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The Lydney football season ended on Satur- day last. This season Lydney have met some of the pick of the first-class Englieh and Welsh teams and have done extremely well. They have surpassed everything in the history of the club, and can boast of a. ground record which they have never held before. Amongst their Welsh victims are found Neath, Llwy, nypia, Maesteg, and Penarth, beating the latter last Saturday by sixteen points to nil. Altogether they have played 31 matches, won 22, lost 7, and drawn 2. They have scored 210 points against their opponents' 112.

THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE AND DEATH. THE SECRET OF HEALTH. BOW ANT MAN AND WOMAN CAN CURE THEMSELVES. All ordinary diseases arise from a deranged or diseased condition of the four great vital Organs of the body, viz., the stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood; when these are healthy disease cannot ex:9t. This is not a theory, but an acknowledged physiological fact. When these organs are sound and in a vigo- rous condition man is then in all hie natural glory, an ideal specimen of humanity, free from ache or pain, moving about in the full epjoyment of Nature; immune from. conta- gion or microbe, a stranger to disease of any kind. A man or woman in perfect physical con- dition, that is, with a perfect stomach and liver, kidneys and blood, wonld repel the attacks of disease at every point; but let that man or woman allow his or her stomach to become weak. and see how quickly disease will creep in at that weak spot; indigestion. tatulence. headache, weak heart, general debility, fatigue, and a score of other ail- ttenta will follow; let him or her allow the Bver to become torpid a" see how quickly Katnre will retaliate; sick headache, pain between the shoulders, jaundice, biliousness, weakness, loss of appelate, and many other unpleasant ailments win follow; let the kidneys become inactive or congested, and see how quickly you suffer from pain in the back. feverishness, inflammation, rheumatism, Bright's disease, urinary troubles, cystitis, dropsy, albumenaria, d'abetes, Ac. I repeat that the principle of life. immunity from disease, and perfect health lie in the natural and perfect condition of these four wonderful organs, the stomach, liver, kidneys, mf! blood, and that disease and debility, which are the cause of all premature deaths. follow their imperfect And diseased condition as assuredly as "night follows day." It is merply Nature's law, and all the genius of the I Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons will never' alter it. All natural laws are simple, but men and women do not like anything simple: they like a. prescription written with a golden pencil in a language they do not understand, and as long as the mixture is black and nasty they will take it eagerly and pay cheerfully, because they love" mystery. There is no mystery about VENO'S SEA- WEED TONIC, for it contains five ingredients known to restore the stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood to perfect health; it cures all diseases arising therefrom, and for all round potency it has not its equal anywhere. Mr. Veno is the well-known and popular lecturer, whose granc illustrated medical lectures are always received with such ttnbounded enthusiasm. Many regard him as a physiological wonder, and the most success- ful healer of the presen* age. His name has been made famous in America and Great Britain by Veno's Seaweed Tonic. He has proved that diseases of the stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood are radically cured by this remarkable medicine. It was he who first introduced seaweed as a medicine, and so great has been its success that Veno's Seaweed Tonic is now used in hospitals and by doctors them- selves because of its extraordinary healing, curative, and strengthening power. Price le. Hd. and 2s. 9d. per bottle. Sold by I Anthony and Co., chemists, Cardiff; R. Prust. 14, Broadway; Eton Dreg Company, 192, Cqw-j bridge-road; J. Jones, Newport-road; Furui- ▼all and Son. 113. Cattle-road. Cardiff; and all dfemists and medicine vendors everywhere. e6954

W. A. Jones, the promising Cardiff centre. who met with so unfortunate an accident a, few weeks ago, does not think it win meriously interfere with his capacity for foot- ball-playing. He has only lost the top portion cf. the middle finger of his right hand, although that is bad enough, and considers that next season he will be able to play at least as well as he has this.

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CARDIFF AND DISTRICT. [By ANSLEY."] This afternoon sees the semi-llnals of the Bevan Shield. It is very probable that both games will come off on the Llandaff Fields, and, if so, followers of the game in the wes- tern division of the town will have a. tan- talising choice of matches. Both ties are on neutral grounds, grounds on which neither of the clubs has played on previously, and it is hence difficult to forecast the results. Per- sonally I am quite content to wait for the "Pink." There is every prospect of a good final, although it is a thousand pities that an enclosed ground is so difficult to get for it. If one cannot be obtained, the anticipated little running events will not be brought off, and this will- cause much disappointment to many. However, all interested must hold themselves in readiness for the decision of the League committee, a, meeting of which will be held at headquarters on Tuesday evening. Mr. Wilson informs me that, owing to an unforeseen circumstance, this meeting has been postponed from Monday. The League ordinary matches are now pretty well concluded. and the respective divi- sional leaders can be fairly well spotted. In two or three cases there are some remarkably even finishes. The winners of the first divi- sion are, as is well known, and all was generally expected, the Albions, but for runners up there is still a tussle. The Rovers and Canton Parish Church arc equal in points, but by a mere fraction the Rovers possess the lead on goal average. The one iu 23 to 16, and the other is 23 to 14. Canton, though, have another match to play, and on form they should be able to get one point, if not two, against Penarth. In the event of this coming off, they will possess a clear lead in points. Contrary to general expectation, the Cymrics failed to beat the Camerons last Saturday, and the Camerons by making a draw did very well. The east-enders turned out short, but received valuable assistance from Silby, late of East Ifoorg Albions, and John, of Moorlands. White at half, Theophilu3 at back, and Halvoren in goal were chiefly responsible for the winning of the point. The match, as a whole, was well worth seeing, for the Cymrica are, I think, the top Cardiff team in their division. The season just ending has not been a very successful one for the Camerons. However, they have done what some other clubs have failed to do, and that is, they have kept going and fulfilled their engagements. J. Bowler, the captain, can take much of the credit for this. The concluding inter-town match of the Car- diff Schools' League is played t-Vis afternoon at Barry, Cardiff eleven meet the chosen of Penarth and Barry. The two matches this season have so far ended in victories for Car- diff, but this afternoon's game may have a different result, for the Barry lot will be very strong. Last Saturday, for instance, the respective champions of the two schools' leagues met in a. friendly encounter on the ground of the Penarth Rugby Club. and a fine game saw victory go to the Oogan school- boys by two goals to nothing. If this is any- thing to go by the homesters should win to- day. One of the surprises of the Bevan Shield Competition was the defeat of Riverside by St. Paul's. St. Paul's possess an excellent reputation, and have brought off several fine wins, but I fac-cy the one which they will look back upon with most pride will be this. Although not at the head of their division, Riverside are amongst the strongest of our local clubs, and St. Pr.ul's deserve every credit for entering the semi-final over such formidable opponents. I hear that the match was an excelleht one, and so even was it that only after about two hours and a h,alf'f! pjay could a definite con- clusion be arrived at. This victory gives added interest to the semi-final, for many will now go to see the game, if only to see how the Grangetovra eleven shape against other first teamers. The other semi-final wae played on Llandaff Fields, and, as expected, ended in the triumph ot the Albion. The scoring, however, was low, considering the opponents the Albions had. for it is given as three goals to nothing. Good play was somewhat scarce, for the Grange lads playedt.a, hard, plucky game, and were continually in the way of their clever rivals. On the whole, the score is very credit- able to the visitors. The forwards of. Grange could. not make much headway against the tackling and long kicking of the Albion backs, but their own .defence stood up well. Colvin, tha goalkeeper, played very well, as did Plater, Boon, and Evans in front of DoÎia. The Albions are favourites for the shield. and if they win it they will equal the performance of last year's "0. H. G. who likewise captured both trophies. Occasionally the Grange lads broke away in good style, and looked threatening, but want of expe- rience in keeping their places properly ren- dered their being driven back a simple matter. Although beaten, the losers made many friends for the gaiÎlant fight they made againat the winners, fov-, after the nervous- ness of the first ten minutes wore off, thty worried the blue-shirted ones in a very deter- mined manner. Singletons feel a bit sore over their luck in the competition, an^ hardly reckon that they have been fairly dealt with. Unfortunately, their ex- explanation did not reach the authorities in time, and all arrangements and matches depending thereon had been carried out. However, a chance will, doubtless, be given them to state their side of the case. There certainly does seem to be a, kink somewhere, but I am afraid that they will have to put up with hard lines. A Cardiff junior club which is doing well 4n the South Wales and Monmouthshire Competi- tion is Roath.. These medals are eagerly sought after, and no one can say that they have not been earned when won. The expense of travelling is no small item, and for a club- which gets little or no financial support Roath have done extremely well. I hope they will have the good fortune to emerge victorious from the final.

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FOOTBALL GOSSIP. Chats on Players and Their Play. HOW "SOCCER" TEAMS ARE FARING. The return match between Owmbaoh and Treharris, which should have been played on the ground of the former, was, owing to their having no ground, played at Treharris on Monday evening before a large crowd, a.nd resulted in a. win for the homesters by two goals to nil. This concluded the home matches for Treharris. The spectators were greatly disappointed at the action of Merthyr Vale on Saturday list in their match with Treharris on the ground of the latter. Davies, the Merthyr Yale full back, was ordered off the field by Mr. Bain, the referee, and his colleagues, refusing to play without his services, left the field before half-time, the homesters then leading by two gpals to one. The incident that occurred at Treharris last Saturday is to be deplored, and the least said the better. We all know that players on the field are on their mettle, and for the least thing they are put out of temper, whilst if the same thing occurred off the field no notice would be taken of it. It is most unfortunate, but it must be said that the Merthyr Vale lads are very plucky, and it will take a great deal to upset them for the whole lot to walk off. Although the score in the Grange—Albion match indicates tlfat St. Vincent's gave the Albions a better game than Grange. this was not the 03.,e. The Grange lads were more often dangerous than the Saints, and it seemed on several occasions as if they were bound to score. It was a rare treat to see some of the Albions get "diddled" by Grange. It is astonishing how some of these lower division teams give the Albions a tighter game than teams in their own division. Now, for instance, the Albions thought nothing of trouncing Barry District by six goals a few weeks back, a team that is by no means to be despised, and who were their own weight, and also had a. good deal of combination about them, and yet give them a team in a division lower than themselves the Albions can only just manage to beat them. The Higher Grade Sohool team experienced their first defeat this season last Saturday at Penarth. by the Cogan Board School. The Grange team are a splendid lot, and the only thing they lack is a couple of fleet forwards. Never was this complaint so much in evidence as at the Llandaff Fields last Saturday in their match with the Albions. When Grange took up an attack, whioh was mainly through the sound judgment of Plater, they invar ably beat Jones and Sum- mers, the Albions' backs, but were not pos- sessed of enough speed to carry them through safely. Then they were overhauled by Jimmy Summers, and when "Jimmy" overhauls a man he never makes the. same mistake a second time. The result of the Canton Parish Church— Roath Crescent match did not cause much surprise, as it was anticipated that the Easterners would prove a hard nut to crack. The Crescents have done excellently this year, and thoroughly deserved the honour of being in the second round of the Bevan shield. Par- sons, who all along has played splendidly, got his goal in a very clever manner. Grange have a splendid team, and to run the Albion so close as three goals is, indeed, a. meritorious performance. J. Plater was the most conspicuous man on the Grange side, his long kicks being of great use to his side. The Boath Old Boys served the St. Vincents an unkind trick last Saturday by not ful- filling their fixture for the second time this season. The Saints were out on the field in all their football "rig-out," and it appeared that Roath did not even communicate the fact that they were not turning out. We thought a few weeks back that the Cymrics were going to end their season in great style, but whatever has become of them to only be able to draw with the Camerons? Llanbradach drew with the Corinthians at Cardiff last Saturday. This gives the lead to Llanbradach (says a correspondent from that place) this year by three points to one, as lylanbradaeh defeated the Corinthians at home (the opening match of the season) by two goals to one. Well done, Llanbradach. Captain Gibson has scored all three goals for Corinthians against Llanbradach this year. What have we done to Gibson? Bert Turner played a grand game at Cardiff for Llanbradach, and his goal was a beauty, beating Simmonds all the way. Burbage, of the Llanbradach Reserves, is developing inV. a fine player. He is speedy, passes with great judgment, never wastes his time in playing with the ball, but goes bang for goal. Next season we may find him play- ing for the premiers. ¡ Next Monday Nelson are due to play Llan- bra<lach, and a good ga.me ilt anticipate^, as Llanbradach are a hard nut to crack when playing athome. The Canton Wednesdays are arranging to get another fixture on with the Penarth Wednesdays. Canton have already met them three times, but, unfortunately for them, they cannot claim a single victory, although on the last occasion Penarth only narrowly averted disaster. Considering this is the Canton Wednesdays' first season, and also the number of difficul- ties they have experienced in getting the right men together, they must be congratu- lated on making such a brave show. Canton Wednesdays, as everybody knows, are a plucky lot, and a true band of sports- men, and can also take a "whacking" almost as good as a team takes a victory. The Canton Wednesdays can boast of two things which no other club in Cardiff can equal. First of all, they have in Fred Keir a true example of a young sportsman, and, secondly, they can cfaim the services at any moment of a Wiltshire County man, in the person of E. Sims, who relinquished a place in a higher combination for the sake of his second love. Other players who have been conspicuous for the Canton Wednesdays throughout the season, or, at least, as long as they have been playing, are Tudor Williams, who is a first- class keeper. "Locky" Llewellyn, and Ralph Field at half, and W. H. Voake and Alf. Beat on the opposite wings. Tom' Spencer and Sergeant Kelly were two prominent absentees from the Corinthians last Saturday. Tom Spencer is a registered player for St. Paul's, and helped that team to win against Riverside in the round for the Bevan Shield. It was anticipated last Saturday that the Card' Corinthians' combination would not be so -active as usual, on account of playing ooveraAshort of their general strength. The Corinthians tried Groves inside left to Evan Llewellyn last ^Saturday, but the ruse did not work so well as to give him that posi- tion permanently. It will be remembered that he played in goal against Porth the week before, and in that position made a capable second to Simmons. Bob Turner was, without the slightest doubt, the smartest man on the Llanbradaich side last Saturday. He makes the ball swerve to a nicety when he lets fly from the touch-line, which would deceive almost any goalkeeper. The Llanbradach team can pride themselves on having in G. Jones a goalkeeper of con- siderable promise. He Iiad the misfortune last Saturday to graze his knee in trying to stop one of Gil son's lightning shots, which, perhaps, troubled him right through. Captain Gibson, of the Corinthians, played a really clever game last Saturday, and the fact that the two goals came from his foot is enough to satisfy the most exacting of enthu- siasts. Evans, the Aston Villa and English Inter- national full-back, in a conversation with one of our representatives, expressed the opinion that the play of the League team had very much improved to what it was when he played against it about two years ago. On being told of the formation of the Cardiff, Swansea, and Penarth-Barry Schools' League, Evans (who, by the way. is one of the most gentlemanly of professionals) declared that the soccer game was bound to reach a high standard if the teachers encourage it. It is not generally known that Evans, whoae name is distinctly Welsh, claims to be a Devonian, and was born in Exeter. Some five or six years ago he was offered a place in the Welsh team, but refused on that account. The Hafod Rovers again on Saturday last proved too much for the Porth Junior Team in the semi-final .for the junior medals by three goals to nil, at Llanbradach. It only remains now for the Rovers to defeat Pont- lottyn Jnniors on the 26th in.st..to secure the medals. It it estimate I that from 70 to SO Ajpoc&tioa and Monmouthshire at the beginning of the clubs which were in existence in Glamorgan present season have gone to the wall during the winter. The Cardiff Corinthians played a Tery dis- organised front line against Llanbradach last Saturday, and it was fortunate for that Gib- son and Llewellen were in such fine form; otherwise defeat would certainly have been met with. Although playing out of his position, Bryce Smith has been rendring the Corinthians valuable assistance during the latter part of this season.As a right back he has no superior in the town, and it is a pity he was unable to assist his old club in that "position earlier in th: season. Fred. Price, whose sound back play has been so often remarked upon, ave one of his best exhibitions aainst Llanbradach on Saturday, his clean kicking, being very noticeable. Tre re-play of the medal semi-final will not be taken up by the Pontlottyn Lilywhitee with such spirit as the game on Saturday last was, owing to the sudden death of Fred Phillips. The deceased would undoubtedly have figured well in this year's football had ha not suffered a severe attack during last summer. He was a younger brother of W. H. Phillips, the crack of the Cardiff University eleven, and, undoub- tedly, the finest individual player playing the game in Cardiff. a The Soccer game will be handicapped for many years in South Wales, for even if any players of real talent be produced they will be at once sna-pped up by the English League clubs. It is stated that Hugh Jones, Aberaman, has not proved so valuable a capture as Man- chester City thought he would be. Brilliance and vanity were the two qualities most prominent in Templeton, the famous Aston Villa right- wing, in his play against the South Wales League. How absolutely essential speed is in the Association game was manifested on the Car- diff Arms Park last Monday, when the slowest of the Aston Villa players was probably aa fast as the speediest member of the South Wales eleven. Roath Soccerites went up to Treharris on Saturday last determined to defeat Pont- lottyn to the same tune of six goals to nil, which they gave Treharris earlier in the medal competition. But, alas! they were sorely disappointed. They went home to appear again at Treharris owing to the fact of making a draw. If the Pontlottyn backs and half-backs made such a miserable show as their for- wards; the Roath boys would have simply walked over them. But, thanks to the fine defence of Jim Hopkins, Moses Phillips, and Tom Davies, the Roath men were kept out. Hopkins was far and away the best half- back on the ground. Two members of the committee of the Pontlottyn Idlywhites, viz., Messrs. D. J. Rees and T. E. Davies, are leaving on Mon- day next for St. John's' College, Ystrad Metrrig. As the Lilywhites intend entering the second division of the league next season the loss of two such valuable workers will surely be felt. They intend entering the Church, and leave with the very best wishes of their fellow footballers. A presentation of two slight tokens of esteem will take place after the semi-final match with Roath at Tre- harris. The Bridgend Association Football Club (Wednesday) wound up the season on Thurs- day evening with a dinner held at the Angel Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. D. McAlli- ster. The club has had a very successful sea- son, playing seveq. matches, winning eight. losing three, and drawing six, the number of goals scored for being 57. and against 23. In presenting his report the secretary (Mr. C. V. Morgan) said the finances of the club showed a balance on the right side of the account. The "Soccer" game is gradually gaining favour in Bridgend, as was testified by the large num- ber who attended the dinner of the club. Per- haps the success of the club is due to the inde- fatigable secretary as much as to the captain (Mr. G. Morris), both gentlemen having devated a great deal of time to the welfare of the club.

General Rugby Gossip. An interesting foot-race has been arranged to take place shortly at Cwmbran Gardens. George Thomas, the once famous sprinter and three quarter for Newport football team, and now the Newport trainer, has agreed to oon- cede T. Osborne, of Cardiff, ten yards start in a 100 yards race for E5 a side. The New- port man is now 45 years of age. The Gabalfa Juniors have made a record in local junior Rugby football by winning the Cardiff .Junior football cup and medals in their first season, which has never before been done by any junior organisation. They are also in the running for the Cardiff and Dis- trict Junior League medals, and will either be the winners or runners up. The continued success of the Gabalfa Juniors is greatly due to their painstaking and untiring training, J. H. Mills, of cinder- path fame, win has never failed to turn them out in the pink of condition, also giving them sound advice at the same time. Their suc- cess is, undoubtedly, in a very great measure due to hiim and to their secretary, Mr. J. Dew, who has worked unceasingly for them, combined with perfect harmony among them- selves, and playing practically the same team all the season. Mr. C. Wall is one of the presidents of the Gabalfa. Seniors and Juniors, and it is very ha-rd to say whether they are more proud him than he is of them. They speak in glowing terms of him at Ga-balfa as a staunch supporter ip every way, and no teams are prouder of their presi- dent than Gabalfa are of theirs, who think they are highly honoured by him coming out of town to support them. May he live long to do so.* The visit of the Glamorgan County Police Football Club to Devon Albions' enclosure was very popular, and, though the "Peelers" did not exhibit any classy outside play, their for- ward work was equal to anything seen on the ground for the season. "Bobby" Brice played his finest game before a Devon crowd, but there was plenty of the "individual" about his work. For weight Devonians think the Glamorgan Police would lick creation. The Tongwynlais team finished np their football season last Sa.turday by defeating St. James's, a smart Cardiff junior team, by seven- teen points to five. At half-time honours were even with five points a-piece. Early in the second half Tom Jakeman, the home back, kicked a lovely penalty goal. After this the visitors fell to pieces, and tries were put on by W. H. Jones (two) and T. Evans (one). The last try was a fine effort on the part of Jakeman, Fry. and T. Evans, for when the latter was planting the ball behind the posts fully three-fourths of the players were in the home half. The secretary of the Llandaff Yard Football Club writes:—I see by the remarks in the columns of the "Football Express" of last Saturday that- a St. Fagan's correspondent seems to be a little excited over the remarks made by a Llandaff Yard correspondent in the previous week's "Express," but I think it would have been much more honourable of the St. Fagan's Club had they turned up to play Llandaff Yard their return match, instead of sending1 a postcard stating their inability to raise a team, yet, at the same time there were over twenty members of the St. Fa-gan's Club out having a practice game on Good Friday. This is not very consistent with the postcard that reached the secretary of the Llandaff Yard Club on the Saturday following. A Tirphil correspondent writes:—Seeing that Llanbradach sportsmen are trying to make excuses for their defeat last Saturday, the Tirphil Grasshoppers will play them on any nentral ground with a union 'referee or any one else who will acc fair to both teams. As to their leaving the ground before time, they played the full half hour each way, un- less they wante dto play by themselves to try if they could get square.

RACING GOSSIP. City and Suburban Outloolk. BETTING TIPSTERS AND "STABLE SECRETS." When the Commission on Betting had con- cluded its sittings it was generally accepted that the anti-gambling people had a very weak case, and also that there is no more chance of abolishing wagering than in attempting to get rid of or prevent those who can afford it from indulging in their favourite brands of wines or cigars. The prohibition of betting news in the newspapers also would only play into the hands of those whose busi- ness transactions would not bear inspection. Lords Durham and Newton from their great experience could hardly receive much enlightenment from the extraordinary state- ments of witnesses, one in particular, who epoke about "stable secrete." This is a mat- ter which from long experience I am in a position and qualified to dilate upon. I have! proved it that "confidential" intelligence from trainers, jockeys, and many owners is best left alone. The best thing a travelling sporteman can do is to take notes of what he sees and use them to the best advantage. I am pointing this out, so that many stay-at- home backers may not be gulled by the great number of butterfly tipsters that have made their appearance of late, many of whom hardly, if ever, have any status in the inner circle. The ordinary trainer usually tries his animal to get a line, and, should the trial prove all right, his charge is supported. But many1 others have a similar experience in perhaps the same race, and who is to judge which of these is right? Then, again, you hear people say, "Oh, I had this from So-and- So, the jockey." Surely, they must forget that the latter is running a risk which stringent rules, and penalties preclude him in the majority of instances from divulging confidence reposed in him by his employers. Again, ownere tips are often set forth as being reliable. I can testify personally that one of the best lessons I have had was in this quarter. I was staying overnight for a meeting some years ago, and happened to meet during the evening four gentlemen who had a horse running in a certain race. Each told me confidentially that they should win, and advised me to invest accordingly. There were six entered. Five ran, but neither of the four were successful. So much for I owners' tips. I know acme of the most res- pectable tipsters travelling who try might and main to benefit their clients. Turf Reform. Turf Reform. Lord Ellesmere's article on certain aspects of turf reform in this month's "Badminton" is full of valuable ideas, and as Lord Durham has again resumed power and succeeds Lord Crewe as a steward of the Jockey Club, we shall, probably, hear of turf reform being practically administered. One of the first should be that the so-called gentleman rider, who claims to ride on equal terms with jockeys, should not be allowed to wager his "tenner" if he thinks proper, whilst the profes- sional is debarrecL- and rightly so. Other important matters which are worth considera- tion are the racing of horses owned by tipsters and the abolition of assumed names. The latter, however, was defeated on Wednes- day by the casting vote of the president. Before quitting an interesting subject I could not do better than quote Lord Ellesmere's well-applied remarks: "Competition is the life-blood of the turf, and to get the better of your neighbour and opponent is part and parcel of competition. So long as there is, or people think there is, money to be made on the turf human ingenuity will be strained to the utmost to get it. The turf is open to all sorts and conditions of men. Anyone is free to buy or breed a horse and to enter it for any race. There are many who embark on a turf career, as owners of race-horses, with not only the hope, but with the intention, of making it pay honestly, 'Cela va sans dire.' City and Suburban Outlook. Pleasant and seasonable weather favoured us at headquarters. The showers which fell

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SPORT OF THE DAY. ] M. Cannon is to ride Black Sand in the Great Metropolitan. i Judge Robinson has given up his place at Newmarket, and now resides at Reigate. j Sir William Throckmorton, who was elected < a member of the Jockey Club in 18%, has withdrawn from that body. Mr. James Buchanan has privately pur- chased Sankence from young Alfred Sadler, and she joins Nunez's string. It is said that Mr. Whitney has engaged the services of Cochrane as a jockey at a large salary, and he is expected from America very shortly. Carabine, the winner of the last Manchester November Handicap, is not likely to compete for the Great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom. The horse has an engagement in the Chester Cup. Owing to the non-rttnning of St. Maclou in the City and Suburban, George M'CaIl will bo seen up on' Transparency in the City and m Suburban, the Duke of Devonshire having a second claim on him. He has also been engaged to ride Mannlicher in the Great Metropolitan. Le Souvenir, supposed to be one of the best French three-year-olds, and having an engage- ment in the Epsom Derby, has been doing satisfactory work at Chantilly. Nothing is known precisely as to his first appearance in public. He is engaged in the Prix Geffulhe, to be decided on May 1, and aleo in the French Twa Thousand, on the following Sunday.

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I srffered greatly from palpitation of the heart and ex- treme nervousness. I became so nervous that if I went to the door in answer to the bell I should be too overcome with excitement to speak. Eventually I grew too weak to walk across the room. The neighbours h<*«F to come in to do my work for me, for I was getting worse and worse. So low and prostrate did I get, indeed, that both my husband and I despaired of my life." *88131 How were you attended ?" inquired the pressman, repo^tang the case. I TB8 9 had four doctors, whose treatment, however, was unable to have the least effect 8 on a case so bad as mine. Pills, syrups, emulsions, and ot&er so-called reme- ■HHSI5jS JK fW B dies also proved useless. So I dragged along until we read in the South Wales JyjjL W jl Echo' the report of a similar case which Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets had cured. § Acting upon my husband's advice, I sent for a box, and the first results en con- I 9 raged me to persevere with the course. I Ijegan to feel stronger, the palpitation wkmMmum M lessened, and the watery condition of my blood began to disappear, and waa 1 9 replaced by. good rich red blood. Both the pallor and sallowness, as well as the M 9 palpitation, are now a thing of the past. I have persevered with the Tablets B according to the directions, with the result that I am in possession of such health | as I had never expected being blessed with again. I can now do all my house* B work, as I did two years ago, and have all my old-time vigour and strength." 9 "Do you put your cure down to Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets?" B Most certainly," was the emphatic reply. I thank God for the ■ lucky chance that brought Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets to^my notice. H B They alone are responsible for the good health I enjoy to-day, rivv1 H ■ and I may say that so complete and lasting has been my cure -jf 1 B that the trying, variable weather we have had recently has not if jS had the irlightest effect on me." 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early in the week had refreshed the Heath, and the going was capital. I quite prepared I my readers last week for the success of War- grave and Minstead. The chief reason for Minatead starting at 5 to 1 was dne to the son of Minting being palpably backward, and those who supported the colt I would strongly advise to keep on the right side for the Blue Riband. That he will be many pounds better on the 4th of June I am certain, and, should all go well with him. I am confident he will beat several more fancied candidates and who have admirers in other quarters. In fact, by giving the Perfect Dream colt 151b. and Battle Song 201b be will, doubtless, become a great public fancy before the eventful day arrives. As I quite expected, the City and Suburban market has been very active during the past week, the chief feature of 'which has been the knocking out of Epsom Lad. This is very unfortunate, as the unsexed son of Ladas and Disorder held an undeniable chance, although he was not one of my fancies. Before dealing finally with the chief handicap of the spring, it may prove interesting to give what will prove a. reliable list of PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS. *Mr J Buchanan's Epeom Lad, 5yrs, 9st J H Martin Mr W C Whitney's Volodyovski, 4yrs, 3st 101b D Maher *Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Doricles, 4yrs, 8st 71b — Mr. Spencer Gollan's Australian Star, 6yrs, 88t 51b K Cannon Colonel H M'Calmont's St." MaoloQ, 4yrs, 88t SIb G M'OaJl Mr T Simpson Jay's Floriform, 4yrs, 8st 31b .Jtt Cannon. Sir E Cassel's Handioapper, 4yn, 7st 121b Hateey Mr A Stedail's First Principal, 5yrs, 7at 111b Bray Lord Wolverton's Caiman, 6yrs, 7st lllb..H Jones *Mr A F Basset's Good Luck, 6yra, 7st 101b — *Mr J B Joel's Princess Melton, 4yw. 7st 91b — *Duke of Devonshire's Transparency, 4yrs. 7st 81b — • Mr Foxhall Keene's Olympian, 4yra, 7st 81b J Bott Mr Lionel Robinson's Dundooald, 4yrs, 7st 71b W Lane *Mr J B Leigh's Stealaway, 5yrs, 7st 51b — Mr W M G Singer's Bearwood. 6yra. Tat 41b Gibson Sir E Vincent's Wabun, 4yre. 7st H AyIin Lord Carnarvon's The Solicitor, 5yre, 6 at 131b .J Reiff Mr H I Higbam's Royal George, 4yre, 6st 111b Heppell Mr R S Sievier's Lavengro, 3yrs, 6st 111b F W Hardy Duke of Devonshire's Baldoyle, 6yrs, 6st 111b Condon Mr S Earnshaw's Bonnie Scotland, 3yrs, 6st 31b W Harvey Mr B Ellam's Sumdorne, 5yrs, 6st 21b Griggs Mr L Brasaey's Portcullis, 4yrs, 6st 21b T Bn.M-wi n -y-- .Dotrbtful starters. The field will comprise about twenty runners, and I cannot be charged with following the money, for my three original fancies when I dealt with the handicap some weeks ago, were each at good prices. Volodyovski was certainly favourite, but The Solicitor and Floriform were hardly marketable articles. However, the pros, and cons. have been previously fairly thrashed oat. There were those who saw "Voloddy" at exercise tins week, and goad judges, too, who declared that last year's Derby winner hardly pleased them. However, he is very fit, whatever ftutbev developments may arise, and if all goes well he will be hard to beat. Floriform, an esteemed correspondent assures me, is doini ] as well as possible on the famed Hampshire gallops, and will win, but I cannot overlook something I saw in the Lincon Handicap, and in coming to a final selection I must plump for THE SOLICITOR, for whom Johnny Reiff has been engaged to ride, to be followed home by VOLODYOVSKI and FLORIFORM in the order named. On Tuesday the great Metropolitan Stakes will be run, over two miles and a quarter. ] Sinopr, 9st.. is top weight, and will be sure to t have a good following. Black Sand, 8st. l21b., was second in the Cesarewich. Gyp, Sat., is + another, if sent, that will stay every yard of „ the journey. Mr. Quilp, who has I shown much good form over hurdles, may be reserved for the Chester Cup, but I noticed that he missed a couple of races at Warwick recently, and as he is thoroughly fit he can be relied upon to go the whole way with such a light burden as 7st Elb. Wargrave's penalty for winning this week raises his impost to 7st lib. By no means is the burden prohibitive. However, I shall look in another direction in my attempt to find the winner in CARABINE, who has been doing splendid long-distance work, marking Sinopi as dangerous. With Epsom Lad returned to favour and Aus- tralian Star greatly fancied, the City and Suburban becomes more perplexing every hour. For the chief remaining events over the pleasant Surrey hills my selection read- Great Surrey Handicap—MI NOVIA or NAHL- BAND. Prince of Wales Handicap—CONQUERING HERO or KINRARA. Westminster Plate—TENAX FILLY. Nork Plate—PADLOCK in. Hyde Park Plate—HOLM LACET or MONTE ROSA FILLY. To-day at Derby:—ST. HYLDA, SPECULA- TOR, FORSE, and RA VENSHEUGH. At Hooton Park:—FAIRLAND and OBAN. The second spring meeting at Ludlow pro- 1, mises to be one of the chief functions asso- ciated with the close of a busy hunting season, and the Ascot of the Chase" aptly describes it. The Ludlow Cup is about the richest in the kingdom, and its members include most of the aristocracy of the Princi- pality. who will, doubtless, as usual muster in strong force, and should fine weather favour the gathering the soene a-t Bromfield will well repay the journey. As many Oardifflans patronise the meeting I will venture to predict the probable success of the following:—Deer- slayer, School Bell. Cossack, Post, and Carson; and should Abbeywood run in a flat race he must be supported, for he is in fine trim just now. I THE BARD. j j