The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1863

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foolery taking a slight lead, which she held until half way
along the straight, where the favourite, with Agatha and
Mulberry, passed her, and the three ran a good race home,
Echo winning clearly by three. quarters of a length ; Mul-
berry was third, beaten a head from Agatha ; Tomfoolery
was fourth, Rob Roy fifth, Oceola sixth, Bubble and Galileo
the two next.

The Marcham Park Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added;
2-yr-olds, 7st 101 b ; three, 9st 71b; selling, &c., allow-

maces. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs.

Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Curie, 3 yrs, 76t 131 b (£7O)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Stinton's Foie de Gras, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (£SO)
(Cowley) 2
Mr. J. B. Sta►key's Souveraine, 3 yrs, 'Zit 131 b (;.e.,50)
(S. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Vates, Rest, and West-
minster.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Rest, 4to 1 agst Curie, 6to 1 each
agst Westminster and Souveraine.
Won easily by a length ; Souveraine a bad third.
The winner was bought by Capt. MOBS for 150 guineas.
The Berkshire Stakes of 15 sow. each, 10 ft. and 3 only
if declared, &c., with 100 added; winners extra. Two
miles and a distance. 15 subs., 5 declared.
Lord Stamford's Gavazzi, 5 yrs, 6st 41b (Gray) 1
Mr. S. Thelluson's Rubicon, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (inc 71b ex)
(G. Fordham) 2
Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Midgley) 3
M. J. Stephenson's Turn of Luck, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc.
71b ex.)
Betting-6 to 4 agst Rubicon-2 to 1 each agst The Monk
and Gavazzi. _ _ .

The Monk went away with the lead, and carried on the
running at a slow prioe`,.:Jollowed by Turn of Luck and
Rubicon, side by side, second and third; Gavazzi in wait-
ing. Coming down the straight. Rubicon slipped Turn of
Luck, and took second place. Gavazzi immediately after-
wards passed Mr. Stephenson's filly, who fell back into the
rear, and on rounding the bottom turn was a dozen lengths
behind. Opposite the Stand, on the far side, Rubicon
went up to the Monk, and, racing with him for a few
strides, obtained the lead, Gavazzi taking his place by the
side of The Monk. This order they maintained until ap-
proaching the top turn, where The Monk dropped back a
couple of lengths in rear of Gavazzi, and Rubicon looked like
winning easily, until approaching the distance, where Lord
Stamford's horse challenged Rubicon, and giving him the
" go-by" opp,site the stand, won easily by eight lengths ;
a length between the second and third ; Turn of Luck
beaten off.
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3
soya each; 2-yr-olds, 7st 41b; three, Bst 121 b; four, 9st
IbaLf
Mr. Jaye's Grisette, 4 yrs, Bet 21b, £2O .. (G. Fordham) 1
fiavmeialen.d ulpBwsuarbdss., 9st 101 b ; selling, &c , allowances.
11
(Bradley) 2
Mr. Chancellor's Wee Aggie, 2 yrs, 6st lib, £2O (Gray) 3
Msr.illin's Sanita, 3 yrs, 7st 91b, £2O
The following also ran, Tubal Cain, Surbiton Hill, Our
Nell, Stonewall Jackson, Locket colt, Promotion, Hes-
perus colt, and Evelina.
Betting—Even on Giisette, 6 to 1 agst Wee Aggie, 8 to
1 bar two.
Won by a length, two lengths between the second and
third ; Surbiton Hill, Stonewall Jackson, and Tubal Cain
finished next.
The winner was bought by Mr. Sutton for 115 guineas.
The Craven (free) Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added;

winners extra. About one mile.

•
Mr. York's The Principal, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Gray) 1
:—Fontenoy, Manrico, Bedford,
Mr. H. J. Smith's The Baron of Avon, 3 yrs, Est 71b
(Ward) 2
Major Wombwell's Alcibiade, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
gpaalys,oßroayllal Sovereign, Nancy,
(J. Nightingall) 3
RaTphtuerefo,lploewinra,Fanatic, and
Barmaid.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Alcibiade, 6to 1 each apt The
Baron of Avon and Nancy, 100 to 16 agat Fontenoy, 8 to 1
agat The Principal, 100 to 1 agat Manrico.
Won easily by three lengths; Alcibiade a bad third;
Monrico was fourth,
Fanatic fifth, and Royal Sovereign
last.

WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING.

The firing for the last stage of the Queen's Prize
yesterday, although the most valuable and honour-
able prize which the competitors can obtain, failed
umber of visitors, and the Com-
to draw any large n
mon presented a
striking contrast with its busy
aspect of the previous day. At a few of the firing
points where the competitors were firing through
0
the second stages of 800,90 , and 1,000 yards,there
were knots of spectators assembled—attracted and
held to the spot by professional interest rather than
by curiosity in the proceedings-
At the longer
range of 1,000 yards the ad
miring spectator could
mound of earth,
see in the far distance a dark
and by close scrutiny he
might also observe a
white
spepelk: whichwhic fm
which
isotriies the
target
centre. and a still smaller
black speck,
are The volnn-
wholly
tears who are engaged in the
firing
ab-
sorbed in their work ; they are seriously, oppres-
sively in earnest, and their
earnestness
each volunteerstness extends to
those who are standing by.
earth ascends the small rampart of ear from which he
is to fire he does so with ell the solemnity of
being one of a firing party at a funeral or an execu-
tion. Every eye is directed to him as he falls
slowly and cautiously on one knee, as though care-
fully avoiding in every motion anything calculated
to disturb the nerves or even to quicken the pulse-
tion. He then slowly sesames the well-known
Hythe position, kneeling on the right knee, and
seated on the heel of the right foot, the elbow on the
left knee supporting the rifle. In this position he
carefully surveys the distant target, to bo sure that
he has the right one before him ; from that he gives
a glance to his trusty rifle ; again his eye wanders
to the distant target, scanning more closely the
darkened mass before him, until his eye rests on the
to send his
small white speck to which he hopes
leaden messenger ; again there is a look to the rifle,
and, one might almost fancy, a prayer to the god of
rifles that his trusty weapon will send the bullet
-
home to the coveted mark. Crouching beneath the
shade of the temporary canvas awning, the volun-
teer slowly raises his rifle to his shoulder, the sun-
light gleams along a portion of its well-polished
barrel, and a closely-observant spectator can notice
how the flickering light dazzles the eye of
the rifle;of the markice
man, Again and again ho tries to adjust ,
sometimes there is a nervous unconscious twitching
of the hand that grasps securely the lower portion
of the barrel ; sometimes the weapon vibrates as
though the hand that held it were stricken with
palsy ; in other hands it is rigid and motionless as
it is steadfastly directed towards its aim; men and
women standing around speak only in whispers, for
they fear to distraot the attention of the rifleman
from his target, and at last, in the midst of a
silence broken only by the crack of the rifle at
the next range, or the whizzing noise of the
bullet from a neighbouring firing point as it speeds
on its way, the trigger falls, there is a flash of fire,
a sharp report, a puff of white smoke, the rifle starts
backward at the stock, and upward at the muzzle/
and all is anxious, earnest expectation. Looking
through one of the many excellent telescopes which
the enterprise of competing opticians have placed
upon the ground, the result of the shot may be seen
by the signal of the markers. If a bull's-eye or
centre is made there is no great cheering, and no
outward display of enthusiasm, for with due con-
sideration for the great prize at stake it is thought
that any such display would but disconcert the com-
petitors. When, however, the last shot is fired, the
pent-up feelings find expression in one general shout
of applause.
The winner of the Queen's Prize this year is
Private Roberts, of the 12th Shropshire. His name
does not appear in the list of the first 30 for the
Queen's Prize, and he made but 40 points in firing
through the three first ranges—standing last but
three in order of merit in the GO. The winner is a
working man, and it is certain that he had never
before shot with a smallbore rifle. Last year the
prize was won by Sergeant Pixley, of the Victoria's,
with the moderate score of 44, while this year the
score made was 05. The maximum this year that
could be made, as in the last year, WPS 84. Pixley
made little more than one-half of the highest pos-
sible number ; while this year Roberts makes more
than three-fourths of the highest possible score.
Pixley scored two points over the moiety of the
total number possible; Roberts has also scored two
points over the three fourths of the whole number
that could be obtained by making bull's-eyes at each
of the seven shots in the three ranges. The contest
between Roberts and Graham—the next best shot,
was a very close one. At the sixth .round of the
1,000 yards range, Graham had scored 61, with one
e his score
shot yet to fire. Had he made a buirevei

would have been 65, or equal to that of Roberts ;
but, according to the rules of the association, there
would have been no tie, and Graham would
according to the rules of the association have been
declared the winner, as he was better placed at the
first stage. He made a very capital centre for his
last shot, making his total number 64. Private
Wisker, who carried off the silver medal, and came
in at the head of the 60, -.vas completely displaced
it the longer ranges, being among the very lowest
of the scores, and Sergeant Millard, who was second
at the close of the first ett.ge, fared very little better
I ban Wi..,ker. As compared with the shooting last
year a very marked improvement is manifest. Pix-
ley, the winner of 1862, made 18 points at the 800,
11 at 900, and 15 at the 1,000 garde. Among the
best shots of that year, who were greatly distanced
on this occasion, were—Simpkins, Ist Notts, 42 ;
Fergusson, Ist Inverness, 42; Williams, 19th Mid-
dlesex, 41; Crawford, 13th Suffolk, 41 ; Gee, 55th
Lancashire, 41 ; and Anderson, 22d Middlesex, 40.
The remaining scores were one each at 39, 36, 35,
34, 32, 30, 29, and 28. There were three at 27,
two at 26, one at 23, one at 21, four at 20, and one
at 19. The average of the shooting at the 800 yards
by 46 competitors was 1230 points ; at 900, by 37
competitors, nine having retired, 9.56; and at the
1,000 yards by 27 competitors, 10 more having
retired, the average was 6.29. The average through
the three distances was 3074. The following
scores of yesterday's shooting will enable the reader
to trace the improvement made during the last
twelve months among the volunteers, so far as it
has been tested by this competition for the Queen's
Prize :--
SECOND STAGE.—QUEEN'S PRIZE.
800 900 1,000
yds. yds. yds. Tot.
Sergeant Gale, 10th Surrey ..
Private Richardson, 10th Norfolk 7 Retired.
Private Crauford, 16th Renfrew
Private Fidler, sth Isle of Wight l2 Retired.
Sergeant Graham, 2d Wilts
Captain Benning, 2d Bedford 21 15 24 60
Corporal Coldclough, 7th Durham 19 12 Retired.
Private Wyatt. Ist City of London 23 17 9 49
Lieutenant Marriner,9th Middlesex 21 20 15 59
Private Mackenzie, London Scottish 20 19 19 58
Sergeant Smith, 15th Derby l3 7 Retired.
Sergeant Curtis, 15th Glamorgan lB 13 20 51
Corporal Whitehouse, 3d Leicester 16 Retired.
Sergeant Brooks, 12th Middlesex 2O 18 10 48
Private Rhead, 3d Gloucester 19 19 19 57
Private Cree, London Scottish
Private Avis, Ist Devon l9 21 7 47
Captain Brooks, 10th Leicester l7 Retired.
Private Chewter, 25th Surrey 23 21 14 58
Private Coles, Ist Notts .... 18 17 10 45
Lieut. Watson, lst Newcastle .... 8 19 13 40
Private Naughton, sth Norfolk .. 12 10 14 36
Private Garwood, 15th Norfolk.... 8 Retired.
Corporal Settle, 16th Stafford .... 21 13 13 47
Private Betts, Ist Warwick
Private Roberts, 12th Shropshire 23 26 16 65
Sergeant White, 39th Middlesex
Private Kersey, 20th Middlesex
Private Walters, Ist Edinburgh 16 15 16 47
Private Read, 14th Suffolk
Private Wisker, 2d ESSPX l9 18 5 42
Sergeant Millard, St. George's 24 12 15 51
Private Miller, Ist Gloucester
Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent
Capt. Henderson, 12th Cornwall
Private Ridler, Ist Gloucester
Private Pace, 26th Kent 2O 16 11 47
Private Phillips, Ist Salop l6 18 12 46
Sergeant Allen, 25th Somerset 13 12 9 34
Corporal Worth, Bth Warwick .... 22 10 Retired.
Private March, 12th Norfolk 8 18 16 42
Sergeant Bingham, Ist Gloucester 22 13 13 48
Private Adamson, 47th Lancashire 12 15 Retired.
Corporal Marshall, 6th Lincoln.... 18 15 10 43
Ensign Bland, Bth Lancashire 17 3 Retired.
Sergeant Darly, 9th Leiceeter 21 10 19 50
Corporal Clitheroc, 9th Lincoln.... 23 18 18 59
Private Ellis, Bth Surrey
Corporal Allen, 4th Wilts l7 16 5 38
Corporal Russell, 29th Kent 9 Retired.
Corporal Taylor, 21st Middlesex
Private Richardson, sth Lincoln
Lieut. Brougham, 13th Stafford
Private Trotter, 4th West York
Private Birkley, 2d I'. Hamlets
Lieut. Beaven
Sergeant Haines, 16th Surrey 8 10 11 29
Private Murray, Ist Middlesex ll 16 12 39
Major Pipon, 13th Sussex 22 15 19 (,6
Private Bazeley, 3d Cambridge 2l 10 5 36
We give the following as the result of the other
shooting for the day, both winners and highest
scores :

Winners, All Corners-600 yards—Major Lord Feilding.
Flint Rifle Volunteers, £so—Captain Macsweeney, London
Irish, £4o—Captain Heaton, 3d Manchester, £2o—Captain
Martin, 3d Manchester, £2o—Private H alsall, 21st Lanca-
shire, £lo—Sergeant Kemp, 3d Manchester, £lo—Sergeant
Brown, 3d Manchester, £lo—Private Holloway, sth Glou-
cester, £lo—Private Dairson, 4th North York, £s—Private
Baker, Bristol, £lo—Captain Fenton, 26th Lancashire, £5
—Captain Lessop, 12th Derby, £s—Capt Ross, 6th Kin-
cardine-s—Private Seymour, 23d Middlesex, £s—Private
Lathbury, 28th Lancashire, £s—Ensign Starkie, 22d Mid-
dlesex, £s Lieut-Col Halford, Leicester, £s—Capt Gregg,
27th Cheshire, £s—Capt Astley, School of Musketry, £5—
Sergeant Smith, Victorias, £5.
The sixty winners at 200, 500, and 600 yards All
Comers, fire for the Albert prize to day at 9.30.
All Corners' Prize—Winners at 200 Yards—Captain
Thresher, sth Dorset, £so—Lieut Burt, Ist Warwick, £lO
—Lieut Brougham, 13th Stafford, £2o—Sergeant Gibbs,
Bristol, £.o—Mitford, civilian, £lo—Private Jeffrey, Ist
Edinburgh, £lo—Quartermaster Sergeant Wilson, School
of Musketry, £lo—Lieut-Col Halford, Leicester, 110—Pri-
vate Beasley, Ist Warwick, £lo—Private Ryrie, 2d Edin-
burgh, £lo—Lieut-Col Lord Bury, Civil Service, £s—
de Gendre, Swiss, £s—Private Hitchcock, 7thWilte,
£s—Ensign Anstie, 6th Wilts, £s—Sergeant Palmer, 36th
Stafford, £s—Capt Gregg, 27th Cheshire, £s—Lieutenant
Burra, 29th Kent, £s Major Margary, £s—Major Muir,
Kirkcudbright, £s—Private Baker, Bristol, £5. Winners
at 500 Yards—Capt Heaton, 3d Manchester, £so—Sergeant
Smith, Victoria, £4O—S-rgeant Evans, Derby, £2o—Major
Lord Feilding, Flint, £2O- Lieut Austin, Queen's, £lo—
Ashten, Liverpool R. 8., £lo—Private Anderson,
Civil Service, £lo—Private Baker, Bristol, 110—Sergeant
Crockart, sth Perth, £lo—Corporal Ferguson, Inverness,
£lo—Private Rigby, 28th Middlesex, £s—Lieut Kinnear,
Ist Edinburgh, £s—Capt Astley, School of Musketry, £5
—Master of Lovat, £s—Lieut Yates, 2d Lancashire, £5--
Private Cade, Victories, £s—Private Little, West Middle-
sex, £s—Lieut Padwick, Ist Sussex, £s—Ensign Brazil,
65th Lancashire, £s—Sergeant Gibbs, Ist Bristol, £5.
First Stage, House of Lords-500 yards—Lieut Chapman
12th North York, 23—Private Thomas, 32d Middlesex, 23
—Sergeant Cull, sth Berke, 23—Sergeant Robarts, 12th
Salop, 23—Private Muett, 3d Ayr, 24.
Extra Prizes, Fourth Series-600 yards—Captain Costin,
Liverpool R. 8., 21—Private Coore, Cambridge, 22—Pri.
vate Quarm, 21st Middlesex, 25—Private Hadley, 2d Cum-
berland, 21—Sergeant Horner, 3d Dorset, 22—Sergeant
Holloway, 11th Norfolk, 21--Lieut Harris, 20th Regi-
ment, 2.
Extra Prizes, First Series—List of Winners in Order of
Merit—Sergeant Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire—Fletcher, Ist
Warwick—Evans, 26th Derby—Ross, civilian— Annison,
Catherham, R. C.—Ashton, Liverpool R.B.—Ensign
Bunting, St. George's—Lord Wharneliffe—Farquharsoa—
Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent.
Extra Prizes, Third Series-800 yards—Capt Mitchell,
Ist Clackmannan, 25 points—Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent,
24—Annison, Caterham, 24 —Corporal Ferguson,
Inver-
ness, 26—Private Fisher, 24—Ross, civilian, 26—Ensign
Banting, St. George's, 24—Capt Fenton. 24th Lan
vate,
24—Sergeant Smith, Victorias, 25—Turner,
Simmons, 2d Middlesex, 24—Lord FeildinF,
f ic-
Capt Ross, Cambridge, 26—Lieut-Col 'Jailor ,
dliainet. e °sster,

24.
We have no further accident to record, and the
disc marking, which was adopted for the final stages
of the Queen's Prize, propertyvy satisfactorily.
The council had very pp laid down a rule
that competitors firing at the wrong target should
be disqualified. One of the law makers has in this
respect been a law breaker, and Lord Elcho, much
to the surprise of some, and the amusement of others,
when firing at pool, at 200 yards, hit the
wrong
target, and was of course disqualified f
rom further
shooting. The marvel is, considering
how closely
the targets are placed to each other, that mistakes
of this sort are not more fre
errors of this Had
and the fact that Lord Elcho hadquelitlY
Made
wrong target is evidence selected the
shots at Wimbledon.
It be committed by the crackthat
It is quite possible that someof
we have had to recurdi.w
Among
iounadiddineif tot they
th a were
_
firing traceda t t h
to their real cause, be
wrong target.
Echo, have been d- "g others who, like Lord
""tified, are Sergeant Stratt,