... | TER-NATIONAL GVXNASTIC I I 0 0 0 COMPETITION. - - COMPETITION IN BIRMiNGHAM. Io Birmingham, ea Saturday evening, was the centre di of intezest to the gymnastic enthusiasts of the United Kingdom. The second of the International Gyxnnaste E Chimpidnahip Competitions arranged by the. Inter 3 national Board of Gymnastics (representing the A=m- teur Gynastic Assoeciatieo of the United Kingdom), 0 ...

... p- .pT--NEWS. rBACT?qG NOTES. - ae potleys st the board at Horley I ,A0t-; and the 0nroceason when they met I~i. -ni0 approaching a check was whenc Ro~cyal ta ae Violeti dead-heated for the Mart l' a,;y being on the back aE the former. p .F ?? for three races, Sloan for oa lzz 3 Betif rode a winner and a dead- j was nther a novelty to find Lord) winninz two races, but, if report f 'rrhttlv, ...

... 7777 ESON 6k-SP0ORT.,, To-DnAY's MATCHa an WoorCMsrt TO-DAY witnesses the commencemenb of the first of the two engagements entered in to by Warwickshire and Worcestershire, and which, because of local rivalry, are riglhtly regarded as perhaps the two most interesting mnatches either county bave in their pro- gramnes. Last season the frst of the two matches was played at Birmingbamor ...

... KmnsDGB~g}Sm s r. ?? at 3vesha Saturday. Scores:- T.0G. Baker ?? ?? 9 B. radlev ?? A. T. StandIng ?? . P. Gn , ?? r T. E,? ?? 0 K.V (ienme .. A. ?? - 7RB. B. atweon ?? (. Hoognrtb ?? . 0L . Badler .. ?? a. F. ?? 0 H. A. Wgebb O. HEL. Newv ?? ?? 2 . Donisehorpe B. M. Donaldson W . 1 H . Bradley ai KrDDRUUMl;STERt V. tWorCE:STZr-q-aT2EVoPrI f;3y -Plaed atriderminster, ony aturdoey. Satnrda W. ?? ...

... 2AC 193NOTES. The-e is evel7 ronnse of another capital day's racg at B~rflhi to-mo F when fiewds Will racing at ?? The conter atctions will, again affect the aazendans, but Bport is sure to no doub.,aec be good. SecoDfs>:- SO1ihull NnrFY.M1OL-LT FAWSSZTT. j:sord M1avois Handicap. fZL~rtSt&. 67; USead. P.-B Great Mi lan a:ta-ESCUR±.&3_ Athersoone Plate.-AlAL Tuesday Ny e ?? RoasChfld plAYte. ...

... ACOING NOTES. Bank Holiday meetingS at Birmingham have not been uniformly successful, but, so far 3s prt goes, i to-dafs proceedings at Bromford Bridge can be ispoaken of with unqualified praise. la cotrabt to some rmeetines held here in the past the fields were quite plethoric, and so far as numbers went the onlyI failure was the Spring Handicap. This vent was Largely a raproduction of the ...

... : ?? RACE MEETINGS ABANDONED. The Sandown Park meeting,.originally fixed for * yesterday and to da-y but postponed on account of frost, has now been definitely abandoned. The Carnarthen- shire Hunt meeting.,tced for Wednesday and Tbirsdlay last, has mest a similar fate after postponement. SPORT OF THE DAY.. - To-DAy's LsoiTmny-up TrrE FoE C roars, 6.3. The filly by Ocean Ware-American Girl has ...

... THE B1ATH TOUJRNAMENT. As reperted yesterday, it was offlcially ascepted that Atkints lad drawn with Jones Bateman and Wilmtot, iltthough the games in question had not been properly played out. This left only the game with Gibbs. which had kept AtkinLs en- gaged all the afternoon and a great part of the morning. and it was stated that the game, wbtch had a lot of play left in it, wouild be ...

... F WAsWXflc5DI MAMB A GOOD STARZ rwickahre have steted the season admirably; we only remember one occasion when they did better. 'That wasthe famosseason when, thanks principally to the pbenomenal bowvlihg of Whitehead, they defeated Notts, Surrey, and Kent in succession. One. could not reasonably expect them to equal that feat again, but had theweatberpermitted the math to be played oat they ...

... BICKERSTAFFE PLOUGHING MATCHE Yeeday,-the 55th annual ploughing nlatoh in aeejtion with the Bickerst-ffe Ploughing Society was held in a field near the Stanley GZte I. There were altogether 22 competi ...

... .HAAIPSIURE V. DEFRBYSHIRtE. Whenl Play was resumied. in this match at Sou~thamipton on Wvednesdcay morning Hamp- shi1re hadl to face at big tap-k, for, with seven inch91 to be dismissed, the ...

... ' SPORtTING 0 i : I I TGPN I E A.NOTESO A ITIUPATIONS.. 3 en ; . ?? GATWICK;' Ttesday. . A' V&rYvfair' programme has been provided I for theopeninge day;ofthe Gatwick Meeting, and my;selections are: e ...