The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-23 00:00:00

OXFORD

v. CAILBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

The annual contest, of which the pr writ i• the thirty-fourth
anniversary, curnmenessa yesterday at Lord's Ground, at &quarter
past 12, on • pair of wickets on the preparation of wh con-
miderable pains lead been expended. The weather, which under-
went a change on Saturday, wan cloudy, and alight showers fell
ocesnionally. There was a good company prmemt to witness the
ing of the game, and a needy stream of carriages and peo-
euntinued to flow. There was conaiderable speculation an
o the remit of the game, and the great batting form of the
Cantata in previous matches made then the termites ; the
odds within the last fornight having varied from three to one
to six to four on the " Light Blues." At • quarter pert 12,
Cambridge having won the toss, elected to go in, and sent
to the wicket an their representatives, Mews. Dale and
&tele, to the bowling of Home.. Kenny and Fellowea.
Nairn Et had 1,1411 booked, a very clever piece of fielding by Mr.
Mile. got rid of Mr. Dale, who made 13, which M natant were well
put together; he was cleverly run out between Mesas. Milos and
Reid when the won was at 23; with it at 93 Mr. Savile was bowled,
and Mr. Money taken at point ; Mr. H. A. Richardson wee splen-
didly caught by the wicket keeper when one more run had been
added. Mows. Warner and Groin got together, and the lot ter
wan in very fine hitting form, though he more half • chance at
short leg, and whole ones at long on and off, both of which were
mimed. Having a " traveller," Mr. 0. had nothing to do but hit,
which he did with a vengeance, and was loudly cheered.
Mr. Miles went on bowling at 54, and at Cu Mr. Warner
left. Mr. lellanve at Sr bowled again, and the first ball
Mr. Green hit back to him—his 44 was a shelling innings.
The innings closed at 3.21. With commendable punctuality the
"leek Klee," in the genres of Meow. Mathew and Fortencue,
occupied the wickets, the bowling being entrusted to Mews.
Money and Weighell (the former with adorn from the pavilion
end). The latter bowled 8 ovens (5 maidens) for 4 runs to begin
with. With the score at 13 Mr. Money went off, and Mr. Brune
on. At 24 Weighell gave way to Abeolom (law 14 being, as usual,
Pet at nought) ; Mr. H. A. Richardson kept wicket. The " fall "
was as follow,. :-one (Matthews) for 26, two (Forteeeue) for 23,
three (Digby) for 98, four (Fellows.) for 46, five , Evetta)
for 50, lox (Paunotiote) for CI, )
en (Kenney) fur the
same flame, eight (Bartholomew), ditto (S wickets in 5 balls),
nine (Reid) for ro ten Mills)i. for 104. The other change in the
bowling was Mr. Weighell for Mr. Brune at 84. Fhe analysis is
as follows :—Money, 6 ovens-2 maidens, 12 rune ; Weechell,
10 over.-7 maidens, 5 rule, 1 wicket, 1 wide; Brace, 30 ovens-
-17 maidens, 3St runs, 4 wickets; Ateolon, 29 overs--12 =admix,
31 runs, 5 iiickein The fielding of the Cantabe was throughout
good—at times brilliant. The Let wicket fell at 6 o'clock.
At 20 minutes paid Menace. Dale and Revile again "faced" Mews.
Kenny and Yellowy+, and nether was out when the'stumps were
drown.

CHARGE OF POISONING A RACEIIOIIBE.—BAGN-
mama, MONDAY.—A singular case has come before the
borough magistrate. George Woolaoott, groom, was
charged with administeringpotson to a horse, the property
of Mr. Fmallridge. The evidence for the prosecution
showed that Little Sally, a mare belonging to Mr. Small-
ridge, had died suddenly. She was ridden several days
prior to the Barnstaple races, which came off on Juno 4th,
at which meeting the mare was entered to run for the
Yeomanry Cup. The horse was taken to Youlston at a
cavalry review and was in charge of Mr. Smallridge'stwo
eons, who lodged at an inn hard by. The horse was kept
in the stable. Two days before the races Mr. Frederick
Smalltidge, one of the sons, galloped Little Sally round
the course, and on his leaving he was met by the prisoner,
who was riding Little Fairy, which was also intended to
compete. They afterwards met at Bishops Tavrton, and
prisoner remarked "The race lies between our horses."
At le o'clock on the morning before the race Little Sally
fed very well, and appeared healthy as usual. She was in
the stables of the um. About noon three men, tuned
Jewell, Calliford, Hancock, and the prisoner, entered the
inn. The prisoner went into the stable, and was seen
standing at the head of the mare with the halter off and
his hand on its neck. From that time the horse failed.
She did not eat anything the same day, nor yet the fol-
lowing morning. She wus taken to the races to fulfil her
engagement, and on her way she began violently to purge.
On her arrival at the course site was examined by Mr.
Hewiih, veterinary surgeon, who ordered that she should
be taken home. About 12 o'clock the horse expired in
dreadful agony. Mr. Hewish made a post-mortem exami-
nation, and found that the horse had been poisoned. The
stomach was sent to Mr. Ilempath, of Bristol, who dis-
covered oxalic acid, sulphuric acid, or oil of vitriol, and
other poisonous spirits. The prisoner's house was
searched, and the police took possessi ~,, of Gov, bottles
cite of which contained muriatic acid. 'Fte h re-
manded the case, to obtain further evidence. 11.0 was
accepted--two sureties in 100!, and the pris.nier in 2001.
AteIGENT TO A GYMNAST.—EthatilOt the sral
arcensinnist, appeared during a three days' gala ut York
last week. His trick is to walk on the top of a globe,
which with his feet ho takes along with him upon a spiral
and ascending platform until ho attains a dizzy height.
In the act omplishment of this, Ethardo has never yet
come to grief, but on Saturday morning his life was en-
dangered in a rather singular manner. He and his
coloured servant, named Jacob Simmons, were engaged in
taking down the structure upon which the feat hail been
performed, the mainstay of which was a long pole running
up the centre. All had been removed except the pole
which is in two parts, the bottom of the upper half being
let into a socket in the top of the lower. To get down the
upper half another long pole had been fastened to the
lower, and upon this Simmons was engaged at an elevation
of about thirty feet, and Ethardo a little below him, when
one of the stays gave way, and the poles and those upon
them came down to the ground with a sudden crash.
Ethardo, by his agility, succeeded in saving himself from
harm, with the exception of a shaking, but Simmons was
for long insensible, and had to have surgical attendance.
During the day he came round again, but though just
able to walk, he appeared to suffer severely from his
accident.

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