... I COLTNESS IRONWORKS NATIONAL GAMES: - - - ~ , .v.aJ.J LJ.J v AflLlthj.. These gpames took place on Sxtyirdaythe,20th~inst.-isn a field kindly,giantjd iqrltg{ ?? by ilairMatter, Esq. of Xuldh itseburn, under whose patronage the games came- off. The day being delightful, added nuch to the pleasure of the enlivening acene. -- ;,T attendanceiwvas very nu'mer- Ois, andthe arena was.graced byfthe. ...

... [rEEAT BOWLNGi TOURNAMENT AiT MOFFAT. OPEN TO AtitsCOTLAND On Wednesday moraing, as ?? was heavy, the play-, ing'did not confi encebuntil about half-past 10 o'clock. The ?? cloudy, but'no raiinJ an!&the game proce ded briskly. Injlie aftenoonI, as Ithe 7uibers became feveraid' the pl ayers rnore selecit, the, interest iocreased; and in many of the games tbere was some first-rate play snown.. ...

... PLOliGIIING MATCHES. In - ---og 'LUUlillitiN iU ?? DALSERF. This annual trial of skill came off, ol Thursday the 6thl current, on. the farm of Mr. Arthur Hamilton, iiglees. The morning was very stormy, but the day cleared up and proved very favourable, both for the match and the great crowd of spectators who had gathered from all quarters to witnegs the coetest. The judges ?? Jackson, I Esq., ...

... PLOUGHIXNG MATCHES. BALDER.NOCK. Tke annual ploughitg match of the lilaldernock AgricUilt'urul Soiety toet ploceoll Thilursditv theulith lost onl the lauds of Laviock- hilt and Cotbeg. 'Thero `eruld cotapetitors for thu.vurious prizes, ?? thley did their work in a very Superiorrstyle. Thie judges, ;lessrs. Slirdoch of Htiltoln, Coulolrougl of Aluchilnernlnd (i loarlane of lligh italvie, after ...

... MATCH BETWEEN HORSE AND.,HOUND. -, - . .. . .- -. . ,m -- The, comparative speed f the. horse and foxhound is again to be tested in 1860, a match for 1000 guineas (h ft) having been made betweeri 'the Dake of Beaufort and the Earl of Wincbels,' to conmc off over the. Beacon Course at ' New- market, in the Roughton meeting next year. . The Duke backs five couple of ..hunnd§ against three ...

... THB TUBE. ?? - 0 m T XT NT f^l - ' ot SPORTING NOTES. In' (rosI WHITE AND GOLD LA TE rTTA o0 sHANTER.) th London, Saturday Afternoon. t- SINcE the days of Coldrenick I doubt whether he there has been a dark horse so heavily backed for he a great race as Morier, and the performances of the n two horses were fairly on a ?? in the al Derby, like Morier in the Two Thousand, being 5Y the first ...

... TEE' 7' Ulff. 'ASPORTING NOTES. (pRss wIrflT AfS) GOLm') London, Wednesday Night. THErE was a capital day's racing at Wm-wick, andi although the weather was anything but inviting, there was a very fair attendance to w~itness the sport. The staltes for the Guy Welter Handicap increased to 150 sous., and eight runners turned out to do battle. 'Victorious was made favourite, and won very easily ...

... TRE T UBE. LATEST SPORTING NOTES. (noNr * WHITE ±00D GoL,. LATE TAU O S EAyTa) - ' ' ?? Night. UorttNHAjot attracted by far the greatest attention at the hands of racing men, and the iaugal day was beyond doubt a success. The uke o Hamilton's victory in the principal event as well received; and The Bear baa the maings of a good ;steeplechaser. To-rnorrow,- Palm may win the L Camnbridgeshire ...

... I= E - '(enSPOtUTIX(W zzG (nROUWEIT2 A-ID G I= , ar . ?? xaltby g~ht. I v 0 M1squetaire ins the Stewars'a Cup at G'oodwood, the question of-hsndicapping will in all :probability be brought before the Jockey Club. I have heard a good deal of grmbliong at weights, but never anything like what has been said about -the--Stewards' Cup, which is, I believe, the' handi- work of the old Burlington ...

... THE T URB. MlIIN= mAiRYMASS RAMES. The ancient Miaryinass Fair annually held at Irvine seas brought to a termination on Saturday withs the race meet~ing on the Burgh Moor. The weather was good. Special trainis were run during the day from Glasgow and Ayr, whilst hundreds dlocked into the town from the surrounding dis- tricts. According to custom, the brethren of the Carters' Society, bedecked ...

... NEWMARKET CRAVEN M=-TING. Da TLUSDAY. April 17. D The CRAVEN STARES of i1 Soeri each. with SQO added. IL 2. (I tal l7 yar-d-l Id Hllenit, 4 ym, ot S9b ?? Cadnon *vao. 1r Th. FLYINCI STAKES of 1 Soyvs. eacib. withb i- added. 0 Rots Couosc (fvefrriougs) i Eloossab 6 Ms, IOst 41b ?? toater t Oannou Ball4 .l, lot7st ?? ( .1. . ?? ' B attng-1l to 10 on 4ocsaloi. who mar o all tL* ?? tr and wou by ...

... T H B ?? SPORTING NOTES. r . fiFBOUI WLITS A2YD GOLD.) London, Wedneoday Nigbt. TES course at Eingsbury is in remarkably good r going order, and a there are several horses already on tie 6opot the racinpg will be well worth whiie witneso h g, as good sport is always a-ssociated with Mr Worner's batherng. The seratchings for the di.ferent events are very small, and I snal expect to aee large ...