The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-02 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

HACKNEY WICK.
sis usual at Mr. Baum's grounds, the programme
issued by the Cornwall and Devon Wrestling Society was
of first- rate character, £lOO being set apart by the com-
mittee for prizes in wrestling in the " anciente" pastime
of the fair " back fall," for foot racing, pole-leaping, and
other sports. Great improvements have been made in the
grounds, under the able superintendence of Mr. James
Nisbet, the+ 'well-known contractor, of Hackney. Notwith-
standing tb e counter-attraction at all other establishments,
fully 300 persons assembled on Friday, and under the able

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as to let Hughes, of Kensington, 80, pass him ; but the
referee decided that Waghorn had won, apparently against
his desire.
Fifth Heat —Carter's Novice, 79, won in a canter ;
Thomas, West Ham, 76, second.
Sixth Heat—Munns, of Plaistow, 76, landed himself a
winner by one yard ; Brown, of King's-cross, 80, second.
Seventh Heat—Hurst, of Finsbury, 72, came in first by
one yard ; Churchill, New-cross, 77, second.
Eighth Heat--Cameron, of Millvrall, 79, won a good race
by three yards; Sanson, of Hounslow, 72, being second.
Ninth Heat—Ford, of Lambeth, 72, won by two yards;
Norray, of Vauxhall, 80, second.
Tenth Heat—H. A. L., of Brompton, 82, was the win-
ner by one yard and a half, Batten, of Chelsea, 83, was
second.
Eleventh Heat G. Hicks, of Thames-street, 77, breasted
the tape first by three yards ; Grace, of Tottenham, 79,
second.
Twelfth Heat—W. Nash, of Lambeth, 78, and Atkins,
of Pimlico, 79, after three or four false starts, got off, but
had not run more than 20 yards when both came to a stand-
still, and refused to run in the proper direction, so that Mr.
Jones decided that it should be no race.

AQUATICS.

AQUATICS ON THE TYNE.

The prospect of sport on the Tyne during the present
holidays is this year unusually good. The Northern
Rowing Club had a four-oared scratch race between six of
their crews. To-day a handicap scullers' race takes place
at Dunston, under the management of Mr. Jewitt, the cele-
brated boat-builder. On Monday next Taylor and Win-
ship contend from the High Level Bridge to the Meadows
House for £5O a-side, and in the course of the same after-
noon Tulip and Bright contend over the same course for
£2O a-side. Both Taylor and Winship have recently been
doing some excellent work. Winship rows much quicker
than before, and his chance seems good; but the Ouseburn
section are perhaps the most sanguine, and from our latest
accounts Taylor seems to be the favourite at sto 4. The
final deposit is due this evening, when the time of the
match will be fixed and other arrangements agreed upon.
TESTIMONIAL TO CHAMBERS.—On Monday evening last,
a testimonial, in the shape of an electro-plated inkstand,
was presented to Bob Chambers, the celebrated oarsman,
by the members of the Royal Farmers' Lodge, Manchester
Unity, Ryhope, near Sunderland.

HAMPSTEAD UNITED CLUB.— The annual meeting of this
club was held on the 14th inst., when the report and
balance-sheet for the past year were submitted and ap-
proved. The secretary reported the club to be in a very
prosperous condition, and that during the recess the ground
had been entirely re-turfed. The thanks of the meeting
were accorded to the secretary for his services for the past
year, and to the newspapers, for insertion of the club's pro-
ceedings. Several matches have been already arranged.
CRICKET IN IRELAND.—Our crickoting friends in Ireland
are bestirring themselves. The Phcenix Club held a pre-
liminary meeting on Thursday, and the Leinster and S Andy-
mount Clubs have played their opening matches, with
what result we have not yet heard.
CRICKET IN AMERICA.—The season for this manly sport
is dawning, and already the managers of the various clubs
are making arrangements for the forthcoming season
which, it is anticipated, will be a more brilliant one than
its immediate predecessors. As soon as the frost is out of
the ground, operations will be commenced for putting their
play grounds in order, which have been somewhat deferred
on account of the protracted stay of Old Jack Frost.

SCOTCH TOWN COUNCILLORS AND
BOOKMAKERS.

In the report of the Edinburgh meeting, a corres
pondent has alluded in pretty plain terms to the
conduct of certain individuals at a recent meeting of
the Musselburgh Town Council. The upshot of the
matter was that Provost Laurie informed the meet-
ing that Baillie Miller was going to propose that
bookmakers should not be allowed in the grand stand
at the forthcoming race meeting, but that they should
have an enclosure to themselves. Baillie Miller
then stated to the sapient assembly that such was
his idea, for, added he, "if Mr. Lees (the town
clerk) wrote to the racing club in name of the coun-
cil, and got their consent to do what was proposed,
young men would not venture into the ring, as the
sheep would be separated from the goats." Conse-
quent on the allusion to sheep and goats a sugges-
tive inquiry arises whether the baillie would not find
himself much more at home among animals of an-
other class ; at all events, in a naturalist's point of
view, we should unhesitatingly " write him down an
ass." The other Solons present who took part in
the sage discourse included Baillie Leitch, Treasurer
Allen, Councillors Ronald, C. Smart, Thomson, and
Scarlett, and, save and except Councillor Thotnp-
son, who showed some common sense in thematter,
a more wretched display of ignorant, empty-hea led
conceit and intolerance has not lately been brought
under our notice. A letter was really sent to the
racing club, who, it is superfluous to say, treated it

Cotton in America.

with the contempt it merited. It is, however, most
amusing to find that sundry of the above-named
town councillors betook themselves to the race
course last Saturday afternoon, although Councillor
Scarlett—who, as poor Robson used to say, " is as
bad as the others, and a good deal worse"—gave
vent to the expression at the meeting of the Town
Council, " You will never get honest men to
go to the race course." " Hoot, mon," how about
your brother councillors? No one in his senses, we
are aware, would say they are wise men, but the
red-hot Scarlett's estimate is a sweeping one with a
vengeance. Seriously, however, such a miserable
exhibition of ignorance from a lot of beings who
are supposed to manage matters for other people is
truly humiliating. But we incline to the notion
that, despite all the rank stupidity displayed, they
have been taught a lesson not to interfere again
with the affairs of their betters on matters they are
in despicable ignorance of.—Bell's Life.