The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-21 00:00:00

BITTING IN LONDON.-w,

TM dabs were Wady attesded to-day, and /eV a Heine&
amount of Walesa wee traniseted. Lsdy maintained
toarmly, addle of the mier• colts Blue Clown was
to Zaekrael an. Notwhhaig the defeat of Spam-
rin—arlatb, be was to oonelderable request, and beaked pretty
freely at 100 to 8 and 1$ to 1. Tom Bowline colt bad also an im-
proved appnnooe, finding easily Mende at 104 to 8. WAS-
Was as

DITLEY..

9to 4 mot lodyillsabith (off, 5t02 t)
100 to 16 Blue Gown 31
16 to 2 Roakruclaa 'off)
9to 1 Orlon Of, tl6to 1)
10 to 1 Paul Jones (of)
12 to 1 Speculum (t)
100 to 0 'nut Boollne colt 31
100 to 6 Ruffolk !of, t2oto 1)
100 to S The Karl (off, t2oto 1)

BETTING AT MANCHESTKR.-WLDNIIRDAY.
DEBBY.
2to 1 aget Lady Ellrabeih 100 to 2 agst Orton 3)
(off, 10 to 4) 100 to 0 Tom Bowline c
100 to 15 Blue Gown 1)
10 to 1 Paul Jones (0) 20 to 1 Suffolk ,t)
100 to 0 Speculum (t) 20 to 1 Daae (off)

Tun METROPOLITAN Honer SHOW.—Yesterday
was the last day for the reception of entries for the forth-
ooming horse show at the Agricultural Hall, and so great
has been the demand for apace, that before ten o'clock
every stall was bespoken, and Mr. Sidney, the secretary
and manager, has been compelled to fall back upon section
9 of the regulations, and reject nearly 150 applications for
entries made too late. Since the announcement that the
Prince of Wales intended to compete, the number of
as nobility, well as the principal matters of hounds
throughout the kingdom, who have made entries, has
been unprecedented. The gross number of entries ad-
mitted reach 375, the number last year being 340. The
hieiters, roadsters, and thoroughbreds were never so
numerotudy represented, and ameng the latter, in addition
to the Sultan's Arabs, it is stated tbat there will be
severed racehorses who will run for the Derby, as well as
at the forthcoming Alexandra-parkmote. Tim majority
of the entries in the principal classes are from Yorkshire.
The arrangements of the ball are now nearly completed,
and at its eastern end have been erected by Meseta. Mug.
grove and Co., of Belfast, who were entrusted with the
fitting of the royal stables at Sandringham, a striae of
elegantly fitted iron stalls for the reception of the Prince
of Wales's Arabs, hunters, and other stock sent for com-
petition. A royal boxes also in course of construction on
the frontage of the northern gallery for the Prince of
Wales, who it is believed will visit the show, as well as
the Duke of Cambridge and other members of the royal
family. At the western and eastern ends of the hall
galleries have been crested which will accommodate 600
persons in each, besides boxes running north and south of
the great arena.
THE PROM/IED INTERNATIONAL ROWINO MATCH.
—The following is the reply of the committee of the Ox•
ford University Boat Club to the challenge from the
Harvard Boat Club Oxford, May 16.—Ocattlenten,—
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April
20th. Had your challenge been to row a race against the
Oxford eight, on the terms you mention, next September,
we should have bad much pleasure in accepting it, though
(as we mentioned at the commencement of our former cor-
respondence) it would be very difficult for us to get toge-
ther a crew at a time when all the members of our club
have been for more than two months separated. As, how-
ever, your challenge is to row a race in September, 1869,
we do not see bow we can either accept it or decline it, as
it affects our suocessors, and not ourselves. A year
makes a great difference in our club, and in all probability
no member of our present committee will be at Oxford
in 1869. Considering that a call upon our eight to row
any match besides the annual one against Cambridge is
entirely unprecedented, we are in this difficulty—that
by accepting your challenge we should pledge our succes-
sors to do that which, when the time arrived, they might
be either unable or unwilling to carry out. We can only
answer for ourselves, and accept a challenge to race in
the present year; but as regards a race in September,
1869, we think the best plan will be to let the matter stand
over till the early part of next year, when (if you are still
in tbeaame mind)you can renew your challenge to the rem-
mittee which will have succeeded us, and they will be able
to answer for themselves.—We are, gentlemen, yours
obediently, FRANK WILLAN, president ; W. WIGHTMAN
Woon, secretary—For committee of the 0. U.B.C.—To the
president and committee of Harvard University Boat Club."