The South Wales Daily Post

A CAPTAIN'S STOEY. Captain Harry Br-anfort wrv» a tall, mn] man. who travelled far a ie.iding Ovioago lirrsi. In response to ater a fIiory to while aw;vv- the tim« aA w* travailed from VinoenntPs TO Cincinnaii, he said: "As I'm going- to c't&p off a-t> my horoe thii trip, I believe I'll ttil Vo'i ai'.iu-t my little Yankee pri«yner% Lai nie see"—retrospectively—"it Jrtw in November. 1863, when oar brig3-.Jp—the .JIld Stonewall bri<j^wie—»a,? lring belxw Win- .gbssrtw, v'a_, momentarily expecting an attack Jhna the Federals. We wore a rajrged *et of Arvils I ty'i you. Half of the brigade was eea.tles8 and hundreds were shoeless, ai-d ail tts were hungry. One night I was t>ufc on guard in a hollow facia* the Yankee irorit. The giade wM surrounded on three imes by low hill, covered with tmdsrbrr&h, with an opening directiv M Tny fro at of fv v' -TaJ hundred vards. inaa-ediately gn-rroundiusj my petition •fcere was a srowrh of low bufhes. so thick that ? seemed almost impossible for a man to pene- fcpate it. In mv rear all was eiear of growth Of airy sort, »»o you Clan see- thni I was? not to be surrow:d«l and captured if I kept my eye- .>ez>. Well. I bad been standing there p«"hi h ,m hour when I heard a th "ashing suid ■r n f-hfi bJt!ffl at my 1-ft. It agernk-cd to so !n:ch like the sort of a racket that aa eow, txixrlied in the brush, wo aid make, that I paid little attention to it until a: fceoviT-r craah. than common, followed hv "Dum the br'igfa m accents of annoyance. attract r-d my 11 tt-ent.ion to a pen at about thirty feet away. an-L while looktaj. expecting- to see <r)ra.L'.Ti<v:i'. :?rey make-believe uniform of one of my regiment, I was astonished to see the bine <tm:corrii of n Yankee enieraKnsr irom the brush. "The fellow, -who had not yet seen me, was little more thm. a boy (I was only eighteen years old my«ei £ a.t the time?, and a pa?e-faced, 5eri'■ Fwwred bov at taat- 'HaIt! Drop t-hsi "mt aad stand wb^re yon are, Yark I ordered. I needn't ha^e tod h^tn to drop hie cmn. for be was so much astonished that he did t1 ;n- tohmtarilv. 'Weil, 1'11 be duraed! Ymrre a Johnny Heb, ain't yen? Wh-ar, are you doing here?" were a. Sew of the questions he rattled off in has sm-pri<¡e. 'Yes, Pro. a Johnny Reb, Yaivk. and I'm on grisrd here: said I, as I .-Mi- •rancr-d air.dj picked up loa gfun. "And: you're my prisoner,' I added. 'That's jest my bssk,' said fee. 'I might bavo known. I woald get lost in tfeeee blamed Virginia ail'5 I w«uktei'i> give a ten-acre faorn, an an Indiana prajrje for ten nwies square of 'his woxfen. country: Oug'ht */>have stsaysd l-bere.' said I. "Bat voi; .OI\'t g-et Hack. soon. Yaak, for you're bound for Li-bby Priscr. in -h,-r+. me-tre., 'Libby Prison Holy Moaes, I hope not' RMt I iSay, Jahnny. got any gnib ? I'm biamtd I'-ea-r star veil, I've wandered about trying: to eo*P.acate» somethj-ng to eat ever sinre three oei-ook, and to tdl you H¡e,ra"1Ð, I'm too buiMTy and tired to fcnBc.' "Tliait's ¡ól3,M1 I- g-ne throe isy» without- anything to eat except green eo-crv, and thai on the ear. But Pil tail van what ITt do, I' ve <*ob a iiunk of com br?3d in my frub-bag over tbero «nder that little tree. Ytm □Bsa hawe half of th-Di-' Ths-nks, Jofmtvy, II] do the te. ~ne- for voru •oro^ day.' ooolly saxl the little Yank, aLJ wiiJioufc any &do off he hustled and got the gritb The fellow wa-j biin^y and no Tni^take. He lit into the chunk of corn bread like a IisragTv -wolf, and while I stood, looking at ten and lar^-b-.n^ at his efforts to ge* a four- ir Hwh -"e^'icr-. of corn pone im.o a two-inch I H !je blanked :t hedid-n t gobble down the vrbofe mess, c^Ttnibe and all. I saw it I goj.ru?. but I ocildn't »tco it to save me, a-nd 1 don t rfally bt-lie-ve I would have done it if I couid. hungry as I myself was. "But you should, have wii that YankV faoe after he had got away wish, my rations. T>urn ■Ofy ri.gjjuj. fiarid he. 'if I haven't cone and •wallowed tot; whole of it. I'm migbvy uorry, Jofcnnr, but Oh, never mind, paid I, for rt was plain Oh, never mind, paid T, for rt was plain that the 'ha-lf-i-jtar-ved feil-jvr had not been C?ally eonaoioias of his abuse of tr.v hospitality, nd aitnougih 1 was msid enoueh feo jrive hinx a kiekin^, si', t: of t-he ridic^tlou-s |tr- pondera terl and I eou kln't help laugh in r to pave my life. The whole affair bad been so ocn'onj-ndedly rid its: Iocs that I laid d<iwn my pun and actually rolled ovf*r and over until aotv sides fairly aoli-txJ. I The I-Ile Yankee loofewl at mo a nii-mrte or two, and then the «naiu.i «\de of the affair jnd<tealy efcrock bin- ^oo, and the ne.xt minute Bofcii..f 1 were tau^liLTig !:ke sclwolboys. both, f 1 were tau^liLTig !:ke sclwolboys. "Whan both of 11!" had ianvhed until we were BOdpI-ftely exhsa-Tted. we sat down tcf^tbe-r ocder the little tree. and bad a long: talk. He I Jbel»»Tsgi»d to an Indiaaaa re»-;mer!t, and had be^n fa» 4he eervioe abowt rrkon+^w. He se»id hw Uxrenfc* srere hrixut near Brownfieid. Tr»d.. 'rn Uxrenfc* srere hrixut near Brownfieid. Tl1d., 011 » P'Tt-mt; rarro, wikj At n;s rattier am ( mother in ternw of ttie greatest affection. He had a little si«*er—.Teannie—two years old. wham. T saw t.h.R-¡. the boy fairlv worshiptweh Th^~e had been three other cfcildntn. but they irere all dead. "Before the war I had a cutrber of frrondc S»* Indiana, and; I gpt)\B of one or two of whom I found were knoxn to ar prisoner. Of con-rpe. I told rrcy sfeorv—>cy how, with 35 «3^her sehoolboyg, I had left hool before I was seventeen, and had joined the Confe<T £ rate iVrtnv. o-pd of the many battleg w- had been ir. There were at that time but seven of the 35 left alive. "Well, to make a long story -hort, we hid not talked an hoar before we felt that W., had known, "ach other lifetime. It maddened me to think of that jolly, fun-loving face m Libby oc zmne other of our pr wans, with their neces- (saj ily short fare and mi^rable quarters. Soma- 0 e liow, I thought I could see that boy's mother J Si/pealing to me with Mr eyets to save her boy bom prison. "It may have b. ^ome hypnf>tie or clair- voyamt force or some psychic power unknown j to me. but, however that may be, I determined to do the best I could to grt my little Ya-nkeo out of fercuble. I itod scarcely oome to ■'his 4rt«nr.T.afcton when the relief guard came tip. no oiEcer mereiy asked me where I g n my j ( pr-sijner, and when I told hjm he ordered to Cttlre him to namp and turn him over Our WW. wm allowed; considerable lioenw. and I tcoic adwntage- of the fact hygoing back with my pri»o«-f without any e'oer eecoft. It was vary dark in camp, a-nd I had no trouble in -fscaptTJir obnerratioa with my compa.rlion. and getting inter my tent. I saipfxw-s I'm a. g-oneir, Johnny, swid my lisile Yank, ?-ft«r we etrotched out on a ""iYWH -aid I. 'Stay right here and don't r:<*» till I get back.' And rhen I jlifped oqja of the tent and managed to hook «ev"-ai pieces of corn bread, one of which I ate In abort order. Ttven w*» laid down again and talked m a low tome ot vo* until I thought irk TsssJst V. ab«rt two o'clock in the moming. Th<v» e"oh> out, and after a littfo «rr" ••-i,-t».ged •» get T>c8>!ot!sion ot an old sritx> soxd j.wkct. TutJoo I ordocoo my it little Vank to don, leaving his bhie tap and blouse on the ground, Tbec when all was quiet. I led him out. and by a dark glen wlnoh ran cfope up to camp I got him «ifely down "HO tits bru8h-ooveered giade where I had cap- tured him. An hour later by cr'Hfpatf and craw liner we had dodged the pickets and were out of reach. I' 'Now, Yank,' said I, 'we pad here. There a little to you- right. is your picket line. Jh careful t4ia-t they don't shoot you for a retxd. Good-bye!' And back I went, getting safely into camp before da.y. "The llGxt morning we wen: into the I fight, aud my Yankee pnsoaier Wi, forgotten by the other guardsmen. "That was the lazt I saw or hoard of my little Yankee prisoner dnring the war. Twenty vears after, or in 1883, I wad travelling' then aa now, out of Chicago, in Illinois and Indiana, ar.d one summer evening I was sitting in a store in one- ot the small country villages in J Indiana, in company with perhaps fifteen or twenty others, moot of whom had been in arrr.y. Stories and jokes were told over oui cider and pipes, a'nd we were all in good oheer. i it caine my turn I thought of my little Yankee, and told the. story just ae I was' giving it to you. One of the listeners a tail, broad- ^shouldered. ^andy-haired giant, listened fa JU. tentiv tlvl-t I saw that at leaet one of my hearer j was interested, and when I C0ndudtKÍ the hig I fetlow arose and took '-r.*atson aside. Watioc was the storekeeper. They talkad excitedly foi perhaps a quarter of an hour before they taint back, when Watson said Captain. I've been tbitikuag abort that order. I d-;nt need the goods now, but I'll tell you what I'll do. If y(fti,ii stop, say, within sixty days and give ill" a day or two's notice I'll give you a good big order. What do you say ? "Consulting my book. I found that from six weeks from that time 1 would be in ani would 'b&ve three or four Javs' time with nothing special to do. I told Watson that I could not reach him sixty days hence, but would be able to do so just six weeks from that day. 'That will do nicely, Captain; don't for- get tbe date. "I was not apt, to do so, as Watson's b:6 orders meant big sales, and so it was agreed. On the day agreed upon T drove up to Watson's store, which I found full of people, among whom were many men who looked as if they might have been seasoned veterans at one t-me. I had «tfiaken hanctc with Watson and one or two of ins fnrnda whom I recogai-sd, when T heard someone say: Here he is now Not thinking the remark had any reference to myself, I paid no attention nntii 'Give ua yoar paw,' comrade,' sounded in roy ear. Tii I L I stood face to face with the big bearded giant who had listened 00 intently to my story on that n^'crht six before. By his aid« stood a farr-fawd. farr-hair-ed, blue- eved man of thtrty-hve or thirty-se<"en y?ars. i'lie youtiger man looker! m ov/aar from head to foot, tilen back to my face aga a* as if looking for ferae point of tdentafiotf-;n, until his intent began to annoy rr e, but a i i mirute later his eyes brightened and lua face bt up with a smile oi pleasure. vl Dcmt know me, do you ? said he. j' No, I don't believe I ever saw you bef-ore, yet'—«s a lumle lit up his face-- vet-there:,d something alxvut you tirvt seems fantltar.' 1 'Ibdn t thiitti you would forget your Yaakee prisoner—the one who eat 1C> voui grub down near Winchester m '65.' What I ejaculated, and then it all c?o?vrn,e 0: Thf*re was the sTvnnr smile, the same eyas, but the nan before me vr%s ftknewt middle-aged, bearded stalwart, whereas my prisoner had t:ffln but a str:plin«r of a boy. I forjrot the years which had ektpt'.ed, but that all came to me iu a f1.h, and there before me, twenty years aftoi ( it had oecurred, stood my quondam Yankee I prisonsr,' t Two hours lat-er we were brotimg tip a i long avenue or oottonwoochi towards a beanti fu: white mansion, emkevered in vines. Aswa |5 rode up to the broad verandah which faced the I ¿ avenue, the hall door opened and a sweet- ( ftwd matherrv oki lady, accompanied br a faiT-'haiBed, b-liieneyed yourxg* wonvari, stepped out. The elder lady ptood at the bead of the steps, ami as I advanced she, pheed her 1 bands upon mv ehoulderfs and, bending forward I kussed ioe on the forehead I 1- God bless you, my son wud she, while 1 the tears steamed down her oheeks. I have r prayed to see this day.' "Rja vtyunor^r womaa pressed my hand gratefully, but my sye« w«r« t moist and I oonld scarcely see her, i remained that nigftt, and it "was diffienlt 1 to get away even. the next day, but bwrnew demanded mv attention. I promised to visii i my £ nendb frequently, and dad so time I tvntM get a day off. But ber&s my skwrnhis? I pla-e and there's my wife and mcr&er-in-l*i» \'<- ar th« w that fair4utired, biu*. i ry^ wojTMkh is my wife. t Yon have sr*^d it. She xr&s Jfeaane sweeWaosd old lady w «a | ¡

LLANELLY HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS, 1 CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW DOCK 1 TO BE PUSHED FORWARD. ( The monthly meeting of the Llanelly Har- bour Commissioners was held on Monday, :5 Mr. D. W. Recs in the chair, when tus) j J accounts of the witnesses who attended in London to give evidence in favour of the Irirrxmr Lul were mibmitted and passed.— J Mr. Thomas Haghes moved that a committee of the whole commissioners be formed as soon as the Bill received Royal assent, to take immediate steps for carrying out the powers I' conferred by the Act; and he supported his motion by remarking that much time nad 1 already been lost—at least twenty years.— j A IT, John Griffiths seconded, and the resolu- tion was carried unaniojously. I;

NEATfr POLICE-COURT. If At Neath Borougk Poliee-conrt on Monday I ] Thomas Mears. fishmonf;ei% was fined Sa and i costs -Tiouist, labourar, Arthur's- t court, 2% 6d and costs; Edward Morgan, I f hlaekssmtb, RoKser-sTeet, 5s and cests i Edward Keef?, iaicurer, Foweli's-eouri, t 10s and c«U—a«i for drunkenness.—Mar- 1 gnret Daniel, for usin?: obseana language in i Hoplrin's-place- war, fined 5s and cests— Evan William*, fishmonger, summoned John 1 Hither for assaulting Lillft at the fishsUHs on Wednesday last. There was a cross-sum- i mors, Mr Russell Thomas appeared fat: Williams, and ldr IL P. Ckarles for Hiilier. i --It appeared that a quarrel nrese m reapeet j < of a eask of water which Hilli*" had in the baefe of the stall. This, he alle-ed, Evan Williams almost enip-.ied. Word* and blowa foll-swed.—The Bench, after a iong hearing. diseaissed both cases, caeh party te pay his I own cosw,

I RON TAP DA WE BATHERS GET A FRIGHT. PLUCKY RESCUE BY A BOY. A young rain named Cornelius Mitinwarinp, Tvhiie hatting with a friend in the Works i'ond, Fontarrlawe, bad a narrow escape from drowning on Sunday. He dived into ] deep water, but was unable to get back, not being a swimmer. His friend, who was able to swim a littio, tried to save biw, but the drowning man nearly pulled him under. Edgar Morgan, aged 14, son of Mr John Morgan, surveyor, of Poutardawo, then pounced in and succeeded in seizing the now exhausted man aud bringing him to the bank, It is purposed t." bring the eaie ia the notice of the Royal Humane Seeiety. j There were several young men there, but either from inability or want ef courage no one else went to the assistance of the fast drowning mac,

J PROPOSED PIER AT MUMBLES, 1 AN ENTERPRISING UNDER- TAKING. The statement made in these columns a few months ago that Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., with a few Swansea and Bristol capitalists, have this scheme in hand, is revived 1lJ a contemporary this week, and it 15 acided that, provided they receive the support; which they eoafidenLly anticipate, things having taken a decided turn :n their faveur, the necessary capital will be shortly forthcoming. Conse- quently, the prospects of this vuch-needed and long-taJked-of pier being completed by August, 1897- at which date the Parlia- mentary powers Tvill cease, are said te !te new brighter than ever. It is es.imated that the pier, which will be sub- stantially constructed and be one of tne most attractive siruetures of the kind in the kingdom, wiil cost upwards of £30,COO, and the solidarity and length of Use pier, it is stated, would enabU it to form a breakwater or harbour of refuge frr wea l w-beund ships, thereby supplying an additional requirement La Eri&tel Channel. By those who are acquainted with the action of the tides in Swansea Bay it is asserted that in the eonrse •r a few years after the completion of Ihe pier the bay between Blackpiil and Mumbles I would undergo a. decided change, and would be iome atie magnificent stretch of sand,

THE SWANSEA EMPIRE I, A MARVELLOUS ENTERTAINMENT. The entertainment arranged for the preseic v eek at this popular place of amusement can only to be described as great and crowded houses on Monday evening testified their in- terest and appreciation in no half-hearted way right through from l^eginning to (Jose. Heai and foremost comes the Lumiers Cinemato- graphe," one of the most wondrous things to be seers at the present day, and which com- pletely shadows 7'ableaax Vrvants. Mons. Trewty, whom many of our readers wiil re- member as an exceedingly clever shadow- graphist," is to be heartily congratulated on bringing out sruch a form of entertainment as tnat of the Cinematographe, wheh almost makes one wonder Where we a.re." By a most iagpnious arrangement a succession of pictor*s are thrown on to a screen with such rapidity as to make the object represented appear :m- bued with life, and eacn subject pourtrayed met with vociferous applause. Among the subjects thrown on the screen were a march, I past of the Coldstream Guards at St. James's, a wonderful seas-tape, with the foaming billows roaring landwards in their mighty ma jest; a Ijondon street s^ene, with vehicles passing in ail directions, a boxing match, a scene in photographer's establisnment, a flirtation, boys bathing iu the sea, the arrival of a train and the departure of the passengers from the sta- tion, a juggler manipulating a long ribbon, and others; each most realistic and making one imagine for the moment that he was not merely looking at a picture on a 3creen. This 1 particular entertainment is alone worth the 1 charge for admission, and ought to draw- crowded houses nightly. But if there is w'c entertainment of such extra quality it cannot 1: said that a single one of the remaining turns ji/ other than attractive. The six brothers Luck are here once more with their sketch, The Demon of the Cellar." in which a miner is made to turn up half his father's wealth to long-lost brother. It was well played through- out, and there was a large element of fun in it which was heartily appreciated. J&ckJey and Fretelli gave a very smart turn, tiirowin j somer^ults from tables built tip one above the other till the topmost left the ar- tistes standing in the clouds, or rather, "flies Their turn was very gracefully done, and met with hearty and well-deserved applause. MdlL, Marguerite went through a number of contortions on the trapeze and on a revolving plauonn with a grace and ease that won for her a large share of appreciation. Miss Bessie Hinton sang a. capital coster song with a whistling refrain. Jake Graham, who on the occasion of his last visit mad< a hit with 'T am't so happy as I used to be," scored another £ immense success with his song, "No one like the missis after all," in which, with a. marvel- lous make-ap as an old man, he sang of the J merits of his partner. Bis second song was > an old favourite. "T can't get it out of my I head," a ditty in which he described the im- 1 possibility oi getting rid oi the haunting s memory of the titles of plivs and newspapers. Charles Paver sang "I'd muzide em," and "A 1 showing up for the family," and John Powell i contributed "The height of fashion," and showed extraordinary ability in a pas soul. The band, led by Mr. Hulett, played the over- ] tme, "Honeymoon March" (G. Kosey) in fine style, an..i accompanied well throughout, and everyone departed at the close thoroughly pleased with the evening s entertainment. pleased with the evenings entertainment. [ ATHLETIC ROTES. [B? "FREELANCE- ] CRICKET. What injures the popularity of cricket in Swansea, very materially is the unreasonable I length of time between one home fixture and another. It seems quite an age since Cardiff played at St. Helen's, and in looking over the fixture card I find that the Firsts will not be there for another fortnight. This is to be re- gretted, as tha summer game would have fairly established iuieif in popular favour had the tremendous interest and excitement ccntred in the Cardiff game been sustained for three or lour weeks in succession. Cricket in Wales is as yet a plant of such delicate growth that it requires very careful nursing. The Lianelly Second XI. are going from bad to worse. They played Amanford on Satur- day, and again lost. It is a singular fact that, while cho nrst eleven is one of the most for- midable of the Welsh teams, the second is meeting with disaster after disaster. The Swansea II. did no better than the'r seniors on Saturday, and were defeated after a splendid game. The Cardiff Y.M.C.C. are a formidable eleven, and are this season at the top 4 the Cardiff League. Still, no one ex- pected to see the home team defeated by 117 run. The Cardifhans started badly, J. H. Daviss being clean bowled by the first ball sent down by Sweet. When the second wicket fell < the home partisans were beginning to be jubi- j lant. Then the Brothers Rooney became associated and took the total from 15 to 65 before E. Rooney's leg stump was sent out of the ground by Wroodliffe. Another stand was < made when J. MsKay joined R. Rooney, who ] was badly missed by Coke and Griffiths in succession;, when he had scored about 20. These escapes proved very expensive toSwansea as Rooney scored 80 runs beforeWaIton caught f him splendidly on the boundary. R. Rooney ( gave a- capital exhibition of batting,his cutting { being excellent. His total included twelve 4's. ri McKay was soon afterwards caught by Griffiths for a useful 25. M. Phillips and A. R. Smith also got double figures. The Swan- sea men couid hardly be expected to exceed the j visitors' total, but there was some hope left that they would be able to play time out. I Wth the total at 12 Cooke left, and was fol s lowed by Charlie Coke. Other disasters! 2 followed, F. Lloyd being the only man who a stood up to the bowling of Rooney with any I confidence. Griffiths quickly knocked up 15 but beyond ms Lloyd did not receive much asssistance, and carried out his bat for a splen- didly iayed 27. E. Rooney, who kept a length, was responsible for the capture of six wickets at a cost of about four runs each. <: St. Jude's were defeated by Singleton on 1 Saturday, the scores being Singleton 101, and St. Judes 69. J. Da vies, for Singleton, j scored 46. being top scorer, and for S. Judes G. Mitchell came out top with 20. J. Griffiths for St. Judes, bowied exceedingly well, five wickets for 7 runs being his analysis. Sketty have at last won a match. The vic- tims were the Swansea Church Club, who up to last Saturday had an unbeaten record. The success of the Sketty club is due in a great I measure to Muxworthy, whose bowling was. almost unplayable. His average was six wickets for 17 runs. It is time that the captain of the Sketty club knew who could bowl and who could not. Muxworthy, I believe, has not been giveTl a S trial at trundling before, and it was as a h>„ resoorce that he was given the ball on oat-ur- S day. A few more trials would do the Sketty club no harm. V club no harm. V \i I have received the following letter from y the hon. sec. of the Pentrechwyth C.C. V Would the secretary of the Memorial Cricket J Club kindly let the Pentrechwyth Cricket q Club know the reason of their failing to turn up to play them on Saturday bat, after re- questing to be met at 3.30 at the Midland station, St. Thomas. They think they have I been treated very shabbily, as they played the first match on the Recreation Ground.- David Thomas, hon. sec. rl t:

CYCLING. b Michael, who was badly paced, lost his mile match with the Yankee, Johnson, but atoned p for the defeat in the subsequent ten miles Il" match. In this the little wonder jumped away I II with the lead, Johnson evidently being taken by surprise. Both men had excellent pacing. I and were close together up to the fourth mile- j At this point Michael, amid the enthusiastic j cheers of the spectators, began draw away, 1 and in two miles had gained half a lap. John- son struggled gamely, but Michael never gave 2 him a chance and won by nearly a lap (503 j yards). Time, "loirins. 35 4-5secs. J A good cycling story is told in the "Man- fi chester Courier." In the North of England the police are very active in preventing im- moderate 'scorching." One day two cyclists were propelling a tandem safety;the front man was plugging steadily on with his head g down, as is his wont, whether going fast or slow; the back man, noticing they were ap- proaching a policeman, sat up and folded his I arms to show how alow the pace really was. "8 The officer called upon them to stop, and fi running alongside, seized the machine. He 81 only wanted tne name and address of the front rider, as he said he could see the other man. was going steadily enough.

SHOOTING. As the result of the second shoot of the "I Welsh Twenty Club, which concluded with the fl West Glamorgan contingent at Margam on Saturday, tbe first position is taken by Ser- geant Howell, of Surrey, who is about at the n top of the tree this year on his form. His first a score was 94, and last week he added 98 to it, I r giving him a lead of five points over Major Sparrow, of Wrexham. As a matter of fact, v Sergeant Howell made lOU, but this was for S the South London Club prizes, and he had to ¡ a shoot an additional round at each range in "5 order to comply with the Welsh conditions. In J two out of the three instan. es he made "in curs" I t: instead of bulls," and thus dropped to 98. fl e. For the third place I believe there is a tie r between Private F. Jones, of Wrexham (85 ¡ 6 and 98), and CoL-Sergeant Harries, of Swansea. (91 and 92). An inspection of the lor.y;-rango totals can only decide which of the twain Uikes third place. Sergeant Lane of Bridg. end,counts in with 91 and 93 Private Mabbett, Swansea, 87 and 92 ;and Private D. J. Morris. Swansea, 86 and 92. The official scores, how- ever, are not yet to hand. There is a falling off in the entries for Bisley this year, the- total for the Queen's being 1,810, as against 1,837 last year. England furnishes 1,315 competitors, Scotland 370, Wales 82, and the C< 'onies 31. This is likely to be the last time that the Queen's will be shot for with the Martnii-Heuri. For next year we arc pro- mised the Martini-Enfield unless, perhaps, as suggested by an expert, the officials in the interim aiivo at the conclusion, now pretty well obvious, namely, that a 303 bore does not throw a bullet of sufficient weight to be effec- L tive in warfare, except against cowards and malingerers.

YACHTING. A committee meeting of the Swansea Model Yacht Club was held at the Longlands Hotel on Friday last to make arrangements for the first annual outing, to take place at Ivenfig Pond, on Bank Jboliday, August 3rd, wh^n races will be sailed for a handsome silver cup. kindly presented to the club by Mr. Griffith Thomas (vice-President). There will be other prises as well. The secretary stated that the cup couid now be seen in the window of Messrs. Ben Evans and Co. It was arranged that the party should travel by the 8.46 a.m. train (R. and S.B. Railway) to Aberavon, and thence by brake to the pond, returning from Aberavon by the 8 p.m. train. Tickets 5s. each (to include train and brake fare and re- freshments) can be had from the hou. sec. on or before the 22nd inst. Keung Pond is a fine open sheet of water, and given fair weather the sailing is certain to be interesting. The, event is, therefore, looked forward to with keen interest by tue members.

FOOTBALL. Tbe Morfa players are anxious to arrange football fixtures for the coming season with good junior teams. All communications to 1 be addressed to the hon. sec., Mr. W. J. Thomas, 11, Cornish-place, Llanelly. A meeting of the Britannia Football Club j was held on Saturday evening last, when the! following officers were elected :—Captain, j A- Necrews vice-captain, J. Maloney trea- surer, F. Williams hon. sec., F. Williams, 20, Watkin-street. The latter will be glad to arrange fixtures with any junior teams. in 1 >1 ti » mi inn—

t RIFLE SHOOTING. 2ND V.B. WELSH REGIMENT. On Saturday last the sergeants of the I Swansea detachment of the 2nd. V, B, Walsh < Itegimeut met at the Panygrai,, Range to I' compete for prizes generously given by Lieutenant Illtyd T. Thomas, The condi 1 tiens were »even shots at 200 and 500 yards, j1 with ene sighter. The following were the scores made:— j 200 500 vcU. yds. Total vdli. yds. Total Pioneer-sergeant Ptudey 32 2ii 61 Sergeant T. Miller 29 ?9 68 Sergeant W. Lewis. £ Z 26 58 Sergeant -Jcnus 31 — 23 54 Lance-sergeant M. Morris 28 14 .„ 40 Sergeant 31 — 23 54 Lance-sergeant M. Morris 26 14 40

QUOITS. --I SKETTY V. WINDSOR {UPLANDS;. These teams played at Sketty Green Saturday. Scores;— Skktty. Windsor. Wi K Bro-wa leapt.), 21 H. Joaes (capf-i 0 VV. Walk ins 14 T. Horgna 21 I'. Morris 13 W. Williams 21 VV. Payne, 9 J. Kiirain 21 W, Pavies 21 X>. Morgan 12 HiSchrngs 7 S. Bvana 21 D. Watkius— 21 H, Gwyn — 18, Q.Jones 21 C.-rfe. 4 132 123 G..rones 21 j C.-rfe. 4 132 123 LLANELLY BEATS MORRISTON. A qucits match was played on the Pettcry- road groond, Llanelly, on Saturday between these old rivals^ Morristan and Llanelly, before 200 cpeetaters, who were kept in an exeited state throughout lav the brilliant play on beth sides, the pitching being remarkably good. The fellorring were tbe eecres:- MO&XISTOX. LJLA2HELL*. T. POW., 21 J. Kofcert3 19 1). Edwards 18 John Naylor 21 J. Davies 14 J. Coilins 21 J. Morgan 13 J. Lovering 21 n. Chal"lea 21 J. W. Roberta. 17 L. William* 11 Johc. Thomas 21 X. I*. Jenkins 8 J. Morris 2' E. James 4 D. Harries 21 110 162 AJter the game a dinner was served by Mrs Mackie, Cla. enee Hotel, Mnrray-street.

LOCAL CRICKET. SWANSEA IL V- CARDIFF Y.M.C.C, Played on St. Helen's Ground on Saturday. Thsrisitort went to the wickets Qrat. Scores*—Cardiff Y.M,C.A., 202. Swan- sea LI., 85 (Cook, 12; Lioyd 27, not oat; Griffiths, 15, I CARMARTHENSHIRE CRICKET LEAGUE. Ammanford v. Pontyberem.—Played at Pontyberem on Saturday. Scores —Am m- I ford, 50; Pontyberem, 127. NEATH Y„M.&A« II. v. MELIN II—This I match was played at the Mel in on Saturday, and resulted in a win for tha Y.M. by 61 rone. Score*:—Y.M-C.A..94; Meiin, 33, Melix V, Nx-iim Y.M.C.A.—This match was played on the grouad of the Y.M. on I Saturday, befere a large crowd of spectators; and after a pleasant and exciting game, re- st'lted in a win for the homesters by ii.x runs. The *bief feature*? the match was the bat- ting of T. D. Price, who played good cricket for~27. Parker, for the visitors, bowled ex- ceedingly well, eaptaring nine wickets for IS runs. ScoresMelin, 54; Neath Y.M.C.A., 60.

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