... S-POPT I N THE TURF.-If racing men persist in commencing the flat- racing season in the month of March, they almost deserve to experience such wretched weather as has befallen them this week at Lincoln. Bitterly cold winds, strong enough at times to whirl the straw out of the ring, snow, sleet, and rain have been the accompaniments of the recent meeting on the Carholme, and no amount of warm ...

... *SP ORT INQ TiHE TURF.-By way of making up for rather meagre bills of fare for the last few weeks, there have (during the present week been illegitimate meetings in all directions, at Derby for instance, Cheltenham, Crewkerne, and at Four Oaks Park (Birmingham), where also the Grand National Hunt programme will be carried out. The Birminiugham Meeting, the most important of all, we must ...

... SPoaRT! N ?? TUE TURF.-The Grand Military Meeting was brought off after all at Sandown Park last week, and with success too, notwithstanding the absence of so many officers in different parts of the world. There was plenty of hard and injudicious riding, as is usual on such occasions, and plenty of falls, but plenty also of good riding. Mr. Brocklehurst opened the ball with spirit by winning ...

... * SPRTING, rim ?? THE TURF. -Last Saturday's racing at Sandown Park evidently suffered from the postponement which took place in the midst of the sport on Wednesday, the scratching of Harbinger for the big Hurdle Race and the disappearance of several other animals being one of the consequences; and there was a good deal of grumbling at the half-a-crown payment for witnessing but a poor day's ...