... I A ETItIJI L SIJDI Ev R M ETT NG. THE GRANTD TErtrPLECHA'.SE .0 PAPIS.' (tttufllt' rtrxitta.t;,x): Auteuil. Sunriar. S C-GRAIND STEEPLECHTASE T)E PABruS oF 44 Aort eachb 20 it, with ,I00 sos add-d to a w rk .f art valiue 00 ?? ...

... I I DPi'LI U3NIVERSITY v. GA RRISON. Splendid weather favoured the concluaion of I this match in the C diege Park on Saturdty, h when a draw was the result. When play ceaised ?) on Friday evening Trinity had scored 96 for4 4 wickets in reply to the Yilitary total of 22L e Resniming on Saturday Porter, who was vA out i oversight for 35,and Ensor continued the batting. in A splendid stand ...

... CRICKET VERSUS GOLF IN SCOT- LAND. There is as yet little or no sign of the long- looked-for improvement in Scottish cricket. The improvement evidently is not to take place next season, at all events. The state of matters as reported at the annual meeting of the East of Scotland League, which has just been held in PEdinburgh, was as deleful as ever. In the first place the secretary bad to ...

... r THE CONVENTION OF THE IRISE I RACE. TO TEN EnDITRo ' TIT FSRKEMAN'8 JOURNAL. Dran SIR-I fini that you follow thej Evening- Telegraph- in your treatrnent : ot Mr P A HThlugh's letter on Irish unity nad my endorseauaent of it. I, S therefore, request you to publieh the enclosed, which aupeare in the Evening i Telegraph of to-day. In doing so I cannot help remarking thvct it is a very ...

... GAELIC TOURNAM!RNT FIN WEXFORD. Wexford, Monday. Yesterday the Sarsfield Gaelic football team And a hurling team comonged of the Dnblin Comrnercialk, Celtic Hurling Club, and Grocer's G A C journeyed to Wexford for the purpose of playing two matches against two local terns. It htd aleo been decided that six of the best pltyers in the victorious hurling team should be selected at a part of tho ...

... IUNIVERSITfY BOAT RACE,. I I. i AN UNEXPECTED RESUIT. ; The annual boat race between the represen- ; tative eights of Oxford and Cambridge came 1 off on Saturday. The weather was bad, with falls of hail ; and rain. The wind blew strongly from tile t south-south-west, and the water was very i lumpy. Crowds had, however, assembled in I spite of the inclement weather. Cambridge t were the ...

... SPORTING J1Eto, - WARD UNION RUNT STEEVLt' CHASES. FAIRYHOUSE, APrIL 6th. The following Stake -CLOSES oa To-morrow, WDNESDAY. with Mr. Brindley, 14 Uppex Xerrion utrwet Dubti- u ' ia s a W.4RV U ?? H-HUN CUP T- 100 Ta'r; a Sweepseakes of 3 sore each, for hunters the pro- perty of meabera of tb*.NVWrd Hunt; 12at 71b each. Thres and P balf miles. KILDARE AND NATIONAL HUNT ItACES, PUNCHESTOWN, . ...

... DUBLIN COURSING MSETING-Tpnts DAY. Judge-Mr. John Allen. Slipper-W Hoyated. THE DRAW. ME1,'MBERS' STAKE for 16 puppies at £2 15s each; winner, £18 and CLIp; .ecn, £8; thiid and fourth, £2 each. Mr J Jawnes'a bd w d Carlio (Cogliostro-Flower of Edliiboro') ast Mr. J Reynvlds bkt d Donnelly 11 (Dolanely Palk -Killbucy Girl) Mr. J J K-a ingJ .U31k b Blavk Madk II tTrabol- gau Mask Las) a;gst Mr ...

... I SPORTING NEVIS, METROPOLITAN SA IJ13OYLE iARC RACES. Tb ?? Rces Chlee wilh Xr T lsriudler. 14 . pt-r Mlentior: swrect, DSialin, en WE1D.NSESDAY .Ns.XT, h Februars .- sr FAttieRl;Ss PLATI., £110 : 2k liaip sreepl]chase. 1V 's4 n a half tiles. ISMXIV'fl ID'R1liF. PlAIF:. h5f-: in licapt. 'Nwo BALDOYI.E PLATl, Ate ; weigh; for ig. hurdle rate. ?? r I: a halt i''ilVS. QCAL1 F yiNe; 10..V11. £ e ...

... REGATTA AT RYDE. STILL ANOTHER VICTORV FOR TEE METRO.- - B~~~yde, Wednesda. It big b lachts swirted td mnornm in a nsth- Wes wind ovr the IOU Victorlas oure for £50 in prizes, given by t. Whittker Wrigh the miniing financier. They orotod OtN line in the folbitin2 order .-Carass, Ailit Britannia, Sat. .itta, Isold, Corsair, Meto, At the West Middle Busy Aa led half & minute fr Meteer, but soo ...

... SPOUTINS NrIEN8. EPoM MEETING- T4qIC'irrciaY c- t ea-e!~ he Etctn Sume Meetine ttery c t-etileite ofe itt' ,p. . cc~ictl c;sn-t ltv X;;as tatlnra I 'C-all ?? t!. i . v ?? as thce at' I 36tA q. S.iIi}t ~i 'cp 4.a t'ccn ?? --a''ibmel I' ic t I'liar-iwcy e I'«~ Plate cit Ne.'tn'~,tle'. t, c-. '4 ht i'I a l ,tt ?? 'cAI'-t'er,' thce ace-el . 0 al''1' h''ttce cc' '3 (ani 1 ' Vi 'i t ...

... IORIU RE. I f'GLAND v. AtSITRAIAA. COLLAPSE OF THE AUSTRALIANS. SPLEID BOWLING BY SAtRNE AND PEEL, ENGCLANt WiNs BY 66 RU11S. Wltn plia in tiib all-important match was re- sumed at the Oval yesterday thers vo again a vary lage ittendauce, beatly ten thousad per- sons being present at the start, Juet Bfore the playbrs case out it rained slightly. Haywvard and Wynyard, the two overnight ati aunt ...