SPORTING.

PRINCIPAL RACING FIXTURKS. NEW ZEALAND. Geraldine B.C. Meeting....September 27 and 28 Hawke'a Bay J.C. Sprfbg —.... .October 9 Canterbury J.O. Metropolitan _ ..N0v.6,7,and8 AUSTRALIA. Hawkeabury Spring August 2S and 25 Australian J.C. Spring. .September 1, i, 8, and 8 V.A.T.C. (Caulflefd) Meeting..October 13 and2o Victoria R.C. Spring...November 3,8, 8, and 10

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

W. P. Ford, Te Awamutu.—P. McCoy roae Rakau fan the Hurdle Race on the second day ' of the Cambridge Autumn Meeting.

A.W.—Goldaborough.ia 1875, carried 9st 91b, and ran third in the Melbourne Cup won by Wol lomiii (7iit 81b). Richmond (fat &b) being second,

Osajion Road.—Donoastor. aa a yearling, was purchased for 950 guineas by Mr Merry, who sold him to Robert Peok for £10,000, and he waa afterwards Bold to the Duke of West minster for £14,000.

Hamilton.—Hippodamla (Bst 31b>, ridden by T. Taylor, won the Winter Oats Handicap as the May Meeting held at Elltsrslle in 1882. My Dream (7st llib> was second, and Soukar (Bst 61bi. third. There were three other starters— Faramena, Dewdrop, and Nigger.

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Ifotts see Fourth Page of "Star." plucky sportsman also'took a lot of money about his colt- for the V.R.U. blue ribbon." and the son of Maribyrnong—Fawn is now a firm first favourite at 3 to 1. dls ad vance has naturally earned his stable com panion, Archie, to reoede ia the.market, and 8 to 1 is freely offered against the big son of Rapidity, uff Colour is in more or less favour at 7 to 1, and Martini-Henry has been supported up to 7 to 1 taken, and 8 to 1 wanted. Nominations for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club Spring Handicap (2 soys), Flying Handicap (1 soy), and Hurdle Kace (1 soy) close with the secretary, Mr F. D. Luckie, on Tuesday next. The Hawkesbury Handicap, run on the 25th of the present mouth, has came into a little notice in local betting circles during the last week or two. Morpeth is mostly inquired for, and has been backed to win about £150,butC<muamulla aud Hawthorn den are not without frieudg. "Wemo,"in a lengthy review of the horses engaged in the race, says at the weights Cunuamulla, Drummer, Morpeth, Forest King, Mas querade, 'Carictae&Sr-■ Balmoral Dgjggfcj- Normuuby, first DtmonJ-'£sft .iJiSucester appear to be the lie-t ia. For the Poverty Bay Turf Club's Mares' Produce Stakes, there are twenty nomina tions, while the Guineas has also an equal numoer of entries. The most promi nent sires represented are Musket, Anteros, Hippocampus, Kandwick, Javlin, Kingfisher, Kdward James, Pacific, Parthenopeus, and Foul Play. Mr Mon tagae H. Smith is the largest nominator. The Hon. J. White's four-year-old colt, Despot, appears to be doing well at Rand wick, and as he is very leniently treated in the big handicap*,may prore the best of the wearers of the •• white and blue." He i» well enongh bred for anything, an he is by Maribyrnong from Silverhair, a Sir Her cules mare, and the dam of that excellent performer Democrat. So far, however, he has failed to distinguish himself in public. As a two-year-old, he ran once unplaced, while last season he also sported silk twice unsuccessfully. Despot is handicapped at 6st 21b in the Metropolitan, 6st 6lb in the Hawkesbury Handicap, and Tat in the Melbourne Cup. The programme has been issued for the annual race meeting to be held by the Waitara Jockey Club on tbc Ist and 2nd of January next. Six race 3 have been arranged for each day, the most valuable being the Handicap Hurdles (40 soya), Waitara Jockey I lub Derby (50 soys), and Jockey Club Handicap (120 soys) on the first day ; and Handicap Steeplechase (50 soys) and Publicans' Handicap (65 soys) on the second day. I learn from papers to hand this week containing full accounts of the V.R.C. Steeplechase Meetiug, that the names of two New Zealand-bred sires crop up. Virago, a daughter of GripVsire, Slanderer, won the Handicap Flat Kace, beating a field of twenty-three, and Wild iiatry, a son of Mr Redwood's old favourite, Manuka, was victorious in the Selling Hurdle Kace. It seems that the jockey Mclnnes's death ■was caused by chrysalis falliug heavily on him, and the fall ul.su brought the favourite Australian Court down, but for which, it is said, he must have won. The public had a very bad time of it, the favourites being bowled over in every race. Lord Orville, who will be recollected a) winner of Sydney TattereaU's Cup, was recently transported to the French Convict Settlement of New Caledonia, and he has distinguished himself at bin first appearance on the course in that large island by beat ing two other well-known Australian horses, viz., Yosemite, bred by Mr E. De Mtstre, and Rupert, bred by Mr James Wilson, of St. Albans. The balance-sheet of the Victoria Kacing Club has been published. It shows that the net profits ou the last spring Meeting were £9,547 S-J, but the losses ou the Autumn Meeting amounted to £2,829 16* lOd, on the Champion Meeting to £227, and on the Winter Meeting to £312 16s 4d. In sub scriptions, the Club has received £4,275 from 855 members, at £5 each, and £107 103 from 43 members, at £2 10s each, for the half year. Registration fees were received from 60 bookmakers at £25 each, or £1,500 in all. During the year £16,550 was ex pended on improvements to the course and maintenance accounts. At a sale of thoroughbreds at Kirk's Bazaar, Melbourne, Lothair, the well kuowc hurdle-racer, was purchased by Mr M. Bryant for the longish figure of 600 guineas. He is a bay horse, 5 years old, and is by Epigram from Legend, both imported. A two-year-old colt by New minster from Evening Star (half brother to Commotion), brought 1000 guineas; and Wild Harry, eh g, aged, by Manuka— Deception, winner of the Selling Hurdle Race at the V.R.C. Steeplechase Meeting, fell to the nod of Mr I). Warns for 70 guineas. " Warrior," the Melbourne correspondent of the •• Otago Witness," thus refers to several prominent Cup candidates :—Com motion has grown into a well-framed horse, and looks as if he was fit enoagh to cairy any weight under list. If the son oi Panic continues in his present state of health to the 6th of November next, hU friends may depend upon Mr Pearson sending his horse to the post, notwithstanding the lOat lib, for the rich prize of the year. The Tub manian-bred horse Prodigal, although small, should have a say in. the Melbourne Cup at 7st lib, but to look at him, you couldn't expect him to have a ghost of a show in the victoria Derby. Mr Wilson's colt is very quick on his legs, and the way he moved the other morning proved to those present, who had seen him race in his native land, that he had improved since he joined Mr Dakin's stable. Santa Claus in also doing well, and the last-named gentleman has hopes of bringing the son of Glorious fit to the post for the V.R.C. campaign, Harry Yeend had' Sir W. J. Clarke's horses down. He sent Bordeaux a mile and a half, with about 7st 61b up, and the son of Panic—Gironde could hardly be held back. The way Mr Barnard pitch-forked this aged

horse into the Melbourne Cnp, anybody would think that Sir W. J. Clarke owned a horse suitable for a selling race and worth about £20, instead of whioh he possesses one of the finest bred animals under theaun, and which cost him some years ago £900. The Prince of Wales ha« been credited with the ownership and part-ownership of at least a score of more or less noted horses during the last fifteen years. Ab it was known that ERE had gone down to Kingsclere to see St. Blaise tried, it is not perhaps, strange that half the papers in the country (inspired by their imaginative London correspondents) should have stated that he is the real owner of the Derby winner. As a matter of fact, " Truth " cays the Prince does not own a hair in St. Blaise's tail. The horse is the joint property of Lord Alington and of Sir Frederick Johnetone, »nd no other person has any interest in him. His owners and Lord Grosvenor only won comparatively small stakes. The Prince of Wales waa certainly a winner, but he had previously backed Beau Bramtnel. Lord Kosebery was oa St. Blaise, haring been inspired by Sir F. Johnstone, who stayed with him at the Durdans during the week. He took four "monkeys"*' about his pair coupled for the Oaks, and Sir Frederick backed the winner and Lovely.

Condensed Items.

Quamby is reported to have a " leg." George Rowlands Is electing seTea new boxes at Green Lane. Mr W. Douglas, of H»wke's Bay, announces his intention to glre np racing. Sir Modred is said to be looking well and doing good work at Kandwick. Hippodamia has advanced a couple of points in the New Zealand Cap betting. Mr P. Butler baa sold Betrayer to Mr Matthews, of Temuka, for 150 guineas. He goes to stud duties. The sum of £35,320 passed through the Dunedin Jockey Club's totalisators during last season. According to " Nemo," 20,000 to 600 has been accepted about Mr A. F. Smart's borse Groavenor for the Melbourne Cup. At the Cbriatchurch Hunt Club Meeting, the totalisator paid a dividend of £19 on the Tally-Ho Plate. " Consultations " on the Melbourne and New Zealand Cups to the amount of £103,000, were advertised in last Satur day's STAB. Owing to his victory in the Aecot Royal 'rfsnt Cup, Mr Gerard's colt Elzevir has jjg' e \i heavily backed for the Doncaster St. j? 6:!mper called Fungus, by Day Dawn, jinH a five-year-old (unnamed) by Don In n %t ere brought up from Waitara by the g " Mac ,'regor a few days »go. "™ h p.unger did not start in the Maiden ttW^i. «aoe at the V.«.C. Steeplechase M Iti™ He is to be schooled tor next .Meeting. ,_ •__ „.„'. »tiering. WPnrs*! the well-known trainer, and that i^om')lißlledllorßemall' J> Wattie, re turned^njajdnv ou Thursday in the S'!Aftwtli»' New Zealand Oup acceptances wpTp noiTted- The Dauphin was backed to win aP ttooß^f 6 telcer BettinK i 4 on atThr nou reh Swi°n^' the Port Augusta Cup, Trumo YosTd*B a 31b penalty for the jSeTbourn^C-P, which brings his ' that Gipsy Cooper wiU not stanT * Preparation for forth coming Australia^, cvf a*3. " *"" beeu decided to put hi** 0 ■*»* du'les- The thoroughbred ? talll0° (late Balmoral) wa' 1 brought up from G.s botne on Tuesday I"*- Ue 13 to etand >n the Whangarei distrl !cU Mr DeMestre has ! ost hl3 orood mare La Mousse, who died recently. La Mousse was best knowa as d^ m of Solitude, and was by the Flying '.Dutchman, out of Amazon, by Voltigeur.\ A match will prolfaWy he arranged between Lord AlingtonpSt. B, la*eo« winner of the Upsom Derby, a«ld Lord Falmouth's Galliard, winner of t^ a Tw° Thousand Guiaeas. \ . . . . A prominent firm in Melbourne have im ported from England 4/ a assortment of racing saddles, which ouW we)«h llb BoZ3 mounted. Hales and oth^r horsemen have secured one each. I Sir Thomas Elder's ed'lt Achilles met with an accident in his bcV*. by which he injured his eye so eeveV^Jy tb; at "• ls thought very possible that \ aß wIU not be able to fulfil any of his Spring- engagements. It it a aoteworthy fact thiaV amongst the runners at Ascot there wereV three D£,rby winners, three Oaks winner&i. two Two Thousand winners, two Leger w' mnerß> and oae One Thousand winner. The colours of the late lamented Hon- E. K. Cox, of Sydney, so popuWf r on all Australian racecourses, will Btil& be fepre. sented, Mr H. M. S. Cox having determined to race the horses now in the han»^ s of Mr T. Lamond. { Mr A. F. Smart, of Sydney, sV tIU c°n tinues adding to his string, the lateV* add' tion being Dizzy, winner of the "E?"™ National Hurdle Race at the late jY--"10' Steeplechase Meeting. The price pa ld waa £400. > , Mr Agnew, the owner of The Assyrian, has commenced two actions, one for £pfl™ damages against the Committee of , c Xasmaoian Turf Club for his diujnuli.iica" tion, and the other for recovery ofl *ne stakes for-the Launce3toa Cap, which \™ paid over to Dr. Kitecorald. " Augur " thinks the winner of the M:. eJ" bourne Cup will come from one of the £■<"' lowing :—Commotion, Stock we 11, Cuno 1*" mulla, Calma, Nicholas, Coriolanriis> Prometheus, King of tne Vale, Doncaste:r> Gloucester, Koh-i-noor, Boscawen, Favi°> Bordeaux, Caractactis, Grosvenor, Mains'}' Ltsbia, and Raillery. . The Committee of the Victoria Kacing i Club have decided, in the case of the two Prodigals entered for the Melbourne Cap, that the horse that appeared first in public shall retain his name. As the Queensland horse is reported to have never as yet figured in public, his owner, under the cir cumstances, will require to re-name the son of The Peer and Fortress. It seems that the Dunedin sportsmen who own Captain Webster and Hyacinth have not sent to Tasmania for another St. Albans horse. Some months ago they inquired the price of Prodigal, but as that colt was not for sale no business was transacted. As to Meteor, they had an offer from the owner of the colt, but,it has not been accepted. A New South Wales sportsman, Mr C. G. Tindal, has imported a thoroughbred stallion, to take up bis quarters at the Kamorine stud, Clarence River. This is Arcesilaus, a chestnut, standing 16.3, bred by Mr Simpson in 1870, by Lacydes out of Fortune Teller by Flatcatcner. arcesilaus was not a great success on the turf, his principal achievement being the winning of the Durdans Stakes at the Epsom Summer Meeting of 1873, after two dead heats with Cranbouine. " Augur " says he should like very much to see some of the Australian horse-owners pay Kew Zealand a ■ visit, but the pro grammes over there are so varied and attrac tive, that he almost despairs of ever seeing a Victorian or New South Welshman take a couple of horses to the land of the Maori.

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS

(BY ACTION).

FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

Owing to the training for the Southern tour, the programme o( olub matches has been can celled.

THE personnel of the representative football team has attracted a great deal of criticism in sporting circles during the last few days, and it would be untrue to say that it has given general satisfaction. There is not the slightest doubt that the team is much weaker than was at first expected. This is due almost entirely, I presume, to the fact that many of those originally invited to practise were unable to get away from busi ness for the required time, thus limiting the choice. 8o far as the backs are con oerned, there is no cause for fear, and it is to be hoped that the men now chosen in this depaitment will really go. The addition of uavy would, to my mind, have been an improvement; bat so far as the others are concerned, they may safely be said to be an excellent selection. There is but one opinion concerniog the forwards, and that is, tbat although all heavy men, they will not prove to be anything like the best that we possess. That this should be so is, however, not the fault of the Com mittee, who may be credited with having made a very fair selection. With the ex ception of about two or three men, my tear is that the team will be weak in dribbling, and very much so in passing. Should the latter really prove to be as suggested, it is to be hoped that the short time that now intervenes will be used to the best advantage at practice. In all the recent interprovincial matches, the passing is said to have been brilliant, while each game was, at timea, very fast. These facts should be borne in mind by our representatives. The team leaves by the steamer next Thurs day, and if there is no change for the worse in its composition before then, I think our men will make a very tough fight of each contest, and. if beaten at all, that it will not be disgracefully. At the came time, taking everything into consideration, 1 snail not be surprised to see them return with an unbeaten record-

Some difficulty appears to have arisen in the selection of a suitable Bite for the new Auckland Kowioa; Clab boat-shed. An admirable suggestion has been made to me by a gentleman greatly intererested in row ing matters, and I consider it well worthy of attention. It is that the Harbour Board should permit the Club to erect their shed in the dockyard in Customhouse-street West. The requisite buildings could be so placed ou the sloping wall facing the harbour as to be no inconvenience to any body, and the site would prove a most valuable one to the Club. The place is very well sheltered in almost all weather, and boats could be launched at any tide. The matter, I notice, has been left in the hands of the Harbour-matter, and I am assured that a better site than tbat already suggested cannot be had. The Maori war caooe race which took place at the last North Shore Kegatta would appear to have stirred up a spirit of rivalry so far as aquatics are concerned between several tribes, and preparations are already being made in certain quarters for an anticipated struggle at the next Auck land Kegatta. The two war canoes which were here in November last are at present in charge of Paul ot orakei, and are being kept in very good order, while the .Bay of Islands natives have built up their canoe called the Omapere, so shs is now a bona fide "vessel of war," aud eligible to contest all races for that class of craft. In addi tion to these, Orakei Paul is reported to have a large number of natives busily en gaged in the construction of a new war canoe at Waitakerei, which is intended for entry at the expected contest of the future. But the Maoris are evidently " counting their chickens before they are Latched," for as yet no such race is arranged, and it is doubtful whether the Auckland Kegatta Club will consider it worth while to give the large prizes which are necessary to secure good competition. Keeping the natives while in town, as was done at North Shore, is quite out of the question, and would be a aiere waste of mouey. It would, however, be worth while to offer a prize of about £50, and let the Maoris go for that sum if they considered the iuducement sufficient. Otherwise, it could be devoted to orher equally interesting and important competitions. Captain W. Farquhar, late captain of the l'onsonby Kowing Club, while on a visit to Waitara last week, took advantage of the opportunity to see how boatiog matters stood in the district. He was most courteously received by several members of the district RowiDg Club, who furnished him with considerable information, and also exhibited the properties of the Club. The boat-shed, he informs me, is most advan tageously situated, and is in excellent order. It contained one practice-boat, four pair-oar outriggers, one single-scull boat, and two iive-oared whaleboats, after the style of that built last year by Mr C. Bailey for the Worth Shore Begatta. These two whaleboats are the workmanship of Savage, and are handsome and useful craft, suitable for all weather. Xhe Club has the advan tage of a fine stretch of about a mile on the Waitara Kiver,and a good deal of rowing is regularly done by members, who number about forty. The Waitara Club, which has on several occasions contested rowing races at Sew Plymouth with almost un varying success, is now very anxious to try conclusions with "an Auckland crew, and it is probable that one, if not both, of the whaleboats will appear amongst the com peting craft, if an event for that class of racing boats should be placed on the ! Auckland Kegatta programme, and there Je'i every indication that such will be done.

- Matterson defeated Parkiuson ia a scull ingri match at Sydney for £50 a side.

LJ^rgan has accepted Bubear's challenge of £JfP° *or a scu'ling match on the Thames. AUl? pkland Representative Football team leaves.^ 01 *^c South at noon next Inure day- j ....

The JiP lay in the Aucklaud-Tauranga match w I? 8 BOt nearly so good as was ex pected. <2 In a rec'ent football match at Sydney, Jumbo kieif *e^ a magnificent drop goal from half-way do (Wn the field.

-A football^inatch between the Union and Young ColoiTial Clubs tor a dinner is on the tapis. '

Frank Perro-\'i Guilder of the Imp, Una, and other small sailing boats, i 3 at present in Dunedin.

A successful football match by moon light has boen i clayed at Hunter's Hill, Sydney.

H. R. Eeynolds^won the London (Efg ) 100 miles bicycle x\P*& race io 7n. 29m. and the London TrlW cle club 100-n»le race fell to A. Nixon i^ loh- 38m- 15s- Houston has commffncei to train for the two-mile walking mat/* at the n«t sports, which will probably We on PrlDCe °* Wales Birthday.

Davy's play last Saturday was more on selfish than any I have yet Been from him. It is a great pity he could not go South, as with Whiteside, he would have proved an excellent half-back. ,

That three-distance match between Mon nock and It. Whiteside takes place at the conclusion of the football season. The stakes are £50, and the distances, 100 yards, 220 yards, and 440 yards.

0. Depau, amatenr champion swimmer at 100 yards, sailed from London, Eng land, for Melbourne, May 25. He. pro poses to reside permanently at the Anti podes.

Mr A. H. Jones intends resigning his position as secretary to the Fonsonby Kow ing Club, which is to be regretted, as he has most ably filled that position for some time past.

The- g'x days' race at the Cassino, Bos ton, between horses and bicycles, resulted in a victory for the horses, which, it was stated, scored 921 miles to 899 for the bicycle-riders.

It is probable that a series of athletic sports will be arranged to take place on the occasion of the Pickering- tiulston match, should the latter really come to Auckland. Pickering and Monnock are both training in anticipation.

George Little wood, of Sheffield, Eng., hag published a challenge ia the " Lon don bporting Life " to the effect that he is open to ran any man in the world 12 hours per day for six days, or six nights and days, for £100 up to £500 a side.

P. McDermott, who styles himself " long-distance champion ■walker of Aus tralia " —a title his claim to which he will in all probability soon establish.—announces that at Bourke, on 30th inst., he will com mence an attempt to walk 300 miles in 66 hours.

" Yankee Barton," on 27th ultimo, at Cork, defeated the champion athlete, Dun can C. Koss, in throwing the horse shoe. He threw 143 feet. Barton is 65 years of age, and on one occasion threw a 17oz. shoe 186 feet.

The South Melbourne team hare won all the matches againat the Sydney teams. They beat Sydaey, Kast Sydney, players selected from three- clubs, and players selected from the whole of the clubs. At every point of the game they demonstrated their superiority.

Negotiations for the match between FickeriDg and Hulston are still proceeding, bat very slowly. It is now pretty certain that arrangements will be completed for the contest. Although Hulston previously expressed himself willing to come to Auck land wifkout expenses, it is said that he now wants £20 guaranteed.

J. Waymouth has under construction a new yacht for Knox, the fisherman. She will be somewhat larger than the Jessie Logan, and is expected to beat that vessel (which I fancy will be no easy task). She is to be a shallow draught centre-board boat, with about Bft. beam, aud measuring 29ft. on the waterline.

As I anticipated in a paragraph last week, Hanlan has accepted Laycock's challenge to row any man in the world over the champion course in Australia for £500 a-side. Hanlan is to be allowed £100 for expenses. The coming event will be looked forward to with, great interest, although there seems little doubt of the result.

A Whangaroa boatbuilder is energeti cally engaged in the building of a small decked, boat, something after the American ideas, and the craft is expected to do great things both at Auckland and the Bay of Islands, whither she is to be despatched in the event of a regatta being held at either port. She will measure about 6£ tons.

K. F. Fox, of New York, is bringing another man. from England to fight Sul livan. He is 28 years old, and has a first class record. In physique he is a better man than Tug Wilson or Mitchell, and he is thought a good match for the American champion. He will he backed for from £1,000 to £2,000 to fight any man in America.

The New Zealand matches have fallen through, and owing to no fault of New South Wales. Too many unions over there, with too little unity as the result. A team could have come at the tail end of the season; but as the Association ground is closed to football after July, Mr Fletcher cabled the sententious message, "off."— " Sydney Town and Country. "

There is a movement on foot at the present time among a few well-known patrons of aquatic sports to put down £1,000 on lieba'.E of Elias Laycock, and challenge tlanlan to cover it, and row a race on the Parramatta Kivcr for the championship. That the money is forth coming (says Charoninthe " Sydney Mail") there is not much doubt, bat that Hanlan will accept the invitation is not at all likely.

The annual meeting of the Ponsonby Rowing Clab will be held on Monday week, when officers and committee for the ensuing year will be elected. The financial position of the Club is not remarkably good, so that il is proposed to resort to a concert in order that the credit balance may be somewhat augmented, 'lhe Club boats are to be put in good order as soon as possible, and at an early date crews will be picked to KO into training with, the object of contest ing events at forthcoming regattas under the auspices of the Association.

According to the Home sporting files, county cricket is in full swing. Gloucester shire i 8 not so strong as in years gone by. Middlesex overthrew the county of the Graces oy 85 runs, A. P. Lucas beiog in great form for the former, scoring 29, not oat, in the first, and 97 in the second innings. For Gloucestershire, W. G. Grace handled the bat with his customary skill, contributing 89 in the first and 35 in the second innings. In an unfinished match between Surrey and Gloucestershire, W. G Grace scored 33, K. M. Grace 71, and \V. K. Gilbert 51. Playing for M.C.C. against Derbyshire, Flowers, the fast im proving Nolts professional scored 131 by fine cricket.

The champion trading race of the 18S4 Auckland Kegatta should prove one of the best contested races ever sailed in the colonies. Our local fleet has considerably increased during the year, and already efforts are being put forth to induce the ap pearance on that auspicious occasion of any strange craft that may happen to be in the vicinity. The Regatta Club, by advertise ment in the principal newspapers of the colony, offer a first prize of £150, a cap and champion flag, and a second prize of £50, which ought to have the desired effect which I previously mentioned. The large yacht race is also advertised extensively, and competition by all colonial craft in vited, the first prize offered being £50 and a cup, I hope to see these efforts crowned with success.

The cricket match between Cambridge University and England resulted in a draw in favour of the light bines, who scored 317 in their first innings, and 44 for the loss of three wickets in the second. England scored 175 and 229. The feature of the match was the grand batting display of the Hon. A. Lytteltoo, who scored 28 and 115 A. P. Lucas played well for 39 and 40, The Eon. M. B. Jlawke, a recent acquisition to

the Yorkshire County Eleven, vrbo is also at Cambridge, appears to \>o one of the coming men -with, the bat. For the 'Varsity he made the fine score of Id, by dashing cricket, and without a faalt. O, T. atudd followed with a well-played in nings for 87. "Ulyett was very successful with the ball, capturing six of the Cam bridge wickets for 58 runs. Peate's two victims cost him 109 runs, so that it was not the Yorkshire trundler's day out, Cambridge had much the best of an un finished match with the Gentlemen of Eng. land. The gents, who had a very weak team,scored 153 to Cambridge's 209 ; for the latter, J. E. K. Studd contributed 57, ilon. J. W. Mansfield 42.

The latest addition to the English yacht ing fleet, says the " Field," is the steel yawl Wendur, built to the order of one of the most munificent patrons of yachting, Mr John Clark, of Paisley. Dhe was de. signed by Mr G. D. Watson, and built by Messrs Henderson and Patrick, the firm which built the Vaudara. This new yacht is 110 tons, and constructed of suel, very strongly built, and from the nature of her construction her tonnage measurement in ternally is that of a very large vessel. Her principal measurements are: Length, 91ft.; breadth, 17«t. 9io. The straight stem head has been departed Irom in her case, and she has what is known as an 0.6. or clipper cutwater, ending in a carved scroll. Her keel has a great deal ot rocker, and her forefoot is rounded away In the most e* treme style. She has a clean, sharp entrance, a long powerful-looking side, and a sweet after-run. So to speak, her bottom is composed of about 50 tons of lead, covered with a shell of steel. From the load water-line to the corering-board she is plated flush, and for smoothness and fairness her Bides will compare more than favourably with the best wood-planking ever seen.

'rhe Pullman Kegatta, open to pro fessional?, came off on Lake Calumet, at the village of Pullman, 111., on Juue2l and 22. The racing developed a prodigy in the Eerson of young Teenier, of Mc&eesport, itherto unknown. He displayed his mettle by winning a place in the final heat of the single sculls, bnt failed to keep up with either Hanlan, Hosmer, or Hamm, owing, it is claimed, to his inexperience in rowing in rough water. On the second day, how ever, in a consolation race, open to all but the three leaders of the day preceding, he covered three miles in 20min, 14sec., thus loweriDg Courtney's record of 20min. 14£ sec, whicti had stood as the best time on record until beaten by Haularx in his race with Kennedy. The following are the principal results :—Single .Sculls — Final Heat: E. Hanlan, Torouto, 1; Geo. H. Hosmer, Boston, 2 j A. Hamm, H&li fax, 3; Geo. W. Lee, Newark, M J., 4; J. Teemer, McKeesport, Pa., 5 ; J. Gaudaur, Orillia, Canada, 6. Time, 22min. 32secs. ; Hosmer, 20secsi. be hind. Distance, 3 miles with a turn. Doable Scnlls—Hanlan and Lee, 1 ; Hos mer and McKay, 2; Weisgeiberg and Clator, 3; liandaar and Keunedy, 4; Plaisted and Parker, 5. Consolation Hace —J. Teemer, 1; J. Gaudaur, 2; J. H. Kiley, 3 ; J. McKay, 4; J. Parker, 5 ; F. A. Plaisted, 6; G. W. Lee, 7; W. Elliott, 8.

Giving a "Nigger" a show.

At Baton Rogue, a Texas Deputy Sheriff brought aboard the boat a negro vaom he •was taking home on a warrant for grand larceny. The prisoner was humble and con trite as became his situatioD,while th j cfßcer flung on the airs of a hero and made a great display of two revolvers and a bowie kniie. He told how far he had chased the man, of fa desperate struggle to hand-cuff him, and wanted us all to promise t* stand by him in case a rescue was attempted. The prisoner was shackl»d to the railing of the promenade deck aud given his dinner, and then the officer entered the cabin to par take of his.

There were five of us sitting in a circle a few fe«t from the prisoner, and the negro looked so down-hearted that every one secretly sympathised with him. About the time the deputy had got down U) the table, one of the group, a resident of Arkansas, calmly observed :

11 Uentlemen, 1 can tell by th.it nigger's eye that he's going overboard and will make a swim for it. Down here about three miles we shall run within fifty feet of ilie puint, and he'll take that moment to go over board."

'! But the officer ought to know it !'' ex claimed a Xennessean as ho half rose up. " You sit right down 1" hissed the other as his eyes flushed. " I'm no particular friend to the nigger, but I'm going to see that this chap has a fair show. If he's got the sand to go over-board he shall have the chance."

" Why -" began another, but before he could go further the man from Arkansas gave a half-hitch around, to bring bis hip pocket bandy, and said : •' I don't want to appear uncivil, gentle men, but the man who calls the officer will have a chance to ehoot at me I"

That was business, and there were no more protests. The boat swept along with the swift current like a horse on the gallop, and we watched the prisoner. Be looked carefully around for the officer, then at the point ahead, and we could see him tremble with excitement, jlf he did not receive direct encouragement from the group, he at least realized that not a hand would be lifted in opposition. Now the steamer Is close in, the banks covered ia the thickets and not a house in Bight. Drawing a f nil breath, the_ neg? o rose up, snapped the shackles with a tremendous lurch, and went over the rail like a flash.

" Eight in f rontof the wheel, poordevil I" whispered the man from Arkansas as we all rose up, and hurried aft.

len—twenty—forty—sixty seconds, and then a black head shot up above the foam ing waterß, and a pair of strong arms struck out for thore. We were a mile away when he drew himself up and waved his hand, and the mile had increased to ten when the officer came out with his sumbrero on his ear and a cigar in his mouth, and began ; 'Now, then, you infernal ni««er, 1 1™ But the infernal nigger ?/asn't there.

Sailors.

Sailoks are sea-dogs that never bite, be cause they are usually coufined to barks. They go to sea in ships, but prefer schooners —when on shore. A sailor is an odd Bpeci men of humanity, but nevertheless has nis mates. His inaia business is handling ropes, nicknamed lines. They ore hard lines, but the sailor always complains when he comes to the " rope's end "—perhaps.2&. cauae he has to hack up to it. He is led on hard tack, and being constantly engaged on spars, is an unpleasant opponent to tackle, especially as he usually sp«ra with yard arms. Tne fact of his being "piped to grog " illustrates the tendency/ of smokers to become drinkers. Ever alert, he .is a singularly ignorant maa for one lmng where everything is taut. He differ? from the sail upon which he depends, as they are steadiest when they we in".

STAR SATTJIO>A.Y SXJPPUa^LEIST, AUGTJST 11, 1883.

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