The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-03 00:00:00

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Gunner, got away in front,an.d made the rttntun AprfAi.rA
first quarter of a mile, wl ion Reindeer was sten in q4V
but half way down the hill he was headed by V
who came on neat the rails Ivith a clear lead, which rt-at,._
to the distance, where they closed, and ran in corupan
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the enclosure, where Lytham once again appeared in from; I 2
and won very cleverly by a length. Thera were three
lengths between the second and third, Elise was fourth,
Xurullo fifth, Reindeer sixt, and Syren next. Orphene,
who was pulled up some distance from home, did not pass
the post.
The Brighton Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sovs each. 10 ft,
and sif declared, Sze., with .'2,09 added. Winners extra,
The second horse to receive 50 sous out of the. stakcp,
The New Course, one miles and three-quarters. 33 cube,
18 of whom paid.
Marquis of Hastings's Redcap, :3 yrs, Gst .... (Phillips) 1
Mr S. Thellusson's Bally Eduacncl, 6 yrs, SA 21b

(Ford.llvon) 2
Mr nming's Magnum Bonum, 5 yro, Sst 51b (Norman) 3
Ljrd Wes:morelaud's Madcap, 3 yr, sst 71b

(J. Grims"zaw) 4
Mr joice's Captain Crow, 5 yrs, 74 5;b.... (Lynch) 5
Lord St Vineent'3 The Stranger, 3 yrs, (Purker) 6
Mr G. Solomon's Aunt Judy, 3 yrs, 6-st 7th (ear Mb)

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Betting-2 to 1 agst Belly Ednionel, sto 2 ag.t .74,:deap,
100 to 15 agst Magnum Bonita), Sto 1 r,•••,-at IteLleap, 100 to
8 Shat The Stranger, and 20 to 8 a t Atntjndy.
Aunt Judy was the first away, followed. by 13,111.7 Edmond
and li.ocap, but, after running to the stand, chd was
headed by the latter,who went on wi:h the running, ',lag-
num, Bonum lying third, with Captain Crow, Aunt] Judy,
Madcap and The Stranger following in the order we ''avo
gives them. In these positions they ran to the first turn,
where the favourite, outpaced, dropped back, and his place
was taken by Mr Fleming's colt, close up with whom were
Aunt Judy, Madcap, and Captain Crow, who ran in com-
pany round the far turn. On re-entering the old course,
however, Redcap naturally increased his lead, still having
Magnum Bonum and Madcap and Captain Crow as his
immediate followers. Bally Edmond at the same time, in,
consequence of the pace slackening, was enabled as they
descended the hill to reach the front, and on entering the
bottom he got to the girths of Magnum Bonum, whom he
headed hallway up the hill, but was never enabled to reach
the leader, who won very cleverly by a length and a hidf ;
a length separated the second and third, and half that dis-
tance dividing the third and fourth. The others were
pulling up as they came past the stand.
The Brighton Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya each,
5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds. Winners extra. T. Y..C.
Three-quarters of a mile. 63 subs.
Mr J. B. Morris's Nukuheva, 7st 21b (Deacon.) 1
Mr G. Angell's Attache, 7st 91b
Capt. King's Belle of Kars, 64 I.olb (1% orb n) 3
The following also ran:—Vigilant, Simple Maid, Quit,
Grace Darling, Eltham, British Queen, Rosa of Denitnark,
Roarer, Spain, Chesterfield, and King of Greece.
Betting-5 to 2 aget Attache, sto 1 each agst Rose of
Denmark and Nukuheva, 8 to 1 agst Roarer, 100 to 10 agst
Belle of Kars and 100 to 7 agst Simple Maid.
Spain cut out the work at his best pace, followed by Vigi-
lant, Nukuheva, the favourite, Belle of Kars, Chesterfield,
and Rose of Denmark, to the bend :For home, where Spain
was beaten, and the running was taken up by Vigilant, ir,
company with British Queen, who carried it on into the
bottom, where the pair declined, and were passed by Mr
Morris's filly, who came on with a slight lead of Attache,
next the rails, Bello of Kars, and British Queen. This lot
ran in company to the stand. when the former drew away
and won with extreme ease at last by three lengths ; a bad
third ; Rosa of Denmark finished fourth, Vigilant fifth, and
British Queen sixth. The last lot comprised Spain, Simple
Maid, Eltham, Roarer, and King of Greece.

AQUATICS.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.

This grand annual aquatic carnival commenced at Cow os
yesterday with the race for the Prince of Wales's Cu'_?
a time race on Ackers' scale and Thames measurement, for
cutters belonging to the Royal Yatch Squadron only. By
this latter regulation, which has existed ever since, the
squadron hare had royal prizes consigned to them for com-
petition at their annual regatta, the yachts of all other clubs,
royal or otherwise, are debarred from all chance of obtain-
ing a prize which is one of the highest honours a yachtsman
can receive, and which is given by the Crown with the na•
tional object of encouraging improvements in naval archi-
tecture, and which it appears, according to the correspon-
dence between Sir R. Peel and Admiral Rous, is taken
from the Consolidated Fond, and is therefore public money
given far a definite public object. The same conditions may
be applied to the Queen's Cup, which will be sailed for by
schooners and yawls belonging to the Royal Yacht Squad-
ron only on Thursday (to-morrow). As custodians of these
two prizes given by the Crown, the premier yacht club of
England would have acted in a manner becoming its high
position had it thrown the contest open to the y achts of any
Royal Yacht Club, and not confined it to those flying the
white ensign. Thoroughly exclusive in its principles this
liberal view of the question could not be entertained by the
Royal Yacht Squadron, persisting in a monopoly which can
only tend to degrade the two royal cups into, as cur weekly
contemporary the Field aptly expresses it, " Charity Cups."
The morning broke bright and clear, with a nice sailing
breeze from N.N. W., with every prospect of its continuance.
Cowes road was dotted with a large number of yachts at
anchor and under sail flying the colours of nearly every
known yacht club, while the Royal Navy was represented
by H.M.S. Victoria and Albert, the Irresistible, screw lino-
of-battle coastguard ship, Capt. J. B. Dickson; the Ferret,
training brig, and a screw gunboat. The presence of her
Majesty, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and other mem-
bers of the Royal family at Osborne, bestowed an additional
interest on the first day's portion of the Squadron's pro-
gramme, more especially as the race was for the cup given
in the name of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Five vessels were entered for the contest, as follows :
The Arrow, cutter, 94 tons, Mr T. Chamberlayne ; the
Terpsichore, cutter, 42 tons, Capt. Tatnall, R.N. ; the
Alerts, cutter, 56 tons, Lieut. J. Sladen, R.N. ; the Phos-
phorous, cutter, 49 tons, Capt. W. Bulkely ; the Ladybird,
cutter, 35 tons, Mr J. P. Lethbridge. The Ladybird put
in no appearance. The four others took up their positions
off Cowes Castle, the Arrow inside and the others off in the
order as they aro named. The course was from Cowes to
the Warner light vessel, thence to the northward of the
Brambles, thence round a mark vessel moored off Egypt
Point and into the goal between the starting vessel and
Cowes Castle, twice round. Light vessels and mark vessels
to be left on the port hand. At 10 15 p.m. the preparatory
gun was fired, and 5 minutes afterwards the starting gun,
when the four craft were off before the wind, the Alerte
slightly leading with the Arrow close upon her, Phos-
phorus being third, and Terpsichore bringing up the rear.
The Arrow and Alerte handled their canvas smartly, but the
Phosphorus and Terpsichore seemed to take to their work
more leisurely. The tide was at high water off in the roads
at the time of the yachts starting, with the wind still at
about N.N.W., a moderate full sail breeze. The run to the
*Warner was unattended with any particular interest. In
rounding the lightship the colours of all could not be
distinguished with certainty from Osborne pier, the nearest
point to the light ship that could be reached for observation
but the Arrow and the Alerte roundel tho Warner as
follows :

H. M. s.
Arrow
Alerte
An interval of 10 minutes 9 seconds separated the third
vessel from the Alerte. The fourth vessel was not timed.
It was now a dead heat back to Calshot, and the Arrow's
famous powers under these circumstances were well known
from past performances; but the Alerts being a new vessel,
her doings were looked forward to with some interest.
At I p.m, the Arrow tacked with her head to the
northward, just to leeward of the west buoy of the
middle, with the Alerte and Phosphorus, the first named
ahead of the other and to windward, some distance astern,
and standing in for the island shore, Terpsichore at the same
time standing in, also in shore, but hopelessly astern. The
wind now gave indications of falling light as the vessels
tacking along the north shore for Calshot Light, which was
weathered by the Arrow about three minutes ahead of the
Alerte. Between Calshot and the mark boat at the western
extremity of the course the wind was somewhat baffling to
the two leading craft, between whom the struggle for the
prize now really lay, and in rounding the mark boat the
Alerte had gained one minute on the Arrow. That mark
weathered, sheets were eased off, foresails boomed out, and
balloon jibs and topsails set, and the first round was corn.
pleted as follows :

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H. M. s.
Arrow ...••••••••• 2 34 38
Alerte ......... 2 36 41
Phosphorus .. 2 43 37
Terpsichore
The yachts now commenced their second round of the
course, but, from the adverse state of the tide and the posi-
tion and force of the wind, there was every probability of
its ending at too late an hour for any details to be given.
y.
B referring to the time in which the first round was cora-
p(eted, it will bo seen that the Alerts was only two
minutes and three seconds behind the Arrow, and as
the Arrow according to Acker's scale, had to give an
allowance of time for difference in tonnage of 15 minutes
and 30 seconds, the Prince of 'Wales's cup was then, barring
accidentsialnllprcveher position, andosi poro,viding the Phosphorus did not vastly
virtually won by the Alerte. Tho
Alerts is quite a new craft, built by Ratsey, of Cowes.
To-day, the squadron gave a cup, value 100 guineas, with
a second prize of £25, to be sailed for over the same course
as the one sailed over yesterday, open to yachts belonging
to any Royal Yacht Club. There will nic st probably not be
overst oenigg eight vessels
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start,re but
theeve racen with
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to the admission of ether " cracks," to the contest than those
belonging to the Royal Yacht Squadron.
The Arrow won the Prince of \Vales On?. The Prince
went out in the Fairy to witness the contest.

Yesterday morning the
PENNY OMNIBUSES.
omnibuses running between IVestminster and Oxford-street,
and Camden Town and Oxford street, were carrying pss-
bengers at Id each. Tho redaction has been occasioned by
the " Shskspere" omnibuse,,, and those vehicles are now
being regularly "pursed" by the old company.

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