... ( ?? ?? TiiE TUtRF.-The Liverpool Meeting, which on many previous anniversaries has shown great vitality, has this week been unusually dull. If this be a sign of the decadence of late autumn or-rather winter flat--race-meetings, which have been all the rage of late years, so much the better. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the gathering was the appearance for the first tihe on the turf ...

... 5pORTINI f' THE TuRF.-A blank week, and nobody the worse for it. In fact, everybody the better. Jockeys have been able to eat their favourite bird, the goose, in peace; starters have had a few days' respite ; clerks of courses and lessees have had no anxieties; judges have not shivered in their boxes ; backers have not lost their money ; and bookmakers have had an opportunity of quietly ...