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COURSING

... Harkaway, out of Mtrgecy, beat Mr J. Sutcliffe's Spy, by Snowball, out of Scot Mr Maitby's Star Light, by buckshire, out of Blackberry, beat M1r Coix's Comet, by Dart, out of Fly Mr Jardine's Liddesdale, by Bowhill, out of Lady Seymour, beat MrPreston's Plunder ...

Published: Sunday 27 February 1848
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3377 | Page: 4 | Tags: Sports and Games 

THE EPSOM FIRST SPRING MEETING

... racing days; the innate yearning for the sight of fields and flowers which takes boys miles and miles for birds' nests and blackberries, and springs up in our hearts, and tempts us all, more or less, to shake off the town dirt from our feet to brave the country ...

Published: Sunday 09 April 1848
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5034 | Page: 4 | Tags: Sports and Games 

CRICKET

... Weston (not out) 0, byes, &co., 6. BaLvoyA.-The ?? match for d5, tiven by Lord Rohn Manners, came off on Saturday last, on Blackberry Hill, near *the astle. The villages of Brmanson and Knipon were chosen by his lordship to contest for the premium this year ...

Published: Sunday 02 July 1848
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7387 | Page: 6 | Tags: Sports and Games 

THE NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING

... season; there was a vast deal more talk than work, and, as a natural consequence, rumours of all kinds were as rife as blackberries The downward movement against Backbiter received fresh strength; though his party rallied in his favour, the layers were ...

Published: Sunday 29 October 1848
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 12013 | Page: 5 | Tags: Sports and Games 

THE LANESBOROUGH SCRATCHING, AND MR. MURPHY'S EXPLANATION

... very long time, even on the Turf where, we grieve to say, of late years little swindles have been as plenti- ful as blackberries. But, to return to the explana- tion. What excuse does Murphy offer? None- but that he was deprived of the free use ...

Published: Sunday 05 November 1848
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1880 | Page: 3 | Tags: Sports and Games 

CRICKET

... CRlCKaTt e G AT BELVOa R.-The annual match for 5 sovT, given by Lord John Manners,ocane off on Monday and Tuesday last, on Blackberry Hill. The neather being extremely tine, there was a mnch larger assemblage of admirers of the game than on any former occasion ...

Published: Sunday 17 June 1849
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4345 | Page: 5 | Tags: Sports and Games 

OUR GOODWOOD GATHERINGS

... the top round of the ladder- to-day, and at the bottom to-morrow-rumours of trials and failures have been as plentiful as blackberries-and now, at the eleventh hour, people are just about as wise as ever, and the betting is comparatively-at a stand still;- ...

Published: Sunday 29 July 1849
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3871 | Page: 3 | Tags: Sports and Games