The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ]EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1861.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.

A genial rain during the night had purified the atmos-
phere from yesterday's sultriness, and a bright sun ren-
dered the sport, although somewhat meagre, quite enjoy-
able. Country accounts on Tuesday's racing were settled
at the Rooms in the morning, when La Vapeur was in great
request for the Cesarewitch, and Gabrielle d'Estrees for the
Cambridgeshire.
Messrs. Tattersall sold a few lots of blood stock, as usual,
on the second day of this meeting, and at 1 o'clock carriages
and horsemen moved onwards for the Heath, where the
company showed but little diminution, despite the absence
from the card of any very important event. The last race
was run at half-past 1, when Imaus defeated a field of seven;
and won the Newmarket St. Leger.

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The Granby Stakes of 33 sous each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds ;
winners extra ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 31b. From
the turn of the lands in. 12 subs.
Mr. Greville's Queen Elizabeth, Bst 31b .. (L. Snowden) 1
Lord Stamford's King of Hearts, 9st (inc 71b ex) (French) 2
Lord Lonsdale's Flax gelding, Bst 71b (Rogers) 3
Count Batthyany's Ballerina; Bst 31b (Sharpe) 4
Betting-6 to 4on King of Hearts, 3to 1 agst Queen
Elizabeth.
Ballerina, who was extremely fractious at the post, jumped
away with a clear lead on the lower ground, followed by
King of Hearts, the Flax gelding, and Queen Elizabeth.
In this order they ran into the rails, where the favourite
went up to Ballerina, who in a few strides after was beaten
and dropped back. Queen Elizabeth at the same time passed
the Flax gelding and joined King of Hearts, the pair run-
ning a close race home together, Queen Elizabeth running
the longest, winning very cleverly at last by half a length ;
a bad third ; Ballerina finished a bad fourth.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for 2. yr-olds.

T" YC• 8 subs.
Mr. W. G. Crayon's Callipygo, 6st 41b
Mr. E. Mills's Antonelli, 7st 101 b (Cotton) 2
Count F. do Lagrange's Allez y Rondement, Bst 41b
(H. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Blackcock, Victress colt, and
Sister to Reveille.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Caßime, 3to 1 agst Fantasia, and
6 to 1 agst Blackcock.

The flag was lowered to an excellent start ; the favourite,
being first off, made play at a good pace, followed by the
Victress colt, Allez y Rondement, and Blackcock, the
others lying off. Ilalf way to the cords the leading horses
were joined by Antonelli, who in a few strides after went
up to Callipyge, and raced with her to the end, and was
beaten, after a splendid set.to, by a head, a neck separating
the second and third ; the others close up.

Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; for 2-yr• olds:; colts, Bst 71b;
and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs, if
demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 'lO subs.
Mr. Angell's Entomologist, Bst 71b .. (Perry) 1
Mr, Rayner's Tubalcain, Bst 71b (W. Bottom) 2
Sir J. Hawley's Fantasia, Bst 41b (Carter) 3
Victress colt, Dr. Pusey, Reporter, Alba, Bravo, and
Twinkle also ran.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Alba, 4to 1 agst Bravo, and sto 1
agst Fantasia.
Fantasia, on the lower side, made the running, followed
by Tubalcain, Alba, and Entomologist, the latter lying
wide on the upper ground, with the others following in
close order. In this way they ran in to the new ground,
when Alba was beaten, and. Entomologist at the same time
came out, followed by Tubalcain and Fantasia, the three
finishing a good race home, the former winning easily at
last by two lengths, Fantasia was a bad third, Alba fourth,
Twinkle fifth, Mr. Day's two next aide by side, and Re-
porter last.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, and only 5 ft if de-
clared, &c., to go to the owner of the second horse; for
3-yr-olds and upwards. D.M. 5 subs, 2of whom pay
5 sovs ft.

Lord Coventry's Flitch, 5 yrs, 7st 91b .... (W. Bottom) 1
Count F. do Lagrange's Mdlle. Chantilly, aged, Bst 101 b
(Grimshaw) 2
Mr. W. G. Craven's Woman in Red, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
(Fordham) 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Flitch, 7to 4 agst Mdlle. Chantilly,
and 3 to 1 agst Woman in Red.
Mdlle. de Chantilly, having a slight lead, made play at
a good pace, followed by the favourite, the pair running
together on the lower ground, Woman in Red followed
extremely wide on the other side. These positions were
retained until they reached the T.Y.C. post, where Woman
in Red was in trouble, and shortly after was out of the race.
On entering the dip Flitch ent to the front, and won very
cleverly by three parts of a length; a bad third.
Second year of the Thirteenth Triennial Produce Stakes of
10 sovs each ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the owner
of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent.,
and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole
stake. A.F. 50 subs.

Mrs. Osbaldeston's Camerino (H. Grimshaw) 1
Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Patrick ....(G. Fordham) 2
Mr. C. Alexander's Will-o'-thc-Wisp (E. Sharpe) 3
Prince Plausible, Wing, and Lady Blanche also ran.
Betting-6 to 4on Camerino, 4to 1 agst Knight of St.
Patrick, and 5 to 1 agst Will-o'-the-Wisp.
Camerino, as usual, rushed to the front immediately after
the flag was lowered, followed by Will-o'-the-Wisp and the
Knight of St. Patrick; the others, headed by Prince Plau-
sible, lying several lengths away. On entering the cords
Grimshaw indulged his horse with a pull which enabled his
immediate followers to get upon better terms with him, but
on entering the dip he came away by himself, and won in a
canter by ten lengths. The Knight of St. Patrick, who
came with a determined rush within half a dozen strides of
the chair, obtained the second money by a neck from Will-
o' •the-Wisp ; Prince Plausible was a bad fourth,Wing fifth,
and Lady Blanche last, beaten off.
Fifty Pounds ; for 3-yr.olds, 7st 71b ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 81b ;
5-yr-olds, 6-yr-olds, and aged Bst 13Ib ; the winner to be

sold for 300 sovs. D.I.
Mr. Rayner's Conundrum, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. Bottom) 1
Mr. Godding's Miss Eva colt, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (T. French) 2
Mr. Batson's Hagar, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Daley) 3
Mr. Rigby's Lancaster, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Perry) 4
Betting-11 to 8 agst Miss Eva colt, and 2 to 1 agst
Conundrum.

Conundrum and the favourite came on together, the for-
mer with a slight lead, but reaching the turn of the Lands,
they joined and ran closely locked to the end, and, after a
plentiful supply of whipcord, Conundrum was enabled to
win by half a length. Hagar and Lancaster trotted in third
and fourth some 100 yards in the roar of the pair.
The St. Leger Stakes of 25 soya each ; for 3-yr-old colts,
Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners extra. Maidens
allowed 71b. The second to receive 50 soya, and the
third to save his stake. D. I. 22 subs.
Lord Stamford's Imaus, Bst 71b (A. French) 1
Baron Rothschild's Grouse, Bst (G. Fordham) 2
Mr. F. Barnes's b c Oberon, Bst 71b (Gunn) 3
Mr. Alexander's Will-o'• the-Wisp, Sst 71b (E. Sharpe) 4
Mr. Merry's Starlight, Bst 71b
Sir 11. Des Vceux's c Snapshot, Bst 71b .... (S. Rogers) 6
Mr. H. Savile's Reveille, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 7
The lot left the post in close order, with the exception of
Will-o'..the-Wisp and Oberon, who laid off some lengths.
On settling into their places Grouse, on the whip-hand,
made the running, having for his immediate followers
Reveille, Imaus, Starlight, and Snapshot, the five running
nearly abreast across the flat; but on reaching the turn of
the Lands the lot closed up, and ran so to the site of the old
Duke's Stand, where Grouse and Starlight came away to-
gether, closely followed on the upper ground by Imaus,
with Will-o'-the-Wisp and Oberon lying wide on the other
side. Half-way in the distance Starlight was beaten, and
quickly disappeared from the front, Imaus at the same time
moving towards the front, and in a few strides got to
Grouse's head, the pair finishing a fine race home, Lord
Stamf4r3 winning at last by a short head. Oberon finished
a bad third, Will-o'-the-Wisp fourth ; the others, as placed
by the judge, being beaten off some distance.

NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY.
BETTING AT MIDNIGIIT.
CESARE wITCH.
Bto 1 agst La Vapeur
16 to 1 agst Ivanhoff
25 to 1 agst Paste
25 to 1 agst Schism
1000 to 15 agst Stampede
20 to 1 Lod. Umpire and Evenhand (coupled)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
16 to 1 agst Gabrielle d'Estrees
50 to 1 agst Itussley
50 to 1 agst Snapshot
1000 to 15 agst Doefoot

CHESTERFIELD MEETING—WEDNESDAY.
The Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for
two-year-olds. About three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Hudson's Captain Crow, 7st 41b (in. 71b ex.)
(ChaHoner) 1
Mr. Law's Incitatus, 7st 121 b (Clements) 2
Mr. Eastwood's Mayflower, fist 121 b ...... (I-I aril castle) 3
Mr. Gulliver's Rossmore, Est 121 b ........ (11. Taylor) 4
Mr. Barber's Hare, Gst 41b
Betting-6 to 4 agst Incitatus, 2to 1 agst Rossraore, and
4 to 1 agst Captain Crow.

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Won by a neck ; three lengths between second and third;
and half a length between third and fourth.
The Chatsworth Stakes of 50 sous added to a handicap
stakes of 5 soya each. Nearly a mile and three-
quarters.
Mr. Barber's Doncaster, 4 yrs, 7st (E. Taylor) 1
Mr. Parrs Kildonant3 yrs, 7st 81b (S. Steggles) 2
Mr. T. Wright's Twinkle, 3 yrs, 6st 2 (inclu. 71b extra)
(H. Taylor) 3
The following also ran :—Coronet, Willie Wright, Lady.
Bird, and Dubious.
Petting-2 to 1 each agkt Xildonau aid Coronet, A to 1

agst Twinkle, and 5 to 1 agst Doncv.ster. Won by ten
lengths, and same distance between second and third.
The Scarsdale Stakes. About three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Brown's Mermaid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Clement) 1
Mr. Osborne's Weasel, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b... (J. Osborne) 2
Mr. Land's Bayard, 3 yrs, 7st ....... (Salt) 3
Mr. Culshaw's Birdlime, 2 yrs, Est. ... (Hardcastle) 4
Mr. Carr's Eheu, 4 yrs, Bst 81b..
Mr. Smith's Sweetbread, 3 yrs, 7st 101 t --(Entwistle) 6
Mr. Bates's Cumberland, aged, Bst 131; b (Challoner) 7
Betting-5 to 2 agst Svieetbread, 4tc 1 each agst Weasel
and Bayard, and sto 1 agst Cumberlat d. Won by ahead
—a neck separated the second and third..
The Cavendish 'Stakes. About half a mile.
Mr. Parr's Tolurno 2 yrs, 7st 121 b........ (S. Steggles) 1
Mr. Whitehead's lficochtt, 3 yrs, Bst ILb (Cb.alloner) 2
Mr. Hopwcod's Charles. Fox, 2 yrs, 7st 21b....(Aatley) 3
Pigdon and Chrysalia-also ran.

Betting-3 to lon Tolurno, who WO n easily by half a
length; there was a length between the s second and third.
Pigdon and Chrysalis were loft at the I ,ost.
Tho Innkeeper's Stakes (handicap), Half a mile.
Mr. Wood's Caliban, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (E. Taylor) 1
Mr. J. Hopwood's Miss Mary, 2 yrs, 6F .t 41b (Whiteley) 2
Mr. Hobson's North Wold, 3 yrs, 7st alb (Challonei) 3
Mr. Carr's Breechloader, 3 yrs, 6st Illio .... (C. Searle) 4
Mr. Barber's Abron, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Entwistle) 5
Mr. S. Freeman's Chrysalis, 2 yrs, 6st. (Morris) G
Betting—Even on Miss Mary, 3 to 1 agst Caliban, sto 1
agst North Wold, 6 to to 1 agst Chrysa Hs, and 8 to 1 agst
any other.—Won by four lengths; there was a length
between the second and third.

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION B
TIVEEN EUROPE, AMERICA, CHINA, JAPAN,
AND THE EAST INDIES, IN SIBERIA.

The following highly interesting paper has been
communicated to the Morning Post for publica-

[on :

The failures of the experiments in submarine
telegraphic lines, and the consequent losses at-
tendant on them, are of such a character that their
causes deserve minute investigation. In addition
to the incomplete examination of the depths and
pecularities of the seas and oceans, and the imper-
fect mechanical contrivances for that purpose, there
are still far greater obstacles to be overcome to
enable a complete examination to be made, and to
establish telegraphic communication between the
different parts of the globe, separated by vast oceans,
impenetrable deserts, or barren wilds.
Such an enterprise as that of connecting the Old
World with the New, and other parts of the globe,
cannot be carried out without great loss of capital,
and other sacrifices; and even if successful for a
time through the application of some improved con-
trivance, it would alwaysbe very expensive to main-
tain it in perfect order. The unsuccessful projects
of the Atlantic and Red Sea cables, which have
swallowed up nearly £2,000,000, so that these en-
terprises are now considered by men capable of
judging to be dead failures, and yet they are not so
impracticable as many would seem to believe, pro-
vided that a different and safer plan than that
hitherto pursued be followed—viz., the adoption of
the route through Russia, where, passing up through
the Behring Straits (about 50 miles broad), the
Aleutic Islands seem to form the piers of a bridge,
shaped out, as it were, by nature to connect the
Old with the New World.

That the eastern route, via Russia, has already
proved of great importance to Europe, is proved by
the sensation that was excited in 1858 and 1860,
when the papers received the telegraphic news, via
Siberia and Russia, of peace having been concluded
with China, and yet telegraphy in this part of the
world is only in its infancy; it may also be added
that the English and French Ambassadors at China
are now using that line for their correspondence by
transmitting it from Pekin through Mongolia.
Another fact may be mentioned bearing on this
point—viz., that a telegraph company in England
has offered several commercial houses in London to
transmit their messages from and to the East Indies
through Russia and China, via Pekin, which is coa-
sidered a quicker route than the usual mode of com-
munication, the East Indies being connected by
steam navigation with the Chinese ports, which will
now be extended from Shanghae to Tien-tsin, on
the river Hai-he, or the Peiho. East Indian mes-
sages sent by this route are forwarded to Pekin ;
those from the latter place are handed over to the
Russian Post-office, and transmitted to Kiachta,
taking from 11 to 14 days ; thence by courier to
Kasan, and sent by telegraph thence to London ;
but as soon as the telegraph line, which this year
will be completed to Omsk, shall reach Irkutsk
(sometime in 1862), European telegrams to or from
Pekin will be transmitted in 14 days.
Thus the universally important Siberian line will
be a fait accompli, more particularly if it is carried
through America.
The Russo-American telegraph line will be con-
structed as -follows :

A line as far as Omsk, via the Ural Mountains,
will unite Europe with Asia this year, and the fol-
lowing year it will be extended to Irkutsk, so that
in 1863 all the Russian ports will be connected
through the sea of Japan, Nikolaevske, and the
Amoor ; and telegraphic communication from the
Baltic to the Pacific will be finished in the year 1864.
At the same time, i.e., during the year 1862, the
North Americans will construct a line as far as San
Francisco, through the scarcely penetrable desert
wilds and mountainous districts inhabited by the
Red Indians.

Thus, in the year 1862-3, there will be two well
constructed telegraph lines, with two conducting
wires on the two opposite shores of the Pacific ; the
one leading to the shores of the Baltic will bring
the telegraphic news from New York, Boston,
Canada, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and from all
the Northern States of the New World; and the
other from Castries and '\Vladivostok to Europe will
be connected with London, Paris, Lisbon, Rome,
Algiers, Naples, Constantinople, and all the prin-
cipal cities of the Old World.
Between these two telegraphic stations there is
that large ocean the Pacific (several thousand miles
broad), which towards the north, becomes narrowed
1 to about 50 miles, and forms the Behring Straits.
To this, the sole point of connection of the Old with
the New World, the attention of several scientific
gentlemen has been drawn, who considered it prac-
ticable to construct a telegraph between the two
shores, and many, amongst whom were Colonel
Shaffner (in the year 1854), Liger de Libessard (in
1857), Slegh (in 1859), and the American Collins
(in 1861), offered their services to the Russian Go-
vernment.

But the impracticability of carrying oat such a
project arises from a fact with which these gentlemen
were not acquainted—viz., the nature of the coun-
tries around Behring Straits and the Behring Sea,
such as Tschuklsehy and the North-Western parts
of America, through which aerial lines would have
to be constructed. They are so wad, and covered
with perpetual ice, that even the maintenance as
well as the construction would be impossible, as no
human being could exist there for any long period
of time, and the length of the requisite line would
of necessity require some intermediate stations.
No notice need therefore be taken of a project to
lay a line in this direction.
But there is another direction, viz., in the south-
, ern part of the Behring Strait, which Almost seems
to be pointed out by nature as the only link by
which the Old could be connected with the New
World. This connecting link appears in the shapo
of small adjacent islands, called the Aloutic Islands;
and the line from Kamtschatka to America, across
these islands, would be about 1,600 miles long. The
sea in this region is as broad as the Atlantic be-
tween Valentia (Ireland) and Trinity Bay (New-
foundland), but with this difference, that, instead
of the great and universal breadth of the Atlantic,
it is studded with large and small islands, separated
by small bays, the largest of which (that of Copper
Island) is about 200 miles (350 wersts) broad, the
breadth of the others being as follows :-
1
1
3
1
8
4
32
30

Total.. 80 islands.

These islands are mostly extinguished volcanoes,
mountainous, rocky, and woodless. Some of them
are inhabited by Aleutes, and some are Russian
and American depots. The sea in this part, with the
exception of some of the bays, is never frozen over,
but sometimes small pieces of thin ice, driven in
from the rivers, float there, and also sometimes real
polar ice.

Without entering into a topographical description
of the climate, &c., there, this route may, under all
circumstances, be considered as the best and safest
for laying down submarine cables.

Such a line can be constructed either by connect-
ing these islands by short submarine cables and
aerial lines on the land, or without the latter, by
selecting some suitable points (such as ports and in-
habited places) through which a long submarine
cable could be conducted.
In the first place, such a line would consist of
770 miles of submarine cable, and 233 miles of aerial
lines. Such a line would at first sight appear pre-
ferable, as the aerial lines interconnecting it would
be §Q MllOll cheaper than if the whole length were