The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-01 00:00:00

SPORTS IN AMERICA.

Besides the regular regatta of the New York
Club in June, an ocean yacht race is arranged for
the 11th July from the lightship off Sandy Hook to
Cape May and back to the place of departure.
The distance to be run is two hundred miles,
and it is expected that some English yachts
will compete for the prize, which is a hand-
some tea service of silver. Ten yachts are already
entered, viz. : Fleetwing, Mr. G. A. Osgood ;
Fleur de Lis, Mr. Dickerson ; Calypso, Mr. Bache ;
Widgeon, Mr. H. Lloyd Phoenix, Rear Commodore ;
Phantom, Mr. H. S. Stebbins, Commodore ; Sylvie,
Mr. Dodge; Rambler, Mr. Gandy ; Idler, Mr.
Durant; Alarm, Mr. A. C. Kingsland ; Dauntless,
Mr. J. G. Bennett, jun.
We regret to perceive that no less than four prize
fights are reported from America. One took place
near New York, one on an island in Lake Erie, one
in Colorado, and one in California. With the vast
field open for healthy manly sports, why should such
disgusting, brutalising spectacles be encouraged,
unworthy, as they are, of a Christian people ?
A number of gentlemen at St. Louis, following
the example of Laclede Association, have combined
to give a series of trotting races. They will
occupy the Abbey track. Colonel Norman J.
Coleman, editor of the Rural World, is the presi-
dent ; Messrs. Thomas Lapsley, A. W. Howe, and
R. H. Austin, are vice-presidents ; Mr. James Lupe
is treasurer ; Mr. L. A. Clark, secretary. Wilkes's
Spirit says :—" If trotting is well conducted by the
new association at St. Louis, the course there, will
attract many of the fine horses now owned and in
the way of being bred in the States of Illinois and
lowa, as well as Missouri. Besides, the river affords
a cheap and easy means of communication with all
the horse-breeding and horse-racing States border-
ing on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers."
The entries have reached us for the Spring Race
Meeting in Jerome Park which was to be held on
the 22d, 231, and 25th May. In the Spring Stakes
for three-year-olds, three-quarters of a mile, the
entries were eight. Among them are Ruthless,
Maid of Honour, Monday, Hampton Court, Clara,
Clarita, Metairie, Morrissey, &c. On the second
day for the Feather Stakes, Fleetwing, Captain
Moore, Onward, Delaware, Julius, Loadstone, and
Earing are entered. On the 25th the games were
to begin with a hurdle-race handicap ; the entries
are—Zigzag, 1561 b ; Black Bess, 1401 b; Blackbird,
1401 b ; Birague, 1351 b ; Lady Alice, 1351 b. On
the same day the Hotel Stakes of $5O each and
$l,OOO added, three miles for all ages : Fleetwing,
Onward, Delaware, Loadstone, and Hampton
Court are in it. To conclude, there was to be the
match at mile heats, between Maid of Honour and
Dc Courcey.
For the Summer Meeting to be held in June, the
Belmont Stakes for three-year olds contains eleven

entries. For the Hopeful Stakes the entries are
ten. In the Westchester Cup, of the value of
$1,500 in gold and $5O, 21 miles, the entries are
no less than eighteen ! Among them are Muggins,
Duke of Orleans, Gilroy, and Beacon, besides
Julius, Onward, Ripley, and the three-year-olds
Ruthless, Monday, Hampton Court, &c. In the
Nursery Stakes of 1867 the entries are 17, and in
the Champion Stakes of this year 13. To judge
from this list Jerome Park must have proved most
attractive during the past week, and a brilliant pro-
spect for June.