The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

USELESS RESTRICTIONS ON
RAILWAYS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

glit,—The Directors of the Great Western Railway, yield-
ing to public opinion, have adopted the plan, common on all
other lines, of allowing the doors of their carriages to remain
unlocked ; but, in carrying out this improvement, they have
raised up new inconveniences. The following statement of
what has occurred here during yesterday and to-day will ex-
plain the present evils.
wishing to communicate with a
Yesterday a young lady,
friend in transitu trom London to Bristol, her father made
inquiry at the station on the subject, aad was told that no one
but passengers *ere adtnitted ; however she sent the footman
to make the attempt, and be was refused admission.
Yesterday likewise a gentleman in a very enfeebled state of
health arrived here, who, not finding his servant in attendance
according to his instructions, imagining that he might have
mi.taken the time, sat down patiently a quarter of an hour, and
then, on speaking to one of the Company's servants, was
informed that his man would not be admitted. Being assisted
down stairs he found the servant had been waiting there for
him. And to-day a gentleman wishing to see his son, a lad of
tnarteen years. in the carriage, was refused entrance. Thus it
appears that the Directors had resolved that the public should
not gain their point in one way without feeling their power in
another ; in fact, they have taken care to make their present
concession the ungracious vehicle of a newgrievance. I hope,
however, that public opinion will be powerful enough to over-
come this new evil, especially as I am informed that such a
s} stem of exclusion dot's not exist on other lines. The cues
mentioned speak sufficiently for themselves. It is indeed quite
preposterous that any Company should so infringe on the con-
venience of the public as the Great Western Railway Company
seem determined to do. It is idle for them to say that the
time of their servants would be too much occupied by an arrange-
ment for the admission of passengers' friends. The very simple
expedient of giving what might be called " visitors' cards"
would easily make a sufficient distinction between the two
Glasses of individuals. Such admission I deem a public right.
Pray, let us hare your advocacy for the removal of the evil now
set forth.—l am, Sir, AN INHABITANT OF BATH.
Bath. June 10, 1842.

{The parties in all the cases named are known to the writer,
who gives his name. I

SPORTING.

In one short week an absolute town of booths,
many possessing the convenience of comfortable ha-
bitations, springs up on Ascot Heath. The fact that
the owners pay from three to thirty guineas for per-
mission to erect these, afibrds ample proof of what a
multitude of souls must be assembled daily to reim-
burse the • adventurers for their expenditure. This
concourse of people from every part of the country,
the immense number of carriages, the display of the
Royal cortege, the first Nobility, and the most cele-
brated personages in the kingdom, the Royal stand,
the towering, grand, and minor stands and their in-
mates, the accumulation of sporting depredators, pick-
pockets, sharks, and gulls, constitute a scene far be-
yond my power adequately to describe. I make no
such admission in speaking of the races.
On. Tuesday there were seven, and the old horse
Satirist, having a diffarent chance, comparing the
weights with those carried• for the Craven Stakes, at
Epsom, won • with all the ease imaginable. James,
cc:- James Robinson (as he is termed, heaven knows
why), appeared in .the yellow jacket, first time : the
Marquis of Westminster, it seems, is so dissatisfied
with the late mysterious circumstances connected
with his Derby horse, Auckland, at Epsom, that he
has discharged buth jockey and trainer. These
are serious measures ; an serious measures, I
must say, all things considered, were absolutely
called for. Auckland won his race cleverly,
• not fit, and mat 're, his leg and all other nameless
complaints.. The late Epsom accounts are, I may
safely say, not half settled, and at least a dozen of the re-
gular frequenters of the hottest part of the magic
circle, have retired for reasons well known to the
public ; my surprise was then excessive at the sums
of money wagered on this and the other races, espe-
cially the Vase: I have been at Ascot many years,
and I declare I have never seen anything like the
money laid out on the small races. In speaking of
the Ascot Stakes on Monday, 1 said the three year
old would win, if Rhodanthe and onops could not ;
the one was coughing, and the other did not start.
Mr.. Forth's Vibration won, and Hyllus was se-
cond; another prod of this stable's power when the
ground is hard, and a proof that good horses may
give bad horses almost any weight in the world.
Hyllus, 6 yrs. old, 9st. 71b., beat Revoke a quarter of
a mile ; the mare is the same age, and carried 6st 10Ib.
The race for her
,Majesty's Vase was most interest-
• ing, and hundreds upon hundreds were laid out on
fould mare Beeswing, her first appearance South.
Lord ?Jersey's Oaks mare was not sufficiently re-
covered to start. Poor Bosphorus looked as if he had
just come out of the hospital. Jack, my friend Jack,
will see. a better day than this ; I laughed at him for
the Derby, but I will not have him to be good for
nothing at all ; freely backed at 3 and 4to 1, at
one time fancied he really was to be in front : he was
beat oft I may have cause to change my opinion be-
fore concluding this letter, but my impression this
Tuesday evening is, that the jockey, not the horse,
.won the Vase ; that The Nob was completely shut
out, or that he would have won. This is the horse,
The Nob, that ran a dead heat with Palxmon at New-
market, and was hardly thought good enough to start
for the Derby last year.
• The Sir Harry pot boiled over, scalding the cooks
terribly; the fact is, the Scott party do not yet see
where their luck is to end : they have won the money,
and right ghat am .1 to see it thus freely and daily
ins es ted.
Tier Majesty, who looked remarkably well, was
loudly cheered, and left the course directly after the
race for the Vase.
There were only four races run on Wednesday.
The little Howlett, who rode Mr. Wreford's filly, not
thinking this sufficient sport, contrived a dead heat
for the Plate, which he certainly might have won as
easily at first as he • did afterwards. I must ob-
serve, that
.the judge did not to-day give anything at
all like universal satisfaction ; a vast number of gen-
tlemen declared they, could see better than Judge
Clarke, and as to Auckland's race, every one thought
he had won, forgetting that a man (Robinson) rode
Barrier, and that Auckland could hardly be in a fit
state to run two days following, after his Epsom di-
versions. He tried every stride, and swerved at last
—a sure anal almost infallible sign of distress. The
glorious uncertainties of horse racing are here again
displayed.. The winner of the. St. Leger, the horse
that beat Coronation, succumbs to Ajax, late a plater
—now, what ? It is a dangerous game, the watching
public rupuing too closely. I was told that a dog
crossed the course at the first turn, just .in front of
Satirist, and I believe this is true, as certainly Robin-
son lost more ground here than could otherwise he
satisfactorily accounted for. The betting was again
unusually heavy—the sun unaccountably hot.
Every year one is apt to think there never was
such an Ascot betbre, as the boys at Eton always
imagine they eclipse their predecessors in boating,
cricketing, &c. Lanercost, the best . horse in Eng-
land, Resswing, the old mare, winner of almost as
many cups and races as her sire (Dr. Syntax having
started forty-four and won thirty-three times), St.
Francis, winner of two Vases, carrying top weight,
and one Ascot Cup, the Nob, a horse having only on I.
Tuesday beat the mare, the winner Beeswing, at 51bs.
less weight, and Eringo. We would almost imagine
such a' field as this never met before in the presence
of Royalty. Alas, poor Lanercost, I fear he will
never show again : if he has not absolutely broken
down, he pulled up so lame that he can scarcely
show again the present season. He looked per-
fection, and (which is the fault with most of
Scott's horses) he looked fat. But how are we to
reconcile the running on Tuesday and Thursday ?
The mare giving weight to both the horses that beatl
on the first day, beats them both, and much easier,
on the second ; the only difference in the two races
being, .that the Cup- course is half a mile the furthest,
and this was thought to, be most in favour of St.
Francif, Following the example of Lanercost last
year, this horse also having been beat for the Vase
and won the Cup, the mare took the lead, and was
never headed, and won by half a length. I think
these two races are. sufficient to frighten all beings
- like anyself, who profess to take upon them-
,selves the office of Judge Clarke three days before
the 'races.- Lanercost
,falling lame was, of course,
out of the way, but reading my own remarks on
.Tuesdays racing in this very epistle, and looking at
the running of the Nob and St. Francis in !the Cup,
think I raay.Presume to repeat that the jockey,
James Robinson; ari.4.'not the horse, St. Francis, won
the Vase, and this is •
wty interpretation of the very
difficult question above propounded. The Manchester
division are great ;winners : the gentlemen who won
on the Derby, I fancy, will have to refund a portion
of their gains—that is, when they get them. There
were many other-races, but I have not space to say
much about them. The crowd assembled On the
lawn in front of the stand may be imagined when- I
say, that independent of the weekly tickets and share-
holders, nearly fifteen hundred pounds was received
at the doors.
I mentioned on Monday, that Brown's cards were
to be substituted for Oxlev's, by order of the Master
o:" her Majesty's Buckhounds. I hope and trust that
Mr. Oxley'; turn May come again in 1843, for I
never saw, on any
.race-course, such scandalously
incorrect printing as in the particulars of the Wo-
kingham Stakes • yesterday ; scarcely a figure was
right. Two such good Wokinghams, and such fields
of horses, have not met at Ascot fbr years. Four-
. teen _started in the first, and thirteen in the
second. The fiavonrite in each race was se-
cond, and considering- that Beeswing and Laner-
cost were both 'backed even against the field, for
the Vase and Cup races, the fieldsmen have had a
good week ; not better, however, than the proprietors
fif , Grand Stand, for such success has attended
,their •eaerdoisAitlita I hear they have very little short
of -lioool-iribe given to be run for next year.
Here `ends tliEs al meeting. Her Majesty was
reiferously the -4 -4 on Thursday, and the Duke ?
-Wag not 'the No •red? How: different the re-
ception 7:1 's• • Ministers 'lest year. :That
grans and:' 4 re only. -tAi_be heard, while `on I
-Thurada hurrahs liberally-rent-the air.
Jurtell,
..• AIDEZ.