The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-01 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 4 O'CLOCK.

Doggett's Coat and Bacig,e—This Day.

The competitors for the livery and badge given
byDoggett, the comedian, rowed to-day, and, popu-
lar as the wager has ever been, we never saw so
great an assemblage congregated to witness it as
on this occasion. The course was from the Swan
at London Bridge to the Swan at Chelsea, a course
infinitely greater than that usually appointed
for modern wagers. Originally the coat and badge
was rowed for in working wherries, and against
tide ; but, although various modifications have been
made, the race still is looked upon as one of the
most arduous of all those annually rowed for on the
river Thames. In days gone by the Ist of August
was always looked upon by theatrical managers as
an event worthy of being celebrated in a becom-
ing manner, and often has the late celebrated
vocalist, John Braham, appeared as Tom Tug in
the musical farce of " The Waterman," wearing the
actual livery won in the early part of the day by
the fortunate waterman's apprentice, who, of course,
was duly presented to the audience. Now, however,
times have changed, and that which was looked upon
as one of the features of the theatrical season has
passed away, never, we suppose, to return.
The competitors for the ancient wager were as
follows :

Mill-stair; Bermondsey.
G. S. Baker,
C. Lloyd, Horselydown.
J. W. Wood, Mill-stairs, Bermondsey
W. J. Dudley, Lambeth.
J. W. Broekwell, Lower Custom-house.
A. T. Ramage, Blackwall.
To the coat and badge, as originally given, have
been added five-eighths of the interest of the South
Sea stock, bequeathed by Sir William Jolliffe,
amounting to £4 17s. 9d., for the second
man, and the remaining three-eighths, £2 18s. 9d. ,
to the third ; and the Fishmongers' Company, who
have charge of the contest, have added a guinea and
a half for the fourth and fifth, and a guinea to
the sixth, so each man receives something for the
labour of rowing such a distance. The competitors,
who are watermen whose term of apprenticeship has
expired since the preceding wager, are selected by
chance from the young men desirous to row, and
the whole of the arrangments are under the direction
of Mr. Dards, barge master of the Fishmongers'
Company.

The start was a good one, and after a well con-
tested race, fortune decided in favour of

J. W. Wood, Mill-stairs, Bermondsey .
G. S. Baker, Mill-stairs, Bermondsey .

TAT TERSALLS'—Last Evening.

ST. LEGER.

Even agst Gladiateur (taken and offered)

DERBY.
33 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken)
33 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
40 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken)
50 io 1 agst Midsummer colt (taken)
50 to 1 agst Beelzebub (taken)
100 to 1 agst Knight of St. Michael (taken)
100 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken)

RACING FIXT

RES FOR 1865.

Brighton 1
Brighton Club
Airdrie
Lewes 4
Ripon
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Paisley
Knutsford
Reading
Wenlock ll
Radcliffe l4
Woodford and Loughtn l5

lEgham l5
Stockton •
Tiverton l6
Oxford l7
York
Great Yarmouth 22
Plymouth
Lichfield 2B
Devon and Exeter 29
1 Tunbridge
1 Derby Summer 3O
Ipswich
I Weymouth 3l
:11M311..

SErTE
Warwick 5
Cheadle
Totness and Bridgetown 6
King's Lynn 6
Leicester 7
Dover 7
Hereford
Bridgewater
Doncaster

Brecon lB
Richmond
Canterbury l9
Hendon (Welsh Harp) 2l
Monmouth 2l
Manchester Autumn 22
Newmarket Ist Oct 26
Walsall
Lanark

OCTO
Bedford
Caledonian Hunt and

Leek
West Drayton
Kelso
Newmarket Ho. If
Worcester Autumn

Edinburgh 4
Northallerton 5
Newmarket 2d Oct 9
Perth

NOTE:
Lincoln Autumn
Liverpool Autumn
Shrewsbury

Warwickshire and Leam-
ington Hunt

IRISH.
JULY.
Down Royal Cor

AUGUST.
Heath of Maryborough... 2 1 Ennis

SEPTEMBER.

C uiTagh...

OCTOBER.
Curragh l7 f Maze