... !, I_ TtIE TurF.-With the racing at Manchester and Birmingham the legitimate season came to an end on Saturday afternoon last, and with the exception of the so-called hunters' races all pro- ceedings on the flat have ceased. The special features of the now past season are by no means satisfactory to English Turfites, as they may be said to be the victories of American horsns, and the ...

... I ?? - THE TURF.-After a very brief interval of rest the ball has been again set rolling in the way of cross-country and timber- topping work at Kempton Park and Birmingham (Four Oaks), the authorities at both these trysting-places knowing well that a large proportion of Boxing-day holiday folks prefer witnessing the per- formances of the gees to any other out-door amusement. And very fair ...

... . PASTIME. THE TURF.-The meeting at Sandown Park this week, following after Croydon, fairly lands us in the illegitimate season, which every year seems to become more and more popular. From what we have yet seen, however, the supply of genuine jumpers over a country does not appear to be on the increase, but several well-known animals from the flat have already shown themselves over ...

... -1 - F7- ??-N STIM THE TURF.-A dead season with more life in it than the present can hardly be remembered in the modern history of the Turf. It is needless to say there is no flat-racing going on, but in training quarters, everything is in full activity in consequence of the openness of the weather. Scores of youngsters equine in all direc- tions-and it is stated that the unprecedented ...

... -- C-, Z - - LI P~STIMS T'l, TURF.The concluding day at Sundown last week was about as enjoyable in point of weather as could possibly be imagined, the soft air, the bright sunshine, and the strains of the band on the ln beicnug far more suggestive of a seasonable day in May or June thall one well nigh in mid-December. The Great Sandown Steeple Chase was a disappointment as regards the ...