The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-31 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RACING EXTRAORDINARY.
The practice of smoking tobacco has become ea fashiaoablet.
that, at the races of a certain yeomanry corps lately, one of
the members of a celebrated troop actually rode a race Smoak-
lug a cigar!. He lost the race, but boasted he had kept his
cigar alive ! !

HARE HUNTING.
•
The following definition of hare hunting is given by a writer
of the year 1616
" Is it not a worthie.peece of seruice for flue or sexe men in
the countrey (whose dwellings are four or flue miles asunder,
to make a mad match) to meete together on such or such a
morning to hunt or course a hare, where if she be bunted with
hounds shee will leade them such a dance, that perhaps, a horse
or two arc kil'd, or a man or two spoil'd, or hurt with leaping
hedges, or ditches, at the least after four or five days prepara-
tion, and some ten pounds charge among men, horses, and
dogs, besides an infinite deale of toyle and trouble, and an in-
numerable number of oathes and curses ; after this great of
deale of doo, the main purchase can be no more than a poore
silly hare, which is but a dry meate, and will take more butter
in the basting than her carkasse is worth."

CRICKET. •
A cricket match was played last Monday and Tuesday, on
Twyfot,l Down, near Winchester, between eleven of the Win-
chester Club and the same number from that of Stockbridge.--
Much activity and skill were displayed on, both. sides, and on
Tuesday evening the state of the game was decided in favour
of %Winchester' which is attriliutable to their Superior bowling
anct manner of fielding Winchester, Ist innings, 148; 2d do.
157—total, 305. Stockbridge, 'lst innings, 71; 2d do. 114, and
3 wickets to go down—vital, 185.

THAMES YACHT CLUB.
Yeiterday the .51eMbers of the Thames Yacht Club gave
their grand silver cup and cover, to be sailed for by Gentlemen's
pleasure vessels. The following were the.contentling parties :
VESSELS. OWNERS. PLACES. TON& COLOURS.
Venus - - M. G. Keen Horslydown 13 lied.
St. George W. Duke - - Chelsea - 11 Yellow.
Spitfire . T. Butterworth Ditto - - 5 Light Blue.
Frindship Willikims Bankside 8 White.
Fortitude .- J. Southam Millbank - 7 Green.
Royal Eagle -C. Stokes - Rotherhithe 11 Pink.
Sylph - - E. Codd Chelsea - 12 Orange.
Lady Louisa T. Smith - Rotherliitlie 13 Purple.
They started from Blackfriars Bridge, to sail round a boat
moored off the POwder House, Wandsworth Meadows, and
back to Cumberland Gardens, inside a boat moored off those
Gardens. The prize was to be delivered to the winner in the
Gardens. The signal for sailing was to be given by the Com-
modore of the little squadron at two o'clock; but, in conse-
quence of some unavoidable delay in forming the line at Black-
friars, they did not start before three. They had then but little
wind, and it was more a drifting than a sailing match. The
Fortitude had the good fortune to keep the lead up to Chelsea,
where they lest the tide, and found it impossible to . proceed
further. The Commodore, acting under the disappointment,
communicated to the vessels that the contest was ended for the
.day, and that it would be renewed to-morrow (this day). The
Commanders of the different vessels accordingly steered for
their moorings, and prepared for the next trial of strength.
Many boats with gay company attended the match, and a
good breeze of wind would have produced excellent amusement.
The Rowing Match for the handsome wherry given by the
Ladies and Gentlemen of Lambeth, will increase the liver
sports of this day.

BANKSIDE REGATTA. •
Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather on
Monday, two rowing matches took place. The first was for a
boat, given by the inhabitants of Bankside and its vicinity;
it was a sculler's wager, and the prize was rowed for by six
free-watermcn, in three heats ; the first of which was won in
very fine style by' Charles Brumwell. The conqueror in the
second heat was James Harrison. The third and last beat was
very strongly contested between Brumwell and Harrison, but
the former proved too much for his opponent, who eventually
came in second, closely followed by Samuel Lipscombe, a man
aged 54, and Cummins.

• PICKLE HERRING REGATTA.
This was also a sculler's wager, and rowed by a similar
number of watermen. It was decided in four heats ; the start
o be from London-bridge, down round Addis'-road, off Still-
tairs, Pickle Herring ; to row three times that distance. The
first heat was won by James Fisher; the second heat by Jos.
Molton. The grand heat was, perhaps, as tine a specimen of
the art of rowing as we ever witnessed—.it was won by Fisher ;
the second boat rowed by Babington. •

PEDESTRIA NIS3I.
Robert. Skipper- who calls himself the Pedestrian Champion
of England, commenced on Monday morning the herculean
task of walking's2 miles per day for JO successive days, for 100
sovereigns. He is 37 years of age, about 5 feet 10 in height,
and a native of Norwich. He started_from the Obelisk, High_
street, COMiester, passed through Chelmsford, to the 26th mile.
stone on the. London-road, • and returned through Chelmsford
about one o'clock, in high spirits, with every prospect of corn-
pleting hii first day's task, and bets are very numerous, both in
favour and: against the completion of the performance.