... . THIS most celebrated Notts cricketer was born in Nottingham early in December, 1858, and upon attaining the age of fourteen was employed by the Notts veteran, Richard Daft, as an assistant in his cricket outfitting business. He soon showed himself a lover of the sport, and determining to obtain practice in the game attached himself to the Notts Castle Club, for whom he scored 107 v. Melton ...

... THE GUILDFORD GOLF CLUB AND LINKS-- SOME INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS. Visitor. C. Sapti. A. Sapti. A. W. Maitland. W. M. Corrie. W. P. Trench. LI. -Col. Li-job. Col. Baimatyne. J. Kenrick, ho'n. see. A. A. Cammell. J. A. Ross, captain. Major W. Pontiibx. T. Betl. ...

... vr nr,r>F. FRIENDS SMOKING CONCERT. Tuk foui tli annual smoking concert, organised by tlie man gers of Messrs. Spiers and Fond, was held last Fnday in the Grand Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern, and was quite ^'^ess- fill as its throe predecessors. the profits realised y tainmcnt will go as in past years towards giving i the youngsters in some poor locality, such as Wl teglap Seven Dials, or ...

... RACING STABLES.-- MR. CHARLES ARCHER, ELLESMERE HOUSE, NEWMARKET. 1. Mr. Charles Archer. 2. In the Garden. 3. Two of Mr. Archer's Sons, Ered and Charles, playing Lawn Tennis showing Side View of Ellesmere House. 4. Entrance to Ellesmere House Stables. 5. Ellesmere House, Mr. Archer's Residence. 6. The Stable Yard. 7. String at Exercise. ...

... . PERHAPS there is no enclosed racecourse near London which lends itself so thoroughly to holiday racing as Hurst Park, with its picturesque surroundings, its easy access from the Metropolis, its commodious and convenient stands and enclosures, and, above all, its liberal and enlightened management. The enormous company which kept pouring up by road, rail, and river, all the morning through, ...

... ji PORT/WO/AA fy ,PAyC; MISS MAGILL, whose portrait we give this week, writes Niblick, and who made such a fine fight with Miss Hezlet in the final of the Ladies' Open Championship, is a member of the County Down Club, and most of her golf has been learnt and played on the links of this well-known Irish Club at Newcastle. Oddly enough, in the Irish Championship, in which Miss Hezlet showed ...

... J. DEGE SONS, J. DEGE SONS, SPORTING TAILORS BREECHES MAKERS. MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED SHOOTING COAT. flMIitars ant> Sportlno Sailors a6 Breeches flDafcere, BUOT,H° 8reC,AUT,B8- HUNTING AND SHOOTING SPECIALITIES. 13, Condu.it Street^ IjONDON9 1ST. Telcgi-aphio Address HA UK, Forward, London. ...

... . There is perhaps no general practitioner who has not frequently been called upon to advise patients in reference to weak ankles. In the case of children especially, nothing is more common than a yielding of the ligaments of the tarsus, a giving way of the natural arch of the instep, and a tendency to flat footedness. An ingenious and very simple little apparatus, designed by Dr. Davies, to ...

... . ATHLETICS AND CYCLING. The Armv Obstacle Race. FEW people who have not been to Aldershot to witness the One Mile Cross-Country Competition for Battalion Teams of the District can have any idea of the severity of that contest. In their minds it is probably placed on a par with the obstacle races at ordinary athletic sports. As a fact, contests of the latter kind are mere child's play compared ...

... . MRS. J. B. BIRKBECE's POMERANIAN, BELl'ER TEARL. MR. E. BOUGH'S BLOODIIOUND, BABD 96. miss e. J. thomas's pomeranjan, kaffir boy.^ MR. J. holgatk's greyhound, southboro reality. MISS 8. SALTER'S BROWN CHOW, T11E KING'S OWN. MR. H. YORKE MUSORAVE's NEWFOUNDLAND, HIS NIBS, ...

... .1 IN the Circular Notes last week Ranger referred briefly to the memoir of Roddy Owen, published last Thursday. To-day we are able to deal with the book at greater length, and, by the courtesy of the publishers, to reproduce some of the illustrations. The name of Roddy Owen, as the writer of the preface remarks, has long been prominently before the public as a recognised leader and ...

... THE EASTBOURNE CRICKET AND FOOT BALL ASSOCIATION CUR Our picture shows the One Hundred Guinea Charity Cup for football of the Eastbourne Cricket and Fo .tball Club. It is to be compete, 1 for during tho present season, clubs which have already entered being Marlow, the Clapham Rovers, Southwell, Tunbridge Wells, Eastbourne, and the Eastbourne Swifts, and others are expected to enter. The ...