... Weahe o tec RACING NOTES. Weater o themost -enjoyablee character was associated wd thle Cup day at Goodwood, and there wats ae great Incerase In theI attendlance, eslecitelly on tile lawn, whichis-wore a particularly gaY 16appearance. Tristan, as we anticipated, was 55555d1 a great favourite for the Cup, but aitlenugh lio looked alt over a winner ~.aftor laying a long way out of Isis ground a ...

... THE AUSTRaU OS- V. GEXTLV, -VL [BmY TELF(ItRAPU The match between tire Australians and ?? Scotlanl eas commenced yesterday in very difil ad 'nlet5 weather at the ground of the Crange iCuh, , tirat~nii Edinburyh. Rain fell In the moronl%, and c r, pi a wvicket which enould otherwise havo heat very Feood a9 and Biannerman stood out of the Australiat rr Tfe,, SlteI thei tos,t~e Colonists vrent ...

... %St RACING NOTES. ly, The prospects of the success of the adjourned steeplechase SO meeting at Manchester cannot be called of a very encouraging ~'character, as the arrival list to-night is anythiu~ but a good one. toHorses, however, can easily bo brought over in rhes Morning, and he this may lead to better fields contesting variooe races than an. filt ticipated. Having undergone Improvement ...

... Rh ACING NOTES, Considering tieclashisng with Otlher meetings, capitol sport was provided at Four Oaks Parks this sefternoon, and there is evary prosejent of a fair meeting to-morrow. C. Wood managed to secu11re three of tile five events ?? whlihlil e took part, but tue defeat of Little Charlie wsos a hsarsl blow to hackers, The meectiog concludes to-morrow, wvhcnte lifollowing selections may ...

... It FOOTBALL I AqTON' V'HILA vs. BLAUKBGRX OLYMT~n C.-'The 4amons Aston Villa tcain met with a most unexpnected reverse it Black. burn on) Saturday, at tine instance of the Blackburn Olympic, tile holders of the eseiociation cup. -Just after the Olympians had wvon thne cull they wavrs defeated by lbs Villa, aend inansy people ins Blackburn thought tics defeat would be repeatedi on S6atUrdcy. ...

... RACING NIOTES. Wretched weather was sassoclated with the opensing day's, racing, ait Lewes; in spite of this, however, there was a large company! present, and the racing proved of an ?? character: throughout, those two sneart mares, Sinperba and-Reprieve, woni~ the Astley Stakes and the Blreeders' Stakes respectively; neither, however, had an easy tagk, aud it is just possible that they axe ...

... BRIGHTON RACES.-YbSTERDAY. The PREsroNs HANDICAP of 6 sovs each, wilth 100 added; wianer after publication of the weights 71b extra. Fivo furlongs. v Mr. Arden's Glen Albyn, by Blair Athol-Maid of Perth, 6 yrs, 10st 121b ?? ?? C. Loates 1 Prince Soltykoff's Alguilette, 4 vrs, Ist l21b ?? Weod 2 Lord Rossmore's Woodpecker, 8 yrs, 8at lOlb. Archer 3 Romanee (A. White) also ranl-Betting: 6 to 4 ...

... FASATURDAY'SFOOTBALL MATCHES 'ASSOCIATION__RULES. STAFFORDSHIRE CUP. WE5T Dno105WsCsn ALsBION vc, Lccic,---Ths5o teams met on tce Stony Lane Ground, West Broruwlich,in the presence of a large c0oncourse of spectators. The visitors set the halt in motion, kicking upbill. Fron'ntics outset tics gems was fast, buet was devoid of Interesting or exciting Incidents during the first imalf-Isour, and ...

... *SANDOwN. PARK RACES~ . wa YxsrenitAY,-ln glorious sautumli westher thws meetingwa concluded In the presence of a very large company. The mrem. bets3 ?? arnd thea principal enclosures were wail putronii5ed, while the hand of the Scot~s Guarde again enlivened the proceed- logs. The teeing was of a very interesting description. Bookers, however, bad rlone the beat of the deal at tho close of ...

... BOA ;SEOOLS ATHLETIC ?? ?? ,;DjfSPLkY. ?? HiS- Laut night the third anhal 'gymrniistic displriy by scholars atteniding the Birminghoim BoatdI.Schools wi~s heldl at the Tdwnd Ball.'Th6 Matyor(Aldbrffian Sir Thoma~s iMarti~cau) peided;-' and afictogst' thoso' on-he platform .ver6'Mis8 Kenriiolf. tho Rev. Dr. Crosskoy, the 'Rev E; F. MacCairthy,' .Dr.,,Laujford,1 Mr. 0.G !L.'Kenriek,l Councillor. ...

... I SPORTING_ NW& - To the Editor of the Daily PoQ&-Sir,-The week just eniding ha~ been a comparatively quiet one on tlie turf, flamptop, Newton, and Alexandra Park alona deomnding attention. The sport has only beeR of a moderate quality, and no event merits any comment. The acceptances for the Northumberland Plate were published on Wednesday, thus anticipating their appearance in the Calendar ...

... TJEICESTER RACES. T VYnTZeoAVx-Thcree was a wonderful change in the weather, T and although it appeared Eninewlsat dloubtfusl about mild-day thre aflesisoon proved beautifully fine, the atnilen here being bright let nod then sun eilsinig with almosti; eurnisrllk owarmth. There wasa lihtincirseIntheatenane.The sport,bhowever, was only or is modierate class. Tiseires farer! better than on the ...