Star.
London, England, 1824-03-04 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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istmoitasnrst of an Agreement made between Jain Langan. and
Thomas Winter Spins, at Thomas Cribb's, P.inton-street, Hay-
market. hatch 2, 1 b 24

We, John Langan and Thomas Winter Spring, agree to fight on
Tuesday,4lfe 11th June, 189.4, for five hundred pounds a-side, on a
twenty-four feet boarded st4e: to be a fair stand-up fight, • hallmi-
nute time; at: umpire to be chosen by each party, and a referee to
be. ghosen on the ground by the umpires. The fight to take place
within one hundred miles of London, and the place to be named
,by Mr. Jackson; the men to he in the ring between the hours of
twelve and one .;clock at noon, unless prevented by Magisterial
interference. y.fty pounds aside are now deposited in the hands of
the stakeholder, Mr. James Snares; fifty pounds more ..o be made
good on the 17;th of March, instant, at John Randall's, Hole-in-
the-Wall, Chancery-lane; further deposit of two hundred pounds
to be made good at Thomas Cribb's, on Saturday the Ist of May,
and the whole to be made good at Thomas lielcher's, Castle Tavern,
Holborn, on theist of June, 1824—the deposits to be made good
on the days befortmentioned, between the hours of eight and ten
in the evening; either party Lang, to fot•feit the deposit down.
The stage to be boarded with deals, not less than three inches
thick, without turf, and to be six feet from the ground, as in Cribb's
battle. The bottle-holders and-seconds to retire to the corners of the
stage when the men arc placed at the scratch, every round, and to
remain there till one or both of the men are down.

The expenses of this stage are to be paid equally between Langan
and Spring..
It is fur:her agreed, that when the whole of the money is made
good, it shall be transferred to the hands of Mr. Jackson.
(Signed) THOMAS WINTER SPRING.
T. Watson, Witnesses
JOHN LANGAN. '
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T. Belcher,
Spring, in alluding to the expense of erecting the stage.' said,-
that he thought it but far, as this was Langan's fancy (who had
now entered the room), that he should bear the whole expense.—
To which Langan replied, " See, now, Tom; say nothing about
that, for if I win, and I think I will, I'll bear the whole ex-
pense of the stage myself—(Loud cheers). But howsomever,
that's neither here nor there, I hope the best man will win, and
though we're going to fight, it's myself that would go a hundred
miles to serve you ; for I have no antipathy or ill blood towards
you whatever." • .
THZ Does BILLY AND TH3 DZ3KSHIRE RAT•KILLET4—The match
between these two celebrated vermin destroyers took place on
Tue;clay night, at the pit in Dock-lane, Westminster. The ca-
pabilities of Billy are pretty well known, and the Berkshire bitch
had been much talked of The match war fur twenty sovereigns,
and the undertaking was, that the bitch killed fifty rats in less time
than Billy, and as a proof that no ordinary interest was excited
by the event, it is only necessary to mention that the pit was
crammed, and amongst the visitors there were members of the Senate
and the Bar. Dew backed his Billy, and a Mr. Wise, who by the
bye, acted rather foolishly in the business, backed the bitch. A
toss decided :bat Billy should commence the sport; fifty full-grown
rats were turned into the pit by Cheatham, the well known rat-
catcher, and in the space of five minutes and six seconds they all
lay dead at the feet of Billy. The pit being cleared of the dead, the
bitch was let in. and fifty rats were turned out of a cage to her. By
the time she- had killed thirty of the rats, she betame exhausted,
and lay barking and yelping on the ground, with her mouth open,
without attempting to kill the vermin that were hanging about her
nose; a decided proof in the estimation of those present, of her
not being bred high enough,—and a quarter of an hour elapsed be-
fore she completed her task. Billy was therefore declared the con-
queror bribe umpires.- It is now confessed that tio dug in the
Kingdom can match with Billy at rat
-killing, though he has mill
two teeth in his head, and-one eye! A bet of eOO sovereigns wa,
subsequently offered, that silly killed lOU rats in less tense thau.the
bitch killsd half the number.