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BRISTOL HARBOUR REGATTA

... BRISTOL H7ARlBOUR REGATTA. This popular amusement went off this year with more than usual spirit. By the praiseworthy exertions of an active corn- mitte, a considerable sumn (we believe above £100) was raised, which enabled the committee to offer considerabic prizes to the winning boats, and the consequence was there was no lack of sport. Besides the manly and healthful nature of tho pastime, ...

Published: Saturday 13 September 1845
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 860 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... SPORTING INTELLIGtENCE. on Monday last a an rting military gentleman backed Mr. Coates, the celebrated .odoS pedestrian, to leap over b0o hur- dles, each -ft. Gins, high, pleced 12 yards apart, wvithin 2 hours; thus Coates must, to accomplish this extraordinary gymnastic feat, lea p at the rate of' 0 leaps and 72 yards per nunute in suc- cession from tie commencement. The matcd will come ofl ...

Published: Saturday 25 December 1847
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 380 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Sports and Games 

PLOUGHING MATCH

... i PLOUGHING 'MATCH. Theu fabiond Annuial P lougbing Match for the Prizes offered bi tbe Dcvon :Agricultural Society, teok place on. i'VoI ?? in t field ?? the Tilll 9u Ie stite, ocoupiell by 1-1: F B iel d, Esq., in the pari sh of Brnadel6si, and a ferw miles oily from thils city, on1 the Liudon readi Not Wi'tb satndliig -the unifavouialleieoss of- themost'nirg, a very large ?? in, ...

HUNTING

... Sir Waiter C-srew's -Hounds will meet to-morrow ;fTolre~dav), iat Peljp, Itl, att ten o'clok. -rlw. J C iid B'efl's Fdx Houudavdl meet on Friday, 15th, at Ni-wohnm Park, at ten tt'cOtuk. The Norlth Hui~h Harriers will meet on Friday, L'Ph, at Huith Kennel, att ti 'tlock, Me. G. L. Cohain's H.6u1tla9 will meet on Friday tbe 15t!' .of Jantary, 'at Lamigtree Common, at ten a' ciielk. Mr. Phzili1 ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... PIO H [N~on ~tvrt~DQ ~1~o'rI .. 0Aetvoantg-sports.. to disingui~ a~uir from dog lit thi1s. is the very Worst nie thod that ca eapt.Intbe-.fifst place, thl~ birds, Wi~ng ilt this tid11-e *ie,~ itpi alwas lie wl By $our 91prii igingteriflnthern the covey is piettv snre to. vIai~e. Wing ato thcr;~ and.-beii oic dist~rbef lin thiis.state, it bcoms aferwrds~n~cf norpdxfbcidi to disperse thteal, ~t ...

SPORTING

... SPO RTT>X.-- ?? -. GpI,ktANT FOX C~s.O atra'~ rii~t &ller K ialb if Snew toiN shr tioetr tti'h, nh it e Ueiolt, Bukfu in the' Ztlror, A'hbtirtot,. by J46ck Tt44r4, meiMoli~~ 2 odi~ .me, i:i his fle'itLt11iivhoodarm, itd ?? to Juliat 1tov(', Eqg. o fPtn' Vre.' Assisted by thet smn. atud juO: P t& -~he succeeded ia it~ecilrinip bath, a d,,g, rid vixen In crib. The ttri61'kiit ?? tilkeu earn of, ...

BOXING.—PAINTER and APRING

... BOXINVG.-P4lNTER and SPRING. I i 1 , AT MICKtLEHAM DOWNS, NEAn LEATrHEIHEFAD, SURFtEY. Wednesday, a, little. after one. Painter and S~Pring appeared in the onterring, and, .upon their meeting, sbhok hands in the most cordial and true Englishman- like manner. Spring tbrew his hat up first in the ring, and Painter immediately followed the same line of conduct. At half past one they set-to: ...

SPORTING

... SPORTING- Races ir M'ay.-Ncwfnarket First Spring, Maty 4 1 Ham- lbledon Hunt, lay 5; Newimirket Second Spring,: 'Iay 18. Nirn& rhet.-ft is supposed in tbe sporting Worl d that the mcing qf IS79 ill be of a vcry superior description, fiom the bigh ebaracter of those whose iames stand prominenit ain6ng .g the prtrons of the turf, and the great amouut ot the prizes to af be contended for. ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... SPOI RTLN', INA TELfG t4 TENCE. THF, ST. Li-n ?? nedl ?? of tlhis at all, times ilteresting stake, creates at the ?? timnetit' gtfeate.4t ifitertest, an d it nutA, iI tiuth be ad(led, anxiety, lo, Wivithout doubt, some Will hxt! to thiak of their last shilling. The heavy betterstar at a boais, or, simalkins technrlically, mre all abroamu. 'iThe l'avourites, Belzorni arid Bedlatnite, still keep ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... g ' SPORTING lNTELlTGE2%CE; -latas, s INcir..4 R At' C i. -The 1foilo'i6n$ipjguar M1tvatches'foh'tso #rean,.ith an e'ttia bet qf sforty to e; twenty. that the, pefirf6rrier would compleie th'e whole, was r un-derta~ken-on Thusrday norning by t:BienkensojiEsq. t a Gentlemian of fortune,' It was to gbi on foot twenty two ) Imiles in four-hours, totrot a horse saddled fourteen imilles a i-within ...

MORTONHAMPSTEAED ANUAL GRAND WRESTLING MATCH

... TqOETO14ATPSFrA ANUAL GRAND WRESTLING MATCHl. (lont ?? sov lust SvCNUDs , ?? 8 ?? Onl the Smornin DAtu dY, hspay5 rulote ,nd by nolon 28 ?? safc. ir oiilu pll)'nowClaotairued, and at ?? cI tukdo in11 disof, Plad niOW ly ronrogo, blus rarely ?? prriiti! IIci, the .,trirrlu Ivrctelit'o and there were irn rsnt Iracit liisnvrswi ilrott oflun broug~ht tiriliii cr i~~dlir ssitvorosa plytb Irr s ...

BODMIN RACES, August 26th & 27th, 1818

... BODMAN , RAOS, August:26tl& 27tbt,'181.I FlRST DAY. Mlembers Plate of £S0. for all ages; two-mile beats. Hon.'Newvto PFellowes' br.h. UpriqghtJudge, six years old(, 9st. ?? I0 MIr. Diay's b. 1. Luey Rose,threeyrs. old, st.31b. 2 0 2 Sweepstakes of Five Guineas eacb, for horses not thorough bjed, two-rdile heats, 10 Subscribers. Alr. J. D. Fowell's b. m. Countess Quiadrille, I six years jid, I ...