The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-21 00:00:00

and for the City and Suburban, the Glenochty colt and
Oberon. Closing prices
NORTIWIPToNSHIRE STALES.
n to 2 agst Knutsford (taken)
G to 1 Flat Grimstone (taken)
12 to 1 agst Man at Arms (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst African (takes)
25 to 1 agst Canzonette (offered)
25 to 1 agst Balham (taken)
33 to 1 agst Voluptas (taken)
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
9to 1 agst Biondella (taken)
12 to 1 bar one (offered)
20 to 1 agst Black Lilly (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
12 to 1 agst Adventurer (offered)
15 to 1 agst Glenochty colt (wanted)
25 to 1 agst Oberon (taken)
TILE DERBY.
22 to 1 agst Automaton (taken)

RACING FIXTU.
MAI

rRES FOR 1863.
RCH.
Cardiff 3l

Northampton 24
Croxton Park 27

Edinburgh
Newmarket Craven 6
Radcliffe
Durham . 6
Knighton
Catterick Bridge 8
Abergavenny

Liverpool Hunt Club.... 10
T birsk ..14
Epsom Spring 16
Newmarket F. S ..20
Llanboidy. 21
York Spring ...25
Salisbury
X.
Radcliffe 25
N aneliester 27
Marlborough 29

Chester 5
Bath ,12
Harpenden l5
Epsom l9

Ascot
Newton 10
Hampton lO
Odiham 16
Bibury Club l7

Beverley. l7
I Stockbridge lB
Chelmsford 23
Newcastle-on-Tyne 23
Carlisle
rLY.

Worcester Summer 2
Newmarket July 7
Liverpool l3
Abingdon 14
Hungerford l6
Pontefract 16

Stamford
Winchester 2l
Nottingham 21
Cambridge
Southampton. 22
Goodwood 28
,UST.

Brightcn
Brighton Club 6
Lewes
Wolverhampton lO
Reading
York August lB

Plymouth
Egham 25
Stockton
Oxford
Lichfield

Devon and Exeter 1
Derby Summer
Warwick
Leicester lO
Doncaster 15

Brecon 2l
Richmond 22
Monmouth 24
Manchester Autumn. 25
Newmarket lot Oct. 29
)BEa.

Coventry
Newmarket S. 0 ..12

i Lincoln Autumn 20
1 Newmarket Houghton 26
IMBIE.

Worcester 3

Shrewsbury Autumn....l7

IRISH.
APRIL.

Athlone 2ll Curragb. ....

JUNE.

Wicklow l7 I Curragh 23

JULY.
Bellewstown
Down Royal Corporation. 23

AQUATICS.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOA.T RACE.
Although the above great race has been announced to be
rowed down on the ebb tide from Mortlake to Putney next
Saturday, it is not improbable that an alteration may take
place in the course. A gentleman of great reputaion in
aquatic matters, whose experience entitles his opinions to
grave consideration, has pointed out to those intimately con-
cerned the disadvantages which must arise in every point of
view by rowing the race down as suggested. The early
state of the tide renders it necessary that the race should
either be started from Putney at a quarter past 8 in the
morning, or from Mortlake down an hour later, so that as
far as the convenience of gentlemen anxious to witness the
race is concerned no advantage is gained in time, as they
would have to be afloat as early for the race down as for the
race up, while the advantages of starting the contest from
Putney in preference Mortlake must be palpable to all,
it being borne in mind that there are no less than 14 steam-
boats chartered to accompany the race, which must neces-
sarily, for the safety and convenience of those on board, oc-
cupy an amount of space which the Thames at Putney
presents, and which at Mortlake it does not. Throughout
the whole of the 19 University races, 12 of which havebeen
rowed on the same course, there have been but two started
down, and it has always been hitherto avoided, when pos-
sible, from the very reasons now pointed out, which reasons
apply as much to the safety and omvenience of the gentle-
men themselves as to the public at large.
Both crews are now rowing in their new boats, built by
Messrs. Salter, of Oxford. On 'Wednesday the Cambridge
gentlemen pulled from lock to lock (Cambridge to Baits's
Bite) a distance of about three miles and a quarter, occupy-
ing 21 min. 30 sec., but cur last account, received yester-
day, shows a diminution upon repetition of 24 sec. in time
Both crews will be at Putney early in the approaching
week to practice over the course, and the Cambridge gen-
tlemen, who have had the valuable assistance of Mr. T. S.
Egan, will have a preliminary race with the London Row-
ing Club, 12-oared boats, instead of trying their strength
as Litherto against a crew of pieked watermen, Our last
account from Oxford shows they are hardly progressing so
favourably as they themselves would wish. The only
change which has taken place in either crew during the
week has been the recal of Mr. Awdry, who in the early
formation of the crew, rowed No. 2 in the Oxford boat, to
No. 6, in lieu of Mr. Parson, the former being of Balliol
and the latter of Trinity.