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' ' ,HUTIAI. SPOUTS ON THE CUFF,We had yesterday the enjoyment of a day at Mar. gate, and a merry and, a busy day it was. It consisted at a series of entertainments, on the Cliff, East of the Battery. The bill expressed ass-racing, for a hew hat ; jumping in a nek, for a pair of shoefe; grinning through a horse’s foliar, for a smock-frock ; and running by young Ladles (under GO), for* % new Holland chemise. Two hohrs previous to the commencement, the prizes 'were «x)itbttedona long triangular pole, throogh alt the fiubffe streets, preceded by the niartiiJ drum and lfe; and.the Tawn-vder gave notice, that the sports wouldcommence precisely at noou. A boat that, hour the company on the Course exceeded-one thousand two hundred peruatu, Composed of ail ranks aiid dese^ptioBs. The. raferw and the carriages took their station ht the fbrer ground. Tjtc white cliffs and the sea itt the horizon, intersected by the town In the vuH«y* formed * cpm-bination of: objects truly picturesque. The stand, although it could boast ad tyeither beauty of foghlon,attracted no little atteiftion from thednmheref grin-ners, who were the supposed candidates fog tbeStftoek frock. Whilst the assqs. were in training, the ^ Jilt of the . terribly terrible' tilgb*brcd running attef* Was ottered in every , part of the course.: The race (three heats) afforded ao-.inflnUy of anraseasmt. Five were entered, and had if hot been for iiijdlmg, crossing, andwhipping, the iatmg Roicius'x (who was better-bred, hftter-trained, and |n more excellent condition than4 j i ^pi • Ihis oppbnent), would kare wbn the prize. Miss Ltiddwas the fortunate winner; of one guinea. -As most money was betted upon the teuiitcst for the chemist, it . excited the most interest. Much to the mortifi cationdf everyone, only one Jjady entered, although! theStewards repeatedly announced that the prizo (.thenetejated on the sthnd) Wifi equal, in suhsftince,. t6 a fiMidaoabie gown and pBttlcoat; and that if-no com-thrffie? dlsHnft notices, the v woold ^alk over the course with theatef'kit'slothes* '' No one- disputing the prize, thebaretc female Wilted front Mt. CbBtfsSumnier-hooseCrescent, witfi tfie.uiinost placidity*andin withfwidcnt marks of exuHitidir; she wisbneofthe fishcrtneti’s daughters, and saisl to beaft o{d hand at a smock race.The Directors of these amusements were of a su-* . * • * r *\ ■ perior class ; but the harmony of the BceftC, ue. thefim and good humour, nearly, ended fatally by a quarrel ensuing, in .which two Ladies deeply interested, went into strong fits, and wel^ carried fc that state off the ground. Art infant cVdd, tfhicli was indiscreetly brought into the mitklle of the crowd by a servant maid, fell out of its tiuise’fi arms, and would have been trampjeu t6 death, had not the spirited benevolence of Mr. 0EhftAnu interfered* and rescued it from impending danger*
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London Morning Post
London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Oct 04, 1803
Page 4
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Peter R.
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