... HRTRACIN~G. H RTPXRIC- MEETLNG3. lge4o-Mel.isv. aCainm RACE FlAPS. Mr Ht T, lWtony' Laii: D-ly (. I.1t~.tiil7 hAir Deiiou ±n 2a :it- . .. .. Sib-., ts.-atlt h , T'l K., 5i.i E,.oe. o Ph-spe-. iralie-tn B-uck. MO )-cri? -. ttl ,lsJd Dcrrv. 6-O . w.QtI Tortog 1a L I 1'h.O 'vaN. 5 tv ab C:1woher- Won, by h&.7 _ta A0g.O oid-Rit~l~liLt SoA'ai-t ? Ez'sEHASt PLATE. I3l R.lgreDu'naly . .. ...

... -k-P,'R. DF (¶ U,'TFN PLOU)GHIYG M ATCEH. TThr. annuai nita*r -wees yed yesterdir on -ho jfirr of Norr-h 3fadlleto. Nigg in a fie'd kindi' giantaelL by Slr W~alker. Ti'e ftr et snd seime oi i l-qt week had eiid§nslyv beCel) luch a&Jaitlt isI ltttiae as umilber of rihosc wvc' had at firtt i ipropo5,--d to conripcr-e hed 6venn -.on atny idoc* the mneatc' ermiengot' until Fridue laser. 'rer hen ...

... SPORTIN(G NEWS. | ~~~RACI7N G. MANCHFSTER N Y YE4R MBETO. 1. --AE CLUB MIUDEN SVTEEPLEO3ASE PLATE. i eliuon 1. Tben Vjatcher 2. Ah.o ran-Barney O'Ciore, Rocladle, Marsh Elen. Betting -Evens againet Heliumi. Only two tfniished. 13C-A MAYDEN HURDLE RACE. Bataliol tI1. LLiiiian Noel 2, Ivy Spray 3. Als, ran-Lord Eilkeany. L[A Poere, Lady Linthorpe. Tiduan, ihsaruied. Sarlh. Humerus. BettLng-ii so ...

... P EESENTATION OF PRIZES, i T.lE WAR OFFICE A-NiD THl-TE ART1LITEPRY. , i ; On Feidaey the annual Christma;s andi N~ew iar tournamioent, which have bern proceeding during the last three weeks, wvero brought to a sueeesiful conelus~io in the new quarters of tire let i Aberdeen 'Volunteer Artiliery in . North Si.s'-er Street. Haudsome prizes were presented to the wrincrLs. The comixpetitions ...

... BitiAn OHA1MPION PaUHING MATpH, One of the most important ploughing Otch 3anrually held in the Buchan distiot is thle Bueban eharpion ploughing match Ei took plaee yc- terday on a field an the Gairngal estate, kidly granted for the occasion by Mr W. B. Hu- annZL The event bad been settled to come off en e previous Tnedy, bat owing to the hard set-nothing cold be dona There were 36 en- :rhies, ...

... ACCIDENT TO QUEEN'S NEW I I YACHT. I VESSEL MUCH DAl-AGED. A correspondent at Pembroke Dock-tele- graphs as follows :-The new Royal yacht. Victoria and Albert, which was to have been1 undockedl at Pembroke this (Wednesday) morning, heeled over to port about 25 de- grees in the dock as soon as sufficient water had been admitted to float her. and the dock- vard offcials realisinzg Cthat it was ...

... I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHALLENGE PLOUGIHING MATCH OF'E SCOTLAND. I This matoh, open to Great Britain for lmedal- men and first-prize men only, took piace at Surra- 6dale, near Elgin, yesterday. Three times this--- the biggest evenr of the kind in Scotland-has had s o be pos'poned owing to King Fro-: ' |olding the ground in his iron grip, and yes or day was just as bail in the ...

... I RA~aG. GATWICKI MEUETNG. l.l-PuJ,1ET SlEEPLECHASE. ,Mr Skve's Chasir of Hlders ..* Drrsol I' Mr A. Yates's Lord Per . .y.. Dolery '4 Mr G. tambto's The Farne . . C. Hogan Also ran-ttitle Ctceg:rain, Balymoney, Corner, sod Blue Bag. Berting-2 to 1 against 0hair of Rildsrre. 7 to 2 Bluef Bag, 5 to I Lord Percy, Corner, andt The Farne, 10 G- I the others. The ...

... PLACING. GATWTCK MAEETInNG. 3 .16--EATFebIOE.LD HA-N2DICAP STEEIZVRAis dfr G. lernen, Wad ldrLdge . G -r M}r E. Buokwvew.1h B-o-.r Pren'e,s .. B - M: W. j. Green's Pc'mrhe .. .. Pig , ALLso rn-2l-ck Brf:s. Ortrkborg. lrgobrrgb. acz Ceaisderoa Berting-9 to 4 ag-als:n Wag E .iriize. 3 re I CtcrS:,g, 100 W 34 Peiythk-z L, a zo I MNck lng;, 10 to I to.0 orbear Won by nhreqrn-wtkrs ...

... |j - | RAOENG. LqNCQTDLD MTEBTG. 1.1f-TVlDRI0lG ODLBI CR'DIE 'AC. Mr A. D. 4len's 1 entan ..W Taylor MLrs Yates's Magic Box .. B.o 2 Captain H. S. Browning's Golden Eagle .. Driscoll 3 Aleo rana-Ravem ale, Sailor Boy III., Debonnstr, Ethel Nora, Distrreaeful, Snowden, Admiral Drake, Obio- letse Rewing-li to S tga.attb Lebetistisn 9 to 2 Dirt bi, 7 zo 1 Magic ...

... I RACING. LD7GFiELD -1IM=T , *1-SELC'DLEY HTEATH IDEN RAMEYHUErTE it Magic Box ws½-3ked over. 1.30-TOW;3 SELLING HANDICAP STFFriE,4 Ur T. Iwu: Cronbtrg *.- .. T Lare iMr Bouverie's Etinfield .33L6kp,,t M.Rr W. CAf~ingwo-od's Poetasrer .. 1,n .ist ran-,.aes.tic, MIte Mise Critic, Cornmbo- HBeo-ng-15 to S agatniE Cr..o-hrg, 7 to 2 Co-qrnb tco 1 lti;s Cristo, 7 to 1 etabh ...

... G OL F. Aberdeen Ladies' Club. -The .monthly scratch and handicap prizes were played for yesterday. The weather was fine, and there was a large turn- -out of players. The following were the best eoores:-Miss L. Youngson 77 (scratch), winner of the scratch medal: Miss AI. F. Pirie 82 (less 10), 70: Miss G. Crane 78 (less 41, 74; Mrs W. C. H. Jopp 87 (less 12), 75; 'Miss Crane 84 (less 41, 80; ...