... SPOR~.TING INT'ELLIGIENCE. I da THE, COMING bJEASON. G Few nuinbers of the Rlating C2alendar are by looked forward to with wore interest thaun that. which avi should contain the entries wlbich always close on the ho first Tuesday in January. In it should be found the nel nominations for eli the ffmportunt Spring Handicap;, in- Pr c luding, of course, tlhe Liticoinshire Handicap, the ph Granid ...

... SPORTING INTELLI)GENCE. BSANDOWN PARK CLUB MURST SPIRING 5 MEETING. a AccstrTnvcs FORl THE SArnOWN GRANaD FranZ ;bandicap i j hurdle nice) of 510 zove. Two miles. oscar eight lljtso hurdles. Thle h4ighest weiyht aocelatru. being l2st lbI a been raised to l2st lab,an the otlters m proportion. B t conservator 127 uarlow ?? ib. 11 I, Castilian .12 5 Erownie ?? 2 T1dke I ZuhedG ?? 1''udadi all 2 ...

... ?? .- . . PLUMPTON NOTES. After a very long holiday, racing will be resumed ot Plumpton to-morrow, where doubtless the attendance will be a large one. Before giving selec- tions for the various events. I may mention that the, , Ca r publii'*ed this afternoon contains all the - entries left over from last week, and that taken on the 3 whole they must be deemed eatisfactory, although in several ...

... Of late years the public has chosen to recognize the matches between two or three of the strongest Rugby clubs as forming a contest for the championship of London, and the ?? thus added to certain of their engagements to muster their strongest teams. The return match between Blackheath and the London Scottish on Saturday, how- ever, found Blackheath poorly represented, many of their players, ...

... SPOIRTING PICTURES AT THIE GlROS~VENOR GALLERY. The ambitious sportsman who could cast a net over the Grosyenor xvould take in one catch pictorial representations of nearly every forn of sporting, fronm early times to the present day. The gathering might be called a picture-his- tory of the chase, the turf, the road, augliug, falconry, vild Sports, coursiriz, big-gatle, cocking, cricket, ...

... SP-ORiTING INTELTAGENC9 PLtTMPTON NOTES. Sir,-Not much can be claimed for the quality of the sport at Plumptotr this afternoon, but it served to attract a fair iumber of spectators. The January Hurdle Handicap and the Paddock Selling Hunters' Hurdle Race eacsi were contested by eight runners, and both fell to Mr. E. Woodland, the first-named by the i aid of Zelotes and the latter by means of ...

... Ant. Tim ]Fhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery should bave peculiar at- tractions for all who are interested In any branch of sport. The collection of pic- tures sculptures, trophies, and weapons is so coalplete in chronological sequence, and so wide!y representative. that Wo might almost build UD from the material here brought tog ether history of sport. There could not possibly 5 hisatore ...

... (From our Special Sunday edition of Iast week.) ATHLETICS. FALCON HARFIERS OPeN ST1_rPrcHsr,0` The Five Miles Open steeplechase of this club as the leading cross-country event in the London district on Satursay. Therace, whichwas witnessed at various points by large numbers of people, was started from the Belvedere hotel, Linden-grove, Nu-ahead, in showery weather. A gold keyless lever watch ...

... SpoRTING INFORMATION.. PLUMPTON BAOES. A two day meeting was commenced at Plumpton on Friday, when the winners were:-EHunters' Flat Race, Winscales (evn),Mr Atinon; Paddock Hunters' Hurdle. Race, .Rosier} (6to1). AtkW°noodlaand ?? Hrurdle Handicap. SwindlerS (11 t~o 2 on), A Nihigl ?? Hunters' H~urdle Xace, G}adabout (3 to Son), .Ams FOOTBILL. North v. South.-The annual Association match ...

... p THE SPRING ENTRIES. d Now that the complete list of Spring Entries n has been 1ublished, it is possible to form an idea of what n the coming season will be like, and on the whole the p prospects are certainly good. There is, it is true, a f great decline in the numbers for the Lincolnehire Han- a dicap, 48 only being nominated as against the 64 of last c year. The Rempton Park Jubilee Stakes ...

... SFrING P'ICTURsES AT 'THE fiutsV.NOt GALLERY. ngzy :nteresting are the respective groups giche n . picked out in the exhibition his- pttcllv iustrating lany given branch of sport. j~e tw centuries of theTurf, or of fox-hunting, ~ 5or shaogs y be studied at the Grosvenor with awuseuient, ii not improvement. The ditioS of tbe house of Tattersall, insevarable o the history of famous horses, are ...

... W.s3. PE~L v. F. WmIn ron £400.-The 15,000 up all-iu match, in which Peall conceded White 3,500 start, for a stake of £200 aside, was brought to a close at the Westminster Aquarium on Saturda. On resuming in the afternoon- with the totals Feall 12,500; White 12,605-the former in- increased his ?? break of 620 to 1,078 (108 and 139 swt), and followed with other contributions of 29, 101, and 682 ...