
looted, and ordered • fly for his removal. Fordham gradually
recovered, but was se severely shaken that he was compelled
to leave the course, and did not rids throughout the day.
The mishap was, in a profeesioeal view a seriousone to
Fordkam, shamsgauged to ride Gladati;oe and Backstops.
It will be remembered that he steered the colt when °oily
defeated • head in the last St. Leger. The 1001. Plate,
woo by Gem of the Sea, an outsider, scarcely excited more
interest than the °penis' race, except in the betties ring,
where speculation was carried on industriously. The fit.
James, Palace Stakes wee reduced to a match between
Gladstone and K log of the Vale, fi to 4 being betted on
the last mentioned, who, it will be remembered, finished