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PRICF ...4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

Historian, Bertha, King of Utopia, Almack, Lutra, Cadiz,
Old Orange Girl, Fiancee, Master Richard, Planet, Flying
Fish, Muezzin, Trumps, Avondale, Myrtle, Beate;
Teddy, Idler, .rEtna, Wild Thyme, Skeffington, Tenoriffe,
Lytham, Diomed, Menace, and Bold Houghton.
Betting-6 to 1 agst Marigcld, Bto 1 each agst Saccharo•
meter and Flying Fish, 10 to 1 agat Master Richard, 16 to 1
agst Muezzin, IJO to 6 agat Man at Arms, 20 to 1 each agst
Lady Clifden, Queen of 'Dumps, and Argonaut. 25 to 1 each
agat Bertha, Skeffington, and Almack, and 50 to 1 each agst
Blue Mantle and Vivid.

In consequence of repeated refusals to face the flags, and
constant breakings away, the patience of the spectators was
sorely taxed, upwards of one hour and three quarters being
lost at the post before Mr M'George was enabled to dismiss
them from the post. When fairly away they were seen
breasting the hill nearly in a line, Biondella with her stable
companion having a slight advantage, close up with whom
were on the far side Flying Fish, Marigold, Argonaut, and
on their left by Diomed, King of Utopia, Old Orange Girl,
and Queeen of Spain, their immediate followers being Sac-
charometer, Almack, Master Richard, and Historian—the
others following in close order. As they entered the bottom
Mr Naylor's pair were disposed of, Flying Fish at the same
time taking a clear lead, closely followed by Marigold, Ar-
gonaut, Crisis, and King of Utopia, who ran in close com-
pany to the half distance, where Lord Stamford's filly was
beaten, leaving the finish with the three placed and King of
Utopia. At the Stand they closed, but Marigold running
the longest shook off her opponents, and won very cleverly
at last by a length. A head only separated the second and
third. King of Utopia was fourth, close up ; Flying Fish
fifth, and Old Orange Girl sixth. Then came at wide inter-
vals Historian, Lady Clifden, Queen of Spain, Tippler,
and Saccharometer. The others who were pulling being
whipped in by Lufra, Fiancee, Alchemist, and Queen of
Trumps.
The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for colts Bst
101 b, and fillies Bst 51b; with certain allowances; the
, second horse to receive 100 sovs, Mile and a half. 16

subs.
Mr T. I'Anson's Blair Athol (31b), Bat 71b (Challoner) 1
Mr C. Alexander's Peon (31b), Bst 71b (Wells) 2
Mr Merry's Miss Pickle (61b), 7st 131 b (Hayward) 3
Lightfinger also ran.
Betting-100 to 15 on Blair Athol, 10 to 1 bar one.
Blair Athol took the lead, followed by Lightfinger, Peon,
and Mr Merry's filly. On rounding the turn by the T,Y.C.,
the three drew up to the leader, and ran together until ap-
proaching the stand, when, Challoner letting his horse go,
he quitted the others with the greatest ease, and went in a
winner 12 lengths ahead of Peon. Mr Merry's filly was a
bad third.
The Ham Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft; for colts Bat 101 b;
and fillies, Bst 71b. The owner of the second horse to re-
ceive 200 soya, out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 21 subs.
Mr Savile's Haarlem (61b), Bst 41b (Goater) 1
Mr Launde's Skirter (61b), Sat llb . ...(Challoner) 2
Mr Alexander's Jack o' Lantern (31b), Bst 101 b
(Fordham) 3
Mr Alexander's Pampa, Bst 71b (Wells) 4
Betting—Even on Jack o'Lantern, 3 to 1 agst Skirter,
and 5 to 1 each agst Pampa and Haarlem.
Skirter took up the running, followed by Pampa, Haar-
lem, and Jack o'Lantern in the order given. At the dis-
tance Pampa and Haarlem challenger the leader, the three
running a close race home, Mr Savile's colt winning at
last by a head. A length between the second and third, and
a head between the third and fourth.
Fifty Pounds, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each ;
3,yr-olds, Tat 91b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 91b; 5-yr-olds and up-
wards, 9st; the winner to be sold for £lOO. Last mile.

6 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Black Rock, 3 yrs (Fordham) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Erin-go-Bragh, 4 yrs.... (Goater) 2
Lord Uxbridge's Tyke, 3 yrs (French) 3
Mr Handley's Ossian, 4 yrs (Edwards) 4
Mr Payne's Rosins, 4 yrs (H. Grimshaw) 5
Mr J. Smith's Melandra, 4 yrs (Clement) 6
Betting-11 to 10 on. Erin-go-Bragh, and 3to 1 agst
Tyke.
Tyke made play, followed by Black Rock and the
favourite into the straight, where Black Rock and Lord
Westmoreland's colt came away together, the former win-
ning a fine race by a head ; a length between the second
and third.

Match; 200, h ft. T.Y.C-
Colonel Townley's Newchurch, 7st 101 b (Fordhaw) 1
Mr Craven's Alinack, Bst 101 b (bloater) 2
Betting---5 to 2on Newchurch, who won in a cantor by
two lengths.

ROBIN HOOD STAKES.—Objection withdrawn. Lemon-
ade gets the stakes.

Railway and other Companies.

DUBLIN, WICKLOW, AND WEXFORD.
The report of the directors states that the revenue receipts
for the past half-year exceed those of the corresponding half
of last year by IG,OOI, and the available balance, atter pay-
ment of all working expenses, amounts to £21,487. This
sum is sufficient to pay a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum on the original stock of the company, in addition
to the dividends at the rate of 6 per cent. and 5 per cent,
per annum respectively on the two classes of preference
stock and shares,and the directors recommend the payment
of these dividends accordingly. Of the increased receipts
£8,799 have been derived from goods, minerals, cattle, &c.,
and £6,082 from passenger traffic, There is also an in-
crease of £1,260 for the conveyance of mails. The portion
of the line between Ovoca and Enniscorthy has been little
more than six months opened, and the development of traffic
must be regarded as very satisfactory. The receipts upon
the Kingstown line do not show any falling off from those
of the corresponding half of last year, but the increase is
upon the Dublin, Wicklow, and "Wexford line proper. The
bill for empowering the company to extend their railway to
Wexford received the Royal assent on the 23d June last.
It is intended at the special meeting of the company to ask
the consent of the proprietors to issue new shares to the
extent of £150,000, and to attach to them a preferential
dividend of 5 per cent. per annum for a period not
exceeding five years, after which they are to be re-
deemable at the option of the company. The new capital is
to be applied to the construction of the line from Ennis-
corthy to Wexford. The report of the engineer states that
the laying of the permanent way on the Shillelagh branch
will be commenced in a few days, and that the line will be
ready for public traffic by the Ist of Nov. next. The expen-
diture on capital account amounts to £1,515,493. The re-
venue for the half year ending the 30th of June on the
Wicklow and Kingstown lines amounted to £69,524, and
the working expenses, rents, and interest on debentures to
£51,172, leaving a balance of £17,352.

SCINDE.
It appears from recent advices that the chief engineer in
charge of this company's proposed Indus Valley Railway
has reported in favour of an extension of the Scinde Rail-
way from Kotree to Mooltan—and that a bridge across the 1
Indus at Kotree is perfectly practicable at a cost of little
more than 11200,000. The permanent way on the Punjab
section of the undertaking is being carried on rapidly to
Mooltan, so as to insure the completion and opening of the
Punjab railway for traffic by the end of the present year.
The contract for the earthworks on the Delhi section. at
the Umritsir end, is being proceeded with. It also appears
that a tender has been sanctioned for the works on 58 miles
of the line, from ()ha:mewled, near the Delhi end, and that
extensive arrangements are about being sanctioned for
1 carrying on the remaining works of this section. A propo-
sition for an extension line from Lahore to Peahawur was
looked upon with much interest in the Punjab.

CONTRACT CORPORATION (LIMITED).
Yesterday the first ordinary meeting was held of this
corporation, established for the negotiation of contracts for
the construction of public works at home and abroad ; Mr
J. Robinson in the chair.
Mr J. C. Handfield, the secretary, having read the
notice convening the meeting, the balance sheet for the
half year ending June 30 was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the balance-
sheet, said the meeting was rendered necessary in compli-
ance with the articles of association. The directors scarcely
expected to have been able to report so satisfactory a pro-
gress during only the first six months of their establish-
ment. They had however a profit and loss account showing
a highly satisfactory dividend, and they had co ntract orders
before them far greater than they could possibly undertake.
Determined, however, to act upon principles of prudence,
they had resolved, in view of the present unsettled political
state of Europe, to enter into such an amount of transac.•
lions as they felt assured were perfectly safe. The profit and
loss for the half-year showed a sum of £12,099, besides
writing off £1,569 for preliminary expenses, and placing a
sum to the credit of the reserve fund equal to 15 per cent.
The earnings for the half year would enable them to do-
dare a dividend of 15 per cent., and to carry f0rward.£1,,..59 ~
The total net profit would represent something liket3e:yer
o,
cent. The field for business operations was very:.
cdicious
and the only difficulty was how to make the rn
oa
;I at the
selection. Ho concluded by proposing tilaotaddeclarednd fur the
rate of 15 per cent., free of income tax,b
past half year.
remunerative results of the
Mr Alderman DAKIN seconded the motion, and ceng,ra-
woualsdulel hereafter to more
under the consiide-
tulated the shareholders on the
enterprise. Important business
ration of the directors which iv

successful results.
having been carried unanimously, £5O
The resolution
each was voted as remuneration to the auditors.
The CILATAILAN, in reply to a proprietor, said there was
no call in contemplation at present, and after a vote of
tie chai-nuo and dinctora the meeting separated.

NEWSPAPER
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Important Military Rifle Competrtactv34,,
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The contest for the prize of £lOO offer 14e
General the Marquis of Tweeddale, and carr
under the auspices of the National Rifle Asst
tion, was resumed yesterday at the norther AI
ranges, Wimbledon. Unlike the previous day, t 1 e
sun made itself felt with great power, but in Uie
forenoon, at all events, there was a sufficiency of
wind to cool the air, and it would have been diffi-
cult to select weather more favourable: for the pur-
pose in view. All the rifles which were fired on
the previous day had bees carefully locked up in
the interval, and like convicts under the Irish sys-
tem, were only allowed out under supervi.ion, re-
maining, except at the moment of actual firing,
under the care and custody of the Council, who will
continue to take charge of them until the close of
the competition, or until the particular competitors
to whom they belong withdraw from further at-
tempts to win the prize. The obvious invention of
the stipulation the, each competitor stall fire onsuccessive days until he has shot away 440 rounds
in all, and that toe rifle meanwhile shall he beyond
hie control, is to test its performances under all cir-
cumstances, not merely to discover how it shoots
when fresh from the factory and with every advan-
tage in its favour, but bow it will bear up against
disadvantages as well. All the competitors in the
muzzle-loading class fired once on the previous day
with the exception of Mr Rigby, whose turn stood
over till yesterday. He loaded from a powder
flask and fired with much greater deliberation than
the rest, relying apparently upon steady shooting
rather than excessive speed. Accordingly, his 100
shots extended over 60 min. and 35 sec., and the
following was the score which he obtained from
that number of rounds :-27 bulls'.eyes, 41 centres,
19 outers, 2 ricochets, 11 misses,—total, 269 marks.
This was a result better by 75 marks than the
score of Mr Turner, who stood second on the ,list
the previous day, bat it was of course open to
the comment that Mr. Turner's 100 rounds were
fired in 41 min. 2 sec. The Whitworth rifle in the
hands of Mr. Leace more than repeated its wonder-
ful performance of the previous day. The time
occupied was indeed longer by a few seconds, but
the second 100 rounds were still fired in the in.
credibly short period of 24 min: 54 eec. The score
made in that time consisted of 36 bulls' eyes, 46
centres, 16 miters, ricochets,. 0, misses, 2 ; total
marks 314, being an improvement of 10 marks upon
the result achieved on Monday, when every one was
taken by surprise. As this striking and insurmount-
able evidence of what can be done with a muzzle.
loader is certain to be adduced in argument when•
ever the comparative merits of muzzle and breech
loaders are discussed in future, it is right to state
that in the handling of Mr. Whitworth's rifle the
time occupied in leading was reduced to a minimum
by the use of cartridges specially prepared. These
were of a• similar description to those patented for
use with his small-bore rifle, save that they were
made of the regdlation size. A paper cylinder
contains both the powder and ballet, in the order
in which these are to descend into the barrel. The
ballet acts as a plug at one end of the cylinder; at
the other the powder is confined by a little calico
and pasteboard slide, which can be pulled away the
moment the cartridge case is placed on the top of
the barrel. A single downward motion of the
ramrod through the cylinder sends the bullet home
after the powder; the cartridge case then slips off
over the head of the ramrod, and this there is never
any occasion to turn, because the point, hollowed.
slightly into the shape of a cup, gives all the force
that is the necessary to the charge in ramming
home, and immediately that the rod is withdrawn
from the barrel it is in the right position to be
thrust into the stock. Mr. Whitworth also is for-
tunate in his representative Leace, with whom, for
quickness, steadiness, and confidence of aim, there
is not another man upon the ground who can
compete. This explanation involves no disparage-
ment whatever of Mr Whitworth's rifle_ On the
contrary, it shows that having made up his mind to
forward what he believed to be the best weapon, he
took care to surround it with the very best appli-
ances. A point was raised on the part of one of the
competitors that sufficient notice was hardly given
of the time at which the prize would be shot for.
It must, however, be borne in mind that the condi.,
tions under which the prize was offered were pecu-
liar, and unless a certain number of competitors
entered in both classes no competition was to take
place. The last competitor, therefore, whose par-
ticipation in the contest was requisite to make up
the quorum by delaying to send in his name, was,
in fact, limiting the extent of notice which it was
possible to forward to him and his fellows. The
Turner rifle in its second trial did not fulfil the ex'
pectations of its friends. The time occupied in
firing the 100 rounds from this weapon was 40m.
47 sec., and the score which it made was as follows :
Bull's-eyes 15, centres 22, outers 20, ricochets 3,
misses 40—total marks 166. Tho great merit
claimed for it of not fouling was hardly sustained,
for towards the close of its prescribed operations the
difficulty of loading became obviously greater. The
result of the 10 shots fired separately to test the
accuracy of the rifle convinced Mr Turner that in
the face of the large score already made by Mr
Whitworth it would be needless to prolong the con-
test, and he accordingly withdrew his name. The
10 accuracy shots fired without reference to rapie
dity by the competitors respectively exhibited the
following results—Whitworth, 32; Rigby, 26;
Turner, 9.
Simultaneously, and at the range immediately
adjoining, the great problem of combining accuracy
with rapidity of fire was also being worked out with
the materials supplied by various breech loading
firms and inventors. The favourite Mont Storm
pattern was the first tried, and the experiment
was of a disappointing character. The weapon
certainly could not have fallen into hands capable
of displaying it to advantage, for in the last 50
rounds the man who fired with it struck the target
only three times, whereas Mr. Brandlin, the
manager of the Mont-Storm Works, immediately
that the stipulated number of rounds was ended,
reloaded the weapon, and in presenoe of General
Hay made a bull's-eye upon the same target at
which his delegate had fired. In consequence of
the explosion which occurred during the Wimble-
don meeting, and as to the cause of which at the
time much controversy existed, the performance of
the piece in this respect was watched very narrowly.
In the 130 rounds fired in the course of the trial
there was not a single case of explosion or miss-fire.
It is right to add that the patentees of the Monte
Storm invention do not lay so much stress upon any
particular description of barrel or cartridge as on
the breech itself, which they say is applicable to
every description of firearms, but would be more
especially valuable in converting- Enfield rifles into
breech-loaders at a trifling cost. The 100 roun
the
took 22 minutes to fire, and the following Was
Thel4 osuntledresr
rifle is one that has latterly come
its own ignis
tion—that is to say, having a
s6c or
ireeereehceotred, e6d4-
misses bull; staeetyael
e,
Iciefingtral cap upon.
e a good deal into
of capping being thereby done
laorkcse,nBt2r.ea,
notice. It uses a cartridge carr
which a piston acts to explode the charge, and the
time and labour
away with a considera saving is of course effected.
10•0 rounds in the remarkably
It accomplished its .
12 min. 50 sec., and the following
short period of
was the score made :--1 bull's-eyes, 20 centres, 30
outers, 1. ricochet, 45 misses; total marks, 136.
There was one miss-fire with this rifle. The next
piCCO tried was the 'Matthews rifle, which possesses
a very light rccoil and rather peculiar action. A
handle on the right side of the weapon, just beyond
the socket of the nipple, communicates with a bolt
sliding across the end of the barrel and fitting
into a groove, so that when drawn out a cartridge
can be pushed in, and when locked it forms a per-
fect. breech. Greased cartridges, somewhat similar
to those introducen by Mr. Westlev Richards, are
used with this title. The 100 rounds were fired in
2G minutes, and the following was the score: Twelve
bull's-eyes, 17 centres, 27 outers, 5 ricochels,l 09
misses; total marks 153. Five miss fires took p ace
with this weapon, but four of them occurred in con-
nection with the same cartridge, in which there
was evidently some defect.
resent as on the
Lord Elcho and Gen. Hay were p
termer day, and Captains Page (London Scottish)
and Knight (19th Regiment) continued to superin-
tend the firing with perfect impartiality and satiss
faction to all parties.

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