The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-30 00:00:00

Age at lb
Windham ... 6 8 11
1);11by 6 8 11
Rama 4 8 6
Harry Brailsford ... 5 8 1
31"01.1avia ... 5 8 0
Itetrotimo ... 4 7 11
Duckfoot q; 7 7
War ... 4 7 7
Lady Vane ... 4 7 6
Archimedes ... .5 7 3
Fitzroy 4 7 1
Ilawkswell 4 6 11.
.4 6 11

taterland Plate.. Two miles.
A;re st.
Beanstalk 3 1; 4
3 6 1
Master Willits ... 3 6 1
Mandrpk:! 3 6 1
I Violet 3 5 13
Gilead •... 3 5 13
Fervacqueo ' . 3 5 13
Fairwiud 3 5 13
s 12
The IZ,•_)ck :; 5 12
Palrit4 ::15 12
Trombone 3 5 12
Admiral ... ... 3 5 9
Miss Ana 3 5 8
Vivion c. 3 5 8
Deceit ... 3 5 8
Miss Boswell o ... 3 5 8

Hones,ish 3 6 - 7
Newboof ... 3 6 5
Lord of the Arles... ;`. 6 5
Pirate Chief ... 3 6 4

SCRATCHINGS.

May 23, at 5 p.m.'Seville out of the Epsom Oaks.
May 21, at 2 p.m. Charade and Demon out of Wye en-
gagements.
May 25, at 0 10 p.m. Handley Cross out of Croydon en-
gagements.
May 27, at 9 a.m. Canarella out of Newton engagements,
Rattler out of Nursery Handicap at Croydon, and Lord
Coventry's horses out of Croydon engagements; at 4 p.m.
Easby and Orion out of Croydon engagements ; at 5 35
p.m. Anchorite out of Newton engagements and Ascot
Triennial ; after 6 p.m. Cranford out of the Hunt Cup at
Ascot; at 8.30 p.m. Dutch Admiral and Lady Havelock
out of Croydon engagements.
May 28, at 9 a.m. Despair, Belzoni, Kate Kearney, Wood-
ranger, and Madeira out of Croydon engagerriente;llabbit.
Trap out of Newton engagements, Steamboat and Resew:
out of Croydon • and Newton engagements, !,ady Diana
but of Croy-don Nursery Handicap, and Hawthorn Bloom,
Alacrity, and Goodlass out of Newton engagements ;
at
1.30 p.m. Mischief out of Wye Handicap; and at 2.30 p.m.
Vauban out of the Grand Prix do Paris.

May 29, at 9 a.m. Iloploaf out of all handicaps at Croy-
don for which tho weights havo boon published.

THE SOILED DOVE CASE.
The following letter has been forwarded to us for pub-

lication:—

"13, Berkeley-square, May 23.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,--having seen your official
answer to a request from the principal bookmakers for a
new trial, owing to tho illegality of deciding a most im-
portant case by thevotes (A judges pecuniarily interested in
the verdict, as an old member of Tattersall's Rooms I b?g
to point out the numerous errors you have committed. With
respect to your resolution, That a decision of tho Soiled
Dove case having been already come to by a legal quorum
of the committee, they cannot allow it to be re-opened,' I
deny that your quorum was legal—first, because it was
composed of persons some of whom had the misfortune to
possess a pecuniary interest in the case ; secondly, because
persons voted who did not belong to the committee. Look
at your rules. Tho number of the committee is 13. When
a vacancy occurs the place is to be refilled. I withdrew ;
Lord Uxbridge succeeded me. By what right do Lord
Vivian and Mr. Craven vote in that committee unless two
vacancies have occurred of which I am in ignorance ? And
again, if those gentlemen have voted on any question re-
lating to Soiled Dove, with heavy bets depending on the
decision, is that correct according to your ideas of justice
and morality ?
"Your resolution continues, ' The committee cannot
allow reflections such as those contained in the abovenamed
letter to be cast on any members without expressing their
strongest condemnation of them, whether proceeding from
a member of the Jockey Club or from members of the
Rooms.' This indignation and condemnation are misplaced.
Lastly, you say, ' The Soiled Dove case has been decided
on its merits alone, and the judgment must bo arbitrary, and
will be enforced.' The resolution is null and void if Mr.
Craven or Lord Vivian formed part of the committee.

- "Let me remind you of what bas taken place in your de-
partment. In September, 1866, Mr. Devill petitioned the
committee for a new trial in the Huntingdon case on the
same plea which Mr. Chaplin urged in March last, that it
was decided by an illegal quorum. It was refused. The
question was begged, and a document signed by the Duke
of Newcastle, Colonel Higgins, and Ca pt. Batchellor that,
agreeing iu the dc&sion they considered it necessary to
open the case. In this Soiled Dove case these three gen-
tlemen turned round and nullified the decision which was
adverse to the pecuniary interests of two of them; but
having upset the verdict, they abstained from voting on
the second trial.

"The last Verdict was carried by the vote of a gentleman
who had bets on the race, and was not, asJ have befora
shown, even" member OT %TM- rUTTIIII:Itee.
"During 30 yo ors I formed one of the committee at Tat-
ters:in I neve: heard of a member sitting in judgment on
cases when he had bets ; equally so during 46 years I have
been a member of the Jockey Club. I recall to your attuu-
tion a circumstance worthy of your adoption—the Lou-
therbourg case in 1838, which came before a general meet-
ing of the Jockey Club. The Duke of Portland, as presi-
dent, ordered every member out of the room who had bets
en the race. Every well-regulated mind comprehended the
merits of the suggestion.
"When the stewards of the Jockey Club decided that the
four races won by Soiled Dove were fraudulent acts, and
that the stakes, plate, or match money should be paid to
the second horses, it was clear that, according to the second
rule of the betting code, 'the interests of the bets are in-
separable with the interests of the stakes, and in cases of
fraud whether any objection be made either before or after
the race.' The first rule could by no possibility apply to a
horse which had won four races, and might have secured
the plunder either by death or by being sold to a colony.
I published my opinion months ago, not anticipating the
possibility of the law being set at defiance—that of course
the bets must be paid, as in every other instance when the
laws of racing had been violated.
"Your committee adopt the policy of encouraging fraud
by depriving bookmakers of their lawful field-money for the
benefit of those who unconsciously or wilfully have been
playing a lucrative game, backing a 3-yr old against bad
2-yr-olds in selling stakes at even weights. You state that
the Soiled Dove case has been decided on its merits alone,
and that your judgment must be arbitrary ; add, ' in viola-
tion of the rules of betting,' giving every encouragement
to robbery and fraud, illegal in every particular circum-
stance, and, worst of all, introducing a precedent solely
patronised by your committee—that persons with heavy
bets depending on the issue are allowed to sit in judgment,
and that Tattersall's Committee-room is the only place in
the United Kingdom where suph policy is tolerated.' Under
those circumstances I do not understand the possibility of
refusing a new trial. —I am, my Lords and Gentlemen,
yours, " H. J. Rotes.
"To the Committee, Tattersall's Rooms."

YACHTI,.VG.

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.

The above club opened its season yesterday with the
first class cutter match, and, although there were but three
yachts engaged in the race, it was rendered exceedingly
interesting by the closeness of the contest throughout, and
the skill displayed by those engaged in it. The Queen of
the Thames had boon engaged by the club to accompany
the race, and arrived at Erith with a very large party of
members and friends at 11 o'clock, when the following
were found at their stations :

Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Vindex 45 Mr. A. Duncan.
Niobe 4l Mr. W. Gordon.
Phryne 55 Mr. T. Groves, jun.
The course sailed was from Erith to Southend and back
to G►avesend. The prizes were, value £7O for the first
boat, and £2O for the second, with a time allowance of 30
sec. per ton from 25 to 50 tons, and 20 sec. above it. At
11 b. 17 in. the signal wa3 given, under the direction of
Mr. A. Arcodeckne, the commodore, and all started away
evenly together. The Phryne and Niob.3 both sat their
mainsails at the same instant. The Phryne, which had
had the weatherinost position, wont about first, followed
by the Vindex and Niobe. Wind, E.S.E., but light. The
Phryno first sot her topsail, next the Niobe, and then the
Vindcx, and in those positions they continued throughout
the distance down, b.)ard after board, in turning to wind-
ward, until near Southend, where th"iobe lost the second
pl.ic.) by shifting her working furs balloon topsail. They
rounded as follows

.
11. M. R.
Phryno
Viudex 3 13 45
3 16 0
The wind boCamo easterly with the turn of the tide, and
the ynchts.returned with a flowing sheet. As there was
no limit to canvas, the Phryno directly after rounding set
the nondescript sail first brought into use on the Thames
last season, extending from the topmast head to the deck,
and the Niobe, in additicn, sot what is termed a "ring-
tail," and the Vindex salt up a balloon topsail. - With
these appliances they ran up quickly, and, without any
change, arrived at the and of the course as udder :
M. S. •
5 19 20
5 28 40.
...................
Ni0be.............................. ............. . 5 30 42
The Niobe thus lost the second prize by two seconds.
The weather was very
_

Phryno
Vindox

THE PUBLIC OFFICES.—The increase in the year
1866 in the number of persons employed in the public
offices was 670, and the increase of salaries and expenses
was £104,311. The increase was chiefly in the Post-office
and the Customs. In the Inland Revenue Department
there was a diminution of 11 persons awl of £25,132 ill
salaries and expenses. In the Post-office Department
there wan an increase of no.lese than 00 personE,_