Star.
London, England, 1822-08-08 00:00:00

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD RACES—Tcrasimv, Atioasr 5.
Gold Cup.—The following horses started:
Lord Jersey's Sporus 1
Sir A. Coke named hi. e. Gleaner - 2
Mr. Tryst's Dr. Eady 3
Duke of Marlborough named ch. c. Careless o
Earl of Macclesfield named b. g.
Mr. Aimesley named gr. f. by Young Grimaldi - 0
Mr. Peers named b. f. Souvenir
Mr. Davidson's cb. g. Liberty 0
Careless, I'hilip, gr. f. by Young Grimaldi, and Souvenir,
were beat the first mile; Liberty about the third. The four
miles wete iun in seven minutes 15 seconds, the fastest race ever
known for this Cup.
A Match for 50gs. each, p.p. rode by the owners, Lard Men-
' caster and Mr. lolaily.—Two nUles.—Mr. M. to carry 121 b.
less than Lord M.'. lightest weight.
Lord Muncaster's ch. h. Tandem 1
Mr. Mu(Gay's h. g. 1-lersh:m.l
Any odds might be bad against his Lordship, who, contrary
to general opinion, won it in grand style by half a neck ; and the
manner in which both rode would not hive disgraced Newmar-
ket jockies.
Fifty Pounds, the gift of the Members for the City, for any
horse, &c. not thorough bred, and that never won £5O at any
one time, the bona fide property of Freeholders of the county
of Oxford or Freemen of the City, and which have been their
property one month before running.
Mr. T. Barnet's b. m. Curragh 1
Mr. Faulkner's b. m. Slouch 2
Mr. Merry's gr. m. Maid of the Mill - 3
There were four heats.—Curragh the favourite at starting-2
to lon her after the first heat—after the second heat 3to on
Slouch—after the third heat 2 to 1 on the Maid of the Mill.—
A good betting race.—There was a great deal of company pre.,
sent and the weather fine.
TUE LONG SMITHFIELD TROTTER.
A singular match took place yesterday on the Croydon road.
A Mr. Melsham had purchased what was termed a long lazy-
boned trotter, and the price asked was seven sovereigns. Five
and I'm at you, said a flash caper, too fly within himself to give
away a second chance while a knaclav was at band. Melsham
saw nothing but blood and bone about the horse, and he gave a
quid in earnest for the prod, which had hat all teeth coking
sever. years ago. A good paddock, cleansing with showery grass,
and a feed of corn, brought the horse round, and symptoms
were evident there was nothing amiss within. This was, per-
haps, the first chance the horse ever had of sheaving quality, as
to quantity that was much disputed. -The horse started with
two boys, weighing 17 stone, upon his back, to trot 14 miles in
an hour, and he did it cleverly two minutes within the tinis.
The horse was bought in March last, and 100 gs. were bid foes
him after this match.
BOXING.
CABEACZ (the Bristol ratan), and PARISI? (denominated the
Gingerbread Man).—The completion of the stakes between the
above boxers, of fifty guineas (twenty-five aside), was made good
at the Castle Tavern, Holborn (Mr. Belcher'3) on Tuesday even-
ing. The battle takes place on Tuesday, the 211th inst. within
twenty miles of Loudon. Betting is seven to for on the Bris-
tol Hero.

la:sit &Lt.—A writer in a Morning Paper sub-
scribes himself " A contributor to, because of belief
in, Irish distress." The Irish must certainly be much
obliged to him for contributing to their distress, and
admire his candour in avowing it: but the fact is,
the writer's bad Irish means, in plain English, that
he is a contributor to the relief of Irish distress, be.
cause he believes in its elistence.

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