... I , :1.2. a i TiE TURF.-The racing of the present week has shown a marked improvement on that of last, for both at the Manchester and Bath meetings, though rivals to each other, as being held on the same (lays, the sport has been excellent. The first-named is evidently making great strides, and is probably destined to become one of the most important ?? gatherings. Somnus, notwithstanding the ...

... SPORLTIN THF TURF.-The reminiscences of the Chester Meeting of 1877 will hardly be pleasant ones; for, in the first place, the sport in general was below the mark, and the proceedings in reference to the scratchings of several favourites for the Cup at almost the eleventh hour were simply disgraceful. After being backed at very short prices the day before the meeting com. menced, the pen was ...

... POR I THE TURF.-The Newmarket Second Spring and the York meetings have been the most prominent ones of the week, but it can hardly be said that at either the sport has been first-rate. Indeed at Newmarket, as is so often the case, it was very poor, small fields being the order of the day, and the weather on the Heath being anything but conducive to enjoyment during the greater part of the ...