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... 1 ' 6POR71NO. e ,THE GOODWOOD MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY ItEWS. 0- Snt,--The A~mericans have shown us a horse at Of last in Starke, who has riot been here many months, and yet he won the first great event he was wantedi for, hie defeat by Its, Killigrew in a match the other day having caused, the layers B.of odds to accommodate his owner and psrty to their hearts' contest, sand they ...

SPORTING

... SQPOBRING. NE THE ASCOT AND MANCHESTER MEETINGS. Arm d,1 TO THE EDITOR. Or T1HE3 DAILY Nr.WS. Sol SI,-The clasbin~g of two such great meetings Ne'd as lhose at Ascot is to be regretted; but we must console Nit ourselves with the~ idea that it was unavoidable, the fixture I of Manchester for Whitsun weok being imperative, while it SE, is an equally long establiahed rule for Ascot to take ita ...

HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA

... Rai FIRST DAY. The two days' meeting at Henlley, unquestionably ~as the greatest rowing regstta in the kingdom, o~mmenced yes- r1037 torday, with a programme of the most interesting and attrae- nes tive eharacter, in which crews from the Universities of Ox- ins ford end Cambridge, the London, and other rowing clubs, eon, were included. The intense heat of the last few days wase tempered with a ...

SPORTING

... SIP OR 7IyG. LATEST ST. LEGER BET rING IN LONDON. 4 to 1 aget Toxophilite (wanted) 6 to 1 - The Hadji 8 to 1 - Eclipse 10it 1 - Volta 10 to l - Sunbeam 12 to 1 - Governess 12 to 1 - East Langton In the morning as much as 7 to 1 was laid against Toxc- philite, and as little as 6 to 1 was taken about Volta. The reaction is shos n in the above list of quotations. BETTWNG AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY. ST ...

SPORTING

... TATTERSA LL'S-T YESTRDAY. A lthcuglh the room was only thinly attended, a considerable mount of business was transacted, as the subjoined quotations will show : NOrTItAt`rTOSXnlRE STAREs.-Lamprocles waR again in high fa. vour; to I was taken freely. Several commissions were in hand to back Defiance, hut only two (ar three of them were executed on the teros required. The general answer to ...

CRICKET

... ALTERATION OF TTHE RULES OP CRrcKRT-Durin5 te past week there has been a general meeting of the rneraher of the Marylebone Club, for the purpose of considering th recommendations of the committee of that body, to the effect that certain alterations should be made in the roles of tI e game, which it was conceived the advance in cricket demanded. The meeting was held in the pavilion at Lord's, ...

SPORTING

... TATTERSALL'S-SATVRDAY. TWO THOUSAND. 6 to 4 aget St. Hubert (taken) 2 to t I - Lord of the Isles 10 to 1 - Claret ONE THOUSAND. 3 to 1 agat Clotilde (taken) 4 to I - Mosquito (5 to 1 taken) CHESTER CUP. 15 to I agat Neville (taken) 100 to 6 - Mortimer (20 to 1 taken freelj) 20 to 1 - Joe Miller (taken) 20 to 1 - Escape (taken) 20 to 1 - The Reiver (taken) 25 to 1 - Knigbt of St. George (taken) ...

SPORTING

... SPOR TING. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 wae the ?? offer on the field. At the cornm tiencement The Reiver, Rotherham, and Arthur Wellesley were backed at 8 to 1 against the three ; ar.d afterwards offers to take 26 to I about each were repeatedly but unsucces- fully made. Could thege odds have been obtained, a good deal of money would have been invested, particularly ott The ...

SPORTING

... $PORTING. TATTERSALL'S-YESTUtDAY. Subscribers mustered numerously, and the businesg that was transacted on The Derby presented features of consider. able importance. Before entering into details, however, it is necessary to state that the task of separating the chaff from the grain was never more difficult. De Clare was very distinctly in the ascendant; at the corn- mencement some transactions ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... ior BRIGHTON CLUB RACES. at FB~iDAY.-ltatelshS, T011Y.C. Duke of Bedford's France, 2 yrs, rely 6et 71b (Charlteun) beat Sir. Mlillo's Fernande, 4 yrs, 9O1. (Bartholo- 55555 Mewi), by a head. Betting 2 to 1 orn France. Bunl in I min. 13 seec. een The Clarot Stakes (handicap) of 5 Cove each, with 5O added; the ilie- winner to give three dozen of claret to the club. T.YC. 1C) subs. out Mr. ...

SPORTING

... oSPORT1NG. NEWMAREET SECOND SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY.-£60: for three-yr olds, Ost 21b ; four, 8st ; five, 8st 71b; six and aged, SIb 12kb. T.M.M. The winner to be sold for 200 sovS, if demanded, &c. S ir R. Pigot's Kohinoor, by Slane, 3 yrs ?? ?? (Wells) 1 Mr. Barne's Waverley, 4 yrs ?? (Flatmas) 2 Mr. Mare's Perfidious, 3 yrs ?? (Hook) 3 Mr. A. J. LeCras's Apestate, 4 yrs ?? (G. Brown) 4 Lord ...

SPORTING

... ASCOT IE~ATH RACES.-FRIDAY. The business and pleasure of the meeting were brought to a close to-day, the attendance being almost entirely eonfined to per. eons having more than a passing interest in tho proceedings. The racing was extremely good, the contests being decided twice by a head, once by a neck, and twice by half, a length. So far as sport was concerned, this was a brilliant ...