The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-23 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1861.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTICRSALLI3.--BIONDAY.
The Newmarket settlement occupied the ettention of the
metnftess to a late hour in the afternoon. Busioese on forth-
coming meats was then reemed, but with little or no

IP nix Two TI101:11oAND ClcurintL—Sweet Hawthorn was in
hir rmieg price hang eagerly taken ;at the
ekes 4to 1 wee taken to MI. Kettledrum was also in de-
' nand at 13 to 2, at which price he was sopported to money.
Klarikoff remained firm, and left off nearly as good •
favourite se G4ooel Toweelefe horse. Diophantus (the
,thertoseite of the race) opened at 100 to 10, then receded
to 1000 to 80, sad just prior to the dese of Ws room toned
eager token at 9to 1. Elisedar ode wen booked about
Overtire ; 100 toff was betted against Preceptras. 100 to 7
I Brumley, and WO to 6 Neighbour, to email amounts,
meeting with Vends at 2 le 1.
°Dgtralut•l' Lena CM —P.m the traneactioes in the City
la the matting, Wallace hems. a wry " warm favourite.
All the money that could htpt on seas mowed at the com-
mencement el brines, ansl be evidently left MI a better
favourite than his enable annimaion—saything over 6 to 1
being takes freely. Chins Ands was supported at 7to 1,
which prioe, however wee readily oletemied at the close.
Sweet Hawthorn was looked at 1,000 to 30, two or threo
times, and Hen Webster at similar odd, ; the Inner having
• host of friends. Light "thckared op" now sod then,
100 to 6 being quietly obtained. 1,000 to 30 was sited
down about Schism, sad Ham use supossrted at the suns
odds.
THE Doter.—Dwane was exceedingly thin, his
price, 7to 2, being taken to • "cookery." hfr=
l'ildocan was supported at 100 to g, and Big Bea at 10 to 1,
King of Kent at 1,000 to 40, and Muslim at 1,000 to 30.
The follow* is • list of the closing prices

THE TWO THOUSAND 6UDILAB.
4to 1 apt Mr. Merry's Sweet Hawthorn (t freely)
13 to 2 Colooel Toweeley's Kettledrum (t)
7 to 1 Kr. Homy's Klarikoff (of tBto 1)
8 to 1 Lord Stamford's Diopheetes (off t9to 1)
9 to 1 Mr. Merrifaeld's Overige (t)
100 to 8 Mr. Gratwicke's Precepirese (t)
100 to 7 Mr. Merry's Heasley (t)
100 to 8 Lord Stamford's Neighbour (t)
23 to 1 Mr. Payee's Copernicus (t)

• •
THE CHESTER CUP.
13 to 2 apt XL Swiodell's Wallace It freely)
7 to 1 Xr. Navlor's Clsere Aihie (t)
100 to 6 Harm de Niviere's Light (oH)
20 to 1 Mr. Merry's Sweet Hawtbora (t)
30 to 1 Mr. Barber's Bea Webster (t)
30 to 1 XL W. Day's &hien (t)
SS to 1 Yr. Hargrave's Horse (t)

THE DERBY.
7 to 2 apt Mr. Merry's Dundee
100 to 6 Mr. Parr's Kildooaa (o(t)ff)
90 to 1 Mr. Swiodell's Big Ben (t)
1000 to 40 Mr. Naylor's King of Keot (t)
1000 to 30 Mr. llerriKsid's Overton (t)
100 to 6 Sweet Hawthorn winning the Two Thou-
sand ad Dundee the Derby (t)

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.
_ TO-MORROW.

TEE RiTTING RIMY SPAM of 5 Wm. each, with 50
added ; 2-yr-olds, 7st ; three, fey; fillies sad geldings al-
lowed 31b ; winners of 50 move. in 1860 or 1861 once, 31b ;
twice, or 100 sore, 51h; thrice, or 200 soya., 7lb extra ;
starters twice in 1860 and never wee in that year or in 1861
allowed Mb; the second to save his stake, and the wiener
to pay 5 son. to the fund. 5 farieegs 152 yards. (18 subs.)
Age RV
41n11011 A ge
2 Lancelin
Tommy Jones .. 2 Row
Lord Durkin% • • 2
Mayflower
Lord Albert
I Prologue
2 Fotrelda
JohonyArmstrung 2 Woodcock 2 bombs 2
Wetherby 2 Nectar
TOE HURDLE. RACE HANDICAP, of SPM each, with 30
added ; wieners of any hurdle race or steeplechase after
April 9th, ilb ; of two, or one c 4 100 lava. value, 10th
extra ; the second to save him stake, and the winner to pay
5 sows. toward. expenses. Two miles and a half, over five
kurtilea (14 subs )
Age at lb
Master Pape a I lu b g by 1—.......--- --
Nobles 8 1 8 Jwies. II f 1
Mammas 5 7 Foretop
Johnny'
Lady Bird
Waterford 4 4 The Dane
'imam
Coadoctor 6
_ _

Age at ►b

NATIONAL BMX ASSOCIATION.

The following are the by-laws and regulations for
the prize meeting of the National Rifle Association,
to take place in July next.
1. The prise meeting of the National Ride Association
will hake place on Wimbledon-common, on Monday, the Ist
el July, on which day the firing commence at 12 noon.
2. The Mpg on other days sha continuo at 9.30 um.

VOLUM= MOM
& Them will be targets. 4. These shall be six
via. 200 yards ; :00 yards ; 0,600 yards ; singes,
pude ; E, SOO yards ; F, 1.000 yards. The shooting at
+c age A shall be off the shoulder ,• at the remaining five
sagas it shall be horn the knee, Hythe position, unions d
the sheelder. & The size of the tit shall be the mum
as laid down is the Army Musketry li lutiom. The sue
of the target atyr F shall be the manes as at range E.
& following WI shell be offered for competition at
range* AB C ' Regulation 4). a. 20 Whitworth's rifles,
value 2S guineas each, feted in oak awe complete, and the
silver me,dal of the association for the beet shot of the 20
witness; each of the successful competitors
a.being
pieced in order of merit. Them prime shall be
for with long Enfield rifles, of Lend ,Ode govern-
went pattern, lxrit, with a nadmina pull of albs.*
Each successful competitor shall band over his ride for in-
spection by the umpire sa semi as be ham find his last shot,
if required to do so. Each competitor shall have five shots
at each of the above-named ranges, and the prim shall be
',dredged according to the aggregate number of prints thee
made.

1118 ROYAL MIGHNIIIIN THS PRINCE Or WALUP
A cup of the value of 100 i. or 1001. is money, at the
°Sim of the winner. 7. This prize shall be competed for
with any description of rifle of bend Me government patters
mild by volunteers, and aarrying the 377 bore government
ammunition. It shall be open to winners of volunteer
prime at county rifle meociation meetings, to volunteer;
winnows of let and 2nd prises in their respective reginents
or corps, and to winos,, of prizes at the volunteer rifle
coarse at Hyatt. All volunteers thus qualified to compete
who may wish to enter for the above prise shall send their
names to the secretary on or before the 7th of June, to-
gether with a certificate of qualification from the offleer in
command of their respective corps. Any dispute re-
specting qualification shall be referred to the council
of the association, whose decision shall be final. Each
competitor shall have five shots at eseh of the ranges
A B C (vide Regulation 4), and the prise shall be adjudged
according to the aggregate number of points thus made.
8. At ranges A B C (vide Regulation 4) none bat govern.
meat ammunition, as supplied on the ground from the go-
vernment msgatios, shall be used ; any competitor found
using a different description of ammunition will be Worms.
lifted. 9. At ranges DE P (vide Regulation 4).

fires MAJICItTT res 4111filell HULL
A cup of the value of 740/., or 2501. in money, at the op-
tion of the winner, will be offered for competition, together
with the gold mcdal of the association, a. This prim
shall be shot for with Whitworth rites: sup.
plied by the association. and the competition shall be
confined to the winners of the 20 rifles (vide ItettatiLien to),
to and the 20 next beet shots at the AB C Enfield
ranges. I. Each competitor for this prim shall seven
Mute at each of the ranges D E F (vide Regulation 4), and
the price shall be adjudged according to the aggregate num-
ber of points thus made. 10. Ties shall be decided as fol-
lows Tice at ranges A B C (vide Regulation 4) shall
fire one shot at range C until the best shot be returned. L.
Tim at ranges 1) E F (ride Regulation 4) shall fire one
shot at range until the best shot be returned. Should
there be undecided ties at these ranges they shall be deter-
mined by shots fired at range F.

ALL 4,031108 PRIZE R, OPEN TO ALL NATIONS.
11. There shall be air ranges, via. :—Ag2OO yards ; B,
500 yards. C, 600 yards ; 1), 800 yards; 900 yards ; F,,
1,000 yards. The shooting at range A shall be off the
shoulder; at the remaining five ranges any position, but
no fixed artificial rest will be allowed. 12. The sine of
the target. Quint* the same as specified under regulation 5.
13. The following prizes shall be offered for competition :
Biz prizes at range A ; seven prizes at range B ; seven
prizes at range C. The value of each of these prizes shall
be ma follows :—Range A, 201.-120/. ; range B, 3E4-2451. ;
range C, 50/.-3501. Total value of the above prizes nu.
The winners of these prizes shall have the option of taking
them in money or in kind, as silversmiths, watchmakers,
and ;plumbers will be invited to send articles of equivalent
value, from which selections may be mad* by the winners.
14. Each competitor for the above prizes will have to pity
it. entrance fee; this will entitle him to 5 shots at any of
the ranges A B C (vide Regulation 11), but should any per-
son wish to compete fur prizes at more than one, or at all
of these ranges, be will be required to pay 11. for each ad.
ditional range. The prizes at MIA rasp shall be adjudged
aeoording to the points nada._ by each competitor at that
range. 15. At ranges I) E F (vide Regulation 11).

HIS ROYAL RIONNICSS TAR PRINCR CONSORT'S rßrn.
A cup of the value of 1001, or 1001. in money, at the
option of the winuer—a. The competitors for this prize
shall be confined to the winners of prises at ranges A B C
Odds Regulation 11), and to the 20 next beet shots at those

• As some volunteer corps are not armed with the long
Enfield, rides of this descnpiioll will be supplied to such
volunteers as may have been selected by their respective
corps to compete for the above prizes, and who may not be
provided with a rifle of this description. These rides will,
' on application of the commanding officers of these corps, be
delivered by the association one month before the meeting
in June for the use of such competitors, on the distinct un-
derstanding that all rifles so lent mast be returned to the
association at the close of the meeting ; and that any ex-
penses attending the transudation, dre.,of the rifles will be
defrayed by the respective corps. Tie association have
found it necessary to raise the pull from 3lbs. to 6lbs., in
consequence of the recent government order which was issued
to prevent the tampering with the locks of the regula-
tion rifles.

t After this year the competition for his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales' Prise will be confined to the winners
of the silver and bronze medals given the previous year by
the National Rifle Association to Colonial and County Rifle
Associations.

having been objected to by some persons on
the ground that the competition for the Queen s prize
should be confined to the long Enfield rifle, the council
would refer all who take an interest in this subject to the
"History and Proceedings of the Association, 1860," where,
from pages 18 to 23 inclusive, • frill statement will be
found of the reasons which led them to determine, after
mature deliberation, that the final competition for the
Queen's prize" shell be with a small-bore rifle at 800, 900,
and 1,000 yards. These reasons and theaters taken by the
council in the matter may be shortly stated as follows:-
1. To show to the world the power and accuracy of English
rifles, and the skill of English Volunteer Riflemen, the final
for the Queen's prize were fixed at 800, 900, and
rlWa yards. 2. At rhos ranges the extreme accuracy of the
long Enfield rifle, 1577 bore, is known to fail, and the supe-
riority of wall-bore rifles has been ioconteetably proved;
the council have therefore endeavoured to place in the heads
of the volunteers, who finally compete for the "Queen's
Prise," the beat weapon which can he produced, to enable
them, if they aim correctiv, to hit the target with certainty
at 900 and 1,000 yards. 3. The volunteers thus entitled to
compete for the Queen's prize are the 20 successful com-
petitors with the loog Enfield for the prizes given by the
association at 200, 500, and 04)0 yards, and the nest 20 best
shots at those ranges. It will therefore be seen that the
qualification for shooting for the Queen's prize can only be
obtained by superior firing with the long Enfield, the regu-
lation rifle of the volunteers. 4. In order that all volun-
teem thus entitled to compete for the Queen's Prise may
meet, as far as possible, on equal terms, they compete with
rifles of ous uniform pattern, with the mime sights and pull
of trigger as the Enfield rifle. These rifle* ere provided by
the association and distributed by lot. 5. Before deciding
upon the description of rifle to be used in the competition
for the Queen's prize, 1860, a trial of small-bore rifles took
place by advertisement at Myths, in which the Whitworth
Rifle Company were the successful competitors. G. A
similar trial was advertised for 1861, six months' notice'
being given ; but as no competitor except the Whitworth
Ride Company appeared at the time and place appointed,
the council Lad to fall back upon the resulta of last year's
competition. The Queen's prize will therefore main be
competed for with the Whitworth rifle. 7. These annual
competitive trials of einall-bore rifles, fairly conducted, will,
it is hoped, give • healthy stimulus to the gun trade of the
United Kingdom, and lead to great improvements in the
construction of rifled firearms. 8. The competition takes
place at the School of Musketry at Hythe, under the super-
intendeoce of General Hay. The rifles are fired from a
fixed mechanical rest, such as is used in the govern-
ment factories at Enfield and Woolwich, as well as
at Hythe, where all rifle. sent at any time to (General
Hay, for'lrial, are fired from • rest of this description, and
an accurate record is kept of the figure of merit of each rifle
so tested. Gunmakers, however, may, if they choose, bring
their own mechanical rests to the annual trial ; but the
Whitworth Rifle Company alone have availed themselves
of this privilege, the fact being that very few gunmakers
have hitherto been in the habit of testing their rifles from
fixed mechanical rests, from which alone reliable data can
be obtained. It is mot, however, unreasonable to expect
that these annual competitive trials will effect a marked
change in this respect, and lead to more accurate records
being obtained of the 'bootleg of different descriptions of
rides than can now be had. 9. Every facility is given to cont.
petitoes for the trial of their rifles, *bat the association can-
not be responsible for the dissatisfaction or disappointment of
gunmakers who do not bring their own mechanical rest., or
who, on coming to Hythe, find that their rifles am so
mounted that thug cannot readily he adapted to the govern-
meet rest. 10. This year the Whitworth rifles will he
placed in the hoods of those entitled to compete for the
Queen's prise, accurately sighted; and it is hoped that •
day may be allowed for practice. Last year the defective
sighting of the Whitworth rifles resulted from want of time
and space to sight them properly.