The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-05 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE CUP DAY AT ASCOT.

The glories of Ascot culminated yesterday. The year of
the "dead heat," the year of the first visit of the Prince
and Princess of Wales, will long be remembered as having
brought together the most brilliant assemblage that ever
mustered on this picturesque heath, will long be remem-
bered as marking the transition period when Ascot, like
the Derby, begins to yield to the invasion of railways and
the Democracy. Already Ascot is changed from what it
used to be—a great fashionable promenade, where ladies
thronged the course—when Ascot meant a real picnic, with
the races as an excuse for making it. It had all these ele-
ments yesterday, brit mixed with them were others which
showed that the popularity of the great race is extending
its influence beyond the limited circle of the Upper Ten
Thousand. The Ascot is to the Derby what genteel comedy
is to broad farce. All London goes to the Derby ; only the
West-end goes to Ascot. Little dolls and false noses have
scarcely penetrated the fir-clad hills which surround the
heath. A "spree" at Ascot takes the form of a sumptuous
dejeuner— even the itinerant Bedouins, who lead a life of
races, ate subdued in tone and gesture, and make more
money by selling beautiful bouquets than with "card and
pencil " The very niggers feel the softening influence, and
the Derby melodies, as broad as they are long, become at
Ascot chansons comiques of irreproachable propriety and
dullness. There are gipsies, end " three rows a penny"
prosper in a mild and genteel way ; but acrobats, we should
think, must tumble from a pure love of art or from such
philanthropic motives as form their own reward, for,
assuredly they get but very little other. We find none
of the characteristic features of the Derby Day at Ascot,
except in their mildest and most aristocratic forms—it is a
large fashionable party on the heath, a party which as-
sembles on the Cup Day to "meet everyone one knows.'
Yesterday, indeed, aill the fashionable world were per •
sent, and since the " Cup" was first run for there never
has been such a gathering on the Heath. A great number
came down by the South-Western, where, considering that
there was the usual anxiety displayed by everybody to go
by the first train, matters were admirably managed, and
those who were fortunate enough to get early seats suddenly
derived the greatest enjoyment from witnessing the un-
availing efforts of others to procure the same accommoda-
tion, though, as is not unfrequently the case, while they
themselves were disappointed suitors they had quite failed
to regard the little scramble from such a jocose point of
view. At last, however, all were comfortably got off, and
soon, which is saying a great deal when it is remembered
that there were upwards of 5,000 more visitors went down
by rail on this occasion than have ever been despatched on
any previous Cup Day, Of course, a very large number
also went by road, but these were Ascot road visitors. No
doubtful teams and overloaded vans—no " gay" animals
with vicious eccentricities; no jibbing brutes, capable of
indefinite entanglement with the traces on the shortest
notice, and always ready to back into the stream of vehicles
behind. In their stead were the well kept barouches or
stately four-in-hands crowded inside with ladies, whose
oyerflowing toilettes bloomed out of the windows in soft
piles of ineffable millinery, looking in brightness and in
colour like the loads which are despatched by nurserymen
to take first prizes at a flower show. The Stand was
crowded, not only in the Stand itself, but in the enclosure
in front—so thronged that there was little more than stand-
ing room in any part of it. Even the minor and supple-,
mentary Stands on either side were filled before one o'clock
in the day, and thousands who were willing to pay for
seats sought for them everywhere in vain. Never probably
on any Cup Day has there been a more brilliant or a more
aristocratic assemblage. The fun of the course was en-
tirely of the quiet and recherche order we have indicated.
There were a few fluent sharpers in gorgeous liveries like
my lord's beet-kept best serving man, who had been
suddenly ordered by their noble masters to leave
the carriage and sell sovereigns for sixpences—a mode of
doing good and benefiting the community which might be
singular, but, as they avowed, was not less praiseworthy, as
indeed the country people seemed to think until they made a
purchase. There were monkeys in wonderful toilettes and
ample crinolines, like Lady Gullivers in Brobdignag ; there
were well-dressed ballad-singers, with here and there quick
little men, all eyes, who drove a furtive trade with peas and
thimbles, supported by a man in gaiters and broad-brimmed
hat, and generally counterfeiting honesty, who won all the
money, and grinned from ear to ear in true agricultural
abandon till a loud voice called out "hedge" as a patrol drew
near, when they all saw friends in different directions, and
went after them on the instant. All, however, was very
quiet, and perfectly en ragle. No noise, no hubbub, no loud
clanging of the bell and ruthless clearing of the coarse, but
" Ladies, by your leave; gentlemen, the horses are coming;
do pray keep outside the ropes," and so on.
Just before the first race their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales came on the ground. It was
not the old grand procession as when h.r Majesty and the
Prince Consort used to come in state, but still they came with
a well-appointed and handsome cortege, amply sufficient to
mark Royalty, though diminished enough to prove that it
did not mark the Sovereign. Their welcomewas, of course,
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enthusiastic, and they passed amid the most loyal acclama-
tions of i•
ae ight to the Stand from which so many of our
attention as JanYe—S
pantomime.
Nobody pays more attention to the "Palace" and "Bien
thhat is to say, they excite about as much
before the Derb to the Metropolitan
re does on a Boxing-night before the
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however, between Palacethe only Stakes were well contested,
them, and Mr. ,eonGly two horses that ran for
Merry
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Icing of the Vale, Gladstone seemed to beat the
he might have won by mote
sufficient ease to show
chosen. The Biennial wee lengths had his jockey
slowness of its pace; but with theremarkable only for the
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in several places, and in one ease the flames extended
to a plantation of tall firs, which were entirely destroyed.
The gardens in the neighbourhood were overrun and plun-
dered, and no attempt was made to keep the road traffic
in order. If Berkshire is to support a police, there never
was more occasion fir its service, and never were its duties
more conspicuously neglected.
The following are the details of each race :
A. Plate of 100 save for maiden horses; 3-yr-olds and up-
wards, weight for age. Swinley course. 6 subs,
Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn colt, 4 yrs, 9st 31b
(Ashmall) 1
Mr. D. Lane's Glance colt, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Lynch) 2
Mr. T. Goddard's Petersham, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ....(Daley) 3
Also ran Kangaroo, and Curie.
Betting-5 to 4on Lady pveiyli colt, 4to 1 offered agst
any other.
Petersham jumped away with a decided lead, having
Curie, Glance colt, the Lady Evelyn colt, and Kangaroo
lying up; but before they had proceeded 200 yards Curie
slipped up and fell, giving Fordham a severe fall, and he
was immediately removed from the course, Ashmall at the
same time narrowly escaping a little mishap, his horse
coming down on his nose and knees, but was cleverly picked
up. These mishaps gave a long lead to Petersham, who
with the Glance colt went on with a long lead, followed by
Kangaroo to the mile-post, where Petersham bolted, leav-
ing the lead with Glance colt, who come into the straight
with a slight lead. Half way up Ashmall brought up the
favourite, and won in a canter by a length and a half.
Petersham was a wretched third. Kangaroo did not pass

the post.
A. Plate of 100 sows ; 2-yr-olds to carry 7st ; 3-yr-olds, 9st
21b; maiden 2-yr-olds allowed 31b, and maiden 3-yr-olds
101 b. T.Y.C. Entrance 1 soy each, to go to the fund.
44 entries,
Mr. Longfield's Gem of the Sea, 3 yrs, Bst 61b
(Custance) 1
Lord Glasgow's Senorita colt, 3 yrs, Bst 61b ..(Aldcrott) 2
Mr. T. Taylor's Gentle Kitty colt, 3 yrs, Bst 61b
(W. Bottom) 3
The following also ran :—Erin-go-Bragh, King of
Italy, Vaulter, Vindieta, Brother to Rubini, Sheridan,
Perseverance, Duchess of Kent, Imposition, Wild Rake,
and Stainley.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Erin .ga-Bragh, 4to 1 agat Senorita
colt, 6 to 1 agst Gem of the Sea, 8 to 1 each agat Perseve-
rance and Vaulter.
At the third attempt they left the post, in close company,
but after running a few strides Gem of the Sea, going in the
centre of the course, drew in advance, having Perseverance,
Vindicta, Erin-go• Bragh, and the Senorita colt as her im-
mediate followers, the latter lying wide on the stand side.
On reaching the Stand Gem of the Sea drew away ; the
Senorita colt at the . same time took the second place, but
failed to reach the leader, who won very cleverly by a neck;
half a length between the second and third. Etin-go-Bragh
was fourth, Perseverance fifth, Brother to Rubini sixth,
Imposition and King of Italy being the next two; the last
two were Duchess of Kent and Vaulter.

The St. James's Palace Stakes of 160 says each, h ft, for
3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; maidens allowed
71b. Old mile. 11 subs.
Mr. Merry's Gladstone
Baron Rothschild's King of the Vale (Wells) 2
Betting-6 to 4on King of the Vale.
The non-favourite made all the running, and won very
cleverly by three parts of a length.
First Year of the First Biennial Stakes of 15 soya each,
10 ft, with 200 added; 2-yr-olds t' carry 7st, and
3-yr-olds, 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b.
Winners extra, with maiden allowances. The second
horse to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
63 subs.
Mr. Merry's The Scottish Chief, 2 Yrs. (H. Covey) 1
Mr. John Day's Master Richard, 2 yrs (Deacon) 2
Captain A. Cooper's Knight of Snowdon, 2 yrs
(Dowling) 3
Mr. W. G. Craven's Naughty Boy's dam colt, 2 yrs
(Morgan) 4
The following also ran :—Airedale, Roseneath, Gen_
tilhomme, Baldwin, Glendusk, The Orphan, and Procella.
Betting-6 to 4on The Scottish Chief, 100 to 30 agst
Knight of Snowdon, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
1 hey ran nearly in a line to the foot of the hill, where
The Orphan, lying wide on the left, took up the running,
with the favourite in the centre, having Knight of Snow-
don, Master Richard, and the Naughty Boy's dam colt lying
up with him. Approaching the old Stand the favourite
came out and won in a canter by a length, twice that dial
tance separating the second and third, and a head between
third and fourth. Glendusk was fifth, Procella sixth, Rose-
neath seventh, and Baldwin next. The last three were
Gentilhomme, Airedale, and The Orphan. Immediately
after the race 10 to 1 was taken in hundreds about the
Winner, but subsequently 9 to 1 was the highest offer.
The Gold Cup, by subscription of 20 sovs each, with 200
added from the fund, The cup will be of 300 sovs value ;
weights for age. About 21 miles. 28 subs.
Mr. Merry's Buckstone, 4 yrs. Bst 71h (A. Edwards)
the owner of the second horse to eceive 50 soya out of the
stakes; r
yrs, Bst 71b.
t 1
Lord W.(S Rogers)/ 2
Mr. T. Paloewntlinette:ss THi:an Wicahnifii:e4ryr, as,
Bst 41b (carr. Bst 51b)
(Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Carisbrook, Caller Ou, Eleanor.
Be
agst Caller 0
—6t4aug, lOstTOiln Whifflet, 9 to 4 agst Buckstone,
9 to 2 tti nto 8 agst Carisbrook, and 20 to 1
agst Hurricane.
Eleanor, for the purpose of serving her stable companion
immediatelye
, the f u rushed
thegtooingon
front, and made play at her best
pcsecond,
with Carisbrook and
Buckstone third and fourth, and Hurricane and Caller Ou
lying away. On passing the Stand, Buckstone ran past Mr.
a av o rite
Boyce's colt, and went on in waiting upon the two leaders
to the foot of the hill, where the pace somewhat decreased,
and on approaching the lime kilns Tim 'Whiffler joined his
stable companion, the pair running in company to the old
mile post, where the filly was disposed of, and was seen
in a few strides after in the extreme rear, leaving the
command with Tim Whiffler, who came on with a
decided lead to the road, where Buckstone drew for-
ward, Carisbrook still lying third, Caller Ou at the same
time quitting her rearward position, and taking the fourth
place. Rounding the bend for home the two leaders ap-
peared to get upon closer terms, and as they approached
he distance shuts arose from the stand of "Whiffler
wins," but which were speedily superseded by the shouts of
the partisans of the yellow jicket and black cap as Buck-
stone reached his antagonist at the enclosure, the balance of
favour, as the two ran locked together to the end, remain-
ing equal until the fiat of the judge (who was unable to
separate them) was made manifest by the exhibition of the
numbers 4 and 6 side by side, making it a dead heat.
Hurricane, who ran past, the others, who pulled up, was
placed third by the judge, although beaten off a long way.
The other trotted past the post at similar intervals. The
race was run in 4 rain. 381 sec.
Deciding Heat—Betting 7 to 4 on Tim Whiffler. who
made the running at a strong pace, followed by Buckstone
under waiting orders to the entrance into the straight,
where the latter got closer, and Edwards,_with commend-
able patience, bided hie time until they reached the centre