... SPORT ; Sou.,, while back the- wvcatr of I : :,swO~fl4 haquite stopped iootball all 0('1 e kingdon'J but otlate yeas ftootbal1 t-e r. ?? a, suchI enorlnlous 'pense that'; 1,11,an en ts, eainotv afford to lose a s~ingle 't they either.have t go to agreat ?? ° tcothigu the grouanl with straw & c., 01 GcaR players have -o thro'ub l a brce o a ground that is oilly fit for sl'atig c : adin: th6 ?? ...

... AT THE NATIONAL SPORTNG. , . . - T m - - Or. - -an apart&- s -- Despite the wicked weather on Monday, and the double-barrelled racing attractions (Lingfield and Birmingham), the Covent (harden arena was well attended, when a 7st 61b competition resulted: in* favour of Bill Hullett; of Merrie Islington, de- Ieating Ginger Price, of Camberwell, and this is how he did ?? the final. Price was ...

... RACING, NOTESe I _ + - AYR ANt) LINGFIELD. SELE$TIONS. IF at one timejthe'St. Leger of 1899 looked like:produ'cing' Xaj'.'i,'ao'ejdf small interest, the fact that two Ai;'erican 'horses and-three Americane ,ockevsweteitaking part in the' race' gave ftle bei,vent iriternational flavour which \xhxt~. much: 'to' tlhe liking of the ' Tykes. Their partis,'anship xas of the most ...

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... ?? J t A~~ ) C : Ii /. -2, I ?? ( I INTERE:$T7Ri NIGHT AT THE WATIONAL. 7 Buidng at Sheffield. If ~FIGHT AT A WRESTLING MATGH. NOTES ON CURRENT AND FUTURE EVENTS. nIXTURES iFO MALY. 9.-Nat Simit h 'and Jack Roberts box twenty rounids'at the National Sport- ing Club. 16.-Twenty-round contest between Harry Tongue and Jack Mlaekay at the National. 17.-Arthur Callan and A, J. Francis at Bath. 25.- ...

... | 3AOING NOTES. NORT AMPTON, CAR LIS , OROXTON PARk, AND LEICESTER. NOTES AND ANTICIPATIONS, Il is seldom in, the history of the Tturf that there has been a. more auspicious opel#- ing of the season than that of Lincoln and Liverpool last week, and the threatened interference with the sport did not afiect in the slightest degree the attendance either at Lincoln or Liverpool; in fact, the crowd ...

... N ?? - p I - N K MR. JOHN FLEMINGYS9 IMPRESSIVE FUNERA Who will Succeed Him? Bouts at the Leading Clubsi Will Purt6ll Beat Akers ? Great Activity In American Boxing Circils. Frank Slavin Alive In KIondyke. He Writes us a Long Letter. I- I1? t!; t ?? SINCE my last contribution, little else has been spoken of in circles fistic than the fearfully tragic end of Mr. John Fleming, whose vacant chair ...

... TfEl UNITVX}EST3 B?,,U-YlAVPL t; ''rTm Unsnisfjraity Boati.rsae; is oeetr, t;|ie vtt's~tyi ho'apiM> i.i Ctanasb;rlr5 cOd is woAeth the rV om as this boaile o thoe . f qniokeat racararectrr. Orlyr thbse tearl srg: e ((rais . Iof, 'Cilft soaseoutive trisirse hAd ',7rossept d 'r.'e &i rs eeasi' te UIsa esouss of OxiosdI ae r;. Nocsry'se owrwsifrx' ito osdi ocoYuY. ±551(5 to traeec AtI; to matal ...

... SWIMMING MATCE IN TEE T'THAMES FOR £30 A-SIDE. On Modsay, at noon, the long-talked of match between H. Coulter and D. Pamplin was swuim over the two miles of tideway between 'The Doves a.t Hanmtrieorsith to Pistney Aquieduct, on an ebb tide. There was a little less current then usual, owing to the -wind, and the at- testd(ancs wns as limited as anything could possibly hp. Switmmers, ns a rule ...

... AMATEUR WALKING MATCE AT NEWHA4IKET. E':ver slice Westhall rendlered, the S.xeinz M3;1e famous by httt ettlito,1fJ that locale has beerh ehoi;n for alll sorts C' pod., ttrisn catches, in both the amatenl- and p-ofessi-ai. ! liUo. Tbh 11lP, which stretches froan a limia heyord the t' White Lion to the toll-bar adjoining the J&ly Coursr at Nowmimrk et, was the one on which Chharley Westhall we- ...

... 3 HUNTING A STAG -- CRUEL SPORT. @ - - ?? 1 as fiU'.ji.ECT 0? ILLUSTRATION.] Id IN an article oi foxhunting, and sports of a kindred as nature, the Dantij 'e~jqaph cites the following base vo of cruelty to a stag:- ly But it is' not alone in the Shires that deeds of 11, high emprise, as Spenser would say, are done, nor 9*e is the fox the only quarry in pursuita of which ardent of.. ...

... I'ITE INTERiN.'A1IONAL P1.IF FIGHT. I [NVITR COO1TRAITS ;IND ILL T.U~tATTiOSS ] jle TVim erat fight' mt ovEr. To the anrprie rof every- boret$ tiae AXn'.rieran cazePitM di not couoced in ?? hi,; aut-agoviat out iof thime in 1eac thenu ten mi101,1teeS, Every loay hi turpriead at the re-olt-as~ 1voll theuy ntyzhit hoI, beeing that tim1 predigi`ota Und dow; ii~i~,neJonL. Snfli ,no, ele'f vl~ o ...