The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-19 00:00:00

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THE AVGIJIST MEETING AT YORK;

PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.
(From T, e Cli Leter's Paket-lauk.)
This (lay, to-morrow, and Wednesday.—At the OvaL—
Flussirr v. 81111881 (RETURN). The sides will be as fol-
lows : Surrey—Megan. Boultbee, Collyer, and Taylor,
Buckle, Griffith, Humphrey, Jupp' Mortlock, rooky,
Sewell, and Stephenson. Sua.ex—TheHon. F. G. Pelham,
Mr. C. H. Smith, Chariwood, Ellis, Killiek, John and
James Lillywhite, Payne, Southerton, StubberfieLl, and
Wells.

TO TIM 21YITOR OF TIM Minim
Slit,--Sporting men have been sorely tried during
the past week, whether they love the turf, the trigger, or
the willow • and the rcarcity of grouse will uev,r be more
sorely felt ihan it was ma Mooday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day last, when some easy work would hive been really
appreciated. But if your crack shot is anything like the
cricketer in temper the extraordiumy heat must rather
have warmed him to his work, the innings of 413 made by
• Sussex eleven against Marylebone on the two most
scorching days. and at scorching Brighton being something
en_ Icing even to read about. It was bad enough from all
accounts to base to stand out in the open at Egbiou or
Wolverhamptou races, or even at the far-north Stockton
on the first day, and had not a relief come of Thursday
tb ne is no calculating how many turfites would have been
lost to society, what with the vile drinks they " refresh "
them with ou smite racecourses, and the hot blood that
must have been brewed with the temperature °verso much
above fever heat. Mr. Welsher and his attendant
band of brigands evidently got excited on the
banks of the Runnymede, and the local police being no
match for a few real London prigs, a noble band of them
attacked and demolished the ready-money " lista," which
are gradually galling their old game in the ring, as the
armies! backe: can now speculate his money in safety,
if be ha. only sense enough to look about him. This
week " welsher." will have to work the oracle at West
Drayton, or Hastings, or the little-go at Dover, for they
dare not go as fur north as York, which old-fashioned city
will be all alive up to Saturday next with busy men,
thanks to the yearling sales at Fairfield on Tuesday, and in
York towu itself on the three race days. Those who go iu
for the sport alone will find plenty to do from the time the
bell is rung for the Zetland trial on Wednesday until
the scramble fur the express or special on Friday after-
aeon, some nine races per diem being on the canto, even
allowing for half a dozen in the programme to go " off."
There is nothing but the Emily filly, apparently, to put in
an appearance for the tramhain Park Stakes, the Duke of
York in the Burgundy being similarly blessed, whilst,
onleu the Little Rover can show, Mayflower will walk off
with the Old Produce Stakes, and the 100 soya. Sweep-
stakes cannot well produce a race. The Juveaile Stakes
is not so easily disposed, of. as it is not quite •
certainty Herald can beat the Yorkshire filly, tlyaotis,
and I rather incline to the latter. The northern stables
baste nothing to do with the Black Duck Stakes, which
Mr. Merry might pick up with one of bis Thoriaaubys, the
son Sunbeaie having more in him than came out at
Bath ; and for the rei asining two-year-old event, the Con-
vivial, the south-country men will have to supply all the
goo 1 things that are known to fame, Court Mantle,
Treoagle Pyrenees, and Melia not being had represents-
tine of Newmarket. The best of thew, the two find,
named, are in the possession of Lord F.dmouth, who can
about win with either, though Tregeagle, with all
his 41h. extra, must be the most tnertercothy,
suck as Frolicoree, Merry and Wise, Mysotis, and Lea y
Highehorn having no chance against him. The Tykes
have the best elisnee of the day in the Yorkshire Oaks, •
mile and a quarter contest, wherein Romping Girl (31b.
extra) and Minster Bell will do them good service, and
ewe of the brace should carry the prize to Middlehani, in
despite of hies, Duchess, Maytlower (all 4lb. extra),
Name, Ilavioli or Moleskin, Sunnylocks, and some
maidens, once backed for the Derby, with 71b. allow-
*noes. The eleventh North of England Biennial, two
miles, bas come interest put into it by the perform-
ance of Taraban at Stockton, where he heat Tyn-
dale so easily as to produce quite a sensation, with ,
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the St. Leger not far oft. Here he has to meet Vauban. , RYDE, SATURDAY NIGHT.
and as they only ran a wile and a half at Goodwood, and l Thin day's proceedings in the programme of the
the Duke's colt carries 5111, extra now, the race will be ,
no
anxiously watched. My idea is that the Engineer has Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta was devoted to yachts'
boat races, and other aquatic amusements, and as these
business doing mom than the Great Yorkshire Stakes at the I are sports that can be witnessed by all persons from the
meeting, though if he is really to be pulled out for this,
aleeemeet to the close, they naturally draw together
Taraban may nut be able to beat him, and nothing else large company, the long pier giving them great facility for
will come out that is dangerous, Hermit, Blinkhoolie. and that pu . This year formed no exception whatever to the
the Rake being pretty certain to remain at home. Knight rale, for the day being exceedingly fine thousands of epee-
Errant, one of the best of the others, will he wore suited rerun crowded the
to the mile Chesterfield Handicap, Joe. Damson's partypier, and presented, indeed, the
largest assemblage witnessed this season. Captain Thel-
beina• lucky it they possess a better ally than this in either lussoo, the commodore, and the Marquis of Exeter, vice-
of W. Pryor's, for Westwiek and Skylark appear about oonituodore, together with • large body of the members of
the hardest to beat.
' the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, were present during the
On Thersday we were to have seen anothergrestSt. Leger whole of the afternoon, and took great interest in the pro-
outsider, Challenge—whose recent form down south has eeedies, Many of Use vowels lying in the Reads were
been equal to that of Taraban et Stockton—being once • dressed in colours, and the whole scene presented • very
backed almost a moral, with Tat 51b, for the Ebor liaadi- ga and animated appearance.
cap. Seeing, however,
. that he only beat Beeswing a neck 'ita races commenced at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, with
at Egham —and not his Wild easy neck—when meeting a rase for &new open to all, two men in a boat, to row
her on 7lb better terms than in this event, it would not as they please. Four prizes. The following boat' were
surprise me were his owner to decline setting him to awe entered :—Witchcraft, Alexandra, Why Not, Tormentor,
• hard task. The Amanda colt (Goodwood), too, ought to Kingfisher, Antelope Elie., Chance, Amazon, Oimara,
show togretiter advantage in a race of this kind than in • Menai, Bombs, Miceli.; Quiz, Albertine.
slow Queens Plate, like that at Lewes, and the ne be also , The Alexandra took the lead and kept it. The rest of
gets from Challenge for his neck defeat mart bring them the am, exceedingly well anteetea.
together. Mr. Joanne's has, in fact, made a splendid Alexandra 1
handicap, the judges thinking that, besides the above- I Phu
named. Seville. bdoz, Brubmante, Sealskin, Treasure i lean
Trove, Fair Wind, Ailesbury, Mandrake, and Fortunict I Albettlas
are all worth backing. One or two of them may not be I gown) RACK,—Far yachts' folu...oorod gigs, belonging
fotind " right " at the finish, atilt the placed of thou who jto the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Four pnus 3L, 2f.,
back out will be taken by others, and at least a da..en i ii, and 15s. The following were eutered ,
vied runners may be anticipated. Bradamaote very , Lavrock, Amazon, Pilgrim, Wanderer, Menai, Cambria,
properly takes the position of first favourite, because Dement, Prima Donna, Evadne, Zouave, Selena.
she has won her three last races in such gallant style, 1. Notwithstanding the numerous entries, and there being
and carries only • medium weight now ; but the time four declared prizes, only two boutsconld be got to start.
is fast arriving when to give 221 b. to a three-yearold only , A panic had set in that nothing could beat the crew of the
as good as Aileehury showed himself (and he could be , Menai, but the buttock, the only boat that started against
made better) at Stockbridge becomesa hard task, end we her, went in and did so with the greatest seas. Cowie-
must not forget what Treasure Trove, who ie • backed for quently two of the prizes were not apprepriated,
good money, could do once. Beeswing, again, won the I Tines) Race.—Sailing match for yachts' cutters beloog-
Chester Cup when not up to the mark, and did the log to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, with sprit and
Squire fancy her, Bradamante's chance would not be : foresail only. First prize, 41. ; second, 2/. ; third, U. ;
no good by a long way ; nor would anything •
carreing and fourth, 10s. The following were the only buts
over 7st. 71b. go down if the Comers people put , entered:—Wileitieraft, Endue, and Derwent. They
their money down on Seville, a capital filly at came
In—
two years old. But there is no telling whet Witchcraft
good horses will be ready before the "annum except from I "nevem
the • market." and hence I shall piece tbegreateet reliance kvadne
in Treasure Trove—Beeswing and Aileisbary, two other I The next contest was an amateur duck bunt.
outaiders, standing next in my estimation. Of the ten I firer RACK, for four-oared galley% rowed by amateurs.
other items sot for the old Ebor day three have to First prize, sf. ; second, 21. ; and third, 11. The following
close, whilst the Glasgow and Ebor St. Leger may come to were the entries : Wave, Unknown, Gipsy, Good Intent,
nothing, Blinkboolie being not unlikely to leave the latter : pore, Prince of Wales, and moan!
to Tremble, who can almost frighten Locbaber away now. nu lest two are Southampton boats, of great reputation,
The Rawcliffe, again, cannot bring mit =my runners, and therefore the other boats entered would not oompete
about the only point to be decided being with them. So they took the two first prizes by merely
whether Philosopher can give to mime', and be ,
im walking over" the course.
is too "uncertain " for ins to trust to do so. Donaldbain, Sl RACZ.—Match for yachts' gigs with four oars ;
laving to receive weight from Med* may just open to gigs of any royal yacht club ; four prizes. The
be good enough for the Prince of Wales's Stakes ;an if following were the entries:—Diadem. Witchcraft, Layrock,
this should turn out so, his old opponent, Frolicsome, . Oiniara,Menai,Derwent,Evedne,Plittla Nona, Albertine,
will make • good fight for the Twelfth Biennial, in the Zouave, Selena, sad Pilgrim. The ran terminated as
absence of Europa, who is undoubtedly the best of the under:
public animals, as Viscount is of the dark division likely pticAm 1
to show. It is bard to choose from the lot in the Filly &lona
Sapling Stakes, as I am not quite certain Lady Hightboru la•rwant
can beat Witchcraft, for she was beaten very easily at Wel- Diadem 4
verhampton by Cuss, who must carry off the Fairfield , Sevatioe RACK—For yachts' belonging to any
Sakes from Orion, Ines,Witchcraft,andott erstoeutainthe royal yacht club. Four prisesi!ingeble entries were :
prestige he gained in his own part of the country. On Witchcraft Oimara, Menai, Dement, Evednei Eger*
Friday two-year olds bays to gallop a mile, for the Gim- Quiz, and nOnnTe• Terminating thus
Brack Stakes, a game that will just snit The Earl ; but ail Evens 1
the other juvenile races are on the five-furlong Dnemme
uts
that will be quite long enough for Innerdsle in the Colt
zealve ,
Eicleth RAct.
Sapling contest, or Queen of Beauty in the Ask, . 4
Produce, which latter event must be credited to Lord. --Sooners, open SO all;
one
man in each
Stamford without a race. The Nursery is very open, for boat. Four prizes. The entries were:—Witchcraft,
after picking Miracle and Feettia.orut as pretty good Nelson,
_ A.
_Amy, Oiuirrse followingßose, No Name, Lan
links, and [ALLAY". The the roma things, there are all John Day's to one, molds* beg
of the pat ter gentleman's division must be very near the the race
mark. The York Cup is almost et the mercy of Moubee, A
Stnateconan now looking like doing for Tynedide ; and In = n 1
heron
the absence of the Hermit, what will dare to appose Melt ! There was another duck hunt, which afforded the usual
flower for the Kaevesmire Stakes ? With Achievement ' diversion ; but the last item for the day is what is called a
and Blinkhoolie egging at home, it will not seem of mach I " Pole Dance." The whole of the amusements gave
use for anything to run against Vauban in the Great York-general satinenetion.
shire Strikes at even weights ; still, there is 100/. for ,
second, and such strange things have happened only re.
really in this event that at least Taraban and Itumblekite
ought to oppose the blue and white hoops, even if Wednes-
day's proceedings should show Taman to be " out of it."
—I run, Ac. AILTEOR.

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At Scarborough.—ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. TWENTY-
TWO OP DlbllleT.

At Yeulou (Yorkslure).—UNlTlD ELEVEN V. Twernr-
TWO OF DISTRICT.

This d and to-morrow.—At Waraiok.—WanwicK-
CHl RE V. SHROPsILIREtENTLEME.3I).
Tuesday and Weduea y.—At Norwich.—Kisr v. Wgiir
NoIiVOLR (ItirroaN).
Tuesday only.—At Islington.—Mumunzi CLUB V.
RICHMOND CLUB (RETURN).
Wednesday only.—At the Node (Welwyn).—THE NODE
V. SOUTHUATZ (ftrrrax).
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.—At Manchester.—
LANCAKIIIIIE V. SURREY (agrre3).—The elevens will be
selected from the following :—Lancashire—Messrs.
Appleby, Barber, liornby, Johnson, A. Band, E. B.
Rowley, F. Wright, C. Coward, F. Coward, Holgate,
Weirton. R. Iddison, Reynold, and Rickets. Surrey—
Messrs. Boultbee, Collyer, Noble, Taylor, Buckle, Grif-
fith, Humphrey, Jupp, Mortlock, Pooley, Roberts,
Sewell. Southerton, and Stephenson.
At Eastbourne.—Si &IV( V. KENT (not promoted by the
county clubs.)—The elevens will be selected from the fol-
lowing, viz. :—Sussez —Viscount Tumour, Hon. F. C.
Pelham. bleier.. Brand, C. Ewbank and Ravenhill, Cheri-
wood, Ellis, Killick, John and James Lillywhite, C.
Payne, Southerton, Stubberfield, and Wells. Kent
Moors. Kelson, R. Lipscomb, Money, W. S. Norton,
Richardson, and Weldon, Bennett, Rotting (a colt from
Cobham), Carroll, Henty, Palmer, and Willaher.
At Birkenhead.—Am. ENGLAND ELEVEN V. EIGHTEEN
Or
RIENF.IaiLADCLVB.

On Thursday and Friday.—At Islington.—ELEVEV
PLATERS AND GENTLEMEN, V. TIMM GENTLEVEN AND
Two PLATER/I.—For the benefit of the ground bowlers,
postponed from the 15th.
On Friday only.—At Dulwich.—ELEVEN PLATER% OF
SUNRAY V. SIXTEEN GENTLLEEN, for the benefit of H.
Plank.

N.B.—Lnekyer's Benefit Match taken place at the Oval
on the 96th, 27th, and 28th, and Isaac liodgson's at Brad-
, ford (Yorkshire) on the Yith, 30th, and 31st inst.
1 Guirrizs, sx or SCHSEX r. QUIDNIINCS (12 • side).—
This winch, which did not commence until Friday morn-
ing, owing to the heavy rain on Thursday, was thumbed in
good time on Saturday afternoon at Brighton, the gentle-
: men of the county being defeated by eleven wickets. The
summary of the score is as follows :—Sussex, first innings,
116; second ditto, 137 • total, 253. Quidnuncs, first inn-
: ings 212 ; secoad innings (without loss of • wicket), 12 ;
*.
totIaIIZINGARI V. RqTAI. ARTILLERY.—The "Woolwich
week " concluded by the " Wanderers " administering just
such another thrashing to the military as that described
in the contemporaneous match at Brighton. The Royal
Artflieiy in their first hands obtained 115, and in their
second zonings were all dinposed of for 41; total, 160. I
Zinged, first innings, 143 ; second innings (with ono
wicket down), 2J ; total, 163. Mr. Fitzgerald was top
scorer in the match, with • hand hit 64.

lIVITING IN LONDON.—SATutnAT.

The attendance of members was ariTthing but numerous,
and the business transacted of a limited character. For
the Great Ebor Handicap, Goodwood was in great
request, finding taken to • good amount at 6 to 1,
and finally at a point leas. Challenge was in very bad
odour —l2to 1 being offered without a nepotist% Trea-
sure Trove, Seville, Fair Wind, and Ailesbury, were each
beaked fora small amount. For the St. Leger, Hermit
was decidefEy firm, 2to 1 being accepted about him with
avidity. Vauban looked anything but healthy, and an
adverse demonstration set in against Marksman, culminat-
ing in as much as 15 to 1 being laid. The few remaining
transactions admit of no detailed remark, and will be suffi-
ciently explained in the following quotations:

GREAT KRIM 11A";DICAP.
Sto 1 egg Goodwood 3 and 12 to 1 apt Treasure Trove
WTI (t)
sto 1 Bradamanto iolf) I 12 to 1 Challenge 'off)
to 1 Beenwing ,off.tS 100 to 8 Alleshury
tolwlth•etart‘ 100 to 8 Falrwlnd Lao)
. . .

1000 to ? opt gintle (t and elf)
BT. LIGILR.

2 to 1 apt Hermit .'tireel I Tits I eget Achievement
1 Vaahon sad (off,
nE, 15 to 1 Idarkausw tandolf)
10 to 1 awl Jana 3 awl oils
CCSAILLWITCH.
2000 to 20 apt Vigomns )t)
CAN BRIM IR!:
.2060 to 2/ agn Vigoroua 31 1 1000 to 10 agd Fair (5)

BETTING AT YANCHESPEI:.—'ATBID►T.
11R GAT ZBOR HAN DIVAT.
oto 2 not Bradinvinte 3. I 10 to 1 Trelrrure Trove
o to I Gumera (t) (off]
to 1 Alleabory (t;
ST. LIOGSR.
2 to 1 on The Piekl ,o 5)

METHYLATED STURM—After the let of October
serf the duty on licitness to sell methylated *kite is to be
reduced to len r_e_r year.
MONSTER W AREHOIISEs. —The bonded ware-
/souses recently erected by Messrs. Danville and Co.,
Belfast, will contain about two millions seventy-nine
thousead pante of whisky.

ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

There is a good sprinkling of young poults from
the black cock and grey hen this season in Berkshire.
These birds are Scotch game, and their introduction to
Berkshire was occasioned by the attempt some few years
ago to establish them in the royal preserves at Windsor,
which was unsuccessful. They have got scattered about,
and have sought their own localities. They breed pretty
freely, and are strictly preserved on the manors they
select ; but many die in the winter, and nothing like •
good stock of birds can be sustained.
AirtlLZfeli Ravawoz.--Jack Fisher writes to
Land and Water:—" Sir,—l have been in the habit, for
some wears, of visiting occasionally • river some distance
from London for the purpose of enjoying a week's angling.
I have just returned from one of these tripe, and was
greatly disappointed at finding that a very free use of the
nets had quite spoiled all angling with • rod. The barge-
men and others who drag this river never take the trouble
to throw in the small fish, but leave them on the bank to
die. It being better to act than to grumble, I bought 18
butter firkins at 4d. each, and 3.. or 4s. worth of tenter
hooks. I bad these hooks well boiled in grease and then
driven into the casks, taking can to have them clenched
inside, and to have plenty of hooks nailed arotukt.the
edges. These we carried, two at a time in a sack with a
whisp of straw sticking. out to make it look very like
chaff,' down to the river, and with a shovel filled them
up with stones, headed them up, and dropped these small
casks from a boat, in the deep places where the nets had
hitherto been so successful, thus leaving • `rod' in pickle
for the neta,' and I sin in great hopes that I have, by so
doing, spoiled ' their worry poorty sport,' as the men who
I assisted to drag the river termed it, and that I shall find
I this beautiful river very different as to fish in the course
of a short time. If other brothers of the rod would do the
same, I fancy they would not have so much disappoint.
meat in their favourite sport as they are accustomed to
meet with.
Captain Tyler, RE., has left London for Paris,
to negotiate with the French Post office authorities re-
specting the transmission of the Eastern mails through
France and Italy to Brindisi. Captain Tyler subsequently
proceeds to inspect the works of the Mont Came Railway,
the opening of which for traffic is expected to take place
next month. _

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" MARTIN T. DM Ray. A. H. MACLNOCHIE."—
This case was expected to have been before the Arches
Court on Saturday, but was adjourned. Mr. Brooks. the
Proctor for the defeedant, has given notice that he intends
to move that the case be heard before the Dean and two
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