... VA 5OTIN~ THE TURF.-The supremely wretched weather which accom- panied the Lincoln Meeting attached itself later in the week to that of Liverpool, and the Grand National day on Friday the 27th was as bitter a day as almost any experienced on the cold Aintree Plains. The sport, however, was pretty well up to the standard, and was opened by Strathblane, one of the Lincoln Handicap starters, who ...

... -POR.TI c THE TURF.-The old-fashioned meeting, as it is called, at Northampton, has been the chief Turf gathering held this week. Notwithstanding the cold east wind the assemblage was perhaps the largest ever seen on the course, and the county families attended, as they did in days of yore, in large numbers. The veteran Elsharn Lad, who seems never tired of winning, opened the ball by taking ...

... * ?? IJ .. TIlE TURF. -The Epsom Spring Meeting, which is a kind of miniature edition of that of the summer, as regards its holiday aspect, commenced on Tuesday, a day much to be remembered on __ T _ ?? t ?? r fr . r .nrci fltV ,tv r ..A - . . . - Epsom Downs for its surprisingly wretched weather, which, how- ever, was so far April-like that the sun shone brightly between the downfalls of rain ...

... SPORTINc THE TURF.-Nottingham has the unenviable distinction of being the only place which holds racing carnival this week. Whatever may be said against the Turf generally, we make bold to say that not one out of every fifty of its followers would regret the total suspension of their favourite pursuit during the six days preceding Easter. The Nottingham Meeting, however, will not be without ...