["OCT. 31, 1874", "THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS", "415", "NATIONAL SPORTS.", "Racing was carried on actively last week at Newcastle, to which town Thunder made a fruitless journey, Coventry, Gloucester, and elsewhere; but the various events decided had no bearing on the future, and we may safely pass on to the Newmarket Houghton Meeting. This, the last of the seven gatherings at H