... SPOR.TI P 0RT THE TURF.-The Newmarket Second October Meeting has in its programme two of the most important races of the year, the long-distance Cesarewitch Handicap and the Middle Park Plate; and as the weather was fairly good, the attendance at the head- quarters of the Turf was very great. The judicious re-arrangement of the different events gave-a special feature to each day, so that ...

... SPORTING NO TES Ii recent settling-day at Tattersall's showed the magni- tII ! of betting transactions during the Epsom week. 'Ai itcver the racing may have been, at any rate the * ltl)lmng was very heavy. But allowing for the difference between this year's meeting and that of 1869, which the absence of the two-year-old racing caused, Epsom showed but little falling off. The only events of ...

... SpoFLI TH, TJRF.-ThC Grand National Steeple Chase at Liver- pool fairly kept up its character as a spectacle, though it hardly increased the hopes of the future of English steeplechasing. The old-fashioned cross-country horse, who could carry a heave weight at a good pace and satisfactorily surmount the obstacles of a fair hunting country, is almost an animal of the past, and getting ...

... 1 ?? Tnle, TURF.--The Sussex fortnight concluded brilliantly last Saturday with the second day of the.Lewes Meeting, on which the Grand Handicap was won by Fraulein, a name which will be long and unpleasantly notorious in Turf circles, and Conseil at last won a race, the Southdown Club Members' Plate, for Sir G. Chetwynd. The principal racing of the present week has been on the classic ...

... Z -7 -- A! SP ORT IN i 7., O ? THE. TURF.--No racing; no-befting; but excitement enough in the fact that the Stewards of the Jockey Club have reversed the decision of the Kempton Park Stewards, who ruled that St. Augustine was disqualified for the Kempton November Handicap because, after coming in first, his jockey weighed in without the hood in which the horse ran. This was a direct ...

... SPO RTINc Tsim TURF.--Perhaps on no previous anniversary was so little interest felt in the Derby as on Wednesday. It had long been accepted that the three-year-olds of the present season were considerably below the average, and that the Derby field would not contain a single very first-class horse, win who would. The scratching of Beauclerc some weeks ago, followed by the more recent ...

... THE TRAINING OF A RA CE-HORSE How few on looking at the subjoined sketches (No. I and 2) will reflect upon the care, trouble, expense, and anxiety that are expended in producing the thoroughbred yearling as he now appears. For generations and gene- rations what pains have not been taken in selecting sires of high class, superior make and shape, possessing the qualities of speed and endurance, ...

... 11 -5 . - - a THE TuRF.-A very successful gathering at Lewes termi- nated on Saturday, when Lemnos won the Grand Handicap, beating Manille after a good race by a head. The Scurry Handicap was secured by Mr. Chaplin's Chandos in a field of thirteen. Considering how often the winner bas disappointed hisl admirers, it is somewhat strange that he was made first favourite, and almost stranger that ...

... I SPORGr TiE TURF.--Racing both in quantity and quality has been as satisfactory as could have been expected in the week before an important meeting such as that which will begin on Tuesday next at Doncaster. The Eltham gathering, though ticketed as suburban, was by no means a bad one, while those at Richmond in Yorkshire and at Wolverhampton showed excel- lent sport. The Yorkshire meeting ...

... I - RT NG 1 w I1POL N THE TURF.--Goodwood has never been more welcome to hundreds of weary fashionables anxious for an excuse for escaping from London, Admittedly on all hands the season has been a dull one, and it has wound up with a burst of raging heat which thoughtless people fancy they can escape by getting to the seaside and country. A vain hope, as many have found it during the week in ...

... WI - _ THE TURF.--Tlhough the Windsor June Meeting follows so quickly on the heels of Ascot, and many first-class horses are, or might be, in the neighbourhood, it does not seem to progress in popularity, at least among owners. Both fields and horses were moderate ; but perhaps holiday folks had their money's worth of enjoyment, for a visit to the Royal borough and the pleasant meadows by the ...

... of THE TURF.--A gloomy rainy Ascot is a thing much to be regretted. It is all the more depressing from the thought of what a brilliant scene the lonely Berkshire heath presents under a bright sun. But after all nothing can take away the interest in Ascot racing, which seems each year to become more and more interesting. Taking it all in all, it is the best race-meeting of the year, the best ...