GYMNASTICS.

Evening Star, Issue 3654, 7 November 1874, Page 2

GYMNASTICS.

The socoml annual compe ition amon / the members of Mr Lon ’a athU ic was held at the Gymnasium on Friday evening last, in the presence • f a good number of spectators, who seem, d to lake oons.de. Abe interest in the proue-tuinga I'f.eie were three prize-* to he competed for, in two com petitions The first was for a medal offered by Mr Long to the best all-round athlete, who was also held to be the winner of the Ladies’ Cup. which has to be won three times before becoming the property of the-boldhr. The mode of proceeding was a vefy good one, the competitors being kept in a separate room, and brought out one by one to go r.hr ugh their evolutions in the different branches. There.were only three Competitors out of the 150 members. P. Muir (wit-iUor of last year’s cup), R. Lockhead, aud \ burton. The following is the result ' Vaulting : F. Muir 1, 6fc 94in ; Lockhead 2, lift din ; Turtou 3. 6ft. Horizontal Bar • ■ ookhead/1 ; Muir, 2 ; Tnrton, 3 single Trapeze ; Muir, 1 ; Lockhead, 2 ; Tnrton, 3. Plying Rings: Muir and Lockhead equal; Tnrton retired Parallel Bara : Lockhead’, I ; Muir, 2.

The judges had no hesitation in awarding the prize to Lockhead, but at the same time expressed an opinion that, bad Muir not been in such had condition, the result would have oeen d fferent. The sec n l comped cion for a cup presented by Mr F. Muir to the bc*t performer on the horizontal bar w*s then competed for by Messrs LwcWhead and. fprfou, and was easiy won by the forme;, the audience frequently andleudly applaud ing him for bis neatness. During the inter val, to give the competitors a spell, some twenty of the High School b ys, in uniform, went through several vaulting and other performances very creditably, and Mr Long himself gave a short exhibition upon the bar. The e-, eniug’s amusement ended by Mr Muir, in a short speech, presenting the cup t * Mr Lockhead, who rejjlied suitably ; and the company broke up expressing themse well pleased with the evening’s entertainment.