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... ISPO!TINCT. B31GlGTON CLUB RACES. F'IDAY,-SWeCpotakCS of 100 sovs each, lift; colts, 8st 71b; fillies, Sst 411); untriel stallions or mares allowed 31b; only one allow- anoc. T.Y.C 8 subs. Duke of Bedford's Habena, 3 yrs, Set Ilb (9, Rogers) walked over. Match of 50 sors. Bristol mile. Capt. Price's Warwick, e9st 3ib ?? ?? 1 Mr. Mare's St. Faith, 4 yrs, 10st ?? (Capt. Lane) 2 l3ottilng: 2 to I ...

SPORTING

... SP ORTING. READING RACES-AUGUST 8 AND 9. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. TUESDAY-THE BEaRSHIRt STAKES. Tnr; EASTHAmPSTEAD PARK STAKES of 6 rovs. each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The second to receive 10 sovs. One mile and a quarter. THE BEX1KSHIHE STAKES of 20 sovs. each, h fc, and only 5 it declared; with 60 added if three horses start. The owner of the second horse to receive back his ...

CRICKET

... C R I C K E T. The Xarylebone Club and Ground against X3nglandI 'This match commenced upon the green sward at Lord's, on ionoday, and the attendance of cricketing spectators was fully upon a par with the throng wre hove noticed at any previous gathering thie season. The England players first took to the bat, but altbongh their ultimate score was no mcan oner 113-yet it was only signallsed by ...

Published: Sunday 06 August 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3402 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... I -SPORTING INTE IIGENCE. dRnoM URn o SoPfflnesaDFeT.) TH1 HEATH (QUEEN'S COUNTY) RACES. StewardD-Miercuis of Drt°heda, EBrt of Portarllngton, S. Daweon-Damar, S. F. Gds.; Robert EL Stabber, Beq. * OIehael Duane, Baq., ?? and John Croaldaile, Eaq. TUESDAY, AUGUST I, This meeting commenced to-day on'aryborough Reath, and the weather being favourable, the sttendah&e was most re- speotable,' ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1854
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2007 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Sports and Games 

RADCLIFFE MEETING

... RADCLIFFE -MEETING. Monday, July 31. Stewards: Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton and James Meiklam, Esq. Clerk qr the Course and Judge: Mr. Johnson, of York. Starter. Mr. Elliot. T nese races have rapidly risen into importance, althoughe they owe their origin to the annual wakes celd in this village. Ever since the abandonmcnt of the meeting at Heaton Park, the patronage bestowed upon that ...

Published: Sunday 06 August 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3978 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Sports and Games 

AIRDRIE RACES

... The first day's mecting of the season came off ?? yesterday. 'ihe weather' was delightful, and the ?? Of soail settors large. Amongst the company in the (iraird Stand, ItsrI hihhas just been erected, we observed Mir. Murry, AMr. R~ed- wa' fern, Mir. Butler, Mir. Murray of Alokldand, Mir. Eadie of der (iraairamhill, Mir. MIDoniald of Freeland Bank, Baillie David- I sonl, Iailic Taylor, Dr. ...

Published: Friday 04 August 1854
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2086 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Sports and Games 

RACING AT RADCLIFFE.—A BRUSH at Brighton.—Reading Made Easy.—Notes and Suggestions anent North Staffordshire. ..

... RACING AT RADCLIFFE.-A BRUSjl at Brighton.-Reading Made Easy.-Notes and Suggestions anent North Staffordabare -Lewes Looking Up. To Sporting Men the past week was singularly barren of interest. Of the many meetings which were celebrated, not one was attended by an incident of sufficient importance to be remembered. The racing at Radcliffe was insignificant alike in quantity and quality; the ...

Published: Sunday 06 August 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1443 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Sports and Games 

Sporting

... $#gtiiig. GOODWOOD RLACES-THE CUP DAY. The prestige and attraction of the Cup Day were, as usual, sufficient to draw forth a large attendance of com- pany. The betting brotherhood gathered together in full force, and business was carried on with unflagging spirit; their specu- lations were, however, considerably narrowed by the insignifi- cant field which came forth to contend with Virago ...

AIRDRIE RACES

... AIRDRIE RACE S. lie ?? The second day's sports carne off to day to the entire satis- fie fagtion of every ono present. /he weather was delightful, and 7tha lacing ground exhibited a -concourse of spectators never k before equalled in nmiber at this meeting. Tbe arranlge- i ,nces of the comiiomittee were excellent, and the cotirteous mau- c ner il which they acted towards those who necessarily ...

Published: Monday 07 August 1854
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1010 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Sports and Games 

DOWNHAM RACES

... DOWYNHEIAMI RACES. Wednesday, August 2. Stewards: T. L. Reed, Req., and John Gamble, Esq. Clerk of the Course: Mr. B. II. Calver. The attendance was great, notwithstanding that during the fore- noon symptoms of a wet day were~apparent. We had plenty of horses toafford abundance of running. We could fiany, however, that eon- federacy to some extent marred jths sport. Fife following are ...

Published: Sunday 06 August 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 563 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Sports and Games 

CHESS

... C H E S. I To Corresponldents. AIDY.-Daly received. It can, however, be solved in a different way so that we must decline to insert it. W. B.-The solution is incorrect. BlGEC(EX -Conault Staunton's Chess Player's Handbook. CnAISA.-P to Q 4th is better. S. P.-You will ifind the variation in Boden's introduction to Chess. 1,'5tENCHOIA-The match with Paris will be played by Telegraph. When it ...

Published: Sunday 06 August 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 840 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Sports and Games 

RACES COMPOSING THE POPULATION [ill] THE UNITED STATES

... RACES CO1IPOSlNG TIHE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. (From the New Yorka Evening Mirror.) The follow ing statement is taken from theofficial tables of the United States census, which exhit the ruamber and nativity of eaeh class of foreigners in the U aited States in the year 1850:- England ?? 278,676 Holland ?? 9,884 Ireland ?? 961719 Turkey ?? 106 Scotland ?? 70,850 Austria ?? . 991 Wales ...