The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

.A IIItIVALS AT NEWMARKET.—Scott's I.:ring came in
on Tuesttay e‘euln4 last, viz. :—Cautzeu, Confidence
(2 yrs), Irish Bareness, Legerdemair, Sister to S eet-
mea t, Pirouette, Chantrey,th iel.• Mulgrave, Champion,
and Backbiter. The •Exetic filly arrived three or four
days before. Lord —Eglinton's Elthiron and Crams
reached Newmarket on the same day.
The Worcester Autumn Meeting, for flit racing and
steeplechases, is postponed sine die. There does not
appear much chance of its coming off this side Christmas.
Mr. Merry has engsged Mr. Ilibburd to start the
horses at ;he Wapvick and Leamington Autumn
Meeting.
• Mr. Job Marson, the trainer, has purchased Mr.
Baxter's two year old filly Nancy, by Pompey. The
price is said to be 700 sovs.
Mr. John Scott has purchased Mr. C. Peck's colt
foal by Melbourne out of Gi3elle, by Emilius.
Mr. John Osborne has refused 1,000 goys. for the
Black Doctor. _ _

Mr. Winch has named his yearling colt by Lauer-
cost out of Moonbeam " Herschel," and the one out of
Idolatry " The Brahmin."
Mr. bolt has sold Collingwood to Mr. Shelley for a
large sum ; he will cover in the ensuing season at
Marestield, Sussex.
Mr. Simpson's br h Menus, by L!verpool Junior,
6 yrs, the winner of the Great Ebor Handicap, and
other valuable. stakes, was sold by auction at Scarbo-
rough en Tuesday, fur 12gs.
The princely mansion of the late Mr. Crockford is
about to be converted into four houses, but the stables,
in which Sultan, Green Mantle, Galata, Yams, and
many other flyers stuod, are to be disposed of by private
contract. The furniture, pictures, wine, &c., will be sold
between the Second October and Houghton weeks.
PEDESTRIANISM.—AMATEIIII MATCH AGAINST TIME.
—Tens snatch, which was made shortly after the Good-
woud Meeting, and upon which several thousand pounds
have been pending amongst the sporting fraternity of
Manchester, but more immediately with the subscribers
to the Manchester Betting Rooms, two memb-r3 of a hick.
were the parties who undertook the task of walking from
Jf aechester to Goodwood in clogs, 10 minutes under five
days, came off last week. The performers were Mr.
Meroao and Mr. Bates, the former having taken a bet
from Mr. Saxon (also a member) of 240 L to 2101., and
the latter having accepted 2001. to 601. from Mr. D.
George and Mr. Saxon conjointly. The time of
starting was fixed for Tuesday morning, September
24, and the men commenced their journey, starting
trom the Post-office Hotel at ten ininutes past
twelve o'clock, amidst a vast multitude of people who
had assembled for the purpose of witnessing their de-
parture. Atter many T;eissitudes upon the route they
completed their task at twenty-six minutes to ten o'clock
on Saturday evening, accomplishing their arduous un-
dertaking two hours and a quarter within the stipulated
time. The distance gone over from Manchester to
Goodwood was 234 miles.

ATTACHIUIIII. GEORGE
BROWN, OF AVEBURY.
About eight o'clock on Tuesday Mr. George
Brown was returning home from Caine in his gig,
when, upon reaching the hill at Cherhill he was ac-
costed by a man at the aide of the road, who asked
him to allow him to ride. Mr. Brown refused to ac-
cede to the man's request, but at the same time asked
him if he was one of the police. To this he made
no reply, but persisted in getting into the gig, saying
"I want a ride, and a ride I'll have." Scarcely had
he uttered the words, When another man, whom Mr.
Brown had not before seen, rushed forward and
seized the horse's head. Mr. Brown at once perceived
the object of the fellows, and jumping up in his gig,
began to defend himself with his whip (the only
weapon he bad), lashing first one, then the other,
and then his horse. The tightness with which
the man held the horse's head almost over-
turned the gig ; but with another cut or two with
the whip the animal began to plunge so violently
that the fellow was knocked down, and the horse ran
off, breaking one of the traces. Fortunately Mr.
Brown was able to keep his seat, and it was not burg
before he reached Beckhampton. He immediately
went to Mr. 'Wentworth's, but finding that gentleman
from home, he called on Mr. Pinniger, who with a
friend (Mr. Cook), at once accompanied him in pur-
suit of the ss,allants ; and the party were shortly
afterwards joined by Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Treen,
and Mr. Brown's two sons. Fancying that the fel-
lows might have crossed to the Devizes road, they
heat across the down to Shepherd's Shore, where they
fell in with Mr. Perry, -of Devizes, who told them
that he had met two men answering Mr. Brown's
description on the road - about midway between
Shepherd's Shore and Beckhampton, going in the
latter direction. On hearing this they at
once went back to Beckhampton, but they
saw nothing of the parties on the road. They
had not, however, been at Beckhampton more than
ten minutes, and were just holding a consultation as

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to the course they should next take, when they heard
a whistle on the down in the direction of Shepherd's
Shore. Mr. Thomas Brown (one of Mr. George
Brown's sons), with three of the party, at once set
off towards the spot whence the sound came, and
about a quarter of a mile on the road they met two
men, whom they brought back to Mr. Brown, who
immediately identified them as the parties who had
stopped him. On searching them, the man who had
attempted to get into Mr. Brown's gig was found to
have concealed about him a pistol, loaded with
powder and ball, and a cap on, besides a store of am-
munition, consisting of balls, powder and shot, with a
mould for casting bullets, and a dinner knife. Both
the fellows were yesterday taken to Marlborough,
and fully committed for trial by Sir E. Williams.
One of them stated that he belonged to Bristol ; the
other said he came from Paddington. We are happy
to say neither of them belong to this county.—
I Devizes Gazette.