The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

SCULLERS' RACE FOR £2O.

A very pretty scullers' race, although for the above
amount, which is small as stakes go in the present day,
came off yesterday, the competitors being James Lewis and
William Stratford, both of Lambeth, the former a barge
builder, and the latter a waterman; but although Lewis is
over 30, aad his opponent only 22, the fact of the fenrier
having rowed two or three races previously made him the
favourite at 5 and 6 to 4, a state of odds which was war-
ranted, when it is known that this is Stratford's maiden
effort. The men had taken care of themselves since the
making of the match, and came to their posts in excellent
fettle, being accompanied as usual by cutters, while the
Venus, Captain Sharplin, conveyed spectators to see the
race. There was considerable dodging at the scratch, the
" old-'un " wanting a lead, which he got in the shape of half
his length. The youngster, however, dashed after him, col-
lared him, and led by the same in3oo yards. Sharp practice,
however, did not succeed so well as it generally does, for
Lewis was "there" again in the next 200 yards, and after
a clipping ding-dong race, led again, making the rare in-
tensely exciting. Stratford put on the steam, and gradu-
ally came up again, and then there was another neck-and-
neck contest right away to Craven. Here youth began to
tell, and the young one again led, but was some time
getting away, and although he led by three lengths at
Hammersmith, Lewis rowed so good a stern race that he
never allowed his opponent to get any great distance away,
and Stratford wog after a good race by four or five lengths.
He trained at Salter's, the Feathers, Wandsworth, and
rowed in one of Salter's boats.

The distance was Putney to Barnes, and Mr. Charlas
Newnhani, referee.

THE ROBBERY OF £2,690 FROM A

NOTTINGHAM BOOKMAKER.

NOTTINGHAM, MONDAY.

•
Yesterday, Mr. Nichols, who had been
garotted at Newmarket and robbed of nearly £3,000
on the previous Friday, arrived in Nottingham. A
brief outline of the affair has already appeared,
partly incorrect. Mr. Nichols, however, gives the
following version of the robbery :—On Friday night
he went to an establishment in one of the main
thoroughfares of Newmarket where sporting men
are in the habit of assembling during the race meet-
ings at that town, and wrote a letter for transmis-
sion by that evening's post to Nottingham. He
then left the house and proceeded to the back of
the premises, when he felt himself suddenly grasped.
tightly by the neck from behind, and in such a
manner as to deprive him of all power of resistance,
and indeed of capacity to give an alarm. At the
same instant he saw a little man come in front of
him and heard a voice say " Open his waistcoat."
He then became insensible, and was unconscious of
anything for sonic time. On recovering he found
himself lying upon the ground with his clothes dis-
arranged, and on searching his pockets he dis-
covered that he had been robbed of his watch and
the whole of his money (with the exception of 2d.),
amounting to £1,840 ls. 6d. in bank notes, gold,
and silver, and a cheque on Messrs. Moore and
Robinson's bank for £B5O. No trace whatever of
the thieves could be found. It was ascertained
that two men had by the means of a ladder passed
over a wall near the scene of the robbery, and
thence made their escape through a house, one of the
inmates of which observed two fellows, one dressed.
in dark clothes, the other in light, hurry through
the passage. The greatest sympathy was ex-
pressed towards the victim of this flagrant out-
rage, and Mr. Payne, one of the leading men of the
turf, offered to head a subscriptioN with the sum of
£.50 to reimburse Nichols for his loss; several other
members of the ring also expressed their willing-
ness to follow this example. It is satisfactory to
add that as fir as personal injuries are concerned,
the report in the Manchester paper is exaggerated.
Nichols has sustained no material injury from the
ill-treatment he received ; none of his ribs are
broken ; nor is he in any way maimed or rendered
incapable of pursuing his ordinary avocations. His
pecuniary loss will, it is to be feared, be consider-
able under any circumstances. Only one or two of
the bank notes in his possession can be identified,
the numbers of the great bulk of them, which we
believe he drew from Messrs. Moore and Robin-
son's bank previous to his departure from New-
market, not being known. The cheque for £8515
will, of course, be unavailable to the thieves, as
payment of it has been stopped. It is perhaps due
to Nichols to state that, severe as his loss has been,
he is, we understand, quite able to meet all his
engagements. His heaviest losses at Newmarket
amount to about £9OO, principally due
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resident in Manchester, and this
sum
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before Wednesday. His liabilities in Nottingham
paid
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have already been discharged. The
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