... THE SCHOOLS CRICKET MA TCH. THE annual school match at Lord's has become in its way as much an institution as the Derby. Carriages four deep surround the ground, duly provisioned by Fortnum and Mason, to make a day of it. On Friday and Saturday last almost every noble family in England was represented by one party and equipage at least. The Duke of Edinburgh was there for some time, and the ...

... IF Brighton races are not so great a success as they ought to be, the reason probably lies in the ought ; for there is no doubt but that very obvious desert raises antagonism Virtutem incolumem odimus, sub- latam ex oculis quwerimus invidi. Let us hope that we shall never have to ask what has become of those Brighton races which, when they were put before us, we, through some sort of ...

... THF FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. TEiE 12th of August is of interest to a comparatively limited class. Wlle cannot all go to the moors, or get a shot if we did go; but there are few who care to carry a gun who cannot enjoy a day among the turnips in the sunshine of September. Partridge shooting is, therefore, more of a popular sport than grouse shooting. It lies nearer at hand, is less costly, and more ...

... Six men have been committed for trial for manslaughter, for taking part in a prize-fight which ended in the death of one of the principals. The fight was only with the boxing gloves, and the pugilist did not actually die on the spot; but the coroners jury held that when a man's brain is so shattered by Lbloivs that he very speedily expires, it does not matter whether be is killed during the ...

... FOOMTEJL , FOOTBALL. is, jar exceelec4e, the winter sport of English youth, and frozen- out cricket and rowing clubs gladly welcome a game which the cold renders only more enjoyable. The exercise, however, is the exclusive monopoly of the young. At cricket a steady wrist and unerring eye may counter- balance years, and a rowing man may be in the height of his powers on the wrong side of thirty ...

... THE INDIAN DILEMMA. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-I endeavoured in my last letter to account for the general feeling of discontent with British rule which is alleged by those best acquainted with the subject to prevail among the masses of India. I shall now consider the same question in its relation to the princes and the nobility. They have been prominently brought before the ...

... TEE RAKE, after many fluctuations, has again taken his place at the head of the Derby betting. The large amount of money for which he has lately been backed, and the fact that he is again in work, have together enabled him to depose D'Estournel from his temporary position of first favourite. One or two outsiders have been brought forward by their stables, but little is really known of any one ...

... THE Am legitimate racing season commences to-morrow at Lincoln, and the principal race of the meeting-the Lincolnshire Handicap-seems to be looked forward to with more than ordinary interest. There can be no doubt that in consequence of the favourable weather for training which has con- tinued in almost unbroken succession since the break up of the hard frost, the majority of the horses will ...

... RACIA7G NOTES. THE Lincoln meeting brought out more horses and was a greater success thpan aas anticipated. In consequence of the quantity of rain which l-as fallen lately the course was even heavier than it usually is at this season. The weather Was very favourable, and on the secoad day quite wairn ; Lincoln, therefore, wvas crowded, and a great number of the leading suppoiters of the turf ...

... SucH weather as we were favoured with last week was sufficient, one would think, to have cooled the ardour of the keenest sportsman. On Wednes- day and Thursday especially steeplechasing seemed to be a most unseason- able pastime. So great, however, was the interest taken in the Grand National that an assembly to the full as numerous as on any previous year courageously faced the biting north ...

... Now that frost and snow have thrust us back into winter just as we were fondly anticipating the genial warmth of spring, it seems scarcely opportune to ofier remarks upon such a fine-weather sport as racing. The followers of the turf, however, rarely give in until it has become absolutely impossible for either man or beast to keep his footing. Racing men, indeed, seem utterly indifferent to ...

... THF Croydon and Warwick meetings of i867 will long be remembered by all who were unfortunate enough to be present at them. Croydon Steeplechases, which were run, after a fashion, on the Saturday and Tuesday, proved, of course, a great disappointment, both to the public and to the committee. Now that a week has passed, it would be useless to linger upon the different events, but the defeat of ...