SPORTING.

PRINCIPAL RACING FIXTURES.

New Zealand.

Wanganui J,C. Spring. October 10 Pakuranga Hunt Club Meeting October 27 Canterbury 3 .C. Metropolitan.... Nov. 6,7, and 8 Taranaki J.C. Spring November 9 Auckland R.C. Spring November 10 Cambridge Jockey Club Spring... .November 21 Wellington R.C. Spring November 30 Dunedin J.C. Spring Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 Takapuna J.C. Spring December 1 Auckland R.C. Summer. .Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 & 2

Australia. V A.T.C. (Caulfleld) Meeting..October 13and 20 Victoria R.C. Spring... .November 3,6,8, and 10 Sates of Nominations, Entries and Accop tances.

Nominations Auckland Cup, A.R.C. Handicap, and Steeplechase Octobers Acceptances Auckland R.C. Spring Handicap and Hurdles, and general entries.. Novembers

To Correspondents.

Spur.—Bordeaux has never won a race. NEorrreTE (Cambridge). — Coriolanus is ac counted the winner of last year's Champion Race. W.F.L.—Clifford rode Mate both in the Mel bourne Cup and Royal Park Stakes at tho V.R.C. Spring Meeting of 1880. G H —Tasman had 7st 121b in tho Christchurch Cup, when he ran second to Bundoora. His ■weight in the Great Autumn Handicap, in which lie also ran second, was Bst 51b. Inquirer.—Chuckster belongs to Mr D. S. Wallace, and has been running since a two year-old. He has won two races, but the only performance of any note to his credit was getting second to Pell Moll in tho Three-year-old Stakes at the V.R.C. Champion Meeting of ISSI. Ths other horses entered in Mr Wallace's name, niul at present in the Melbourne Cup, arc Calma, Povoril, Duenna, and a Yattendon colt recently namod Capri. Mr Wallace also now owns lie Grand.

For First Portion of Sporting Notes see Fourth Page of "Star."

Tasman and Cheviot are now first favourites for the New Zealand Cup at sto 1 each. " Beacon " says that at Geraldine Hyacinth was backed to win £2,000 at 100 to 4 and 5, and is now quoted at 100 to 6. Trickster was backed to win £1,000 at 100 to 4, and The Poet to win a like amount at about his old figure. The Dauphin and Cheviot also came in for some support. Tur quoise is quoted at 100 to IS, but Minerva and Taiaroa have gone back to 100 to 3; while Trinket. Hilda, Rubina, Emir Bey, and The Curate have joined the knocked out division at 100 to 1 each.

At the sale of the late Mr Powdrell's horses, Hailstorm was tho first offered. He was lookingoxtremely well, buthiscondition did not excite a higher bid than lOOgs, and accordingly he was passed in, the reserve being 200gs. Tally-ho was similarly passed at 50gs, but later in tho day Mr John Moreton, of Waverley, became the pur chaser at that figure. Daphne, a cream coloured filly, was knocked down to Mr Whishaw at 31gs. Ringleader, the winner of the Wanganui Railway Plate, found a purchaser in Mr Keith, who gave 31gs. Tantivy was bought by Mr W. L. Martyn, of Manaia, for lSJgs. The mare Discretion brought 15gs, and Clematis ISjjs. Several other lots were also disposed of at low prices. The first forfeit for the Maribyrnong Plato ■was declared on the Ist of the present month, and the list shows that 42 are still engaged in the big two-year-old evont. Golcisborough has five of his progeny in the list, amongst which are Honey Dew and a colt out of The Gem's dam, Ida ; and next to him in point of number of representatives are Maribyrnong, Countryman, and Julian Avenel, with four each to, their credit. One of Julian Avenel's representatives is Bonne Fortune, the winner of the Sapling Stakes at Caulfield, and Countryman claims Helene, Lavington, Gratitude, and Illusion, while Maribynong shows such beautifully bred daughters as lolanthe and Supcrba. The " Melbourne Herald " detective still continues his exposure of the alleged swind ling sweeps, and has condemned lately those of " Achilles," "Victory," " Albion," "Maraquita," "Diamond," and tho Mel bourne Sweep Company. As might bo ex pected, the articles are attracting very con siderablo attention both in Melbourne and Sydney, and it is more than likely that the police will be compelled to take steps tobring some of the more prominent of those who are stated by the contributor to tho " Herald " to be running bogus sweeps to book. It was a bold stroke on the part of a newspaper to take the course adopted by the "Herald," and if the peoplo whom it exposes are really the swindlers the detective makes them out to be, tho "Herald" and its detective are doing good work, and deserve the best thanks of tho community for its efforts to protect the sweep investing public from the artifices of cunning knaves. That the articles are doing good, there can be little doubt, for Mr Charles Chappie, of Mnndi-Mundi, writes to say that sinco he published a letter exposing "Bonanza," that party has succeeded in discovering the £90 cheque and forwarded it to Mr Chappie. The letter containing the cheque was tam pered with, according to "Bonanza," and the money abstracted. The "Spirit of the Times" says that now a days it is the engagements which fix the value of a colt or filly in America. A colt without engagements is worth thirty per cent, less than one well engaged. Take the case of the two-year-old wonder, General Harding, as an example. He is practically without engagements, and his owner, while willing to sell, cannot find anyone who is willing to give his price. Had the colt any engagements, there are a dozen turfmen we could name willing to sign their cheque for £6,000 and take the colt. Thus breeders who contemplate selling must see it to their advantage to engage their colts. Probably no man in this country has sold colts to better advantage than Mr Swigort, He sold Kingfisher for £3,000, Hindoo for £3,000, Baden-Baden for £2,500, Spend thrift for £3,000 and a contingency. But it was due to the fact that he was always careful to engage them heavily as year lings.

HOUSES IN TRAINING.

The following is a list of horses in train ing for forthcoming events :— J. Ciia.ut:. Krupp, 2yra; Trenton, 2yrs; Carbiiiccr, 2yrs; Revolver, 2yrs; Woodnym h, 2yrs. J. Fkbxch. Maori, aged; Harkaway, aged; Christmas, aged; Fish woman, lyrs; Fishgirl, 3yrs; Mitrailleuse, 3yrs; Torpedo, 2yrs. G. Rowlands. Libeller, aped: Maoriland, 4yrs; St. Swithin, aged; Musketeer, 3yrs; Tetford, 2yrs. J. Laing. King Don, aged : Harlequin, aged; Chanticleer, aged; Sir Wolsley, aged; Scottish Lassie, 3 yrs; St. Leger, 3yrs. H. Hakrison. Nelson, 3yrs; Wapiti, 3yrs. J. Rae. Dewarop, aged; Chandler, aged; Kcnilworth, 6yrs. R. Thokpe. Satanolla, 2yrs. J. Allom. Golden Crown, aged; Vortex, 6yrs; Colt by Musket from Georgia, 3yrs J. Millison. Cadet, aged. At Cambridge. — Harbison. Quilp, 6yrs; Viceroy (late Victory), 3yrs; Vic toria, 3yrs. T. Hodson. Bobert the Devil, aged; Linda, 3yrs ; filly by ] Anteros, 2yrs. j

CONDENSED ITEMS.

Lord Wilton has been thrown out of training. George Rowlands is preparing St. Swithin for the Pakuranga Meeting.

The totalisators at Geraldine put through £2,515 during the two days. The new stand nt Flemington racecourse will accommodate 7,000 people. St. Lawrence has been nibbled at for the V.R.C. Derby.

The Auckland Racing Club will work the totalisator on their own account this sea son.

Mr D. Proudfoot's horses have already won for him £1,600 in stakes in New South Wales.

''Mazeppa" hears on good authority that £1,000 has been offered for the St. Albans colt Hyacinth.

At Warwick, in England, lately, a horse jumped 39 feet over a creek, while another at Newport did 33 feet over hurdles. Nominations for the Hawke's Bay Guineas o.f 1885 close on Tuesday next. The stake ht,B been increased to 250 soys.

" Spectator" says Fame is doing so well in training that she is almost certain to go South to fulfil her engagements in the New Zealand Cup.

The Taranaki Jockey Club only received night nominations for their Spring Handi cap, nine for the Steeplechase, and eleven for the Flying Handicap. Mr P. Butler has taken all the money in tho Christschurch market about his two year-old colt Talebearer for the Welcome Stakes. Talebearer was got by Albany from Telltale.

Writes " Warrior" in his training notes: " Some people have a novel way of training horses. Just fancy the steeplechaser, Squire, being treated to a ten-milo gallop on the ploughed track ! " Mr T. Lamond has backed Albury to win the Melbourne Cup to the extent of £30,000. Albury was got by Yattendon from Stockdove, and his impost in the event is 7st 61b.

The unreliable Coriolanus is roported to have improved wonderfully. At Caulfield, the other week, he ran two miles and a quarter pulling double all the way, and never turned a hair.

J. King, who made the mistake in enter ing tho wrong course when winning the A.J.C. Steeplechase, was disqualified for three months at Elsternwick Park races the other day for suspicious riding. The report about Stockwell being amis.o must havo been a canard, for "Asmodeous" says Howie has the chestnut looking re markably well, and promises to bring him to the post in cherry-ripe condition for tho Melbourno Cup.

The Adelaide Commissioner of Police has received instructions from the Government to immediately put a number of constables in plain clothes, with the view of pouncing upon any unfortunates who may back a double or pick tho winner of the Melbourne Cup in a public place. The Christchureh Middle Park Com pany's mare Idalia lias dropped a filly. A Christchurch writer says this grand old mare has dropped colts for the last six seasons, viz., Betrayer, Sir Modred, Idalium, Cheviot, July, and Liverpool, and has now varied the six of hex- offspring by giving birth to a beautifully well-made filly. Fred Gebhardt, of New York, tho la-di-da follower of tho " professional beauty," Mrs Langtry, has nominated several horses in Bomo of the English autumn handicaps) in order to have an ostensible excuse for visit ing tho "tight little island" during tho theatrical tour of the lady with whoso comings and goings he has been so identified during hor stay in the United States. Prince Charlio, tho great English (Iyer, has been purchased by an American named Swigert. Although ho was very fust, "the Prince of tho T.Y.C." in fact, ho roarod like a bull; yet an offer of 10,000 soys. was onco mado for him. However, ho must have deteriorated considerably, for in January ho was sold to Mr T. L. Reed for 6SO guineas, and now he has gone to America to perpetuate a breed of !'musicians."

Irralee, a G-year old, by Slanderer (sire of Grip), out of Sweetlips, performed ad mirably at tho Ballarat Turf and Hunt Club Steeplechase Meeting. Ho carried 6st 121b in tho Ballarat Handicap, one mile, and dofeated Suwarrow, Paul, \Vestbury, and seven others in lmin. -iOsecs. Within an hour from tho time Irruleo won his raco lie was trotted out again for tho Ladies: Bag, ono milo, lOst 121b, for which ho was mado a very hot favourite at 8 to 7 and even money, winning by a length.

HUMOROUS CLIPPINGS.

What was the bitterest conquest of the Romans— Gaul.

"Comoinout of the wet, poor fellow," as tho shark said when he swallowed tho sailor.

Whatever your have to do, do it with your might. Many a lawyer has mado his fortune by simply working with a will.

A son of Erin once gave tho following toast: —" Here's wishing you may never die, nor nobody kill ye, uutil ye knock yer brains out against the silver knocker of yer own door."

"Hole on dar," said a coloured man, hailing an acquaintance. "Doesyer cross de street ebery time yer sees me ter keep frum payin' dat bill?" "No, I dosen't. "Whatfur, den!" "Ter keep from bein' axed fur it."

A shopkeeper the other day stuck upon his door, tho following laconic opico, ' Wonted a boy.' On opening his shop*next morning, ho beheld a smiling infant in a basket with the following pithy label, "Here he is.'

Two prisoners were lately acquitted of a theft. The magistrates told them not to come there again, or they might not be so fortunate, One ofthe prisoners said—"No, your worship, we'll not como again ; we should not have come now if we had not been brought." Another Revelation.—Scolding woman (to husband No. 2)—" Oh, if you only knew the difference between you, you wretch, and my first husband I" Husband—" Ido know the difference. He is happy now that he has left you, and I was happy before I got you." Mrs M.—" Oh, you must see my cabinet of curiosities. I'm awful partial to bric bats !"

After the Party.—" Surely you've not washed this morning, Tommy?" '• No, mamma! I was in bed so late last night that I did'nt think I required it." —'-Mr Jones," asked Smith ofthe parson, " don't you think the wicked will have an opportunity given them in the next world?" '• Yes, certainly," replied the parson; an excellent opportunity to get warm." The fair Nineete Joliveau having been in vited to make a contribution to a friend's album, writes down this profound thought: "Why has fate ordsined that two such dif ferent words as amity and atred should begin with the same letter ? " The was a man he had a clock, Hlb name was Matthew Mcars; Ho wound it regularly every day For four and twenty years. At last his precious timepiece proved An eight-day clock to be, And a madder man than Mr Mcars You'd never wish to see.

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACTVEON.)

Aquatics.

Opening of Boating Season October Krug Champagne Cup .November 17th Whan Regatta November 9th Rowing Association Regatta November Auckland Intercolonial Regatta .. January 29th Rita v. Arawa race Shortly Athletics. Ellerslio Athletic Sports November 9th Bicycling. Auckland Clud (rendezvous at Service's, Karangahapo Road).—Saturday, 20th, 2 p.m., run to Onchunga via Newmarket; round Man garo, and home through Otalrahu. Waitrmata Club Runs (starting from Park Gates, Princes-street).—October 13, captain's run; Tuesday. October IG, atu p.m., moonlight run to Onehunga via Newmarket and Epsom (tea at Onehunga); October 20th, to Avondale via Mount Albert, returning by Threo Kings and Mount Eden; October 27th, SU Helier's Bay via Newmarket and Hemuera. Cricket. Viotoria v. New South Wales December 2C

To Correspondents.

Contributors to this column are requested to send in their matter not later than Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

YAcnTKMAN.—Tho Arawa and Rita race did not fall through, but was postponed till the season now opening.

W.B.—Not later than Wednesday afternoon. Thanks lor contributions.

Edwards, the pedestrian, who was de feated last Saturday by young Scott, is the present holder of thi'ee belts. The first was presented to Edwards in Sydney by Mr R. Driver for the following achieve ments :—ll3 miles 586 yards in 24 hours, and 181 miles 1013 yards in 4S hours. It is a belt of crimson velvet, mounted in silver. The second is of blue velvet, also mounted in silver, and valued at £50. It is tho long-distance champion bolt of Australia, won in November, 1870, for a distance of 153 miles 5 laps in 4S hours. The third is a belt of solid gold and silver, by far the most valuable of the three. It is estimated to contain Ooz. of the former metal and (i;)oz. of the latter. Mr It. F. Long, of Adelaide, is tho donor —a gentleman who acted ns promoterof the six days' "go-as-you-pleaso" contest in which Edwards came olf tho victor.

Mr Street has decided to olfbct important improvements in tho fitting-out of tho yacht Muritai for tho coining season, and tho work has been entrusted to C. Logan, of Devonport. The Muritai's most is to bo lengthened 12 inches, sho will have a longer gafi, and a now mainsail much larger than the old ono. This looks liko putting tho vessel in racing trim, and will prove good news to hundreds who are very anxious to know what the Muritai really can do when put to tho test. Considerable interest should consequently attach to tho first con test betwoen this vessel, the Rita, and the Arawa.

Tho yacht Sybil was out on Saturday last for tho first timo this season.

G. Murdoch's average in tho Sydney Albert Club last season was 40.

Warbrick has finished a 16ft, open sailing boat for Messrs Harrison and Brookes.

Rush, junior, won tho Marriott Trophy by a length at tho Graf ton Regatta,

Galbraith, the captain of tho Otago Foot ball team, has loft InvorcargHl for Oamaru.

Bailey has received on order for a new eighteon-fect pulling boat from Mr S. Higgling.

O'Leary, the pedestrian, was a passenger by the City of Sydney, which called hero on Tuesday last.

Collins is fitting up tho twenty-foot open boat Bay Hoy, and will launch her about a fortnight hence.

"Charon," tho really excellent aquatic writer, has retired from tl;o stall' of tho "Sydney Mail."

Messrs G. E. White and W. George have been appointed delegate* to the Association by Our Boys C.C.

11. Graydonhas commenced a new sixteen feet open sailing boat, which will take part in tho Auckland Regatta.

The Ewings, who wore prominent momborn of tlio Tuakau Cricket Club last season, have joined Otahuhu.

The yacht Truant, owned by F. J. Sander son, lias been newly painted, and will be put iii the water next week.

The 20ft. open bout Observer, which hns been woll cared for during tlio winter, will be launched about a fortnight hence.

""'At tho Sydney Amateur Athletic Sports, Wood, 14 yards, won tho four miles bicycle handicap in 14 minutes 3:y sees.

It is exjiected that Elias Laycock will have sufficiently recovered from his accident to meet Haitian in April or -May next.

Warbrick is building a racing whaleboat for a crew, the members of which have resolved to remain "dark " for the present.

Messrs Cotter and Halyduy aro about to join the ranks of bicyclists, and will give in their allegiance to the Waitemata Club.

The 20ft. open boat Madgo has been scraped and tho old pnint burnt oil. Sho will be newly painted and launched next week.

Waymouth has just finished a neat 16ft. pulling boat for Mr Lewiason, and has an order for a similar boat for a Wuikato gentleman.

G. Montgomery lately undertook to ran two miles in 11 minutes at Bourke, but failed in tho attempt, being beaten by 20secs.

Walter Jones has had the Minx coppered and fitted up especially for pleasure purposes. Hor racing days appear to be about over.

\V, Holmes has sold the 13ft. open bout Devonport to T. Kinsey, of Parnell. Holmes intends to build a new 10ft. boat for himself.

The Naval Brigade new cutter is to be built by Bailey. She will be 30ft. long, 7ft. beam, and will be built like an ordinary man-o'-war cutter.

The meeting of the Saturday Afternoon Recreation Club, which wns to have been held on Saturday evening, lapsed for want of a quorum.

A new steam yacht, built for the manager of the Sydney Commercial Bank, has been planked and decked with Auck land kauri timber.

Tho loss of tho Otahuhu Cricket Club scoring book prevented the averages for last season being mado up. This would appear to be the usual thing.

Dr. W. G. Grace was not twelve years old when he made his mark for the first time as a cricketer, scoring 51 for West Gloucestershire against Clifton.

Hanlan was defeated at Fall River on August 20th by Teemer, Hosmer, and Ross through his boat being swamped by the wash from a paddle-steamer's wheels.

There was some very fair bowling in the Ponsonby and Avondale match last Satur day. Archibald took 10 wickets for 15 runs, and Gilchrist 0 wickets for 10 runs.

Laycock writes to a Sydney paper in reference to his accident, and says the doctor assui"es him that in six weeks the broken leg will be stronger than the other.

Hanlan sent the following telegraphic reply to Laycock's challenge:— "mil row for a purse of 1,000 soys., winner to receive all. Will require 3oo soys. for expenses."

The yacht Toroa has made several trips in the harbour during the last fortnight. She still remains a "pleasure-boat," and will not take part in any racing events.

The rob roy canoists are disgusted at the statement that they wished to join the Rowing Association, and assert the shoe is on the other foot, t It ia not likely that that they will join.

Had the football dispute question to the Sydney " Town and Country Journal" been properly stated, the decision would have been against Wellington on two points instead of one.

The Ponsonby team was so weak last Saturday that the services of tho popular jehu McLaughlin were brought into re quisition. He proved to be a second Bannerman.

The six-ton yacht Vestal, owned by Messrs Walker, Reynolds, and Barnard, of St. George's Bay, has been caulked and over hauled. She will be launched about a week hence.

The Ponsonby Rowing Club has de cided to have a racing wlialoboat built for the Auckland Regatta, but it has not yet been dotermend which builder will be favoured with the order.

At the present time there arc nearly 400 steam yachts in England of less than 200 tons each, 120 above that tonnage, and 30 above 400 tons each. Their actual cost has been about £2,500,000.

The Chriatchuroh Lancaster Park Cricket Club has numbers of lady members, who amuse themselves with lawn tennis while the representatives of the sterner sex are engaged at cricket.

D. W. Gregory, who captained tho first Australian eleven on their memorable tour, has now been promoted to one of the highest positions in tho Civil Servico of Now South Wales, viz., tho Inspectorship of Audit.

The Victorian Cricketers' Association has decided, conditional on the consent of the New South Wales Association, to play an intercolonial match between Victoria and New South Wales on next Boxing Day.

Tho race for the Fowlor Cup on tho Paramatta Course was won by Brott, who defeated Bull, .Scale, and Ivoa in the order givon. Having won three times successively, Mr Brett now becomes tho owner of the trophy.

H. Niccol, of North Shore, will launch about a month hence a handsome yacht of about 30 tons for the Crown IMnco of Tonga. Her dimensions are : Length of keel, 54ft. : beam, 15ft. 6in. ; depth of hold, 7ft. lOin. The yacht will be schooner-rigged.

Tho Kate, a four-ton yaijjit, built by Out for Mr Lo Roy, of Parnell,about the "end of last season, will bo out next week. Slio will taku part in tho Auckland Regatta, when sho is expected to do very well against tlio Sybil and Truant.

A great deal of amusement was caused during tho run on Saturday by a cyclist in blue, who attempted to travel over a'bus on tho lino of route, and then developed a perchant for " doing the footpath" down Queon-streot,

A. Bloomtield, chemist, of Ponsonby, has manufactured a paper rob roy canoe, in which ho intends to win tho liist prize at the Wlian Regatta. The boat weighs about twenty pounds, and can bo carried easily. It is now in tlio Kob Hoy Canoe Club shed.

According tn tho recent re|iort of the Melbourne Crioket Club, T. .1.1). Kelly, tho veteran cricketer, has a butting averagoin tirst-elass matches of "7 for .11 innings, and is top of tho list in all matches witjj the magnificent average of 56 runs per iimings for 25 innings.

Tlic statistics of tlio Nimrod Fishing Club Sydney 1 shew the best record to bo '230 schnappors in 1) outings, while one man only secured 30 in six outings, and another '11 in ."> outings. This is not a patch on a decent afternoon's work at Knngitoto.

A new cricket club mimed the llobson, promoted by \V. P. Bnckland, and which is expected to absorb the batting and bowling talent of Enaom and Kemuern, has licen formed. It has secured the use of a paddock near the Komuern Railway Station belonging to Mr Alfred Buekland.

When the bicyclists wore passing Mr J. C. Firth's residence at Mount Kaon last Saturday, they were joined by Master Firth, seven years old, who rodo with them oh far as l'arncll, taking hills, &c, the fame as an experienced ridur. 1 boliove this was only his fourth mount.

Thcro were present nt the opening run of tlio season on Saturday no less than 50 bicyclists, mado up as follows :—Waitematn Club, grey tweed suit and claret stockings, 19 ; Auckland Bicyclo Club, blue sorgo suit, blue stockings, 19; Koraucra Union, all blue, 3; unattached,!). The run occu pied 2 hours 15 minutes.

The Fifty Miles Bicycling Professional Championship was contested for on August 4th. when Wood won in 2 hours 48 minutes 10 seconds.— Wood afterwards won the Ten Mile Professional Championship for the second time in succession, traversing the distance in 30 minutes fi2 loth seconds. Lees wns second in both contests.

Tho National Cricket Club hns elected the following ofliccrs for tho ensuing year :— Captain, (T. Colobourne; Secretary, 0. Nicholson, Committee: — J. Colcbourne, Brookes, Armbury, Shoreland, and Did dams. It has boon decided to hold a con cert on or about October 2Cth in aid of the funds. »

MikoCleary, in a Now York letter, speak ing of Mitchell, the English pugilist, says : " Permit mo to inform the sporting frater nity through your columns that I think Mitchell a coward, and that lie is afraid to meet me. His match with Slade is merely a ' fake' to save him from meeting myself and tho other pugilists who have challenged him."

William Sheriff, the English pugilist, has challenged Sullivan, the champion, to a glove contest of either four or six rounds, for 1,000 dollars aside. Sheriff has ex pressed a contemptuous opinion of Slade. The Slade-Mitchell prize fight is to bo fought just across the border of Kansas^ in the Indian territory, and efforts are being made to have officers on hand to stop it.

Edwards, who played second fiddle to Scott, of Dunedin last Saturday in the walk ing match, has accepted a challenge issued by Vaughan to contest a six days' walking match for tho championship of the world. This event will come off shortly after his arrival in America. Vaughan is well known as one of tho best, and certainly the pret tiest in style, of English pedestrians.

The St. George's (Parnell) Rowing Club now possesses twenty members. The boat shed has been erected at St. George's Bay, and next week the Club's new whaleboat

will be launched from Clare's shed. The following is a list of the officers of the Club: — Captain, Mr F. J. Sanderson; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr IT. W. Hudson; Committee: Messrs. A. F. T. Ansley, J. Johnston, T. Kilfoylo and F, Peachey.

Early in the month of August a novel cricket match was played at Codford, a few miles from Warminster, between eleven ladies and eleven gentleman. Tiio condi tions of the game were that the ladies should use cricket bats, and tho gentlemen should play left-handed with broom handles, and to bowl and field left-handed, and the penalty of playing right-handed was to be the loss of two runs for every broach of the rules. The gentlemen won by 33 runs, which was very ungallant on their part.

FOR THE LADIES.

Beauty gains little and homeliness and de' formity lose much by gaudy attire.

Batiste suitings are among the prettiest of fabrics for summer wear. The latest patterns are geometrical figures and half rings on white ground. Fine serges, batistes, and zephyr cloth, for morning wear, are pretty, useful, and inexpensive—three excellent recommenda tions where economy is the rule. Black grenadines, satin-striped, and embroidered with tiny garlands of flowers, are in favour, and look very well arranged as paniers with a simple gathered bodice over skirts of either coloured silk or satin.

Largo shady hats of lace, basket work, and fine coloured straws are greatly in favour for country and seaside wear, with clusters of fruits and berries of all kind?, such as black and white grapes, cherries, apples, plums, and walnuts. The Scarborough costume i.s greatly in vogue for young ladies'seaside dresses, both for washing materials and serge. It has a deep-kilted skirt to tho knees, full plaid scarf, and waterfall back, coat bodice, and capo to fasten on tho left shoulder. Tho great difficulty has boon settled, and no life lost about it! The ladies of fashion have agreed that the seaside ornaments for the daytime arc to be of Areachon mother of- pearl and lava of Vesuvius, while at night ]>enrls and corals are to be worn. Overheard under the beeches : "May I believe, then, dearest, that at some future time I may have the happiness of making you my wife?" She :"I hope so.l'tn sure. I'm sink of suing fellows for broach of pro mise." There has just died in a town in Maine a woman, aged 45, who in her 16th year was left on orphan with seven younjicr brothers and sisters on her hands and nothing for their maintenance. She at onc-e took up tho only tiling she could do, millinery, and by taste and energy succeeded not only in sup porting her brothers and sisters, but in giving 'them an education denied herself. One brother is a minister, one n lawyer, and (mother well-to-do in trade, arid the sisters respectably married ; and all this she achieved while working half her time in a darkened room, .saturated with ether, to still the pain of an internal disease thntrovenged itself on an overworked body. Nor up to the last was she an hour beholden to friend or relative. Yet this is one of tho women whom statisticians often rank as superfluous—not being wives or mothers—and in .'hose spontaneous sclf snerifico the very ones for whom they toil and bear the bunion are apt to see nothing very extraordinary. But where does one find the boyn of L a family thus immolating themselves for kitli and kin ?

Tlio turn and graces affected by "nos domestiquca" aro really, says "Truth," be coming qviito intolerable. A lady, well known in fashionable society, congratulated herself on having, after much difficulty, Rccurod the (services of ;i cook fit a salary which would content an nrcntgo country curnti". When the costly trciuture arrived with a cab-lorn] of boxes, flip nt once des cended to inspect her domains before un loading her luggage. On discovering that there was no piano in her sitting-room, and that .oven (V .sofa was denied, she at nnce bounced out of the house and departed without another word.

One could not expect (the "Standard' Bays) to gather any hints of lrgnl reform from the procedure of his Highness the Khan of Kiiolat. But his Unproved system of dealing with unfaithful wives merit* re mark, An oye-witnesßdeseribee it. During v late visit of the Belooeh Sovereign to the plaiim, ono of his subjects lodged n com plain:, j the case was tried, and sentence pronounced against the wife. The Khan luid 11 heavy lino upon the co-respondent, one-half of winch was handed to tho husband, and the other half disappeared from view. The erring lady was conveyed to hw High ness seraglio; shortly nftenvnnto sho was put up for sale, ond the pro ceeds lapsed to the Treasury. The wit ness scorns to havo been nithct' struck by this straightforward, business-like method of solving the social question, and lie inado inquiries] The Khan himself invented it not long ago, and it has been found most successful. The wronged Boloooh does not now suffer in nilcnee, as, possibly, he used to do. A .surprising number of criminals are denounced, and every one i.s convicted. His Highness flattors himself that a moral purging ism train throughouthis dominions, while tho regimen yields a comfortable triflo to liih privy purse. Tho auction of tne guilty dames, however, is a weak point. Authorities do not like to bear too hard on tho Khan of Klielat, who lias many little foibles; but this, perhaps, is carrying in dopondent principles too far. Tho "Graphic " says it was .1 woman who .stumbled and foil that caused tho first fatal block at tho Brooklyn theatre fire in 1870; it was a woman who stumbled and foil that oausod the block at I lie fatal panjd in tho Sixteenth-street Roman Catholic Church a few years ago : and it was a stum bling woman, so far as it can bo known, that started the panic on tho Brooklyn Bridge. The " Graphic" might havo added that it waH a stumbling woman who "brought death into the world, and all our woe." A ladies' cricket match is a novelty; and, if this sort of thing continued, there would bo an additional reason for female dress reform. A match, says tho " World," is reported as having just been played at Rickling Green,. between two sides of seven each, tho numbers possibly being limited by the prevailing scarcity as yet of good lady cricketers. The sides were captained by a Miss Osborne and a Miss Smith, and the former won tho tnatch easily by an innings and forty six runs. Miss Osborne hersolf made 101 runs in fine style ; but, of course, run-get ting depends somewhat on tho bowling, and ladies have not yet, I believe, mastered tho art of "fast round-arm " or "breaking balls.

A COMBINATION DKSJUKD.

Wanted—A wife who can handle a broom, To brush down the cobwebs and sweep up tno To make decent bread that a fellow can eat- Not tho horrible compound you everywhere Who knows how to broil, tp fry, and to roast- Make a good cup of tea and a platter of toast A woman who washes, cooks, irons, anil stilui.es. And sows up the rips in a fellow's old brecehes : And makes her own garments—an item that CTOWR Quite highly expensive, as evcryqno knows; A common-sense creature, and. still witliamintt To t«nch and to guide-exalted. r« A sort of an angel and housemaid combined.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, OCTOBER 13, 1883.1

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