... PASTIME S THE TuRF.-Not content with owning Pioneer, the first favourite for the City and Suburban, Mr. Abington recently paid 4,0001. for Quartus, who had also been in good demand for that event. In a subsequent trial, however, Pioneer easily defeated the new purchase, with the result that the latter beat a retreat to 5o to I. In the race on Wednesday there were fifteen runners, and Pioneer ...

... L-WI a ?i C5 a t ?? r h eg A MATCH at hockey between ladies is no fanciful conception cf an artist possessed of an exalted ideal as to the development of games now that ladies are taking them in hand. It is but a faithful delinea- tion of a scene that is nowadays to be witnessed in many parts of thc country, from Durham in the north to Sussex in the south. Ladies, when they indulge in the more ...

... 5Ports anub vastinltes By VANDERDECKA&N AFTER deserting Wimbledon Common for a couple of years in favour of Sandwich, which entailed a great UNGOLSITY deal of travelling for the sake of a couple of hours' play, the Universities have returned to the old scene of the match, and sensibly so we think. University golf is rarely of that transcendent nature that it cannot be properly displayed at ...

... PATIME TURF SEVERAL Grand National candidates have been seen in public of late, but none of their- performances have thrown much light on the race. Sarah Bernhardt won her race at Plumpton most easily, but she did not fence well and had little or no Opposition. Faust l0on a race over the same course in most clumsy style, and at once appeared in the betting list at 25 to 1, but it is impossible ...

... j vkac IlU.x (ldfll31C5 BY LADY VIOLET GREVILLE PEoPrE who cackle so glibly over the extraordinary devel.,p ment and the hlabits of activity and endurance acquired bh th women of to-day have probably forgotten some or the heroinc the past. One in particular, whose exploits far outsh:ad,,,y. those of the girl in the Carpathians, and the record of wit .e adventures charmed many of my ...

... TU RF AFTER the defeat of Victoricus, in the Leicester Royal Stakes, by Rusticus, whom no one thought had the least chance, the other monster stake, the Lancashire Plate, was anxiously looked forward to. There was no ante-post betting, but the tipsters were unanimous in thinking the race lay between Gauverneur and Orme, and the betting pointed to Orme ; but, to the surprise of many and to ...

... ,?Port5 site t1a5tillits BY VAflVDEDECKElr ALTHOUGH the honorary secretary of the London THE LONOoNAthletic Club is not in a position to say definitely that a CLUS AS team representing his excellent organisation will this A CGHOPPING- year visit the United States to compete with the New BLOCK York Athletic Club, negotiations are sufficiently far advanced to embolden one to say that if the ...

... THE FINAL OF THE ASSO. C/A TJON CUTE As a general rule the mcst conspicuous feature of the final ties for the Association Cup is not the excellence of the play, but the electric excitement of the game. There is always a feeling that the better team may lose. The wvorse team does not expect to win and stuffers the less from ner- vousness. This year the meeting of Aston V illa and West Brnmwich ...

... TI d FOOTBALL.-The Rugby game demands the first place this week. The Northern team at Richmond on Saturday was not so Ftrong as advertised, and consequently the Southerners were able to repeat their previous victory in December with somewhat greater ease. Stoddart, the halves, and W. G. Mitchell at back, were in especially fine form for the winners. The Rugby Union has again awarded the ...

... l~porO, aub J9 mitimm By VIANDERDECKEN Toin Newniarket Second October meeting must always be ?? to in Turf reminiscences as one of the most successful ever hclll at the headquarters of racing. Every element that goes towards s1e constitution of a successful race meeting was there. The weather *e. t tine throughout the four days ; the turf was in magnificent con- itionll entries for the many ...

... ot0110lty Cricket of tbe #a;r CRICKET in 189S is chiefly a consideration of county cricket, for although the coincidence of Mr. W. G. Grace's Jubilee with the second Gentlemen and Players' match gave that fixture an imror- tance which it has not enjoyed for a good many years past, still cricket outside the struggle between the counties excites now very little in terest except when the ...

... I P M THE TWO THOUSAND THERE were nine runners for the great race at Newmarket on Wednesday last. Of these M. Blanc's Gouverneur, which had long been favourite, started in great demand at 5 to 4, public confidence in him having been increased by the victory of the same owner's Reverend in Paris last week. Next in favouritism was Lord Durham's Peter Flower, about which 3 to I was accepted, and ...