SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... we were on fire, I be- lieve two or three times; but we were all so.d-d cool that we put it out diretly. The short and the long' of my story is, that in six hours we knocked all their bat. teiies and castles about their ears arid eyes, like theilelst ...

GAME LIST

... Sidmouth..; Stocker, Thos.Sidinoutll ; Smith, . Geo. Ottery St Mar'; Sloane, Henry, efq. Rock/ear; Scarlt, Jhn, elq. Sidnr ;i Story, Lieut. Cril. Jas. Sidroneh; Snow., John, ef4. CottU- tifl2ur y; Sweet, C11 is. clerk, KentiJbury; Steer, Jofeph, gsent. tovey ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... Sylvanus, set. Ilb. beat Mr. Lake's Gazelle, Sgt. 51b. A. F. 20ogs. h. ft.-6 and 7 to 4 on Sylvanus (easy). ?? . _ The following story is given in one of the French papers. We suspect it may be taken as one of those c instances in which the French public writers ...

EXTRAORDINARY FOOT-RACE

... ; they could scarcely Fide on account of the heat, and never sipposed it possible for 'me to run such a dis- trance in so short a time without practice. Those on good. Iorsess galloped hack, and took all the bets they could. . 13efore ene hour and a half ...

CALEDONIAN HUNT AND EDINBURGH RACES

... dreadful grating against the walls of the house. This at first did not give him much alarm, but finding the noise repeated at short and regular intervals during the remaining part of the night, he at last fairly started from his bed, feverish and enraged ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... has lately I1*id the es'lhronterty, disgisiting hlr features and assuming canoni- cals, to ascend the isulilit. She has iu short made her appear- ance iln the cry placess \ here her infleuence is most to be dread- edl. In the pulpit, liowesver, sbe is ...

GREAT FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP

... the occasion. The masts of the vessels in the river wereoverloaded with persons; and even temporary scaffolds, about two stories high, outside of the waggons, were filled by anxious spectators, regardless of dan- gcr, so great was the public curiosity ...

Published: Wednesday 14 January 1824
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3629 | Page: 2 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... ocecnred a short time ago at b MIarjevols. The vicar, of the parish, accompanied by more r than ti80 persons, went to the hotLsC oft a poor sick womall to B acnjin ister the Sacrartient. Upon entering the chamber, .Vhichll v ts oil the second story, the floor ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... WVyndham's lying close at their de aels ?? then got in front, and. bigs odds were offered that she .e won, bot, withtn a short distance of boume, Catililne jot In front, and the won in fine style by nearly at length ; rode by James Bo lnaon. It wee a ...

EGHAM RACES

... Most ?? exepetations of its projetor. .The story of 1A Wife of fivo 'Husbanlds, has lately gone the round of the newspapers; ihe subloin, one of a different ties- cription : About.2.ΒΆ years agq, during the Short peace, a young man, a tradesmiant in good ...

THE WISHING-CAP

... that his Majesty was somewhat out of couns tenanee; and this being merrily told by some of the standers-by, it grew to be a story in'all compauies, and did readily divert the King fiom the purpose, and made the other so' much ashamed of pretending t0 it ...

Published: Sunday 09 October 1825
Newspaper: The Examiner
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3065 | Page: 2 | Tags: Sports and Games 

THE EPPING HUNT

... hounds. The chace teas of short doratioti, for thle stag having taken into the thick- est I-art of the wouod (noo fair start being Allowed), the greater [tart of thle hitutiog geiitry tiere thrown out; but during thle short run Which dfid take place, ...