... '(' TiiE TURF.-The defeat of the Duke of Westminster's filly Shotover, last wveek, in the One Thousand Guineas, after having won the Two Thousand two days before with consummate ease, is about the greatest blow backers of favourites, who had to lay 4 to I on her in a field of six, have had for a very long time; and it should be a lesson on the utter folly of backing horses at all, and keeping ...

... THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RAC OXFrGRD, Mme~cn 8.. foy elgtuymild and SLuny weather prevailed this ,, G.otl C.te tBorne. ?? (bow) ?? meI 22 S. DellevillandCorpus5 ?? 11 2i as 4. A. It. Paterson, Trinity ?? 1-.13 0 15. It. S. Iiandemray, Exeter . ?? .1 3 e C. E. Buk. lertford ?? 7D.Brown, Zertford ?? 12B- 0 A..BIL Higgins, Mttgd.alen (stroke). .. 01 0 3E. Lyon. Herldferd (Cox.) .. 8I plo: The practice ...

... LO*o:N D 0ENDG.-MosA. - WAT.RdLOO OUP. 12 to 1 agntiM. Alexander'snonmiation (tandoirj 1ca to 0 - Mr. QI17teilnooinatiofl (t and off) 20 to 1 - Mr. ?? Paterson's tiomalniton (t and oft) 22 to 1 - W. If E: utthinson's nomination (t) 22 to I - Mr. Deighton's nomination (V) 22 to 1 - Mr. Miller's nomination (off) 25 to 1 - Mr., Andertonas nonination (t f) 2B to - Mr. 1ilkiogton's nomination LlA ...

... FOOTBAL No Gnumns v. OLD .CAnTwrUmL. -After their victory of Saturday at Kennington Oval over the 1i- gums, the notts team had a very different experience yeste:- day, ainst the Old Clrthusines, on the same ground. The weather showed an improvement, at least it could hardly have been worse, than that of their irst contest; but still a haziness hung over the Oval which caused considerabledis- ...

... B~OU~fl~G ---4T C --C anoRTn@ gINTUBNO THE FRENCH DERBY. T. A French correspondent writing to us yesterday morning, says:-' The ?? race for jg the French Derby will be run for at Ohestilly on Sunday, and the same combination of untowerd cir- M enenstancas which threatens to minimise the import- ance of the great Epson race next Wednesday seems to - militate against the possibility of the ...

... 1, -, q- a W 11, i = , O . -11 l :t*S crop - '~Be'eispl f ledver tfins d arce r s, ther verigthfscore .j§twoe.4 JiM' E~ compllig seo A eusaians their free end tious their t captlhwjota e sa 3xbuusant'svr 3knoxrst captained bies eido very Wel indeed, cging the positions of the lelds- men apg the styl beareet°a°2fo the r~f]G4 and ~ ~ ~ ?? ?? ain nbay slip. The weather was the previous day ...

... OE., CICKETI-. -~ TMt .&V~rR.LIANS v. ALFRED SMf&W The ?? strentho tedlneswt still further ?? at.tashno diffietlt wicket, against een~¶$ttta n crae teir ?? o 412,u ttad dmse t he laers for themiealtolof7;hu betting tt W 9eruas, after atide oatsn rtinns We thus se, from these last'low mths htwe 'tewkt is esq the Australisanmeeiorsleta ?? '4 rid of ou ba~ttimon for fewer runsta hymk tieisev. ...

... ju ALAT IT. poxhall has tsored uip anther victory fo- thbe Fitedktate5 to4' erica, -and this wasthe moslt notable iniai ti eonnection with a OUTp l Day not very eventfl ina other respect& There Nj hls, for sae~i Teasohl oro ?? becausq Pi teweatr shown signs of breakig, an4 £1 because people retain a vivid recollection bf the ti ntiseries they endured thtee yetars ago-been a dideil fjlling ...

... SPORTAINATKLGENOE. - Aai THE EPSOM -SUMMER aEnd. a _nd TO TEM EDITOR OF M DAMY . hv Sxn,-wA &od start was made withthe Epgo la Meeting to-day, for if the ?? ing and the dust was blinding the sport was. a good, and the gallops of the Derby steeds in Al the early morning were far more entertaining than they have been as a rule for years past. !m On the part of the horses present, plenty of g~ood ...

... SPORTING' DIUG!mO LATUST LONDON BETTINO.-Y aX NziG; MANCHLESTB CuP. ,56 to 100 agat Gladstone (t) J:20 to 1 gspt Weseau (t) 1o to 8 - Shrewsbury($ 25 to, 1 -: Houess (t 1C0 to S - Vista (t)i 25to 1 - muw (t) lCO to 7- CiyAxab (t) 25 toI Fallr (t) 20Oto 1 Faogh-a-I 2to I - Walenstem Ba lgh (t) . .1!54 DMBBY, 163w. 10 tol Iagst *~ah ttsken foDf., D1BBY AUTUMN WM=G-FBM . T ?? ED CWA EHoiLi F'JA1i ...

... I RACING AT MIANCHESTER. I TnusSnDAT.-Stalnford fursery Hanrdicap, for Two.vr-Olds : Addy, 9st (1); Gosforth, Gst 71b (2): Jupiter, (;st 10ib (1).-Cuerden Cup: Siren, 3 yrs, 8st 131b (1); (31en Ronald, 5 yrs, lost 41b (2); Spurs, 4 yrs, gat 41b (3).-Tlhursday Selling S Stakes, for Two-yr.Olds: Grey Coat, oat (1); ' Scholastica, 8st llb (2) ; Kospoth, 9st 21b ?? 'Mile Selliag Stakes : Grandee, ...

... Rloyal Lyceum Athletic Club. The members of the above olab oni Monday last decided a four-oared race for prizes presented by the cluh, the coulse bein- from Putnev Bridize to Hammersmith. The result was as follows ?? Middlesex St:Ltion: W. lR1a, G. Leprilge, 13. Likem, A. Pennett (Atroke), A. Rawlins ?? ),lue, Surrey Station: G. Powell, A. Dusdley, S. Gough, It. Templeton (stroke), T. Wallis ...