... USA THE TURF.-The July Handicap at Kempton Park on Satur- day last evoked considerable interest, and attracted a very fair field of thirteen runners. Boulevard and Whipper In, last year's winner, were the most fancied, and backers were on the mark, as the first- named won, and Whipper In was third. The winner is an Irish- bred colt, and has shown some form this year, having been third for the ...

... ASTIME ?? THE TURF-Like most Northern meetings, that at Stockton- ?? produced good sport this week, and the fine weather made the gathering a most enjoyable one. Joshua, the not unhappily if somewhat irreverently named son of the Nun, has been showing some fair form lately as a three-year-old, and beat the favourite Panic and five others for the Trial Stakes ; Lord Zetland was to the fore on ...

... w4ASTIM THE TUTRF.--The flat-racing season commenced at Lincoln on Tuesday last in more favourable weather than might have been anticipated ; and an enormous attendance, large and good fields of horses, and the course in excellent order, with additions and im- provements as to its surroundings, rendered the meeting an unquali- fied success. The Two-Year-Old Brocklesby Stakes, which gene- rally ...

... gfPATIE THE TURF.-Neither the attendance nor the sport was quite up to the average on Boxing-Day at Kempton Park. Lady Winifrel secured the most important event, the Christmas Hurdle Handicap, and Mr. S. Woodland, jun., rode a couple of winners. Next day, Ireland, steered by Captain Lee-Barber, secured the Qualifying Hunters' Steeplechase, and Intruder the Richmond Handicap Hurdle Race. ...

... PASTIME S THE TuRF.-Not content with owning Pioneer, the first favourite for the City and Suburban, Mr. Abington recently paid 4,0001. for Quartus, who had also been in good demand for that event. In a subsequent trial, however, Pioneer easily defeated the new purchase, with the result that the latter beat a retreat to 5o to I. In the race on Wednesday there were fifteen runners, and Pioneer ...

... L-WI a ?i C5 a t ?? r h eg A MATCH at hockey between ladies is no fanciful conception cf an artist possessed of an exalted ideal as to the development of games now that ladies are taking them in hand. It is but a faithful delinea- tion of a scene that is nowadays to be witnessed in many parts of thc country, from Durham in the north to Sussex in the south. Ladies, when they indulge in the more ...

... 5Ports anub vastinltes By VANDERDECKA&N AFTER deserting Wimbledon Common for a couple of years in favour of Sandwich, which entailed a great UNGOLSITY deal of travelling for the sake of a couple of hours' play, the Universities have returned to the old scene of the match, and sensibly so we think. University golf is rarely of that transcendent nature that it cannot be properly displayed at ...

... P 0 P-T I - N Tir TvrF.--A fair share of patronage was given to the Border meeting at Carlisle, but this is just the time when the aristocratic patrons of the Turf do not care to travel so far from London. The Cumberland Plate. like the Northumberland last week, seems to be going down hill, only six horses coming to the post. There was a rattling finish between Mrs. Pond and Constantine, the ...

... ? ,61, ?- T TIrw TuRF.-The very large ?? wvlicih characterised the recent gatherilug at D)crby Were ecplisetl by thse at llchester at the end of last wteek;, and very seldom1l illeed have so maklx horses run at ilny meeting, ownlelrs CViuWciu g an ahnost unprecekdented desire lo g~et something towa rds the hay anl o:ts \vit er bills. TIle Novemlber t llulica p on Sattirdv last NVas tie Vind ...

... PATIME TURF SEVERAL Grand National candidates have been seen in public of late, but none of their- performances have thrown much light on the race. Sarah Bernhardt won her race at Plumpton most easily, but she did not fence well and had little or no Opposition. Faust l0on a race over the same course in most clumsy style, and at once appeared in the betting list at 25 to 1, but it is impossible ...

... j vkac IlU.x (ldfll31C5 BY LADY VIOLET GREVILLE PEoPrE who cackle so glibly over the extraordinary devel.,p ment and the hlabits of activity and endurance acquired bh th women of to-day have probably forgotten some or the heroinc the past. One in particular, whose exploits far outsh:ad,,,y. those of the girl in the Carpathians, and the record of wit .e adventures charmed many of my ...

... SITVIMAING AND DIVING TIlE Long Vacation is with us, the swimmers' memories awaken. The few glorious days we have chanced on Lately have yielded visionsof calm waters, breeze-rippled, that have lapped us luxuriantly. Leman, Glengariffe, Sorrento, Tenby, the southern sea, the dear old Thames weirs, each and all yield pleasant sport again memory-wise. Why, when in London, are we denied the ...