... THE LAST OF THE CURLING SEASON.-- ABER- FELDY v. WEFM. THE roaring game all Scotchmen declare to be king o' games, and when the icy board is hard and holding the angler forgets the rod and the golfer thinks not of his favourite driving club; the broom and the curling stones, the cram pit, the hoose, and the potlid are all uppermost in his mind. It is possibly more the game of the people ...

... . By a Novice. BY an introduction to golf I do not wish the reader to imagine that I am about to relate the difficulties and disappointments I encountered during the first game I ever played; that would scarcely edify a schoolboy. My intention is really to try to prove that the intricacies and difficulties of the game are such, that, to a person taking it up late in life, an introduction of ...

... . On the occasion of his marriage, the officers of the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry Cavalry presented the Hon. E. W. B. Portman, who is a major of the corps, with which he has long been connected, the statuette of which we give an engraving. The statuette is in silver on an ebony plinth. It was designed and manufactured by Elkington and Co., of 22, Regent-street. ...

... CARLTOH (HIGHLAND MALT) WHISKEY. tLEVEN YEA3S OLD. Gold Medal, Calcutta Exhibition, 1884. 25s. per Gallon, 50s. per. Doz. CAIIKIAGE PAID. CASUOMA. RICHARD MATHEWS CO., sxn 05 HART ST.. BLOOMSBUBY, W.O. (La:e of Albany Street, X.W.j. A, mis for India CUTLER, PALMER J- Co. Rich in Phosphates (Vide Baron Lleblg's Report) MAX GREGER'S CARLOWITZ PRICES FRO^fl 24s PER DOZEH. London 2, OLD BOND ...

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... . THE weather all over England last Saturday was of a rainy character, so that the results of some of the principal football fixtures were rather surprising, although in the majority of cases the teams which were expected to win were successful. The First Division League matches were as usual:very closely con tested, two games ending in draws of one goal each. Aston Villa received a visit from ...

... . SEPTEMBER is now upon us, and only a few belated up river regattas remain to be chronicled at the end of the season. Last Saturday the Teddington Reach Amateur Aquatic Sports were held in showery weather, but before a good attendance. Racing began at 9 a.m., although several heats had been rowed off on the Thursday, and a good day's work was got through before the final race was disposed of. ...

... . Owing to the great pressure of Horse Show matter in the columns of our last week's issue, I was unable to work in, or even touch upon, my jottings connected with recent interesting polo in the Phœnix Park. I shall revert, therefore, to the contest for the Open Cup, which was watched by about ten thousand spectators, on Saturday in Horse Show week, a large number of the Viceregal Garden Party ...

... GOLF AT POETMAENOCK. LUNCHEON INTERVAL. OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. MR. J. B. BALLIN GALL (ST. ANDREW'S) PUTTING AT NINTn GREEN IN SEMI-FINAL. MR. J. BALL, JUN. (LIVERPOOL), WINNER, AT FIRST TEE FOR LAST ROUND OF OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. ...

... Whatevek might have been lacking m the number ot entries for the regatta of this club on the lltli and 12tli of the month, the quality of the sport afforded was excellent. The first race for yachts exceeding forty-rating brought out H.R.H. the Prince of Wales's Britannia and Mr. A. D. Clarke's Satanita, and a splendid race ensued. The course out of harbour, starting from Felixstowe Pier, was ...

... . The Corporation Marquee on the Cricket ground at Canter bury was the scene, on Thursday the 4th, of a pleasant ceremony --the presentation of a service of plato to Mr. W. W. Mason. Mr. Mason, who was twice mayor of this city, was in office during the Jubilee Celebration of the Canterbury week, and his efforts helped largely to make it a success despite the fact that the weather was most ...

... J. C. C-raham, forward. THE ROSSLYN PARK FOOTBALL CLUB. Tender, .K.A. Kg. C. E. 0^°^. Eon, F. W. Robertson. J- Shaw> R Bastard F. F. McKenzic, Hon. Sec. J.G.Gibson. Captain Cowper-Coles. ROYAL EFFING FOREST GOLF TEAM. ...