ASCOT RACES.
The races at Ascot Heath were not so unsurpassedly brilliant as those at Epsom Downs this year. On Tuesday, the first day, her Majesty's presence drew a great attendance of " rank and beauty," but the general masses were not so great as in former years ; on the second day, the general crowd, as well as the genteel, was below the average ; and on Thursday, when the Queen and her court were again a great attraction, the weather was at the outset forbidding, and it only held fine as long as her Majesty's short stay lasted ; a drenching rain began to fall before the sport was much more than half finished, and continued till night. As at E. m, on each day, a vast number of foreigners were observed. The o;. cial accounts lament the inferiority of the sport ; chiefly caused by the withdrawal of the Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur from the race for the Emperor of Russia's Plate, and by the discontinuance of the Great West- ern Railway Company's Cup.
On Tuesday, the Gold Vase given by the Queen, with a sweepstakes of 201. each, was won by Mr. Greville's Cariboo (Flatman) ; Lord Exeter's Little Jack (Robinson) running second, and Mr. Halford's Prince Munster (W. Sharpe) being third. Four other horses started. The winner was headed by the second horse till half-way up the distance ; and won by a neck only. The Ascot Stakes, on the same day, were won by Sir John Hawley's Vati- can (Flatman), against Lord Wilton's Herbert, Mr. Arnold's Pitaford, and eleven others.
On Wednesday, the Royal Hunt Cup was won by Mr. Robinson's Sir Charles (H. Goater), against Lord Clifden's Strongbow, Lord Stanley's Uriel, and nineteen other horses. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, was won by Mr. Arnold's Pitaford.
On Thursday, the Emperor of Russia's Vase worth 5001. with a sweep- stakes of 201. was contested by only four horses. Mr. Campbell's Woolwich (J. Marson) defeated Lord Exeter's Little Jack, by a length ; and Mr. C,ombe's Trouncer, and Captain Archdall's Windischgratz, by as much mere. The Plate 701. was won by Mr. Drinkald's Flareup, against Mr. Galpin's Despair, and Lord Waterford's Perdita Filly.
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