... HUNTING APPOINTI'MNTS. .%LROE1HTroN (at 11.30).-This day, March 9, Enville (at 11.15); Saturday, 11, Stretton (at 11.15); Monday, 1.3, Davenport:~ Tues- day, 14, I'enkridge; Thursday..6, Knighton; iaturday, 18, Ths Kennels. ATHERSTONE (at 11).-Friday, March 10, Newbold Revel; Saturday, it, flans Hall. BStrdUNRTs, DuK' os' (at 1l1.-Friday, March l0, Lower Woods Saterday, 1, Sevingon.l BuRuToN ...

... I I OURBRIDGE. SPORTS. I *The sixteenth annual sports in connection with the StourbridgeCricket Club were held yesterday, on the club gronnd, at Amblecote. The afternoon was ine for the meeting, and there was a large attendance of spectators, about 8,000 or 9,000 being present. 'The a events werewell contested, bnt unfortunately several accidents oc-urred during the bicyele races. The judges ...

... . TE CRICKET. SEASON. - To talk about cricket on the last day of March 2 may seem a little premature, but with Easter falling X so early the season will nominally commence on i Monday with the Colts' matches at Nottingham and l Bristol, and it may be well to follow our annual custom, and take a survey of what is likely to be done during the coming months. Cricketers in England have had an ...

... SPORTMG I ?? I- RACING NOTES. AU, that cold be written in praise of the sten at Asot this afternoon would fall helow its merit. The attendance was an immense o, and hsnever beet equalled in the histry of the meeting. The Piceand, to the delight of tho setas (who ceered .he again and again), the Ptincess of Wales wereet, with the] Prinftssas Victoria and sad of Wal, and Prine George, the Duke ...

... HUNTING -UPONTMETNTS. A.LrtMIrToN (Sat 11).-Thursday, February 2, Hagley; Sattr. day, 4, Pendetord; Monday, 6, ]'ougfl Ina; Tuesday, 7, pa>> tirogharn Thursday. 9), Penkridge; saturday, , MBe Inn. ATOEiTsroFF x(at 1l).-Cbis day, February 1, GreMdon Brdtg- Frida, 3, rnortngt~ Gat; ?? l'-.uida ORPTb, CKF OF 'G(aet 11-Thiys day. F..bruary l. Fc ban: ; Friday, 3, May5 Hl, Coalpit Heath; ratarday,, ...

... SPORTING NEWS&' LTNCOLN RACE8, YRssmrDAY.-Weather that would have been welcome on the Derby day, so gloriously did the sun shine, a crowd of imaense proportlona to. break the record, and prove that it was sound policy to bring the rae forward to the second day of the neoting, and a good das's sport it a summary of the exler iegces of the Lwoo~aire Handicap day. The streets were crowded from an ...

... ABOUT SK-RUNNING IN NORWAY. I ,| THE SKI DERBY.' ! Ski-running, of which very little is known in this country, is the most national and characteristic sport of our northern cousins, the Norwegians, For eenturies the skis, or the Norwegian snow-shoes which, by-the-bye, are quite a different thing to the Canadian snow- shoe (Back and White explains) have been the sorest and quickest means of ...

... :I -*PoRTING, ONWS. .1 RACING N{OTES. T6e S'andwn First Spring Meeting Was comientced ta-day, in flne westher, sand as the card 'was a very strong one the atsnd& sacs was laxge. All the winners waie heavily supported, either firt o sgondavorita wnnig echevent. The Primate I saye sowel iS te Pine o Wate' Seepechsethat be was madefirt fvouiteforthe ran Naionl aterhisvictory, and ?? go To-morow ...

... CRICKT. OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. The cricket yesterday in the University match was very different in character from what bad been expecte. 4t Lord's this season the scoring has been so consistetlY high that, as the weather was all that could have been wished, the thousand, of people on the ground naturaly looked forward to some brillant hitting. As it turned out, however, theaball heat the bat, ...

... How sunny out of the thousands of spectators who weekly visit Peny Barr have any idea of the origin and tintiquity of the game they delight to wvatch? We venture to think that their number is small, forsltbough many have a dim notion that football is ancient, few probably are aware that in the year 1314 it enjoyed a certain amount of popularity. A few facts concerning the origin of the ...

... WINDSOR RACES., YEsTXSDAyr-A dark disagreeable morning in - metropolis doubtless kept a large number of would-be - .sitoea from Windsor, and there was again only a very small company in the enclosures. The weather remained dull and gloomy, and rain felt heavily before racig terminated. The coarse was very soft, but backers mnanaged to find all the winners. Proceedings were resuimed with the ...

... WARWICOSSIRE CLUB AND GROUrD v. SHROPSHIRE. A two days' match between these teams -Aag com,. menced yesterday, on the County Ground at Sbrewsburv in fine weather and on a good Wicket. Nei? of the teams were fully represented. Sbrop. shire were without France, Bridgseann, Corhett, and Wyncorrie while Warwickshire were mines the services of Shilton, Bainbridge, Doclker, Vhiwebead, and Lilley. ...