... EaDnrswoN v. Th;so's L~Fnn. :-Piy at Sinl~ Heath, on Thlursday. Eizairxer;ox. rclxa 1. T. P. Szvagc ?? .l C. W. Xlkis ?? , 2. NV. Bernard AlIdIritt.. P . (u. B iitr . ?? 3. H. Martin - ?? XV. M il, 1 i'n AlC 1i]al, .: 4. E. E. Siarshot ?? J.. -m ?? 5. A. Turn er. . o r Jess 6. A. E. 1V. Werren. . 3,- Dr. C1 ?? B. jos1 .: 7. T. It. Dimnmar k . G- S. C. ?? rk . i ?? ..r 9. r- Hoblick ?? Ijvt. ...

... SATCSOSY eras the opening day Of the football; season of 19GO-1, and tbroughout the length and re~adth of the land eabs were busily engaged in t co~mmncina upon their extensive lists of fixtures. The League tonrnmeneft tarnished so-me capital games,! ro fer than fear draws being recorded. Sheffield V'Vednesdav deserve congrattlating upon obtaining a, poin t lfrom Meanchester City, at ...

... RACING NOTES. If the Jockey Club will adhere to all the old courses on Newmark-et Heath, vwith their maze of posts and judges' boxes, they ought to be com- pelled by weight of public opinion-wbich they affect to despise, but which they cannot very well withstand-to make the judge's box easily dis- tinguisbable to the jockeys and to the public. A midget flag on the top of the judge's box and a ...

... -77 ; 1 .- I -- i AT .ISTN HfNIIS. The' Aterstone Hounds were on Satauday tak from rlliey to tie; or:~ug hbrd 4by, where they at onjc foundc. Without def*T their fox. broe iwhy for PFiea Coppice, and pftgsr runing toug ti ch ert 4nd- Branifen Wood crosued the G fvo7etr ?? d a;d prooeeded through The Bogs: to Willensall. Wood. Baking o= the further sX Of it h6e 1ihe pointed for the North. ...

... ?WOTES oX SPORT. Tan LwmcROO DEFEAT. There - was a touch of winter in the ia ether last 'week, and football would have been a more appro-~ wi:; priats game than cricket. At Worcester, on Mon. ~for day, the playes wer swathed as. thickly in, clothes str as ts a mummy in handages. We heard tell of one beil Worcestershire professionasl who went out to field du' one and a Sweater, and he wanted ...

... The twenty-second annual sports of the Stourbridgs Cricket and Football Club were held yesterday, and -ere very suc- cessfun The erogranmme included two Midland Counties championsheps and a 100 yards inaitation scratch race. The latter led to the visit of Stanley Rowley, the Australian. and other well-known athletes. Favourable weather prc- vaied, and there were six to seven thousand people on ...

... TEnE .Lmr . CsrAsrrrOlMa. FOIJ poi~ts still divide Sheffield United ?? Villa, but the latter club have played twenty-two. games against Sheffeld's twerity-one. 'The Villa picked up two useful and: unexpected points ?? Bromwldicb -Saturda&y, but, then, it must be remem- bered t~hatthey josh-two points tfe ?? at Bury, where they wrere thoroughly well beaten, and Mse for tbeir magnificent defence ...

... SPORTinG -NEWS. RACING NOTES. Some fairly good sport was provided on Doecaster! ' -I'own Moor yesterday, and the weather beig 'ine there was a very large -at'tendance in -the popelail devartment&. Light Comedy was brought Yosrk to compete in fin Spting iHndieap: althoogh she looked noae the w fr her svere race with the Adelaide filly, she had to strike her m colours to Jll~y Tar. Dandy Fifth ...

... I I SATLRDAY'S ;OOTBALL ASSOCIATION. RULES. -ENGLISH? CUP.-Snhu-rnex. Mifiw all Athletic. 0 Southampto n ?? . ..0 Nottingham ?? .± Bury ?? c TELEAGUE.-Drtzelocv I..- Asian V~~lla (3) .1 ~Liverpcil (0) ?? Shitifield United (1) ?? Preston North End ?? 0 Cots uhty ?? 0 Giossop ?? 0 t L1erhy County (4) ?? 2. Sunderland ?? BlackItburn Rovers (4) ?? 2. WestflromwicbAlbion(l) 0 Bve~rton (2) ?? ...

... Snnnucz, Carrsmrr CLUB.-The ann-nat eet nas ridls eahtat the Blue Gate l le statemrent, which showed thbat th g.thel icz at amounted to £0213, was ?? totan.~ id (~Mr. T1. :Fletcher) presented the annual rt echf piricuars of which have already been pul lisbe'd as. com~eawarded Prizes to the following. pinven1 f 2d batting and bowling: J. P. Kingston, J, Pearte El-01 kPearce, R. L. JTames, and ...

... To the Editor of the, Deily PG4fSir,-Thel ,wow -which pat a veto upon the concluding day of the KEempton Park meeting was succeeded by r severe frost which occasioned furthet inter- ruption to racing, for ib necessitsted the abandon- ment of the Leicester meeting, and prevernted a start being made with the Sandown Park fixture. The executive of the latter piace thought of waiting until Mornday ...

... FOOTBAL- ASSOCIATION RULES, -ENGIJSR CUIT.-TMs ROMMr.se .. ~~Rarind TIE. Val ?? ii:.SarzvmELn Uttn's.-Tbis replayed tie in eyq th hrounnd of the English Cup was played at Gigg thl lane, Bury, yesterday, before a record gate 'of 2Z000 tht spectators, atid in Ooed -weather. Bury had no change 'TI in truiir teamr of' Saturday last; whereas United dropped ntl Hfoward, substituting Needhain, whose ...