CALEDONIAN GAMES,

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 7

CALEDONIAN GAMES,

Among the various sports and amuteiH provided on January 2 and Z, twereH "Caledonian Games"— those manly •■ in which, our forefather* delighted tofl their power aad skill as athletes. Tlfl the third time that thtse sports have H celebrated in Auckland under th^ anifl of the Caledonian Society. Each y«H greater interest htts been taken in them ■ in any preceding, and the Caledonian &xfl deserves the thanks of fth« comininitvß cultivating a desire amongst our youtM acquire that 'physical development, W vigour and skill, which are «p muon oppofl to many o£ th« effeminate, sports of ■ present day.- We are' 'glad' to obsfl ! that this kind of training it not aonflnecl thOBQ Who 'IaVS h&te, sail *a*M I considered to have acquired a taste lor B| i sports in the old country, but that many 1 our colonial youth are catering the rankjl our local athletes, Both European and natil From the total change' in the committee I this year, many expressed fears thdt I rangements would not be so complete as I former years, but those who witness! the sports must have been "pleasinj deceived." Mr. Cunningham, of tl Newmarket Hotel, placed iis patjdpok I short distance beyond the toll-gatejlit « disposal of the committee, and alongside tl GrreatSouthßoadthe'6randStandwa3erecte A handsome awning covered it, and afford* a grateful retreat from the, rays' of the^tti His Honor the Superintendent was preae: nearly thewholeofjthefirst day, and duringtl afternoon his Excellency the Governor can on the ground, and was received with thi COrdial weleame tixaM Aucklnad citizen accord to the representative of he Majesty. Throughout the afternoon th Grand /Stand was comfortably filled, au<] during the whole day the paddock contained between 2,000 and 3,000 spectators.