The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-24 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

A Selling Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for
all ages; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Half a

mile.
The Grand Stand Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40

added; two year olds 7st 101 b, throe 9st 81b, four lOst
71b, five lOst 101 b, six and aged lOst 121 b.
Tho lukeepers' Plato (Handicap) of 50 sous, for all ages ;
winners of any race after the publication of the weights

51b extra. Three-quarters of a mile.
The Beaufort Cup of 100 soya, added to a Handicap of 10
sous each, h ft; winners of any handicap after Aug. 20
(at ten a.m.) value 100 soya 41b, 200 71b, 300 101 b, 400
or above 121 b extra; six furlongs. 15 subs.
Age st lb
Bombastes ... 4 8 12
Leonia ... 3 8 12
Master Willie .. 4 8 6
Cock of the Walk 3 8 0
Vex ... 3 7 13

Age st lb
Crown Princess ... 2 6 10
Cornet ... ... 3 6 10
Equerry ... ... 3 6 7
Ceres ... ... 2 6 7
Kettleholder ... 3 6 7
Dulcet ... 3 5 12
Little Go 2 5 7

Armourer
Problem ~.

... 4 7 6
... 4 7 0

Minnie Warren ... 3 6 12

The Nursery Plate of 60 sous, added to a Handicap of 5
sous each, 2 ft (to the fund); winners of any race after
Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) 41b extra ; half a mile.
st lb
...812
8 4
8 2

Master Tom ...
Crown Princess
Ceres

st lb
Prevention filly 6 12
Blackbird colt 6 12
Ampleforth 610
Fenian... 6 10
Hunter... 6 10
Woful 6 10
Lady Di 6 10
Sister to Lemonade ... 6 10

Maggie
Jove
Rosecleer ... 7 4
Lyttleton 7 2
Masquer ... 7 2
Sagas ... 6 12
Tho Rawdon Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100
added ; winners of any race after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.)
value 100 soya 41b, if of 200 71b, 300 101 b extra ; the
winner of the Tradesmen's Plate at this meeting 121 b
extra ; weights not accumulative ; one mile ; 21 subs.
Age st lb Age st lb
Master Willie 4 8 12 Clemente ... 3 7 6
Historian ... ... a 8 5 Life Guardsman ... 5 7 4
Professor Anderson 5 8 0 Conundrum ... 5 7 2
Python 4 8 0 Cheddington ... 3 7 1
Birdseeker 3 7 13 Ligurian ... 3 6 13
Caprice ... ... 57 10 Maesllwch ... 3 610
Contempt ... ... 3 710 Ottoman ... ... 3 610
Clairon ... 3 7 9 Mr. Briggs... ... 3 6 9
President Lincoln 3. 7 9 Equerry ... ... 3 6 7
Victress ... 4 7 8 William 3 6 3
Adamaathea, 4 7 7

... 7 12
... 7 10

PROGRAMME OF OXFORD RACES.
THURSDAY, Aug. 27.
The Selling Plato of 50 sovs; two year olds 7st 31b, three
9st 11b, four 9st 121 b, five lOst, six and aged lOst 21b;
mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; the winner to be sold
for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 75
10th, 50 141 b, 30 211 b ; half a mile, straight.
The Oxfordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 10 ft,
and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; winners of any
handicap after Aug. 13 (at ten a.ni.) 51b, of two 71b extra ;
the second to save his stake ; two miles; 21 subs, 12 of
whom declared.

Ago st lb
Romping Girl 4 8 12
Lord Palmerston 3 713
Whalebone ... 5 7 5
Child of tho Islands 4 7 5
Gulnaro ... 4 7 3
The Port Meadow Plate (I
winnor after Aug. 20 (at t
longs, straight.

Age st lb
Virginia Creeper 4 7 1
Papillon ... 3 7 1
5 6 10
Bentleet 3 6 7

RAnclicap) of 100 sous; any
:en a.m.) 51b extra; five fur-

age st lb Age st lb
SalHet 6 9 0 Miss Myes ... 4 6 12
3 9 0 Marg. of Worcester 4 6 12
Honesty ... 5 8 5 Prima Donna ... 4 Gl2
Out and Outer ... 6 8 0 Wert,'her Isle ... 3 610
Tumbler ... 4 8 01 The Traye:kr ... 3 6 9
Vex 3 7 13 Warlike ... 3 6 7
II y maker 3 7 8 IMarshal Ney 5 6
Lady Highthorn ... 3 7 8 Faun ... 3 6 6
TreCnblo 4 7 7 Chateau Margaux 3 6 6
uiphus 5 7 5 Bassoon ... 3 6 5
(d'Elfrida) ... 3 7 5 Precocious... 3 6 4
John Leech ... 3 7 2 Dulcet 3 6 4
Magnolia ... 3 7 1 Madrid ... 3 6 0
Milton ~. 3 7 0 The Squire 5 6 0
Ninny 3 7 0 Slander ... ... 3 6 0
Cawdor 3 7 0 Pic-nic ... 3 6 0
Tribune "... ... 56 13 Scottish Rose ... 2 512
Laird of Scotland... 3 6 12 Regula ... 2 5 10
Patrician ... ... 3 612 King of the Rovers 2 510
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with
50 added, for two year olds.; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b;
winners of a stake of the value of 50 soya 31b, of two
fifties, or a stake of 100 sovs 51b, 200 7lb extra ; starters
twice without winning allowed 31b, thric3 51b. Ha7f a
mile straight. 11 subs.

Chanoinesse, Luna, Young Fenton, Carlotta, Antias,
Canteen, Tim Bobbin, Dunbar Avoucourt, Vanbrugh, and
Grand Turk.
The Freemen's Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Handicap of
3 sovs each ; winners of any handicap after August 20
(at 10 a.m.), 71b extra; ono mile straight ; 13 subs.
Age st lb Age st lb
Vampire ... ... 5 810 Muezzin ... a 7 6
Wolsey 5 8 10 Lymington ... 3 7 6
Honestish ... 4 8 7 Cheddington ... 3 7 6
Prince Regent 3 8 0 Ottoman ... ... 37 4
Sis to Vedette ... 4 7 10 Maid of the Mill
Mayflower... ... 4 7 8 (h b) 4 7 0
Cawdor ... 3 7 8 Sugarstick... ... 3 61U
Tho County Members' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Han-
dicap of 3 cove each ; winners of any handicap after
August 20 (at 10 a.m.), 71b extra; throe quarters of a
mile, straight ; 13 subs.
Ago st lb
... 5 8 12

Actres

Age st
Sis to Vedette ... 4 7 0
➢iiss Hayes 4 7 0
Ambition ... 5 6 12
Cheddingtoa 3 6 11
Veni 4 6 4
Esher 2 6 0

gerTniapatatu ...4 8 2
Vampire ... 5 7 12
Amour Propre ... 4 712
Honestish ... 4 7 11

~. 5 7 10
Highland Mary ... 4 7 9

A Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner to
be sold for 50 sovs ; winners of any handicap after
Aug. 20, at ten a.m., Lib extra. Half a mile straight.
19 subs.

Age st lb
Paris ... a 8 12
Zisca 6 8 8
icicle ... 4 8 6
Fairfax ... ... 3 8 6
Ninny ... 3 8 6
Muezzin ... a 8 4
Lizzie llexatn ... 3 8 4
Picnic 3 7 10
Madrid ... 3 7 8
Lute ... ...4 7 8

Ago st lb
Grand Turk ... 2 7 6
Dulcet ... 3 7 0
➢iacduff ... 3 7 6
Beatrice Grey ... 3 7 1
Heather 801 l ... 3 7 1
Altisidora 2 6 11
}agar ... 2 6 10
Valentia 2 6 2
Brontia 2 6 0

The Drill Hall was well filled again last night to hear
Mr. Fergusson's lecture "On the axchmology of early
Bhuddhist monuments." There was a good deal of joking
goingion at the persistency with which visitors, having a vivid
recollection of the scene enacted after the soiree on
Thursday evening, refused, almost without an exception,
to be cajoled into relinquishing their hats and coats into the
custody of the attendants of the cloak-room. Nervous men
only clutched them tighter and pressed on at an accele-
rated pace, as the polite officials sought to relieve them of
their garments. In reference to what Hill henceforth be
known as " the battle of the wise men's hats," an anec-
dote has been posted up in the reception-room to the effect
that when Sir William Hamilton had vainly endeavoured
by entreaty and by active personal search to recover the
covering of his 'capacious brain, he quietly walked away
from St. Andrew's Hall into the dark and dismal night,
simply remarking, " I'm confident I lied a hat," which
remark some one has written at the foot of the paper, and
proves that he has a heart as well as a head. Happy in
the conviction that we had got our head-gear with us, we
settled ourselves down at half-past eight to listen to what
Mr. Fergusson had to tell us of the strange things he
had found in India, which he did in a way
rendering what looked suspiciously like a dry subject one
of genuine interest. The duty of introducing the lecturer
devolved on Dr. Hooker, and the president discharged the
task very gracefully, describing him, in the words of the
late Sir Francis Palgrave, as the first man who had raised
architecture to the dignity of a science.
Mr. Fergusson then proceeded to give a brief sketch
of the rise of Buddhism, which, he said, was made
the State religion byKing Asoka 300 years after the death
of Buddha. At the present time there was not a single
adherent of the religion in the land of its birth. It was A
singular fact that in connection with this faith there was
not on record a solitary instance of persecution on the part
of its followers. Architectural history in India, it was
pointed out, commenced at the time of Asoka. Not
a vestige was found before that period. The Buddhists
had three classes of architecture monasteries,
church caves and tumuli, the latter used as relict shrines of
saints, and to mark the spots where Buddha had preached
or performed a miracle. The next point noticed by Mr.
Fergusson was the admixture of tree and serpent worship
with the Buddhist faith, proved by a number of stones
lately discovered, hearing date long before the Christian
era ; and then the lecturer argued, and very forcibly, too,
that architecture was a better interpreter of races than
was language itself, and concluded with the somewhat
bold opinion that from the erection of the Pyramids to the
building of St. Peter's, at Rome, there was not a single
structure that did not convey a better idea of the
character, peculiarities, and feelings of a race than any
book that ever was written. The lecture was most
fully appreciated, and the complimentary things said of
it by Colonel Sir Arthur Farre and Sir James Colville, two
old Indians, were cheered to the very echo.
To-day we are doing little in the sections, most of us
being more inclined to inspect the manufactories of the
city and the beauties of the neighbourhood.

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