... spa TiE TURF.--It is evident that Huntingdon is destined to take first rank among the meetings which do not attempt to vie with Epsom, Ascot, Goodwood, and Newmarket. The gather- ing hard by the old Cromwellian town during the week has been even more successful than its predecessors, a good class ofanimals competing for the different stakes, good finishes, especially on the first day, being ...

... - I- - - ? THE TURF.--The Doncaster Hunt Meeting, as usual, produced very fair sport, but chiefly of a character interesting to locals. Some strong Northern stables sent their representatives for some of the contests, notably, the Limber Magna establish- ment, which is presided over by the double Grand National hero, Mr. J. W. Richardson. It did not, however, fare very well with the ...

... Z - - PO RT IN THu TURF.--Time was when professionals and amateurs crowded to Warwick intent on hearing some news anent the Leger the week before it was run. But nowadays Turfsecrets are not long kept, and the wire is always so busy conveying intelligence and instructions to and from the remotest corners of the land that a man need hardly leave the most distant grouse moor in order to hear ...

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... SPoRPTI N TIxE TURF.--Like so many weeks in the Turf year the present has been a bye one, many followers of racing taking a rest between Epsom and Ascot. Still, on the Home Circuit Croydon Summer and Sandown Park First Summer meetings have attracted large bodies of spectators, the country contingent, which is always very strong in the metropolis at the end of May and beginning of June, showing ...

... ) RT I THt TutRF.-Not a few followers of the National pastime consider the autumn meetings, and especially those at head. quarters, the most enjoyable of the Turf season. And certainly the Newmarket gatherings have a special charm during September and October, for the racing is invariably good, and the Heath is most endurable, if not actually pleasant, presuming you are well provided against ...

... 7,?- ?-a- co ?r ?k K-V?ic ORTIN I THE TuRFa.-Why should not a truce be agreed on, for one week at least in the year, and horses and jockeys have at least a seven days' test? A few years ago the Christmas week was held sacred from hurdle-racing and steeple-chasing, but now enter- prising lessees on the home circuit, bearing in mind that tens of thousands of Londoners really do not know what ...

... i ?? THE TURF.-Like all important meetings, Doncaster has afforded plenty of topics for Turf conversation for many days after its conclusion, and it is admitted on all hands that a more successful meeting was never held on the Town Moor. It is agreed, too, that, notwithstanding a somewhat serious scrimmage among some of the runners, the best horse won, and the result would probably be the same ...

... SPORT]NG Tim TURF.--AS the Poet-Laureate's Gentleman and Lady like to like, but like in difference, so is one Derby to another-all the same, but different. The horses the same, but with different names, and a little shifting of colours; the pre- liminaries are the same ; the scene on the course the same; the ' road the same, the same swells, the same snobs, and the same roughs; the train ...

... RAnewA THE TURF.--Many Turfites brought their hibernation to a close this week, and put in an appearance at the Birmingham Cross Country Meeting, which has come to be recognised as the opening event of what may be called the second half of the Steeple Chase season. The sport was quite up to the mark, the first event of special interest being the Erdington Plate, for which Chilblain, the ...

... bP RTI NQ * TIrE TURF.--The last day of the July meeting at New- market will probably be a memorable one in the annals of the Turf at head-quarters, for on that day the colours of the Prince of Wales were first seen in flat racing. It was the first time indeed during the present century that a Royal racing jacket had been donned on the famous heath. The occasion, from a racing point of ...

... ~K~AS P0RTI N I~ ?? TilE TureF-It is evident that Turf pursuits are becoming more popular every year north of the Tweed, both the Kelso and Caledonian Hunt Meetings during the week having been decided successes. The former was honoured by the appearance of no less an equine celebrity than Hampton, who with 3 to I on him easily beat his two opponents, Strathmore and G;lendale. At Musselburgh ...