... RACING IN IRELAND-- THE CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING. THE RICK FOR HER MAJE3TY*S PLATE. THE STANDS AND ENCLOSURES-- WAITING FOR NUMBERS TO GO UP. ...

... . IN MID STREAM. SEARCHING THE BANKS. NEGOTIATING A WALL. SPECTATORS FROM ABOVE. FOLLOWERS, AT MAYPIELD. ...

... ROYAL ARTILLERY SPORTS AT ALDERS FT (l T. SgggSM-W'tMfr f wfe t II.. Cricket l£ .i S 5?' 2, a>> The 150 Yards Old Soldiers' D n rJ i T>6r ''P0. a' 84 yards, sec the Noil-Commissioned Officers' Eaea,t'tlic'al'' 45 l>y Sergeant Allenbv Hm inn v i ttaoe'attllesame distance Yards Hace brcii^fton a ,d I O *1 fe,Hawley the 150 Braithwaite. ^n the second day tteMBe RaeeTeU fro* Adams, in 5 inin. 1 ...

... . The sword of honour, which we are enabled to illustrate, is a most exquisite specimen of the goldsmiths' art, the whole ofthe scabbard hilt and mountings being of eighteen carat gold, richly studded with precious stones. The blade, of highly tempered steel, is beautifully etched with laurel wreaths and ribbons, and with the following inscription,: Defence of Kimberley, ,14th Oct. 1899-- ...

... A VISIT TO WIS HARD'S ESTABLISHMENT. IT is a long time since a small racing stable had such a continued run of success as that presided over by Mr. E. Wishard, the American trainer at Malton House, Exning. Yet those who followed the course of events in 1S9G, and took note of the ex ceedingly clever way in which the few horses in training at the Red House, Newmarket, were placed by Messrs. Duke ...

... BY F. W. MILLAKD. ALTHOUGH game farming is so widely carried on, there are few estates upon which at least a portion of the pheasant eggs required for breeding purposes are not produced in aviaries erected for that purpose, and the stocking of these aviaries is a duty the skilful per formance of which has a great influence over successful hand-rearing the subsequent season. It is not intended ...

... A DANCING-PARTY ON A LAKE.-- ENGLISH VISITORS DANCING THE LANCERS ON LAKE SILS IN THE ENGADINE. Our illustrations represent c group of visitors from St. Moritz disporting themselves on Lake Sils, one of the chain of enchanting water-levels which beautify the great valley of the Upper Engadine and in summer reflect its snow-capped hills. The. winter season is now in full swing. ...

... (Our illustrations arc reproduced from The Horse, its Treatment in Health and Disease, with a Complete. Guide to Breeding, Training, and Management, edited by Prof. V/ortley Axe, M..B.C.V. S,, in five volumes -By permission of the publishers, The Gresham Publishing Co., London.) IN his preface to the work under notice, the editor says that his object has been to set out m one compact whole ...

... THE 6IMCBACK DINNER AT YORK. Drawn by A. M. Faulkner. Mr. John Corlott. Col. Hall-Walker (winner Gimorack Stakes). Mr. J. G. Butcher, K.C. Viscount Downe, C.B. Lord Alvcrstone. Mr. James Melrose chair 1. The York Dace Committee and Brethren of Ye Anciente Fraternitie of York Gimcracks, held their 140i/i annual dinner at the Station Hotel, York, last week, when Colonel II all- Walker, in ...

... . By Vedette. OUT of evil comes good. It is no doubt a great pity from many points of view that Mr. Otho Stuart did not receive more remunerative encouragement for his ambi tious, and I fear costly, experiments with modern poetic drama at the Adelphi. But if he had, and if either Mr. Comyns Carr's tragedy or Mr. Besier's had added popular success to succés d'estime, I suppose we should not ...

... . The South African team: A. F. Marsburq (bach); S. Joubert, H. A. De Villiefs, J. D. Frige, J. A. Loubser (three-quarter backs): F. Dobbin, D C. Jackson ihali- hac.ks) P. Boos (cant.). IF. A. Burger. H. C. Daneel, P. A. Le Roux, D. J. Brink, IF. C. Martheze, J. IF. E. Baaf. IF. S. Market i forwards). 2. Brought down. 3. The South Africans picking up out of the scrum. 4. The Welsh team: J. C. ...

... , 1. Getting ready for the Wall Game. Z. Mr. H. W. Tatham and the Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton (headmaster). 3. The Wall Game .--Oppidans v. Etonians. A bully. (The Collegers, who won by one shy to nothing, hail not won for ten years.) 4. The Field Game. Final Lower Boys). A rush. 5. 7 he Field Game. Masters v. Old Etonians. Converting a rouge. ...