The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAt TERSALLS'—TnunsnAy.
Old associations go for nothing with racing men, except
they also have linked with them some practical and
profit-
able illustrations. Still one would have thought that when,
the last scene in a real and popular drama which has lasted
nearly 100 years on the same boards was about to be played
out there would at least have been a respectable audience
numerically to witness the final fall of the curtain. But it
was far otherwise, and among the few who straggled into,
the old subscription room for the last time there was no orao
racy enough to avail hims-elf of the opportunity for deliv,ar.„
ing even a few impromptu words by way of epileJano.
Instead of speculation on future eveiita it was all go;isip on
the past Northampton Meeting, with surmises and conjec-
tures as to the principal, losers and winners thereat.
Scarcely a dozen subscribers were present at any give•A
time during the afternoon, and not a bet was laid until
the room was about to be closed, when 100 to 40 was raid
; twice against Liddington for the Two Thousand; 400 to
10 against Brahma for the Derby, and 6 to 4 to a " tenner'
against Cambridge for the University Boat Race on Satur-
day. It is hardly necessary to remind our readers that on,
Monday next they will have to travel a little farther we'
to the new subscription rooms at Knightsbridge, at tho angle formed by the junction of the Knightsbridge and
Brompton roads.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TmatzDAT.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
11 to 1 agst Grinder (offered)
100 to 7 agst Mcestissima filly (offered)
15 to 1 agst Paris (offered--take 100 to 6)
100 to 6 agst Mail Train (taken)
50 to 1 agst Verger (taken)
50 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken)
CHESTER CUP,
10 to 1 agst Lion (offered)
11 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered)
100 to 7 agst Ackworth (taken)
100 to 7 agst Gratitude (offered)
100 to 6 agst Victorious (offered)
100 to 6 agst La Toucques (taken)
20 to 1 agst Highflyer's dam colt (offered)
40 to 1 agst Industry (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Mail Train (offered)
THE TWO THOUSAND.
2 to 1 agst Liddington (taken)
7to 2 agst Breadalbane (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken)
100 to 7 agst Ariel (offered—take 100 to 6)
RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865.

Ir]
Newmarket Craven l7
Durham
Canterbury Spring
Abergavenny 2O

Thirsk 9l
Cardiff
Epsoni Spring

Newmarket Ist Spring 1
Chester 9
York Spring
Salisbury lB

Bath 23
Harpenden 2G
Epsom 3O

Vincennes
Chelmsford 7
Manchester Summer 7
Ascot l3
Beverley l4
Liverpool
Alexandra Park 2O

Hampton 2l
Newton
Newcastle
Odiham
27
Bidbury
Stockbridge

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Worcester
Abingdon
Stamford l3
Winchester lB

Nottingham
Southampton . 19
Chesterfield
Goodwood
Down Royal Corp —

Ato
Brighton 1
Brighton Club
Lewes 4
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Egham l5
Royal Windsor l7

York
Plymouth
Lichfield 2B
Devon and Exeter 29
Derby Summor 30
Weymouth 3l
Baden 3l
Stockton —
:2.LBER.

BEPTE
Leicester 7
Doncaster
Brecon lB
Richmond

Monmouth 2l
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket Ist Oct 26
Walsall
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NOTE:

Liverpool Autumn

Shrewsbury

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

PUTNEY, Thursday Morning.
Anxiously intent to view the last hard row, and invited
by the fine weather this morning, a vast assemblage was
present at Putney, and lined the tow-path to Mortlake, in
order to see the final strong work of. the University crews,
previous to Saturday's race. The Oxford gentlemen had
several spurts with a Kingston eight, and the latter
generally had the best of it. They discontinued
at Hammersmith, and tho Oxonians went alone to
Barnes. Here they had a rest at the Bull's Head, and
after rowing to the bridge they turned and rowed down,
Mr. G. Morrison and several old university men, accompany-
ing them. Their style was very fine, and they rowed 38'
and 39strokes per minute, rowing hard to the Aqueduct at
Putney. The Cantabs, contrary to expectation, did not row,
but paddled up to the White Hart at Barnes. They then
turned and rowed all the course, doing 36 and 37 strokes
in the latter part of it. They were coached by Mr. Selwyn,
who made them row all the way. Betting, of which little
is done, is 5 to 4on Oxford, and the clever people seem to
fancy the crew very much.

PUTNEY, Friday Morning.
The practice of the University crews wasresumed yester-
day morning. The Oxonians launched their craft from the
London Rowing Club boat-house soon after 11 o'clock, and
were speedily joined by a picked crew of the Kingston
Club. They then proceeded to try each other's mettle in a
few brisk starts. The Kingston Rowing Club rowed in a
gig eight of Salter's ; the Oxonians in their racing boat.
In the first start the dark blue allowed their oppo-
nents a start of half a length, as a sort of compensa-
tion for the discrepancy of boats. To the unutterable
astonishment of all present, and the horror of tho
Oxonians themselves, the Kingston crew rowed clean
away from their opponents, without ever affording them a
shadow of a chance. After some 350 yards had been
covered the two crews eased up, and prepared for another
trial, this time starting upon level terms. The result was
the same as before, and when the two crews pulled up off
the Crabtree the Oxonians were nearly half a length to the
bad. The next start ranged from the Soap-works to Ham-
mersmith-bridge, and this time the Oxonians held their
antagonists to some extent, being only beaten by half a
length at the last, but at the same time they had the advan-
tage of wind, tide, and course, so that the improvement was
but nominal. One more spin on the other side of the bridge, in
which the University were left more than ever in the lurch,
and then the Kingstonians proceeded to disembark at Biffin's,
while the dark blue rowed up to Barnes-bridge, preparatory
to a spin down to the aqueduct. They started at about 37
strokes a minute, which they held to Craven Point, and
came in with a fine spurt of 39 per minute. Their rowing
was still uneven, though there was a slight improvement
upon the form of last week. Nos. 6 and 4 came in for a
large share of censure from the cognoscenti, and were univer-
sally admitted to be below par. Still the crew themselves re-
mained confident of success, asserting that theitpace was bet-
ter than their looks, but this is quite possible. The Cantabs
turned out at 12 15, and paddled steadily to Hammersmith,
where they rested for a time, and then proceeded to the top
of Chiswick Eyot, and after divesting themselves of guern-
seys, &c., proceeded to row that portion of the course down
to Putney. It had been generally expected that the King-
ston crew would pick them up at Hammersmith-bridge, but
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fell, after their indifferent performance with the
yesterday,
watermen on Wednesday and the Kingstonians yesterday,
to evens. In some cases we actually heard odds offered
upon Cambridge, but we should set down the fair standard
at evens, Cambridge, perhaps, for choice. Both crews will
take a paddle this morning, and then rest for the day. The
race will be rowed About noon at Saturday, perhaps a little
earlier, according to the state of the tide.

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ALLEGED MURDER.—A man named Fitzsimmons
is now in custody at Sunderland, charged with the
wilful murder of Daniel Kennar, by stabbing him in the
neck. The murder was committed on Sunday evening
last, the prisoner. absconding. He was, however, appre-
hended on the following day, and on Tuesday was brought
before the magistrates, by whom he was remanded for a
week, pending the result of a coroner's inquiry. The
transaction arose out of a drunken Irish row, which took
place in a public-house.
THE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT OFF ERITH.--yes_
terday afternoon the body of another of the unfortunate
cadets belonging to the training ship Worcester, who were
drowned by the upsetting of a boat, was picked up in that
part of the river known as the Galleons, immediately be-
low Woolwich, by a bargeman named James Mode. The
body was removed to the Woolwich dead-house, and in-
formation was forwarded to the officers of the Worcester,
when the deceased was identified es being Henry B. Wano-
strocht.