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rO'DAY'S SHORT STORY.] The Incorrigible. The Incorrigible belonged to Andy Heggart:v 4until he sold him to U>rd St. Lys). He had bought him from Leonard Ashland, who had him of Larry Scanlon, who had kept him for three seasons in the vain hope of finding a fool to buy him, and much brain-work went to the making of those two changes of ownership. This was the manner of it. The Incorrigible was a very well-bred, powerful horse, and his three seasons with Scanlon bad made him as knowing as only Scanlon, or perhaps Heggarty, could make him. lie was fast, up to weight, and, for ten minutes or oc, a perfect fencer, but woo betide the man on his back when he "cut it which he invariably did after hounds had jeen running for a quarter of an hour. Well lArry scamcu had sept him three seasons, and in the end came Leonard Ashland to his first day's hunting- in Ireland. He rode an English-bred mare—excellent, doubtless, in her native country, but not the thing for Ireland. L irry spotted bim as soon as he arrived. So did Andy Hegg-arty, on his grey cob That is. perhaps, not remarkable. for the Saints- well people are notoriously quick to notice a. stranger, but pretty soon things developed. Ashland's mare took the first bank by sheer luck at fifty miles an hour. The second was passed similarly, and similarly over two dry stone gaps she flew victorious. Then ehb blundered on to her head down an awkward drop, and recovered; she achieved the top of a big "double" on her girths, and got into the next field on one leg, with the other three spread over the dyke like the arms of Manx- land, saving herself and her rider by a miracle; It was a most innocuous-looking place; two broad rushy gripes divided by a narrow, slippery bank, level with the field, and the English mare could hardly be blamed for making a. mess of it. because, as you came "Jp to it, thore appeared to be only one blind cripe. She gathered herself together, and fished the spot, sailing over the first dyke and the bank, and turning a somersault into the second dyke. "Even in that moment of wallowing confu- 8ioI noticed that Leonard Ashland's atten tion went for a. second to The Incorrigible as he changed lightly on the greasy back of the bank, and landed like a bird in the field. Larry Scanlon pulled up. He knew witl that, the chestnut was near the end of his tether. It was late in the afternoon before I atff Leonard Ashland again. We had drawn two ooverts blank, and were waiting outside HylaiKl's Gorse, when he rede up to The Incorrigible, followed by Larry Scanlon on the English mare, brown with mud, and going distinctly lame. Aa luck would have it, we found in KyLand's Gorse, 46nd had an extraordinary test fifteen minutes over the biggest of the &aintswell country. It was just the sort of run to suit The Incorrigible, whoee fencing, until he gave up, was, as I have said before, perfection, and who had the turn of speed only to be expected from a. horse of his breeding. Leonard Ashland bought him on the strength, of that gallop, and gave Scanlon a price which exceeded his wildest expectations. The Incorrigible, after his usual habit, jumped beautifully for fifteen minutes, then slurred a bank badly, floundering on to his head and recovering himself with an effort, and then scattered a gap with his knees. But his rider was quite unprepared for his next manoeuvre, which consisted in galloping straight to a bank with a wide gripe in front of it and falling heavily into the gripe. This happened three times before Leonard Ashland realised that he had been "done." He then sold the chestnut to Andy Heg- garty at Andy Heggarty's price, and pre- ferred not to talk about the matter. That ts how The Incorrigible came into I "AiRiy Heggstrty's haniris. yuat &t this time the master of the local staghounds took it into his head to get up a point-to-point meeting, and our side of the country became convulsed in the effort to find a suitable oourse-no easy task. Finally, the course was settled, and one Sunday we started out to walk it. There were to be-four races, a farmers', a-light- weight, aHà. a heavy-weight, confined to the torses of scldiers hunting with the SaintB- well hounds, and an open race. The course was. roughly speaking, round the base of a. sandstone ridge called Gallows Hill, four miles of a fair bunting country, intersected by a very deep, narrow bohereen, which had to be crossed twice, and which was the only really nasty place on the whole line. Andy Beggarly, who was walking the course on the Sunday in question in company with about fifty other people of high and low degree, and seventy-five belligerent curs, seemed greatly struck by the bohereen. Begob, there should be an accident here," be remarked, narrowing his small pink eyes and looking up at the wails of gorse on either hand, and the loose flints and clumps ckf moss out cf which the bushes grew: As soon as the oourse waa decided on the entries began to come in. There were seven- teen for the farmers' race, twenty for each of the military races, twenty-four for the open race. Among these last, to everyone's intense astonishment, was Andy Heggarty's latest purchase, -The Incorrigible. Andy used-to laugh when queetioned aus.to bis reasons for entering the chestnut, and say he'd fOUD" a way to keep him on his legs, which, of course, was set down as one of Andy's usual lies. At length the important day arrived, and by two -o'clock Gallows Hill swarmed with spectators, traps, and horses. The whole country seemed to have turned out in a body. The master brought with him Lord St. Lys, 'a boy of the mature age of twenty-ofce, who had come over to Ireland for a week to buy hunters, Half an hour later I saw him feeling The Incorrigible's forelegs. Andy Heggarty. his hat very much on the back of his head. stood by. rubbing the horse's nose, and listening with apparent in- difference to. Leonard Ashland, who, anxious to "keep the boy from making a fool of him- self." as he phrased it afterwards, was ex- patiating vigorously on the chestnut's fail- ings. Leonard Ashland won the light-weigbt sol- diers' race; the heavy-weigbt exoited Little interest; and the way was then cleair for the op-en race--the event of too day. Lord St. Lys announced it as his opinion that The Incorrigible was the pick of the twenty starters who turned out for the open raoe. Andy Heggarty fell back from the very start, and by the time they dropped into the bohereen, and out of sight, he was ten lengths bebind the last horse. No more was to be seen, until they re-crossed the bohereen, so I remained where! was, my eyes fixed on We dark line of gorse that meandered like a. black river across the green face of the country. Here they come!" exclaimed Lord St. Lys, presently. Barry Considine leading." And, by Jove, Andy Heggarty's still in it, amd going strong, too!" cried Leoniard Aili- land, falling heavily into the gripe in his excitement. Barry's grey mare was leading by five lengths as they came up across the bohereen. Andy Lay last, but The Incorri- gible seemed full of running, and, while they were yet half 8. mile from home, he began to oome through the other borses slowly but, surely. He"* won it!" cried Lord St. Lys, watching with fascinating eyes the chestnut shoot on to the last bank and Land lightly down an ugly drop, where Barry's mare dropped her bind legs baldly. And he did win it—by half a field! The Incorrigible, Scanlon's despised chestnut-it was incomprehensible Well. I am blowed!" ejaculated Leonard Ashland, blankly. "I suppose the riding did it -or else Heggarty's in league with the devil, as the country people say he is. Well, I'm —I'm absolutely bowed!" •' Sure, didn't I tell you he'd win?" was all Andy would say on the subj ect. "Fall, is it? Not at all!-not unless you threw him into a fence." Of oourse, Lord St. Lys bought the horse. He gave Andy three hundred pounds for bim; exactly ten times what Andy had given Leonard Ashland three weeks earlier. The win was a nine days' wonder in the Saifftswell country; it was discussed afresh at every meet, and coming home from eacb day's nunting, and people arrived reluc- tantly at the conclusion that Larry Soankvn and Leon-am Ashland had both mismanaged the horse. To. me, aione was the mystery elucidated some three weeks after the races. I had bought a black filly from a large farmer who lived near Gallows Hill, and, after haggling on and off for two months over her price, I bad secured her with the comfortable conviction that I bad not bst prestige over the transaction. Accx>Ddingly oil a winay April morning I was informed that Thay Keefe was below in the yard with the filly, and would I speak to him. Thay Keefe showed no coyness in accepting a liberal quarter of the whisky in the square decanter, and, leaning easily against the stable wall, entered into a discursive conver- sation on the affairs of the neighbourhood, beginning, of course, by a dissertation on tbe filly's virtues. Sure, ye'd aisy win' one of them flat races in England with her," he con-eluded. "The Derby, for instance?" I suggested. -ID4Ded. you would, and win it twioet," re- turned Thay. An' as for lepp,ing-sure she'd make but the wan lep av that." He indicated the stable roof with a wave of his fiand, and looked reflectively into his tumbler. I offered him more whisky, and, having re-filled the glass, he began about the œ. That was a quare win of Andy Heg- ???y'?—d'ivil q ue.re 1 a race e?er I s?w. There wam't on? in tbe country thought that ould chestnut horse of Scanlon's could ? four miles. Be Crlpœ. if some of tm knew what I knew He paused, and winked mysteri'¿;.us]y. J "? "*t see ?o? ? aM? TJx?" I, remarked. seeing that I was expected to say something. "Ye did not. And for why? Because I was travelling the course hither and over after me cousin's little mare that gave him a toss in the first race, and away wid her through the country, and sorra a one could get to lay a hand on her only mesalf. An' in the race Andy Heggarty won, sez I to- Je,msey Burke, 'Jamsey,' s-ez I. 'we have a right to be in the way we'd h way we' ll see if anny of them fell in it, an' wid that we wint down to the bohereen and stood where we'd see t.he horses come down and out. Devil a one med a, mistake, being too cunning with lepping all sorts after the dogs, and they went into it and away up the other side like bares, all except Andy. Ho was the last to dro.p down, and instead of going on he pulled up the ould horse, look- ing up and down, and f.ornint him. 1..G0 to blazes cut of that!' sez he, quite cross like, when he seen us. What call have yez here at all?' Sure the capttin sent us to stop anny I horse that'd get away,' sez I. 'Will I la-ve a skelp on the horse fo.r ye, Andy, the way he'd go up into the field bey ant, for the others is gone away from ye these two miles ?' Ah, have done!' sez he. What would I I be going on for? Sure the baste is bet out. It's not one skelp no nor one hundred 'ud hearten him.' Then for what have ye him in the raoe?' sez I. 'Would you and Jamsey Burke have anny use for a sovereign?' sez Andy, getting down off t-he horse. 'Deed I would,' sez Ja,msey, as eager as a pike, an' him never owning a sovereign in his life before. Andy whipped two gold pounds out av his breeches pocket. 'Now, ;e.e here,' sez be, here's the way I'll win thiil race. I'll go up along the bohere-en until the other horses is coming back—I might be in under a gorsa- busih when they passed, and St. Peter him- self not a bit the wiser. Thin when I chip Ln behind t-hem and go through them, who'll be able to say I wasn't lying last the who-la race ? No one, only yerself and Jamsey Burke—an' if ye want a pound oo.eh.' sez he. 'it'll be as well for ye to know nothing about it.' Andy,' sez I, 'what ye're after suggest- ing is agin the rules of racing, and I'd have ye know that if I wrote a line to the King ye'd be apt to see the inside of Rathclough Gaol, and in regard to the characters of this poor dacent man and ntesslf ye have a right to make it two pounds apiece, for I have a great respect for the law, and be cripe;¡.' sez I, 'only for the wish I have for you, Andy, it's not two pound, no, nor two- hundred, 'ud make me break it this way!' Andy let a laugh out of him. Two founds apiece, then,' sez he, if I sell the horse to the earl that's bothering me life out to get him, I'll give yez two pounds each on top c-f that, when the horse and the lord is safe out of the country, so don't be talking either of ye to anybody, good, bad, or indifferent-not that there's a. big wb*1 fool ift. the Kingdom of Ireland to mind a word you or Jams-ey Burke 'ud say. Andy,' sez 1. 'there'll be no talk out of us. Let a screech whin the la?t of thim's across. Thay,' sez Andy, taking up the girths and standing ready to throw himself up on the horse the minute they'll be by. Next minute Mr. Barry came through t.h? furze oO the |rey -are,. -and up out av tbe bohereen, and away, and eight after him, and three after them. I declare if ye seen them and the great leps they threw, and the way not one av them laid a foot wrong, and the up-jump, as steep as a house, ye'd have to shout, and I was near destroying Andy wththe yell 71 let after Mr. Barry, only he heard the others coming, and waited on them. An' then out wid him, and had the chestnut up the bank and legging after them like the divil, and when I see he had thsrn cot. Jam- sey,' sez 1. 'he has the race won all cut: let you and me be hurrying back,' and with that we ran up on the hill, and that's why ye never seen me at all, for yer was biddill' with the rest of the quality in the officers' tent be the time Jamsey Burke and meself got there." Thay paused. Presently he remarked feel- ingly, "Poor Andy got no great education— ye couldn't expect the likes of him to know much." It strikes me he knows a little too much," I pbserved, severely. Of course, Andy was never brought to book for his iniquities. It would have made too great a scandal, and been too hard to prove, and, as it happened, Lord St. Lys never dis- covered The Incorrigible's great failing, for the chestnut, thanks to an incompetent stable-lad and a rough passage, contrived to throw himself down crossing the Channel, j aqd was so severely injured that he had to be shot.

Railway Mystery I POS1AL OFFICIAL CUT TO PIECES The mysterious death of a Post Office mes- senger, who was killed by a mail train at ljeighton buzzard yesterday, resulted in the loss of a large number of letters, the bags in which they were contained being cut to pieces. It was the work of John Spencer Halsey, the messenger in question, to set the appara- tus to receive the mails. Halsey was heard at the apparatus, but for some unknown reason did not set it. and his mutilated body was afterwards found on the line. Three pouches were slung out by the mail train. One of these, containing the bags, struck the frame of the net and fell under the wheels of the train. The pouch destroyed contained letters from the north for the Luton area. It is conjectured that as Halsey was about to set the apparatus he either turned faint and fell on the line or jumped from the plat- form as the train dashed through the station.

"THE SINS OF SOCIETY" I The curtain rises at the New Theatre, Cardiff, on Monday upon Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton's production, "The Sins of Society," from Drury Lane Theatre. Details of the feast of scenic splendour offered to the public have been published. We have read how the story starts in the Pontifex Bridge Club, and how, after the roar and excitement of Longchamps, comes a scene of quiet river- side beauty, terminating in' a tense, dramatic situation, full of thrills. The great situation MR. C. F. COLLINS, Who takes the part of Noel Ferrers." of the play is the foundering of a troopship with the soldiers and sailors standing bravely at their posts, and going- down to their death singing God Save the King." Thanks to Father Berrd Vaughan and to the reports from the law courts in our daily papers, we know something about the sins of society. The authors of the play present us with a really formidable catalogae Gambling at bridge, cheating, theft, bribery, pulling horses in a racQ,, compounding a felony, desertion of the colours—these are a few of the vices enacted on the stage

MOTORISTS MANGLED I Paris, Saturday.—A terrible motoring catas- trophe occurred last night at Longumeau, near Paris, at the same spot where the reqont disastrous, collision between a goods train and a steam tram took place. According to details given by this morning's papers, an automobile travelling at fully fifty miles an hour crossed in front of a train, and was run down. The two occupants of the car were killed on the spot, their bodies being shockingly mangled. The accident, it is [stated, was. due entirely to the recklessness of the chauffeur.

MODEL HOUSES AT NEWPORT. The Somerton Garden suburb at Newport, whMh Mr. J. W. Hunt (of the firm of ?N.=: Davis, and Hunt) is laying out for Mr. T. E. Watson, J.P., is t?kin? shape a.nd d?veLoping. Types of the semi-detached houses to be erected on it have already appeared. A pleasing variety is afforded by the design of a detached house, which Mr. W. H. Shute, of Western Mail-chambers, Newport, has prepared. This is a new departure. The house is intended to be erected in Hawthorne- avenue, and if the style meets with general approbation it will, no doubt, be followed by others of a similar character.

I.. For Women Folk. I HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES I For Ma"ow soup cut a marrow into I quarters, remove .?eeda; put unpeeled into al steamer; whten soft remove peel, put into a! bowl, mash, adding quart of white stock and I pint of boiling milk. Season to taste, and I boil up together. A Salmon Dish Remove skin and bone from the fish, and break it up smail. To lib. of fish use half a pound of breadcrumbs, a teaopoonful of ■essence of anchovies, two table-spoonfuls of cream, and four egg-.3 (well beaten). Mix all together with a ieasoning of pepper and cayenne. Butter the disli, and press the mixture down in it. Mark the top with a fork, bake half an hour in a, quick oven. The top should be niceiy browned. Serve hot or cold. Mushrooms on the Grill A famurite and quickly-prepared dish i of griHed mu??hraoms, which is, in fad, 0'l of the only ways in which a true epicure wiH consent to eat them. The gridiron must, however, be weH greased, and the mush- moms, after having been picked. cleaned, and peeled, brushed over with melted butter. They are laid (gills upwards) on the bars, and given two and a half min\:tes bcfore being turned to grill on the under side. Four to flie minutes are sufficient, the mush- rooms being then slipped on' to crisp, hot buttered toast. To Fry Fish., ..1 verythmg i;sad for ffying, wnetn?r grip- ping, the ?kimnunss of sauc?pane. oil, lard, or butter, should be clean, fie?h. and tree from salt. !atter quaLRca-tiou is de- J sirable b?can&e salt keeps whatever is lri,? in it from browning properly. The &h, after being cleaned, Ac., must be well (tzieo. and this can be don by-patting all over with a dry cloth. A -ood preparation is to dip it in a. batter of flour and water of the thick- ness of cream. Fried fL?h, when served with- out sauce, should be properly dried, and e. g?cd way is to plaoe on a reversed sieve before the fire and turn two or three ti?;? so that each side may be equally dried.

CORROBORATION WANTED. At Littledean yesterday a, single woman, named Cinderby, of "Morse-road, Dry brook, summoned Christopher Meak, coHicr, late of Morse-road, now of Merthyr Tyd iii' to show cause, Ac. Mr. Herbert Williams defended. Evidence was given by complain- ant, ber mother, sister, and Anne Jones, wife, of Arthur Jones, of Nailbridge, after which the bench dismissed the case for want of corroboration.

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FOREIGN MAILS. To be despatched from London Sunday, August 22:- OUTWARD.-Morning To United States &c., via Southampton. To Canary ls:.i,n<b, via Si>ai:i. To Faroe IsiaiKls and Iceland, via LeiWi. MOST DAY, AUGUST 23. Morning— To E-ypt, by itiliu-i packet. To ,1aIld. via Leith. To Ice.?nd? parcel maUs. Leith. IEvening- To Egypt. S-aycbelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar, by Frenoh p^ckct. To Constantinople and Smyrna, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s..Saragossa. To West 'oast of Afri-a, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. patani. INWARD.-Due Sunday— From Mauritius, via Ceylon. Fiom United States, &c., via Queenstown. Due Monday- Frc-ia Wet Indies and Pacific, via Southampton.

LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERING3. Cardiff to:- Danube. 6s, 3,030 tons (Morgan, Wakley, Limited) Marseille's, 6f, Mann, 3,200 tone, ready Ati-z. 23 (E. T. Agins, Limited) Alexandria, 4s 9d, 4,500 tons (Watts, Watts, and Co., Limited) Las Palroas, option Teneriffe, 5s 6d, 3,600 tons (Elder, Dempster, and Co.) H Valery, 7<, SeafoTth, 4CO tons (G. H. J. Davey and Co.) Lemnos, 5» 9d free discharge, Ding-wall, 2,750 tons (Admiralty) Marseilles. 7f 25c, fuel. Min. 4.300 tons, ready Aug. 23 (E. W. Cook and Co.)

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WELSH SYNDICATE'S OFFER I The following letter, enclog-ng ,heq,Ue for £ 2,000, whioh we hold, has be-an addressed to the editor (s-,tys the "Sportsman"). The offer is I definite and strictly limited in time. It I deals with essentials, and should receive the prompt consideration of Moran and Driscoll, l whose decision will be awaited with interest. I IORAN v, DRLSOOLL. Sir,—On behalf of the Welsh syndicate I beg to submit to the above, through you, the following offer, which must be accepted on or before Tuesday next, the 24th iust., or it will be definitely and entirely withdrawn: A pnroc of E2,000 (cheque for same here- with enclosed). Conditions: To box at Mountain Ash on Monday, September 20, 1909; the winner to take £ 1,203, the loser to receive £800 On behalf of and for the Welsh Syndicate, I yours faithfully, yours faithfully, ALBERT SHIRLEY. Cardiff. August i9.

DRISCOLL'S REACH. An Advantage Over Owen Moran Wales owes something to Freddie Weleh, j for since his return the sportsmen of the Principality have arisen to the occasion of j a boom in boxing (saye the Sporting Chronicle"). Now that a London promoter hat; withdrawn an offer of £ 3,000 for the, Moran-DriscoLl difference of opinion, Wales has come out with an offer of L2,000, which should be accepted. What a fight it will be! To my mind, Dri&ooH's longer reach gives him just the almost infinitesimal advantage that the Welshman possesses over the Birmingham youth—now described &03 of Worcester. An advantage of reach, backed up by an abnor- mally a.lert boxing mind such as Driscoll's, means much. But Driscoll will be opposed by one off the mctt vari-styled Boxers ever known. Little Moran has so maany ways of fighting that even the onlooker can scarcely tell how he is going to get at his man next. This. that, and a dozen ether rases may fail, but there will be still another by which Moran can get there. In a manner of writing, Moran may try tbe front door, and it that is &hut he is round at the back before the front door is properly barricaded. The lightning rod or the water-spout would provide ample footing for him—you cannot keep IiTm out. If this contest should go to America it will be a great pity. |Summers' Great Hitting Powers I So Summers and Welsh have agreed to meet at the National Sporting Club. If the Covent Garden premises were three times as large there would still be space insufficient for all those1 who would go to see such a contest. I cannot hsip thinking that Sum- mers's great hitting powers will carry him through, but there is plenty of time yet to deal wil h the prospects of this match, not that Welsh's prospects will look different after his meeting with Piet, or that Johnny Summers's chances will be the lees in the event of him and Mat Wells (who is appearing eg a London music-hall on the strength of t.he chalierige he issued on the day of the Summers Britt contest) receiving tha.t JS600 offer. Sport i ng Chronicle."

Passing Pleasantries. I Shopman: Did you d-el-iver my message to Mr. Brown? Errand Boy No, sir; he was out and the office was shut up. Shopman: Well, why didn't you wait for him, as I told you? Errand Boy: There was a notice on the door, j-^eturn at once," so I came back as sharp as I could. "Say, old man, how do you manage always to have mon-ey in your pocket, and never to get in a hole, when, as a matter of fact, you. haven't any income to speak of?" "Simple enough; I never pay my old debts." "But how about the new ones?" "C'h, that's simple enought-, oo- I let them i got o-ld. Policeman's Boy (breathlessly); Mother, j there's been a big row down town, and severa I om oers are hurt! Policeman's Wife (excitedly); Where was it? P.B.: On father's beat. P.W. With a sigh of relief): Oh. I'm so glad! Of course, your father wasn't there when it happened? P.B.: No'jn. "You didn't bring your Wife with you, Mr. Jones," said th? small boy cÆ the house, addressing the visitor. \,o, my boy. Would you Hke to see her?" "Yes. Leastways, I would Hke to see her thumb." "See her thumb? What do you want to see her thumb for?" "Well, ma pays your wife keeps you under her thumb, and I'd like to ree it, for it must be a pretty big one."

CALLOUS SEASIDE CROWD .1 Thrcllogh the capsizing of a bc-at at Salt- bill, a Galway bathing resort, yesterday, two young man, named Patrick Burke aid Dennis M'Grath, were thrown into the water, and the latter was drowned. When the boat turned over. Burke clung to it and retained his hold until he was saved, but M'Gruth, who had seized an oar, struggled piteousiy in full view of a large crowd aebore. Although none of the onlookers showed any readiness to go to the rescue, they appealed to the police to do what they co-,ld. but the police, after endeavouring to get out in a leaky boat, abandoned the attempt. A young lady then shouted, If you don't saN", him, I'll try to do it." and, throwing off her outsr garments, plunged into the lea. with a lifebelt, but owing to the choppy state cf the water was forced to retreat. I

Cardiff Football Club Nominations The Cardiff Football Club Committee received up to this morning (when the lists closed) the following nomi- nations to be s-ut-aitted at the annual meeting of the club to be held on Monday evening I-,Cxt: -Pre.,i(iient, Messrs. W. T. Morgan, W. M. Douglas, John Gibson, and A. F. Bland; vice-presidents, Meeers. John Gib- son and A. F. Bland; captain of first fifteen, Percy Bush, J. L. Williams, and Reggie Gibbs: treasurer, Mr. A. F. Hill; secretary, Mr C. A. Arthur committee. Dr. Bu st, Messrs. John D-avies, W. M. Douglas, Llewelyn Eavies, Arthur L. Davies, R. T. II. Lloyd, E. G. Nieholls, J.Sidney Bees, W. >taniforth, Fred Smith, W. M. Tunley. H. J Taylor, P. F. Bush, and J. H. Gibby; cap- tain of the reserves, Messrs. Tom Evans, Edgar Thomas, Frank Wood, and George Northmore; committee of the reserves, Me&srs. W. Burris, AV. A. Jones, W. J. Hart. J. E. Merritt, W. J. Old, J. Batstone, W. C. Rees, W. M. Tunley, and Gus Hayes. Last year's captain of the first fifteen was Mr. P. F. Bush, and of the reserves Mr. George Northmore. There are seven seats on the first, and four on the second committee. Nominations received by Mr. C. S. Arthur up to ■ this (Saturday) morning will be eligible. Frank Rees to Captain Neath Team At a players' meeting held at the Bird-in- Hand Hotel, Neath, under the presidency of Mr. James Mills, on Friday evening. Mr. Prank Rees, the brilliant centre three- quarter, was unanimously nominated cap- tain of the Neath Club for the ensuing season. The nomination is a popular oae, and will certainly be confirmed at the general meeting on Tuesday next On Fri- day ev&ning a handsomely-framed photo- graph of last season's team was presentei each player.

I CARDIFF AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL LEAGUE, The Adjourned Annual Meeting wia be held at I GRAD HOTI-IL, Wcstgate-street, at 7.30 p.m. I TUKSDAT, AUGUST 24th. Intendinpr clubs write S. HARRIS, 53, ILabershon-street, Cardiff. e2736w23

I CARDIFF AND DISTRICT RUGBY UNION. duos winning to enter the lima Division ol the I League, age iiiiiit19 years, should apply at once. Also i i'ssiitance given in forming Old Boys' Teams for youUis not over 17 years. e363

CARDIFF AND DISTRICT RUGBY UNION. A Meeting of lieferees will be held at the BRISTOL and SOUTH WALES HOTEL, on WEDNESDAY, for tlia purpose of forming a Junior Rugby Boferees' iocietv. Thoso willing to offer their services for Wednesdays or Saturdays are invited to attend. e362 CARDIFF AXD DISTRICT WEDNESDAY ASSOCIA- TION FOOTBALL LEAGUE.—Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday next, August 25, Rummer Hotel, 7.30 p.m. e2709w20 MACHEN OLD BOYS R.F.C. want Fixtures for coming season; average age 14-16.-Apply to T. J. Harrington, Sec., Machen. e2740w23 BEEAM HARLEQUINS R.F.C. want Home and Home Matches with local teams, or guarantees way.- Apply C. L. Morse, Pee., Weilmeadow, Bream. ew20 PARK UNITED A.F.C., average age 17, have all dates open for coming season.—Apply B. Wlnsborougii, Sec., 35, Loitus-stroet, Canton, Cardiff. e2693w21 ST. DYFRIG'S JUNIOR A.F.C., average age 16 years, require Fixtures with good local teams for the coining season.—Apply B. Lanrdowne, 30, Mark-street,' Riverside, Cardiff. e?701w21 TSEFORE.ST ROVERS want Fixtures with junior teams of medium size.-Apply G. J. Bees, 5, Roes- terrace, Treforest, near Pontypridd. e2&44w24

I TERRORISTS AND THE CZAR Paris, Saturday. The "Journal" hØtI received the following telegram from Rome:— The police hiave been advised that several Russia-n terrorists ha.ve left for Italy, with the alleged intention of making an attempt on the life of the Czar in the course of hia. eQ.JI!v9:I.- AI u

I Local Sport. I [BW SPOKU."] Still boxing continues to hold sway in South Wales sporting matters. On Monday We'lsi'imen will be able to see a real French- man trying his hands at the game with Fred Welsh. Now that a match has been arranged between the latter and Johnny Summers on October 18 at the National Sport-ing Club, we shall see Welsh really tested. Summers has made wonderful strides during the last year or so, and the contest with Welsh should be one of the "tit-bits" of the National Sport- ing Olub's season's programme. For the third successive year Glamorgan have won their division championship in connection with the Miner Counties' Cham- pionship. It is to he hoped they will go one better thi-s time, and carry off the champion- ship of the competition. With a good team Notts Seconds should be ove-rcome in the semi-final. It is to be hoped that these extra matches will prove more of a fin-ancia.1 benefit to Gl-amorgiam tha.n was the C68e last. season. One would Ilik-e to see more variety intro- duced into the fixtures before another season comes round. Monmouthshire's dasplay against Cornwall was a very poor one. The batting, except that of Elver, was lamentably weak. No doubt, the Gwent men found the Cornwall fleldi.ng and bowling exitra keen. Dr. Tre- sawna and H. Tresawma are two all-round c ric keters wo-rthy of inclusiion i,n Surrey or Yorkshire, and if residing in either of those counties would have no difficulty in gaining their places. Let us hope tilings will buck up all round in Gwent cricket before another season comes round. There has been too much chopping and changing in the team this season, and the youngsters tried are not very promising. Parley a -crowd of 36,000 at an athletic meet- ing! Such was the display at the aunu?t sports of the Celtk Football Clb, Glasgow. Amcng? the competitors were R. E. Walker and Nat Cartmeii. The former did not main- taiii the standard which he se,t at Itorox Park a week previously. In the 120 yards invita- tion handicap, in which h-a was co-needing starts up to 7! yards, including one yard to Cartniell. he failed to secure the premier honour, and in the 220 yards invitation ha.n- dicap, in which, with his American rival, he started at scratch, he made his finest effort. Fifteen yards from the tape, however, he appeared to be unintentionally jostled, and, though this handicap did not seem to endan- ger his prospects of success, he was beaten a yard frcm the nost, Cronin (off 14 yards) 'being first, and Cartmell beating Walker by inches foT second plaice. Mr. Harry Marks would confer a great boon on hundreds of those who intend visiting Mountain Ash on Monday, .if he would see that the principal contest is fixed for as ea.rly in the evenin,g as possible. The fear that a late ending may prevent getting back to Cardiff the same night is, rightly or wrongly, not .addin.g to t-he Mountain Ash attraction. I

Baseball Notes. I [By "BACK-STOP."] I But very few matches remain to complete the fixture lists of the various divisions, and -next Saturday will &te the league programme brought to a conclusion. True, there are several matches that have not been played owing to the closing of the Sophia Gardens for the Pageant, but these will not be taken into account by the association unless they affect the division leadership. A couple of good matches were seen in the first division group last week. At Roath Park Splott were seen at their best, and gained an innings victory over kt.-ath Con- servatives. The Spl-ottites compiled cj on going to the crease for the first time, and then twice dismissed the Torie.s for 77. Mit- chell, Doivn and Stroud were the mnin factors in Splott's victory, the former hitting up a fine 23. Eussell was the only man of the losers to gain double figures in the batting honours, though Hamilton and A. Marks batted well in the first innings, when things were going none too well. At Pill thf Harriers proved far too good for Canton. The teanis scored 28 each in the first innings, but on going to bat the second time Pill were, not. beaten until 84 was regis- tered, Hughes, Haley, and Porting hit,ting fir.iely, and scoring 47 before they were parted. The Canto-mans could only respond wi.th 43, the pitching of Ponting fairly beat- i,ng the ba,t. Another instance of the sportsmanship of the Barry District team was strikingly evi- denced by their friendly attitude towards the Channell Mills. The Millers, being with- out a ground, notified Barry to this effect, and the latter, sooner thai*.scratch the game off and take the points, offe,r0d the Millers half railway fares to play the match at Barry. The game was keenly oon,tested- .though the Barry men fell off somewhat in the second the Millers, chiefly .through good batting by H. Dunj.tan and excellent pitching by Jesse WhedUr, won by a trio of runs and a simil ar nrumr of men to bat. LEAGUE TABLES. (Results to Saturday, August 14). DIVISIO;" I. 1". VV. L. D. Pts. Grangetown 11 10 1 0 23 Newport 11 8 3 0 13 Pcnylan 11 7 3 1 15 Pill Harriers 13 7 6 0 H Sp'ott 13 6 6 1 ..13 Ca.ton 13 5 8 0 10 Roath Conservatives 13 4 0 Q a mnSION II. P. \Nl. L. D. Pts. Ropew,3Tks IS li 0 0 26 Gr:m,e Lirals 12 8 4 0 16 Grange Albi.)ns t. 12 8 4 0 16 Barry District 12 7 5 0 14 St. Saviour's 12 4 8 0 8 Channel lills 10 4 6 0 8 Newport II 12 5 9 0 6 DIVIfIOXlH. P. W. L. D. Pts. Hewellites 12 U 1 0 22 G r k ?i 11 10 1 0 2) AVest End r n 1 ä 3 0 16 Pst -omce 13 7 5 0 14 Centrals 10 4 6 0 8 Penarth 12 2 10 0 4 Barry Liberals. 10 1 3 0 2 DIVISION IV.—SECTION A. P. W. L. D. Pts. Marions 11 11 0 0 22 Saltmead 11 a 2 0 IS Adults 11 7 4 0 14 Grange Liberal IT 11 5 6 0 10 Anchors 11 3 8 0 6 Harlequins 12 2 10 0 4 Riiymuey 11 2 9 0 4 SECTION B. P. W L. D. Pts. Moorlands 8 8 0 0 16 Docks Tempcrance A" 8 6 2 0 12 J^kintesli 8 6 2 0 12 Roath Liberals 8 1 '7 0 2 DLck.,T€mp<!ra.:c;B" 6 1 5 0 2 Cat-hays 8 1 7 0 2

CARDIFF SWIMMING GALA I The Cardiff Corporation Baths were on Friday evening the scene of. a hue gala, nro- moted by tho Cardiff Swimming Club, a largo audience assembling, principally to witness the water match between Car- diff and Houthport, one of the leading Eng- lish clubs. Unfortunately. T. -S. iiattersby was unable to accompany the isitors, having to journey to Blackpool to-day (Saturday) for the 1.C03 yards' championship, but a clever substitute appeared in J, Kershaw, who gave an exhibition 100 yards swim with Kadmilovic. The latter, fresh from his triumph in Paris last. week, did not exert himself. however, ?nd honours came to him ?y only a. narrow mar?'?- C. S. Smith (?,?..tol,np"?rt).i who captained the 1908 Olympic team, and is this year skipP?' for England, g-ave a clever display of trick swimming, whilst Frank Eattersby, champion back- stroke swimmer in 18% 1900, and i902, also showed his skill in that direction. In the final for the 80 yards open race W. J, Kim- ber, who is considered next to Radmilovic in speed, accomplished the distance in the splendid net time of 48 l-5sec., H. G. Jackson and P. M. Tattle struggling to a dead heat for second place. The officials wer^Judges, Messrs. H. E. Babb and J. G. Ooppock; har dicapper, Mr. R. J. B. Dickson, W.A.S.A., referee, Mr. H. J. Herbert (Newport); and hon. secretary, Mr. J. Sheridan. Details: — 60 Yards Boys' Open Handicap.—Final: 1st, H. Horwood (scratch): 2nd, J. G. Evans; 3rd, A M'lver. Time 44 2-5seC. 8C Yards Open Handioap.—Fjnal: 1st, W. J. Kimber (3sec.); 2nd, H.G. Jackson (7see.) and P M. Little (2?ec.)) dad heat. Time, 60 l-5 £ ee.. or net time of 4S l-5sec. I Water Polo Police: Goal, Sergeant Hugglestone; backs, Nelmes. SeTgeant Dix (captain), and Glyn Gabe: forwards, G. Brobin, J. Harvey, and J. Pennington. Cardiff Seconds: Goal, B. May; backs, R. P. Jones. W. Williams, and E. Howarth; for- wa-rds, H. Munn, J. Lewis, and W. Taylor (captain). The Seconds rather easily won by six goals to two. Bearers :-W. Taylor (3). J. Lewis 1(2), and R. P. Jones for the winners, whilst Sergeant Dix and G. Brobyn netted for the police. u I Cardiff v. Southport I At the very start Coppock broke off and I almost netted Then Radmilovie scored, and from a free throw to Chris. Jones he repeated the trick. Soon after Jones &cored )from Pad's free throw, and after each keeper had saved smartly "Rad" got a fourth goal, Cardiff leading by four goals to love at the interval, although "Rad" ?oals put in a fiery shot on the blow of the whistle. Half-time soore: Goals. Cardiff 4 1 Soutb-p<)rt Ra.dmilovic was the "life" of the match, and he and Karagianis put in some delight- ful inter-passing. Good shooting by Hills- don and Coppock was followed by Bebbi??- ton getting a goal for the visitors, and Dix put on their second. Smith was a tower of defence; but at length "Rad" found him from home and got No. 5. whilst real good inter-passing between Bad" and Kara- gianis saw the latter score the last goal. Final score: Goals. Cardiff 6 Southport. 2 The teams were:— Southport: Goal, 0. 6. Smith; backs, T. R. Hillsdon, J. Hillsdon, and F. Battersby; for- wards, C. Dix, A. H. Bebbington, and, J. Ker- ehaw. Cardiff: Goal, F. Hamblin; backs, G. Sheridan (captain), A. G. Oliver, and N. S. Coppock; forwards, Chris. Jones, Paolo Rad- milovic, and L- Karagianis. All the Cardiff team, except Karagianis, are internationals. Team Race.—Cardiff (G. Sheridan, Chris. Jones. A. Oliver, and P. Radmilovic) beat Southport (J. Kershaw, F. Battersby, O. fl. Sanith^wad T.

Half-Mile Championship CREAT RACE AT PONTYPRIDD Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd, will be the venue on Monday next of a great race between B. R. Day, of Blackpool, and F. C. Davies, Tenby, for a stake of £ 50 and the half-mile ohampionehip of the world. Davies Certain of Success An Evening Express" representative had a chat at Cardiff with F. C. Davies, and came away with the impression that the Tenby ma.n is absolutely confident of succees. "You may say," he remarked," that if Day beats me on Monday lie will be the best half-mile r the world has ever seen-but, there Is a big 'if' in it, because I feel quite confi- dent of the result. I have done a marvel- lous performance in my trial at Stamford Bridge, where I have been training for the FREDDIE DAVIES (Tenby). past three weeks, and one of the world's pre- sent record-holders, who was looking on at the trial, but who did not know who I was, told the men in the dressing tent afterwards that he had just seen the champion half-mile runner of the world, although he did nst know the time made at the trial, which, of oouræ, is a dead sec-reft. I have had- a first class preparation under the care of Mr. Beni Williams, and if I am beaten on Mon- day I shall have no excuses to offer." After this gamey utterance, Davies recapitu- lated some of hie wins, as follows: "On Easter Monday, 1908, I was first in the 440 yards, off scratch, at Ten.by, and first in the 1,000 yaaxt- off scratch; cu the following day, at Pontypridd, first in the miie-and-a-half, off scratch; on Whit-Satuixlay, 1908, first in the lialif-rmle, off scratch, at Fontypooi; on Whit-Monday, first in the half-mile, off scratch, at Cardiff; on Whit-Tuesday, first in the half-mile, off scratch, at Fontypridd; in June, 1908, fLr."t in the 440, off scratch, and tlrSlt in the 1,000 yards, off scratch, at Bridgwater; in the same month, first in the 800 yards, off scratch, at Merthyr, and first in the 1,000 yards, off scratch, at Pembroke Dock; on July 1, first in the half-mile, off scratch, at Glyu-neath; and then, on Julv 25, I was matched against Todd, the cham- pio.n middle-distance runner of Australia, at Manchester, and beat him easily. My next win was at Cardiff on August Bank Holiday, 1SC8, when I was first in the half-mile, off ecratch. On the flowing day, at Ponty- pridd, I did what I consider my best per- forma.nce, for I was six yards behind scratch, and won the handicap in Imin. 56 4-5tiec., which beat the grass track record of the world (Imin. 56Jsec.), eeeing that I was six yards behind scratch. Thote were all my Performances laet year. This year I have only won two races, not having been well, but now I am thoroughly fit, and runninrr better than ever. Those two were on Whit- Monday at the Cardiff Bo: 1 e rem a Iters' S.ports, and on July 5, at Tonypandy, when 1 won the 600 yards handicap off the ten yards' mark." It will thus be eeen that Davies's record, off scratch, in the boalri-mile handicaps, is quite remarkable. In further conven-atioa, he said he was 25 year,, of age, and urp to eighteen! months ago had worked regularly at his trade as a mason at Tenby. When did you fi.rot come out seriouely as a. runner?" Two years ago I ran a rac-a at Ponty- pridd, 'and I wao then influenced by Mr. John Williams, of Pcatypz-idd, to go in for aoine preparation and see how last I really ccu!d run. It was Mr. Williams who initthed against Todd." So that it is quite appropril.te that your snprome effort for the world'e half-mile championship should be made on Monday, a,t I-iontypi idd, where you were ftrit discovered, so t(. epeak?" Yes, it i3 v-ery appropriate. By t,he way, I think this will be the first running world's championship that has ever taken place in Waltfi," was Da view's conclading 'frtmark, as he o-bsyed his trainer's order to clear off to bed." This was at four p.m. Blackpc.oi Man Confident. I The Northerner admits that to win handi- caps such as lie has done from scratch Davies must be a fine runner. But, he adds confidently, "he will find me just a little too good for him, although at the same time I realise the bigness of my task." /Day has had a wonderful career as a runner. His parents originally decided upon a legal career for him, but running was his delight, and when only seventeen years of age—he is now 27—he carried off the 220 and 440 yards Irish championships, Dublin being the place of his birth. Having won abdut a hundred prizes as an amateur, he turned professional, and won the Powderhall at Edinburgh, in 1902, off the ten yards mark. B. R. DAY (Blackpool). I He also defeated R. W. Wadsley, the ex- English 220 champion, and W. Growcott, the well-known, sprinter. However, it was during a to'ur in America, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada that Day eclipsed all previous performances. At Perth he covered the quarter in 47 4-5sec. He also set up new figures for the 350 yards at Kalgoorlie (37 1-5æc), and the 175 yards in New Zealand (17 l-5sec), but A. n: Postle beat him off scratch in a 75 yards race, and repeated the performance in a 220 yards race in England last year. Another world's record was established by Day at Oldham last November by covering the furlong in 21 3-5sec. He won the 100 yards championship of America in lCsec. in 1907. He holds the African record of 50sec. for the quarter, and at Pontypridd last year he carried away the Welsh Powderhall off 3} yards. It is the opinion of Day, who states that he himself is but a fair beginner and generally gains in the latter half of a race, that A. B. Postle, of Australia, is the quickest man off the mark and VIe speediest for a short distance. The 300 yards is Day's favottrite run, but a few years ago he covered the half-mile in Imin. 56sec.

GERMAN BALLOON FIRED ON I Berlin, Saturday—The morning papers state that yesterday the owner of the balloon "Tschudi," which recently came down on Russian soil and was reported to have been shot at by Russian guards, was minutely examined in the presence of military experts at the Smargendorl Balloon Garage. An examination revealed a bullet hole made by a projectile, aeveit to nine millimetres in diameter, on the right side of the balloon below the centre line and near the ripping panel. On the opposite side was another hole through which the bullet passed out of the balloon. The newspapers express the view that the Russian guards hit the balloon while it was full of gas and still on the German side of the border. It is added that an account of yesterday's proceedings has been sent to the Foreign Office.

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CARDIFF EMPIRE I A well-selected programme has been secured for Cardiff Empire next week. The famous Boii-els will be seen in one of their funny sketches. Phil Ray, the peculiar patterer, or, as he would style himself, the "pec. patt. is another attraction. His style, distinctly his own, may, perhaps, best be described as free and easy, or the go-a.s-you-please comedy method. Brevity is the soul of wit, it is said; Phil Ray is the scul of brevity. In fact, while he is on the stage ahbreviating is tL mania with him. The only theatrical words which he will not abbreviate are salary" and treasury." A very clever and novel ventriloquial entertainment will be presented next week by Thora. An interesting engagement r- that of Jimmy Curwell, who, but a short time ago, was a newsboy in Liverpool. He will present a musical number of artistic signifi- cance. including Mendelssohn's familiar "Rondo Capriccioso." The boy will also play a dashing march of his own composition. Park'6 Eton Boys, Albert Rees, Larola, Rose Oa-bani, Mike Nono, and the ever-entertaining bioscope conclude the list of next week's attractions.

MR. FORBES-ROBERTS VISIT. The greatest Interest will assuredly be manifested in the forthcoming and farewell appearances of one of bur finest actors, Forbes-Robertson, prior to his visit to America in a play which has taken town and country by storm, viz., The Passing of the Third Floor Back," by Jerome K. Jerome, which is about to celebrate its third cen- tury, and comes to Cardiff on September 6. The box office will open at the New Theatre next Monday, a fortnight in advance, for this exceptionally interesting and attractive engagement, and, as there will be no increase in prices to the re-served parts, it will be an additional incentive to book early, while the presentation of a beautiful souvenir, con- taining artistic re-productions of the princi- pal characters and scenes, with an appreciar tion of the play by Sir Edward Russell, to all those booking seats for the opening per. formance, will certainly be appreciated by all lovers of dramatic art. The play is one which has probably inspired more interest than any other for some years past, and has proved one of the greatest of Mr. Forbes- Robertson's achievements. He may certainly rest assured of a most hearty reception and a regretful good-bye, while playgoers will be well-advised to book seats without delay.

I NEWPORT EMPIRE A musical treat is in store for patrons of Newport. Empire when the famous Eighteen Lancashire Singers make their appearance next week. Horace Wheatley will also be seen next week. He is one of our most popular comedians and dancers, and was born in Eng- land of Irish parents. Wheatley has a pleading voice, and was the original singer of many songs which have been extremely popular, notably "The Bogie Man." anip "Two Little Girls in Blue." It may also interest readers to know that Mr. Wheatley is the acknowledged champion clog dancer cf the world. Those clever singing comedians, Verno and Voyce, will present their latest sketch, "Sporting Luck." De Canty's graod illuminated Water Grotto; La Danseuse, a dainty and clever vocalist and dancer; Boyd and Gilfain, in a musical comedietta; and Hall aaid Earle, two eooentric acrobats, com- plete the bill.

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Welsh Quoits. [BY "PITCHER."] A fine gathering and a perfect ground were1 the features of the final of the Weigh Aaso-j cia.tio'n's cha/m.pi.onship ait Cefn Coed, Mer- thyr. Anncng the big crowd I noticed several old initernatio'iials, viz., T. Grtatreaux, J. T. Owen, and D. P. Jones. In the first draw Heolgerric had to face Trocynon and Ton Pentre, Tirphiil. The only game in Lhe first match of any g-reat interest was whøn W. Dice Davies played How ley Jones, of Heol- gerrig. The oLcl champion proved that he i can play a hot g?m.e ,stHl, for th? final read. Davies, 21; Jones, 14. Heolgerrig had a very easy win by 161 to 53. The opening games between Ton-Pentre and. Tirphil produced splendid qnoÜing. Th?. struggle Ix'tween J. Barker and P. Bullock j was red-hot, as they kept together right, i through. Barker just gaaned the verdict, by 21 to 18. Ton-Pentre rart out victors by loti to 102. Excitement was intense when Hoolgerrig and Ton-Pentre came out for the final. J. Barker and R. Jones started the pitching. The former was at his best, and won -21—8. | The old veteran, Wat Jones, kept up closely to Charlie Davies, and, amidst great excite-( ment, the veteran only lost by one point. K Callaghan appeared after a long and severe illness against J. Thomas, jun. To every- one's surprise and pleasure Call&ghan's pluck gained the verdict by three points. Good quoiting was witnessed hetween Phil Adams (late of Mountain Ash) and E. Griffith*. At the outset both lads kept (together, but half- way through Adams went ahead rapidly, and ran out the victor by mine points. '1'11", remaining games, like th-o^e referred to, were played in good sporting spirit. Ton-Pentre, with 151 points, won the championship, the, 8COre of Heolgerrig being 132. After the game Councillor Dan Thomas, of Merthyr, pI-e- sented the winners with the cup and gold medal. i The sectional runners-up play to-day on the Heolgerrig Ground. The competing clubs are Barry, Penydarren, Pontywaun, and Cwma-man. Next Saturday, on the same ground, the individual championship of Wales will be decided. The finalists are James Barker tTon-Pentre> and E.. Me-radLth (Mountain Ash). I The Monmouthshire Q.A., at their last meet- ing, decided that all p.ositpone(\matches must i be played bY September 4. victoria were awarded two points .ever the partly playtd game with Talywain. The county champion- shi.p will be played at Ebbw Vale on August I 30; points up 41 in c-c-mi and 61 in final. Mr. Windsor James will referee. The players will be matched as follows:—F. Jenkins (Vvaunliwyd) v. T. Jenkins (Cwm); F. Evans (Waunllwyd) v. J. Tudgay (Talywain). The trophies are a five-guinea cup and a two- g-iiiii.(g medal to the winner, and a guinea m«iai to the runner-up. The third round played at Talywain pro- duced some surprise results. The champion, T. Crowley, was knocked out by T. Tudgay. j The ex-holider, J. Tovey, went under to F. Griffiths. This is Tudgay's first attempt in the competition. His f??rm stamps him as a brilliant young Plaer. Owm Seconds, who have now won the second league, played their postponed ga-liae with Newtown, and won easily by 77. All the Cwmites made game. J. Greela,n,d gave A. Tovey an exciting game, and only allowed the crack to win by one. Against Waun- llwyd, Owm won by 36, ailtbough their ranks were depleted through calls to assist the premiers. The meeting of Waunllwyd and Cwm was eagerly anticipated by a huge crowd. 'Hie game was looked upon as the decider for the medals, as Cwm had been beaten by Taly- wain and Ebbw Vale, while the Waun bays had only lost to Cwm. It was a desperately exciting game, and Cwm once more proved their strength by winning by nine. Both clubs are, no,w on an equality as far as league losses go. F. Evans was Waunilwyd'a hero, as he stopped that grand player D. Morgan on 9. A. Dovey and Chick Jenkins were the pick o. Cwm. Although Cwm won the match on the aggregate number of points, Waunillwyd won five out cf the eight. games. Crumlin entertainied Talywain Seconds, and won by 47. The Seconds have lately deteriorated owing to retirement. Crumlin, being short, ttricd same recruits. M. H. Wil- liams, the old Pont j pool Kugby player, made his dsbrnt. He would shine as a quo.iter if he took to the game seriously. The best of the homesters were T. L. Jenkins and W. Pui-nell. To whig .and Green did well for Taly- wain. LKAGUE Tu-VBLES. DIVISION" I. P. W. L. Pts. Cwm 11 9 2 18 Waunllwyd 9 7 2 ..14 Ebbw Vale 11 7 4 14 Talywam 7 5 2 10 Plaesycoed 9 4 5 8 Victoria 11 3 8 6 Trevil 11 3 8 6 Argced 11 3 B 6 Plmma in 7 2 5 4 BIVIStOyiA. I P. W. L. Pts. Cwm Seconds 13 13 0 2" Crumlin 15 ..13 2 23 Llanhilieth 12 6 6 12 Sewtown 11 5 6 10 Waunllwyd 12 5 7 10 Taly?vain l2.. 5 7 10 Panteg 13 4 9 8 rili: 12 i j 1 6 Argoed 12 2 10 4

MR. ARTHUR MORGAN, Cashier at the Capital and Counties Bank, Llandilo, whose death on the tennis ground was reported yesterday. [Photo, D C. Harries, Llandilo.

STOLL'S PANOPTICON. An exceptionally brilliant programme is provided next week for the patrons of the Panopticon, Cardiff, the star piece being a dramatic series of pictures entitled, The Mountebank's Son," in which the struggles and hardships of strolling players, coupled with the pictureaquenets of their lives, form the principal theme. Another wonderfully good story picture is that of "Sana's Mother," and Tea Growing in Ceylon will show pictures of the plantations and factory. "An Indian Marriage" shows gorgeous Orien- tal scenes in natural colours, and Siere are Esny other fine pictures. A great feature of the show is the important engagement of Miss Claudia Thorney, the well-known con- tralto, of the 'Crystal Palace, lioyal Albert- hall, and other concerts. Mr. Fred D. Jones, the popular Welsh tenor, has also been engaged for the week. With such a strong combination the Panopticon ought to be packed next week. There will be matinees, afe usual, on Wednesday and Saturday after- noons.

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