Star.
London, England, 1805-06-22 00:00:00

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... AMINIPIEMSNImmiI ziamansaimia~va
ON HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY.
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• - Ye• Loyal Britons, now Alai,
. ; • The honours of your King's Birth-d: y;
I Britannia, rear you- head on high,
And wave your banners in th, :Icy—
That all your trembling fors may mourn
The day that Groans our King was horn;
And, while they ninnen, let us rejoice
With our united conq'ring yoke—
-1 .1 . Long live King Decrees! long lire our King!
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Hi, royal fcrptre Peace !hall bring!` A W.
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ASCOT HEATH, THUR4DAY, JUNE za.
A Plate of gal. for Huntfmen, Yeomen-Prickers, and
Keepers of Windt; r Forel' and Great Park.
Mr. Richardfon's b. g. Lemon squeezer - - r 1
Mr. Nutage's b. g . - • 2dr
Four to I on the winner.
Same Day a Pla•c of Sol.
Mr. Ladbrokes br. e. by Young Woodpecker . a t
r' Mr Ftogley's ch f. by a Cot uf Signet • 2 2
Mr. Wardell% br. e. Capias . - 3 3
Mr. But thwayet h c by Pepfus - 4 4
Lord St4wers b. f. Gloriana . • 5 5
Mr. Batfon's b. e. by Clayhall - 6 6
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Four to one a;:.i..0.. Citnriant—Eigbt to ore aninft Fon of Ft.,-
net—Five to one againit Capia•---",i.v.cn to fouron NIT. Lat.:Drakes
br. c.—Woo :arr.
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1 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 21.
A Handicap Plate-of soh tOr all ages—the heft of 3
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heks. about two roles, is+ rods each.
1 ord Starves Glotiana, 3 years old, - 3 2 1 1
Mr. C Bruwres Some;, aged, 9.11. slb. - 4 1 2 2
Mr. Abbey's Virgin, 4 you, old. 7T..711. - 1 3 4 3
Mr. Lake's Virttiofo, 4 years ot t, eft. ebb. • 2 4 3 dr
A !Nate of sal. fora; 5, and 6 yea 'old, and aged hot--
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fes, ike.—the bell iii three hears, two aiiks and a
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half each—to Ilan at the half-mile poll on the New
Cam fe.—Mares allowed 41b.
Mr. 13:mm1,w:rye's ch. h. Woodcut, 4 years old - a i t
Hi+ R. H. the Prince of Wales's g. f. Nitre, s years old / a a
Mr. Sutton's gr. m. Retry, 4 years oid • 4 3 3
i • Duke of 9.3riceniberres b. c., by Competitor, A yea old 3 dr.
The fpart to-day has been truly excellent. Three
heats were run for the Plate, and four for the Han-
dicap. In pinning the latter. Glariatto, coming by
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the King's Stand, with only fix florae upon her back,
bolted and went over the rails, but the boy who rode
recovered her in fnfficient time to (Ave the ditlaucc.
Pirtoofo leaped the rails forward and backwards, and
alto Caved his ditlance ; but Tripleiroun, Copia:, and
the brother of Vire:, were difqualified from flirting
for the fecund heat.
.'. The .Parece was on the graftnd, and afterwards
dined at the Bufh at Staines.
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I; ORGAN SHEEP SHEARING.
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Wednefday, early in the morning, feveral Gentle.
i; men let off for Creflow, in Buikinghamfbire, to View
1 Mr. Warrran's flock, and to dine with him. Ann-
; they par:y rode over to Prifley, tn. view the Duke
of Benvoatis water-meadow>, in the occupation of,
the Duke of Memos CCM. The firit matter which
called the attention of the 'company at the Abbey
was the exhibi,ion of the rareales of the fat Webers,
• which the company had exam'ned alive on the re
1 i ceding day. The company then repaired to a field
on Crawley Heath, where they were joined by a large
concourfe of the neighbouring farmers, to obferve a
ploughing match.
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. ' In order to prevent the great interruption and fpoil.
\ log of their works by the fpetiators, which occurred
4 In former ploughing matches at this place, the judges
• appointed the fpefiators to continue in an adjoining
Meld, from whence they had an uninterrupted view
i over the young quick hedge, of the progrefs of the
rival ploughmen's operations. Eight ploughs fiarteZl, i i
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No. r. Mr. Welter/es two-liorfe fwing FA/ FlourTS.
No. 2. Mr. Whitbread's two-horfe N .r'olk wheeled Plongh.
No. 3. A two•horfe ruing Nottingham Plough, made by John
it Conch, belonging to Arthur Direct.
1 No. 4. A two-horfe Norf lk wheeled Plough, belonging to the
Duke of Raiford s Park. Farm.
No. s. Sir John B. Riddle's Scots two.horfe king Plough.
No. 6. Mr. James Port's [wing Plough, drawn by a Poney and
• an Ox. .
No. 7. The Duke of Bedford's Norfolk two-horfe (wing Plough ;
and
No.?. Inftiph Cowley's double furrow Statfordlhire fuur-horfc
' Plough with a driver.
Ail the moor Ploughs were condußed by the holder, by means
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of reins; NPDotigal's fpriug whipple tree was made ufe of to de-
termi' le the force of tine draught to the Ploughs.
The implements exhibited for his Grace's pre-
:, miums were next examined by the company.
Soon after three o'clock, nearly as numerous a
• company as on Tnefday fat down to an excellent din-
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ncr in the Great Hall at the Abbey ; after which, his
Grace gave the ufnal and itanding toalis of this meet-
ing, as we have before particular ized them.
The rcfult t f yefieeday's fweepflakes for veiling
the weight of a (beep, to which thirty-one Gentlemen
were parties, was declared by his Grace; the weights
named lying between 331 and 381 b. her quarter, aed
. Mr. CULLF.24 Snit- a having named the exaft weight
i that the (keep proved to be when flanghtereci, viz.
1 351 b. 9.02. per quarter, was declared the winner.
The printed propoUs for his Grace', premiums et
the !beep (hearing next year, differing not at all from
the prcfent ones, were circulated.
In the evening the South Down tnpps were let as
followr, viz. the two !beers, No. 2, fleece slb. 1202.
to Mr. Knight, at forty guineas; and No. 6, fleece
61b. Soz. to Sir John Seabright, at thirty guineas;
1 of the three (hears, No. 4, fleece slb. to Mr. Wake
field, at thirty guineas ; and No. to, fleece 61b. Roz.
to Mr. Simms, at twenty guineas ; a four (beer, No.
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13, fleece 311). 12oz. to Mr. Coke, at twenty-five gni-
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1 near; and a five year old, No. sz, fleece slb. 402.
to Mr. Britt, at tfn guineas.
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• 9 Divar-Lans.—Tl.c dramatic feafon at this theatre
clofed on Wrdnefday. At the conclnlion of th.e Play,
Mr. Witolll3lllllll came forward, and in the name , f
the Proprietors anti Performers, expreffed their tin-
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i Maned acknowledgments for the marks of puhlic
favour beflewed:upon them in the c"urfe of the Ira.
He affured them, that no efforts thould be
wanting on the part of the Company, or thole who
• were charged with the diration. of the Theatre, to
. • ' eninre a continuance of that patronage, of which they
had experienced fo confiderable a (hare. Mr.
'Warm° atom .made his farewel obeifancc, arnicia
sj smivacal and continued applaufe. .
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