The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGEN

DERBY RACES—TUESDAY. d, OP°
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 add e 1
to 9
mile. (5 Subs.) P'
Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 'fir' on)
Mr. Taft's fby Don John, 3 yrs, at 61b (cha,n-atse)
Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (White""
Won cleverly by half a length. „dico,s
The Tradesmen's Plate of 1001., added io a be,,'",,oes'„
15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; t'-'"04:"
to save his stake. Two miles. (30 Subs., 15 ° 1
declared.) a 0) 5
Lord Lurgan's Cnmus, 3 yrs, Est (J.l3r°
Mr. King's Abbess ot Jerveaux, 4yrs,6st 71
b (Charmit°ll)
Mr. R. Oliver's Ischia, 3 yrs, 4:t 101 b (Ash-50 )1
Mr. Holdforth's General Sale, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Sli'riteo '
Mr. Pedley's Paquette, 3 yrs, 6st ••• (lid
Won by half a length; Ischia a bad third.A
Produce Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 add
e' , I
mile. (14 Subs.) ha
Mr. Halford's Prime Minister, Sat 4lb e)
(Whitehoo6
Mr. J. R. Scott's Avis, Bst
Won easy.
The Maiden Plate of 301., added to a Sweepstak
soya. each. Heats. About one mile and q
euVrte:
(6 Subs.) 0
Mr. C. Pt ek's Crookahank, 7st (Charlton) 0 0A;
Mr. Fowler's The RPaper, 7at...(Osborne)
Mr. Hawkins's The Nun, Est 111 b (Knott) 2 0 0
Mr. Wildman's Birthday, 7st ...(Child) 0
Mr. Halford's Worcester, 7st (W. Sharpe) 0 de
Mr. P. P. Wallis's f by Irish Birdcatcher,
0 dr
out of Buzz, 7st 121 b
Four well-contested heats ,if,
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Tngsv,;I4O/1
THE LEAMINGTON STAKES.-6 to 1 agst flieL-deet
8 to 1 agat The Castle (t), 9 to 1 agar Golu.-
6 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's two. Ssnrl
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.-4 to 1 egsw ot-A
(take 9 to 2), 6to 1 agst Calculator (t), 9 t„° ots'
Cossack (t), 12 to 1 agst Teddington (t), 100 to
Vatic an (t).
DONCASTER CUP.—Even on Natl Cy.
ST. LEGER.-5 to 2 agst Hernandez',
310 r
jt°ls 311 eo g Ban, 10 to 1 agst Prime Minister (t),
Hothorpe, 100 to 6 agat Grecian (t), 5 to 1 00
Day's lot (t).
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ROYAL VICTORIA Yil CH t CLUB RE —r -
HER MAJESTY'S CUP.
(LATEST PARTICULARS.) h bet
RYDE, AUG 26.—The splendid cup, presente" ref
Majesty, being transmitted to the above club at
rot
late period, to be sailed for by the yachts, tended ,e con:
to limit the number of the company to witness witn
test, and the pier was by no means so crowe'ssioo
fashionables as we have observed on f ruler Ors loge
Amongst the recent arrivals here, in addition WA Dag
body of the nobility and gentry, were Lord snc`tr,
Ruthven, Lady Courtenay, Captain Conolly, 0,1 WO'
chier Wray, Major Graham, Lady Wenman,t"eillsjet
Miss Wilson, Lady Jocelyn, Captain Powell'
Brett, &c.
ilente";
Up to the hour of starting, it had been fully e-n.u9f''
that the American clipper would give the nuiner‘,oo
sitors of Ryde another proof of her extraordinarY
.hreolll
and great was the disappointment of hundreds
announcement was made that she would not sta,r';,,, the
u`' following were the entries for the Queen's ''
course being round the Isle of Wight:—
Volante, 48 tons—J. L. Craigie Esq.
Fernando, 127 tons—Major Martyn.
Surprise, 15 tons—W. H. Woodhouse, 1454.
America, 180 tons—Commodore Stevens.
Alarm, 193 tons—J. Weld, Esq.
Wildfire, 42 tons—F. Thynne, Esq.
Fanny, 92 tons—U. Young, Esq.
Bacchante. 80 tons—B. H. Jones, Esq. „n 3
Constance, 218 tons—Marquis of Conyngu— As
Destiny, 107 tons—P. C. Leslie, Esq. IV-
: off lA'
At ten o'clock the yachts took their statiOn e 0,-1-
Pier, when, in consequence of there not being tithe
deratum for the America, viz., a six-knot breeze, dean
dined starting with the squadron, and the Ferrl3
Constance were also withdrawn.
At five minutes after ten o'clock the starting g"u vibe
t,
fired from the Commodore's yacht, the Brinier'
~cce.
the Wildfire (who, it will be remembered, sO SP. cOn'
fully sailed and headed the American clipper foe
siderable distance on Wednesday last, in tna, °r,
regatta, for the Cup of all Nations), "witil„'
first to get under weigh towards the westwarwbb OVA
light breeze to the W.S.W., with a strong' e by
followed by the Bacchante, and close in her le,.ito be.
Volante and Alarm. The Wildfire continued tOOlO
her way nearly up to Cowes, when the wind diebb
and little progress could be made against an °hod g°,
An hour had elapsed, and the whole squadron ;de bet
off, when the America got under weigh, and
way in the wake of the racing vessels towards tProys
ward, and by holding one reach she scudded teccovieo
Calshot Castle, and another brought her right e,riu fir If j°
There could be no doubt whatever that the Wild e
the best weathered vessel up the west channe-ghavie-L
excellently handled, for on her tack her 907-e 1:0P;
quickened, and she was off again like a shot. 10100 Jf"'
tack for tack with the Bacchante, Alarm, and
Cent dere::
but the rest were "nowhere" behind. It was CO
by good judges of these matters that when oLia,
Castle the Wildfire overtacked herself and unneeosa rfr
lost her ground, but with all this disadvantage, of the
riving at the Needles, she had left the crack Tease' TV
squadron, the Alarm, at least three miles aSterrj.
Needles were rounded as follows:

b. r33'
Wildfire 1
Bacchante ... 1 I°
Volante 1 23
Alarm ... 1 23 ofer
It was here remarked that the Volante wet eery
strained with the heavy weight of eanvas„that. t 3- soci
tied, for with a stiff breeze that was now blowingc' jot°
setting her balloon jib, that her stem was diggitit
and ploughing up the surf; for no other purpose ""ificii*
have the effect of labouring her course and ref,flooo
her progress. On getting round the Needles, souk,' for°
off Freshwater Bay, the Wildfire had a clear run w" the
the wind, but on reaching towards Atherfield f3i/eries
Bacchante overhauled her on her weather-borG B ee°
of short tacks and manoeuvres now took place "elico fsr
them, during which time the other vessels, latelY ot
astern, gained considerable advantage. The 138,c°-cipoi
(which was a matter of some surprise that she be asst
done so before) now got up her balloon jib, en" fib°
running until off Rockenhead, whan the Volante'A the
had been taking advantage of the movements etnte.
light breeze, shot ahead ofg the Wildfire and BseeP" '
eble
Soon after the wind nearly died away. than wilt
vvil
nothing could be more fortunate for the Volaute,
"
her light sails, reaching first the Nab Light, which
rounded thus:—

b. in. 0.
Volante ... ... ... •,. 415 0
Bacchante ... ... ..• 417 0
Wildfire ... .., ... . . 417 58
Alarm ... ••• •.• •:, 419 0 .40
Great expectations were here formed that but by
h
would have Leen carried off by the Volante, but Or
tiler
lucky chop ot the wind the Alarm got the We°' 46
gauge of the lot, and rounded the No Man buoy
-
under:—

a.
b. m.
Volante 4 42 0
Alarm 4 44 0
Bacchante 4 45 0
Wiltlare..• AU ~. 447 0