THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S SPORTS.

Southland Times, Issue 3288, 3 January 1879, Page 2

THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S SPORTS.

The twelfth annual gathering, under the auspices of the Caledonian Society, was held in their grounds on Wednesday, and concluded yesterday. The proceedings were in every respect more successful than previous gatherings. The sport was excellent, the attendance, particularly on the first day, large, -and the financial proceeds cannot fail to be satisfactory to the Committee. The grounds on which the sports are held, though possessing the one great desideratum of proximity to the town, are not all thac could be desired in other respects. Without being positively too small for the proceedings in connection with the Society's annual festival," they are far from being commodious, while the stands and offices are inelegant to a degree. Some important alteration will no doubt be made in a short time as to the place where both the Caledonian and Agricultural Societies' exhibitions will be . held, and it is to be hoped that the disadvantages we have alluded to will be remedied when any new arrangements come into force. The grounds, despite the drawbacks we have alluded to, presented a very animated and pleasing appearance on both days of the sports. The vacant space round the ring was crowded with spectators, "who appeared to be as much interested in. what was going as was compatible with the spirit of holiday -making. The stand was adorned by a. brilliant galaxy of ladies, while in corners here and there where sports were being prose* cuted those particularly interested were congregated in minor groups. Prominent features in the scene ! were the Garrison Band with their handsome uniforms on their elevated stand, and the ship-like arrangement of poles and ropes erected for the performance of young Morris. The whole gathering was strongly characterised by a true Caledonian aspect, and always excepting the surroundings of bush, and tussocky flat and wooden houses, the scene of the gathering might have been laid near some quiet country town in a wild glen amidst the fastnesses of the Grampians, Of stalwart kilted Highlanders there were not a great number, and perhaps fewer than in former years, but the ring of the true brogue might be heard on every hand, and the continuous skirl of the bagpipes, that wild, weird music so dear to the true Scot, banished every possibility of the spectator forgetting .that he was in the midst of a gathering of only transplanted Scotchmen. The behaviour of the immense throng was in the aggregate of the best, but a few individual members of it towards the close of each day appeared- to have rather inadequate ability to maintain their equilibrium,' doubtless arising from the old cause. Two members of the police forcein uniform who were present had little occe sion for the exercise of their official prerogative, and the only difficulty encountered in any way was in restraining the preference of the masculine portion for the inside of the ring. The arrangements made the Committee "were fairly good considering the magnitude of the undertaking,- and the officials without exception were unremitting I in their efferts to promote the succe3s of the 1 proceedings. Special commendation is due -to the Secretary Uv E<jU Ferguson who for

so many years lias laboured assiduously to. make the gatherings of the Society successful.. The Band, to praise which ; is?" wholly superfluous, was present on both days, and played excellent selections of music. ;■ Of the judses, who bore the greater part of the arduous, duty of awarding the prizes,';we may ; mention the following :— Messrs ; -..o;>D6t!glas-i J.Scott, Surman, Kingsland. Meprostie, "itgi.' Stewart, Moffett, D. Powell, micauern^: McJbtobie, Clark, arid Mclnfcyre. Of matters^ subsidiary; to the main object of the gathering ..we.. may ; ,. mention , :that. .there .^vere ;seye.ral; stalls on -thegroxtnd; ;v : afc^^".wEich^ "not only tne usual eatables, and drinljables could be pi-b---cured; but also : little nick-nacksin the way of toys. The costumes of -the various athletes, even, excepting the highly picturesque attire of the ; Highlaudnieri, iwere eitreriiely neat; . and the horses which- competed in the tilting were creditable specimens, of our colonial stock. • . ■"'-., ;We append detailed reports of the proceedings on each day :— c :.■■'... , ■ FIRSTDAY. X . . ■ The weather^d being 1 jjositively unfavorable, was : f ar ,f rom: a strong, chill wind blowing -from ■ jthe west, while occasional showersfell dui"irig the nffcernoon. . The attendance of spectators?, was ' exceedingly large, the number" .present exceeding- 4,000. - The following is a fuUy detailed report pf .' '„.... /: v : ;.; ; : THE COMPETITIONS : } .- Boy^'Kape, 100 yards— Kane r ii;. J. Kane, 2 1 ;. Horman, .3; Gallagher,/ 4; V For .this, an -iriipromptu event, quite a yiriisc'eUanepus mob of little iitchins doffed their superfluous attire.An attempt was made to sort them out and handicap them according to age and i?edestrian appearance, but only, a scramble of a raceresulted. :. '. .. - ; ■y ; - L : ; .; ; ■• .. '.- ■■ Quoits, open to all except the: winner of . last year's medal. Eight entries — H. "Cameron,'- 1, £3, -A. Durilop, 2, £2. : The decision of this event was; early arrived at, a good start havmg been made by the players. The two sets. of hobs were placed in a corner of the' grounds, and the distance was the usual .one of 21 yards. The playing was on the average rather wide. ; Running High Leap. - Four entries =— H. Ackers, 1, £2; W. Murdoch, 2, £1; D. Hag.gerty,3,los., The.leaping in this competition was orily'mbderatelygbbd, except perhaps on the part of Ackers, who displayed fine form, and never had his powers fairly put to test; The -heights cleared were— Ackers, ; sft; .Murdoch, 4ftlliri; Haggerty, 4f t lOin. --. -" ■ h.~ : •;■.-'■" Throwing the 'Hammer, .no swing round. Eight entries— McLeod, 1,. £2 j'McKenzie, 2, £1 ; Templeton, 3, 105. The class pf games to which this one belongs was • represented by two or three lines in the prpgramnie; but . in. no other case" was the": competition: so fraught with in-" terest to the spectatois or the results attained so comparatively good. In -the first instance the three placed-men were tied, but : a: second contest resulted in placing them as above, their distance being — McLeod, 91ft.llin; McKenzie, 89ft 4in ; and Templeton, 89ft 2in. i Best Eeel Dancer. Four entries— Archibald McKeUar, 1, £2 2s; Alister; McCash, 2, £1 Is; A. Baxter, 3, 10s. The arbitration was not a very difficult task for the judges in this instance, for though the. dancing. was throughout fairly good, yet the respective merits . of the four competitors.was sufficiently apparent before they had taken half-a-dozen steps apiece. t-McKellar displayed . a highly graceful carriage, and maintained splendid time. McCash was not less deficient, perhap3, in the accuracy of his steps, but he lacked r the grace arid finish, which distinguished his more successful rival. ' The pipss were played by D. Campbell, who afterwards received practical recognitiori of his splendid playing ih the form of one or two prizes. Walking Race, one mile. Six entries— ; Win. Lambert, scratch, 1, £4; F. Sayers, 40. yards, 2, £2; Dan Hagg.irty, 40 yards, 3. A . plucky juvenile was amongst the half-dozen who rolled up to the mark for this event, but though .his pedestrian ai-doi- may be commendable, his performance was easily disposed of, seeing that, after holding out pluckily to the finish, he was, notwithstanding the 100 yards :6tart he had received, the last to pass the post. With this exception, no greater start than 40 yards was, conceded, a distance which was riot calculated to have any material effect on the result of such a long race. The smallness of the ring necessitated the walkers passing the post . 10 times. With the usual ease in walking matches the men were set agoing, and from the outaet Lambert, a scratch man, began to push to the front. By the end of the third lap our juvenile friend was still piloting the lot round about 30 yards in front of the leading men, while Lambert had dropped alongside of Sayers, a 40 yards starter. In the fourth round the youth's goose was cooked, and sprinting was indulged in, more for the amusement of the spectators than spontaneously. By the eighth lap the three winners were leading in the order in which they were afterwards placed, while the boy was pegging away in the remote background, but the race was by no means settled. Sayers spurted gamely in the ninth round, and breasting Lambert, a splendid tussle ensued between the pair for first place. At this juncture the excitement of the contest proved too much for the integrity of the competitors, and the watchers had some difficulty in keeping them to the heel and toe. Several of them were called to order, and finally they breasted the tape, Lambert first, Sayers. a plucky second, and Haggarty far . from a bad third. The other competitors were 0. Henderson, A. Whiting, and Murdoch, and they finished in the order named. Grand Irish Reel. Five entries — E. Costello, 1, £2 2s ; Saunders, 2, £1 Is; L. Finnerty, 3, 10s Gd. The Hibernian devotees of Terpischore were somewhat " backward in coming forward " for this event, but the amusement of which they were provocative compensated for the delay. Their gyrations were, in some instances, of a most grotesque character, and elicited roars of laughter. The appearance of Larry Finnerty, an old favorite, was the signal for quite a burst of humorous enthusiasm, while Saunders, who appeared to be a volunteer, got a special share of applause from the region of the grand stand. Putting Heavy Ball. Nine entries. —J. McKenzie, 1, £2 ; a. B. Darl, 2, £1 ; Anderson, 3, 105. This competition was not distinguished by any special features, the distance attained not being of more than an average character. McKenzie, who is an old hand at the game, had a pretty easy victory, while the youth who secured second honors gives promise of better things to come. The lengths Avere — McKenzie, 30ft 7ins; Dad, 20ft 9ins ; "Anderson, 28ft 9ins. Pibrochs. Four entries. — D. Campbell, 1, £6; D. McCrae, 2, £3. The handsome prizes offered for this famous class of Caledonian music elicited much less competition than might have been expected, and; the larger amount was easily secured by Campbell, who is an old piper and a perfect master of his art. The playing throughout, howeveiywas good, and was highly acceptable to the immense crowd of spectators, to the major portion of whom it rib doubt served to recall reminiscences of the "Land o' Cakes." President's Medal, value 0. guineas, for putting stone, Athol weight; to be won two years in succession. Six entries.— The usual run of 7ft was allowed iri this contest, which was a pretty close one, and was conducted in the presence of the donor, the Hon Dr. Mehzies. The highest distance covered was not, however, sufficient to justify us in designating the contest as successful, though its. comparative shortness is partly explained by some minor disadvantages under which the competitors labored. The successful aspirant to the medal proved to be J. McKenzie, with 27ft 4ins, his next highest opponent being Anderson, with 27ft lin. Caledonian Handicap Race, one mile. Eight : entries. — Kelly, scratch, 1," £7 ; Lambert, scratch, ; 2 £3; McLaren, 20 yards, 3, £1. This, one- of the most valuable items on the programme,; proved also one of the -most interesting, and secured the largest field. After the necessary •delay in. getting .-the men tp-.their respective marks a sufficiently good start was effected. Black, a3O yards man,. set himself at' the outset to make the running, and rushing to the front, led the lot round for the first foul laps. In thefifth round Kelly began to slowly overhaul his men, and at the conclusion of the sixth t ßlack, who had been making the pace much to hot too last, had shot his bolt and retired^ into third place. A" material alteration in ; theppsition of the men ensued at this juncture. ;Kellyj who: was running splendidly and strongs came to the front, with Lambert in close attendance, while McLaren also began to -improve his position^ The race, to all intents arid purposes,' was now decided. Kelly, showing/ splendid, form, burst away in the ninth lap and showed a clean pair of heels to all his opponents, "eventually breasting the tape a mnrier-by 15 or 1G yards fromLambert, with McLaren a fair third. Time, & minutes. The other starters were Black, Holland^ Cole, Ward, and Haggarty. ; Highland Fling. Four : entries— A.:McKeller, 1, £3; ;A; McCash, 2j £2;^ Alex. Simpson, 3, £1. : In their 'execution; of /this favorite national dance^McKellar again won the premier place, with j his former opponent :a goodlsecond. ''"■■::.. I March splaying, pipes. ' Five -entries. D. Campbell^ 1, £3 ; D. McCrae, 2, £2 ; D: McLebd, 3, £1^ This item again produced som?. fine manipulation - of that : most unique/ of ,■■ instruments the : Scotish bagpipes. : Campbell's superi-y pi'ity wasincpntestable, but his. opponents were not.unwbrthy fbemeriV '.-.: :■''• ' ' ■'•'■ ■'.'■- > :\ '.'.'.•■ ; "' .yaultirigOTthpole. ;Five.eritries— -H v Ackers, 1; £4 : ; - ; E> Lindsay and A: McDonald ' •divided, second £2, and third £1. The competition for this prize proved^exceedingly long,.but was" pro^ : ductiye of some -fairly good jumping;;; Ackers clean distanced the lot arid retired early, but a long; contest ensued between : the remaining competitors, who were aUjyery equally matched, arid after, two had retired the reniaining two, ; with a;: cbmirieridable. desire to shorten the pro- : ceedings,- divided the-reriiaining stakes between.. theni. 1 ; ./-;■■.'. '-"-. . ; ; ■ ■-/'^.'i-^ ' '/■■ ■■.■■;.■•; ■V'W-..'. ; 0"t~ r Best- dressed Highlander. ? ? Four entries— r Millar, r McKellar^:2^l;McCashy 3, 105; The "appeaTance;of^Mißary a Aye^-k^owri towns-, iriin, amongst.the competitors for this eyeht; was the ; becasibn of algood deal of janiris'empnt M the vSpectafprs.^ His' coitrime^ wias a faif ;^: production- of the ;■ favorite 'attire of : Highlandmen, as indeed also.those of the pthe,r two tp: wfipia iprizes >^ere ajvarded; ' : They lacked notltmg • iit beauty, -ib^tl^: r^&nng : feM o|

modern ■f&sliion '. had faltered "them considerably •froni'thbse in which RoD-fioy or Roderick Dhu ?#alked the earth. > *"-,-;: ' '"' ■;■■■ Gillie .Oalluin. iThree^ehtries— A. McKellaiy 1, £2 2gj A. M<iCas^ 2,£i;is; Baxter, 3, 10s 6d. iThia competition did .not; differ materially from those of a similar which had preceded it, McKellar an&McCash again secur- : irigjgrst 'and^econd . respfe6j|yely • lesces (-1,50,3300, aSarpM^yards ; first in each ,eyeM to score'3,- secondhand third 1 point)— •^Murdoch. 1, £7; McLaren, 2, £3; Wiseman, 3,£2. In the 150 yards race, five men came to the Wiseman led the tot round until clbsb dn3i6"the post,'\wheu.'J; Mufdocn'S^rl3c[s! and snatched ths point from him by a couple of yards. For the 300 yards only three started, arid the coveted position waß the occasion of a splendid tussle, between J. Murdoch and McLaren, but the former again scored a. win, with his plucky opponent m secbrid^lace^Tlie > 500 yards brought out the same three, W. Murdoch evidently only starting to make a race of it for. his brother. .J. Murdoch at once werittb the ftont and made" the" pace; while his brother remained in attendance on McLaren, .but before 200; yards had been traversed the last-named shot out, and W. Murdoch thereupon retired. The two remaining competitors then had another, game struggle,, but ,J. Murdoch fairly broke McLaren down, and with a splendid spurt won by ' half adozeriyards. The result of the set of races was:— J. Murdoch, 3 firsts, 9; McLajen^2 seconds; '• 4; W. Murdoch, 3 thirds, 3; .Wiseman, 1 secondj At this stage of the proceeaingtfyoun'g Morris^ known as the New Zealand Blondin,' made' his appearance on the tight rope, which had been erected for him immediately: contiguous to the ground. Owing to the high wind he i could only go through a portion; of his perfpnnonce. . , : Tug of ;War^Towny.,Pquntry,'.liniited i to 15 aside. This event prpyed.'productiye^ of more interest -to, and enthusiasm in, the spectators \ than" anything else on the programmed Two .'"-' fairly representative teams were sectiredi bnV while soihevof 'the Town nieii "were- :muscula,r enough,, the highest average 1 -of .strength cer- • tainly rested, with the Country ;menW The; first..,; tug was a splendid one. . For some : minutes <tjie; ■ knot remained almost statibnaryi ] over . tlie ■ 'divided line, but gradually itbegan to sway tb'-' : wards Country, and after a protracted but game • struggle ,it Went ' that : way aliogether.' The result was received Hvith ; prolonged -'and 1 hearty ■'>■ cheers. The. second tug^was' -a hollow affair. The men had hardly got fairly a hold when the Country team, with a sudden effort, secured the victoiy, and the: prize of £10. Mr F.' ; W, Wade officiated as umpire, but Jiis dirties were far from ; being of an arduous character, as the decision was sufficiently conclusive of ; itself. Ciunberland; Wrestling, cup, value £15. to be,; '.won two years in succession.— Parry, ll cup'dhd' " '£5 ; .Henlyj 2, £2. J; The' wresfling throughput was of an extremely good character, arid Parry displayed considerable' knowledge 'of the l true / Cumberland style. la the :first.; round /■Parry..- --■ threw H. Ackers, Harper threw MeL'eod, Henley ; ; threw Pringle, and Bray threw Burlay., ,In the ' second round Parrylgrassed,- Harper and Hen- 1 ' ley peiiormed a, similar good ofiice for Bray. In the final throws Parry scored two Victories right off the reel, arid secured- the cup and the accpmpaning inohey: : " ' ."-_';•;■ -Y Tilting. First prizes-saddle,; value £7 10s., and silver cup, to,' be won two -years; rvalue £5 ; 2ridj- best snaffle, bridle and .hunting crop, value £3 1 0s.-^-This, though one .of. the most. successful . events of the day, secured but a sparse amount of appreciation, for the hour at which it commenced was so late that the spectators had almost. all cleared put. L There were.nbjess than thirty-five entries, and after a Erie " competition, tj in which some first-class horsemanship waß.dis** played, the prize was won; by ''A. A'dams,' >vith four rings, L. Anderson being second. ■ - - This concluded the'day's proceedings, 1 and the remnant of the immense^ crowd of spectators ' which remained to the finish then dispersed. ■'■• SECOND DAY. A most marked diminution' was observable in , the :- attendance on the second. /day, the; number present not exceeding 1500' or lfeoof The weather, however, was much .more propitious, for, though the .wirid was somewhat high, the sky was almost unclouded, and the atmosphere was more .warm and genial. The programme did not contain , so, many big events, but this fact did, not detract: in the least from the interest of the. proceedings, as., the various contests differed npiaterially. in '. character from those of the first day,: ; The ■ arrangements of the executive wer§ again^excellent, and the programme was .gofc through, at a mueli earlier hour than on Wednesday. • Appended ..are,the results j>fj;he proceedings, and our comments at lengthnon " """_ ' THE EVENTS r :" : : •: ■ A O • Quoits, boys under 15 years. Four entries— J, Wiseman, 1, £1; Mittick,.2, 10s; W. McKill- — rick, 3, ss. The playing in this event was, as, might have been anticipated, far from being up* to the standard.of good, but some, of the players, show indications of . a dormant ability for quoiting. " : '• - ■ '■•'■'_'"■' '■'-■!?■ ' ■' Hop-step-aind-leap. Five entries— Murdoch;; 1, £2 ; McLaren, 2, £1 ; There was : a spirited; competition between the prizetake'rs, Murdoch eventually winning by about" two feet, but none of the other competitors had a chance. The distances were— Murdoch 40ft 7in, and McLaren 38ft Bin. Putting 141 b Ball. Six entries— McKenzie, 1, £2; Darl, 2,£1; McLeod, 3," 10s, The winner, who landed several similar prizes ion the-pre-ceding day, again showed fine form and= great power, but his victory was fairly contested by, the other placed men. McKenzie covered 37ffc 2in ; Darl, 36ft 2in ; and McLeod, 35ft IQin. Reels and Strathspeys Players. Three entries — D. McCrae, 1, £4 ; D. Campbell,! 2, £2 ; McLeod, 3, £1. The playing <xf : the winner was especially fine, he never missing a note, even in the most rapid passages^ Campbell; who was so successful on the previous day. evidently being a little out of his element. in the?strathspeys, though he showed all his old form in the reels. Special Prize, bagpipe music, for youths only — Only D. McLeod offered to compete for this prize, and the judges, after he had played, decided to award him the £2 2s on condition that he did,not leave the grounds during the day . 1 Eeel of Tulloch. Four entries— Mcfellar, 1, £2 2s; McCash, 2, £1 Is; Simpson, 3, 10s Gd.None of the prizetakers showed any lack of dancing ability. : Half-mile Handicap Eace. Six entries — Kelly, scratch, 1, £5; McLaren, 20 yards, £2; Lambert, scratch, 3, £1. The half dozen burst-away from their respective marks well together, and Lambert at once took the lot ha hand. At the end of the first lap_ McLaren usurped, the first place, and maintained that position for other two rounds. Then Kelly, who : evidently had only been reserving himself, came away with one ■ of his splendid spurts, and won as he liked.- ? Lambert a bad third. Time, 2min 24sec. ' . Liverpool Hornpipe. Four entries. Saunders, 1, ;£2; Beynolds, 2, £1; Smith, : 3, 10s. The dancing in this event was good, and Reynolds, who rather diverged from the recognised style, yet performed so well as to entitle him to special mention. ■•■'■■ ■ . • - -■'■ At this stage of the proceedings a rather novel feature was introduced, in the shape of half-a-dozen youth's xaces. A whole host of little urchins competed, and- their efforts: were provocative of great ainuserneht. ' V '; Throwing stone, Irish style. , Twelve entries— Pat Coo'd, 1, £2j TKeUy, 2, £lj Lawrence Cood, - 3,105. This event secured the largest entry of all the day, with the exception; of the tilting, and the competition in this peculiar style of throwing was at once good and interesting. Taking the weight of the stone into consideration the distancecovered byPat Good, 43ft, was somewhat extraordinary. Kelly's ; distance was 42ft, and Lawrence. Cpod's. 4oft 3ins. , r Suigle-stick ' competition," : -Eight entries — Brey, 1, £2; Nash,2 ? £1 ; Parks; 3, 10s. There was-f airly gbod fencing'throughoat all the bbuti, but the only superior play was shown by Brey and Nash, the f ormer being particularly^^ gopd'mth the wrist cut. Outside play only was allowed, A good deal of » amusement was: -caused -by* the various bouts, arid .in one of them a competitor was somewluit smartly, handled by his opponent. He exhibited most ludicrous" signs of pain from the sharp cuts inflicted on hirii, and his doleful grimaces were fully appreciated by the onlookers. . ■ ': : ■■'''-. :.; ■•.':>,;? ,'-:';' ■'■/. ":; .-.- ■/ Best Dressed Youth, Highland dress. Three enfades-^Nisbet Mcßobie, Walter, McEobie. arid ' Rybert McNabb, were : the three competatbrs, and the judges found so much difficulty in awarding them\the prizes, from their ; ec[uality, that they atflast decided to divide the money equally. ■' ;'• '■„;■':■.: "-i;>-:^A \i..'::\ :„: i/. . \. Notwithstanding that the wind was" only a shade rfess strong than on tbe; previous day, ,Y;Oung Morris again essayed to. g^ehis performanqe on the tight -rope..:,^^H^had^nbtprbceeaed far, however, when his fbpt,slipp^dy'j)rit; r he- immediately extricated; hiiriself' frpni any laager, and did not proceed further 'with rv the performance. We understand that there was' ! ril? . real danger to the artwfe in this incident. ' '• Hurdle Eace, over:B flights, 500 yards; Pour entries-rMurdoch, 1, £5 ; Kelly. 2, £2 j Wallace." 3, £1. Mivrdoch wLo, .was evidently not new tb^the p.inej: at ' once_;.tbbk '^tie leadj a4d : ma^itained; it'tbithe firiishj' wmhing='by ; 6 yards, Kelly baulked himself somewhat at the leaps, ■ -and his: splendid. running ? pow«i;s : on the- flat '* '^irereno^:. sufficient tbJ.Becure.hira :;the,victfii?y. He made a M6 ; run in, hbweyer, qSer the last ■ ; hurdle.;> ' : -y.^-.p'. "V . ,; v .; : iV, ■'/y,'-;. : v-.y ■'.■'"' '' ' Throwing^ Heavy 5 Hdriimer. Eibveri-entries— McLeod, 1, £2 ; McKenzie, 2, £1 j Templeton, " 3, 105. ; This ayfine^display of muscular * pbwer on the part -of the competitprsi but -McKerizie was ; ousted ; fr.dm :. the" /first; position very cleverly by McLeod, who covered no less than 72ft Tim..with^e : :l6lb.tommer. : >^T^mp'le--:. tbn, tldrd^ disphtyed great power, but wasted ;iußi strength. jby throwing; the hammer top-high^^^ McKerizie's distance" was ; 71ft 9ia, and Templetori's 7,lft sin^:7A ; :, -;j. ; . --^ : .- - ( . : --':>^V.. '.'Throwing Cricket^^^aU: ; Eight' entrie£U-i--B« :D. Naslv I^£l Is ; Weederi;i 2, -iOs ;6d; % ;;The wind^" against which -the competitors were '.ftowing^; effectually : : being made, but^.Nasn. succeeded in covering 73 that being- aboufrTi^ yards in advance of throWi.^TheVrest of the competitors werb pretty bjose i to the i iprize-takerV ; v -^J ' v ; ; Irish 1 Jig/" Thrbe^entries.— Cbstejto, ii/ ; £2 : r Slie^ 2^/£J,^Siunpi r |^ •■Ws. r ljii<i-sqam% -.'■ -

was fairly good, and' beih^^of a less excitable nature than that on the previous day, was not so provocative x>t real mirth. ■ Costellp was ;jin? questionably the best, .but the other two were farfrombad. [:.-,i- i W iiv, ?^ oW Tossing Caber. Seven entries.— Calder, 1, £3 ', McLebd, 2, £2j McKenzie, 3, SA: This, another of the characteristically Caleddfiian gameSj did not 'produce a vervgpdd display of ability on the part of the competitors, the high wind again accounting to a large extent for the . failure: .Calder was undoubtedly the best of the lot, and threw the caber with consummate ease. ."/ - : .^- Cornish Wrestling, special prize. Eight entries.— Perry Md evidently the. whole lot at his jnercy with the, exception of , M-cCall, ; wno persistently declined to succumb to his prowess, and even looked like landing first money .several times. Neither of - them could get -a fall, al- , though W estling for.half an; hour, and .eventually it was agreed that they should divide the £9 offered, mums 30s. to -Williams, who had grassed his man. '„ ■ , Tiltmg.^-Fuißt prize, silver medal^ to be won two years in succeßsipn, value; £o, and. saddle, value £7 10s; second -priz^, hunting crop and. spurs, value £2 10s. Twelve entries. Warden, 1; Birchul, % Warden; the winner, rode well: and at full galop, which is more than can be said /for some of the others. He took seven out of ten possible rings. - '." ■■ • r _ '.-'_ ■_ , A special race for boys, won by J. McOrpstie, with Mnrdoch, second and Rbnney third, concluded the day's performance. .;,'.. "■,,;■ ,