... Sir, Your correspondent, 44 Baron Munchausen, has made a great mistake in ridiculing- the remarks made by Rapier in the article 011 Foxes in Trees, which appeared in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of March 29th. During the hard frost this winter, I skated on a private lake, and, together with many others, frequently saw two foxes in an ivy-covered tree, the branches of wliicli ...

... Sir, Seeing in your paper of the 5th a letter from 44 Baron Munchausen, I beg to state the following facts: I was out hunting a number of years ago with Mr. Assheton Smith's hounds, when it was discovered that one or two foxes were up a tree. Carter and Jack took the pack away while a man went up the tree, a Scotch fir covered with ivy. However, Garter became anxious to see the result, and ...

... . I have j ust received the following letter from Sheriff S j enr, of Glasgow, and have much pleasure in commending it to the attention of our readers Glasgow, 3. Westbourne Gardens. Dear Sir, I beg to bring under your notice the propo-ed testimonial to Mr. G. 13. Fraser, of Dundee, on account of his great services to chess. As a chess analyst and the discoverer of many important and ...

... . To the Editor op The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Sir, On reading the leader on Billiards in your issue of last Saturday we find that you have entirely misunderstood the case of Orme and Sons. Dunning. You say It appears to be admitted, so far as we understand the evidence, that the cushions with which the table was fitted when Mr. Dunning passed it as correct to plan were not ...

... . To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Sir, But little attention has been given to this country to the International Exhibition that is to be held in Brussels next year, probably for the reason that, until lately, it was wholly a private enterprise. The recent interest taken in the project by the Belgian Government has, however, invested it with considerable importance, ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. DUBLIN HORSE SHOW. (To the Editor of the Illu itrated SronTixa and Dramatic News). Sir, Owing to the hurried manner in which I had to over look my proof of the Dublin Horse Show artiolp, which appeared in laBt week's issue, an error in punctuation (completely altering the meaning of one important sentence) escaped my notice altogether. In the paragraph at top of second column, ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. THE EPSOM COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLUB. The Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. _ Dear Sir, It was most gratifying to me, as an Old Boy, to see a picture of the Epsom College Football Team appear in this week's Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, as well as to read tbe very favourable paragraph relating thereto. The writer of it probably lias better access to ...

... . To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Dear Sir, As your readers are doubtless aware, Mrs. Ellen Poole took over the reins of the South London upon the death of her husband in October, 18S2, since which time she has carried on the business. The recent unfortunate bankruptcy of this lady has taken from her everything she possessed, including her furniture, and we make ...

... . To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting ancl Dramatic News. Sir, I suppose I ought to feel fluttered that you should attribute to me the communication from a member of the Wagner Society, in the Musical News of Aug. 19, regarding Madame Nordica. I must assure you, however, that I am guiltless thereof, either directly or indirectly; for 0110 thing, not being an English musician; for ...

... CORRESPONDENCE, LORD ROSEBERY ON ENTERPRISE. To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Sir, Having been asked to give my opinion on the landscape advertising, which was so humorously referred to by Lord Rosebery at the Royal Academy Banquet, will you allow me space to say that, no one enjoyed Lord Rosebery's speech more than I did, and if any doubt had previously existed in ...

... . SOUP STALLS FOR CABMEN AND OTHERS IN THE STREETS OF LONDON. To the Editor of' The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Sir, When putting forth my Christmas appeal on behalf of the Home of Rest for Horses, I touched on the above subject, which to ray great gratification lias since been favour ably alluded to in many of the leading journals. Unfortun ately I am not in a position, unaided, ...

... . To the Editor of The Illustrated Spouting axd Dramatic News. Deae Sie, Referring to page No. 331, paragraph 2nd, of your issue of the 16th December, ult., and also to page No. 355, paragraph 7tli, of your issue of the 23rd December, ult., it is a coincidence that I have for the last six months ridden in an ordinary saddle without pannelling' or stuffing of any kind, except a pannelling, or ...