... = I P O T I ITHE TURF.-Despite very enjoyable weather, with the exception of a heavy shower on the Gold Cup day, it can hardly be said that the Ascot Meeting fulfilled the bright anticipations with which it was heralded. The sport of the last two clays was not up to the average of that of the two first. An epidemic of what is known as dry influenza established itself at Ascot, and many ...

... ?? N THE TURF. -As is always the case for some days after the Derby, the merits of the winner have been freely and fully discussed, and on this occasion there has been an unusually marked consensus of opinion that the best horse won. Iroquois was certainly the best horse on the day, and though Peregrine may again beat him, as he did in the Two Thousand for speed over a shorter course, it is ...

... '¶ -; - D THE TURF.-The victory of Captain Machell's Valour last week in the Manchester Cup is certainly hitherto the sensational handicap event of the season. Probably not an individual on the Turf credited Valour with being able to get over a course of much more than a mile in good company, and even his owner and trainer could not have sent him to Manchester imagining that he had any more ...