A DAY AND A NIGHT IN WIMBLEDON CAMP

... A DA Y' AND A NIGHT IN WIMBLEDON CAMP THE Reveille sounds at half-past six; and the first time I was roused by its cheery music, I struggled out of my blankets and took a peep out of doors. A pleasant breeze was blowing from the misty blue hills in the distance, and the sun shone laughingly on every. thing. One or two sprightly beings who, like myself, had not pretended that they didn't hear ...

Published: Saturday 30 July 1881
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1979 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING

... TIIE TURF.--The frost at last having got a firm grip of the earth, training operations must perforce be all-but suspended throughout the kingdom, except where special arrangements have been made to secure for horses what may be called artificially soft gallops. Considerable interest, however, has been infused into Turf circles by the publication of the entries jor the City and Suburban, the ...

Published: Saturday 15 January 1881
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 832 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Sports and Games 

CRICKET

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... BROMT4EY, RJACE S.-YE STERDAY. Abeiatoroue affereoen,witir occasionalsliowere of rain, prevailed whilst ?? racing was inl progress, and tise drawback iroscibly eccecld fr he eage atedsneleeset.The course, owing 10to lb heavy downialls of rain of late, was dreadfully holding. The sort that wras witnessed cloning thle afternoon wras only of a moert charactor, and calls fqr no coniniseet except, ...

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... CROYDON MARCH MIEETING. -YiisTERDtAr. to he SYDIRNssaar HIUIDLr l ?? of ISO sora (Handlicap); ?? ha sold for 50.sove.' Ta-n miles, Over eight, hurdiles. Lord Al. Boresford's Nugget, 6 ?? we Mir, Gunsey'nqLady Charliie,41y'3, ?? .. S. Adarn 2 Mr. Abingtonts Allan Bane, 4 yrs, Ilst, Sib.. H. Yl~rsh 3 Ballet Dancer (Didnmen) and Miss Kate (S., Jones) an ;oan.- Betting: 2 to I apst Nugget, 0 to 2 ...

ALEXANDRA PARK RACES.—SATURDAY

... I ALEXANDRA PARR RACES.-SATRDAi. . Delightful weather favoured the visitors of the concluding day of this popular reunion, and Rs a msnttcr of course, the Saturday half.holir0oy Mrakers Were present iil very large numbers. GoOnI fields contested the varions events, but the sport wae, on the whole, of a somewhat ordinary description. The programirse consisted of six events, ald thc ball was set ...

CRICKET

... DIOCC. AND GROUWN]) r. SOUTTIIV W 6173-, Play was resumed in this snatch, at Lord's os-aui' lo5.5 oss Saturday, soon after eleven o'clock, is muci hor ?? weather tlean Ilsat wheels prevailed on lFriday. ?? ls not increase their overnight total, sadl sh 'last shoI-C 20k, South Wales masde a better stand tot their Seed ?? the total reaching 127, towards which Mr. Riley Mzret r It.` and Mir. ...

CRICKET

... CRICIET. SUJRREY V. MIDDLESEX. ICY' T5ULiri5AII~rll Yesterday, at Kennington Oval, London, dllddenosr gained an easy victosy over Surrey y tsp l loiswckets. rhe weather was cold and the attendance snaill. Save for the good hatting of Mr. ILndsay, the steadycriclctof Morris Read and the vigorous h :itting of Barretl thre livel w nothing of note in the second innhigs of Surrey. When Miiddlesex ...

COUNTY OF LANCASTER RIFLE ASSOCIATION

... s COUNTY OF LAN'CASTEPR IFLE l1 ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the members of this association was held yesterday afternoon at the Tovn Hall, his W~orship the Mlayer (Alderman WN. B. Purwood) presiding. There was a good attend- ance. The-council in their report regretted to state that there had been a loss on the year's working amount- iug to i323, which might partially be attributed to ...

SPORTING

... I 5POP[R7{G NOTES. aI TUSDAY EvENXNG. The racing at Sandown Park this afternoon was 1, of a lively description, and large fields came out for k all the events. Asberton took the opening race e with odds of 100 to 8 against ?? cutting i up very badly. Isabeaa ran well in the September I Nursery, although it was generally ?? she was not so fit as she might be made. There was some ' betting on ...

Published: Wednesday 07 September 1881
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3612 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING

... SPOSrIG. ance I f ao- SPORTING NOTES. 1 yer- 8 iles WED2rESDAY EEVENING. Back- end meetings are invariably possessed of Ag from vitality, and Manchester will prove no exception NC moss to the rule, Large fields prevailed upon the opening La ,ded, day, and backers fared better than usual, as, to On argo counterbalance the unlooked for victories of Bar -) frtheg Sinister and Souir Vumlin, some ...

Published: Thursday 24 November 1881
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4053 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Sports and Games 

SPORTING

... rigee =a DocoeQe R .y -u - - Q SPORTLNG NOTES., er MoN-DAY Eva.NoG. . Although the fields at Newcastle do not look like 4 being particularly large, some fairly interesting he sport will be provided, and the northern stables will not have matters all their own way, as several southerners have already put in an appearance. The fi Town Moor will yield fairly good going, and as I several of the ...