... and we understand is to be submitted for the approval of the Jockey Club. Mr. Huggins, the American trainer of Newmarket, speaking—on the authority of many years experience, of the Wokingham Stakes fiasco at Ascot, says he knows of no such contretemps ...

... Foster were to gain a victory — a loss meant a very great depreciation in the value of the mare for show purposes. Practically speaking, Andrew lost the race at two points; Callino 11. broke badly at the first turn and let the other away with a ten ]engtl)s’ ...

... Frederick Lewis must have felt relieved at the difference of something like nine stone in his burden. THE “ Sporting Chronicle ” speaking of THE TrorrlNG WORLD in its edition of Monday last, questions our statement that ““ the last two or three years has shewn ...

... from staled ground till they are starved into cating it. In the language of the stable, the soil ‘has soured.” Our author speaks strongly in favour of raising various species on the land, instead of as now merely raising horses. «I'his farming of the ...

... of gentlemen in and around Glasgow who are interested in trotting, and the best way to remedy the drawbacks that Mr. Hardie speaks of, is to form a proper Trotting Club, and draw up workable rules. Good judging and handicapping are difficulties the sport ...

... series. Ladysmith has been in the hands of several trainers in the North, who failed to make much of her, and her present form speaks well of Mr. Stedman’s ability as a trainer. On September 13 at Parsloes Park, she was matched for £5O to trot five miles inside ...

... worth racing good horses for and for that reason alone they should not let the proposal drop. WE receive many communications speaking highly of the American trotting-horse for crossing purposes ; a correspondent writes us from Staffordshire, saying he has ...

... handled by a strong ruling body, the sport will naturally decline again to nothing as it has done in the past. ~Let London speak.—Yours truly, Huddersfield. RICHARD WESTON/ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. M.F., WaLTHAMsTOW,—We will do our best, but cannot say ...

... horses, for a horse 1n good condition means half the battle won. No untrained horse can do justice to himself, and 1 am not speaking without experience, having had such horses in my charge as the Abbot, Prince Regent, Repitition, Palo Alto, Waterloo, Maidihorne ...

... have the interest of the sport at heart. It deals with the’ old question of unsuccessful handicapping, and our correspondent speaks from personal experience. If we cannot have class racing, thereis only one other possibility of getting horses to finish together ...

... splendid finish from King of Pearls with the Irish horse President another head behind third. We want more racing like this which speaks volumns for the careful handicapping. The result of the second heat was not so happy a one, as there was evidently several ...

... realizes that the horse is more popular than ever, that the good horse is more strongly intrenched in hearts of the English-speaking race than heretofore, and, knowing this, are extending their breeding operations on progressive lines. Never in the history ...