The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-01 00:00:00

Third Class.

Yachts. Tons. Owners.
The Queen
Satanella
Vampire
Fourth Class.

Buccaneer
Octoroon
Dione

The prizes were in value £3O and £2O. The course,
from Gravesend round the Nore Light and return, with a
time allowance of half a minute.
The strong wind which had prevailed for many days
was succeeded by a calm and very light and variable
airs. Besides this only two in each class started, so that
it may bo judged that the matter was not very interest-
ing. Mr. C. Tatham officiated, in the absence of Lord A.
Paget, for the day, and under his direction the yachts
were started at 11.50, wind about W.N.W. The Buccaneer
was round first, but immediately afterwards a man fell over
board from her rigging, and was immediately saved by
Lord de Ros, the vice-commodore's, cutter. The Octo
roon was the second. The Dione was absent. The Sa-
tanella and Vampire started side by side, the. Queen being
absent. Just below Tilbury the Vampire and Satanella ran
by the Octoroon, One on either side, and after that they
kept in front of her. The Buccaneer held her lead until
she got to leeward, and then the Vampire, bringing down
a nice wind with her, went away from all the others, the
Buccaneer heading the Octoroon. The wind had veered to
the eastward, and had first fallen upon the Buccaneer, and,
as the others came to it, they broke off, and the Vampire
first went about. They made several tacks between the
Chapman and the Nore with a nice gentle breeze, and
rounded in the following time and order:—

U. M. 8.

Vampire - 2-- 40
Buccaneer
Satanella
Octoroon 4 26 30

It wanted full half an hour to low water, and the pace
over the tide was very slow, added to which they had
hardly proceeded a mile on their return when the wind
again blew out from the westward. The Vampire went
about on the port tack, and stood right in to Southend.
Shortly after this she got the young flood, and the wind
northwarding and freshening everything fitted well, and
the yachts finished at Gravesend much earlier than had
been expected, the time being as under:—

li. M. S.

Vampire

8

Buccaneer
Satanolla
Octoroon

.. 8 21 0
~ 8 23 30
.. 8 29 0

THE STANFORD Cur, 18G7.—The manufacturer
of this celebrated racing prize has been entrusted this year
to Mr. J. W. Benson, of Old Bond-street, at whose house
it will shortly be on view ; and the design, selected by the
stewards, the Duko of Newcastle and Mr. H. Chaplin, is
the most interesting scone from Mr: Dion Boucicault's
sporting drama of " Flying Scud." Tho situation repre-
sented is the ono on the racecourse at the close of the
second act, whore the old jockey, Nat Gosling, who has
not ridden a race for more than a quarter of a century,
suddenly discovers that the rider of his favourite horse
"Flying Scud," has been drugged on the eve of starting,
and resolves to mount the animal himself and win the
race. No more exciting situation has been witnessed on
the stage for years, and the artist has cleverly arranged
his group so as to introduce the horse and the chief cha-
racters.

Haymarket, aftor winning The Marks' Hall Stakes at
Chelmsford, was sold to Captain Machell for 125 guineas•
The Colt by Knight of The Thistle out of Celia was
sold by auction to Mr. J. Wood, after winning the Galley
wood Stakes at Chelmsford on Tuesday