Star.
London, England, 1826-08-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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EXETER RACES, Atmost IL
The Devonshire &altes.
Lord Palmerston's eh c, Greykg, 4 yrs old
Mr Percy's eh m, Prosody, aged . .
Mr Farquharson 's Presentiment .
Wen with ease.

A superb Tureen, value 100 vdisese.
Lord Paimerston's Conquest • 2 I i
.Mr Portman's Porestrr . I s S.
Mr Ryan's Sister to Salisbury • II Er
Four others started. Conquest the Favourite, sod was east
The County Members' Plate of SQL
Mr Coming's ch f. Aura .
Mr King's ch f by Anticipation .
Mr Fuqubarsoes Bisek•and ail-Mack
• A good :we.
The weather this day has been such as we bad never witnessed
at any of our former Races. It rained incessantly the whole of
the day, and the riders were so d with black pest as to be
scarcely distinguishable. The attendance of spvetatun was of
course nut

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CANTERBURY RACES—Wameranay.
His Majesty's Plate or 100 SS. Elsner, Nur games.
Lord Egremont's b. c. by Warrior, 4 yn .
Mr. T. Jones's eb. f. Partial, 4 yrs
Mr. Colman 's Nigel, 4 yrs
Mr. Scaith's Jack Bunce, 4 yrs •
Both heats well contested.
A Gold Cup, or 100 son. given by the Noblemen ea Gentlemen
of the County. Heats, two miles and a distance.
Mr. Honeywood's ch. c. Truth . . 1 II 1
Mr. F. Manila's Maid of Kest . . 3 )
Lord Clifton's Linguist, Iyn .si 3 it
The Cooney Members' Plate of 50 sari.
Mr. Colman's b. f. Honeysuckle, 3 yrs
Major Hmkock's br. h. Squalls
Mr. Palmer's b. f. by Wrangler, 4 yes
Mr. Hawkins's Young Robots

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A Gold Cap. or 130 sots. gimp by tbit Clrr of Caaterbery.
Mr. Gulley' cli. c. Trash, 3 yrs . . 4 1 1
Lord Itromoot's b. e. by Warrior. 1 yrs • • I $ I
Mr. C. T. Jones's eh. f. Partial, 4 yrs . 3 3 '0
Mr. Ilestheoto's ch. c. Niel, 1 yrs . $ 4 0
This was a most 'amnesic and severely emiteelod race.
TII g MOOR&

There are rare &logs on the Moon. There new was a flair
season. The black cocks Sy ahem ha famines of IS and SO, just
asking you to shoot at them ; the hares, owing to the early harvest,
are so plump and fat that they can hardly run away front you; and,
on the Ist of September, the partridges wUI drop at your feet by
the (linen, if you will only take the trouble to he your pa In the
air.--.Edinkurgh 011sertvr.
CRICKET.

Monday, a return match of Cricket was played at Tbisesey Ones
between the Stowntarket and Ipswic► Clubs, width was wen ►y
the former, whe scored 63 and •3 in their two Waage i the Irk-
wick 40 sad 36.

GRAND ROWING MATCH.
Yesterday afternoon the rim was crowded with estters,wberrles,
funnies, and every description of boats, up witness a rowing mater
between the under-mentioned crack oarsmen, for a subscription
purse, in two beats. The throe first boats of the first beats to row
for the second.
1. Richard Westwood and John Goody Light Blatt.
4. F. HUI and W. Nankai . . Yellow.
3. R. Perim and James Castle . . Green.
4. G. Coif and Charles Westwood . Red.
S. W. Tarns and A. Hallam . . Brown.
6. Jas. Covington and T. Yoking . Whirrs
7. Thomas Dodd and George 1 nee . Purple.
At twenty minutes put four o'clock the awn started, for the bat
heat. from Westminster-bridge, to row round a best moored off the
Red House, down the Surrey shore. round the basun, and through
the centre arch of Westminster-briar ; and after a most excellent
contest, Yellow came in first, Brown second, and Red third.
About haltpast six o'clock, Yellow, Brown, and Red started. for
the second heat from Yap:ban-bridge, to row round a boat moored
off Lawn Cottage, down the Surrey shore, round a boat moored off
the Red House, and through the centre arch of Battersea-bridge.
It was one of the grandest heats ever witnessed; and at starting
the men left several of the four-oared cutters a essuiderable dis-
tance behind, They came in in the following manner t—O. Coif
and C. Westwood, Red, fine; F. Hill and W. Noakes, Yellow,
second ; and W. Tenon and A. Hallam, Brown, third.
The first boat received 25 sovereigns; tho second, 3 sovereigns;
and the third, 2 sovereigns.

In consequence of the esti erne drought of the sum-
mer, the autumnal fruits are found in this season to be much tn. •
kited with worms or maggots. Millis ptcullarly observable In rare.
The harvest in this pert of the country is completed ;
it is mere abandaut Ilan has bees known for many years.—.Dersat