... AFTER dinner (at Kosloo) was over, and the boozy governor hod retired, we presided over a great wirestling match among the native Turks, which ?? been il preparation for some time previously, and which came off that evening after working hours. A great number of workmen, six or seven hundred, I should suppose, collected under our window, and there formed a large ring. The per- sons composing ...

... BALLYMENA STEEPLE.CtrASE RACES. (From omr oiva Repoff ter) YrsrERDAY, these races came off over the usual grounds, known as Ballylkeel, on the Craigbilly estate, in the neighbourhood of Ballymena. The day was bitterly cold, but dry and clear, and, as some good sportitig was ?? anticipated, for several hoot1's SpreviouSt the satrting¢, vast crowds of genttry, farmers, jlickeYl, ruistics, and ...

... S P 0 R T I N G(. T 1B E U A L r. v MUE NA S T ?; R P T. Ei - C It A S 13i . Triuse races are to come off on Wednesday next. For die Ballymenna I-Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, pp., 50 sovs. added, the following acceptances have beeni declared:- Mi\. Flood nO. e.m. Miolly Bawn, aged, list Olbs MIr. Dillon's g.g. Blind Harper, afed, 3Ost Sibs .Mr. Saunders' b.g. Louth, 6 years, .. ?? ...