... h f THE TURF. . The Drunmer's defeat for the Grand Prix proved a 1 great disappoiuiment to turfites on this side of the ,( Channel, though to those who knew that the horse had been coughing ever since his arrival in Paris, it did not Icome with surprise. As it was, but for a contretemps 'in the race caused by one of the French horses, the , Drummer would have won, and I am satisfied that fit ...

... j £ S OJkTI.NG INTELAIGENCE. 1 THE TURF, At this season of the year, usually affords few topics of interest, aud this year is scarcely ali exception to the rule. People begin to talk about the 2 000 Guineas and ths 7 )erby, and to bet, ton, on those events, thougli with the sern and yellow leaf has come, inevitably, the end of the racing season. Regard being, add to the fact that we are ...

... I I THE TURF. Another of our great turf problems awaits solution on Wednesday next, and it is about that issue that racing men are occupying themselves just now. Lord Roseberry's retirement from the turf--though very regretable-and the reported marriage of a trainer to a clergyman's daughter-though very curious, and re- minding us of the times of Squire Western, and of the days when the ...

... I i~~~ ?? - I f NOTTINGHAM JULY RACES.-TUESDAY. Ro bin flood Stakes-Cyymbal, 1; Burgoyne, 2- )r Two ran. I r Stand Plate- Lady of Croome, 1; Miss Thackeray, ir2; Marshal Ney, 3. -Four ran.I le 2 Nottinghamshslire Handicap-Fideliaj 1; Adrastia, 3.-Sevens Cran. 3S ran. ! Shorts Stake'-Vibration, 1; Clarionette, 2; Cheer. ful, S.-Seven ran. Bradgate Plate- Stork, 1; Boston, 2; Scottish Rose, ?? ...

... Ths s tmeofTliF 'L'URF. Tis i3a titnoof year when the occupation of the SpOiLtilg writer is almost gone. Between Goodwood aud York there is an interreurnm waich is inevitable of aud genorally recoganised. T'ie alterations are not very or great, and so sportc-jen, noble and plebian, fly to the dj molors, to Ems, Spa, or Wiesbaden- to anywhere, in Le order to fill up tile interval by excitement ...

... SPORTING INTELLIGElNoR THE TURF. Glorious Goodwood bids fair to be Ushered in with glorious weather, though, perhaps more s, er- i for bipeds than for quadrupeds, for the C rl~qauet or, bard ground is calculated to find out wa lcsi the majority of training establisiments rain is dt prayed for, and unless we have rain Manly anima'ls with doubtfel understandings will not be seen in the Due ...

... THE TURF. The racing of the week does not call for any length. ened remarks. ?? NV indsor the sport] was good, but except in the defeat of Border Knight by Skipjack nothing occurred to leave a mark in racing history. The success of Skipjack in the Windsor Handicap on Wednesday does not, after all, make the Knight a bad horse. The Blenkiron sale, on Saturday, may be quoted as a sign of the ...

... SPORTINGi ITNTEL-LIGENCE. ''lHER TURR., The suicide of Mr John Step'henson, the leviathan bookmaker, and owner of Stradbroke, Lumleyt and other well, known hosises,l has caused a very painf ul l'senrsation in turfi circles. 'The decsed gentleman, . whb througyhoplt had ?? the manuaeineut of Mr Gilaham's horses'Fdg'rmosae, Caithness, and others .wC~anva universally respected for his ...

... I HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEiVED IN I . AMERICA. I L The New York Herald says :-'Like lightning the general iniormuation was conveyed, 'The Har. vards are beaten.' But the people wanted to learn I more. They wanted every syllable in the precise b form in which it had been flashed electrically along the bed of the great ocean; and, though the i announcement that America's crack crew had been ...

... CATTERICK RACES.-TauioSDAY. 1V tI Craven Handicap.-Honesty, 1; La Charautonne, N N 2; Hind, 3. 5ran. 1 North-RidingHunters'Stakes.-Charley, 1; Donato p 2; Diddington, 3. 7 ran. t] Zetland Stakes.-Divuler, 1; Hawthorndale, 2; jte Meringue, a. 1lran. , HorSby Handicap.-Auchinleck, 1; Fleets, 2- Dean, 3. 6 ran. I ' Bedale Hunt Stakes.-Zeminder, 1; Delaware, ;b Bird's Eye, 3. 7 ran. a_ THE 15TH ...

... NENIWIAKEKT iOUGHTON MEETING. TUESDA Y. IA Free Handicap Sweepst skes-Stromboli, 1; Maid of Maisham, 2; Lxadly Highthorn, 3.-Six ran. -I, Selling ?? iSweepstales-Choral, 1 ; Herald, 2; Spider, 3.-Four ran. THE CAMBRiIDGESHIRE STAKES. Vestminster ?? 1 Cerdagne ?? .. ?? ?? ?? 2 Cardinal ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 3 Twenty-nine ran. Match of 100 So ?? Hood, i 1; Lady Betty, 2. Optionatl Sellinig Stakes--Pr ...

... l DONCASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING. TUESDAY. The Fitzwilliam Stakes-White Slave, 1; Castlq Hill, 2. WCn easily by length and a half. The Filly Stake - riv .t 1;ailt,2Ceu, S. Won easi y by a'lf a ?? The Clumber Plate-Hester ,i; Honesty, 2. Won by two lengths. The Great Yorkshire Handicap-Geant des Battailes, 1; Argyle, 2 ; Paul Jones, 3.-Eleven ran. Won by a length. The Champagne Stakes-Sunshine, 1 ...