The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-18 00:00:00

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.

The opening trip of the above popular club took place
on Saturday. the yachts assembled at with at It a.m. and
proceeded dawn the river. The commodore hoisted his gig on
board Major Brandon's Wolvertne, folkArerl bbyr the rear•commo-
&me on board the Irene, the Juba, the Loadrtar, the Amin,
the MOM., gonna, Phrne, The Queen, Ahem, Gannet, Sontag,
and others. After a plmaant sail down to the Cluipanan, the
yachtsmen returned to Gravesend, where, being joined by a
number of friends, they partook of a capital dinner, predileit
over by the commodore, at the Unloo Yacht Club-house, Graves-
end, where the evening WAS *peat very cordially.

THE METROPOLITAN HOME SHOW.—The Prince
of Wales on Saturday announced his intention of becom-
ing en exhibitor in several of the classes of the forth-
coming metropolitan horse show at the Agricultural.hall
The entries made in the name of the Prince are in the
let clue of hunters, for one of the finest animals in his
hunting stud at Sandringham, for wine of the Arabs pre-
sented to him by the Sultan of Turkey at the period of
the recent visit of that potentate to this country, and
some specimens in the park hack classes. Although the
period for making entries extends over to Wednesday next,
the 20th iust., all available space for further entries will pro-
bably be occupied before that time. The show is to be di-
vided this year into 15 classes, exclusive of extra prizes,
and the sum of 3651. awarded to the four claims of hunters,
in addition to the gold medal, value 25 guineas, offered by
the Agricultural-hall Company, ha. no doubt attracted the
large number of entries already made in those classes from
the studs of some of the first noblemen and most cele-
brated masters of hounds in the kingdom. Classes 5,6, 7,
8, ii, and 10 are respectively devoted to park hacks and
ladies' horses, cover Lacks and roadsters, park hacks,
weight-carriers, barneashorses, and two other classes for
park hacks and hulks' horses, for which prizes reaching
just 2001. are to be awarded. For ponies there are
two classes, with prizes of 601., and for the re-
maining three claws of thorough bred stallions, in which
the Prince of AVales's pure blood Arabs will compete, the
prizes are 130/., and for extra prizes for pairs of horses or
ponies in double harness and trotting and luaping matches
about another 100/. making the gross amount of the
prizes awarded reach 800/. The preparations are now com-
plete, and the arena or ring has been extended, while a large
amount of accommodation is afforded in boxes and seats for
ladies. The building has been entirely repainted, somewhat
after the Crystal Palace style, and in lieu of the old canvas
awning which ran along the glass roof to keep oat the sun,
sun shades of blue and white stripes have been introduced.
A communication with the basement and the galleryatthe
eastern end, where the great organ stood, is another im-
provement, and the refreshment buffets now springing up
in various parts of the building will give it a more cheer-
ful appearance than on any previous oocasion of horse
or cattle shows. The private view and judging will take
place on Saturday, the 30th, the show opening to the
public on Monday, the Ist, and closing on Friday, the sth
of June.