ASCOT RACES.
These races began on Tuesday. The weather has been throughout the week extremely sunny and brilliant. The visitors were numerous, and the scene as animated and gay as ever. On Tuesday the chief sporting incident was the race for the Gold Vase, a prize given by the Queen. There were seven competitors. It was won by Sedbury, a Derby horse, who defeated Fisherman. Wednesday is the "unfashionable day?' For the Hunt Cup twenty-eight horses contended; Mr. Eastwood's Ilesperi- these was the victress. Mr. Howard's Eclipse won the First Ascot Biennial Stakes from Sir Joseph Hawley's Fitzroland.
The "Cup Day" attracts the most distinguished company. This year the Queen was absent at Osborne, and the Prince Consort at Berlin. But Marshal the Duke of Malakoff, the Prince of Oude, and a large number of English ladies and gentlemen, were present. " The heath never looked more picturesque—not even when graced by royalty." The Cup brought seven horses to the post varying in age from three to five years. After a well-contested race, fortune declared for Mr. Starkey's Fisherman, a five-year old. He carried the heaviest weight, but he won by a length and a half.
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