Star.
London, England, 1821-01-06 00:00:00

SPORTING iNTELLIGENet

BOXING.
A Match has.been made, for £2OO a-side, between
Cribb (the Champion of England), and Bill Neat, of
Bristol. This great Match was knocked up in an
instant, on Thursday evening. The Champion had
called in at the Castle Tavern, en passant, merely to
take a glass with his friend, Tom Belcher, when a
Steell from Bristol being present, and admirer of
Neat, without ceremony proposed the battle in ques-
tion. This challenge was immediately taken up with
some warmth, by an old London fancier, who felt
for the pride of the. Metropolitan Prize Ring, and
offered to stake £lOO, if the Champion would• con-
sent to fight for the sum mentioned. Crihb answered,
that he had said he would not fight for less than
ROO a-side, in cansequence of his business; but there
had been so much chaffing about it, that he would
fight Neat for £2OO !—(Loud cheers). The following
articles were immediately drawn up, and signed by
the respective parties:
" Castle Tavern, Holborn, Jan. 4, 1821.
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" Mr. S. on the part of Thomas Cribb, puts down ten pounds ;
and Mr. J. E. on the part of William Neat, also puts down ten
pounds, to fight for two hundred pounds a-side, between Bath
and London, on Wednesday, the 9th of May, 1821. To be a
fair stand-up fight. Half minute time. In a twenty-four feet
ring. The above twenty pounds are placed in the hands of Mr.
Belcher. The whole of the stakes are to be deposited in the
hands of Mr. Belcher, who is appointed to name the place of
fighting. The sum of one hundred pounds a-side to be made
good at the said Mr. Belcher's, the Castle Tavern, Holborn, on
the 24th of January, 18111. An umpire to be chosen by each
party, and Mr. Jackson to namv the referee. The whole of the
money to be made good, £2OO a-side, on the 9th of April, 1821,
at Mr. Cribb's, the Union Arms, corner of Panton-street and
Oxendon-street, Haymarket, between the hours of seven and
ten o'clock in the evening. In case of either party not making
the £lOO good, the above deposit of £2O to be forfeited.
" Witnessed, P. F.. " Signed J. S. -
" Thomas Belcher. J. E...

A screw, it seems, has been loose between Neat
ar►d the Champion of England, for sometime past,
which is now to be decided by the fist. Several wagers
were immediately offered that the stakes are not
made good ; more especially, as Neat is to be con-
sulted upon the subject. It is, however, well known,
that Neat, a short time ago, offered to fight Cribb
for £2OO a-side. The Champion, it is said, is much
too heavy at present ; but the good effects of train-
ing will put that to rights. Neat is a very powerful
young man.
SKAITINO.

Thursday, at one o'clock, the Match for One Hundred Gui-
neas, to skait a mile In three minutes, was decided. Previously
to the match being performed the mut .was the favourite, and
was backed at odds at Tsrreasatt's and other places. The
person selected to perform the match appears to have been a
countryman in the neighbourhood of the fens. •He started a few
seconds before the time, and came up in speed to the scratch at
the moment appointed, and performed the distance seven se-
conds under the three minutes. At first it was reported in town
that a dispute had arisen as to the correctness of the time
keepers : the report is, however, unfounded. The spot selected
for the performance was on the fens, near to Islebam, four
miles from Ely, and eleven from Newmarket. Considerable
bets were depending on the match, and the result has surprised
most persons. Indeed the speed is extraordinary, as compared
with that of the first race-horses recorded in sporting annals.—
The Beacon Course, at Newmarket, Is font miles round, and is
generally performed in seven minutes fifteen or twenty seconds ;
but it is recorded that Flying Childers, for a considerable wager,
being put to his utmost speed from the moment of starting, ac-
complished it in five minutes and seventeen seconds.