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STIRLING REGATTA

... On Saturday last this regatta came off on the usual course in the neighbourhood of. Stirling. The day was fi ne, and a large number of spectators assembled on the banks of the river. The Grand Stand also was at some parts of the day numerously filled by a gay and fashionable company. A band of instru- mental music was in attendance from Milton. J. M. Morrison, Esq., banker, acted as Commodore; ...

SPORTING MEMORANDA.—No. V

... SPORTING MELMORANDA.-No. V. Lnd MAY. hi; Aimaydabkssisansufferings, the great and ee ?? valuable advantage- her sttinuocarvrwieigwithin a few miles into- 0fl5 a oble esuary, lnked wih thosematchless fjords whose ous~ ?? Coast of Scotland. ,a~r Who has not hard of Loeblong, Lochgoil, and Lochfynie, 1 Il w'ith their ever-varying shores andi cloud capt mountains, from whose westerns slopes the ...

Published: Friday 21 May 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2222 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Sports and Games 

GREENOCK AND COAST NEWS

... 'REENOCK AND COAST NEWS. 1 - -_ 1.t (From the Grenlock- AItVertiser of Friday.) TII m RiOYL NORTEaERXe YACoT CauB ?? re- I gatta will take place nt Dulnoon on the 26th and 27th proxi- in 1 Tch Cief prizes are, wre unrderstand. a cup of £C.50 for y w ttc of 2: toals aiud Ii s;vards one of £2i5 for yachts ?? xcee ling 5o tons nnd the Dunoon cutp for all yachts. 'rlje Cim of thelt:loal Yacht ...

Published: Monday 12 July 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 944 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Sports and Games 

PLOUGHING MATCHES

... PLOUGLNG MATCHES. B.ANC 50RY-DEYENIcit.-TbOc Bandiory-Deveiiick Agr-ioustuird Cl Association's Ploughbing ilastei (including thle lands of Banechory fi. aind Ardo) and Show O~ooseelsiant roots, camne off Oil WeduesadaY H- the 13th January, Onl thle fbrn of Little Banchory, occupied by 1~ Mr William rimolie, -when 2:3 Ploughs started for competition. M The (lay being floe the ploughirmn ...

PLOUGHING MATCHES

... Ttir NflTII1iIMiY AaGIutIIi'UttA ASSOCIATION hold theirian- givenfor he puposeby M JohnMuse Mil of e Monqich ac folw -1JmsMcifre'oNether IBarnhaugh; 2J JonWid seorvsmt to Mr Duncan, feca;l e.Br niett, sevn oMr Milne, Mill of Moniquih ereTy 0lor, farmer, Bnhill of Rothnick 5 Adam SilefrescO Carnieburn; 6 Win LMddtofarmer's see acesa 0Winl. Smith, corrett M yn Upper Hrhuh ae Dunbhar, farmier, ...

CALEDONIAN COURSING CLUB

... The spring Meeting took place on March 30 and following days, on the estate of Sir W. C. Anstrotier of Westraw and Carmichael. Nearly forty gentlemen met at Lanark on the 29th at dinner in the Clydesdale Hotel,. under the able presidency of A. Graham, Esq., after which they proceeded to draw the dogs for the following stakes, in which altogether there was 119 competitors. A considerable number ...

PLOUGING MATCHES

... PLOUGING MATCa. KEIG.-A ploughing match was hold at Newburnside of Keig Y on Tuesday, tth February, when 27 ploughs started (drawn chiefly bv morses.) The objections, generally urged on like occa- sions of doing little work in the time, did not hold good in this case, as not less than 20 imperial acres were neatly ploughed, I I, with only as long of an intermission as the men partook of a ...

REPORTS OF PLOUGHING MATCHES

... oti 2 X - .- I -v REPORTS OF PLOUGIIING MIATCHES. anl OLDRACHiAR.-Tlho annual Phlloughmg Mitch of Qidmatchar hius name oft il' on ednesday the 15th Dec., in at field onl tho finm ofpo Ferwinuces, occupied by Mr StOtdhu't, anil by nine o'clek. 33 Vihe plough teUI wore son thet field(,.withi their tcents allI in proper order, rat and anxious for, the contest ; and, although Sthe day wa,-s ...

DONCASTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY

... DONCASTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY. It'iC The ST. LEGER STAiKES of 25 soVs. each for 3-year-olds ; colts, 1 3eee. 8st. 71b. fillies, 8st. 2lb. Tho second to receive 10U sos. ,see. out c the sm s. St. Leger Courso, 1 mile, 6 farlongs, 123, in- yards. 13S subs. preo Mr J. Merry's Sunbeain, by Clanticlecr, S st. 21b. (L. Snowv- oder (den) *- - I tres- MrT. Dawson's ThesHadji, 8st. 71b. ...

MUSSELBURGH GYMNASTIC GAMES

... MUSSEL'TJ1RGH GYMiNASTIC GAMES. These games vvere held on Musselburgh Links on Wednesday -being the second day of Musselburgh fair. The weather being highly propitious, a large tr concourse of spectators assermbled on the occasion. gt The grand stand was filled with a fashionable assem- g blage, including a great many of the nobility and se gentry of the neighbourhood. The Manager's Com- ...

PLOUGHING MATCHES

... BALDERNOCK. The thirty-second annual ploughing match of the Balder- nock Ploughing Match Society was held on Thursday the 14th inst., on the lands of North Bar&:wie, belonging to D. Watson, Esq. Twenty-two ploughs started to compete for the prizes, and the day being fine, a eonsiderable number of spectators was attracted to the scene of operations. The judges, Messrs. Buchanan of Muckeroft, ...

Published: Friday 22 January 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 452 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING MEMORANDA

... SPORTING MrEMORANDA. a. -. _ - _. _ at le. by de de ler A' it U- ed irle :ler Ip ad n- Rh Ha )r -in Ia lie ist lie or, mu .re at ali Lst his on he re jot he us nst re ed he or. a- ,be er at of ry- ry dr. ier at lie le le of le of in le es Ps MI ix.l er: al le ,d 1. sd er ix a- ar id Le 0- a id cil ir mr I- y r- h 11 Is d it le It e I. If a h No. VII.-JuLY. PAnT I. The great dearth of sporting ...

Published: Wednesday 28 July 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2401 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Sports and Games