... I - CR ICKET NOTES. We are not inclined to share the surprise which Lord Sheffield, who arrived horn Australia on the ,danaduia only last Friday, expressed at the poor form showed by his team when pitted against the rest of Enliancl at Nottingham. Evcry hing was against the returned eleven. They had a long spell of that complete idleness and mild dissipation which makes ship-life tedious and ...

... THE GRAND NATIONAL. Captain Fenwick's Why Not won the Grand National Steeplechase yesterday by a lencgth ad a halt. it was a notable race, distinguished alike ior the sensational incidents which led up to the final stage, and the extraordinary interest, sustained to the last moment, which marked the triumph of the win icr. Of the sixteen hDrse3 set out onl the card there were only two missing ...

... ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. ARRANGEMEN~TS FOR THlE INTIERN.ATIONAL MATCHIES.- TO-\IORRO\WS F-IXTURZES. Thc foc-tbhall p10ro'ranimc for to-miorroxw aiA( the remaining days ultervening till Saturday thle ?? illst. is alkogctiier of a more cosinhJ- ~,)I~tan character than has hitherti) beca the case this season. A coupe ,;international gameis are du~e bor to-morroxv, while during the week we are to bc ...

... FOOI1BALL AN)D ATHLLETICS. THE LONDON CUP.-YORKSHIRE£ FOOBALL HONOURS, A good list of football fixtures is still compilable, but of those to be pla\ ed tindc; Rugby rules not one is set for decision in the metropolis to-miolrrow. In the nordh and Midlands, however, some important club games are down Icr decision, besides the semi-finals for the Yorkshire Cup. T he latter miatcheus are as ...

... SPORTING NOTES AND NEWS, RAkCING IN FRANCE.-TiHE' FORFEITS FOR01 JTTHE FRENICHT DERBY. (FR-IOM A SPECIAL CORRIESPONDEN-F.) CuIANrioaY, Friday.-A quiet but byv no means uninteresting dlay's racing a-, Chailtilly last afternloon calls for no special noijete, save that thle first produce ot that once ?? mare Tcnudbrcilse won her first race, this being the three-year-old fi-lly Silluone. As was ...

... SPORTING NOTES ANDD NEWS. yACI-TING.-SOME PARTICULARS OF THE VIGILANT.' Never in the history of yachting- has the ad vent of any American boat to our shores caused such intenlse inltetrest aoiriog lovers of the sport as. that' DO0w felt in tha presence of Vigilqqz, the vaniquisher of Lord Dunraven's 1/ajlkyrie in last year's intOF1uatioail-A Co'ntes3 for the .4?nericds cup. E venl thle ...

... SPORTING NOTES AND NEWVS. ASCOT IN THlE RAIN, L.\NN LUNCIIE2n'~ AT A .Atd th' r ,! ii I n /ni nM~ 2'n:ld ' i ~ i' and filie~d tile broad les1at~c I! s1 'I ?? i , 1 VIt Xi II ijig Salion (nrtenUh tat am tnic ~I 1 ' it wasi a inn-st Atr.i i !n ~ lines that make a dol-C, 1 '1I fell at Ascot v'c~ierd'ii\-. I,, ?? - 'n i n ' . above me 1/nitcdiedlI. ?? i.6t' - beaus teo ltnie: on-,ti ' ?? nlist. ...

... SPORTING NTOTES AND NEWS, -, j.u-cdered to have quite as gocod a chantce as Ladas ibe thle a usatI~l~ Guineas, but a iractionailv worse ore for the Derby, if the -prcsent noncl inl the betting, list be taken as a criterion. ?? first wooku. oxpec-cilene at Newvmarket--durhiii thle Criven IVIctine, I Jirow maca liht oin the prospects of the priuncial. three-year-olds inI in- l~lie -iaoiartcrs. ...

... OrN THE RIVER.--A GLANCE AT THE HENLEY PROGRAMME. The Henley entries for 1894 are disappointing. The first feeling -Pxperienced onl scanning the list must be one of regret that last year' s record of fifty-five has fallen to forty-one, instead of' being increased, or at any rate equalled. A few weeks since the prospects of' a particularly heavy entry were very promising, but several likely crc ...

... SPORTING N OTIS I N I) A N S. ~NT1 I IL RI VER- *A ULANCE Ar T IL 11E LE PROGRA:\MME. I I :Ic-nicy ?? i'lr 18DI at t di sappoictiitn,. '1P]I hrict ;cchn ., *M Li ticd e cauin thle bi~ ?? beone of ie-eget thlat last Cal, S id i-fift-byeha-, i'lftel to lk'rtv-- oll, in tead oul lgtltr d jt a. xv rate equaiicid Atx I xx %Cc.s s,.iie thle prospct.,(I iii ii ,ue. hox ic, x Ci e very prom:~si4i, ...

... THIS DAY'S CRICKET, MIDDLESEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ]Pain greatly interfered %with this match at Lord's yesterday, play being limited to thirty-five minutes. Gloucestershire finished off the'ir innings for 72, an~d ilolowing or against 151 had made a single without the loss of a wicket. Th' ere was an improvement ini the weather this morning, it being much warme11r. The game was containued ...

... PRINCIPAL MATCHlES Tro B)E PLAYEDT-DY aP All the clubs inl the first land second divisions of the Football Leagule ir- arecrngaged this afternoon, and as several of the best teams come togetler uis sonme exciting matches are exoected. There ar-c also several tics to be I a played in the Scottish, Midland, and Southern Leagues. Of1 Metropolht~-f ,,a tixtures, \Voolwicli Arsenal receive a vi.iit ...